Is There More to Life Than Dancing? (partially mixed, remastered)
~ Release by Noël (see all versions of this release, 4 available)
Annotation
New remaster of the 1979 album from Nöel, celebrating its 45th anniversary. Includes a second disc of previously unreleased tracks featuring 'guide vocal' demos by Ron and Russell Mael. Includes a full colour booklet featuring liner notes from Noël, written in January 2024. The booklet credits state that 'Dancing Is Dangerous (Instrumental)' was the B side of the 12" single 'Dancing Is Dangerous'. However, none of the commercially released singles of 'Dancing Is Dangerous' featured an instrumental version of the track, so this may actually be previously unreleased.
Note: on this release, the artist is billed as Noël, not Nöel as previously (see Is There More To Life Than Dancing?).
6-panel digipak with enclosed 12-page booklet.
Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Disc 1): LBRCD121CD1 13 A00
Mastering SID Code (Disc 1): IFPI L553
Mould SID Code (Disc 1): IFPI 94K3
Matrix / Runout (Disc 2): LBRCD121CD2 13 A00
Mastering SID Code (Disc 2): IFPI L553
Mould SID Code (Disc 2): IFPI 94K4
Tracklist
| || 1CD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Dancing Is Dangerous
| 9:43 | |
| 2 | Is There More to Life Than Dancing?
| 8:06 | |
| 3 | The Night They Invented Love
| 9:16 | |
| 4 | Au revoir
| 3:08 | |
| 5 | I Want a Man
| 4:56 | |
| 2CD: Bonus Tracks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | I Just Want to Be Seen With You
| 4:55 | |
| 2 | My Night
| 3:57 | |
| 3 | I Never Want to Be a Mother
| 4:40 | |
| 4 | Dancing Is Dangerous (Part One)
| 3:42 | |
| 5 | Dancing Is Dangerous (Part Two)
| 3:22 | |
| 6 | The Night They Invented Love (single version)
| 3:48 | |
| 7 | I Want a Man (single version)
| 3:35 | |
| 8 | Dancing Is Dangerous (instrumental) | 3:51 | |
| 9 | I Just Want to Be Seen With You (vocal Guide version)
| 4:23 | |
| 10 | I Never Want to Be a Mother / Au Revoir (vocal Guide version)
| 8:08 | |
| 11 | Dancing Is Dangerous / Is There More to Life Than Dancing? (vocal Guide version)
| 14:39 | |
Credits
Release
| photography: | Jack Lorenz (photographer) (task: photographs) |
|---|---|
| liner notes: | Noël (American female singer (1979-1982)) |
| engineer: | Bob Stone (engineer, studio technician, producer, songwriter) (task: engineered) |
| programming: | Gary Chang |
| remastering: | Bill Inglot (archival music producer/remastering engineer) Dave Schultz |
| percussion: | Paulinho da Costa (Brazilian percussionist) |
| saxophone: | Michael Brecker (American jazz saxophonist, multi‐instrumentalist and composer) |
| synthesizer: | Ron Mael |
| writer: | Ron Mael Russell Mael |
| background vocals: | Julia Waters Maxine Waters Oren Waters |
| design: | Rachel Gutek Julie Vlasak |
| artwork: | Malcolm Garrette (British sleeve artist & designer) (task: commercial art) |
| publisher: | BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited (not for release label use! see annotation) |
|---|---|
| copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Lil' Beethoven Records |
| produced for: | Sparks Productions (production company for the band Sparks) |
| recorded at: | Larrabee Sound Studios (present day location in North Hollywood, since 1991) in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States |
|---|---|
| remastered at: | d2 Mastering in Los Angeles, California, United States |
| glass mastered at: | Sony DADC (optical disc manufacturing company) |
| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/30704101 [info] |
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Release group
| associated singles/EPs: | Dancing Is Dangerous by Noel (American female singer (1979-1982)) |
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| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/master/88160 [info] |
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