Jon Savage’s 1983–1985: Welcome to Techno City

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  All Tomorrow’s Parties

  Japan
  3:34
  5.0 ★
• 2
  Soweto

  Malcolm McLaren with The McLarenettes
  3:54
• 3
  Lined Up

  Shriekback
  3:45
• 4
  Telephone Operator

  Pete Shelley
  3:17
  5.0 ★
• 5
  Gods Will Be Gods

  Echo & the Bunnymen
  5:24
• 6
  Heat

  Soft Cell
  6:12
• 7
  (Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew

  The Rock Steady Crew
  3:46
  3.5 ★
• 8
  Disappearing Act

  Shalamar
  5:24
• 9
  Bright Lights

  The Specials
  4:06
  3.0 ★
• 10
  White Lines (Don’t Do It)

  Grandmaster Melle Mel
  7:37
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Techno City (vocal)

  Cybotron
  6:56
• 12
  Swimming Horses

  Siouxsie and the Banshees
  4:04
  4.0 ★
• 13
  Heartbeat

  The Psychedelic Furs
  8:12
• 14
  No Sell Out

  Malcolm X
  5:34
• 15
  What Presence?!

  Orange Juice
  3:57
• 16
  Girl Afraid

  The Smiths
  2:47
  3.4 ★
• CD 2
• 1
  Why?

  Bronski Beat
  7:45
• 2
  Love Resurrection

  Alison Moyet
  8:41
• 3
  Looking From a Hilltop

  Section 25
  8:07
• 4
  Think Fast

  Pamela Joy
  6:01
• 5
  Hypnotize (version)

  Scritti Politti
  6:26
• 6
  Close (to the Edit)

  Art of Noise
  5:26
• 7
  Life’s a Scream

  A Certain Ratio
  6:34
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Never Understand

  The Jesus and Mary Chain
  2:58
  3.6 ★
• 9
  Sunspots

  Julian Cope
  3:23
• 10
  Johnny Come Home

  Fine Young Cannibals
  3:35
  3.7 ★
• 11
  In the Night

  Pet Shop Boys
  4:49
• 12
  Single Life

  Cameo
  4:01
• 13
  I Want You

  Cabaret Voltaire
  7:49
• 14
  Crazy

  R.E.M.
  3:02
  3.5 ★

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Release credits

• A Certain Ratio
  producer [7]
• Andy Cox
  producer [10]
• Andy Rourke
  bass guitar [16]
• Bobby Gillespie
  drums (drum set) [8]
• Budgie
  drums (drum set) [12], percussion [12]
• Chris Lord‐Alge
  mix [14]
• Colin Fairley
  engineer [5]
• David Bascombe
  engineer [5]
• David Steele
  producer [10]
• David Woolley
  engineer [5]
• Douglas Hart
  bass [8]
• Eric Thorngren
  engineer [10, 14], mix [10]
• Grandmaster Melle Mel
  producer [10]
• Jim Reid
  guitar [8], vocal [8]
• Joe Boyd
  producer [14]
• Joey Robinson, Jr.
  producer [10]
• John Loder
  engineer [8]
• John Porter
  producer [16]
• John Punter
  remixer [1]
• Johnny Marr
  guitar [16]
• Keith LeBlanc
  Minimoog [14], drum machine [14], producer [14], synthesizer [14]
• Kingbird
  producer [5]
• Malcolm X
  samples from artist [14], spoken vocals [14]
• Mike Hedges
  engineer [12], producer [12]
• Mike Joyce
  drums (drum set) [16]
• Mike Thorne
  producer [1]
• Morrissey
  lead vocals [16]
• Neil Tennant
  lead vocals [11]
• Paul Cobbold
  engineer [5]
• Pet Shop Boys
  producer [11]
• Phil Harding
  producer [11]
• Reggie Griffin
  Minimoog [14], arranger [10], bass guitar [14], guitar [14], synthesizer [14]
• Robert Smith
  guitar [12], keyboard [12]
• Siouxsie Sioux
  lead vocals [12]
• Siouxsie and the Banshees
  producer [12]
• Steve Fjelstad
  remixer [14]
• Steve Prestige
  engineer [5]
• Steve Short
  engineer [5]
• Steven Severin
  bass guitar [12], keyboard [12]
• Sylvia Robinson
  engineer [10], mix [10], producer [10]
• The Jesus and Mary Chain
  producer [8]
• William Reid
  guitar [8], vocal [8]
• Show all credits (42)

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  Jon Savage’s 1983–1985: Welcome to Techno City

  2x CD
  26 January 2024