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Dire Straits: Brothers In Arms

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On May 13, 1985, “Vertigo” label released “Brothers in Arms”, the fifth Dire Straits studio album. It was recorded November 1984 – March 1985, at “AIR Studios” in Montserrat, and was produced by Neil Dorfsman and Mark Knopfler. In 1986 “Brothers in Arms” won two “Grammy Awards”, and also won “Best British Album” at the 1987 “Brit Awards”. “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Brothers in Arms” at number 351 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of all Time”. The album was ranked at number 51 on “Q” magazine list of the “100 Greatest British Albums Ever”. The album was certified 9 x Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”. It became the seventh best-selling album in UK chart history, and with total sale of more than thirty million copies worldwide, “Brothers in Arms” is one of the world’s best-selling albums ever.

Personnel:

  • Mark Knopfler– lead vocals, guitars
  • Alan Clark– keyboards
  • Guy Fletcher– synthesizer, backing vocals
  • John Illsley– vocals, bass
  • Neil Jason– bass
  • Tony Levin– bass
  • Omar Hakim– drums
  • Terry Williams– drums
  • Jimmy Maelen– percussion
  • Michael Mainieri– vibraphone
  • Jack Sonni– guitar
  • Michael Brecker– tenor saxophone
  • Malcolm Duncan– tenor saxophone
  • Randy Brecker– trumpet
  • Dave Plews – trumpet
  • Sting– backing vocals
  • Neil Dorfsman – engineer
  • Steve Jackson – engineer assistant
  • Bruce Lampcov – engineer assistant
  • John Dent – mastering
  • Thomas Steyer – painting
  • Sutton Cooper – photography
  • Deborah Feingold – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Knopfler, except where noted.

  1. So Far Away
  2. Money for Nothing – Mark Knopfler, Sting
  3. Walk of Life
  4. Your Latest Trick
  5. Why Worry
  6. Ride Across the River
  7. The Man’s Too Strong
  8. One World
  9. Brothers in Arms

The Style Council: Our Favourite Shop

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On May 9, 1985, “Polydor” label released “Our Favourite Shop”, the second Style Council (The) studio album. It was recorded December 1984 – March 1985, and was produced by Peter Wilson and Paul Weller. The album cover was designed by Paul Weller and Simon Halfon.

Personnel:

  • Paul Weller– vocals, guitars, bass guitar, synth, design
  • Mick Talbot– Hammond organ, keyboards
  • Camille Hinds– bass
  • Steve White– drums, percussion
  • Helen Turner – piano
  • Peter Wilson – keyboard sequencing
  • Kevin Miller – bass
  • Clark Kent – contra bass
  • Gary Wallis– percussion
  • Dee C. Lee– vocals
  • Lenny Henry– vocals
  • Tracie Young– vocals
  • Alison Limerick– vocals
  • Stewart Prosser – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • David DeFries– trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Mike Mower – flute, saxophone
  • Chris Lawrence – trombone
  • Patrick Grundy-White – French horn
  • Steve Dawson – trumpet
  • Billy Chapman – saxophone
  • John Mealing– orchestration, string arrangement
  • Anne Stephenson – violin
  • Charlie Buchanan – violin
  • Jocelyn Pook– viola
  • Audrey Riley– cello
  • Simon Halfon – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Weller.

  1. Homebreakers – Mick Talbot, Paul Weller
  2. All Gone Away
  3. Come to Milton Keynes
  4. Internationalists – Mick Talbot, Paul Weller
  5. A Stones Throw Away
  6. The Stand Up Comic’s InstructionsBoy Who Cried Wolf
  7. A Man of Great Promise
  8. Down in the Seine
  9. The Lodgers (or She Was Only a Shopkeeper’s Daughter) – Mick Talbot, Paul Weller
  10. Luck – Mick Talbot, Paul Weller
  11. With Everything to Lose – Steve White, Paul Weller
  12. Our Favourite Shop – Mick Talbot
  13. Walls Come Tumbling Down! – Paul Weller

Freddie Mercury: Mr. Bad Guy

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On April 29, 1985, “Columbia” label released “Mr. Bad Guy”, the debut Freddie Mercury album. It was recorded 1983 – January 1985 at “Musicland Studios” in Munich, and was produced by Reinhold Mack and Freddie Mercury.

