Romantic Pop: The Greatest 80s Wave Ballads

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

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Feels Like Heaven (album version)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1983)
recording of:
(Feels Like) Heaven
lyricist and composer:
Eddie Jordan (songwriter) and Kevin Patterson (songwriter)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corp.
Fiction Factory43:32
2Love of the Common People (album version)
producer:
Laurie Latham
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1983)
cover recording of:
Love of the Common People
lyricist and composer:
John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., Tideland Music Publishing Corporation, Tree Pub. Co. Inc., TRO Essex Music Ltd., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated) (in 1983) and Westminster Music Ltd. (in 1983)
Paul Young23:43
3Since (album version)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1988)
recording of:
Since
lyricist and composer:
Andrew Roachford (the man)
Roachford3:24
4Girl’s Got a Brand New Toy (album version)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH (not for release label use! for © & ℗ or distributor only, defunct since 2005/03/09) (in 1985)
recording of:
Girl’s Got a Brand New Toy
lyricist and composer:
Ken Taylor
publisher:
CBS Songs, Chartbreaker Musikverlag GmbH (publisher) and EMI Kick Musikverlag GmbH
T.X.T3:55
5Doot Doot
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1983)
recording of:
Doot Doot
writer:
Karl Hyde, Rick Smith (electronic producer, member of Underworld) and Alfie Thomas
publisher:
Curly Music Ltd. (publisher) and Point Music Ltd. (in 1983)
Freur3:47
6Another Heart Breaks (album version)
engineer:
Mack (German rock producer/engineer Reinhold Mack)
producer:
Jeff Lynne
bass:
Kelly Groucutt (in 1981)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Bev Bevan (English rock drummer) (in 1981)
electric piano:
Richard Tandy (in 1981)
guitar, piano and synthesizer:
Jeff Lynne (in 1981) and Richard Tandy (in 1981)
lead vocals:
Jeff Lynne (in 1981)
conductor:
Rainer Pietsch (in 1981)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Jet Records (in 1981) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (bootleg pretending to be real label) (in 1981)
recorded at:
Musicland Studios (Munich) in München, Bayern, Germany (in 1981)
recording of:
Another Heart Breaks (in 1981)
lyricist and composer:
Jeff Lynne
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), EMI April Music Inc. and Jeff Music Inc.
ELO4.353:49
7Cat Among the Pigeons (album version)
recording engineer:
John Brand (engineer), Simon Humphrey and Robin Sellers
assistant engineer:
Richard Edwards (Sound engineer) and Alex Osman
engineer:
Christopher Marc Potter (UK producer/mixer, Z Management, worked with The Verve and Richard Ashcroft)
producer and mixer:
Nicky Graham
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1988)
recorded at:
Hot Nights Studio in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
Sarm East Studios in Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Cat Among the Pigeons
writer:
Nicky Graham and Thomas Watkins
publisher:
BMG Gold Songs, EMI Virgin Music Ltd. (do not use this as a release label!), Graham Music Publishing Ltd and Warner Chappell
Bros4:07
8Don’t Talk to Me About Love (album version)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1983)
recording of:
Don’t Talk to Me About Love
writer:
Clare Grogan, Stephen Lironi, Tony McDaid and Johnny McElhone
publisher:
Chrysalis Music Ltd. (music publisher) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
Altered Images3:49
9When Love Breaks Down (album version)
producer:
Phil Thornalley
remixer:
Thomas Dolby
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1985)
recording of:
When Love Breaks Down
lyricist and composer:
Paddy McAloon
publisher:
EMI Songs Ltd.
Prefab Sprout3.54:10
10Nescio (album version)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (Holland) B.V. (Sony Music Entertainment's NL subsidiary until 2004) (in 1983)
recording of:
Nescio
lyricist and composer:
Henk Hofstede
publisher:
Nitsongs
Nits4:48
11Laughing (album version)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1984)
recording of:
Laughing
lyricist and composer:
Jet Black (UK drummer Brian Duffy, member of The Stranglers), Jean‐Jacques Burnel, Hugh Cornwell and Dave Greenfield
publisher:
EMI Music Publ. Ltd. (PRS-affiliated) and Plugshaft Ltd
The Stranglers4:14
12Who Let in the Rain
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1993)
recording of:
Who Let In the Rain
writer:
Cyndi Lauper and Allee Willis
publisher:
EMI Virgin Songs, Inc., Rellla Music Corp., Sony Songs Inc. and Streamline Moderne Music
Cyndi Lauper4:35
13Children of Parade
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1985)
recording of:
Children on Parade
lyricist and composer:
Colin Hay
publisher:
April Music Inc.
Men at Work23:38
14E=MC²
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1985)
recording of:
E=mc²
writer:
Dan Donovan (keyboards (Big Audio Dynamite/Dreadzone)), Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Don Letts
publisher:
B.A.D. Songs and Big Audio Dynamics Music, Inc.
Big Audio Dynamite4:28
15One Rule for You
After the Fire3:19
16Never Trust a Man
Adam and the Ants3:16
17When Your Heart Is Weak
producer:
Steve Hillage
assistant mixer:
Richard Bosworth
mixer:
Val Garay
additional guitar:
Steve Hillage
membranophone and percussion:
Louis Molino
lead vocals:
Peter Kingsbery and Anna LaCazio
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1985)
mixed at:
Record One in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
When Your Heart Is Weak
lyricist and composer:
Peter Kingsbery
publisher:
Edwin Ellis Music (publisher) (in 1985) and Nurk Twins Music (publisher) (in 1985)
Cock Robin4:41
18Heaven
recording of:
Heaven
lyricist:
Richard Butler (singer)
writer:
Tim Butler
publisher:
EMI Songs Ltd., フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (from 2015-01-01 to present)
The Psychedelic Furs3:29
19Only You
Toto4:31
20Dignity
producer:
Jon Kelly (engineer at Air London Studios)
recording of:
Dignity
lyricist and composer:
Ricky Ross (Scottish singer-songwriter)
Deacon Blue43:56