Billy Idol "Rebel Yell"

Rebel Yell is the second studio album by English rock singer Billy Idol, released on 10 November 1983 by Chrysalis Records. After the release of his 1982 eponymous debut album, Idol continued his collaboration with producer Keith Forsey and multi-instrumentalist Steve Stevens. The album was recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York. Initially recording without a drummer, utilizing only the electronic drum machines LinnDrum and Roland TR-808, Forsey and Stevens later decided to hire Thommy Price to play drums on some of the songs. Musically, Rebel Yell is a new wave album with strong pop rock and hard rock influences. The cover sleeve and images were shot by Brian Griffin. Idol got the idea of the album's title after attending a party with the Rolling Stones and drinking Rebel Yell bourbon.

The album reunited the hit-making team of Idol, Steve Stevens and Keith Forsey after their success with Idol's 1982 solo debut, Billy Idol. Idol got the idea to name the album "Rebel Yell" after attending a party with the Rolling Stones. He explained on VH1 Storytellers that people were drinking Rebel Yell bourbon and he thought that would be a great title for an album. The title track was recorded in only three days at Electric Lady Studios in New York City.

Working with Forsey were guitarist Steve Stevens, bassist Phil Feit and later Steve Webster, drummer Gregg Gerson, and keyboardists Judi Dozier and Jack Waldman. Drummer Thommy Price was brought in towards the end of the recording sessions.

Idol was battling Chrysalis Records over creative control, and decided to steal the master tapes; he eventually returned to the studio victorious. Forsey then informed him that he had taken the wrong tapes.

All of the singles, but particularly "Rebel Yell", "Eyes Without a Face" and "Flesh for Fantasy", would eventually have successful music videos on MTV. Idol's longtime girlfriend Perri Lister can be seen in the front row during the "Rebel Yell" video.

Upon its release, Rebel Yell received positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success. In the United States, it peaked at number six on the Billboard 200 and also peaked into the top ten in other countries, such as Canada, Germany, and New Zealand. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified it double platinum for shipment of two million copies across the United States. Four singles were released from the album. The accompanying music videos for all singles received heavy airplay on television channel MTV.

In 1999, EMI Music reissued the album as part of their "Expanded" series. The new version of the album included previously unreleased bonus tracks and expanded liner notes. In 2010, audiophile label Audio Fidelity reissued a 24-karat CD remastered in HDCD by Steve Hoffman.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Billy Idol and Steve Stevens, except where noted.

1. "Rebel Yell" 4:45
2. "Daytime Drama" 4:02
3. "Eyes Without a Face" 4:58
4. "Blue Highway" 5:05
5. "Flesh for Fantasy" 4:37
6. "Catch My Fall" Idol 3:42
7. "Crank Call" 3:56
8. "(Do Not) Stand in the Shadows" 3:10
9. "The Dead Next Door" 3:45

Total length: 38:00

Keith Forsey – producer

Michael Frondelli – engineer, mixing

Dave Wittman – engineer, mixing

Gary Hellman – engineer

Steve Rinkoff – engineer

Pete Thea – engineer

George Marino – mastering

Brian Griffin – photography

Michael MacNeil – cover design

Stephanie Tudor – production co-ordination

Bob Norberg – mastering (1999 expanded edition)

Kevin Flaherty – compilation (1999 expanded edition)

Berlin "Take My Breath Away (Single & Video)"

"Take My Breath Away" is a song written by Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock for the 1986 film Top Gun, performed by American new wave band Berlin. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song in 1986.

Italian musician Giorgio Moroder was asked by Jerry Bruckheimer, the co-producer for Top Gun, to write a song for the film. He first wrote "Danger Zone" which was recorded by Kenny Loggins. Happy with the result, Bruckheimer then requested a slower song for a romantic scene. Once Moroder had written the musical backing to what would become "Take My Breath Away", he recorded a demo which featured a distinctive bass sound on a synthesiser that would later be used on the actual recording. Moroder gave the demo to lyricist Tom Whitlock. The two first became acquainted when Whitlock, a mechanic, fixed the brakes on Moroder's Ferrari, and informed him that he was also a lyricist. Whitlock wrote the lyrics while driving home from the studio, and then spent a few hours at home polishing them. A demo of the song, sung by a background singer, impressed director Tony Scott and producers Bruckheimer and Don Simpson, who decided to film new romantic scenes between Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis to feature the song.

