Greatest Hits

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Tracklist

▼ CD 1: Greatest Hits
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1Skyfall
recording engineer:
Simon Rhodes (senior recording engineer at Abbey Road Studios)
mastering:
Tom Coyne (mastering engineer)
producer:
Paul Epworth
mixer:
Tom Elmhirst (mixing engineer)
drums (drum set):
Leo Taylor
guitar:
James Reid
percussion:
Paul Epworth
lead vocals:
Adele (UK soul/jazz singer)
conductor:
J.A.C. Redford
chorus master:
Jenny O’Grady
recording of:
Skyfall
orchestrator:
J.A.C. Redford
writer:
Adele Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer) and Paul Epworth
part of:
Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 85)
2.54:45
2Rolling in the Deep
recording engineer:
Mark Rankin (engineer)
engineer:
Mark “Top” Rankin (engineer)
producer:
Paul Epworth
assistant mixer:
Dan Perry (British mix/recording engineer)
mixer:
Tom Elmhirst (mixing engineer)
acoustic guitar, bass, electric guitar and percussion and background vocals:
Paul Epworth
drums (drum set):
Leo Taylor
piano:
Neil Cowley
tenor saxophone:
Ray Carless
trumpet:
Noel Langley
lead vocals:
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
XL Recordings Ltd. (not for release label use! use it’s imprint XL Recordings instead) (in 2011)
recorded at:
Eastcote Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
music videos:
Rolling in the Deep by Adele (UK soul/jazz singer)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Songs of the 2010s (number: 3), The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 82) and Pitchfork: The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s (number: 171)
recording of:
Rolling in the Deep
writer:
Adele Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer) and Paul Epworth
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Nebo Ridge Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal‐Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
4.553:49
3I’ll Be Waiting
engineer:
Mark “Top” Rankin (engineer)
producer:
Paul Epworth
assistant mixer:
Dan Perry (British mix/recording engineer)
mixer:
Tom Elmhirst (mixing engineer)
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Ben Thomas (UK guitar player)
acoustic guitar, bass, electric guitar and percussion and background vocals:
Paul Epworth
drums (drum set):
Leo Taylor
piano:
Neil Cowley
tenor saxophone:
Ray Carless
trombone:
Harry Brown (U.K. trombonist)
trumpet:
Noel Langley
lead vocals:
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
XL Recordings Ltd. (not for release label use! use it’s imprint XL Recordings instead) (in 2011)
recording of:
I’ll Be Waiting
writer:
Adele Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer) and Paul Epworth
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
2.554:01
4Chasing Pavements
additional recording engineer:
Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger) (in 2007-06)
producer:
Eg White
assistant mixer:
Dan Parry (British mix/recording engineer) (in 2007-10)
mixer:
Tom Elmhirst (mixing engineer)
instruments:
Eg White (in 2007-06)
strings:
Perry Montague‐Mason (violinist) (in 2007-06) and The London Studio Orchestra (in 2007-06)
lead vocals:
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer) (in 2007-06)
strings arranger:
Eg White
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
XL Recordings Ltd. (not for release label use! use it’s imprint XL Recordings instead) (in 2008)
recorded at:
Angel Studios in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 2007-06)
mixed at:
Metropolis (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 2007-10)
recording of:
Chasing Pavements (in 2007-06)
lyricist:
Adele Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer)
additional composer:
Adele Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer)
composer:
Eg White
publisher:
Universal‐Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
3.63:30
5Someone Like You
engineer:
Philip Allen
producer:
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer) and Dan Wilson (American singer/songwriter)
assistant mixer:
