Rock & Pop Diamonds 1987

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

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Father Figure
producer:
George Michael
additional keyboard:
Betsy Cook
guitar:
Hugh Burns
keyboard:
George Michael
background vocals:
Shirley Lewis and George Michael
vocals:
George Michael
arranger:
George Michael
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited (not for release label use! post-2008 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment) (in 1987, in 2010)
recording of:
Father Figure
lyricist and composer:
George Michael
George Michael3.55:38
2Sign Your Name
recording engineer and mixer:
Phil Legg
producer:
Terence Trent D’Arby (now known as Sananda Maitreya) and Martyn Ware
lead vocals:
Terence Trent D’Arby (now known as Sananda Maitreya)
strings arranger:
Terence Trent D’Arby (now known as Sananda Maitreya)
arranger:
Terence Trent D’Arby (now known as Sananda Maitreya)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) and Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Inc., Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)
recording of:
Sign Your Name
lyricist:
Terence Trent D’Arby (now known as Sananda Maitreya)
composer:
Chris Cameron (British pianist, singer-songwriter, arranger and producer) and Terence Trent D’Arby (now known as Sananda Maitreya)
publisher:
Virgin Music (Publishing) Ltd. and Young Terrence Music
Terence Trent D’Arby3.54:38
3Is This Love
recording of:
Is This Love (Whitesnake song)
writer:
David Coverdale and John Sykes
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell Music Scandinavia AB, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), Whitesnake Music Ltd., Whitesnake Music Overseas Ltd., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Whitesnake34:04
4Mystify
engineer:
David Nicholas (Australian recording engineer and producer)
producer:
Chris Thomas (UK record producer / remixer)
mixer:
Bob Clearmountain
music videos:
Mystify (music video) by INXS
recording of:
Mystify
writer:
Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence
publisher:
Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
INXS3.353:19
5Johnny B.
recording of:
Johnny B.
writer:
Eric Bazilian, Rick Chertoff and Rob Hyman
publisher:
Edition Intro (publisher), Meisel MV and Polygram Songs MV
The Hooters4:01
6Mary’s Prayer
performer:
Danny Wilson (Scottish pop group) (in 1987)
recording of:
Mary’s Prayer (in 1987)
lyricist and composer:
Gary Clark (Scottish singer/producer. Ex-Danny Wilson, Ex-Transister, Ex-King L)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) (in 1988)
Danny Wilson33:56
7Forgotten Town
recording of:
Forgotten Town
lyricist and composer:
Henry Priestman
The Christians5:16
8It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way
recording of:
It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way
lyricist and composer:
Robert Howard (pop songwriter)
The Blow Monkeys4:03
9Back and Forth
recording of:
Back and Forth
writer:
Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins, Kevin Kendrick (US soul/funk keyboardist/songwriter) and Nathan Leftenant
publisher:
Better Days Music and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
Cameo36:34
10I (Together)
recording of:
I (Together)
writer:
Mike Jones (lyricist of Latin Quater) and Steve Skaith
Latin Quarter3:53
11The Right Stuff
producer:
Bryan Ferry, Chester Kamen and Patrick Leonard (producer, songwriter and pianist)
mixer:
Bruce Lampcov
recording of:
The Right Stuff
writer:
Bryan Ferry
composer:
Johnny Marr
publisher:
EMI Virgin Music Ltd. (do not use this as a release label!), Marr Songs Ltd., Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd., Virgin-Nymph Music Inc., Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23) and Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019)
Bryan Ferry4:24
12Will You Remember
recording of:
Will You Remember?
writer:
Chris McDaniels, London McDaniels and Phil Roy
publisher:
Blue Raincoat Songs Ltd., Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
Eighth Wonder4:33
13Solitude Standing
recording of:
Solitude Standing
lyricist:
Suzanne Vega (American singer-songwriter)
composer:
Steve Ferrera (UK drummer) (in 1987), Anton Sanko (American score composer) (in 1987), Marc Shulman (American guitarist) (in 1987), Suzanne Vega (American singer-songwriter) (in 1987) and Michael Visceglia (in 1987)
Suzanne Vega4:50
14Hall of Mirrors
cover recording of:
The Hall of Mirrors
lyricist:
Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider (founding member of Kraftwerk) and Emil Schult
composer:
Ralf Hütter
translated version of:
Spiegelsaal
Siouxsie and the Banshees5:04
15This Corrosion
producer:
Jim Steinman
drum machine:
Doktor Avalanche
guest choir vocals:
The New York Choral Society
vocals:
Andrew Eldritch
recording of:
This Corrosion
lyricist and composer:
Andrew Eldritch
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
The Sisters of Mercy4:28
16Orpheus
mixer:
Steve Nye (producer, engineer and pianist) and David Sylvian
double bass:
Danny Thompson (English double bass player)
flugelhorn:
Mark Isham (American musician and score composer)
keyboard, organ, piano and synthesizer:
坂本龍一 (Ryūichi Sakamoto, Japanese composer, pianist, singer, songwriter)
membranophone:
Steve Jansen (member of Japan)
percussion:
Danny Cummings (British drummer and percussionist)
slide guitar:
Phil Palmer (guitarist)
recording of:
Orpheus (David Sylvian song)
lyricist and composer:
David Sylvian
publisher:
Opium (Arts) Ltd.
David Sylvian4:47