Classic Rock #218: The Best of the Year 2015

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

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Let’s Go
engineer:
Jeff Diffner, Ronan McHugh, Malvin Mortimer and David Wolff (Manager and producer)
producer:
Def Leppard and Ronan McHugh
acoustic guitar and bass guitar:
Rick Savage
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Rick Allen (UK drummer for Def Leppard)
solo electric guitar:
Vivian Campbell and Phil Collen (of Def Leppard)
background vocals:
Vivian Campbell, Phil Collen (of Def Leppard) and Rick Savage
background vocals and lead vocals:
Joe Elliott (lead singer of Def Leppard)
additionally recorded at:
Phil’s Sweat Shop in Orange County, California, United States
recorded at:
Joe’s Garage (Dublin) in Dublin, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
music videos:
Let’s Go (music video) by Def Leppard and Let’s Go (lyric) by Def Leppard
recording of:
Let’s Go
writer:
Joe Elliott (lead singer of Def Leppard) and Rick Savage
publisher:
Bludgeon Riffola Ltd., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. (UK) and Primary Wave Music (Full service music and entertainment company)
Def Leppard35:04
2Your Love Is IncarcerationClutch3:15
3Last of Our Kind
The Darkness4:12
4Sunny Side Up
recording engineer:
Mike Patton (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Fantômas, etc.)
engineer and producer:
Billy Gould
mixer:
Billy Gould and Matt Wallace (US producer & engineer)
recording of:
Sunny Side Up
writer:
Bill David Gould and Michael Allen Patton (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Fantômas, etc.)
publisher:
Cleanslate Music
Faith No More2.653:01
5New Modern Love
recording engineer and mixer:
Jason Hall (engineer, mixer) and Jay Joyce
miscellaneous support:
Daniel O'Neil (guitar tech) and Paul Simmons (drummer)
assistant engineer:
Dylan Lancaster (engineer) and Caleb VanBuskirk
producer:
Jay Joyce
bass guitar:
Josh Smith (bassist for Halestorm)
drums (drum set):
Arejay Hale (Halestorm drummer)
electric guitar and lead vocals:
Lzzy Hale
electric guitar [lead guitar]:
Joe Hottinger
piano:
Lzzy Hale and Josh Smith (bassist for Halestorm)
background vocals:
Arejay Hale (Halestorm drummer), Joe Hottinger and Josh Smith (bassist for Halestorm)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US)
produced at:
St. Charles in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
New Modern Love
writer:
David Bassett, Lzzy Hale and Joseph Hottinger
Halestorm3:40
6Finest HourBlack Star Riders3:58
7Haunted by the Night
Walter Trout6:12
8Wonder Days
Thunder4:50
9Wish in One Hand
Blackberry Smoke3:09
10The Kids Ain’t Alright
Biters3:54
11Happy Returns
programming, producer and mixer:
Steven Wilson (founder of Porcupine Tree)
additional engineer:
Brendan Dekora and Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger)
assistant engineer:
Laurence Anslow (UK Engineer Air Studios)
engineer:
Steve Orchard (producer and engineer)
acoustic guitar, mellotron [M4000], solo guitar [solo 1] and lead vocals:
Steven Wilson (founder of Porcupine Tree)
additional guitar:
Dave Gregory (XTC)
Chapman stick and background vocals:
Nick Beggs
drums (drum set):
Chad Wackerman
guitar:
Guthrie Govan and Steven Wilson (founder of Porcupine Tree)
Hammond organ [Hammond B3] and piano:
Adam Holzman (American keyboardist, composer and producer)
solo guitar [solo 2]:
Guthrie Govan
strings:
The London Session Orchestra
choir vocals:
Schola Cantorum of the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School
strings arranger:
Dave Stewart (Canterbury keyboardist, NOT the Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart) and Steven Wilson (founder of Porcupine Tree)
choir vocals arranger:
Dave Stewart (Canterbury keyboardist, NOT the Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart)
additionally recorded at:
Angel Studios in Kingston upon Hull, England, United Kingdom and EastWest Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recorded at:
AIR Studios (Lyndhurst Hall 1991–present) in Hampstead, Camden, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom and No Man’s Land (Steven Wilson’s studio) in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
No Man’s Land (Steven Wilson’s studio) in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Happy Returns
lyricist and composer:
Steven Wilson (founder of Porcupine Tree)
Steven Wilson6:02
12Élan
recording engineer:
Mikko Karmila and Tero Kinnunen
miscellaneous support:
Isobel Griffiths (task: contractor), Richard Ihnatowicz (task: music preparation) and Lucy Whalley (contractor) (task: contractor)
assistant engineer:
Jeremy Murphy
engineer:
Mikko Karmila, Tero Kinnunen and Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger)
co-producer:
Tero Kinnunen and Nightwish (Finnish symphonic metal)
producer:
Tuomas Holopainen
mixer:
Mikko Karmila
acoustic guitar and bass guitar:
Marco Hietala
bass clarinet:
David Fuest (clarinet)
bass trombone:
Andy Wood (trombonist)
bassoon and contrabassoon:
