Produced by Trevor Horn (2-11, 13-18, 20-22,
25-30), The Buggles (1, 12), Art of Noise (19, 24), Trevor Horn assisted
by Steve Lipson (23)
(14) originally produced by Richard Burgess
(c) 1979 (1), 1980 (12), 1981 (13, 14), 1982 (2, 6, 21, 29, 30), 1983 (3, 18, 24), 1984 (19, 20, 25, 28), 1985 (10, 23), 1988 (5), 1989 (16, 22, 26), 1990 (7), 1995 (9), 1996 (15), 1999 (11), 2000 (4), 2003 (17, 27), 2004 (8)
Notes taken by Paul Sexton from an interview with Trevor Horn
Designed by Gibson
Tracks:
CD L
1. Buggles: Video Killed the Radio Star [Horn/Downes/Woolley]
(4:13)
2. ABC: Posion Arrow [Fry/White/Singleton/Lickley]
(3:22)
3. Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Relax [Gill/Johnson/O'Toole] (3:57)
4. LeAnn Rimes: Can't Fight the Moonlight [Diane Warren] (3:36)
5. Pet Shop Boys: Left to My Own Devices [Tennant/Lowe] (4:47)
6. Dollar: Give Me Back My Heart [Horn/Darlow] (5:01)
7. Seal: Crazy [Seal] (4:30)
8. Lisa Stansfield: Say It to Me Now [Glen Hansard/The Frames] (4:47)
9. Shane MacGowan: You're the One [MacGowan] (3:57)
10. Godley & Creme: Cry [Godley/Creme] (3:56)
11. Art of Noise: Il Pleure (at the Turn of the Century) [Art of Noise]
(8:02)
12. Buggles: Living in the Plastic Age [Horn/Downes]
(5:11)
13. Dollar: Mirror Mirror [Horn/Woolley] (3:31)
14. Spandau Ballet: Instinction [Gary Kemp] (3:38)
15. The Frames: Angel at My Table [Glen Hansard/The Frames] (3:48)
16. Simple Minds: Mandela Day [Simple Minds] (5:41)
17. t.A.T.u.: All the Things She Said [Galoyan/Horn/Kertszenbaum/Kiper/Polienko]
(3:36)
CD R
18. Yes: Owner of a Lonely Heart [Rabin/Anderson/Squire/Horn] (4:26)
19. Art of Noise: Beatbox (Diversion) [Art of Noise] (4:08)
20. Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Two Tribes (Hibakusha Mix) [Gill/Johnson/O'Toole]
(6:36)
21. ABC: Look of Love (Part One) [Fry/Palmer/White/Singleton] (3:28)
22. Pet Shop Boys: It's Alright [Sterling Void/Harris Brightledge]
(4:19)
23. Grace Jones: Slave to the Rhythm (Blooded) [Woolley/Darlow/Lipson/Horn]
(8:27)
24. Art of Noise: Moments in Love (Beaten) [Art of Noise] (7:01)
25. Frankie Goes to Hollywood: The Power of Love [Gill/Johnson/O'Toole]
(5:31)
26. Simple Minds: Belfast Child [Simple Minds, based on the folk song
"She Moved Through the Fair"] (6:41)
27. Seal: Loneliest Star [Seal] (4:06)
28. Propaganda: Das Testament des Dr Mabuse (13th Life Mix) [Mertens/Dorper/Thein]
(6:33)
29. Malcolm McLaren: Buffalo Girls (Scratch Mix) [McLaren/Dudley/Horn]
(5:07)
30. ABC: All of My Heart [Fry/White/Singleton/Palmer] (5:20)
Notes: The CDs are labelled 'L' and 'R' for left and right in the fold-out digipack format. The album was on sale at the 11 Nov 2004 Produced by Trevor Horn charity concert and will presumably be released soon. (19) and (24) are single versions. (20) is a 12" mix, also available on Twelve Inches. (23) is another 12" mix. (28) is available on Outside World. Amusingly, "Owner of a Lonely Heart" is credited to Rabin/Anderson/Squire/Howe.
In the accompanying interview, Horn is asked his all-time favourites. "I couldn't pick one, I could say 'Slave To The Rhythm' is definitely one of the ones I like the most, but I think 'Crazy' is a beautiful record. Then I was always very fond of 'Two Tribes'. And 'Relax' was a great track. It's very difficult."
The liner notes finish with acknowledgements from Horn, in which he says:
there are a few musicians whose contributions to the records I have made have been so immense, they have played on nearly all the records I have ever made and it would be criminal not to mention them: Anne Dudley, Steve Lipson, Jamie Muhoberac, Louis Jardim, Geoff Downes, Bruce Woolley, Lol Creme and Tessa Niles.Early promo for the album had it including a second Lisa Stansfield track and one by Belle & Sebastion (presumably from Dear Catastrophe Waitress). (HP, 14 Nov 04; updated 8 Oct 2005)