Personnel:

  • Freddie Mercury– vocals, piano, synthesizer
  • Paul Vincent – lead guitar
  • Fred Mandel– additional piano, synthesizer, guitar
  • Stephan Wissnet – bass guitar
  • Jo Burt– fretless bass
  • Curt Cress– drums
  • Mackand Stephan Wissnet – Fairlight CMI, drum programming
  • Rainer Pietsch – arrangements
  • Reinhold Mack – engineer
  • Stephan Wissnet – engineer assistant
  • The Artful Dodger – artwork
  • Sawa – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Freddie Mercury.

  1. Let’s Turn It On
  2. Made in heaven
  3. I Was Born to Love You
  4. Foolin’ Around
  5. Your Kind of Lover
  6. Bad Guy
  7. Man Made Paradise
  8. There Must Be More to Life Than This
  9. Living on My Own
  10. My Love Is Dangerous
  11. Love Me Like There’s No Tomorrow

 

Eurythmics: Be Yourself Tonight

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On April 29, 1985, “RCA” label release “Be Yourself Tonight”, the fifth Eurythmics album. It was recorded in January 1985, and was produced by David A. Stewart.

Personnel:

  • Annie Lennox – vocals, keyboards, keyboard sequencers, keyboard programming
  • David A. Stewart – electric and slide guitars , 6-string octave guitar, keyboards, sequencers, bass sequencer, drum programming, mixing
  • Mike Campbell– guitar
  • Benmont Tench– organ
  • Stevie Wonder– harmonica
  • Dean Garcia– bass guitar, wood stomping
  • Nathan East– bass guitar
  • Olle Romo– drums, wood stomping
  • Stan Lynch– drums
  • Dave Plews – trumpet
  • Martin Dobson – saxophones
  • Sadie (and other uncredited performers) – gravel stomping
  • Michael Kamen– strings , celeste, keyboard
  • Aretha Franklin– vocals
  • Angel Cross – backing vocals
  • The Charles Williams Singers – backing vocals, gospel choir
  • Elvis Costello– harmony vocals
  • Shelly Yakus – recording
  • Don Smith – engineer, mixing
  • Adam Williams – , drum programming, engineer, mixing
  • Jay Willis – engineer assistant
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Laurence Stevens – art direction, design
  • Paul Fortune – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart, except where noted.

  1. Would I Lie To You
  2. There Must Be an Angel (Playing With My Heart)
  3. I Love You Like a Ball and Chain
  4. Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves
  5. Conditioned Soul
  6. Adrian
  7. It’s Alright (Baby’s Coming Back)
  8. Here Comes That Sinking Feeling
  9. Better to Have Lost in Love (Than Never to Have Loved at All)

Prince: Around the World in a Day

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On April 22, 1985, “Paisley Park Records” label released “Around the World in a Day”, the seventh Prince studio album. It was recorded January–December 1984, at “Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse” in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, “Sunset Sound” in Hollywood, “Mobile Audio Studio”, “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Prince.

Personnel:

  • Prince– vocals and various instruments
  • David Coleman – cello, oud, fingercymbals, darbuka, background vocals, cello
  • Jonathan Melvoin– tambourine and background vocals
  • Wendy Melvoin– background vocals, guitars, vocals
  • Lisa Coleman– background vocals, keyboards
  • Susannah Melvoin– background vocals
  • Novi Novog– violin
  • Bobby Z.– drums and percussion
  • Brown Mark– bass guitar and background vocals
  • Fink– keyboards
  • Brad Marsh – tambourine
  • Sheila E.– drums
  • Eddie M. – saxophone
  • Suzie Katayama – cello
  • Sid Page – violiin
  • Marcy Dicterow-Vaj – violin
  • Denyse Buffum – viola
  • Laury Woods – viola
  • Tim Barr – stand-up bass
  • Annette Atkinson – stand-up bass
  • Taja Sevelle– background vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Prince except where noted.

