CMJ 10: The Best of CMJ 1979–1989

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

Tracklist

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CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Accidents Will Happen (live at Hollywood High)
Elvis Costello3:24
2Damaged Goods
Gang of Four3:25
3London Calling
The Clash3:19
4Next to You
The Police2:50
5Starry Eyes
The Records4:21
6Boys Don’t Cry
The Cure2:35
7Here Comes My Girl
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers4:25
8Look Sharp
Joe Jackson3:20
9Life During Wartime
Talking Heads3:38
10You Say You Don’t Love Me
Buzzcocks2:53
11I Don’t Like Mondays
The Boomtown Rats4:47
12Enola Gay
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark3:29
13Twist and Crawl
The Beat2:31
14Pay to Cum!
Bad Brains1:25
15I Got You
Split Enz3:28
16Los Angeles
X2:24
17I Wanna Destroy You
The Soft Boys2:50
18Going Underground
The Jam2:52
19Love Will Tear Us Apart
Joy Division?:??
20Redemption Song
Bob Marley & The Wailers3:45
21Biko
recording of:
Biko
lyricist and composer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Peter Gabriel Ltd. (UK record and music publishing company associated with Peter Gabriel) and Real World Music, Ltd.
Peter Gabriel7:25
CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Rise Above
Black Flag2:25
2Motorhead
Motörhead3:38
3The Wait
Pretenders3:34
4Another Nail in My Heart
Squeeze2:56
5Girls on Film
Duran Duran3:28
6Pretty in Pink
The Psychedelic Furs3:59
7Big Brown Eyes
The dB’s1:57
8Our Lips Are Sealed
The Go‐Go’s2:44
9Crazy
Pylon3:11
10Runaway Boys
Stray Cats2:59
11Holiday in Cambodia
Dead Kennedys3:43
12Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go
Soft Cell4:11
13Don’t You Want Me
The Human League3:57
14O Superman
Laurie Anderson8:21
15New Chautauqua
Pat Metheny5:41
16Senses Working Overtime
XTC4:33
17Blister in the Sun
recording of:
Blister in the Sun
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Gano
publisher:
Gorno Music Publishing, Gorno Music (in 1980) and Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) (in 1982)
Violent Femmes2:23
18Rockit
Herbie Hancock5:24
19Sweet 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, BMG Music Publishing Ltd., D’n’A Ltd., Sunbury Music Ltd. and Universal Music–MGB Songs
Eurythmics3:37
CD 3
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Radio Free Europe
R.E.M.3:46
2Spellbound
Siouxsie and the Banshees3:14
3Sponji Reggae
Black Uhuru4:52
4Pale Shelter
Tears for Fears4:34
5Ja Funmi
King Sunny Adé7:07
616 Shells From a Thirty‐Ought‐Six
Tom Waits4:29
7Atomic Dog
George Clinton4:43
8Tenderness
General Public3:35
9It’s My Life
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 Talk3:51
10You’re the Best Thing
recording of:
You’re the Best Thing
lyricist and composer:
Paul Weller (English singer-songwriter and musician)
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!)
The Style Council4:22
11The Killing Moon
Echo & the Bunnymen5:45
12Aerial Boundaries
Michael Hedges4:39
13Blue Monday
producer:
New Order (UK synth pop band)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Factory Communications Ltd. (holding company - file no releases here!) (in 1987)
samples:
Uran by Kraftwerk
part of:
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock, Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 61) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 235)
recording of:
Blue Monday
writer:
Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris (New Order) and Bernard Sumner
publisher:
Fractured Music (publisher), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019) and Zomba Music Publishing Ltd.
New Order3.87:25
14InstitutionalizedSuicidal Tendencies3.453:47
15Rock Box
Run‐D.M.C.5:30
CD 4
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Pride (In the Name of Love)
U23:46
2Free Nelson Mandela
The Specials4:05
3When Doves Cry
producer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
instruments:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (on 1984-03-01)
lead vocals:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (on 1984-03-01)
arranger:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 1984), WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1984) and NPG Records, Inc. (in 2017)
recorded at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1984-03-01)
part of:
VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's (compiled in 2006) (number: 5), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 37), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 52) and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock
recording of:
When Doves Cry (on 1984-03-01)
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
publisher:
Because Éditions and Controversy Music
Prince4.15:51
4Unsatisfied
The Replacements3:58
5A New England
recording engineer, engineer and producer:
Oliver Hitch (producer/engineer)
guitar:
Billy Bragg (from 1983-02-02 until 1983-02-04)
vocals:
Billy Bragg (from 1983-02-02 until 1983-02-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Go! Discs and Utility Records
recorded at:
Chappell Music in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1983-02-02 until 1983-02-04)
recording of:
A New England (from 1983-02-02 until 1983-02-04)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Chappell Music Ltd.
Billy Bragg4.752:11
6Marlene on the Wall
Suzanne Vega3:38
7Will the Wolf Survive?
Los Lobos3:38
8I Want You Back
Hoodoo Gurus3:08
