100 Rock Essentials

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Annotation

2x 3-disc jewel case

Annotation last modified on 2026-05-03 12:20 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Ace of Spades
producer:
Vic Maile (from 1980-08-04 until 1980-09-15)
drums (drum set):
Phil 'Philthy Animal' Taylor (former Motörhead drummer) (from 1980-08-04 until 1980-09-15)
electric bass guitar and lead vocals:
Ian 'Lemmy' Kilmister (“Lemmy” from Motörhead) (from 1980-08-04 until 1980-09-15)
electric guitar:
'Fast' Eddie Clarke (Motörhead guitarist) (from 1980-08-04 until 1980-09-15)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Castle Copyrights Ltd. (in 1980), Sanctuary Records Group Ltd. (not for release label use, for copyrights use only) (in 1980) and Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) (in 1980)
recorded at:
Jackson’s Studios in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1980-08-04 until 1980-09-15)
music videos:
Ace of Spades by Motörhead
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time (number: 3), VH1: 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (2008-12-29) (number: 10), Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (2022-1-15) (number: 33), TV Cream: Real 100 Best Singles Ever (number: 41) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 442)
recording of:
Ace of Spades (from 1980-08-04 until 1980-09-15)
writer:
Eddie Clarke (Motörhead guitarist), Ian Fraser Kilmister (“Lemmy” from Motörhead) and Phil Taylor (former Motörhead drummer)
publisher:
Motor Music Ltd. (Motörhead publisher)
Motörhead4.252:45
2Crazy Crazy Nights
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1987)
recording of:
Crazy Crazy Nights
writer:
Adam Mitchell (Scottish-Canadian songwriter) and Paul Stanley (KISS frontman)
publisher:
Downtown DMP Songs, Hori Productions America Inc., Largo Cargo Music, Piccadilly Music Corporation and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
sub-publisher:
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) and 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music)
KISS3:45
3Heat of the Moment
Asia3:47
4In a Big Country
Big Country4:41
5Innocent Days
producer:
Terry Thomas (Member of Charlie)
recording of:
Innocent Days
Giant5:16
6Out in the Fields (live)
Gary Moore6:55
7Breaking All the Rules
Peter Frampton7:04
8Don’t Talk to Strangers
Dio4:50
9Am I Evil
live recording of:
Am I Evil?
writer:
Sean Harris (Diamond Head lead vocalist) and Brian Tatler
publisher:
Happy Face Music Ltd., Universal Music–Z Tunes LLC and Zomba Music
Diamond Head7:19
10Angel Witch
Angel Witch3:21
11Silent Lucidity (live)
recording of:
Silent Lucidity
orchestrator:
Michael Kamen (American score composer)
lyricist and composer:
Chris DeGarmo
Queensrÿche55:25
12Shake Me
Cinderella3:42
13Decadence Dance
Extreme6:45
14He’s Back (The Man Behind the Mask)
Alice Cooper3:40
15Never Enough
L.A. Guns4:12
16Living out of Touch
recording engineer:
Tim Crich and Bob Rock
producer:
Bob Rock and Lenny Wolf
mixer:
Bob Rock
bass guitar:
Johnny B. Frank (US bassist)
drums (drum set):
James Kottak
guitar [lead guitar]:
Danny Stag
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Rick Steier
lead vocals:
Lenny Wolf
recorded at:
Little Mountain Sound in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
mixed at:
Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Living out of Touch
lyricist:
Lenny Wolf and Martin Wolff (co‐writer on “Living out of Touch” by Kingdom Come)
composer:
Lenny Wolf
publisher:
Blue Vision Music and Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
Kingdom Come34:18
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