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Moving (The Raincoats album)

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Moving
Studio album by
Released27 January 1984
RecordedOctober–November 1982; August–September 1983
StudioBerry Street Studios and Regents Park Studios, London
GenrePost-punk
Length48:34
LabelRough Trade - ROUGH66
DGC Records
ProducerAdam Kidron, Brad Grisdale
The Raincoats chronology
The Kitchen Tapes
(1983)
Moving
(1984)
Looking in the Shadows
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Moving, released by Rough Trade Records on 27 January 1984, is the third studio album by the Raincoats.[2] It was re-released in the US by DGC Records in 1993, and in the UK by Rough Trade in 1994, with a different track list and altered cover art. On its original release, the album reached No. 5 in the UK Indie Chart.[3] It was their last album for 12 years.[4]

Track listing

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Original (1983)

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  1. "Ooh Ooh La La La"
  2. "Dreaming in the Past"
  3. "Mouth of a Story"
  4. "Honey Mad Woman"
  5. "Rainstorm"
  6. "Dance of Hopping Mad"
  7. "Balloon"
  8. "I Saw a Hill"
  9. "Overheard"
  10. "The Body"
  11. "Avidoso"
  12. "Animal Rhapsody"

Reissue (1993/1994)

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  1. "No One's Little Girl"
  2. "Ooh Ooh La La La"
  3. "Dance of Hopping Mad"
  4. "Balloon"
  5. "Mouth of a Story"
  6. "I Saw a Hill"
  7. "Overheard"
  8. "Rainstorm"
  9. "The Body"
  10. "Animal Rhapsody"

Personnel

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The Raincoats

with:

  • Harry Beckett - trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Richard Dudanski - percussion, drums, balafon
  • Michael McEvoy - synthesiser bass on "Animal Rhapsody", horn arrangements
  • Paddy O'Connell - bass, tenor saxophone, penny whistle
  • Derek Goddard - percussion, bongos, conga, drums
  • Roger Freeman - percussion
  • Chris "C.P." Lee - trumpet
  • Mgotse Mothie - double bass

References

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  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ "TrouserPress.com :: Raincoats". www.trouserpress.com.
  3. ^ Lazell, Barry (1997) Indie Hits 1980-1989, Cherry Red Books, ISBN 0-9517206-9-4
  4. ^ Beta, Andy (21 November 2017). "The Lasting Influence of the Raincoats". Vulture.