Dancing on the Couch

Dancing on the Couch is the second studio album by English pop duo Go West, released in 1987. It reached number 19 on the UK Albums Chart.

Dancing on the Couch
Studio album by Go West
Released	25 May 1987^[1]
Genre	Pop
Label	Chrysalis
Producer	Gary Stevenson
Go West chronology
Bangs & Crashes (1986) Dancing on the Couch (1987) Indian Summer (1992)
Singles from Dancing on the Couch
"True Colours" Released: November 1986 "I Want to Hear It from You" Released: April 1987 "The King Is Dead" Released: August 1987 "From Baltimore to Paris" Released: November 1987

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Record Mirror	^[3]

The American version of the album featured a slightly different cover (zoomed in further on the image of band members Peter Cox and Richard Drummie on the couch) and included the track "Don't Look Down – The Sequel" (a slightly enhanced version of a song from Go West's debut album) in place of "Let's Build a Boat".^[4] "Don't Look Down – The Sequel" would become Go West's first top 40 hit in the United States.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Peter Cox and Richard Drummie, with additional writing by Alan Murphy on tracks 3, 7 and 9.

Dancing on the Couch

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Want to Hear It from You"	3:43
2.	"Little Caesar"	4:28
3.	"Masque of Love"	4:06
4.	"From Baltimore to Paris"	5:47
5.	"True Colours"	3:56
6.	"The King Is Dead"	4:27
7.	"Chinese Whispers"	4:14
8.	"Let's Build a Boat"	3:41
9.	"Crossfire"	4:31
10.	"Dangerous"	3:55

Dancing on the Couch – American Edition

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Want to Hear It from You"	3:43
2.	"Little Caesar"	4:28
3.	"Masque of Love"	4:06
4.	"From Baltimore to Paris"	5:47
5.	"True Colours"	3:56
6.	"The King Is Dead"	4:27
7.	"Chinese Whispers"	4:14
8.	"Don't Look Down – The Sequel"	4:20
9.	"Crossfire"	4:31
10.	"Dangerous"	3:55

Personnel

Go West

• Peter Cox – vocals, keyboards, drum programming, percussion, hi-hat
• Richard Drummie – vocals, keyboards, guitars, percussion

Additional musicians

• Dave West – keyboards, Fairlight programming, drum programming
• Peter-John Vettese – acoustic piano
• Alan Murphy – keyboards, guitars, guitar solos, percussion
• Chris Childs – bass
• Graham Edwards – bass
• Pino Palladino – bass
• Tony Beard – drums
• Graham Broad – cymbals, hi-hat
• Randy Brecker – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Kate Bush – backing vocals on "The King Is Dead"
• Mo Birch – backing vocals on "I Want to Hear It from You"

Production

• Producer – Gary Stevenson
• Recording engineers – John Gallen and Julian Mendelsohn
• Track 1 remixed by Brian Malouf
• Track 2 mixed by John Gallen
• Tracks 3–10 mixed by Julian Mendelsohn
• Recorded at Puk Studios (Denmark).
• Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
• Design – John Pasche
• Photography – Kevin Clarke
• Management – Blueprint Management

Chart performance

Chart (1987)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart^[5]	95
UK Albums Chart^[6]	19

References

1. Strickland, Andy (23 May 1987). "News Digest". Record Mirror. p. 28. ISSN 0144-5804.
2. LeRoy, Dan. Dancing on the Couch - Review. AllMusic.
3. O'Toole, Lesley (6 June 1987). "Albums". Record Mirror. p. 14. ISSN 0144-5804.
4. Go West- Dancing on the Couch (U.S. version) @Discogs.com Retrieved 8-28-2010.
5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 126. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
6. "dancing on the couch | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 5 February 2021.