Absolute 90’s: The Absolute Best of the 90s

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Tracklist

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CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1It Must Have Been Love
programming and producer:
Clarence Öfwerman
engineer:
Anders Herrlin and Alar Suurna
mixer:
Humberto Gatica
drums (drum set):
Pelle Alsing (from 1987 until 1990)
electric guitar [electric guitars]:
Jonas Isacsson (from 1987 until 1990)
keyboard [keyboards] and synclavier:
Clarence Öfwerman (from 1987 until 1990)
vocals:
Marie Fredriksson (from 1987 until 1990) and Per Gessle (Swedish singer and guitarist) (from 1987 until 1990)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Svenska AB (not for release label use!) (in 1990)
recorded at:
Audio Sweden in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden (from 1987 until 1990) and EMI Studios (Stockholm) in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden (from 1987 until 1990)
mixed at:
Ground Control Studios in Santa Monica, California, United States
recording of:
It Must Have Been Love (from 1987 until 1990)
lyricist and composer:
Per Håkan Gessle (Swedish singer and guitarist)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Jimmy Fun Music
Roxette3.154:17
2Crying in the Rain
recording engineer and mixer:
Nick Davis (producer, engineer)
producer:
Christopher Neil
bass:
Jørun Bøgeberg
drums (drum set):
Per Hillestad
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 1990) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1990)
part of:
The Downloader’s Music Source Book (number: 274)
cover recording of:
Crying in the Rain (Everly Brothers song)
lyricist:
Howard Greenfield
writer:
Carole King
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd.
a‐ha3.54:17
3Nothing Compares 2 USinéad O’Connor4.355:07
4Sadness, Part 1Enigma4.654:13
5Gett Off
recording engineer:
Michael Koppelman
additional engineer:
Ray Hahnfeldt and Steve Noonan
assistant engineer:
Kimm James
producer:
The New Power Generation and Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
flute:
Eric Leeds (saxophonist)
lead vocals:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
remixer:
Keith “KC” Cohen
performer:
The New Power Generation and Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
arranger:
The New Power Generation and Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
recorded at:
Paisley Park in Chanhassen, Minnesota, United States
remixed at:
Larrabee West (Larrabee Sound Studios from 1969–1991) in West Hollywood, California, United States
recording of:
Gett Off
lyricist and composer:
Prince Rogers Nelson (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
publisher:
Because Éditions and Controversy Music
Prince & The New Power Generation44:30
6Bad Boys
additional producer:
Per Adebratt and Tommy Ekman
producer:
Bernard “Touter” Harvey (Jamaican keyboard player and engineer), Ian Lewis (Inner Circle) and Roger Lewis (founder and member of Inner Circle)
remixer:
Per Adebratt and Tommy Ekman
arranger:
Bernard “Touter” Harvey (Jamaican keyboard player and engineer), Ian Lewis (Inner Circle) and Roger Lewis (founder and member of Inner Circle)
recording of:
Bad Boys (Theme From Cops)
lyricist and composer:
Ian Lewis (Inner Circle)
publisher:
Rock Pop Music and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Inner Circle43:49
7Everytime We TouchMaggie Reilly4:01
8To Be With You
assistant engineer:
Chris Kupper, David Luke (engineer), Scott Ralston, Michael Semanick and Andy Udoff
engineer and mixer:
Kevin Elson and Tom Size (US audio engineer)
producer:
Kevin Elson
bass guitar [bass]:
Billy Sheehan
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Pat Torpey
guitar:
Paul Gilbert (hard rock/heavy metal guitarist (Mr. Big, Racer X, etc.))
