Amplifier (Dance Exponents album)

Amplifier
Studio album by Dance Exponents
Released	November 1986
Recorded	1986
Genre	Pop
Label	Zulu Records
Producer	John Jansen and Doug Rogers
Dance Exponents chronology
Expectations (1985) Amplifier (1986) Something Beginning with C (1992)
Alternative cover
The 1992 CD release used a different cover with the cover photos taken from the inside gatefold of the LP. The original cover was restored for the 2013 digital release.
Singles from Amplifier
"Caroline Skies" Released: August 1986 "Only I Could Die (and Love You Still)" Released: November 1986

Amplifier is the third studio album by the New Zealand band Dance Exponents (later known as The Exponents), released in November 1986.[1] The album peaked at #18 and spent four weeks on the New Zealand Album Chart.[2] The CD version was released in 1992 with an alternative cover and two additional tracks but has since been deleted. In May 2013, Universal Music re-released the album digitally for the first time in New Zealand in a remastered extended edition. The extended edition has the original LP cover and running order and adds three additional tracks, two from the CD release and one additional B-side. It also restores "Worldwide Wireless" to its full length after it was edited for the CD release.[3]

Track listing

1. "Time X Space" (Sheehan/Dance Exponents)
2. "Only I Could Die (And Love You Still)" (Luck/Sheehan)
3. "Sex And Agriculture" (Jones/Luck)
4. "Halcyon Rain" (Cowan/Luck)
5. "Brodelia The Cat" (Luck)
6. "Birth Of The Reds" (Luck/Sheehan)
7. "As I Love You" (Jones/Luck/Sheehan)
8. "Worldwide Wireless" (Fitzgerald/Gent/Jones/Luck/Sheehan)
9. "Caroline Skies" (Luck/Dance Exponents)

Additional tracks on 2013 digital extended edition:

1. "Victoria" (Luck)
2. "Brand New Doll" (Luck)
3. "One Sad River" (Luck)

Band members

• Jordan Luck (vocals)
• Brian Jones (guitar/vocals)
• David Gent (bass guitar)
• Chris Sheehan (guitars)
• Eddie Olson (drums/vocals)

Credits

• Co-produced by John Jansen and Doug Rogers[4]
• Recorded and mixed by Doug Rogers, Rhys Moody and John Jansen
• Assistant engineer - Nelson Ayres
• Recorded at Harlequin Studios, Auckland, New Zealand
• Mixed at The House Of Music, New York

Charts

Chart (1986)	Peak position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[5]	18

References

1. "Album discography". The Exponents. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
2. "Charts: The Exponents: Amplifier". Archive. charts.nz. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
3. "Exponents news". The Exponents. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
4. "About EASTWEST Studios". Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
5. "Charts.nz – Dance Exponents – Amplifier". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 August 2021.