''Prayers Be Answered'' is the second album release and the first studio album by the

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The Dance Exponents The Exponents, formerly The Dance Exponents, was a New Zealand rock group led by vocalist and songwriter Jordan Luck. Their major hits were "Victoria" " Why Does Love Do This To Me" and "Who Loves Who The Most". History 1980s: Dance Expone ...

, released in December 1983. The album peaked at #4 and spent 45 weeks on the New Zealand Album charts. 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.

Track listing

#"All I Can Do" (Luck) #"Know Your Own Heart" (Luck) #"Shattered Ornaments" (Luck) #"

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

" (Luck) #"Your Best Friend Loves Me Too" (Luck) #"I'll Say Goodbye (Even Though I'm Blue)" (Luck) #"Checking To See That Your Kiss Is The Same" (Luck/Jones) #"Just Me And You" (Luck) #"Envy The Grave" (Gent/Jones/Luck) #"Swimming To The Table Of An Unknown Girl" (Luck) #"Gone Forever In Another Car" (Luck) #"Poland" (Luck) Additional tracks on 2013 digital deluxe edition: #"Airway Spies" (Luck) #"Victoria" (original single version) (Luck) #"All I Can Do" (original single version) (Luck) #"Your Best Friend Loves Me Too" (original version) (Luck) #"Poland" (original version) (Luck) #"Can't Kiss The Lips Of A Memory" (Luck) #"I'm Not The One" (Luck) #"Social Life" (Luck) #"Perfect Romance" (demo) (Luck) #"My Date With You Was A Date With No One" (demo) (Luck) #"Walk Around The Roses" (demo) (Luck) #"The Empty Bunk In The Bunkhouse" (Luck)

Band members

Jordan Luck Jordan William Hunter Luck (born 15 October 1961) is the former lead singer and songwriter of the New Zealand rock band The Exponents. He was born in Vanderhoof in the province of British Columbia, Canada. His family moved to Tokarahi (near O ...

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

Additional musicians

Peter Van Der Fluit Peter van der Fluit (born 1963) is a musician, composer, writer, producer, and business person from Auckland, New Zealand. He was a founding member of the post-punk new wave band the Screaming Meemees. As of 2022 he serves as the main Creative Di ...

(keyboards) *Andrew McLennan (keyboards) *Stuart Pearce (keyboards) *Andrew Couston (saxophone)

Credits

*Produced by Dave Marett Engineered by Dave Marett & Graeme Myhre *Recorded at

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, Auckland, New Zealand *Tracks 1, 2 & 5 mixed By Tim Kramer at Festival Studios, Sydney Australia *Art direction & design: Alan Scholz, Mushroom Art

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