Biggest & Best Ballads

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Tracklist

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1Love Is All Around
co-producer:
Graeme Duffin
conductor:
Fiachra Trench
strings arranger:
Fiachra Trench
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1994) and Phonogram Ltd. (London) (company name, NOT a label!) (in 1994)
music videos:
Love Is All Around by Wet Wet Wet
cover recording of:
Love Is All Around
lyricist and composer:
Reg Presley
publisher:
Dick James Music Ltd. (renamed Universal/Dick James Music Ltd. since 1999‐07‐30), Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available), Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc. and Universal/Dick James Music Ltd. (fka Dick James Music Ltd.)
Wet Wet Wet3.854:02
2I Want Love
lead vocals:
Elton John (English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer)
recording of:
I Want Love
lyricist:
Bernie Taupin
composer:
Elton John (English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer)
publisher:
Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
Elton John2.54:39
3Say What You Want
recording engineer:
Nick Addison, Ian Grimble, Ash Howes (British mixer, writer and musician), Kenny MacDonald and Texas (Scottish pop rock band)
additional programming:
Paul Taylor (UK songwriter, producer, keyboardist, programmer, engineer)
programming:
Eddie Campbell (Scottish keyboardist for Texas/The Incredible Blondes), Richard Hynd, Johnny McElhone and Sharleen Spiteri
sound engineer:
Ash Howes (British mixer, writer and musician)
additional producer:
Boilerhouse Boys
producer and mixer:
Texas (Scottish pop rock band)
guitar:
Johnny McElhone and Ally McErlaine (Scottish guitarist)
keyboard:
Eddie Campbell (Scottish keyboardist for Texas/The Incredible Blondes) and Johnny McElhone
recording of:
Say What You Want
lyricist and composer:
Johnny McElhone and Sharleen Spiteri
publisher:
EMI 10 Music
Texas3.83:53
4What You're Made Of
Lucie Silvas3:51
5I'm Ready
engineer:
Bob Clearmountain
producer:
Bryan Adams (Canadian singer/songwriter) and Bob Clearmountain
drums (drum set):
Mickey Curry
electric bass guitar [bass]:
Dave Taylor (Bass player (Bryan Adams) and engineer)
guitar:
Bryan Adams (Canadian singer/songwriter) and Keith Scott (Canadian guitarist)
Hammond organ and synthesizer:
Tommy Mandel
solo guitar:
Keith Scott (Canadian guitarist)
background vocals:
Bryan Adams (Canadian singer/songwriter) and Lou Gramm (American rock singer-songwriter; Black Sheep, Foreigner & Shadow King)
lead vocals:
Bryan Adams (Canadian singer/songwriter)
recorded at:
Little Mountain Sound in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
mixed at:
Le Studio in Morin‐Heights, Québec (Quebec), Canada
cover recording of:
I’m Ready
written in:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (in 1978-10)
writer:
Bryan Adams (Canadian singer/songwriter) (in 1978-10) and Jim Vallance (in 1978-10)
publisher:
Almo Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), Badams Music Limited, Adams Communications Inc. (in 1979), Calypso Toonz (in 1979) and Testatyme Music (in 1979)
Bryan Adams3.53:58
6Every Kinda People
producer:
Robert Palmer (English singer‐songwriter)
recording of:
Every Kinda People
lyricist and composer:
Andy Fraser (English bassist, member of Free)
publisher:
Island Music (Island Music Ltd.)
Robert Palmer43:25
7Get Here
producer:
David Bascombe and Roland Orzabal (UK musician, songwriter and producer)
bass:
Pino Palladino
drums (drum set):
John Cushon
keyboard and piano:
Oleta Adams
percussion:
Luís Jardim
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Phonogram Ltd. (London) (company name, NOT a label!), Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1990) and Mercury Records Ltd. (London) (for copyrights use only) (in 1990)
part of:
The Downloader’s Music Source Book (number: 191)
cover recording of:
Get Here
lyricist and composer:
Brenda Russell (US singer-songwriter & keyboardist)
publisher:
Rutland Road Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner Chappell North America and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Oleta Adams44:36
8Spirits Having Flown
recording of:
Spirits (Having Flown)
writer:
Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb and Robin Gibb
publisher:
Stigwood Music, Inc.
Bee Gees4:00
9Let's Get It On
producer:
Marvin Gaye and Ed Townsend
percussion:
Emil Richards
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Company, L.P. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label), Motown Record Corp. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1973) and UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1973)
remix of:
Let’s Get It On (album version) by Marvin Gaye
part of:
Billboard: Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Songs (number: 46)
recording of:
Let’s Get It On
writer:
Marvin Gaye and Ed Townsend
publisher:
Cherritown Music Co., Inc., Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobete Music Co., Inc., Jobete Music Ltd and Stone Diamond Music Corporation
Marvin Gaye43:58
10Love Hurts
Jim Capaldi3:28
11Show Me Heaven
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990) (in 1990) and The David Geffen Company (legal rights relating to Geffen Records) (in 1990)
recording of:
Show Me Heaven
writer:
Eric Rackin (Production music composer), Maria McKee and Jay Rifkin
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Ensign Music Corporation, Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody) and Famous Music Publishing Limited (renamed into BMG FM Music Ltd. on 2013-05-13)
Maria McKee33:50
12Mad World
programming:
Manny Elias, Chris Hughes (producer, aka “Merrick”), Roland Orzabal (UK musician, songwriter and producer) and Ian Stanley
producer:
Ross Cullum and Chris Hughes (producer, aka “Merrick”)
bass guitar:
Curt Smith
drums (drum set):
Manny Elias
guitar:
Roland Orzabal (UK musician, songwriter and producer)
keyboard:
Roland Orzabal (UK musician, songwriter and producer), Curt Smith and Ian Stanley
percussion:
Chris Hughes (producer, aka “Merrick”)
vocals:
Curt Smith
conductor:
Chris Hughes (producer, aka “Merrick”)
performer:
Ross Cullum and Phil Palmer (guitarist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Phonogram Ltd. (London) (company name, NOT a label!) (in 1985)
