Expectations is the second studio album by the New Zealand band the Dance Exponents, released in 1985.[1] The album peaked at #7 and spent eight weeks on the New Zealand Album chart.[2] The album was released on CD in 1999 with three extra tracks but has since been deleted. In May 2013, Universal Music re-released the album digitally in New Zealand in remastered standard and deluxe editions. The deluxe edition has six additional tracks of singles, B-sides, rarities and demos.[3]

Expectations
Studio album by The Dance Exponents
Released	May 1985
Recorded	1984/85
Genre	Pop
Label	Mushroom Records
Producer	Ian Taylor
The Dance Exponents chronology
Prayers Be Answered (1983) Expectations (1985) Amplifier (1986)
Singles from Expectations
"My Love for You" Released: April 1985 "Christchurch (In Cashel St I Wait)" Released: 1985 "Greater Hopes, Greater Expectations" Released: 1985

Track listing

1. "These Oceans Wave & Tide Us In" (Jones/Luck)
2. "Christchurch (In Cashel St. I Wait)" (Gent/Jones/Luck)
3. "Running, Running Through The Rainforest" (Luck)
4. "Prayers Be Answered" (Luck)
5. "Ashend Ashend Autumn Leaves" (Luck/Sheehan)
6. "Only I Could Die (And Love You Still)" (Luck/Sheehan)
7. "Weeping Soul" (Luck)
8. "Losing The Sun, the Moon and You" (Luck)
9. "My Love For You" (Jones/Luck)
10. "Skies Of Sunset" (Luck)
11. "Greater Hopes, Greater Expectations" (Luck)

Additional tracks on 2013 digital deluxe edition:

1. "Sex & Agriculture" (Jones/Luck)
2. "Christchurch (In Cashel St. I Wait)" (extended 12" mix) (Gent/Jones/Luck)
3. "Sex & Agriculture (extended 12" mix)" (Jones/Luck)
4. "There's Only One Love For This Love" (demo) (Luck)
5. "My Love For You" (Jones/Luck)
6. "Sex & Agriculture" (instrumental) (Jones/Luck)

Personnel

• Jordan Luck (vocals)
• Brian Jones (guitar/vocals)
• David Gent (bass guitar)
• Chris Sheehan (guitars/piano/bass guitar)

Additional musician

• Vince Ely (drums)

Production credits

• Produced and engineered by Ian (Fab) Taylor
• Engineered by Tim Field and Guy Gray
• Recorded at Mandrill Studios, Auckland, New Zealand
• Mixed at 301 Studios, Sydney, Australia
• Cover Painting: Nikko Chunn
• Photography: Phillip Peacock
• Layout: 20/20

Charts

References