Dan Perry (British mix/recording engineer)
mixer:
Tom Elmhirst (mixing engineer)
piano:
Dan Wilson (American singer/songwriter)
lead vocals:
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
XL Recordings Ltd. (not for release label use! use it’s imprint XL Recordings instead) (in 2011)
recorded at:
Harmony Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
music videos:
Someone Like You by Adele (UK soul/jazz singer)
part of:
Grammy Award: Best Pop Solo Performance nominees (number: 2012 winner), SWR1 Hitparade 2013 (Baden-Württemberg) (number: 10), Stereogum: The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s (number: 39), Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Songs of the 2010s (number: 64) and Pitchfork: The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s (number: 71)
recording of:
Someone Like You
writer:
Adele Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer) and Dan Wilson (American singer/songwriter)
publisher:
BMG Monarch, Chrysalis Music (music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), Melted Stone Music Ltd., Sugar Lake Music LLC and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
4.054:44
6Many Shades of Black
recording of:
Many Shades of Black
composer:
Brendan Benson and Jack White (rock & blues multi-instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
34:27
7Set Fire to the Rain
lead vocals:
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
XL Recordings Ltd. (not for release label use! use it’s imprint XL Recordings instead) (in 2011)
recording of:
Set Fire to the Rain
writer:
Adele Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer) and Fraser T. Smith
publisher:
Chrysalis Music Publishing Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
44:01
8Make You Feel My Love
recording engineer:
Richard Wilkinson (production music) (in 2007-09)
engineer:
Richard Wilkinson (production music)
producer:
Jim Abbiss
assistant mixer:
Alex Mackenzie
mixer:
Jim Abbiss and Richard Wilkinson (production music)
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer) (in 2007-09)
piano:
Neil Cowley (in 2007-09)
strings:
Wired Strings (in 2007-09)
strings arranger:
Rosie Danvers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
XL Recordings Ltd. (not for release label use! use it’s imprint XL Recordings instead) (in 2008)
recorded at:
The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 2007-09)
mixed at:
The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
music videos:
Make You Feel My Love by Adele (UK soul/jazz singer)
cover recording of:
Make You Feel My Love (in 2007-09)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1997-01)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020) and Special Rider Music (from 1997 to present)
43:32
9Love Song
assistant recording engineer:
Phillip Broussard and Sara Lyn Killion
recording engineer:
Greg Fidelman
producer:
Rick Rubin (American record producer and former co-president of Columbia Records)
mixer:
Andrew Scheps
accordion and banjo:
David Hidalgo
bass:
Pino Palladino
drums (drum set):
Chris Dave (drummer, Chris “Daddy” Dave)
guitar:
Smokey Hormel and Matt Sweeney (US guitarist, vocalist & producer)
harp:
Stephanie Bennett (Harpist)
percussion:
Lenny Castro
piano:
James Poyser
choir vocals:
Carmen Carter, Jim Gilstrap, Josef Powell, Carmen Twillie, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters and Terry Young
lead vocals:
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer)
chorus master:
Oren Waters
strings arranger:
David Campbell (US based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
XL Recordings Ltd. (not for release label use! use it’s imprint XL Recordings instead) (in 2011)
cover recording of:
Lovesong
lyricist:
Robert J. Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Boris Williams, Laurence Tolhurst, Paul S. Thompson, Robert J. Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure), Roger O’Donnell and Simon Gallup
publisher:
APB Music Co., BMG Music Publishing Ltd., BMG Songs, Inc., Fiction Songs Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd.
