''Body and the Beat'' is the seventh

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recorded by Australian-

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rock band,

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. The album was released in June 1984 and peaked at number 5 on the Australian

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. The album was certified gold in the week of release and achieved platinum status in Australia. It was the band's first studio album since ''

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'' in 1979. Although Dragon had reformed with the "classic" 1970s line-up which had produced the group's biggest hits of the previous decade, this album saw some line-up changes: the addition of second keyboard player Alan Mansfield and the substitution of

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for

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. Paul Hewson, who had been responsible for many of the band's hits, was unwilling or unable to contribute extensively to songwriting, and instead Todd Hunter, who had always contributed to Dragon's repertoire but had not been key to its chart success, contributed the majority of the album's hits with his partner

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. Between the demise and revival of Dragon, Pigott and Hunter had been members of, and songwriting contributors to, the group

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. Robert Taylor's song "

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" was also released as a single from the album, Taylor's third single A-side with the group after the much earlier "Education" (1975) and "Wait Until Tomorrow" (1976). At the 1984 Countdown Music Awards, ''Body and the Beat'' was nominated for Best Australian Album.

Track listing

Side one #"

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) – 3:39 #"Promises" (Johanna Pigott, Marc Hunter, Todd Hunter) – 4:11 #" Wilderworld" (Johanna Pigott, Marc Hunter, Todd Hunter) – 3:51 #"

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" (Todd Hunter) – 3:44 #"Cool Down" (Alan Mansfield, Todd Hunter) – 4:21 Side two #"Body and the Beat" (Marc Hunter, Robert Taylor) – 4:26 #"Witnessing" (Marc Hunter, Todd Hunter) – 4:39 #"

" (Robert Taylor) – 3:57 #"What Am I Gonna Do?" (Alan Mansfield, Kerry Jacobson, Robert Taylor, Paul Hewson, Todd Hunter) – 3:41 #"Fool" (Johanna Pigott, Todd Hunter) – 3:31

Personnel

* Robert Taylor – guitar, vocals * Alan Mansfield – keyboards, guitar, vocals * Paul Hewson – keyboards, vocals *

– lead vocals *

– drums * Todd Hunter – bass guitar, vocals uncredited: *

– drums on "Rain"private e-mail from Todd Hunter in 2016, confirmed on Kerry Jacobson's Wikipedia entry Production * Produced by Alan Mansfield (tracks 1 and 8) and Carey Taylor (tracks 2–7, 9, 10)

Charts

Certifications

References

{{Authority control Dragon (band) albums 1984 albums Polydor Records albums