9Pink Turns to Blue
Hüsker Dü2:38
10How Soon Is Now?
The Smiths6:43
11The Whole of the Moon
The Waterboys4:57
12Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing
Minutemen1:29
13Party at Ground Zero
Fishbone6:25
14Take the Skinheads Bowling
Camper Van Beethoven2:27
15Pride and Joy
Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials3:40
16Moving to Florida
Butthole Surfers4:29
17Just Like Honey
The Jesus and Mary Chain2:59
18Death Valley ’69
Sonic Youth5:07
CD 5
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Welcome to the Jungle
engineer and producer:
Mike Clink
mixer:
Michael Barbiero (producer, mixer, engineer, songwriter, collaborator with Steve Thompson) and Steve Thompson (producer)
bass guitar:
Duff McKagan
drums (drum set):
Steven Adler
electric guitar:
Slash (Guns N’ Roses guitarist) and Izzy Stradlin (US guitarist, singer & songwriter)
background vocals:
Duff McKagan and Izzy Stradlin (US guitarist, singer & songwriter)
lead vocals:
Axl Rose
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Geffen Records (in 1987)
recorded at:
Rumbo Recorders in Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1987)
music videos:
Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N’ Roses (American hard rock band from Los Angeles)
part of:
VH1: 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (2008-12-29) (number: 1), VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's (compiled in 2006) (number: 26), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 467) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 491)
recording of:
Welcome to the Jungle
lyricist:
Axl Rose
composer:
Steven Adler, Jeffrey Isbell (US guitarist, singer & songwriter), Duff McKagan, Axl Rose and Saul Hudson (Guns N’ Roses guitarist)
publisher:
Black Frog Music and Guns N’ Roses Music
Guns N’ Roses4.454:31
2Cult of Personality
engineer:
Paul Hamingson
producer and mixer:
Ed Stasium (US record producer & audio engineer)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time (number: 12) and VH1: 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (2008-12-29) (number: 69)
recording of:
Cult of Personality
writer:
Will Calhoun, Corey Glover, Vernon Reid (English-born US guitarist and songwriter) and Muzz Skillings
Living Colour4.34:52
3Battery
engineer:
Flemming Rasmussen
producer:
Metallica and Flemming Rasmussen
assistant mixer:
Mark Wilczak
mixer:
Michael Wagener
drums (drum set):
Lars Ulrich (from 1985-09-01 until 1985-12-27)
electric bass guitar:
Cliff Burton (from 1985-09-01 until 1985-12-27)
electric guitar:
Kirk Hammett (from 1985-09-01 until 1985-12-27) and James Hetfield (from 1985-09-01 until 1985-12-27)
lead vocals:
James Hetfield (from 1985-09-01 until 1985-12-27)
arranger:
James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Metallica (in 1986)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra/Asylum Records (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1986) and Music for Nations (in 1986)
recorded at:
Sweet Silence Studios (at Strandlodsvej, 1976–1999) in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark (from 1985-09-01 until 1985-12-27)
mixed at:
Warner Bros. Recording Studios (North Hollywood, a/k/a Amigo Studios) in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Battery (from 1985-09-01 until 1985-12-27)
lyricist:
James Hetfield
composer:
James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich
publisher:
Creeping Death Music and PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd.
Metallica4.15:10
4Birthday
The Sugarcubes3:57
5She Sells Sanctuary
The Cult4:21
6What You Need
INXS3:35
7No New Tale to Tell
Love and Rockets3:26
8Put Down That Weapon
Midnight Oil4:38
9I Want Your (Hands on Me)
Sinéad O’Connor4:23
10Tantalized
The Church5:00
11Don’t Talk
10,000 Maniacs45:03
12Gigantic
Pixies3:14
13This Damn Nation
The Godfathers2:45
14Peace Sells
engineer:
Randy Burns (Producer / Engineer) and Casey McMackin
producer:
Randy Burns (Producer / Engineer) and Dave Mustaine
additional mixer:
Stan Katayama
mixer:
Paul Lani
bass guitar and background vocals:
David Ellefson (from 1986-02-15 until 1986-03-20)
drums (drum set):
Gar Samuelson (from 1986-02-15 until 1986-03-20)
guitar:
Dave Mustaine (from 1986-02-15 until 1986-03-20) and Chris Poland (from 1986-02-15 until 1986-03-20)
lead vocals:
Dave Mustaine (from 1986-02-15 until 1986-03-20)
recorded at:
MadDog Studios (Venice (Los Angeles), 1980–1996) in Venice, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1986-02-15 until 1986-03-20), Music Grinder Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1986-02-15 until 1986-03-20), Rock Steady Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1986-02-15 until 1986-03-20) and Track Record Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1986-02-15 until 1986-03-20)
mixed at:
Can‐Am Recorders in Tarzana, Los Angeles, California, United States
music videos:
Peace Sells (music video) by Megadeth
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time (number: 19) and VH1: 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (2008-12-29) (number: 51)
recording of:
Peace Sells (from 1986-02-15 until 1986-03-20)
lyricist and composer:
Dave Mustaine
arranger:
Megadeth
publisher:
Mustaine Music (in 1986), Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) (in 1986) and Theory Music (in 1986)
Megadeth4.154:04
15Someday
Steve Earle3:46
16Freak Scene
Dinosaur Jr.3:35
17Don’t Believe the Hype
Public Enemy5:18