The Best of Thompson Twins

~ Release by Thompson Twins (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Hold Me Now
recording of:
Hold Me Now (Thompson Twins song)
writer:
Alannah Joy Currie, Joseph Martin Leeway and Thomas Alexander Bailey (Thompson Twins)
vocals arranger:
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins), Alannah Currie and Joe Leeway
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd., BMG Songs, Inc., Point Music (publisher) and Point Music Ltd.
9:47
2Watching
engineer:
Phil Thornalley
producer:
Alex Sadkin
guest guitar:
Monte Brown
guest background vocals:
Grace Jones
recording of:
Watching
writer:
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins), Alannah Currie and Joe Leeway
3:58
3Sister of Mercy
engineer and mixer:
Phil Thornalley
producer:
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins) and Alex Sadkin
recording of:
Sister of Mercy
writer and vocals arranger:
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins), Alannah Currie and Joe Leeway
5:08
4Lies
engineer:
Phil Thornalley
producer:
Alex Sadkin
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1982)
recording of:
Lies
writer:
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins), Alannah Currie and Joe Leeway
publisher:
BMG Songs, Inc., CD Baby Publishing (publisher, not a release label!), Point Music Ltd. and Zomba Enterprises, Inc.
4.253:11
5Get That Love
recording of:
Get That Love
writer:
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins) and Alannah Currie
3:56
6Make Believe (Let’s Pretend)
3:22
7Love on Your Side
engineer:
Phil Thornalley
producer:
Alex Sadkin
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1983)
recording of:
Love on Your Side
writer:
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins), Alannah Currie and Joe Leeway
53:59
8You Take Me Up
recording engineer, engineer and mixer:
Phil Thornalley
drums (drum set) programming:
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins)
producer:
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins) and Alex Sadkin
congas and synthesizer [Prophet V]:
Joe Leeway
double bass [contrabass], guitar, harmonica, piano and synthesizer:
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins)
drums (drum set), marimba, percussion and xylophone:
Alannah Currie
background vocals:
Alannah Currie and Joe Leeway
vocals:
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Eurodisc Ltd. and Arista Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1984)
recording of:
You Take Me Up
writer and vocals arranger:
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins), Alannah Currie and Joe Leeway
publisher:
Point Music Ltd.
3.54:26
9We Are Detective
engineer:
Phil Thornalley
producer:
Alex Sadkin
recording of:
We Are Detective
writer:
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins), Alannah Currie and Joe Leeway
3:04
10Lay Your Hands on Me
recording engineer:
Terry Becker (engineer) and James A. Farber (sound engineer)
additional engineer:
Knut Bøhn and Jay Mark
engineer:
Scott Ansell and Olivier de Bosson
producer:
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins), Nile Rodgers and Alex Sadkin
mixer:
James A. Farber (sound engineer)
additional guitar and background vocals:
Nile Rodgers
guest background vocals:
East Harlem Hobo Choir
arranger:
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins), Alannah Currie and Joe Leeway
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1985) and BMG Arista Records Ltd. (in 1985)
recording of:
Lay Your Hands on Me
writer:
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins), Alannah Currie and Joe Leeway
publisher:
Point Music Ltd.
34:22
11King for a Day
engineer:
James A. Farber (sound engineer) and John Potoker (producer/engineer aka Tokes)
producer:
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins) and Nile Rodgers
recording of:
King for a Day
writer:
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins), Alannah Currie and Joe Leeway
4:14
12In the Name of Love
recording of:
In the Name of Love
writer:
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins), Chris Bell (drummer (Thompson Twins)), Alannah Currie, Joe Leeway, Peter Dodd, John Roog and Matthew Seligman
publisher:
ATV Music Ltd. and Point Music Ltd.
3:48
13Don’t Mess With Doctor Dream
recording engineer:
James A. Farber (sound engineer) and John Potoker (producer/engineer aka Tokes)
additional engineer:
Knut Bøhn and Jay Mark
engineer:
Scott Ansell and Olivier de Bosson
producer:
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins) and Nile Rodgers
mixer:
James A. Farber (sound engineer)
additional guitar and background vocals:
Nile Rodgers
arranger:
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins), Alannah Currie and Joe Leeway
recording of:
Don't Mess With Doctor Dream
writer:
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins), Alannah Currie and Joe Leeway
54:25
14Revolution
recording engineer:
James A. Farber (sound engineer) and John Potoker (producer/engineer aka Tokes)
additional engineer:
Knut Bøhn and Jay Mark
engineer:
Scott Ansell and Olivier de Bosson
producer:
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins) and Nile Rodgers
mixer:
James A. Farber (sound engineer)
additional guest guitar:
Steve Stevens (US guitarist and songwriter)
additional guitar and background vocals:
Nile Rodgers
cover recording of:
Revolution (Beatles song)
written in:
Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India (from 1968-02 until 1968-05-30)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (from 1968-02 until 1968-05-30) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (from 1968-02 until 1968-05-30)
publisher:
Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Northern Songs Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
4:05
15Doctor Doctor
recording engineer, engineer and mixer:
Phil Thornalley
drums (drum set) programming:
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins)
producer:
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins) and Alex Sadkin
congas and synthesizer [Prophet V]:
Joe Leeway
double bass [contrabass], guitar, harmonica, piano and synthesizer:
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins)
drums (drum set), marimba, percussion and xylophone:
Alannah Currie
background vocals:
Alannah Currie and Joe Leeway
vocals:
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1984) and Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1984)
music videos:
Doctor! Doctor! by Thompson Twins
recording of:
Doctor! Doctor!
writer and vocals arranger:
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins), Alannah Currie and Joe Leeway
publisher:
Point Music Ltd.
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