Expectations (Dance Exponents album)

Expectations
Studio album by
The Dance Exponents
ReleasedMay 1985
Recorded1984/85
GenrePop
LabelMushroom Records
ProducerIan Taylor
The Dance Exponents chronology
Prayers Be Answered
(1983)		 Expectations
(1985)		 Amplifier
(1986)
Singles from Expectations
  1. "My Love for You"
    Released: April 1985
  2. "Christchurch (In Cashel St I Wait)"
    Released: 1985
  3. "Greater Hopes, Greater Expectations"
    Released: 1985

Expectations is the second studio album by the New Zealand band the Dance Exponents, released in 1985.[1] The album peaked at #7 and spent eight weeks on the New Zealand Album chart.[2] The album was released on CD in 1999 with three extra tracks. In May 2013, Universal Music re-released the album digitally in New Zealand in remastered standard and deluxe editions. The deluxe edition has six additional tracks of singles, B-sides, rarities and demos.[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jordan Luck except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."These Oceans Wave & Tide Us In"
  • Luck
  • Brian Jones
3:49
2."Christchurch (In Cashel St. I Wait)"
  • Luck
  • Jones
  • David Gent
4:15
3."Raining, Running Through the Rainforest" 3:01
4."Prayers Be Answered" 4:15
5."Ashened Ashened Autumn Leaves"
  • Luck
  • Chris Sheehan
5:18
Total length:20:38
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Only I Could Die (and Love You Still)"
  • Luck
  • Sheehan
4:16
7."Weeping Soul" 2:56
8."Losing the Sun, the Moon and You" 3:34
9."My Love for You"
  • Luck
  • Jones
3:22
10."Skies of Sunset" 4:34
11."Greater Hopes, Greater Expectations" 4:04
Total length:22:46 43:24
Bonus tracks on 1999 CD release
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."All I Can Do" 2:41
13."The Empty Bunk in the Bunkhouse" 3:08
14."Sex & Agriculture"
  • Luck
  • Jones
3:40
Bonus tracks on 2013 digital deluxe release
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Sex & Agriculture"
  • Luck
  • Jones
3:40
13."Christchurch (In Cashel St. I Wait)" (extended 12″ mix)
  • Luck
  • Jones
  • Gent
6:01
14."Sex & Agriculture" (extended 12″ mix)
  • Luck
  • Jones
5:57
15."There's Only One Love for This Love" (demo) 3:07
16."My Love for You" (1984 demo)
  • Luck
  • Jones
3:23
17."Sex & Agriculture" (instrumental)
  • Luck
  • Jones
3:53

Personnel

  • Jordan Luck — vocals
  • Brian Jones — guitar, backing vocals
  • David Gent — bass guitar
  • Chris Sheehan — guitar, piano, some bass guitar

Additional musician

  • Vince Ely — drums, percussion, wind chimes

Production credits

  • Produced and engineered by Ian (Fab) Taylor
  • Engineered by Tim Field and Guy Gray
  • Recorded at Mandrill Studios, Auckland, New Zealand
  • Mixed at 301 Studios, Sydney, Australia
  • Cover Painting: Nikko Chunn
  • Photography: Phillip Peacock
  • Layout: 20/20

Charts

Chart (1985) Peak
position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[4]7

References

  1. ↑ "Albums". Album discography. The Exponents. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  2. ↑ "Charts: The Exponents: Expectations". Archive. charts.nz. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Exponents news". The Exponents. 29 April 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Charts.nz – Dance Exponents – Expectations". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
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