Eighties

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1
▼ CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Tainted Love
engineer:
Paul Hardiman
producer:
Mike Thorne (UK producer & keyboardist)
mixer:
Harvey Goldberg
electronic instruments and other instruments:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
background vocals:
Vicious Pink
vocals:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (London) (for copyrights use only) (in 1981)
recorded at:
Advision Studios in Fitzrovia
music videos:
Tainted Love by Soft Cell
part of:
Paste: The 50 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of All Time (number: 8), New York Post: 100 Greatest Covers (2007) (number: 10) and Pitchfork: The Story of Goth in 33 Songs
cover recording of:
Tainted Love
lyricist and composer:
Ed Cobb
publisher:
Burlington Music Co., Ltd. and Embassy Music Corporation
sub-publisher:
ミュージック・セールス (Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment)
Soft Cell3.92:36
2Shout
recording of:
Shout
writer:
Roland Orzabal and Ian Stanley
publisher:
10 Music Ltd., BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use!), Roland Orzabal Ltd. and Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
Tears for Fears5:19
3All You Zombies
recording of:
All You Zombies
writer:
Eric Bazilian and Rob Hyman
The Hooters5:57
4Who Can It Be Now?
additional engineer:
Paul Ray (70s/80s US engineer)
engineer:
Jim Barbour and Peter McIan
producer:
Peter McIan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1982)
recorded at:
Richmond Recorders in Melbourne
recording of:
Who Can It Be Now?
lyricist and composer:
Colin Hay
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher)
Men at Work4.43:23
5No Lies
recorded at:
Rhinoceros Studios in Sydney (from 1986-08 to present)
Noiseworks43:55
6Cool World
recording of:
Cool World
composer:
Ross Wilson (Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer)
Mondo Rock3:34
7Rain
recording of:
Rain (Dragon song)
writer:
Marc Hunter, Todd Hunter (Todd Stuart Hunter of Dragon) and Johanna Pigott
Dragon3:40
8Slice of Heaven
recording of:
Slice of Heaven
lyricist and composer:
Dave Dobbyn
Dave Dobbyn & Herbs4:18
9Down Down
Jimi The Human & Spectre 76:47
10Rock ’n’ Roll (You’re Beautiful)
Normie Rowe3:14
11Why Won’t You Explain
Karen Knowles3:44
12Wind Beneath My Wings
recording of:
Wind Beneath My Wings
writer:
Larry Henley (singer songwriter) and Jeff Silbar
publisher:
Silbar’Songs and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
Colleen Hewett3:22
13The Final Countdown
recording engineer and mixer:
Wally Buck and Kevin Elson
producer:
Kevin Elson
bass guitar [bass]:
John Levén
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Ian Haugland
guitar:
John Norum
keyboard:
Mic Michaeli
lead vocals:
Joey Tempest (Swedish singer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1986) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1986)
produced for:
Elson Music Vision, Inc.
recorded at and mixed at:
Fantasy Studios (Berkeley) in Berkeley, United States, Powerplay Studios in Maur and Soundtrade Studios in Solna City
recording of:
The Final Countdown
lyricist and composer:
Joey Tempest (Swedish singer)
publisher:
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Seven Doors Music
parody version of:
The Final Sound
Europe4.15:09
14Bed of Nails
recording engineer:
Sir Arthur Payson
synthesizer programming:
Steve Deutsch
assistant engineer:
George Cowan (US engineer), Ben Fowler, Lolly Grodner, Robert Hart (engineer), John Herman (engineer), Don Peterkofsky, Duane Seykora, Brian Sterber and Mark Tanzer
producer:
Desmond Child
mixer:
Michael Barbiero (producer, mixer, engineer, songwriter, collaborator with Steve Thompson) and Steve Thompson (producer)
additional guitar:
Kane Roberts
additional keyboard:
Paul Chiten and Gregg Mangiafico
additional other instruments [special effects]:
Gregg Mangiafico
bass guitar:
Hugh McDonald (bassist)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Chouinard
guitar:
John McCurry
keyboard:
Alan St. John
background vocals:
Alan St. John, Michael Anthony (US bassist, formerly of Van Halen), Desmond Child, Diana Grasselli, Jango (backing vocalist on “Trash” by Alice Cooper), Louie Merlino, Hugh McDonald (bassist), Jamie Sever, Bernie Shanahan, Stiv Bator, Tom Teeley, Joe Turano (singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer/arranger, jazz), Myriam Valle and Maria Vidal (American singer-songwriter)
lead vocals:
Alice Cooper (the musician born Vincent Damon Furnier, changed his name legally to Alice Cooper in 1974)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1989), Epic Records (a division of Sony Music Entertainment; holding company, not a release label) (in 1989), Sony Music Entertainment (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1989) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1989)
recorded at:
Bearsville Studios in Bearsville, United States, Blue Jay Recording Studios in Carlisle, Massachusetts, United States, Grog Kill Studio in Woodstock, United States, Mediasound Studios in New York, United States, Power Station Studios (fka Power Station, Avatar Studios) in Hell's Kitchen, United States, Right Track Recording in Manhattan, United States, Sigma Sound Studios (New York) in New York, United States, The Complex Studios in Los Angeles, United States, The Record Plant (aka “Record Plant” Los Angeles) in Hollywood, United States and The Village Recorder (aka The Village Recorder) in Los Angeles, United States
recording of:
Bed of Nails
writer:
Desmond Child, Alice Cooper (the musician born Vincent Damon Furnier, changed his name legally to Alice Cooper in 1974), Kane Roberts and Diane Warren (US songwriter)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Desmobile Music Co., Inc. (publisher), EMI April Music Inc., EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), EMI Songs Ltd., Ezra Music, Realsongs (, from 1989 to present), SBK April Music Inc. (, from 1989 to ????), Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia, Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available), Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998), Universal/MCA Music Publishing Scandinavia AB, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Desmobile Music Co., Inc. (from 1989 to present) and Ezra Music Corp. (from 1989 to present)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部, ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
Alice Cooper4.24:21
15Working for the Weekend
recording of:
Working for the Weekend
writer:
Paul Dean (Canadian guitarist), Matt Frenette and Mike Reno
Loverboy3:42
16The Dark (Zero the Hero)
Black Sabbath8:22
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