Music of the Year: 1978

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Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Rat Trap
recording of:
Rat Trap
lyricist and composer:
Bob Geldof
publisher:
Sewer Fire Hits Ltd
The Boomtown Rats4:58
2Down in the Tube Station at MidnightThe Jam4:00
3Take Me I’m Yours
recording of:
Take Me I’m Yours
lyricist:
Chris Difford
composer:
Glenn Tilbrook
Squeeze2:54
4British Hustle
Hi‐Tension3:29
5I Love the NightlifeAlicia Bridges3:09
6If I Can’t Have YouYvonne Elliman4.652:59
7Stuff Like That
Quincy Jones3:08
8Just the Way You Are
producer:
Barry White
arranger:
Gene Page and Barry White
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
20th Century-Fox Record Corporation (in 1978) and The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 1978)
cover recording of:
Just the Way You Are (Billy Joel song)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Joel
publisher:
April Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), EMI Songs Ltd., Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division, Yamaha Music EH(CM), Joelsongs (from 1977 to present), CBS Songs Ltd. (in 1977) and Impulsive Music (in 1977)
Barry White4:49
9Words
Rita Coolidge3:26
10A Ba Ni Bi
recording of:
A-Ba-Ni-Bi
lyricist:
אהוד מנור
composer:
נורית הירש
Izhar Cohen & The Alpha-Beta3:02
11Hey Lord Don’t Ask Me Questions
Graham Parker & The Rumour5:42
125.7.0.5
producer:
Robert John “Mutt” Lange
recording of:
5.7.0.5.
lyricist:
Lol Mason
composer:
Steve Broughton (drummer, with Edgar Broughton Band & Mike Oldfield)
City Boy53:15
13Again and Again
assistant engineer:
Freek Feenstra
engineer:
John Eden (Producer)
producer:
Status Quo (UK boogie rock band) and Pip Williams (producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1978), Mercury Records Ltd. (London) (for copyrights use only) (in 1978, in 1991), Phonogram Ltd. (in 1978) and Phonogram Ltd. (London) (company name, NOT a label!) (in 1978)
recorded at:
Wisselord Studios in Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
recording of:
Again and Again
written in:
Surrey, England, United Kingdom
writer:
Andy Bown, Jackie Lynton and Rick Parfitt (UK guitarist for Status Quo)
publisher:
Birchwood Music Ltd., Eaton Music Limited, EMI Music Publishing Co. Ltd., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), S.Q. Publishing Eaton and Status Quo Publishing
Status Quo43:43
14Goodbye GirlSqueeze2:59
15Like Clockwork
recording of:
Like Clockwork
lyricist and composer:
Pete Briquette, Simon Crowe and Bob Geldof
The Boomtown Rats3:46
16Oh What a Circus
recording of:
Oh, What a Circus (Evita)
lyricist:
Tim Rice
composer:
Andrew Lloyd Webber (English composer and impresario of musical theatre)
publisher:
Evita Music and Evita Music Ltd.
part of:
Evita (Andrew Lloyd Webber musical)
David Essex3:53
17‘A’ Bomb in Wardour StreetThe Jam2:35
18Prodigal Son
Steel Pulse5:08
19Now That We’ve Found Love
cover recording of:
Now That We Found Love
writer:
Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff (Philly soul producer, of Gamble & Huff)
publisher:
Blue Mountain Music Ltd, Mighty Three Music 301 /373, 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)
Third World3:53
20Dreadlock Holiday
engineer:
Keith Bessey, Eric Stewart and Tony Spath
producer:
Graham Gouldman and Eric Stewart
mixer:
Eric Stewart
agogô, congas, cowbell, marimba, timbales and triangle:
Paul Burgess (UK rock drummer)
bass guitar, cabasa and background vocals and lead vocals:
Graham Gouldman
drums (drum set) and tambourine:
Stuart Tosh
electric guitar:
Rick Fenn and Graham Gouldman
electric piano and maracas:
Eric Stewart
organ:
Rick Fenn and Eric Stewart
synthesizer [Yamaha Cs80]:
Duncan Mackay (UK keyboardist/synthesizerist)
background vocals:
Rick Fenn, Eric Stewart and Stuart Tosh
remixer:
Eric Stewart
arranger:
10cc
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1978) and Phonogram Ltd. (in 1978)
recorded at and mixed at:
Strawberry Studios South in Dorking, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
music videos:
Dreadlock Holiday by 10cc
recording of:
Dreadlock Holiday
writer:
Graham Gouldman and Eric Stewart
publisher:
Man-Ken Music Ltd.
10cc4.654:31

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part of:Music of the Year (Spectrum Music series) (number: 1978) (order: 10)