Dancer and the Moon

Dancer and the Moon
Studio album by Blackmore's Night
Released	June 11, 2013
Genre	Celtic, folk rock, neo-medieval, New-age
Length	53:10,[1]
Label	Frontiers Records (Europe) , Universal Music (Canada), Frontiers Records (Universal) (U.S.)
Producer	Pat Regan
Blackmore's Night chronology
A Knight In York (2012) Dancer and the Moon (2013) All Our Yesterdays (2015)
Singles from Dancer and the Moon
"The Moon Is Shining (Somewhere over the Sea)" Released: May 6, 2013[2] "Dancer and the Moon" Released: June 24, 2013[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
PopMatters	(5/10)[4]

Dancer and the Moon is the ninth studio album by the group Blackmore's Night, released on June 11, 2013. It entered at # 189 on USA's Billboard Album Charts.^[5] It was also nominated for NAR award in Best Vocal Album of the Year.^[6]

Track listing^[1]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Think It's Going to Rain Today" (Randy Newman cover)	Newman	3:54
2.	"Troika"	Ritchie Blackmore, Candice Night	3:30
3.	"The Last Leaf"	Blackmore, Night	4:05
4.	"Lady in Black" (Uriah Heep cover)	Ken Hensley	5:48
5.	"Minstrels in the Hall" (Instrumental)	Blackmore	2:38
6.	"The Temple of the King" (Rainbow cover)	Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio	4:26
7.	"Dancer and the Moon"	Blackmore, Night	4:55
8.	"Galliard" (Instrumental)	Blackmore	2:00
9.	"The Ashgrove"	trad.	2:21
10.	"Somewhere over the Sea (The Moon Is Shining)"	Blackmore, Night	4:07
11.	"The Moon Is Shining (Somewhere over the Sea)"	Blackmore, Night	6:19
12.	"The Spinner's Tale"	trad. by Richard Lionheart, Blackmore, Night	3:30
13.	"Carry On… Jon" (Instrumental)	Blackmore	5:37

Personnel

• Ritchie Blackmore – guitars, mandolin, bass, renaissance drums, tambourine
• Candice Night – vocals, pennywhistle
• Pat Regan - keyboards, producer

Chart performance

Chart (2013)	Peak position[5]
US Billboard 200[5]	189
UK Albums Chart[5]	89
US Top New Age Albums [7]	3
US Top Independent Albums[7]	40
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8]	151
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9]	85
Netherlands[5]	102
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[10]	24
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[11]	22
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[12]	31
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13]	13
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[14]	40
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[15]	39
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[16]	29
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[17]	21

References

1. "Dancer and the Moon". allmusic.
2. "The Moon Is Shining - Single". itunes.apple.com. 2013-05-06. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
3. "Dancer and the Moon - Single". itunes.apple.com. 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
4. Catchpole, Kevin (25 September 2013). "Blackmore's Night: Dancer and the Moon | PopMatters". popmatters.com. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
5. "BLACKMORE'S NIGHT Guitar Ritchie Blackmore Featured In Interview". July 19, 2013.
6. "Nominated for Best Vocal Album". blackmore's night official website. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
7. "Dancer and the Moon - Blackmore's Night | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
8. "Ultratop.be – Blackmore's Night – Dancer and the Moon" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
9. "Ultratop.be – Blackmore's Night – Dancer and the Moon" (in French). Hung Medien.
10. "Norwegiancharts.com – Blackmore's Night – Dancer and the Moon". Hung Medien.
11. "Swedishcharts.com – Blackmore's Night – Dancer and the Moon". Hung Medien.
12. "Blackmore's Night: Dancer and the Moon" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
13. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
14. "Swisscharts.com – Blackmore's Night – Dancer and the Moon". Hung Medien.
15. "Austriancharts.at – Blackmore's Night – Dancer and the Moon" (in German). Hung Medien.
16. "Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select {{{date}}} on the field besides the word "Zobrazit", and then click over the word to retrieve the correct chart data.
17. "Top 40 album DVD és válogatáslemez-lista – {{{year}}}. {{{week}}}. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ.