The Best of Missing Persons
1987 greatest hits album by Missing Persons
The Best of Missing Persons | ||||
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Greatest hits album by Missing Persons | ||||
Released | 1987 | |||
Recorded | 1980–1986 | |||
Genre | New wave, synth-pop | |||
Length | 60:26 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Producer | Ken Scott, Terry Bozzio, Bruce Swedien, Jeff Bova, Bernard Edwards | |||
Missing Persons chronology | ||||
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The Best of Missing Persons is a greatest hits album by the American new wave band Missing Persons, released in 1987. The first four tracks make up the entire Missing Persons EP, released in 1982 (Capitol Records DLP-15001).[2] The remaining songs are from the band's first three studio albums and a non-album recording, their cover of "Hello, I Love You" originally by The Doors, which was included in the first pressing of the Missing Persons EP (1980),[3] later included as a B-side to the "Words" single.[4]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Origin | Length |
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1. | "Words" | Terry Bozzio, Warren Cuccurullo | Missing Persons EP (1980) & Spring Session M (1982) | 4:29 |
2. | "Destination Unknown" | Dale Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo | Missing Persons EP & Spring Session M | 3:35 |
3. | "I Like Boys" | T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo | Missing Persons EP | 2:39 |
4. | "Mental Hopscotch" | T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo | Missing Persons EP | 3:16 |
5. | "Hello, I Love You" | Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, John Densmore | Missing Persons EP & B-side of "Words" single (1982) | 2:19 |
6. | "Windows" | D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio | Spring Session M | 5:02 |
7. | "It Ain't None of Your Business" | T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo | Spring Session M | 2:57 |
8. | "Walking in L.A." | T. Bozzio | Spring Session M | 4:00 |
9. | "Tears" | D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio | Spring Session M | 4:22 |
10. | "Bad Streets" | T. Bozzio | Spring Session M | 3:43 |
11. | "Give" | D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo, Patrick O'Hearn | Rhyme & Reason (1984) | 4:56 |
12. | "Right Now" | D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio | Rhyme & Reason | 3:31 |
13. | "Color in Your Life" | D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo, O'Hearn | Color in Your Life (1986) | 4:59 |
14. | "I Can't Think About Dancin'" | D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo, O'Hearn | Color in Your Life | 5:43 |
15. | "No Secrets" | D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo, O'Hearn | Color in Your Life | 4:28 |
Total length: | 60:26 |
Personnel
- Missing Persons
- Dale Bozzio – vocals
- Terry Bozzio – vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, drums, percussion
- Warren Cuccurullo – guitar, vocals
- Patrick O'Hearn – electric & synthesized bass, keyboards, synthesizers
- Chuck Wild – synthesizer, keyboard (except for Color in Your Life tracks)
References
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Missing Persons
- Dale Bozzio
- Paul Vargas
- Karl D'Amico
- Prescott Niles
- Andy Sanesi
- Terry Bozzio
- Warren Cuccurullo
- Patrick O'Hearn
- Chuck Wild
- Ron Poster
- Wes Wehmiller
- Jake Hayden
- Joe Travers
- Scheila Gonzalez
- Doug Lunn
- Fred Bensi
- Patrick Bolen
- Spring Session M (1982)
- Rhyme & Reason (1984)
- Color in Your Life (1986)
- Hollywood Lie (2023)
- Late Nights Early Days (1997)
- The Best of Missing Persons (1987)
- Lost Tracks (2002)
- "Destination Unknown"
- "Walking in L.A."
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