ICON: Best of Canada – The 1980’s

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Echo Beach
assistant engineer:
Laurence Diana
engineer:
Richard Manwaring (Producer)
producer:
Mike Howlett
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Dindisc Ltd (in 1980) and Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1980, in 2002)
recorded at:
The Manor in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1979-08)
part of:
Huffington Post: 100 Best Canadian Songs Ever (number: 87)
recording of:
Echo Beach
lyricist and composer:
Mark Gane
publisher:
EMI Virgin Music Ltd. (do not use this as a release label!) and Virgin Music (publisher and label, only for releases with Virgin MUSIC logo) (in 1980)
Martha and the Muffins3.63:40
2Teenland
assistant engineer:
Dave Runstedler (engineer)
engineer and producer:
Fraser Hill and Rick Hutt
acoustic guitar, electric guitar and electric guitar [lead guitar]:
Bryan Potvin
additional percussion:
Barry Keane
drums (drum set) [drums] and percussion:
Don Schmid
electric bass guitar [bass guitar] and piano:
Jay Semko
electric guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Merl Bryck
keyboard [keyboards]:
Rick Hutt
background vocals:
Wendy Davis and Rebecca Jenkins
vocals:
Merl Bryck and Jay Semko
recorded at:
Metalworks Studio (studio, Mississauga, ON) in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
part of:
Huffington Post: 100 Best Canadian Songs Ever (number: 90)
recording of:
Teenland
lyricist and composer:
Jay Semko
writer:
Merl Bryck, Bryan Potvin and Don Schmid
The Northern Pikes54:00
3Nova Heart
engineer:
Mike Jones (recording engineer) (in 1982)
producer and mixer:
John Punter (in 1982)
bass:
Sandy Horne (in 1982)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Derrick Ross (of Spoons) (in 1982)
guitar and lead vocals:
Gordon Deppe (in 1982)
keyboard:
Rob Preuss (in 1982)
vocals:
Sandy Horne (in 1982)
recording of:
Nova Heart (in 1982)
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Deppe
Spoons55:47
4Don’t Walk Past
recording of:
Don't Walk Past
lyricist and composer:
Chris Wardman
Blue Peter4:31
5Let It Go (European single version)
recording of:
Let It Go
lyricist and composer:
Luba (musician, singer, songwriter Lubomyra Kowalchyk)
publisher:
Ready to Wear Music and Savoir Faire (publisher)
Luba3:41
6Don’t Forget Me (When I’m Gone)
recording engineer:
Paul Northfield (lead vocals) and Hayward Parrott (canadian engineer)
engineer:
Mike Jones (recording engineer) (task: Sounds Interchange)
producer:
Jim Vallance
assistant mixer:
Randy Staub
mixer:
Ed Thacker
guest background vocals:
Bryan Adams (Canadian singer/songwriter) (on 1985-11-04)
recorded at:
Armoury Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (background vocals), Le Studio in Morin‐Heights, Québec (Quebec), Canada (lead vocals), McClear Place Studios in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (background vocals, horn [horns]), Sounds Interchange in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Eastern Sound in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (on 1985-11-04: background vocals [Bryan Adams' backing vocals])
mixed at:
Phase One Studios in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
recording of:
Don’t Forget Me (When I’m Gone)
written in:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (in 1985-05)
writer:
Alan Frew, Sam Reid (Canadian keyboardist for Glass Tiger) and Jim Vallance (in 1985-05)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!)
Glass Tiger4.54:06
7We Run
recording of:
We Run
lyricist and composer:
Drew Arnott
Strange Advance53:59
8Kiss You (When It’s Dangerous)
Eight Seconds54:08
9All the Things I Wasn’t
part of:
Huffington Post: 100 Best Canadian Songs Ever (number: 40)
The Grapes of Wrath4.52:19
10When I’m With You
recording of:
When I’m with You
lyricist and composer:
Arnold Lanni
publisher:
Bananaree Publishing Limited
Sheriff53:58
11Somewhere Down the Crazy River
engineer:
Jim Scott (US recording engineer and producer)
associate producer:
Jim Scott (US recording engineer and producer)
producer:
Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter) and Robbie Robertson
mixer:
Bob Clearmountain
bass guitar [bass]:
Tony Levin (US rock bassist/Chapman stick player)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Manu Katché
guitar:
Bill Dillon and Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
omnichord:
Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
background vocals:
Robbie Robertson and Sammy BoDean
lead vocals [vocal]:
Robbie Robertson
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The David Geffen Company (legal rights relating to Geffen Records) (in 1987)
recording of:
Somewhere Down the Crazy River
lyricist and composer:
Robbie Robertson
publisher:
Medicine Hat Music and SBK Songs (publisher)
Robbie Robertson4.54:58
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part of:ICON (Universal, LC01846) (order: 66)