Electropop Essentials

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

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Oh Yeah
producer:
Yello (Swiss electronica duo)
guest drums (drum set):
Beat Ash
guest guitar:
Chico Hablas
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Phonogram GmbH (in 1985)
recorded at:
Yello Studio in Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
recording of:
Oh Yeah
lyricist:
Dieter Meier (member of Yello)
composer:
Boris Blank
publisher:
Datasound AG, TBU Music, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. and Neue Welt (in 1985)
Yello43:06
2Fade to Grey
recording of:
Fade to Grey
writer:
Billy Currie, Chris Payne (UK keyboards/viola for Gary Numan/Visage/Dramatis) and Midge Ure
publisher:
Island Music Ltd.
Visage4:00
3It's My Life
producer:
Tim Friese‐Greene
recording of:
It’s My Life
writer:
Tim Friese‐Greene and Mark Hollis
publisher:
Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc., Universal/Island Music Ltd. (for music publishing use only, formerly Island Music Ltd.), Zomba Enterprises, Inc. and Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Zomba Music Publishing)
Talk Talk3.653:53
4Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
recording of:
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
lyricist:
Annie Lennox (Scottish singer-songwriter, member of Eurythmics and The Tourists) and Dave Stewart (UK guitarist/singer for Eurythmics)
composer:
Eurythmics, Annie Lennox (Scottish singer-songwriter, member of Eurythmics and The Tourists) and Dave Stewart (UK guitarist/singer for Eurythmics)
arranger:
Miriama Young
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd., D’n’A Ltd., Sunbury Music Ltd. and Universal Music–MGB Songs
Eurythmics3:32
5Saved by Zero
recording of:
Saved by Zero
writer:
Alfie Agius, Cy Curnin, Rupert Greenall, Jamie West‐Oram and Adam Woods (drummer)
The Fixx3:24
6Sex Dwarf
recording of:
Sex Dwarf
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
writer:
Almond (English pop singer and songwriter) and David Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
publisher:
Metropolis Music and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
Soft Cell5:13
7Jocko Homo
recording of:
Jocko Homo
lyricist and composer:
Mark Mothersbaugh
publisher:
DEVO Music and Nymph Music
DEVO3:39
8Can't Make Love
Wall of Voodoo3:47
9Blind Vision
assistant engineer:
Linda Randazzo
engineer:
Jay Mark
producer:
John Luongo
bass:
Neil Jason (bassist)
guitar:
David Rhodes (guitarist, singer, and songwriter)
percussion:
Bashiri Johnson
saxophone:
Crispin Cioe and Arno Hecht (American saxophonist)
trombone:
Paul Litteral
trumpet:
Robert Funk (trombonist, trumpet player)
background vocals:
Brenda Jay Nelson (backing singer), Jocelyn Brown and Dolette McDonald
conductor:
James Bion Dolillo
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Co. Ltd. (for copyrights use only!) (in 1983)
recorded at:
Sigma Sound Studios (New York) in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Blind Vision
writer:
Neil Arthur (singer, songwriter, producer) and Stephen Luscombe
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd. and Cherry Red Music (publisher) (in 1983)
Blancmange53:59
10(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
recording of:
(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
lyricist:
Glenn Gregory
composer:
Glenn Gregory, Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware
publisher:
Sound Diagrams (publisher), Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
Heaven 174:10
11Showroom Dummies
recording of:
Showroom Dummies
lyricist and composer:
Ralf Hütter
translated version of:
Schaufensterpuppen
Kraftwerk6:10
12Warm Leatherette
recording of:
Warm Leatherette
lyricist and composer:
Daniel Miller (British music producer and founder of Mute Records)
The Normal43:20
13I Am the Fly
producer:
Mike Thorne (UK producer & keyboardist)
recording of:
I Am the Fly
writer:
Graham Lewis (bassist in Wire) and Colin Newman (UK vocalist / songwriter)
Wire4.53:06
14A Song From Under the Floorboards
Magazine4:10
15Gentlemen Take Polaroids
recording of:
Gentlemen Take Polaroids
lyricist and composer:
David Sylvian
Japan3:29
16Why?
recording of:
Why?
composer:
Steve Bronski, Jimmy Somerville and Larry Steinbachek
Bronski Beat3:56