Counting the Beat: Australian Pop of the 80s

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

Tracklist

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CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Counting the Beat
The Swingers3:04
2True Love
Billy Field3:21
3As the Days Go By
Daryl Braithwaite4:05
4In Your Car
The Dugites2:57
5Jessie's Girl
producer:
Keith Olsen (US producer and engineer)
arranger:
Neil Geraldo, Keith Olsen (US producer and engineer) and Rick Springfield
recording of:
Jessie’s Girl
lyricist and composer:
Rick Springfield
Rick Springfield4.353:15
6Wait
Gyan3:39
7Made My Day
Tim Finn3:25
8Help
cover recording of:
Help!
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI-affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Northern Songs ltd, SBK Blackwood Music Inc. (1987-12-30–1989-07-14), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Tunes LLC and Unart Music Corp.
John Farnham4:25
9Can't Wait to See You
Eurogliders4:13
10Send Me an Angel
engineer:
Andrew Scott (Australian producer/engineer)
producer:
Ross Cockle
recorded at:
Rhinoceros Studios in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
mixed at:
Fast Forward Studios in Warranwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
recording of:
Send Me an Angel
lyricist:
David Sterry
composer:
Richard Zatorski
publisher:
Chappell & Co. GmbH (Publisher, do not use as a release label!), Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd. and Wheatley Music Pty Ltd. (in 1983)
Real Life53:54
11Hot Town
Jon English3:48
12Compulsory Hero
producer:
Charles Fisher (Australian producer)
music videos:
Compulsory Hero by 1927
recording of:
Compulsory Hero
lyricist and composer:
Garry Frost
19274:37
13No SecretsThe Angels4:20
14The Night Owls
recording of:
The Night Owls
lyricist and composer:
Graeham Goble
Little River Band3:54
15Miss This Tonight
Matt Moffitt4:45
16Dreaming My Dreams With You
recording of:
Dreaming My Dreams With You
lyricist and composer:
Allen Reynolds
publisher:
Jack Music, Inc.
Colleen Hewett3:45
17Falling in and Out
Mi‐Sex3:21
18My Baby
Cold Chisel4:03
19Maxine
Sharon O’Neill4:35
20Never Gonna Die
recording of:
Never Gonna Die
writer:
Brad Carr and Mark Gable
Choirboys4:01
CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Singing in the Eighties
The Monitors3:19
2One Perfect Day
The Little Heroes3:42
3Hold On
Models4:25
4Lady What's Your Name
Swanee3:44
5Same Old Girl
Darryl Cotton3:52
6Cool World
recording of:
Cool World
composer:
Ross Wilson (Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer)
Mondo Rock3:33
7Computer One
Dear Enemy4:40
8House of Cards
GANGgajang2:47
9Overkill
engineer and producer:
Peter McIan
bass:
John Rees
drums (drum set):
Jerry Speiser (Former drummer for Men at Work)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Productions Pty. Limited (in 1983), CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1983) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 2003)
recording of:
Overkill (Men at Work song)
lyricist and composer:
Colin Hay
Men at Work53:48
10Sweet and Sour
recording of:
Sweet and Sour
writer:
Sharon O’Neill
The Takeaways3:11
11Alone With You
recording of:
Alone With You
Sunnyboys4:01
12He's Just No Good for You
associate producer:
Jeffrey Lesser
producer:
Richard Gottehrer (American songwriter and music executive)
mixer:
Julian Mendelsohn (Australian record producer and engineer)
recorded at:
Rhinoceros Studios in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
mixed at:
SARM Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
Mental as Anything3:27
13Sooner or Later
The Innocents3:48
14Rain
recording of:
Rain (Dragon song)
writer:
Marc Hunter, Todd Hunter (Todd Stuart Hunter of Dragon) and Johanna Pigott
Dragon3:32
15I Am
Uncanny X‐Men3:30
16What About Me
recording of:
What About Me (Moving Pictures song)
writer:
Garry Frost and Frances Swan
Moving Pictures3:38
17Strangers on a Train
recording of:
Strangers on a Train
composer:
Martin Armiger
The Sports2:42
18Soldier of Fortune
John Paul Young4:32
19According to My Heart
The Reels3:15
20I Was Only 19 (A Walk in the Light Green)
recording of:
I Was Only 19 (A Walk in the Light Green)
lyricist and composer:
John Schumann
Redgum4:18

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part of:Australian Pop of the 80s (number: 1) (order: 1)