Greatest Ever! Heavy Metal: The Definitive Collection

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

Tracklist

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1Tension Head
additional recording engineer:
Brad Cook (member of Megafaun, producer, songwriter)
recording engineer:
Trina Shoemaker
producer:
Chris Goss (US record producer and musician) and Joshua Homme (Queens of the Stone Age frontman)
mixer:
Marek (psy-trance artist)
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Nick Oliveri
drums (drum set):
Gene Trautmann
guitar:
Joshua Homme (Queens of the Stone Age frontman)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 2000)
recorded at:
Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California, United States (from 1999-12 until 2000-02)
recording of:
Tension Head
writer:
Joshua Homme (Queens of the Stone Age frontman) and Nick Oliveri
publisher:
Board Stiff Music and Natural Light Music
Queens of the Stone Age3.752:55
2The Day I Tried to Live
Soundgarden5:21
3I, the Jury
Grand Magus4:16
4Heartwork
assistant engineer:
Dave Buchanan and Andrea Wright
engineer:
Keith Andrews
producer:
Colin Richardson (producer/engineer)
bass guitar [bass]:
Jeff Walker (does bass & vocals for Carcass) (from 1993-05-18 until 1993-06-21)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Ken Owen (from 1993-05-18 until 1993-06-21)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Michael Amott (Swedish guitarist) (from 1993-05-18 until 1993-06-21) and Bill Steer (from 1993-05-18 until 1993-06-21)
vocals:
Jeff Walker (does bass & vocals for Carcass) (from 1993-05-18 until 1993-06-21)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Earache Records (in 1993), Icarus Music (Argentinian metal label and distributor) (in 2006) and Earache Records Ltd. (company, for copyrights purposes) (in 2021)
recorded at and mixed at:
Parr Street Studios in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom (from 1993-05-18 until 1993-06-21)
music videos:
Heartwork by Carcass (British grindcore/technical death metal)
recording of:
Heartwork (from 1993-05-18 until 1993-06-21)
lyricist:
Jeff Walker (does bass & vocals for Carcass)
composer:
Michael Amott (Swedish guitarist) and Bill Steer
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
Carcass3.154:34
5For Victory
engineer:
John Cornfield
producer:
Bolt Thrower (English death metal) and Colin Richardson (producer/engineer)
drums (drum set):
Andrew Whale (UK death metal drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Jo Bench
electric guitar:
Baz Thomson and Gavin Ward
lead vocals:
Karl Willetts
recorded at:
Parr Street Studios in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
Sawmills Studio in Golant, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
For Victory (in 1994-08)
lyricist:
Gavin Ward
composer:
Barry Thomson and Gavin Ward
Bolt Thrower2.554:50
6Into the Crypts of Rays
engineer and producer:
Horst Müller (producer)
co-producer:
Martin Eric Ain and Thomas Gabriel Warrior
bass guitar:
Martin Eric Ain (from 1984-10-08 until 1984-10-15)
guitar and lead vocals:
Thomas Gabriel Warrior (from 1984-10-08 until 1984-10-15)
membranophone:
Steven Priestly (Celtic Frost drummer) (from 1984-10-08 until 1984-10-15)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sanctuary Records Group Ltd. (not for release label use, for copyrights use only) (in 1984), Union Square Music Ltd. (for copyright use only, holding company of Union Square Music) (in 2018) and Universal Music Operations Ltd. (not for release label use! UK&IE subsidiary of UMG, legal name of Universal Music UK) (in 2018)
recorded at and mixed at:
Caet Studio in Berlin, Germany (from 1984-10-08 until 1984-10-15)
recording of:
Into the Crypts of Rays (from 1984-10-08 until 1984-10-15)
lyricist and composer:
Thomas Gabriel Warrior
publisher:
Warner Chappell Overseas Holdings Ltd.
Celtic Frost3.253:41
7I Want Out
engineer:
Tommy Hansen and Tommy Newton
mixer:
Tommy Newton
bass guitar:
Markus Grosskopf (from 1988-05 until 1988-06)
drums (drum set):
Ingo Schwichtenberg (from 1988-05 until 1988-06)
guitar:
Kai Hansen (German metal guitarist & vocalist) (from 1988-05 until 1988-06) and Michael Weikath (from 1988-05 until 1988-06)
lead vocals:
Michael Kiske (from 1988-05 until 1988-06)
recorded at:
Horus Sound Studio in Hannover (Hanover), Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 1988-05 until 1988-06)
mixed at:
Horus Sound Studio in Hannover (Hanover), Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany
recording of:
I Want Out (from 1988-05 until 1988-06)
lyricist and composer:
Kai Hansen (German metal guitarist & vocalist)
publisher:
Maldoror (German publisher) and Wintrup Musikverlag
Helloween4.054:42
8I Wanna Rock
recording engineer and mixer:
Geoff Workman
assistant engineer:
Gary McGachan
engineer:
John Agnello (engineer & producer) and Greg Laney
producer:
Tom Werman
bass guitar:
Mark Mendoza (Twisted Sister bassist) (from 1984-02 until 1984-03)
drums (drum set):
