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 but has since been deleted. 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

  1. "These Oceans Wave & Tide Us In" (Jones/Luck)
  2. "Christchurch (In Cashel St. I Wait)" (Gent/Jones/Luck)
  3. "Running, Running Through The Rainforest" (Luck)
  4. "Prayers Be Answered" (Luck)
  5. "Ashend Ashend Autumn Leaves" (Luck/Sheehan)
  6. "Only I Could Die (And Love You Still)" (Luck/Sheehan)
  7. "Weeping Soul" (Luck)
  8. "Losing The Sun, the Moon and You" (Luck)
  9. "My Love For You" (Jones/Luck)
  10. "Skies Of Sunset" (Luck)
  11. "Greater Hopes, Greater Expectations" (Luck)

Additional tracks on 2013 digital deluxe edition:

  1. "Sex & Agriculture" (Jones/Luck)
  2. "Christchurch (In Cashel St. I Wait)" (extended 12" mix) (Gent/Jones/Luck)
  3. "Sex & Agriculture (extended 12" mix)" (Jones/Luck)
  4. "There's Only One Love For This Love" (demo) (Luck)
  5. "My Love For You" (Jones/Luck)
  6. "Sex & Agriculture" (instrumental) (Jones/Luck)

Personnel

Additional musician

  • Vince Ely (drums)

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.