3.055:16
10Hometown Glory
recording of:
Hometown Glory
lyricist and composer:
Adele Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer)
additional composer:
Wil Malone
4:26
11Rumour Has It
additional recording engineer and assistant mixer:
Dan Parry (British mix/recording engineer)
recording engineer:
AJ Clark (engineer) and Ryan Tedder
programming and producer:
Ryan Tedder
mixer:
Tom Elmhirst (mixing engineer)
acoustic guitar:
Jerrod ‘Skins’ Bettis
bass guitar, electric guitar, Hammond organ [B3] and piano:
Ryan Tedder
drums (drum set):
Jerrod ‘Skins’ Bettis and Ryan Tedder
lead vocals:
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer)
arranger:
Ryan Tedder
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
XL Recordings Ltd. (not for release label use! use it’s imprint XL Recordings instead) (in 2011)
recorded at:
AIR Studios (Lyndhurst Hall 1991–present) in Hampstead, Camden, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom, Metropolis (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom, Patriot Studios in Denver, Colorado, United States, Serenity Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States and Wendyhouse Studios in Hammersmith, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Rumour Has It
writer:
Adele Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer) and Ryan Tedder
publisher:
DTCM Ave, Melted Stone Music Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Write 2 Live, エイベックス・ミュージック・パブリッシング, シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
3.33:43
12Right as Rain
recording engineer:
Richard Wilkinson (production music)
producer:
Jim Abbiss
assistant mixer:
Simon Hayes (engineer) (in 2007-11)
mixer:
Jim Abbiss (in 2007-11) and Richard Wilkinson (production music) (in 2007-11)
bass and tambourine:
Tom Driessler
cowbell and lead vocals:
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer)
drums (drum set):
Louis Sharpe (UK drummer)
guitar:
Ben Thomas (UK guitar player)
Hammond organ and organ [Wurlitzer]:
Neil Cowley
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
XL Recordings Ltd. (not for release label use! use it’s imprint XL Recordings instead) (in 2008)
recorded at:
Mayfair Studios (England) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
Mayfair Studios (England) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 2007-11)
recording of:
Right as Rain
writer:
Adele Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer), Clay Holley, Jeff Silverman (songwriter/producer), Leon Michels and Nick Movshon
publisher:
Clay Holley Publishing Designee, El Michels Music Inc., Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., Nick Movshon Publishing Designee, Original Spin Music, Silver Sounds Music, Inc. and Universal‐Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
3.73:17
13Turning Tabels
lead vocals:
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
XL Recordings Ltd. (not for release label use! use it’s imprint XL Recordings instead) (in 2011)
recording of:
Turning Tables
writer:
Adele Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer) and Ryan Tedder
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Write 2 Live
3.74:09
14Melt My Heart to Stone
additional recording engineer:
Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger) (in 2007-06)
producer:
Eg White
assistant mixer:
Dan Parry (British mix/recording engineer) (in 2007-10)
mixer:
Tom Elmhirst (mixing engineer)
instruments:
Eg White (in 2007-06)
strings:
London Studio Orchestra (in 2007-06) and Perry Montague‐Mason (violinist) (in 2007-06)
lead vocals:
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer) (in 2007-06)
strings arranger:
Eg White
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
XL Recordings Ltd. (not for release label use! use it’s imprint XL Recordings instead) (in 2008)
recorded at:
Angel Studios in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 2007-06)
mixed at:
Metropolis (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 2007-10)
recording of:
Melt My Heart to Stone (in 2007-06)
lyricist:
Adele Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer)
additional composer:
Adele Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer)
composer:
Eg White
publisher:
Universal‐Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
3.053:23
15One and Only
assistant recording engineer:
Phillip Broussard and Sara Lyn Killion
recording engineer:
Greg Fidelman
producer:
Rick Rubin (American record producer and former co-president of Columbia Records)
mixer:
Andrew Scheps
accordion and banjo:
David Hidalgo
bass:
Pino Palladino
drums (drum set):
Chris Dave (drummer, Chris “Daddy” Dave)
guitar:
Smokey Hormel and Matt Sweeney (US guitarist, vocalist & producer)
harp:
Stephanie Bennett (Harpist)
percussion:
Lenny Castro
piano:
James Poyser
choir vocals:
Carmen Carter, Jim Gilstrap, Josef Powell, Carmen Twillie, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters and Terry Young
lead vocals:
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer)
chorus master:
Oren Waters
strings arranger:
David Campbell (US based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
XL Recordings Ltd. (not for release label use! use it’s imprint XL Recordings instead) (in 2011)