music videos:
Mad World by Tears for Fears
recording of:
Mad World
lyricist and composer:
Roland Orzabal (UK musician, songwriter and producer)
publisher:
BMG Blue, BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! see annotation), Chrysalis Music (music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), Chrysalis Music Publishing and Virgin Music Ltd.
Tears for Fears3.953:34
13You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
recording of:
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’
writer:
Barry Mann, Phil Spector and Cynthia Weil
publisher:
ABKCO Music Publishing Pty Ltd, ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), Columbia Music (Publisher. Do not use as a release label.), EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!), Mother Bertha Music Inc., Screen Gems–Columbia Music, Inc. and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Germany (GmbH & Co. KG), Screen Gems-Columbia Music Ltd., Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd., 日本アブコ音楽出版 (ABKCO Japan Publishing), イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30), イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan, Fujipacific Division) (until 2021-06-30), ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
The Righteous Brothers3:39
14Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough
performer:
Don Henley
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1992)
recording of:
Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough
writer:
Glen Burtnik and Patty Smyth
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd., EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Songs Ltd., Hampstead Heath Music Publishing Ltd., Pink Smoke Music, Universal Music–MGB Songs, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Patty Smyth & Don Henley44:28
15The Things We Do for Love
assistant engineer and assistant mixer:
Tony Spath
engineer, mixer and editor:
Eric Stewart
producer:
10cc, Graham Gouldman, Mastermix Music Limited and Eric Stewart
acoustic guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar, handclaps and tambourine:
Graham Gouldman (in 1976)
drums (drum set), gong, handclaps and tambourine:
Paul Burgess (UK rock drummer) (in 1976)
guitar, organ and piano and background vocals and lead vocals:
Eric Stewart (in 1976)
background vocals:
Graham (in 1976)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1976, in 1977, in 1997), Mercury Records Ltd. (London) (for copyrights use only) (in 1976), Phonogram Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1976, in 1977), PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram) (in 1977) and The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 1977)
recorded at:
Strawberry Studios South in Dorking, Surrey, England, United Kingdom (in 1976)
music videos:
The Things We Do for Love by 10cc and The Things We Do for Love by 10cc
recording of:
The Things We Do for Love (in 1976)
writer:
Graham Gouldman and Eric Stewart
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), St. Anne’s Music Ltd. and Man-Ken Music Ltd. (in 1977)
10cc4.553:22
16Father and Son
producer:
Paul Samwell-Smith
bass guitar:
John Ryan (producer a/k/a “The Chicago Kid”) (in 1970-07)
drums (drum set):
Harvey Burns (in 1970-07)
guitar and keyboard:
Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam) (in 1970-07)
guitar [2nd]:
Alun Davies (in 1970-07)
solo violin:
John Rostein (in 1970-07)
vocals:
Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam) (in 1970-07)
strings arranger:
Del Newman (British conductor, orchestrator, arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Island Records Ltd. (not for release label use! company known by this name from 1962‐05‐08 to 1999‐03‐29, and since 2014‐06‐25) (in 1970) and Universal Island Records Ltd. (not for release label use! company known by this name from 1999-03-29 to 2014-06-25) (in 1970)
recorded at:
Morgan Studios (Morgan Sound Studios) in Willesden, Brent (London Borough of Brent), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1970-07)
instrumental version of:
Father and Son by Giacomo Bucci
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 408)
recording of:
Father and Son (Cat Stevens) (in 1970-07)
lyricist and composer:
Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam)
publisher:
Cat Music Ltd., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Island Music Ltd., Island Music, Inc. (work publisher – NOT related to the Island imprint now owned by UMG), Freshwater Music Ltd. (from 1970 to present) and Irving Music, Inc. (from 1970 to present)
Cat Stevens4.253:42
17Parisienne Walkways
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1987)
recording of:
Parisienne Walkways
writer:
Phil Lynott and Gary Moore (Thin Lizzy, blues guitar)
publisher:
Agelong Music Publishing Inc and Maxwood Music Ltd.
is based on:
Blue Bossa
Gary Moore & Phil Lynott3:14
18Nights in White Satin
executive producer:
Hugh Mendl
producer:
Tony Clark (engineer, Abbey Road)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Co. Ltd. (The Decca Record Company Limited, not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1967)
recording of:
Nights in White Satin (in 1967)
lyricist and composer:
Justin Hayward (of the Moody Blues)
publisher:
Essex Music of Australia Pty. Ltd., TRO-Essex Music, Inc. and Tyler Music Ltd.
The Moody Blues4.554:28
19Three Times a Lady
producer:
James Anthony Carmichael and Commodores (US funk/soul band with Lionel Richie)
lead vocals:
Lionel Richie
arranger:
James Anthony Carmichael and Commodores (US funk/soul band with Lionel Richie)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Company, L.P. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1978), Motown Record Corporation (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1978, in 1979) and UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1978)
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1978 (number: 10)
recording of:
Three Times a Lady
lyricist and composer:
Lionel Richie
publisher:
Brenda Richie Publishing, Brockman Enterprises, Inc., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.), Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobete Music Co., Inc. and Libren Music
Commodores3.653:37

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ASIN:UK: B00066KWP6 [info]