The song was first offered to The Motels, who much later released their original demo, which is fairly similar to Berlin's released version, on their compilation album Anthologyland (2001). Columbia Records suggested some of their signed artists, but eventually Moroder thought of the band Berlin, whose song "No More Words" he had produced. Whitlock made a few changes to the lyrics before Terri Nunn recorded the vocals. Moroder has said that of all the songs he has produced in his career, he is most proud of this song.

"Take My Breath Away" was the second single from the Top Gun soundtrack album, following Kenny Loggins' "Danger Zone", and was released in 1986 as a split single alongside the song "Radar Radio", performed by Moroder featuring Joe Pizzulo.

The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and also topped the charts in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Ireland and Belgium. It later went on to win Best Original Song at the 59th Academy Awards.

"Take My Breath Away" is available on both the original Top Gun soundtrack album and the expanded edition. The song was also featured on Berlin's fourth studio album, Count Three & Pray and, as the band's biggest hit, on several of the band's compilation albums: Best of Berlin 1979–1988, Master Series, Greatest Hits Remixed (which includes a "Mission UK Remix" version), Live: Sacred & Profane, and Metro Greatest Hits. "Take My Breath Away" was one of the few songs not written by Berlin's John Crawford that they had performed on any album up to that point. Following the release of "Take My Breath Away", the band split over different points of view regarding the track: while Nunn viewed it as an opportunity that allowed the band to perform worldwide, Crawford disliked it as it had not been written or composed by any of them. He later said: "None of us had ever heard it. None of us had anything to do with it. I didn't play on it. Nobody played on it. No one wrote it".

"Take My Breath Away" was re-released in the United Kingdom in October 1990 to coincide with the first television showing of Top Gun (by ITV, on the evening of October 6, 1990), as well as Peugeot's new television advertising campaign for the 405 model range. The re-release reached number three on the UK Singles Chart.

In 2017, ShortList's Dave Fawbert listed the song as containing "one of the greatest key changes in music history".

The music video features scenes from the film Top Gun intermingled with Berlin's singer Terri Nunn performing the song in blue coveralls, walking between parts of planes in a windy aircraft boneyard (part of the Mojave Air & Space Port) at night. Bandmates John Crawford and Rob Brill are shown relaxing in the yard and then following Nunn. The video can be seen occasionally on VH1 Europe's Top 10 Movie Soundtracks program. It was later included on the 2004 Top Gun collector's edition DVD.

Track listings

7-inch single

Side A

1. "Take My Breath Away" – 4:13

Side B

1. "Radar Radio" (performed by Giorgio Moroder featuring Joe Pizzulo) – 3:40

UK 12-inch single

Side A

1. "Take My Breath Away" – 4:13

Side B

1. "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (performed by The Righteous Brothers)
2. "Radar Radio" (performed by Giorgio Moroder featuring Joe Pizzulo) – 3:40

UK 7-inch single (1990)

Side A

1. "Take My Breath Away" – 4:11
2. "Danger Zone" (performed by Kenny Loggins) – 3:35

UK CD single (1990)

1. "Take My Breath Away" – 4:11
2. "Danger Zone" (performed by Kenny Loggins) – 3:35
3. "Hot Summer Nights" (performed by Miami Sound Machine) – 3:34
4. "Top Gun Anthem" (performed by Harold Faltermeyer and Steve Stevens) – 4:02

UK cassette single (1990)

Side A

1. "Take My Breath Away" – 4:11
2. "Danger Zone" (performed by Kenny Loggins) – 3:35

Side B

1. "Take My Breath Away" – 4:11
2. "Danger Zone" (performed by Kenny Loggins) – 3:35

Berlin "Count Three & Pray"

Count Three & Pray is the fourth studio album by American new wave band Berlin, released on October 13, 1986, by Geffen Records. The album spawned four singles, including "Take My Breath Away", which was featured in the film Top Gun. The single topped the Billboard Hot 100 and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1986.

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Crawford, except where noted. All tracks are produced by Bob Ezrin, except where noted.

