Moving (The Raincoats album)

Moving, released by Rough Trade Records on 27 January 1984, is the third studio album by the Raincoats.^[2] It was re-released in the US by DGC Records in 1993, and in the UK by Rough Trade in 1994, with a different track list and altered cover art. On its original release, the album reached No. 5 in the UK Indie Chart.^[3] It was their last album for 12 years.^[4]

Moving
Studio album by The Raincoats
Released	27 January 1984
Recorded	October–November 1982; August–September 1983
Studio	Berry Street Studios and Regents Park Studios, London
Genre	Post-punk
Length	48:34
Label	Rough Trade - ROUGH66 DGC Records
Producer	Adam Kidron, Brad Grisdale
The Raincoats chronology
The Kitchen Tapes (1983) Moving (1984) Looking in the Shadows (1996)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

Original (1983)

1. "Ooh Ooh La La La"
2. "Dreaming in the Past"
3. "Mouth of a Story"
4. "Honey Mad Woman"
5. "Rainstorm"
6. "Dance of Hopping Mad"
7. "Balloon"
8. "I Saw a Hill"
9. "Overheard"
10. "The Body"
11. "Avidoso"
12. "Animal Rhapsody"

Reissue (1993/1994)

1. "No One's Little Girl"
2. "Ooh Ooh La La La"
3. "Dance of Hopping Mad"
4. "Balloon"
5. "Mouth of a Story"
6. "I Saw a Hill"
7. "Overheard"
8. "Rainstorm"
9. "The Body"
10. "Animal Rhapsody"

Personnel

The Raincoats

• Vicky Aspinall - vocals, organ, bass, piano, violin
• Gina Birch - vocals, bass, guitar, vibraphone
• Ana da Silva - vocals, guitar, percussion

with:

• Harry Beckett - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Richard Dudanski - percussion, drums, balafon
• Michael McEvoy - synthesiser bass on "Animal Rhapsody", horn arrangements
• Paddy O'Connell - bass, tenor saxophone, penny whistle
• Derek Goddard - percussion, bongos, conga, drums
• Roger Freeman - percussion
• Chris "C.P." Lee - trumpet
• Mgotse Mothie - double bass

References

1. AllMusic review
2. "TrouserPress.com :: Raincoats". www.trouserpress.com.
3. Lazell, Barry (1997) Indie Hits 1980-1989, Cherry Red Books, ISBN 0-9517206-9-4
4. Beta, Andy (21 November 2017). "The Lasting Influence of the Raincoats". Vulture.