The Greatest Pop Ballads

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

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Music
recording of:
Music
lyricist and composer:
John Miles (UK singer/songwriter/guitarist/keyboardist)
publisher:
Velvet Music (John Miles)
John Miles5:54
2Giving It All Away
Roger Daltrey3:34
3Right Down the Line
recording engineer:
Barry Hammond
producer:
Hugh Murphy (UK producer, engineer) and Gerry Rafferty
mixer:
Declan O’Doherty
bass:
Gary Taylor (UK bassist/songwriter/vocalist, member of Herd/Fox/Stealers Wheel)
drums (drum set):
Henry Spinetti
guitar family:
Hugh Burns
organ and piano:
Tommy Eyre
percussion:
Glen LeFleur
steel guitar:
Brian Cole
lead vocals:
Gerry Rafferty
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1977), Parlophone Records Ltd. (not for release label use! a Warner Music Group company) (in 1978) and United Artists Music and Records Group, Inc. (UAMARG, Inc.) (in 1978)
recorded at:
Chipping Norton Recording Studios in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
Advision Studios in Fitzrovia, Camden (London Borough of Camden), Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
part of:
Paste: The 25 Greatest Yacht Rock Songs of All Time (number: 1)
recording of:
Right Down the Line
lyricist and composer:
Gerry Rafferty
publisher:
Stage Three Music Publishing Limited, Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc. and Music of Stage Three (in 1978)
Gerry Rafferty3.54:29
4Do You Love Me
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1974)
recording of:
Do You Love Me?
lyricist and composer:
Sharif Dean (French/Algerian/Belgian 1970s singer)
Sharif Dean3:41
5All by Myself
assistant engineer:
Joey Barbaria
engineer:
Jack Sherdel
producer:
Jimmy Ienner (producer)
lead vocals:
Eric Carmen (from 1975-08 until 1975-09)
arranger:
Eric Carmen
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1975) and Arista Records, LLC (holding company - file NO releases here!) (in 1975)
produced for:
CAM Productions (US)
recorded at:
O.D.O. Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1975-08 until 1975-09)
recording of:
All by Myself (from 1975-08 until 1975-09)
lyricist:
Eric Carmen
composer:
Eric Carmen and Sergei Rachmaninov (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer)
publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan), Inc., A Division (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division) (ended), Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Carmen Music, Inc, Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Eric Carmen Music, Round Hill Works, Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc., 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)
is based on:
Let’s Pretend
is based on:
Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto
Eric Carmen4.254:51
6Say It Ain't So Joe
Gary Brooker3:48
7Loving Her Was Easier
José Feliciano6:17
8Rock and Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life)
recording of:
Rock and Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life)
lyricist:
Kevin Johnson (Australian rock artist)
composer:
Kevin Johnson (Australian rock artist)
publisher:
Tree Publishing Co., Inc.
Kevin Johnson5:27
9Hymn
Barclay James Harvest5:05
10Wuthering Heights
additional engineer:
Del Palmer
producer:
Kate Bush and Andrew Powell (known for contributions to Alan Parsons Project)
lead vocals:
Kate Bush
remixer:
Jim Barton (Australian/US producer/engineer, fl. 1990’s–2020’s)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1978)
recording of:
Wuthering Heights
publisher:
Kate Bush (from 1978 to present)
lyricist and composer:
Kate Bush (on 1977-03-05)
publisher:
Beechwood Music Corp., Castle (publisher), Ed. Itaipu, Glenwood Music Corporation, Kate Bush Music Ltd. and EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) (from 1978 to present)
Kate Bush3.654:57
11Write On
recording of:
Write On
writer:
Allan Clarke (of The Hollies), Tony Hicks and Terry Sylvester (singer and guitarist)
The Hollies4:51
12Pilot
engineer:
Robert Ash (sound engineer)
producer:
Gary Brooker
bass:
Bruce Lynch
drums (drum set):
Dave Mattacks
guitar:
Chris Spedding
piano:
Gary Brooker
background vocals [harmonies]:
Mickey Jupp
vocals:
Mickey Jupp
recorded at:
Pebble Beach Studios in Worthing, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
Basing Street Studios (fka Island Studios till 1975, became Sarm West Studios in 1982) in Notting Hill, Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Pilot
lyricist and composer:
Mickey Jupp
publisher:
Bluebeard Music Ltd. (in 1978)
Mickey Jupp3:52
13Arms of Mary
producer:
Howard Albert and Ron Albert