Julie Andrews (UK bassoon player)
bodhrán, bouzouki, low whistle and uilleann pipes:
Troy Donockley
cello:
David Daniels (cellist), Paul Kegg (cellist), Martin Loveday (cellist), Frank Schaefer and Jonathan Williams (cellist)
clarinet [bb clarinet]:
Nicholas Bucknall and David Fuest (clarinet)
cor anglais and oboe:
David Theodore (oboist)
double bass:
Chris Laurence (double bassist), Steve Mair (bass player) and Richard Pryce (double bassist)
drums (drum set):
Kai Hahto and Jukka Nevalainen
drums (drum set) [Performer]:
Kai Hahto
flute and piccolo:
Andy Findon
French horn:
Nigel Black (horn player), Pip Eastop (horn player) and Richard Watkins (hornist)
guitar:
Emppu Vuorinen
harp:
Skaila Kanga (harpist)
keyboard and piano:
Tuomas Holopainen
percussion:
Paul Clarvis (percussionist), Gary Kettel (percussionist), Frank Ricotti (percussionist) and Stephen Henderson (classical percussionist)
tenor trombone:
Mark Nightingale (trombonist) and Ed Tarrant (trombone player)
timpani:
Stephen Henderson (classical percussionist)
trumpet:
Philip Cobb (trumpetist), Mike Lovatt and Kate Moore (British trumpeter)
tuba:
Owen Slade (tuba player)
viola:
Rachel Bolt (violist), Martin Humbey (UK viola player), Peter Lale (violist), Andrew Parker (viola) and Bruce White (violist)
violin:
Mark Berrow (violinist), Emil Chakolov, Dermot Crehan, Peter Hanson (violinist), Jackie Hartley (violinist), Patrick Kiernan (violinist), Boguslaw Kostecki (violinist), Rita Manning, Jim McLeod, Perry Montague‐Mason (violinist), Steve Morris (violinist), Everton Nelson (violinist), Sonia Slany (violinist) and Chris Tombling (violinist)
background vocals:
Troy Donockley and Marco Hietala
choir vocals:
Metro Voices
choir vocals [the children's choir]:
The Young Musicians London
lead vocals:
Floor Jansen
vocals:
Troy Donockley, Marco Hietala and Floor Jansen
conductor:
James Shearman (conductor, orchestrator, composer) and Pip Williams (producer)
chorus master:
Jenny O’Grady and Lynda Richardson
additional arranger:
Ilona Opulska
arranger:
Troy Donockley, Kai Hahto, Marco Hietala, Tuomas Holopainen, Floor Jansen, Tero Kinnunen, Jukka Nevalainen, Nightwish (Finnish symphonic metal) and Emppu Vuorinen
choir vocals arranger:
Pip Williams (producer)
orchestrator:
Pip Williams (producer)
additionally recorded at:
Angel Recording Studios in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recorded at:
Angel Studios in Kingston upon Hull, England, United Kingdom, Hats Off Studios in Stonesfield, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Röskö in Kitee, Pohjois-Karjala, Finland (from 2014-08 until 2014-09) and Petrax in Päijät-Häme, Finland (in 2014-10)
mixed at:
Finnvox in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (from 2014-10 until 2014-12)
engineered at:
Röskö in Kitee, Pohjois-Karjala, Finland
recording of:
Élan
lyricist and composer:
Tuomas Holopainen
revised by:
Petri Alanko (composer, musician and producer)
publisher:
Potoska Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Germany) GmbH (1998–2002), Sony/ATV Music Publishing France and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
Nightwish44:47
13EuphoriaKilling Joke4:19
14From the Pinnacle to the Pit
engineer:
Greg Gordon (producer/engineer) and Adam Kasper
producer:
Klas Åhlund
mixer:
Andy Wallace (engineer)
bass guitar, drums (drum set), electric guitar and keyboard:
Group of Nameless Ghouls
lead vocals:
Papa Emeritus III
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Concord Music Group, Inc. (part of Concord Bicycle Music since 2015/04/01, not for release label use!) (in 2015), Seven Four Entertainment, LLC (in 2015) and Loma Vista Recordings (in 2016)
recorded at:
Ameraycan Recording Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, EastWest Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, RMV Studios in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden and The Village (aka The Village Recorder) in Los Angeles, California, United States
mixed at:
Soundtrack Studios (New York) in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
From the Pinnacle to the Pit
writer:
Klas Åhlund, A Ghoul Writer (unknown writer for Ghost) and Indio Marcato
publisher:
BMG Gold Songs, Klas Åhlund Publishing AB and Papastrello Songs
Ghost4.654:04
15Thunder & Lightning
additional engineer:
Sergio Chavez
engineer and mixer:
Cameron Webb (engineer)
drums (drum set):
Mikkey Dee (Motörhead/Scorpions drummer Micael Delaouglou)
electric bass guitar [bass] and lead vocals:
Lemmy Kilmister (“Lemmy” from Motörhead)
guitar:
Phil Campbell (Welsh metal guitarist for Motörhead & Persian Risk)
recording of:
Thunder & Lightning (in 2015)
writer:
Phil Campbell (Welsh metal guitarist for Motörhead & Persian Risk), Mikkey Dee (Motörhead/Scorpions drummer Micael Delaouglou) and Ian Fraser Kilmister (“Lemmy” from Motörhead)
publisher:
Dust and Glass Publishing GmbH
Motörhead3:06

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part of:Classic Rock Magazine (UK »Classic Rock« magazine sampler CDs) (number: 218) (order: 142)