The Edge of the Eighties

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Annotation

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Tracklist

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1Dear Prudence
producer:
Mike Hedges and Siouxsie and the Banshees
bass guitar:
Steven Severin
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Budgie
guitar:
Robert Smith
keyboard:
Steven Severin and Robert Smith
lead vocals:
Siouxsie Sioux
cover recording of:
Dear Prudence
writer:
John Lennon and Paul McCartney
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing, Northern Songs Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Sony/ATV Songs and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
Siouxsie and the Banshees3:51
2The Walk
programming:
Lol Tolhurst
producer:
Steve Nye, Chris Parry and Phil Thornalley
mixer:
Steve Nye
drum machine and keyboard:
Lol Tolhurst
guitar and keyboard:
Robert Smith
vocals:
Robert Smith
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Fiction Records Ltd.
music videos:
The Walk by The Cure
recording of:
The Walk (in 1983-04)
lyricist:
Robert Smith
composer:
Robert Smith and Lol Tolhurst
publisher:
APB Music Co.
The Cure3:31
3Life in Tokyo
producer:
Giorgio Moroder
recording of:
Life in Tokyo
writer:
Giorgio Moroder and David Sylvian
Japan3:32
4Up the Hill Backwards
recording of:
Up the Hill Backwards
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Fleur Music Ltd., RZO Music Ltd, Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. and Tintoretto Music
version of:
Cameras in Brooklyn
David Bowie3:16
5Whip It
associate producer:
Robert Margouleff
producer:
DEVO
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
WEA International Inc.
recorded at:
The Record Plant in Sausalito, California, United States
part of:
VH1’s 100 Greatest One‐Hit Wonders of the ’80s (number: 15), Paste: The 50 Greatest NON One-Hit Wonders of All Time (number: 42), VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (number: 63) and Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 463)
recording of:
Whip It (Devo song)
writer:
Gerald Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh
publisher:
DEVO Music, EMI Virgin Music Australia Pty Ltd and Nymph Music
DEVO2:40
6Lawn Chairs
producer:
Our Daughter’s Wedding and Colin Thurston
recording of:
Lawnchairs
lyricist:
Layne Rico
writer:
Our Daughter’s Wedding
Our Daughter’s Wedding3:27
7Kick in the Eye
producer:
Bauhaus
recording of:
Kick in the Eye
writer:
Daniel Ash, David John Haskins, Kevin Haskins and Peter Murphy
Bauhaus3:37
8Liberator
recording of:
Liberator
lyricist and composer:
Kirk Brandon
Spear of Destiny3:41
9Back to Love
recording of:
Back to Love
Echo & the Bunnymen3:15
10Passionate Friend
recording of:
Passionate Friend
lyricist and composer:
Julian Cope
The Teardrop Explodes3:25
11See Those Eyes
engineer:
David M. Allen
producer:
Martin Rushent
recording of:
See Those Eyes
lyricist and composer:
Tich Anderson, Clare Grogan, Tony McDaid, Johnny McElhone and Jim McKinven
Altered Images3:10
12Chihuahua
recording of:
Chihuahua
writer:
Matthew Ashman, Dave Barbarossa, Leigh Gorman and Malcolm McLaren
Bow Wow Wow3:50
13That's the Way (I Like It)
cover recording of:
That’s the Way (I Like It)
writer:
Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music, EMI Music, EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd and Mushroom Music
Dead or Alive3:07
14Love My Way
engineer:
Chris Andersen and Todd Rundgren
producer:
Todd Rundgren
bass:
Tim Butler
cello:
Ann Sheldon
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Vince Ely
guitar:
John Ashton
horn:
Donn Adams and Gary Windo
keyboard:
Todd Rundgren
background vocals:
Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman
vocals:
Richard Butler
arranger:
The Psychedelic Furs
recording of:
Love My Way
lyricist and composer:
John Ashton, Richard Butler, Tim Butler and Vince Ely
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Songs Ltd. and EMI Songs Musikverlag GmbH
The Psychedelic Furs3:34
15European Female
producer:
Steve Churchyard
mixer:
Tony Visconti
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited (in 1987)
music videos:
European Female by The Stranglers
recording of:
European Female (In Celebration Of)
lyricist and composer:
Jet Black, Jean‐Jacques Burnel, Hugh Cornwell and Dave Greenfield
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc., Complete Music Ltd., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. and Plugshaft Ltd.
The Stranglers4:03
16Moskow Diskow
Telex4:08
17O Superman
engineer:
Leanne Ungar
assistant producer:
Perry Hoberman
producer:
Laurie Anderson and Roma Baran
electronic instruments [electronics] and vocoder:
Laurie Anderson
farfisa and synthesizer [Casio]:
Roma Baran
flute and saxophone [sax]:
Perry Hoberman
vocals:
Laurie Anderson
recorded at:
The Lobby in New York, New York, United States
mixed at:
The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
O Superman (in 1981)
lyricist and composer:
Laurie Anderson
publisher:
Difficult Music
is based on:
Le Cid : Acte III, scène 3. « Ah ! tout est bien fini » ... No. 13 Prière « Ô souverain, ô juge, ô père » (Rodrigue, Saint Jacques, voix du ciel)
Laurie Anderson8:25