Dancing with an Angel
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{{Infobox album
| name = Dancing with an Angel
| type = studio
| artist = Rita Coolidge
| cover = Rita Coolidge - Dancing with an Angel.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1991|07|21}}
| recorded = 1991
| studio = Studio Ultimo and Studio 56 (Los Angeles, California)
- Groove Masters (Santa Monica, California)
| genre = {{hlist|Pop|standards}}
| length = 58:07
| label = Attic
| producer = {{hlist|Ichizo Seo|Mike Utley}}
| prev_title = Fire Me Back
| prev_year = 1990
| next_title = Love Lessons
| next_year = 1992
}}
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.{{cite web |url=https://artist.cdjournal.com/d/dancing-with-angel/1291090312 |title=リタ・クーリッジ / ダンシング・ウィズ・エンジェル [廃盤] |website=CDJournal |access-date=July 3, 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://diskunion.net/rock/ct/detail/XAT-1245291455 |title=ダンシング・ウィズ・エンジェル {{!}} リタ・クーリッジ |website=Disk Union |access-date=July 3, 2021}} Coolidge's cover of "Love Story wa Totsuzen ni", titled "Suddenly", was covered by Debbie Gibson on her 2010 cover album Ms. Vocalist.{{Discogs release|id=2541286|name=Debbie Gibson: Ms. Vocalist|type=album}}
The album peaked at No. 16 on Oricon's albums chart.{{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005|publisher=Oricon Entertainment|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9}}
Track listing
All English lyrics are written by Priscilla Coolidge, except track 4.
{{Track listing
| headline =
| extra_column = Original artist
| total_length = 58:07
| title1 = I Just Want to Be with You
| note1 = {{nihongo||最初の涙、最後の口吻|Saisho no Namida, Saigo no Kisu|"First Tears, Last Kiss"}}
| writer1 = Yoshiyuki Ohsawa
| extra1 = Yoshiyuki Ohsawa
| length1 = 4:27
| title2 = Rain
| note2 = {{nihongo||雨|Ame}}
| writer2 = {{hlist|Chisato Moritaka|Seiji Matsuura}}
| extra2 = Chisato Moritaka
| length2 = 4:59
| title3 = End of the Summer
| note3 = {{nihongo||ガレージ|Garēji|"Garage"}}
| writer3 = {{hlist|Gorō Matsui|Yukihide Takekawa}}
| extra3 = Masanori Ikeda
| length3 = 4:33
| title4 = Endless Nights
| writer4 = {{hlist|Randy Goodrum|Kazumasa Oda}}
| extra4 = Off Course
| length4 = 4:16
| title5 = Another Saturday ~Let It Be Me~
| note5 = {{nihongo||もうひとつの土曜日|Mōhitotsu no Doyōbi}}
| writer5 = Shōgo Hamada
| extra5 = Shōgo Hamada
| length5 = 5:51
| title6 = Samarkand Blue
| note6 = {{nihongo||サマルカンド・ブルー|Samarukando Burū}}
| writer6 = {{hlist|Kazumi Yasui|Takuro Yoshida}}
| extra6 = Takuro Yoshida
| length6 = 4:57
| title7 = River of Love
| writer7 = {{hlist|Priscilla Coolidge|Rita Coolidge}}
| length7 = 3:53
| title8 = Sol y Sombra
| writer8 = {{hlist|Yūho Iwasato|Toshiaki Matsumoto}}
| extra8 = Miki Imai
| length8 = 5:44
| title9 = Rainy Blue
| writer9 = {{hlist|Makoto Ōki|Hideaki Tokunaga}}
| extra9 = Hideaki Tokunaga
| length9 = 4:27
| title10 = Please Don't You Cry
| writer10 = {{hlist|Megumi Shiina|Nobody}}
| extra10 = Megumi Shiina
| length10 = 4:51
| title11 = Suddenly
| note11 = {{nihongo||ラブ・ストーリーは突然に|Rabu Sutōrī wa Totsuzen ni|"Sudden Love Story"}}
| writer11 = Oda
| extra11 = Kazumasa Oda
| length11 = 4:50
| title12 = Circle of Light
| writer12 = {{hlist|Priscilla Coolidge|Rita Coolidge}}
| length12 = 5:12
}}
Personnel
- Rita Coolidge – vocals
- Michael Utley – acoustic piano, keyboards, Hammond B3 organ
- Tom Keane – synthesizers
- Dean Parks – electric lead guitar
- Fred Tackett – electric lead guitar, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, nylon guitar, slide guitar
- Bill Sharpe – bass
- Thom Mooney – drums
- John Robinson – drums
- Michael Fisher – percussion
- Brandon Fields – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
- Rosemary Butler – backing vocals
- Priscilla Coolidge – backing vocals
- Jo Ann Harris – backing vocals
- David Lasley – backing vocals
- Arnold McCuller – backing vocals
- Luther Waters – backing vocals
- Fred White – backing vocals
= Production =
- 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
Charts
class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col"| Chart (1991) ! scope="col"| Peak |
scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon)
| 16 |
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References
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External links
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- {{Discogs master|master=612935|name=Dancing with an Angel|type=album}}
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