Classic Rock: 1985–1989

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
# Title Artist Rating Length
1 Open All Night
The Georgia Satellites 2:52
2 I'm No Angel
Gregg Allman 3:45
3 Tobacco Road
David Lee Roth 2:31
4 Farm on the Freeway
Jethro Tull 6:32
5 Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Robert Cray 3:49
6 Burning Bridges
Status Quo 3:54
7 No Smoke Without Fire
Bad Company 5:05
8 Hate to Lose Your Lovin'
Little Feat 4:24
9 You Talk Too Much
George Thorogood 4:37
10 Need a Little Taste of Love
The Doobie Brothers 4:07
11 Johnny B.
The Hooters 4:01
12 Split Decision
Steve Winwood 6:00
13 Wrap It Up
The Fabulous Thunderbirds 2:45
14 Sleeping Bag
ZZ Top 3.5 4:05
15 Rock Me
Great White 4:10
▼ CD 2
# Title Artist Rating Length
1 Nothin' but a Good Time
Poison 5 3:47
2 Don't Need a Gun
Billy Idol 4:30
3 Sex as a Weapon
Pat Benatar 4:21
4 Say You Will
Foreigner 3:59
5 When the Children Cry
White Lion 4:20
6 Incommunicado
Marillion 3:59
7 Calling America
Electric Light Orchestra 3:29
8 Always the Sun
The Stranglers 5 4:07
9 The Teacher
Big Country 4:09
10 Superstitious
Europe 4:36
11 My Baby
The Pretenders 4:10
12 Just Between You and Me
Lou Gramm 5 4:56
13 Hip to Be Square
Huey Lewis & The News 5 4:05
14 Fergus Sings the Blues
Deacon Blue 4:01
15 Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)
Cinderella 5:52

Credits

CD 1

composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend) (track 9)
Ian Anderson (of Jethro Tull) (track 4)
engineer:
Joe Hardy (engineer) (track 14)
Bob Ludwig (mastering engineer) (track 14)
lyricist:
Hank Williams (country music legend) (track 9)
Ian Anderson (of Jethro Tull) (track 4)
producer:
Bill Ham (track 14)
writer:
Eric Bazilian (track 11)
Frank Beard (track 14)
Rick Chertoff (track 11)
Tony Colton (track 2)
Billy Gibbons (track 14)
Dusty Hill (track 14)
Rob Hyman (track 11)
Michael Lardie (track 15)
Mark Kendall (track 15)
Alan Niven (track 15)
Phil Palmer (track 2)
Jack Russell (Original singer for Great White) (track 15)
phonographic copyright by:
WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (1985) (track 14)
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (1985) (track 14)
publisher:
Music of Stage Three (track 14)
Songs of Mosaic (track 14)
Hamstein Music Company (1985) (track 14)
recorded at:
Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (track 14)
mash-ups:
Sleeping Bad by Wax Audio (track 14)
later translated versions:
Angelique (track 11)
recording of:
Farm on the Freeway (track 4)
I'm No Angel (track 2)
Johnny B. (track 11)
Move It on Over (track 9)
Rock Me (track 15)
Sleeping Bag (track 14)

CD 2

baritone saxophone:
Stephen Kupka (track 13)
background vocals:
Ralph Arista (track 13)
Riki Ellison (track 13)
Jerome Fletcher (track 13)
Ronnie Lott (track 13)
Joe Montana (track 13)
Jim Moran (track 13)
composer:
Billy Idol (track 2)
Tom Keifer (track 15)
Mark Kelly (Marillion keyboardist) (track 6)
Jeff Lynne (track 7)
Ian Mosley (track 6)
James Prime (track 14)
Steve Rothery (track 6)
Pete Trewavas (track 6)
Stuart Adamson (track 9)
Vito Bratta (track 5)
Joey Tempest (track 10)
engineer:
Will Gosling (track 9)
Ron Nevison (track 10)
lyricist:
Billy Idol (track 2)
Jeff Lynne (track 7)
Stuart Adamson (track 9)
Vito Bratta (track 5)
Derek William Dick (track 6)
Ricky Ross (Scottish singer-songwriter) (track 14)
Joey Tempest (track 10)
mixer:
Ron Nevison (track 10)
Walter Turbitt (track 9)
producer:
Mike Kemp (track 8)
Huey Lewis and the News (track 13)
Robin Millar (track 9)
vocals:
Stuart Adamson (track 9)
writer:
Jean‐Jacques Burnel (track 8)
Hugh Cornwell (track 8)
Bobby Dall (track 1)
C.C. DeVille (track 1)
Brian Duffy (UK drummer aka Jet Black) (track 8)
Bill Gibson (US drummer for Huey Lews & the News) (track 13)
Lou Gramm (American rock singer-songwriter; Black Sheep, Foreigner & Shadow King) (track 12)
Dave Greenfield (track 8)
Sean Hopper (track 13)
Tom Kelly (songwriter) (track 3)
Holly Knight (track 12)
Huey Lewis (track 13)
Bret Michaels (track 1)
Rikki Rockett (track 1)
Billy Steinberg (track 3)
Mike Tramp (track 5)
phonographic copyright by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (1986) (track 8)
publisher:
Cyanide Publishing (track 1)
EMI Songs Ltd. (track 8)
Plumbshaft-Ltd. (track 8)
Mercury Records (Universal Music Group) (1986) (tracks 9, 9)
recording of:
Always the Sun (track 8)
Calling America (track 7)
Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone) (track 15)
Don't Need a Gun (track 2)
Fergus Sings the Blues (track 14)
Hip to Be Square (track 13)
Incommunicado (track 6)
Just Between You and Me (track 12)
Nothin’ but a Good Time (track 1)
Sex as a Weapon (track 3)
Superstitious (track 10)
The Teacher (track 9)
When the Children Cry (track 5)

Release Group

part of: Classic Rock (Time-Life Music) (number: TL559/24)