A.J. Pero (from 1984-02 until 1984-03)
electric guitar:
Jay Jay French (from 1984-02 until 1984-03) and Eddie Ojeda (from 1984-02 until 1984-03)
background vocals:
Jay Jay French (from 1984-02 until 1984-03), Mark Mendoza (Twisted Sister bassist) (from 1984-02 until 1984-03), Eddie Ojeda (from 1984-02 until 1984-03), A.J. Pero (from 1984-02 until 1984-03) and Dee Snider (from 1984-02 until 1984-03)
lead vocals:
Dee Snider (from 1984-02 until 1984-03)
arranger:
Twisted Sister and Tom Werman
recorded at:
Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1984-02 until 1984-03), The Record Plant (New York) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1984-02 until 1984-03) and Westlake Audio (former name of Westlake Recording Studios) in Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1984-02 until 1984-03)
mixed at:
Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
part of:
VH1: 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (2008-12-29) (number: 17)
recording of:
I Wanna Rock (from 1984-02 until 1984-03)
lyricist and composer:
Dee Snider
publisher:
Universal Tunes
Twisted Sister4.13:04
9Poison
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1989)
recording of:
Poison
writer:
Desmond Child, Alice Cooper (the singer, active as a solo artist 1975–present) and John McCurry
publisher:
Desmobile Inc., Desmobile Music Co., Inc. (publisher), EMI April Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty. Limited (not for release label use!), EMI Songs Ltd., Ezra Music, Kat and Mouse Music (, from 1989 to present), MCA Music Ltd., Primary Wave Music Publishing, SBK April Music Inc. (, from 1989 to ????), SBK Songs Ltd., Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Sony Music Publishing (worldwide except Japan, ended 1995), Sony Songs Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia, Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures), Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available), Universal Music Publishing Group, Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998), Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!), Universal/MCA Music Publishing Pty Ltd, Universal/MCA Music Publishing Scandinavia AB (Universal MCA Music Scandinavia AB), Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Ezra Music Corp. (from 1989 to present)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Alice Cooper4:03
10You Can’t Bring Me Down
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time (number: 89)
recording of:
You Can’t Bring Me Down
composer:
Rocky George and Mike Muir
Suicidal Tendencies4.255:49
11Slowly We Rot
engineer and producer:
Scott Burns (record producer) (in 1988)
executive producer:
Monte Conner (in 1988)
mixer:
Scott Burns (record producer), Donald Tardy and John Tardy
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Roadrunner Records (in 1989) and The All Blacks B.V. (company, for copyrights purposes) (in 2001)
recorded at:
Morrisound Recording in Tampa, Florida, United States (in 1988)
recording of:
Slowly We Rot (in 1988)
lyricist:
John Tardy
composer:
Trevor Peres, Donald Tardy and Allen West
Obituary33:38
12Black No. 1 (edit)
engineer:
Michael Marciano (US recording engineer)
producer:
Josh Silver (Type O Negative keyboardist) and Peter Steele (singer, bassist and composer for Type O Negative)
edit of:
Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare‐All) by Type O Negative
partial recording of:
Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare‐All)
lyricist and composer:
Peter Steele (singer, bassist and composer for Type O Negative)
Type O Negative4.354:38
13Stranglehold
Ted Nugent8:27
14The Wizard
Uriah Heep3:00
15Mississippi Queen
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 1969), Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) (in 1970) 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 1974)
recording of:
Mississippi Queen
writer:
Corky Laing, Felix Pappalardi, David Rea and Leslie West
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd. and Upfall Music Corp.
Mountain4.12:33
16Renegade
recording engineer and producer:
Styx (rock band from Chicago)
synthesizer programming:
Dennis DeYoung and Ed Walsh (US synthesizer player & programmer)
assistant engineer:
Harry Andronis and Gary Geppert (engineer)
engineer:
Rob Kingsland and Barry Mraz
assistant producer:
Barry Mraz
bass guitar:
Chuck Panozzo
guitar [lead]:
James Young (member of Styx, guitarist, singer and songwriter)
lead vocals:
Tommy Shaw (of Styx)
arranger:
Styx (rock band from Chicago)
recording of:
Renegade
lyricist and composer:
Tommy Shaw (of Styx)
publisher:
ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division), 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division), Almo Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) (from 1978 to present) and Stygian Songs (publishing company for the rock band Styx) (from 1978 to present)
Styx3.44:16
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