Prayers Be Answered

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1983 studio album by The Dance Exponents

Prayers Be Answered

Studio album by

The Dance Exponents

Released| December 1983
Recorded| 1983
Studio| Mandrill Studios
Genre| Pop
Label| Mushroom Records
Producer| Dave Marett
The Dance Exponents chronology
| Live at Mainstreet
(1983)  | Prayers Be Answered
(1983)  | Expectations
(1985)

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Singles from  Prayers Be Answered

1. "Victoria"
Released: June 1982
2. "All I Can Do"
Released: May 1983
3. "Know Your Own Heart"
Released: October 1983
4. "Your Best Friend Loves Me Too"
Released: December 1983
5. "I'll Say Goodbye (Even Though I'm Blue)"
Released: April 1984

Prayers Be Answered is the second album release and the first studio album by the New Zealand band the Dance Exponents, released in December 1983.[1] The album peaked at #4 and spent 45 weeks on the New Zealand Album charts.[2]

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.[3]

## Track listing

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1. "All I Can Do" (Luck) 2:40
2. "Know Your Own Heart" (Luck) 3:30
3. "Shattered Ornaments" (Luck) 3:30
4. "Victoria" (Luck) 3:47
5. "Your Best Friend Loves Me Too" (Luck) 2:40
6. "I'll Say Goodbye (Even Though I'm Blue)" (Luck) 2:44
7. "Checking To See That Your Kiss Is The Same" (Luck/Jones) 2:44
8. "Just Me And You" (Luck) 3:43
9. "Envy The Grave" (Gent/Jones/Luck) 4:06
10. "Swimming To The Table Of An Unknown Girl" (Luck) 2:50
11. "Gone Forever In Another Car" (Luck) 3:04
12. "Poland" (Luck) 2:18

Additional tracks on 2013 digital deluxe edition:

1. "Airway Spies" (Luck)
2. "Victoria" (original single version) (Luck)
3. "All I Can Do" (original single version) (Luck)
4. "Your Best Friend Loves Me Too" (original version) (Luck)
5. "Poland" (original version) (Luck)
6. "Can't Kiss The Lips Of A Memory" (Luck)
7. "I'm Not The One" (Luck)
8. "Social Life" (Luck)
9. "Perfect Romance" (demo) (Luck)
10. "My Date With You Was A Date With No One" (demo) (Luck)
11. "Walk Around The Roses" (demo) (Luck)
12. "The Empty Bunk In The Bunkhouse" (Luck)

## Band members

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* Jordan Luck (vocals)
* Brian Jones (guitar)
* David Gent (bass guitar)
* Michael "Harry" Harallambi (drums)

## Additional musicians

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* Peter Van Der Fluit (keyboards)
* Andrew McLennan (keyboards)
* Stuart Pearce (keyboards)
* Andrew Couston (saxophone)

## Credits

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* 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

## Charts

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### Weekly charts

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Chart (1983–84)  | Peak
position

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New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[4] | 4

### Year-end charts

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Chart (1984)  | Position

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New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[5] | 14

## References

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1. ^ "Album discography". The Exponents. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
2. ^ "Charts: The Exponents: Prayers Be Answered". Archive. charts.nz. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
3. ^ "Exponents news". The Exponents. 29 April 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
4. ^ "Charts.nz – Dance Exponents – Prayers Be Answered". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
5. ^ "Top Selling Albums of 1983 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

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The Exponents

* Jordan Luck
* David Gent
* Brian Jones
* Michael "Harry" Haralambi

* Steve Cowan
* Martin Morris
* Chris Sheehan
* Steve Birss
* Eddie Olson
* David Barraclough
* Steve Simpson

Studio albums|

* Prayers Be Answered
* Expectations
* Amplifier
* Something Beginning with C
* Grassy Knoll
* Better Never Than Late
* Hello, Love You, Goodbye
* Eight Days at Roundhead

Live albums|

* Live at Mainstreet (with the Legionnaires)

Compilation albums|

* Once Bitten, Twice Bitten
* Sex and Agriculture: The Very Best of The Exponents
* Why Does Love Do This to Me: The Exponents Greatest Hits

Singles|

* "Victoria"
* "Why Does Love Do This to Me"

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The Starlings

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