  1. Around the World in a Day – Prince, John L. Nelson, David Coleman
  2. Paisley Park
  3. Condition of the Heart
  4. Raspberry Beret
  5. Tamborine
  6. America – Prince and the Revolution
  7. Pop Life
  8. The Ladder – Prince, John L. Nelson
  9. Temptation

The Exploited: Horror Epics

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Exploited Horror Epics

On April 15, 1985,“Taang!” label released “Horror Epics”, the fourth Exploited (The) studio album. It was recorded at “Yard Studios” in London, and was produced by Wattie Buchan and Phil Chilton.

Personnel:

  • Wattie Buchan- vocals
  • Karl – guitar
  • Wayne Tyas – bass
  • Willie Buchan – drums
  • John Ravenhall – engineer
  • Brian Burrows – design
  • Scott Billet – photography
  • Mark Brennan – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Wattie Buchan and Wayne Tyas, except where noted.

  1. Horror Epics
  2. Don’t Forget the Chaos – Wattie Buchan
  3. Law and Order
  4. I Hate You – Willie Buchan
  5. No More Idols
  6. Maggie
  7. Dangerous Visions
  8. Down Below
  9. Treat You Like Shit
  10. Forty Odd Years Ago
  11. My Life

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: Southern Accents

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On March 26, 1985, “MCA” label released “Southern Accents”, the sixthTom Petty and the Heartbreakers album. It was recorded 1983–1985, at “Gone Gator One”, “Sound City”, “Village Recorder” and “Sunset Sound” in Los Angeles and “Church Studio” in London, and was produced by Tom Petty, Jimmy Iovine, Mike Campbell, David A. Stewart and Robbie Robertson, The album cover features an 1865 painting by Winslow Homer titled “The Veteran in a New Field”

Personnel:

  • Tom Petty– vocals, guitars, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, percussion,
  • Mike Campbell – vocals, guitar, slide guitar, bass guitar, dobro, keyboards,
  • Benmont Tench – vocals, piano, keyboards, electric piano, vibraphone
  • Stan Lynch– vocals, drums, percussion, keyboards
  • Howie Epstein– vocals, harmony vocals, bass guitar
  • Garth Hudson– keyboards
  • David A. Stewart– vocals, bass, guitar, keyboards, sitar
  • Ron Blair– bass
  • Dean Garcia– bass
  • Bobbye Hall– percussion
  • Jim Keltner– percussion
  • Phil Jones – percussion
  • Greg Smith – vocals, horn, saxophone, baritone saxophone
  • Jim Coile – vocals, tenor saxophone, horn, sound effects
  • Malcolm Duncan – saxophone
  • Molly Duncan – saxophone
  • Martin Jourard – saxophone
  • William Bergman – horn, tenor saxophone, sound effects, backing vocals
  • Dick Braun – trumpet, horn, sound effects, backing vocals
  • John Berry, Jr. – trumpet, horn, sound effects
  • Dave Plews – trumpet
  • Daniel Rothmuller – clarinet, cello
  • Jerry Hey– horn, horn conductor
  • Richard Manuel– vocals, harmony vocals
  • Julia Tillman Waters – vocals
  • Maxine Waters – vocals
  • Stephanie Spruill – vocals
  • Clydene Jackson – vocals
  • Sharon Celani – vocals
  • Maxine Willard Waters – vocals
  • Marilyn Martin– vocals
  • Kurt McGettrick – vocals, horn, sound effects
  • Jack Nitzsche– string arrangement
  • David Bianco – engineer
  • Joel Fein – engineer
  • Alan “Bugs” Weidel – engineer
  • Shelly Yakus– engineer, remix
  • Don Smith – engineer, remix
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Winslow Homer – artwork, cover painting
  • Tommy Steele – art direction, design
  • Steele Works – design
  • Steve Breitborde – photography
  • Dennis Keeley – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Petty, except where noted.

