Hardest Hits: Modern Rock of the 80’s

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

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Story of Love (extended version)
recording of:
Story of Love
writer:
Nigel Haslam and David Shaw (member of Voice of America)
Voice of America5:40
2Swamp Thing
producer:
David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer (mainly new-wave/synth-pop/goth))
bass:
Mark Burgess
drums (drum set) and percussion:
John Lever
guitar:
Reg Smithies
guitar and strings:
Dave Fielding
vocals:
Mark Burgess
recording of:
Swamp Thing
writer:
Mark Burgess, Dave Fielding, John Lever and Reg Smithies
The Chameleons55:57
3The First Picture of You
recording of:
The First Picture of You
writer:
Jeremy Kelly, Peter Coyle and Ged Quinn (Keyboardist)
publisher:
Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019) and Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Zomba Music Publishing)
The Lotus Eaters5:28
4You Move Me (One Good Reason)
The Comsat Angels5:30
5Love Is Shining Down on Me
Jackie Leven6:09
6Feels Like Heaven
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1983)
recording of:
(Feels Like) Heaven
lyricist and composer:
Eddie Jordan (songwriter) and Kevin Patterson (songwriter)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corp.
Fiction Factory43:30
7Goodbye Yesterday (extended version)
Nick Heyward6:19
8Heartbeat Like Thunder (extended remix)
Steve Harley5:47
9Dance With Me (extended version)
recording of:
Dance With Me
writer:
Stiv Bators and Brian James (UK punk rock guitarist)
The Lords of the New Church5:53
10Tokyo Streets
Glamour Cult4:44
11Baby Judy
The Hawaiian Pups4:55
12Cccan’t You See (extended version)
recording of:
Cccan't You See
lyricist:
Josie Warden
composer:
Brian Moss (member of Vicious Pink)
publisher:
Heath Levy Music Co. Ltd. and Warehouse Music Ltd
Vicious Pink8:10
13New York (dance floor cut)
MCL5:09
14Transdance
Night Moves4:58
▼ CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Never, Never
recording of:
Never Never
lyricist and composer:
Vince Clarke (member of Erasure, Depeche Mode, Yazoo,…)
publisher:
Sonet (Scandinavia) (in 1983)
The Assembly5:51
2San Damiano (Heart and Soul)
Sal Solo6:40
3Money
cover recording of:
Money (That’s What I Want)
writer:
Janie Bradford and Berry Gordy
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd., Jobete Music (UK), Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobete Music Co., Inc., Stone Agate Music Division and United Partnership Ltd.
The Flying Lizards5:27
4Take Me Now
cover recording of:
Take Me Now
lyricist and composer:
John David (British songwriter/producer/bassist aka John Williams)
Vicious Pink6:20
588 Lines About 44 Women
recording of:
88 Lines About 44 Women
lyricist:
Marc Campbell (The Nails)
composer:
The Nails
The Nails5:29
6Escalator of Life
recording of:
Escalator of Life
lyricist and composer:
Robert Hazard
Robert Hazard4:41
7You Don’t Need Someone New (Charleston mix)
recording of:
You Don’t Need Someone New
composer:
Jeremy Kelly, Peter Coyle and Ged Quinn (Keyboardist)
The Lotus Eaters6:03
8Everywhere I Go
performer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis) and Jim Kerr (of Simple Minds)
The Call4:14
9Brilliant Mind
saxophone:
Larry Whelan (Saxophonist)
strings:
Tim Beaton and Charlie Buchannon
recording of:
Brilliant Mind
writer:
Jim Irvin, Hamilton Lee, Sally Still and Tim Whelan
Furniture7:00
10Life in Tokyo (disco mix)
recording of:
Life in Tokyo
writer:
Giorgio Moroder and David Sylvian
Japan7:04
11Planet Earth (Night version)
recording of:
Planet Earth
writer:
Simon Le Bon (singer for Duran Duran), Nick Rhodes, Andy Taylor (of Duran Duran), John Taylor (UK bassist for Duran Duran) and Roger Taylor (Duran Duran drummer)
Duran Duran6:14
12Into the Fire (full version)
Hitlist5:38
13Let Me Go
recording of:
Let Me Go!
writer:
Glenn Gregory, Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware
publisher:
Sound Diagrams (publisher), Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
Heaven 176:14
▼ CD 3
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1First, Last for Everything (club version)
recording of:
First, Last for Everything
writer:
Douglas Muirden, David Murdoch, David Rudden (Berlin Blondes, Endgames) and Paul Wishart
Endgames4:38
2Whistle Down the Wind
bass:
Pino Palladino
drums (drum set):
Dave Mattacks
recording of:
Whistle Down the Wind
lyricist and composer:
Nick Heyward
Nick Heyward2.53:42
3Melody
Boys Brigade4:01
4Working With Fire and Steel (mix)
engineer:
Alan Douglas (Scottish born engineer) and Gil Norton (British record producer)
producer:
Mike Howlett
remix of:
Working With Fire and Steel by China Crisis
recording of:
Working With Fire and Steel
lyricist:
Gary Daly
composer:
Gary Daly and Eddie Lundon (China Crisis)
China Crisis5:02
5Baby’s in the Mountains (New York mix)
Peter Godwin6:50
6Day One
The Comsat Angels3:53
7Pleasure Boys (dance mix)
recording of:
Pleasure Boys
Visage6:58
8Only You
producer:
The Flying Pickets and John Sherry
performer:
The Flying Pickets
music videos:
Only You by The Flying Pickets
cover recording of:
Only You
lyricist and composer:
Vince Clarke (member of Erasure, Depeche Mode, Yazoo,…)
publisher:
Musical Moments Ltd., SM Publishing (UK) Limited (current name of Sony Music Publishing UK) and Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.
