Prayers Be Answered is the debut studio album by New Zealand band the Dance Exponents, 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
Personnel Personnel as listed in the album's liner notes are:
The Dance Exponents Jordan Luck — vocals Brian Jones — guitar David Gent — bass guitar Michael "Harry" Harallambi — drums
Additional musicians Peter Van Der Fluit, Andrew McLennan, Stuart Pearce — keyboards Andrew Clouston — saxophone
Production Dave Marett — producer, engineer Graeme Myhre — engineer Tim Kramer — mixing engineer Alan Scholz — cover artwork and design
Charts Weekly charts Chart (1983–84) Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (1984) Position New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) 14
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