  1. Rebels
  2. It Ain’t Nothin’ to Me – Tom Petty, Dave Stewart
  3. Don’t Come Around Here No More – Tom Petty, Dave Stewart\
  4. Southern Accents
  5. Make It Better (Forget About Me) – Tom Petty, Dave Stewart
  6. Spike
  7. Dogs on the Run – Tom Petty, Mike Campbell
  8. Mary’s New Car
  9. The Best of Everything

The Power Station: Same

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Power Station

On March 25, 1985, “Capitol” label released the self-titled, debut Power Station album. It was recorded in 1984, at “Power Station Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Bernard Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Robert Palmer– vocals
  • Andy Taylor– guitars
  • John Taylor– bass
  • Tony Thompson– drums
  • Robert Sabino, Rupert Hine– keyboards
  • Curtis King Jr, Fonzi Thornton, B.J. Nelson, Charmaine Burch – additional vocals
  • Mars Williams– brass
  • Roger Taylor, Jimmy Bralower – percussive effects
  • Jason Corsaro – recording, engineer, mixing
  • Steve Rinkoff, Rob Eaton – recording, engineer
  • Howie Weinbergat – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Palmer, Andy Taylor, and John Taylor, except where noted

  1. Some Like It Hot
  2. Murderess
  3. Lonely Tonight – Bernard Edwards, Robert Palmer
  4. Communication – Derek Bramble, Robert Palmer, Andy Taylor, John Taylor
  5. Get It On (Bang a Gong) – Marc Bolan
  6. Go to Zero – Guy Pratt, Robert Palmer
  7. Harvest for the World – Isley Brothers
  8. Still in Your Heart

 

The Sisters of Mercy: First and Last and Always

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On March 11, 1985, “Merciful Release” label released “First and Last and Always”, the debut Sisters of Mercy (The) album. It was recorded in 1984, and was produced by David M. Allen.

Personnel:

  • Andrew Eldritch – vocals, mixing, design
  • Wayne Hussey – vocals, guitar
  • Gary Marx– guitar
  • Craig Adams– bass guitar
  • Doktor Avalanche – drums
  • Mick Lowe – layout
  • Jill Furmanovsky, Ruth Polsky – photography

Track listing:

  1. Black Planet – Andrew Eldritch, Wayne Hussey
  2. Walk Away – Andrew Eldritch, Wayne Hussey
  3. No Time to Cry – Andrew Eldritch, Craig Adams, Wayne Hussey, Gary Marx
  4. A Rock and a Hard Place – Andrew Eldritch, Wayne Hussey
  5. Marian – Andrew Eldritch, Wayne Hussey
  6. First and Last and Always – Gary Marx
  7. Possession – Andrew Eldritch, Craig Adams, Wayne Hussey
  8. Nine While Nine – Andrew Eldritch, Gary Marx
  9. Amphetamine Logic – Andrew Eldritch, Gary Marx
  10. Some Kind of Stranger – Andrew Eldritch, Gary Marx

 

Eric Clapton: Behind the Sun

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Behind the Sun

On March 11, 1985, “Duck” label released “Behind the Sun”, the ninth Eric Clapton, studio album. It was recorded in 1984, and was produced by Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Ted Templeman and Lenny Waronker.

Personnel:

  • Eric Clapton – vocals, guitars, Roland guitar synthesizer
  • Lindsey Buckingham– guitar
  • Steve Lukather– guitar
  • Phil Collins– synthesizer, percussion, drums, Fender Rhodes, Simmons drums, backing vocals
  • Michael Omartian – synthesizer
  • Greg Phillinganes – synthesizer, backing vocals
  • James Newton Howard– synthesizer
  • Peter Robinson– synthesizer
  • Chris Stainton– synthesizer, piano, organ, Fender Rhodes
  • Donald “Duck” Dunn– bass
  • Nathan East– bass, backing vocals
  • Jamie Oldaker– drums, backing vocals
  • Jeff Porcaro– drums
  • John “J.R.” Robinson– drums
  • Ted Templeman– percussion
  • Lenny Castro, Ray Cooper– percussion
  • Shaun Murphy– backing vocals
  • Marcy Levy, Jerry Lynn Williams– backing vocals
  • Lee Herschberg, Nick Launay– engineer

Track listing:

  1. She’s Waiting – Eric Clapton, Peter Robinson
  2. See What Love Can Do – Jerry Lynn Williams
  3. Same Old Blues – Eric Clapton
  4. Knock on Wood – Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper
  5. Something’s Happening – Jerry Lynn Williams
  6. Forever Man – Jerry Lynn Williams
  7. It All Depends – Eric Clapton
  8. Tangled in Love – Marcy Levy, Richard Feldman
  9. Never Make You Cry – Eric Clapton, Phil Collins
  10. Just Like a Prisoner – Eric Clapton
  11. Behind the Sun – Eric Clapton