Face the Music

Tracklist

• 1
  Fire on High
  5:31
  4.1 ★
• 2
  Waterfall
  4:11
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Evil Woman
  4:29
  4.6 ★
• 4
  Nightrider
  4:26
  3.8 ★
• 5
  Poker
  3:32
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Strange Magic
  4:29
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Down Home Town
  3:54
  3.4 ★
• 8
  One Summer Dream
  5:51
  3.5 ★
• 9
  Fire on High Intro (early alternative mix)
  3:23
• 10
  Evil Woman (stripped down mix)
  5:00
• 11
  Strange Magic (U.S. single edit)
  3:27
• 12
  Waterfall (instrumental mix)
  4:15

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Release credits

• Bev Bevan
  drums (drum set) [1-10, 12], percussion [1-10, 12], spoken vocals [1]
• Brian Jones
  foot stomps [1]
• David Thoener
  engineer
• Ellie Greenwich
  background vocals [3-4, 6-8]
• Hugh McDowell
  cello [1-8, 12]
• Jeff Lynne
  arranger [8], choir vocals [1], guitar [1-10, 12], lead vocals [2-8, 10], orchestrator [1], producer [1-10]
• Jimmy Iovine
  engineer
• Kelly Groucutt
  background vocals [2, 4-7], bass [1-8, 10, 12]
• Louis Clark
  arranger [8], choir vocals [1], conductor [1-9, 12], orchestrator [1]
• Mack
  engineer
• Margaret Raymond
  background vocals [3-4, 6-8]
• Melvyn Gale
  cello [1-8]
• Mik Kaminski
  violin [1-8, 12]
• Nancy O'Neill
  background vocals [3-4, 6-8]
• Richard Tandy
  Moog [1-10, 12], arranger [8], choir vocals [1], clavinet [1-8, 10, 12], guitar [1-8, 10, 12], orchestrator [1], piano [1-10, 12]
• Susan Collins
  background vocals [3-4, 6-8]
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Issues

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  Face the Music

  12" Vinyl
  October 1975
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  Face the Music

  12" Vinyl
  14 November 1975
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  Face the Music

  12" Vinyl
  1975
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  Face the Music

  12" Vinyl
  1975
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  F
  Face the Music

  CD (Matrix DIDP 070487-3)
  1990
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  Face the Music

  CD
  1991
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  F
  Face the Music

  CD
  1993
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  Face the Music

  CD
  1993
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  Face The Music

  CD (MasterSound Collector's Edition)
  1993
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  Face the Music

  CD
  3 August 1998
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  Face the Music

  CD
  11 September 2006
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  Face the Music

  CD
  12 September 2006
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  Face the Music

  CD
  20 September 2006
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  Face the Music

  CD (glass mastered at Sony DADC, Terre Haute – CTDP-145414)
  2006
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  Face the Music

  Digital Media
  30 October 2015
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  Face the Music

  Digital Media
  2015
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  Face the Music

  12" Vinyl (distributed by CBS Records, approx. 1978)
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  Face the Music

  CD (pressed by Sonopress Arvato, Mexico – 56974437)
• F
  Face the Music

  Digital Media
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  Face the Music

  CD
  1 September 1990
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  Face the Music

  CD (limited edition, mini LP papersleeve)
  2007
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