Moving, released by Rough Trade Records on 27 January 1984, is the third studio album by the Raincoats. It was re-released in the US by DGC Records in February 1994 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.Lazell, Barry (1997) Indie Hits 1980-1989, Cherry Red Books, It was to be their last album for 12 years.

Reissue version When preparing the album for reissue in 1994, the group's core members elected to remove one song written by Vicki Aspinall, 'Honey Mad Woman', and two written and sung by drummer Richard Dudanski, 'Avidoso' and 'Dreaming in the Past'. Aspinall had requested the removal of her song, but Dudanski was not consulted, a fact that his former bandmates now regret.Audrey Golden, Shouting Out Loud: Lives of the Raincoats White Rabbit, London 2025 pp. 193-4 The song 'No-one's Little Girl', previously a standalone single, was added to the track listing. Delia Sparrow and Anjali Bhatia of British indie all-female group Mambo Taxi contributed to the reissue’s liner notes.Audrey Golden, Shouting Out Loud: Lives of the Raincoats White Rabbit, London 2025 p. 205 The cover art was also changed for the reissue: the outlines of three women and one man became three women.

Track listings Original Release (1983) "Ooh Ooh La La La" "Dreaming in the Past" "Mouth of a Story" "Honey Mad Woman" "Rainstorm" "Dance of Hopping Mad" "Balloon" "I Saw a Hill" "Overheard" "The Body" "Avidoso" "Animal Rhapsody"

Reissue (1994) "No One's Little Girl" "Ooh Ooh La La La" "Dance of Hopping Mad" "Balloon" "Mouth of a Story" "I Saw a Hill" "Overheard" "Rainstorm" "The Body" "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

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