Prayers Be Answered
Prayers Be Answered is the debut studio album by New Zealand band the Dance Exponents, released in December 1983. The album peaked at #4 and spent 45 weeks on the New Zealand Album charts.
The album won the Best Album award at the 1984 New Zealand Music Awards.
In May 2013, Universal Music re-released the album digitally in New Zealand in remastered standard and deluxe editions. The deluxe edition has twelve additional tracks of singles, B-sides, rarities and demos.
Track listing
- "All I Can Do" 2:40
- "Know Your Own Heart" 3:30
- "Shattered Ornaments" 3:30
- "Victoria" 3:47
- "Your Best Friend Loves Me Too" 2:40
- "I'll Say Goodbye " 2:44
- "Checking To See That Your Kiss Is The Same" 2:44
- "Just Me And You" 3:43
- "Envy The Grave" 4:06
- "Swimming To The Table Of An Unknown Girl" 2:50
- "Gone Forever In Another Car" 3:04
- "Poland" 2:18
- "Airway Spies"
- "Victoria"
- "All I Can Do"
- "Your Best Friend Loves Me Too"
- "Poland"
- "Can't Kiss The Lips Of A Memory"
- "I'm Not The One"
- "Social Life"
- "Perfect Romance"
- "My Date With You Was A Date With No One"
- "Walk Around The Roses"
- "The Empty Bunk In The Bunkhouse"
Band members
- Jordan Luck
- Brian Jones
- David Gent
- Michael "Harry" Harallambi
Additional musicians
- Peter Van Der Fluit
- Andrew McLennan
- Stuart Pearce
- Andrew Couston
Credits
- Produced by Dave Marett
- Engineered by Dave Marett & Graeme Myhre
- Recorded at Mandrill Studios, Auckland, New Zealand
- Tracks 1, 2 & 5 mixed By Tim Kramer at Festival Studios, Sydney Australia
- Art direction & design: Alan Scholz, Mushroom Art