Essential 80’s: Electro Pop

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Tracklist

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1Are ‘Friends’ Electric?
recording of:
Are ‘Friends’ Electric?
lyricist and composer:
Gary Numan
publisher:
Beggars Banquet Music Ltd., Momentum Music Ltd., Numan Music Ltd., Andrew Heath Music (from 1979 to present) and Beggars Banquet (from 1979 to present)
Gary Numan4:39
2Big in Japan
recording of:
Big in Japan
lyricist:
Marian Gold
composer:
Marian Gold, Lloyd Bernhard and Frank Mertens (German synthpop keyboardist Frank Sorgatz)
publisher:
Rolf Budde Musikverlag (aka Budde Music)
Alphaville2:58
3What Is Love?
recording of:
What Is Love?
lyricist:
William Bryant (UK lyricist, writer and speaker) and Howard Jones (English singer, songwriter)
composer:
Howard Jones (English singer, songwriter)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Howard Jones Music Ltd., Kobalt Music Group and Warner Chappell Publishing
Howard Jones4:17
4Wot!
recording of:
Wot!
lyricist and composer:
Raymond Ian Burns
publisher:
Rock Music Co., Ltd.
Captain Sensible2:24
5p:Machinery
recording of:
p:Machinery
miscellaneous support:
David Sylvian
lyricist:
Ralf Dörper
composer:
Claudia Brücken, Ralf Dörper, Susanne Freytag and Michael Mertens (German musician & producer)
Propaganda4:01
6Game Above My Head
Blancmange5:09
7Election Day
recording of:
Election Day
writer:
Simon Le Bon (singer for Duran Duran), Nick Rhodes and Roger Taylor (Duran Duran drummer)
Arcadia5:29
8Fade to Grey
recording of:
Fade to Grey
writer:
Billy Currie, Chris Payne (UK keyboards/viola for Gary Numan/Visage/Dramatis) and Midge Ure
publisher:
Hot Food Music Ltd., Island Music Ltd., Mood Music Ltd. (publisher) and Performance Music Ltd
Visage4:47
9Coitus Interruptus
recording of:
Coitus Interruptus
writer:
Frank Tovey
Fad Gadget4:06
10Emotional Disguise
Peter Godwin4:01
11Imagination
recording of:
Imagination
lyricist and composer:
Neville Keighley
Belouis Some33:38
12Love on Your Side
engineer:
Phil Thornalley
producer:
Alex Sadkin
recording of:
Love on Your Side
writer:
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins), Alannah Currie and Joe Leeway
Thompson Twins3:37
13Ballet Dancer
recording of:
Ballet Dancer
lyricist:
Ronny Schreinzer
composer:
Sven Dohrow
The Twins2:18
14Underpass
John Foxx3:12
15To Cut a Long Story Short
recording of:
To Cut a Long Story Short
lyricist and composer:
Gary Kemp
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), PDC Music Publishing Pty. Ltd. and Reformation Publishing Co. Ltd.
Spandau Ballet3:44
16Enola Gay
recording of:
Enola Gay
lyricist and composer:
Andy McCluskey
publisher:
Dinsong Music and Virgin Music Publishers Ltd.
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark3:10
17Straight Lines
recording of:
Straight Lines
lyricist and composer:
Tony Mansfield (producer & songwriter)
New Musik4:40
18Major Tom (Coming Home)
DJ-mix of:
Major Tom (Coming Home) by Peter Schilling (German synthpop musician)
recording of:
Major Tom (Coming Home) (from 1982 until 1983)
lyricist and composer:
Peter Schilling (German synthpop musician)
translator:
David Lodge
dedicated to:
Peer Musikverlag
translated version of:
Major Tom (Völlig losgelöst)
Peter Schilling3:39
19All Stood Still
recording of:
All Stood Still
writer:
Warren Cann, Chris Cross (UK bassist for Ultravox), Billy Currie and Midge Ure
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
Ultravox4:57
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part of:Essential 80’s (Warner Benelux) (order: 3)