1. "Will I Ever Understand You" 4:40
2. "You Don't Know" Andy Richards   4:22
3. "Like Flames" Rob Brill 5:05  
4. "Heartstrings"   Crawford/Terri Nunn/Brill/Matt Reid     4:12
5. "Take My Breath Away"    Giorgio Moroder/Tom Whitlock   4:11
6. "Trash" 3:38
7. "When Love Goes to War" Brian Fairweather 4:09
8. "Hideaway" Crawford/Chas Sanford   5:08
9. "Sex Me, Talk Me"  Richards/Ezrin/Berlin   4:41
10. "Pink and Velvet" Ric Olsen/Nunn     6:38

Bob Ezrin – production (tracks 1–4, 6, 7, 9, 10); recording (tracks 1, 3–8, 10); mixing (tracks 1, 2, 6–8, 10)

Berlin – production (tracks 2, 6, 8, 9)

Andy Richards – production (tracks 2, 9)

Giorgio Moroder – production, mixing (track 5)

David Tickle – recording (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6–8, 10); mixing (tracks 1, 6–8, 10)

Ted Hayton – recording (tracks 2, 9)

Brian Reeves – mixing (track 5)

Mike Shipley – mixing (tracks 3, 4, 9)

Russ Castillo, Steve Strassman, Peter Lewis, Bob Mithoff, Dave Concors, Michael Rosen, Tom Whitlock – additional recording

Jeff Bennett, Tom Nist, Charlie Brocco, Robin Laine, Paul Gomersall, Steve Lyon – recording assistance

Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Lacquer (Hollywood)

Dean Chamberlain – front cover photo

PWR, Matthew Rolston, Middelkoop, Rob Nunn – other photos

Janet Levinson – design

Benjamin Orr "The Lace (Japan, Elektra Records, 32XD-541)"

The Lace is the only solo studio album by American rock and roll singer Benjamin Orr, best known for his work with The Cars. It was released on October 6, 1986, by Elektra Records and features his only solo hit, the song, "Stay the Night", which reached the top 40 in 1987. A follow-up single "Too Hot to Stop" was also released but failed to chart. Wounded Bird Records re-released the album on CD on August 15, 2006.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Benjamin Orr and Diane Grey Page.

1. "Too Hot to Stop" 4:18
2. "In Circles" 4:32
3. "Stay the Night" 4:26
4. "Skyline" 4:10
5. "When You're Gone" 4:51
6. "Spinning" 4:27
7. "Hold On" 4:30
8. "The Lace" 4:20
9. "That's the Way" 4:07
10. "This Time Around" 5:10

Mike Shipley - production, engineering and recording

Thom Moore - additional engineering and mixing (except "Stay The Night" and "Too Hot To Stop")

Mike Shipley - mixing on "Stay The Night" and "Too Hot To Stop"

Bob Ludwig - mastering at Master disk

All songs published by Orange Village Music (ASCAP)

Belinda Carlisle "Wilder Shores"

Wilder Shores is the eighth studio album by vocalist Belinda Carlisle. Unlike her previous releases, which have largely been characterized as pop music, it consists of a series of Sikh chants performed by Carlisle in Gurmukhi. It is her first studio album in ten years, since the release of Voila (2007), a collection of chansons Carlisle performed in French.

Carlisle commented on her inspiration behind making the album, specifically her practising of Kundalini yoga; "I have been practicing Kundalini Yoga for over twenty five years and in the last twelve years I have built up a serious practice routine and begun studying the mantras that are used in classes much more closely. I’ve always wanted to do an album like this but I never felt I was ready until early in 2015. It’s not just music on this album, it’s a science that requires an element in the voice called the naad. Naad is almost a transference of energy through the voice and it wasn’t easy for me to learn.

"That being said, I am a pop singer so I could never be a traditional chant or kirtan artist as it would not be true to who I am. Wilder Shores is therefore still a pop album with the same structure of verse, bridge and chorus as my previous records but it is done with repetitive chanting."

