Dance Exponents "Expectations" 1985

...Amid the exhilaration, Cowan announced that he was leaving the band and returning to Timaru (he was briefly replaced by Martin Morris). The second single, 'Airway Spies', reached No.11 and the band shifted to Auckland, where their 1983 debut album Prayers Be Answered was recorded at Mandrill Studio with Australian Dave Marett...
...The album's sound had more to do with the chart radio conventions of the time than the buzzy power-pop of the band's own live shows, but it was a double-platinum hit that stayed in the local charts for a year after its December release. Earlier that same year, Live At Mainstreet, an album drawn from a televised show at Auckland's Mainstreet Cabaret (the Dance Exponents and Graham Brazier's Legionnaires had one side of the record each) peaked in the charts at No.3, one place better than Prayers. In November, the band supported David Bowie at Western Springs, playing to what is now regarded as the largest concert crowd in New Zealand history...to be continued... - audioculture
trax:
01 These Ocean's Wave & Tide Us In 02 Christchurch (In Cashel St. I Wait) 03 Raining, Running Through The Rain 04 Prayers Be Answered 05 Ashend Ashend Autumn Leaves 06 Only I Could Die (And Love You Still) 07 Weeping Soul 08 Losing The Sun, The Moon, and You 09 My Love For You 10 Skies Of Love 11 Greater Hopes, Greater Expectations 12 All I Can Do 13 The Empty Bunk In The Bunk House 14 Sex & Agriculture
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