Body and the Beat
Appearance
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Released | June 1984 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 38:02 | |||
Label | Polydor Records | |||
Producer | Alan Mansfield, Carey Taylor | |||
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Body and the Beat is the seventh studio album recorded by Australian-New Zealand rock band Dragon. The album was released in June 1984 and peaked at number 5 on the Australian Kent Music Report. The album was certified platinum in Australia.[1] It was the band's first studio album since Power Play in 1979.
At the 1984 Countdown Music Awards, the album was nominated for Best Australian Album.[2][3]
Track listing
- "Rain" (Johanna Pigott, Marc Hunter, Todd Hunter) - 3:39
- "Promises" (Johanna Pigott, Marc Hunter, Todd Hunter) - 4:11
- "Wilderworld" (Johanna Pigott, Marc Hunter, Todd Hunter) - 3:51
- "Cry" (Todd Hunter) - 3:44
- "Cool Down" (Alan Mansfield, Todd Hunter) - 4:21
- "Body And The Beat" (Marc Hunter, Robert Taylor) - 4:26
- "Witnessing" (Marc Hunter, Todd Hunter) - 4:39
- "Magic" (Robert Taylor) - 3:57
- "What Am I Gonna Do?" (Alan Mansfield, Kerry Jacobson, Robert Taylor, Paul Hewson, Todd Hunter) - 3:41
- "Fool" (Johanna Pigott, Todd Hunter) - 3:31
Charts
Chart (1984) | Position |
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Australian Kent Music Report[4] | 5 |
Personnel
- Robert Taylor – guitar, vocals
- Alan Mansfield – keyboards, guitar, vocals
- Paul Hewson – keyboards, vocals
- Marc Hunter – lead vocals
- Terry Chambers – drums
- Todd Hunter – bass guitar, vocals
- Kerry Jacobson – drums on "Rain"[5]
Production
- Produced by Alan Mansfield (tracks 1 and 8) and Carey Taylor (tracks 2-7, 9, 10)
References
- ^ "DRAGON Body and The Beat 30th Anniversary". The Gov. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "Australian Music Awards". Ron Jeff. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
- ^ "Final episode of Countdown". 1970scountdown. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 94. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988..
- ^ private e-mail from Todd Hunter in 2016, confirmed on Kerry Jacobson's Wikipedia entry