Haydon Benfield of Renowned for Sound wrote, "Being an album of chant, Carlisle’s matured soprano is definitely the centre of attention, and it is certainly pleasing, displaying a rich, resonant timbre throughout. Wilder Shores proves to be an easy listen, lending itself to being a good choice if the listener is seeking background music, but unless they are engaging in meditation, chanting along, or are aficionados, it is hard to picture the record from working other contexts." Timothy Monger of AllMusic added, "This yoga-inspired set certainly won't be for everyone, and while it would be all too easy to write off Wilder Shores as a late-career indulgence, give Carlisle credit for once again challenging herself as a singer and artist." Steve Harnell of Classic Pop Magazine commented, "Another intriguing back catalogue outlier, Carlisle’s first album in a decade and last to date is inspired by her practice of Kundalini yoga. Three years in the making, the LP sets traditional chants within a traditional Western pop framework and works remarkably well."

Track listing

1. "Adi Shakti" Belinda Carlisle/Gabe Lopez   7:19
2. "Ek Ong Kar Sat Gur Prasad" Carlisle/Lopez   6:31
3. "Light of My Soul"  Carlisle/Lopez   4:29
4. "Rakhe Rakhan Har"  Carlisle/Lopez  4:50 
5. "Har Gobinday" Carlisle/Krishan Khalsa/Lopez   5:59
6. "Humee Hum Brahm Hum" Carlisle/Lopez   4:44
7. "Aad Guray Nameh"  Carlisle/Khalsa/Lopez  5:05
8. "Long Time Sun" Carlisle/Lopez  2:29 
9. "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" (acoustic version) Rick Nowels/Ellen Shipley 4:01

Total length: 45:27

Belinda Carlisle "Voila"

Voila is the seventh studio album by the American singer Belinda Carlisle, released in 2007. It was Carlisle's first studio album in over a decade, and is a covers album of "classic French chansons and pop standards", much different from Carlisle's previous English language pop records.

The album was critically praised however did sell moderately. Although all of the songs are sung in French, many of the musicians featured on the album are Irish. The album features keyboard arrangements from Brian Eno.

In an October 2006 press release describing the album, Carlisle said "After I moved to France, I became familiar with the classic French chansons and a lot of French pop music. I realized there was a whole world of artists and singers I was not familiar with. As I discovered all these amazing songs, I came to love this music and wanted to record some of them with a playful, contemporary feel."

Describing how music can transcend any language barrier Carlisle stated, "You don't really have to know what's being sung to know that 'Avec Les Temps' [sic] is a devastating love song. When I heard that song the first time, it broke my heart."

Upon the album's initial release, a limited edition version was available with a bonus second CD featuring four additional tracks sung in English. Despite the favourable reviews, Allmusic wrote "... not just a rewarding detour but one of her best album", in the US, the album sold a modest 3,000 copies in its first two weeks.

Track listing

1. "Ma jeunesse fout le camp" Guy Bontempelli 3:16
2. "Bonnie et Clyde" Serge Gainsbourg 5:15
3. "Avec le temps" Léo Ferré 4:06
4. "Sous le ciel de Paris" Hubert Giraud/Jean Dréjac   4:42
5. "Des ronds dans l'eau" Pierre Barouh/Raymond Lesenechal  2:55
6. "Pourtant tu m'aimes"  Françoise Hardy/Jimmy Cross/Johnny Cole  3:27
7. "Ne me quitte pas" Jacques Brel 3:17
8. "La Vie en rose" Édith Piaf/Louis Guglielmi  4:23
9. "Contact" Gainsbourg 2:57
10. "Merci Chérie"  Udo Jürgens/Thomas Horbiger/Baker Cavendish   3:34
11. "Jezebel" Wayne Shanklin 3:18

Belinda Carlisle "A Woman & A Man (2014 Reissue, Expanded & Remastered)"

A Woman & a Man is the sixth studio album by American singer Belinda Carlisle, released in the United Kingdom on September 23, 1996, by Chrysalis Records (then part of the EMI Group, like Carlisle's former label Virgin Records). The album contains songs written by Rick Nowels, Maria Vidal, Ellen Shipley, Charlotte Caffey, Neil Finn and Roxette co-founder Per Gessle who also produced one of the tracks.

It was released in the United States in 1997 on the Ark 21 Records label. There was special DTS (surround sound) version released with a slightly different track listing compared to the original; it was only ten tracks long and did not include "Listen to Love", "Love Doesn't Live Here" and "Always Breaking My Heart" but instead had covers of the songs "Jealous Guy" by John Lennon and "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" by Shel Silverstein.