recording of:
One and Only
writer:
Adele Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer), Dan Wilson (American singer/songwriter) and Greg Wells
publisher:
Chrysalis Music (music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), Firehouse Cat Music, Kobalt (publisher), Sugar Lake Music LLC and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
3.055:46
16Cold Shoulder
assistant recording engineer:
Matt Paul (in 2007-08)
recording engineer:
Matt Lawrence (in 2007-08) and Dom Morley (in 2007-08)
producer:
Mark Ronson (UK pop & hip hop producer)
assistant mixer:
Dan Parry (British mix/recording engineer) (in 2007-10)
mixer:
Tom Elmhirst (mixing engineer) (in 2007-10)
bass:
Stuart Zender (in 2007-08)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Pete Biggins (in 2007-08)
glockenspiel:
Sam Koppelman (drummer and percussionist) (in 2007-08)
guitar:
Matt Allchin (in 2007-08) and Michael Tighe (singer-songwriter/guitarist) (in 2007-08)
keyboard:
Jason Silver (in 2007-08)
strings:
London Studio Orchestra (in 2007-08)
lead vocals:
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer) (in 2007-08)
additional conductor:
Chris Elliott (composer and arranger) (in 2007-08)
strings arranger:
Chris Elliott (composer and arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
XL Recordings Ltd. (not for release label use! use it’s imprint XL Recordings instead) (in 2008)
recorded at:
Metropolis (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 2007-08) and Olympic Studios (1966-2009) in Barnes, Richmond upon Thames, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 2007-08)
mixed at:
Metropolis (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 2007-10)
recording of:
Cold Shoulder (in 2007-08)
writer:
Adele Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer) and Sacha Skarbek
publisher:
Universal‐Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
3.753:11
17My Same
assistant recording engineer:
Serge Krebs (in 2007-06)
recording engineer:
Richard Wilkinson (production music) (in 2007-06)
programming:
Liam Howe
producer:
Jim Abbiss
assistant mixer:
Fergus Peterkin (in 2007-06)
mixer:
Jim Abbiss (in 2007-06) and Richard Wilkinson (production music) (in 2007-06)
additional guitar [rhythm guitar] and lead vocals:
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer) (in 2007-06)
bass:
Tom Driessler (in 2007-06)
drums (drum set):
Seb Roachford (in 2007-06)
guitar:
Ben Thomas (UK guitar player) (in 2007-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
XL Recordings Ltd. (not for release label use! use it’s imprint XL Recordings instead) (in 2008)
recorded at:
Konk Studios in Hornsey, Haringey, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 2007-06)
mixed at:
Musikbox Studios in Camden, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 2007-06)
recording of:
My Same (in 2007-06)
lyricist and composer:
Adele Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer)
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
3.053:14
18Don’t You Remember
assistant recording engineer:
Phillip Broussard and Sara Lyn Killion
recording engineer:
Greg Fidelman
producer:
Rick Rubin (American record producer and former co-president of Columbia Records)
mixer:
Andrew Scheps
accordion and banjo:
David Hidalgo
bass:
Pino Palladino
drums (drum set):
Chris Dave (drummer, Chris “Daddy” Dave)
guitar:
Smokey Hormel and Matt Sweeney (US guitarist, vocalist & producer)
harp:
Stephanie Bennett (Harpist)
percussion:
Lenny Castro
piano:
James Poyser
choir vocals:
Carmen Carter, Jim Gilstrap, Josef Powell, Carmen Twillie, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters and Terry Young
lead vocals:
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer)
chorus master:
Oren Waters
strings arranger:
David Campbell (US based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
XL Recordings Ltd. (not for release label use! use it’s imprint XL Recordings instead) (in 2011)
recording of:
Don’t You Remember
writer:
Adele Adkins (UK soul/jazz singer) and Dan Wilson (American singer/songwriter)
publisher:
Chrysalis Music (music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), Sugar Lake Music LLC and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
3.34:01
19If It Hadn’t Been for Love (live at the Royal Albert Hall)
recorded at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 2011-09-22)
live cover recording of:
If It Hadn’t Been for Love (on 2011-09-22)
writer:
Chris Stapleton (American singer-songwriter) and Mike Henderson (US country songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
3:06
20I Can’t Make You Love Me (live at the Royal Albert Hall)
recorded at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 2011-09-22)
live cover recording of:
I Can’t Make You Love Me (on 2011-09-22)
writer:
Mike Reid (US country artist & former football player) and Allen Shamblin
publisher:
Universal Music–MGB Songs, Almo Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) (in 1991), Brio Blues Music (in 1991) and Hayes Street Music, Inc. (in 1991)
sub-publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (Taiwan subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
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