lead vocals [vocals]:
Eric Martin (vocalist for Mr. Big)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corp. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1991)
recorded at:
Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, Fantasy Studios (Berkeley) in Berkeley, California, United States and Rumbo Recorders in Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California, United States
music videos:
To Be With You by Mr. Big (American hard rock band)
recording of:
To Be With You
writer:
David Grahame and Eric Martin (vocalist for Mr. Big)
publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30), イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30), Dog Turner Music (from 1991 to present), EMI April Music Inc. (from 1991 to present), Eric Martin Songs (from 1991 to present), Tasmanian Compositions (from 1991 to present), ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Mr. Big4.53:26
9The Actor
Michael Learns to Rock4:31
10Drive
recording of:
Drive
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
publisher:
Night Garden Music
R.E.M.4:25
11That’s the Way Love Goes
recording engineer:
Steve Hodge
producer:
Janet Jackson and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
mixer:
Dave Rideau and Steve Hodge
background vocals and lead vocals:
Janet Jackson
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1993) and Virgin Records Inc. (in 2018)
samples:
Impeach the President by The Honey Drippers (70s US funk band, backing band for Roy C. Hammond) and Papa Don't Take No Mess by James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
recording of:
That’s the Way Love Goes
writer:
Charles Bobbitt, James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”), Janet Jackson, James Harris (James Harris of Jam & Lewis), Terry Lewis (US hip-hop/soul songwriter, producer & label owner), John Starks and Fred Wesley
publisher:
Black Ice Publishing, Dynatone Publishing Co., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. (UK), Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), ヤマハミュージック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 (holding company – do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 and 大洋音楽
Janet Jackson3.754:25
12What Is Love
producer:
Dee Dee Halligan and Junior Torello
mixer:
Gary Jones (British recording engineer)
lead vocals:
Nester Alexander Haddaway
arranger:
Dee Dee Halligan and Alex Trime
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Jive Records (may or may not be the company behind the Jive imprint; not for release label use!) (in 1992)
recording of:
What Is Love
lyricist:
Junior Torello
composer:
Dee Dee Halligan
publisher:
A la Carte Music, Hanseatic Musikverlag GmbH (1964-2001) and Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
Haddaway3.44:28
13Informer
recording of:
Informer
lyricist:
Darrin Kenneth O’Brien (Canadian reggae artist Darrin O'Brien (single: "Informer")), Edmond Leary and Shawn Moltke (old-school US rapper Shawn Moltke)
writer:
Darrin O'Brien (Canadian reggae artist Darrin O'Brien (single: "Informer")), Edmond Leary and Shawn Moltke (old-school US rapper Shawn Moltke)
Snow3:59
14Cotton Eye Joe
recording engineer and mixer:
Lee Monteverde
engineer and producer:
Pat Reiniz
banjo:
Ken Tacky
vocals:
Billy Ray (stage name of Jonas Nilsson, violinist of Swedish novelty act Rednex), Mary Joe, Bobby Sue and Ken Tacky
additional performer:
Goran Danielsson (Rednex singer Ken Tacky), Annika Ljungberg and Bosse Nilsson
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Zomba Records Ltd (not strictly a label - avoid adding releases here) (in 1994)
recorded at and mixed at:
Future Crew Studios, Idaho in Stockholms län, Sweden
music videos:
Cotton‐Eye Joe by Rednex (Swedish Euro-House group)
part of:
A.Side: 10 Songs That Have Their Own Dance Moves (number: 7)
recording of:
Cotton-Eye Joe (Rednex version)
writer:
Jan Ericsson (Swedish producer), Örjan Öberg (Örjan “Öban” Öberg, Swedish producer) and Pat Reiniz
publisher:
Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Zomba Music Publishing)
version of:
Cotton‐Eyed Joe (traditional song)
Rednex3.853:17
15Saturday Night
recording engineer and mixer:
Larry Pignagnoli and Davide Riva
producer:
Larry Pignagnoli
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
A La Mode (in 1994), Energy Prod. SRL (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1994) and Labelle Music (publisher and production company) (in 1994)
recorded at and mixed at:
Labelle Studio
recording of:
Saturday Night
lyricist:
Larry Pignagnoli
composer:
Larry Pignagnoli and Davide Riva
publisher:
A La Mode, B. Mikulski Publ. and Labelle Music (publisher and production company)
Whigfield3.154:03
16Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
additional recording engineer:
David Vartanian
recording engineer:
Tommy Lipnick
engineer:
Dan Harjung
producer:
Crash Test Dummies and Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads)
mixer:
Tom Lord‐Alge
editor:
Patrick Murphy (engineer)
accordion, keyboard [keyboards], piano and background vocals [back-up vocals]:
Ellen Reid
acoustic guitar [acoustic guitars], electric guitar [electric guitars] and lead vocals:
Brad Roberts (of Crash Test Dummies)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music Canada Inc. (in 1993)
recorded at:
DV Productions in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, Mindscape in Chicago, Illinois, United States and Music Head Recording in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, United States
mixed at:
Music Head Recording in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, United States
produced at:
God Of Thunder Studios
music videos:
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm by Crash Test Dummies
recording of:
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
lyricist and composer:
Brad Roberts (of Crash Test Dummies)
publisher:
Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998), Door Number Two Music (in 1993), Dummies Productions Inc. (in 1993) and PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) (in 1993)
Crash Test Dummies3.953:51
17Vem Vet
recording of:
Vem vet
lyricist and composer:
Lisa Ekdahl
Lisa Ekdahl53:01
18’74–’75
recording engineer and mixer:
Lou Giordano (Boston engineer)
engineer:
David Cook (engineer, producer)
producer:
The Connells and Lou Giordano (Boston engineer)
recording of:
’74–’75
lyricist and composer:
Mike Connell
The Connells2.84:35
CD 2
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1WaterfallsTLC3:28
2Boombastic
recording engineer:
"Tootie" Wayne Nicholson (Engineer (recording & mixing))
miscellaneous support:
Dennis Halliburton (Engineer, producer, session musician) (task: track layed by) and Robert Livingston (task: track layed by)
producer:
Robert Livingston and Shaun "Sting Int'l" Pizzonia
mixer:
Sting Int'l
produced for:
Big Yard Production
recorded at and mixed at:
HC&F Recording Studio, Long Island, N.Y. (defunct) in Freeport, Hempstead, New York, United States
samples:
Baby Let Me Kiss You by King Floyd
recording of:
Boombastic
writer:
King Floyd, Robert Livingston and Orville Richard Burrell (Orville Richard Burrell, dancehall and reggae singer)
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc., Malaco Music Company, Pedigree Ranch Music, Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI), Roffignac Music Co., Scikron Music Publishing and Stone Diamond Music Corp.
