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)

| 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

= 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
position

scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon)

| 16

References

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