The album received mixed reviews. Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine rated the album four stars out of five saying it is a "mature collection of adult pop, with cool keyboards and subtle arrangements that often make the record sound like background music". However, he also noted that "Carlisle has rarely been in better voice". Entertainment Weekly's Steven Mirkin gave the album C− saying that "Carlisle has neither the voice nor personality to overcome her album's cold, emotionally sterile core."

The album entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 12. It outsold Carlisle's previous album, Real, and was certified Gold by BPI for sales in excess of 100,000 copies. The album revived Carlisle's career in the singles chart – producing three top twenty hits (two of them top ten). It was released in the US but failed to chart on the Billboard 200 album chart with a total sales of 17,000 copies.

The album charted on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart on November 11, 1996, at No. 31 with only one single released to radio at the time. It only spent ten weeks in the top one hundred making the album her last charting album on the charts. It was Carlisle's last album to chart in Austria, peaking at No. 36 and stayed in the charts for two weeks. It was Carlisle's lowest charting album in Sweden, peaking at No. 44 and only spending one week in the charts. In Italy, the album peaked at No. 35.

The singles had some success in various countries. "In Too Deep" was the first song released from the album and became a top ten hit in the UK and a top twenty in Australia. "Always Breaking My Heart", written and produced by Per Gessle of Roxette, was the second song released from the album; it also reached the top ten in the UK. "Love in the Key of C", the third song released, became Carlisle's tenth top twenty UK hit. The fourth single, "California", was Carlisle's final UK Top 40 hit.

Track listing

CD1

1. "In Too Deep" Rick Nowels 4:05
2. "California" Rick Nowels, Billy Steinberg, María Vidal 2:59
3. "A Woman and a Man" Robbie Seidman, María Vidal 5:12
4. "Remember September" Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley 4:32
5. "Listen to Love" Christopher García, John Ingoldby, Ralph McCarthy 4:09
6. "Always Breaking My Heart" Per Gessle 3:12
7. "Love Doesn't Live Here" Per Gessle 4:09
8. "He Goes On" Neil Finn 3:13
9. "Kneel at Your Feet" Charlotte Caffey, Tom Caffey, Belinda Carlisle 4:18
10. "Love in the Key of C" Rick Nowels 3:50
11. "My Heart Goes Out to You" Anders Bagge, Rick Nowels, Allen Rich 3:35

Acoustic Versions

1. In Too Deep (Acoustic)  4:21
2. Circle In The Sand (Acoustic)   3:54

CD2

B-Sides & Bonus Tracks

1. The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan   4:04
2. Jealous Guy   4:09  
3. I See No Ships   3:07
4. Love Walks In   3:15
5. Submission   3:03  
6. I Won't Say I'm In Love   2:19

Bonus Live Tracks  

1. Big Scary Animal (Live)   4:47
2. I Get Weak (Live)   5:10
3. Leave A Light On (Live)   4:23 
4. Live Your Life Be Free (Live)   5:12
5. In Too Deep (Live)   3:51
6. Heaven Is A Place On Earth (Live)   4:14

Remixes

1. Remember September (JPO Club Pipes)  Remix – Jan Peter Odendahl  6:37
2. Remember September (Beam's Club Mix)   Remix – Beam, Michael Urgacz, Tobias Beckhoff  6:21
3. Remember September (Beam's Vocal Mix)   Remix – Beam, Michael Urgacz, Tobias Beckhoff   6:09

DVD

Promo Videos

1. In Too Deep   Film Director – David Nelson 
2. Always Breaking My Heart   Film Director – Philippe Gautier  
3. Love In The Key Of C  Film Director – Philippe Gautier   
4. California   Film Director – Philippe Gautier   

CD2-6 "I Won't Say I'm In Love" is not Belinda Carlisle's version of the love theme from the 1997 Disney film "Hercules" but instead the Disney Cast version.

A re-pressed version also exists, that was sent by Edsel to anyone who purchased the mispressed edition and contacted them at the time.

Rear of release mentions "nineteen bonus tracks" including Single Edits however these were not included in the final tracklisting and there are only seventeen bonus tracks.