Shaggy3.554:06
3A Kind of Christmas Card
Morten Harket4:06
4Lemon TreeFool’s Garden3:10
5WannabeSpice Girls2:51
6Macarena
recording of:
Macarena
lyricist and composer:
Antonio Romero Monge and Rafael Ruiz
Los del Río3:43
7Insomnia
edit of:
Insomnia by Faithless
recording of:
Insomnia
writer:
Maxi Jazz, Rollo (Rollo Armstrong of Faithless) and Sister Bliss
Faithless33:34
8Bohemian Rhapsody
cover recording of:
Bohemian Rhapsody
lyricist and composer:
Freddie Mercury
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946), EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Queen Music Ltd., イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
We Will Rock You (German version of the Queen musical)
part of:
We Will Rock You (Queen musical)
The Braids3:56
9Un‐Break My Heart
recording of:
Un-Break My Heart
lyricist and composer:
Diane Warren (US songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Realsongs
Toni Braxton4:28
10As Long as You Love Me
assistant engineer:
Tommie Hicks Jr.
engineer:
Joe Smith (US recording/mixing engineer)
producer:
Kristian Lundin and Max Martin
guitar:
Esbjörn Öhrwall
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Zomba Recording Corporation (not strictly a label - avoid adding releases here) (in 1997)
recording of:
As Long as You Love Me
writer:
Max Martin
publisher:
Grantsville Publishing Ltd., GV-MXM, Imagem London Ltd., Zomba Enterprises, Inc. and Zomba Music Publishers Limited (UK subsidiary of Zomba Music Publishing)
Backstreet Boys3.23:31
11I’ll Be There for You
vocals:
The Soldiers (singing trio of British Army soldiers)
recording of:
I’ll Be There For You (theme from ‘Friends’)
lyricist:
Allee Willis
additional composer:
David Crane (creator of the television sitcom Friends), Marta Kauffman, Phil Solem and Danny Wilde (The Rembrandts, Great Buildings & The Quick)
composer:
Michael Skloff
The Rembrandts43:04
12Tubthumping
engineer:
Neil Ferguson (Chumbawamba)
producer:
Chumbawamba
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Chumbawamba (in 1997)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Electrola GmbH & Co KG (not for release label use! DE subsidiary of EMI Records from 1972–2002) (in 1997)
recorded at:
Woodlands Studio in Castleford, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1997-02)
mixed at:
Woodlands Studio in Castleford, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1997-09)
edit of:
Tubthumping (album version) by Chumbawamba
part of:
Paste: The 50 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of All Time (number: 23)
recording of:
Tubthumping (in 1997)
publisher:
Chumbawamba (in 1997)
writer:
Jude Abbott, Dunstan Bruce, Paul Greco (former bassist of British band Chumbawamba), Harry “Daz” Hamer, Danbert Nobacon, Alice Nutter, Lou Watts and Boff Whalley
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Leosong (publisher) (in 1997)
Chumbawamba3.43:31
13Calcutta
Dr. Bombay3:18
14Nobody’s Wife
recording of:
Nobody’s Wife
writer:
Anouk Teeuwe (Dutch rock singer), Satindra Kalpoe and Bart van Veen
Anouk3:23
15Unforgivable Sinner
Lene Marlin3:58
16SometimesBritney Spears3:54
17Not for the Dough
Multicyde3:49
18Boom, Boom, Boom, BoomVengaboys3:23
19Mambo No.5 (A Little Bit of…)
co-producer:
Lou Bega and Zippy (Christian Königseder)
producer:
D. Fact and Frank Lio
instruments:
D. Fact and Frank Lio
vocals:
Pérez Prado (Cuban bandleader, singer, organist, pianist and composer)
contains samples by:
Pérez Prado (Cuban bandleader, singer, organist, pianist and composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Berlin Musik GmbH (this is a record company, not an imprint!) (in 1999) and Lautstark (in 1999)
produced for:
Syndicate
samples:
Mambo No. 5 by Pérez Prado (Cuban bandleader, singer, organist, pianist and composer)
part of:
Paste: The 50 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of All Time (number: 50)
recording of:
Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of…)
lyricist:
Lou Bega and Zippy (Christian Königseder)
composer:
Pérez Prado (Cuban bandleader, singer, organist, pianist and composer)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI) and Peer Musikverlag
is based on:
Mambo No. 5 (original, 1949)
Lou Bega3.653:40