The Essential

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Annotation

Copyright: This compilation ℗ 2007 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (AUSTRALIA) PTY LIMITED

Excluded Regions (as of 2025-12-04)

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Tracklist

1▶Digital Media
2▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1April Sun in Cuba
electric bass guitar:
Todd Hunter (Todd Stuart Hunter of Dragon)
guitar:
Robert Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
keyboard:
Paul Hewson (New Zealand keyboardist; not to be confused with the Irish rock star better known as Bono)
lead vocals:
Marc Hunter
vocals:
Paul Hewson (New Zealand keyboardist; not to be confused with the Irish rock star better known as Bono), Todd Hunter (Todd Stuart Hunter of Dragon) and Robert Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Australia) Pty Limited (not for release label use! AU subsidiary of SBME 2004–2009) (in 1977), Sony Music Entertainment (Australia) Limited (not for release label use! AU subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc., 1995/02–2004/02) (in 1977) and Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd. (not for release label use! AU subsidiary of SME since 2009) (in 1977)
recording of:
April Sun in Cuba
composer:
Paul Hewson (New Zealand keyboardist; not to be confused with the Irish rock star better known as Bono)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!), EMI Songs, EMI Songs Australia, EMI Songs Australia Pty. Ltd. and Essex Music of Australia Pty. Ltd.
part of:
APRA Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time (number: 10)
3:28
2Rose
3:36
3Any Fool Can Tell You
recording of:
Any Fool Can Tell You
4:42
4Shooting Stars
3:32
5Man Gone West
4:30
6Bob's Budgie Boogie
3:52
7Some Strange Dream
3:15
8Mr. Thunder
3:50
9Since You Changed Your Mind
3:42
10Running Free
recording of:
Running Free
writer:
Marc Hunter, Todd Hunter (Todd Stuart Hunter of Dragon) and Robert Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
4:17
11O Zambezi
4:29
12Are You Old Enough
bass:
Todd Hunter (Todd Stuart Hunter of Dragon)
drums (drum set):
Kerry Jacobson
guitar:
Robert Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
keyboard:
Paul Hewson (New Zealand keyboardist; not to be confused with the Irish rock star better known as Bono)
vocals:
Marc Hunter
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd. (for copyrights use only) and Sony Music Entertainment (Australia) Limited (not for release label use! AU subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc., 1995/02–2004/02) (in 1976, in 1978)
recording of:
Are You Old Enough
lyricist and composer:
Paul Hewson (New Zealand keyboardist; not to be confused with the Irish rock star better known as Bono)
publisher:
EMI Songs and EMI Songs Australia Pty. Ltd.
4:08
13Reach the Top
4:05
14Midnight Groovies
3:22
15Still in Love With You
recording of:
Still in Love With You
writer:
Paul Hewson (New Zealand keyboardist; not to be confused with the Irish rock star better known as Bono)
publisher:
EMI Songs Australia Pty. Ltd.
3:25