Definitive Collection: Best of the Best

Tracklist

• 1
  Showdown
  4:13
  4.5 ★
• 2
  Eldorado Overture
  2:14
  4.5 ★
• 3
  Can’t Get It Out of My Head
  4:25
  4.5 ★
• 4
  Evil Woman
  4:20
  4.1 ★
• 5
  Strange Magic
  4:31
  4.1 ★
• 6
  Livin’ Thing
  5:52
  4.0 ★
• 7
  So Fine
  3:57
  3.8 ★
• 8
  Rockaria!
  3:16
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Sweet Talking Woman
  3:50
• 10
  Turn to Stone
  3:49
  4.7 ★
• 11
  Mr. Blue Sky
  5:06
  4.5 ★
• 12
  Don’t Bring Me Down
  4:05
  4.4 ★
• 13
  Shine a Little Love
  4:42
  4.4 ★
• 14
  The Diary of Horace Wimp
  4:19
  4.5 ★
• 15
  All Over the World
  4:05
  4.5 ★
• 16
  Twilight
  3:49
• 17
  Rock ’n’ Roll Is King
  3:39
• 18
  Hold On Tight
  3:06
  4.0 ★
• 19
  Secret Message
  4:32

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Release credits

• Addie Lee
  background vocals [6]
• Bev Bevan
  background vocals [11], drums (drum set) [1-8, 10-15, 18], other instruments [11], percussion [1-8, 10-15, 18], timpani [15]
• Brie Brandt
  background vocals [6]
• Colin Walker
  cello [1]
• David Thoener
  engineer [5]
• Denny Bridges
  engineer [1]
• Dick Plant
  engineer [2-3, 6-8]
• Duane Scott
  engineer [6-8]
• Electric Light Orchestra
  performer [15]
• Ellie Greenwich
  background vocals [4-5]
• Hugh McDowell
  cello [4-8]
• Jeff Lynne
  Moog [2-3], acoustic guitar [15], arranger [4, 10-11], background vocals [15], choir vocals [6, 12, 12-13, 13-14, 14], electric guitar [12-14], guitar [1-8, 10-11, 15, 18], lead vocals [1, 3-8, 10-15, 18], orchestrator [6], piano [12-14, 18], producer [1-8, 10-15, 17-18], strings [12-14], synthesizer [10-15, 18]
• Jimmy Iovine
  engineer [4-5]
• John Middleton
  engineer [1]
• John Richards
  assistant [2-3], engineer [6-8]
• Kelly Groucutt
  background vocals [5-8, 11, 15], bass [4-8, 10-11, 18], bass guitar [12-15], choir vocals [12-14]
• Kenny Denton
  assistant [2-3]
• Louis Clark
  arranger [4, 10-11], choir vocals [6, 12-14], conductor [2-8, 10-15], orchestrator [6], strings [12-15]
• Mack
  engineer [4-8, 10-15, 18]
• Margaret Raymond
  background vocals [4-5]
• Mary Thomas
  vocal [8]
• Melvyn Gale
  cello [4-8]
• Michael d’Albuquerque
  background vocals [1], bass [1-3]
• Mik Kaminski
  solo [17], violin [4-8, 17]
• Mike Edwards
  cello [1]
• Mike Pela
  engineer [2-3]
• Nancy O'Neill
  background vocals [4-5]
• Patti Quatro
  background vocals [6]
• Peter Forbes-Robertson
  spoken vocals [2]
• Rainer Pietsch
  conductor [18]
• Richard Tandy
  Moog [1-8], arranger [4, 10-11], choir vocals [6, 12-14], clarinet [12-14], clavinet [4-8], electric piano [12-14, 18], guitar [4-8, 18], keyboard [10-11, 15], orchestrator [6], piano [1-8, 12-15, 18], strings [12-14], synthesizer [12-15, 18]
• Susan Collins
  background vocals [4-5]
• Wilfred Gibson
  violin [1]
• Show all credits (33)

Issues

• 

  D
  Definitive Collection

  CD
  1992
• D
  Definitive Collection: Best of the Best

  CD
  1995
• 

  D
  Definitive Collection: Best of the Best

  CD (gold CD)
  1998
• 

  D
  Definitive Collection

  2x CD
  2002
• D
  Definitive Collection

  CD
  2003