# | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
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1 | Hold the Line | Toto | 4 | 3:56 |
2 | Music | John Miles | | 5:56 |
3 | You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) | Meat Loaf | 4 | 5:04 |
4 | Poison- recording engineer:
- Sir Arthur Payson
- synthesizer programming:
- Steve Deutsch
- assistant engineer:
- George Cowan , Ben Fowler, Lolly Grodner, Robert Hart , John Herman , Don Peterkofsky, Duane Seykora, Brian Sterber and Mark Tanzer
- producer:
- Desmond Child
- mixer:
- Michael Barbiero and Steve Thompson
- additional keyboard:
- Paul Chiten (from 1988 until 1989) and Gregg Mangiafico (from 1988 until 1989)
- additional other instruments [special effects]:
- Gregg Mangiafico (from 1988 until 1989)
- bass guitar:
- Hugh McDonald (from 1988 until 1989)
- drums (drum set):
- Bobby Chouinard (from 1988 until 1989)
- guitar:
- John McCurry (from 1988 until 1989)
- keyboard:
- Alan St. John (from 1988 until 1989)
- background vocals:
- Alan St. John (from 1988 until 1989), Michael Anthony (from 1988 until 1989), Desmond Child (from 1988 until 1989), Diana Grasselli (from 1988 until 1989), Jango (from 1988 until 1989), Louie Merlino (from 1988 until 1989), Hugh McDonald (from 1988 until 1989), Jamie Sever (from 1988 until 1989), Bernie Shanahan (from 1988 until 1989), Stiv Bator (from 1988 until 1989), Tom Teeley (from 1988 until 1989), Joe Turano (from 1988 until 1989), Myriam Valle (from 1988 until 1989) and Maria Vidal (from 1988 until 1989)
- lead vocals:
- Alice Cooper (from 1988 until 1989)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- CBS Records Inc. (in 1989), Sony Music Entertainment (in 1989) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1989)
- recorded at:
- Bearsville Studios in Bearsville, New York, United States (from 1988 until 1989), Blue Jay Recording Studios in Carlisle, Massachusetts, United States (from 1988 until 1989), Grog Kill Studio in Woodstock, New York, United States (from 1988 until 1989), Mediasound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1988 until 1989), Power Station Studios in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1988 until 1989), Right Track Recording in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1988 until 1989), Sigma Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1988 until 1989), The Complex Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1988 until 1989), The Record Plant in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1988 until 1989) and The Village Recorder in Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1988 until 1989)
- recording of:
- Poison (from 1988 until 1989)
- writer:
- Desmond Child, Alice Cooper and John McCurry
- publisher:
- Desmobile Inc., EMI Songs Ltd., MCA Music Ltd., Primary Wave Music Publishing, Songs of Universal, Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., Universal , Universal Music Publishing Group, Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. , Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. , 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, SBK April Music Inc. (from 1989 to ????), Ezra Music Corp. (from 1989 to present) and Kat and Mouse Music (from 1989 to present)
| Alice Cooper | 4.5 | 4:27 |
5 | Kiss You All Over | Exile | | 3:35 |
6 | Jumpinv Jack Flash | Johnny Winter | | 4:30 |
7 | Wheel in the Sky | Journey | | 4:13 |
8 | Carry On Wayward Son | Kansas | 3.45 | 5:22 |
9 | Baby Love | Mother’s Finest | | 4:23 |
10 | Black Magic Woman | Santana | | 3:17 |
11 | The Flame | Cheap Trick | | 5:39 |
12 | 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 | 4:43 |
13 | (Don’t Fear) 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 | 5:08 |
14 | Don’t Treat Me Bad | FireHouse | | 3:56 |
15 | The Final Countdown | Europe | | 5:10 |
16 | Black Betty | Ram Jam | 3.3 | 3:57 |
17 | Barracuda | Heart | | 4:22 |