# | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
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1 | Africa | Toto | 4.1 | 4:58 |
2 | Spinning Wheel | Blood, Sweat & Tears | | 4:07 |
3 | Back on the Road Again | REO Speedwagon | | 5:37 |
4 | I'd Rather Go Blind | Chicken Shack | | 3:14 |
5 | We Belong to the Night | Ellen Foley | 1 | 5:19 |
6 | Two Out of Three Ain't Bad | Meat Loaf | 4 | 5:25 |
7 | The Reaper- recording engineer:
- Andy Abrams (in 1976-03) and Shelly Yakus (in 1976-03)
- engineer:
- Andy Abrams and Shelly Yakus
- producer:
- Murray Krugman, David Lucas and Sandy Pearlman
- mixer:
- Andy Abrams (from 1975 until 1976) and Shelly Yakus (from 1975 until 1976)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- CBS, Inc. (in 1976), Sony BMG Music Entertainment (in 1976) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1976)
- recorded at:
- The Record Plant in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1976-03)
- mixed at:
- The Record Plant in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1975 until 1976)
- recording of:
- (Don’t Fear) The Reaper (in 1976-03)
- lyricist and composer:
- Donald Roeser
- publisher:
- Blue Oyster Cult Songs, Inc., Carlin Music Corporation, Sony Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC , Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (in 1976)
| Blue Öyster Cult | 4.5 | 5:09 |
8 | More Than a Feeling- assistant engineer:
- Bruce Hensal, Deni King and Doug Rider
- engineer:
- Warren Dewey and Tom Scholz
- producer:
- John Boylan and Tom Scholz
- assistant mixer:
- Steve Hodge
- acoustic guitar, bass, guitar [lead guitar] and guitar [rhythm guitar]:
- Tom Scholz (from 1975 until 1976)
- drums (drum set) and percussion:
- Sib Hashian (from 1975 until 1976)
- lead vocals and lead vocals [Harmony]:
- Brad Delp (from 1975 until 1976)
- arranger:
- Brad Delp and Tom Scholz
- co-arranger:
- Jim Masdea
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- CBS, Inc. (in 1976) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1976)
- recorded at:
- Foxglove Studios in Watertown, Massachusetts, United States (in 1975), Capitol Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1976) and The Record Plant in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1976)
- mixed at:
- Westlake Audio in Los Angeles, California, United States
- earliest release:
- More Than a Feeling by Boston
- part of:
- The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 212) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 500)
- recording of:
- More Than a Feeling (from 1975 until 1976)
- lyricist and composer:
- Tom Scholz
- publisher:
- Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. , Warner Chappell Music Ltd. and Pure Songs (in 1976)
| Boston | 3.85 | 4:44 |
9 | Who's Crying Now | Journey | 3.75 | 5:02 |
10 | Dogs & Butterfly | Heart | 3 | 5:20 |
11 | Getting So Excited | Bonnie Tyler | | 3:29 |
12 | So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star | The Byrds | | 2:06 |
13 | Who Can It Be Now | Men at Work | 4.45 | 3:24 |
14 | Jin-Go-Lo-Ba | Santana | 4.5 | 4:19 |
15 | Don't Bring Me Down- engineer:
- Mack
- producer:
- Jeff Lynne
- bass guitar:
- Kelly Groucutt (from 1979-03 until 1979-04)
- clarinet and electric piano:
- Richard Tandy (from 1979-03 until 1979-04)
- drums (drum set) and percussion:
- Bev Bevan (from 1979-03 until 1979-04)
- electric guitar and lead vocals:
- Jeff Lynne (from 1979-03 until 1979-04)
- piano and synthesizer:
- Jeff Lynne (from 1979-03 until 1979-04) and Richard Tandy (from 1979-03 until 1979-04)
- choir vocals:
- Kelly Groucutt (from 1979-03 until 1979-04) and Jeff Lynne (from 1979-03 until 1979-04)
- conductor:
- Louis Clark (from 1979-03 until 1979-04)
- strings arranger and choir vocals arranger:
- Louis Clark, Jeff Lynne and Richard Tandy
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- CBS Records Inc. (in 1979), Jet Records (in 1979), Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1979) and Sony Music Entertainment (in 2005)
- recorded at:
- Musicland Studios in München, Bayern, Germany (from 1979-03 until 1979-04)
- recording of:
- Don’t Bring Me Down (from 1979-03 until 1979-04)
- lyricist and composer:
- Jeff Lynne
- publisher:
- EMI April Music Inc., EMI Blackwood Music Inc. , EMI Songs Ltd., Jet Music Inc., Polygon Publishing Ltd., イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
| Electric Light Orchestra | 4.65 | 4:04 |
16 | Rock the Night- 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
- background vocals:
- Ian Haugland, Mic Michaeli and John Norum
- lead vocals:
- Joey Tempest
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- CBS, Inc. (in 1986)
- produced for:
- Elson Music Vision, Inc.
- recorded at and mixed at:
- Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California, United States, Powerplay Studios in Maur, Zürich, Switzerland and Soundtrade Studios in Solna City, Stockholms län, Sweden
- recording of:
- Rock the Night
- lyricist and composer:
- Joey Tempest
| Europe | 4.35 | 4:04 |