Track Listing

1. Under Your Spell
2. On Through the Night
3. Words in the Wind
4. Tell Me What You Want to Do
5. Somewhere in a Dream
6. Burn for You
7. Raindreams
8. I Don't Listen (When People Talk)
9. Brother Louie
10. Dancing in Slow Motion
11. 4000 Miles from Nowhere
12. Neon Nocturne
13. Where Have the Feelings Gone

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #521136 in Music
• Released on: 2001-08-07
• Number of discs: 1

Album Description
Originally a 1988 UK release on the Aura label as Fatal Embrace, this album was first made available in the US in 1992 on the Blue City imprint. Featuring several additional unreleased tracks, Dancing in Dreams is a collection of thirteen Barbarian Lovers songs, each unique unto itself, yet woven together by a sense of possession, abandonment, and longing, and punctuated by the pain of unrequited passion. Culled from the band's early 1984-88 period, the material compellingly captures the Barb's burgeoning songwriting skills, affording the listener the opportunity to see why this band became one of the best-kept secrets of the 1980s. US version includes duo-fold lyric booklet.

Kim Reed, On the Street, Australia
"It's encouraging to hear a band release an album with just the right mixture of space and music."

Ken Nichols, Midnight Groove
"Each time I hear it...I love it more. Search your record store for this...its more than worth it."

Customer Reviews

Influential Album
In my opinion this is a pretty influential album.. In it's day it was a bit of an enigma, few knew where to place it musically. I would not really call it "New Wave" but cause of the time period it sort of landed there. I can hear influences of The Doors, Pink Floyd, The Eurythmics evan Sade at times. Although they are fairly known in the U.S. they are much more widely known in Europe. This album is a collectors item (check google, the vinyl sells for over 100 dollars). BL are one of the better electronic/rock bands of the 1980's. They blend smart and interesting lyrics with what was then a very modern sounding electronic feel like no one has ever done before or since. This record has some very original songs and concepts, it also sounds good loud, or in headphones. How I miss those Simmons drums! "Words in the Wind" is one of my fav songs on this cd. The record sounds very fresh today but it still rocks and is far more advanced than people realize.

Barbarian Lovers have a sound all their own
A good CD, I wish I had known about them way back when. Barbarian Lovers can be categorized as a pop and synth-rock fusion. A good description is "moody and dark but upbeat at times." I would definitely emphasize the female angelic voice as the main reason why everybody should listen to it, as well as the guitar and synths which are in the pocket! This is not Portishead or Eurythmics or anything else. Barbarian Lovers have a sound all their own, and in that sense they are very good. Recommended to people looking for something thats not typical.

Like an old friend
Finding this CD on amazon.com was like running into an old friend after years spent apart and picking up right where you left off. I had this album on vinyl in 1989, loved it then, then lost it in a break-up with an old boyfriend, who took it along with his LPs. For years, I could never find it in record stores, then it finally showed up on Amazon, and I had to get it before it disappeared again. I love, love, love Tell Me What You Want to Do - it was my best friend's and my theme song for a whole summer, and we would put it on and blast it out my apartment window. I also really, really like Under Your Spell and I Don't Listen (When People Talk) - great eighties dance tunes with loads of vocals to sing along to while you dance around your room (or in front of your mirror - admit it, you do it). Also terrific are Barbarian Lovers' remake of Brother Louie, and the synth-pop songs On Through the Night, Burn for You, Neon Nocturne, and Where Have the Feelings Gone. As you can tell, I really dig this genre of music. Welcome back, Barbs - now how about a new CD before I wear this one out?