The Best Eighties Album in the World… Ever!, Volume 1 (South Africa)

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

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistLength
1SometimesErasure3:38
2StrangeloveDepeche Mode4:50
3Searchin’
recording of:
Searchin’ (I Gotta Find a Man) (in 1983)
lyricist and composer:
Ian Anthony Stephens
Hazell Dean3:41
4Nobody’s Diary
producer:
Daniel Miller, Eric Radcliffe and Yazoo
recording of:
Nobody’s Diary
lyricist and composer:
Alison Moyet
Yazoo4:30
5Wishing (If I Had a Photograph)A Flock of Seagulls5:30
6Always Something There to Remind MeNaked Eyes3:35
7Don’t You (Forget About Me)
producer:
Keith Forsey
mixer:
Jez Coad
performer:
Simple Minds (on 1984-07-10)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Simple Minds Ltd
part of:
Paste: The 50 Greatest NON One-Hit Wonders of All Time (number: 25) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 340)
recording of:
Don’t You (Forget About Me) (on 1984-07-10)
writer:
Keith Forsey and Steve Schiff
publisher:
Copyright Control, MCA Music Ltd. and Universal Music
Simple Minds4:20
8Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My CarBilly Ocean4:45
9Heaven Is a Place on Earth
recording engineer:
Steve McMillan
drums (drum set) [drum] programming:
Charles Judge and Rick Nowels
additional engineer:
Stacy Baird and Robert Feist
assistant engineer:
Matthew Freeman, Clark Germaine, Brian Scheuble and Joe Schiff
additional producer:
Robert Feist (other vocals [vocal]) and Ellen Shipley (other vocals [vocal])
producer:
Rick Nowels
mixer:
Shelly Yakus
acoustic guitar [acoustic guitars]:
Rick Nowels
additional guitar:
Tim Pierce
additional guitar [guitars]:
Michael Landau
additional keyboard [keyboards]:
Thomas Dolby
additional percussion:
Jimmy Bralower and Paulinho da Costa
bass:
John Pierce
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Kenny Aronoff and Curly Smith
electric guitar [electric guitars]:
Dan Huff, John McCurry and Rick Nowels
guitar [air guitar] and lead vocals:
Belinda Carlisle
keyboard [keyboards]:
Charles Judge and Rick Nowels
other instruments [fairlight]:
Rhett Lawrence
piano [acoustic piano]:
Charles Judge
vocals:
Beth Anderson, Charlotte Caffey, Donna Davidson, Donna Delory, Edie Lehmann, Rick Nowels, Michelle Phillips and Ellen Shipley
arranger:
Rick Nowels
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Artist Management Services Ltd. (in 1987), MCA Records, Inc. (in 1987) and Virgin Records Ltd (in 1987)
additionally recorded at:
Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, Hollywood Sound in Los Angeles, California, United States and Music Grinder Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recorded at:
American Recording and Ocean Way Studio in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
mixed at:
A&M Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 400)
recording of:
Heaven Is a Place on Earth
writer:
Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley
publisher:
BMG Bumblebee, BMG Rights Management, Bug Music Ltd., EMI Music Publishing, EMI Virgin Music Publishing Australia P/L, EMI Virgin Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd, Spirit Music Publishing Limited, Virgin Songs, Inc., Future Furniture Music (in 1987) and Shipwreck Music (in 1987)
sub-publisher:
Fujipacific Music, Inc.
Belinda Carlisle4:04
10Imagination
recording of:
Imagination
lyricist and composer:
Neville Keighley
Belouis Some3:33
11Love Changes (Everything)Climie Fisher4:29
12Do You Really Want to Hurt MeCulture Club4:23
13French Kissin’ in the USADeborah Harry5:08
14Too ShyKajagoogoo3:31
15Talk Talk
recording engineer and producer:
Colin Thurston
mixer:
Mike Robinson
bass guitar:
Paul Webb
drums (drum set):
Lee Harris
keyboard:
Simon Brenner
lead vocals:
Mark Hollis
recording of:
Talk Talk (Talk Talk)
lyricist and composer:
Ed Hollis and Mark Hollis
Talk Talk3:17
16The Politics of DancingRe‐Flex6:25
17Tarzan BoyBaltimora3:21
18Maria Magdalena
producer:
Michael Cretu
remixer:
Wolfgang Filz and Peter Ries
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Schallplatten GmbH (in 1985, in 1987)
recording of:
(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena
lyricist:
Hubert Kemmler and Richard Palmer‐James
composer:
Michael Cretu, Hubert Kemmler and Markus Löhr
publisher:
Data Alpha and Sony/ATV
Sandra3:57