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.[1][2] Coolidge's cover of "Love Story wa Totsuzen ni", titled "Suddenly", was covered by Debbie Gibson on her 2010 cover album Ms. Vocalist.[3]

Dancing with an Angel
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 21, 1991 (1991-07-21)
Recorded1991
StudioStudio Ultimo and Studio 56 (Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Length58:07
LabelAttic
Producer
Rita Coolidge chronology
Fire Me Back
(1990)
Dancing with an Angel
(1991)
Love Lessons
(1992)

The album peaked at No. 16 on Oricon's albums chart.[4]

Track listing

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All English lyrics are written by Priscilla Coolidge, except track 4.

No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
1."I Just Want to Be with You" (Saisho no Namida, Saigo no Kisu (最初の涙、最後の口吻, "First Tears, Last Kiss"))Yoshiyuki OhsawaYoshiyuki Ohsawa4:27
2."Rain" (Ame ())
  • Chisato Moritaka
  • Seiji Matsuura
Chisato Moritaka4:59
3."End of the Summer" (Garēji (ガレージ, "Garage"))Masanori Ikeda4:33
4."Endless Nights"Off Course4:16
5."Another Saturday ~Let It Be Me~" (Mōhitotsu no Doyōbi (もうひとつの土曜日))Shōgo HamadaShōgo Hamada5:51
6."Samarkand Blue" (Samarukando Burū (サマルカンド・ブルー))
  • Kazumi Yasui
  • Takuro Yoshida
Takuro Yoshida4:57
7."River of Love"
  • Priscilla Coolidge
  • Rita Coolidge
 3:53
8."Sol y Sombra"
  • Yūho Iwasato
  • Toshiaki Matsumoto
Miki Imai5:44
9."Rainy Blue"
  • Makoto Ōki
  • Hideaki Tokunaga
Hideaki Tokunaga4:27
10."Please Don't You Cry"
  • Megumi Shiina
  • Nobody
Megumi Shiina4:51
11."Suddenly" (Rabu Sutōrī wa Totsuzen ni (ラブ・ストーリーは突然に, "Sudden Love Story"))OdaKazumasa Oda4:50
12."Circle of Light"
  • Priscilla Coolidge
  • Rita Coolidge
 5:12
Total length:58:07

Personnel

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Production

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  • 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

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Chart (1991) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[4] 16

References

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  1. ^ "リタ・クーリッジ / ダンシング・ウィズ・エンジェル [廃盤]". CDJournal. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  2. ^ "ダンシング・ウィズ・エンジェル | リタ・クーリッジ". Disk Union. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  3. ^ Debbie Gibson: Ms. Vocalist at Discogs
  4. ^ a b Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
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