Diamond - The Best

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Candle In The Wind '97
  3.7 ★
• 2
  Nikita
  3.5 ★
• 3
  Medley: Yell Help / Wednesday Night / Ugly
  3.0 ★
• 4
  Blue Eyes
  3.0 ★
• 5
  You Gotta Love Someone
  3.0 ★
• 6
  Crocodile Rock
  3.4 ★
• 7
  Something About The Way (You Look Tonight)
  1.7 ★
• 8
  Dan Dare
  1.0 ★
• 9
  Rocket Man
  3.8 ★
• 10
  Have Mercy On The Criminal
  2.6 ★
• 11
  Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
  3.8 ★
• 12
  Little Jeannie
• 13
  Teacher I Need You
  2.6 ★
• 14
  The One
  4.0 ★
• 15
  Whispers
  1.8 ★
• 16
  I'm Going To Be A Teenage Idol
  3.0 ★
• CD 2
• 1
  Sacrifice
  2.9 ★
• 2
  A Word In Spanish
  2.6 ★
• 3
  Easier To Walk Away
  1.0 ★
• 4
  I've Seen That Movie Too
  3.1 ★
• 5
  Bennie And The Jets
  3.7 ★
• 6
  Your Song
  3.8 ★
• 7
  All The Girls Love Alice
  4.1 ★
• 8
  Honkey Cat
  3.2 ★
• 9
  Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
  3.5 ★
• 10
  Act Of War
  2.0 ★
• 11
  Daniel
  3.5 ★
• 12
  Sweet Painted Lady
  3.3 ★
• 13
  You're So Static
• 14
  Song For Guy
  4.0 ★
• 15
  Social Disease

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Release credits

• Alain Hatot
  saxophone [2.8, 1.16]
• Antony Costa
  vocal [11]
• Barry Morgan
  drums (drum set) [6]
• Bill Price
  recording [2.2, 1.4]
• Billy Hinsche
  background vocals [9]
• Bruce Johnston
  background vocals [9], vocal arranger [9]
• Caleb Quaye
  electric guitar [3]
• Carl Wilson
  background vocals [9]
• Chris Thomas
  producer [2.1-2, 1.4, 1.7, 1.15]
• Clive Franks
  engineer [9]
• Clive Hicks
  12 string guitar [6]
• Colin Green
  guitar [6]
• Dave Mattacks
  drums (drum set) [2]
• Dave Richmond
  bass guitar [6]
• Davey Johnstone
  acoustic guitar [1.13, 1.16, 2.4-5, 2.9, 2.11-12], background vocals [2.1, 1.1-2, 1.9, 1.13, 1.16], banjo [8], electric guitar [1.1, 1.3, 1.6, 1.10, 1.16, 2.4-5, 2.7, 2.9], guitar [2.10, 1.9, 1.15]
• David Hentschel
  engineer [2.4-5, 2.7, 2.12, 1.1], synthesizer [2.7, 1.9]
• David Nicholas
  engineer [2.1, 1.15], recording [1]
• David Paton
  electric bass guitar [2]
• Dee Murray
  background vocals [1, 9, 13, 16], bass guitar [1.1, 1.6, 1.9-10, 1.13, 1.16, 2.4-5, 2.7-9, 2.11-12], electric bass guitar [4]
• Del Newman
  horn [9], orchestrator [4, 12]
• Deon Estus
  bass [10]
• Duncan James
  vocal [11]
• Elton John
  background vocals [2-3], electric piano [8, 11], farfisa [6], grand piano [2], guest [11], keyboard [2.1, 1.15], lead vocals [2.1-2, 2.4-9, 2.11-12, 1.1-4, 1.6-7, 1.9-10, 1.13, 1.15-16], mellotron [1.13, 2.11], organ [5, 9], piano [1.1, 1.3-4, 1.6, 1.9-10, 1.13, 1.16, 2.4-10, 2.12], synthesizer [10], vocal [2.10, 1.2, 1.11], voice synthesizer [2]
• Frank Clark
  acoustic guitar [6]
• Fred Mandel
  guitar [10], keyboard [2.1, 1.15], synthesizer [1.2, 2.10]
• George Michael
  background vocals [2]
• Graham Dickson
  mix [1.2, 2.10]
• Gus Dudgeon
  brass [8], electronic drum set [10], mix [1.2, 2.10], producer [1.1-3, 1.6, 1.9-10, 1.13, 1.16, 2.4-12]
• Guy Babylon
  keyboard [2.1, 1.15]
• Ivan Jullien
  trumpet [1.16, 2.8]
• Jacques Bolognesi
  trombone [1.16, 2.8]
• James Newton Howard
  brass [4], clavinet [3], electric piano [4], harpsichord [3], strings [4], synthesizer [3-4]
• Jean-Louis Chautemps
  saxophone [1.16, 2.8]
• Jeff Guercio
  engineer [3]
• Jeff Porcaro
  drums (drum set) [4]
• Jonathan Moffett
  drums (drum set) [1], membranophone [15]
• Karl Lever
  assistant [1]
• Ken Scott
  engineer [2.8, 2.11, 1.6, 1.9-10, 1.13, 1.16], synthesizer [11]
• Kenny Passarelli
  bass guitar [3]
• Kiki Dee
  background vocals [7]
• LaBelle
  background vocals [3]
• Lee Ryan
  vocal [11]
• Mark Guercio
  assistant [3]
• Mel Gaynor
  drums (drum set) [10]
• Millie Jackson
  vocal [10]
• Nigel Olsson
  background vocals [1, 9, 13, 16], drums (drum set) [2.5, 2.7-9, 2.11-12, 1.1, 1.6, 1.9-10, 1.13, 1.16], maracas [11], membranophone [4], tambourine [12]
• Nik Kershaw
  electric guitar [2], guitar [10]
• Paul Buckmaster
  arranger [6], conductor [6], orchestrator [10]
• Ray Cooper
  bell [9], congas [3], cowbell [3], tambourine [1.3, 2.7, 2.9]
• Richie Zito
  guitar [4]
• Robin Geoffrey Cable
  engineer [6]
• Roger Pope
  membranophone [3]
• Romeo Williams
  bass guitar [2.1, 1.15]
• Simon Webbe
  vocal [11]
• Stuart Epps
  engineer [2.10, 1.2]
• Tom Pearce
  assistant [2.10, 1.2]
• Toni Tennille
  background vocals [9]
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  Diamond - The Best

  2x CD
  2000