Dancing with an Angel is a studio album by American singer-songwriter Rita Coolidge . Released on July 21, 1991, by Attic Records in Canada and Japan, it consists mainly of English-language covers of popular J-pop songs.[ 1] [ 2] Coolidge's cover of "Love Story wa Totsuzen ni ", titled "Suddenly", was covered by Debbie Gibson on her 2010 cover album Ms. Vocalist .[ 3]
Dancing with an Angel Released July 21, 1991 (1991-07-21 ) Recorded 1991 Studio Studio Ultimo and Studio 56 (Los Angeles, California)
Genre Length 58 :07 Label Attic Producer
Fire Me Back (1990)
Dancing with an Angel (1991)
Love Lessons (1992)
The album peaked at No. 16 on Oricon 's albums chart.[ 4]
All English lyrics are written by Priscilla Coolidge , except track 4.
Title Writer(s) Original artist 1. "I Just Want to Be with You" (Saisho no Namida, Saigo no Kisu (最初の涙、最後の口吻 , "First Tears, Last Kiss") ) Yoshiyuki Ohsawa Yoshiyuki Ohsawa 4:27 2. "Rain " (Ame (雨 ) ) Chisato Moritaka Seiji Matsuura Chisato Moritaka 4:59 3. "End of the Summer" (Garēji (ガレージ , "Garage") ) Masanori Ikeda 4:33 4. "Endless Nights" Off Course 4:16 5. "Another Saturday ~Let It Be Me~" (Mōhitotsu no Doyōbi (もうひとつの土曜日 ) ) Shōgo Hamada Shōgo Hamada 5:51 6. "Samarkand Blue" (Samarukando Burū (サマルカンド・ブルー ) ) Kazumi Yasui Takuro Yoshida Takuro Yoshida 4:57 7. "River of Love" Priscilla Coolidge Rita Coolidge 3:53 8. "Sol y Sombra" Yūho Iwasato Toshiaki Matsumoto Miki Imai 5:44 9. "Rainy Blue" Makoto Ōki Hideaki Tokunaga Hideaki Tokunaga 4:27 10. "Please Don't You Cry" Megumi Shiina 4:51 11. "Suddenly " (Rabu Sutōrī wa Totsuzen ni (ラブ・ストーリーは突然に , "Sudden Love Story") ) Oda Kazumasa Oda 4:50 12. "Circle of Light" Priscilla Coolidge Rita Coolidge 5:12 Total length: 58:07
Ichizo Seo – producer, arrangements
Michael Utley – producer, arrangements
John Bavin – recording, engineer
Jay Rifkin – mixing
Tom Biener – assistant engineer
Paul Dieter – assistant engineer
Peggy McAffee – assistant engineer
Tim Nitz – assistant engineer
Tom Baker – mastering at Future Disc (Hollywood, California)
Tomoko Takaya – production coordinator
Shun Suzuki – production coordinator
Kevin Gorman – production coordinator
Holly Horigrami – production coordinator
William Hames – photography
Ruri Fujita – design