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1975)
recording of:
Arms of Mary (in 1976)
lyricist and composer:
Iain Sutherland (Sutherland Brothers)
publisher:
Chrysalis Music Ltd. (music publisher, affiliated with PRS), Island Music Ltd., Skerry Rock Ltd. and Smash Brothers Ltd.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
Sutherland Brothers & Quiver52:37
14Only One Woman
recording of:
Only One Woman
lyricist and composer:
Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb and Robin Gibb
The Marbles2:45
15Lady in Black
recording engineer:
Peter Gallen (from 1969 until 1970-11)
assistant engineer:
Les Cunningham (studio engineer) and Ashley Howe
producer:
Gerry Bron
mixer:
Peter Gallen
bass guitar:
Paul Newton (UK bassist for Uriah Heep) (from 1970-10 until 1970-11)
drums (drum set):
Keith Baker (drummer) (from 1969 until 1970, from 1970-10 until 1970-11)
electric bass guitar:
Paul Newton (UK bassist for Uriah Heep) (from 1969 until 1970)
electric guitar:
Mick Box (from 1970-10 until 1970-11)
guitar:
Mick Box (from 1969 until 1970)
organ:
Ken Hensley (from 1969 until 1970, from 1970-10 until 1970-11)
background vocals:
Mick Box (from 1970-10 until 1970-11), Ken Hensley (from 1970-10 until 1970-11) and Paul Newton (UK bassist for Uriah Heep) (from 1970-10 until 1970-11)
lead vocals:
David Byron (from 1970-10 until 1970-11)
vocals:
David Byron (from 1969 until 1970)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Bronze Records Ltd. (in 1971), Sanctuary Records Group Ltd. (not for release label use, for copyrights use only) (in 1971, in 2016) and Castle Communications PLC (not for label use, copyright holder) (in 1996)
recorded at:
Lansdowne Studios (known as CTS Lansdowne Studios since 1987) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1969 until 1970, from 1970-10 until 1970-11)
recording of:
Lady in Black (from 1969 until 1970-11)
lyricist and composer:
Ken Hensley
publisher:
Dick James Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI), EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Music Ltd., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), EMI Publishing, EMI Publishing Ltd., Fanfare Musikverlag Global Musik GmbH & Co. KG, S. Bron Music Co. Ltd. and Sidney Bron Music (also spelled “Sydney”)
Uriah Heep4.354:49
16When I Need You
cover recording of:
When I Need You
lyricist:
Carole Bayer Sager
composer:
Albert Hammond
publisher:
Albert Hammond Enterprises, Inc., April Music, Begonia Melodies Inc., Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd., Empire Music Ltd., Leonard Cohen Stranger Music Inc., MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), P and P Songs Limited, R & M Music Inc., R & M Music Productions, Inc., Sis ’n Bro Music Company, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, Spoiled Rotten Kiddies Publishing, Unichappell Music, Inc., Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!), Warner/Chappell North America, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) and Windswept Music (London) Ltd.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division), ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)), 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), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division) 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)
Leo Sayer4:10
17And It’s Your Love
Frankie Miller3:56
18Love Hurts
additional recording engineer and additional mixer:
John Punter
recording engineer:
Tony Taverner
producer:
Manny Charlton (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
bass guitar:
Pete Agnew (singer-songwriter and bassist)
drums (drum set):
Darrell Sweet (drummer and songwriter)
guitar and synthesizer:
Manny Charlton (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
background vocals:
Pete Agnew (singer-songwriter and bassist) and Darrell Sweet (drummer and songwriter)
lead vocals:
Dan McCafferty (singer, songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mountain Records (British record company, established early 1970s, best known act is Nazareth) (in 1974) and USM Copyrights Ltd. (in 1975)
recorded at:
Associated Recording Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom and Escape Studios in Kent, England, United Kingdom
part of:
New York Post: 100 Greatest Covers (2007) (number: 75)
cover recording of:
Love Hurts
lyricist and composer:
Boudleaux Bryant
publisher:
House of Bryant Publications (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1960-08-30)
sub-publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (– 2017) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
Nazareth4.453:52
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