The Flying Pickets43:27
9Doot Doot (extended mix)
recording of:
Doot Doot
writer:
Karl Hyde, Rick Smith (electronic producer, member of Underworld) and Alfie Thomas
publisher:
Curly Music Ltd. (publisher) and Point Music Ltd. (in 1983)
Freur6:03
10Love Missile F1‐11 (extended version)
recording of:
Love Missile F1‐11
lyricist and composer:
Martin Degville, Tony James (UK bassist/guitarist) and Neal Whitmore
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
Sigue Sigue Sputnik6:58
11Simon Says
Secession6:14
12International (Global mix)
Thomas Leer7:09
13Jet Town
SSQ3:45
14Jet Boy, Jet Girl (club mix)
Elton Motello6:53
▼ CD 4: Mosh Pit Madness
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Thunder Kiss ’65
assistant engineer:
David Carpenter (Engineer)
engineer, producer and mixer:
Andy Wallace (engineer)
bass guitar:
Sean Yseult
drums (drum set):
Ivan de Prume
guitar:
J. (performance name of Jay Noel Yuenger)
lead vocals:
Rob Zombie
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time (number: 84)
recording of:
Thunder Kiss ’65
lyricist:
Rob Zombie
composer:
Ivan de Prume, J. (performance name of Jay Noel Yuenger), Sean Yseult and Rob Zombie
publisher:
Psychohead Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
White Zombie4.13:55
2Who Was in My Room Last Night
recording of:
Who Was in My Room Last Night?
writer:
Jeff Coffey, Gibby Haynes, Jeff Pinkus (US bassist, aka Jeff(rey) Pinkus) and Paul Leary
publisher:
Latino Buggerveil Music
Butthole Surfers4:07
3Supernaut
vocals:
Al Jourgensen
cover recording of:
Supernaut
lyricist:
Geezer Butler
composer:
Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne and Bill Ward
publisher:
Essex Music International Ltd., Onward Music Ltd., Rollerjoint Music and TRO Essex Music International, Inc.
1000 Homo DJs46:38
4Zero Signal
producer:
Colin Richardson (producer/engineer)
mixer:
Fear Factory, Rhys Fulber (Canadian electronic musician) and Greg Reely
arranger:
Burton C. Bell, Dino Cazares and Raymond Herrera
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The All Blacks B.V. (company, for copyrights purposes) (in 1995) and Warner Music Group – X5 Music Group (in 2021)
recording of:
Zero Signal
lyricist:
Burton C. Bell
composer:
Dino Cazares and Raymond Herrera
publisher:
Roadblock Music, Inc.
Fear Factory4.155:55
5Godlike
recording of:
Godlike
lyricist:
Sascha Konietzko
composer:
En Esch (German industrial rock musician), Sascha Konietzko, Rudolf Naomi and Günter Schulz (German industrial rock guitarist)
KMFDM4.56:34
6Discipline
Malhavoc5:59
7Join in the Chant
mixer:
Phil Harding (engineer, producer and remixer)
remix of:
Join in the Chant (album version) by Nitzer Ebb
recording of:
Join in the Chant
composer:
Douglas McCarthy (vocalist in Nitzer Ebb), David Gooday, Simon Granger, Bon Harris and Chris Piper (songwriter)
publisher:
Blue August Music Publishing and Mute Song (either subsidiary of Mute Song Ltd., or brand that refers to itself)
Nitzer Ebb45:16
8Everything’s Cool
recording of:
Everything's Cool
lyricist:
Clint Mansell (English singer and score composer)
composer:
Clint Mansell (English singer and score composer) and Vestan Pance
publisher:
BMG Music Ltd.
Pop Will Eat Itself4:17
9Choice
Ignorance Never Settles3:06
10Beers, Steers and Queers
engineer:
Fluffy (pseudonym used by Keith Auerbach)
performer:
Alain Jourgensen, Paul Barker (industrial bassist/producer/engineer), Chris Connelly (Scottish author, industrial musician & singer/songwriter), Bill Rieflin and Luc Van Acker (Belgian musician, producer & songwriter)
recording of:
Beers, Steers & Queers
lyricist:
Al Jourgensen
composer:
Paul Barker (industrial bassist/producer/engineer), Chris Connelly (Scottish author, industrial musician & singer/songwriter), Al Jourgensen, Phil Owen (turntables/vocals for Revolting Cocks/Skatenigs aka Phildo Owen), Bill Rieflin and Luc Van Acker (Belgian musician, producer & songwriter)
Revolting Cocks56:00
11Meteor
Voivod4.54:14
12Death
guitar:
Pat Sprawl
lead vocals:
Martin Atkins (UK drummer)
recording of:
Death
lyricist and composer:
Kevin Crompton, Dwayne Rudolph Goettel, Kevin Ogilvie (Canadian industrial vocalist aka Nivek Ogre), Dave Ogilvie (Canadian producer, engineer, and musician) and Patrick Sproule
Skinny Puppy33:56
13Symphony of Destruction
recording of:
Symphony of Destruction
lyricist and composer:
Dave Mustaine
publisher:
Mustaine Music (in 1992), Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) (in 1992) and Theory Music (in 1992)
Megadeth3:49
14You Suck
producer:
Consolidated
mixer:
Consolidated and Jack Dangers (from Meat Beat Manifesto)
vocals:
Yeastie Girlz
recording of:
You Suck
writer:
Consolidated and Yeastie Girlz
Consolidated feat. The Yeastie Girls4:13