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Synchronistic Wanderings is a compilation album by American rock singer Pat Benatar. Spanning three discs, it is a box set chronicling her career from 1979 to 1999—twenty years. Included are soundtrack contributions, b-sides, studio outtakes, previously unreleased songs, and rarities, as well as well-known singles—overall, it adds up to fifty-three tracks total. The accompanying booklet chronicles her career, discussing her ups and downs and giving additional commentary and background on most of the included songs from Benatar and husband Neil Giraldo.
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| Released | October 5, 1999 | |||
| Length | 225:01 | |||
| Label | Chrysalis | |||
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Among the previously unreleased tracks are a cover of Roy Orbison's "Crying", a demo of "Love Is a Battlefield", a live version of "I Need a Lover", part 1 of "Rise" (from her 1993 album Gravity's Rainbow), a live performance of "Run Between the Raindrops" (from Seven the Hard Way), and a remix of "Every Time I Fall Back" (also from Gravity's Rainbow).
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Origin | Length |
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| 1. | "Heartbreaker" | Geoff Gill, Clint Wade | In the Heat of the Night (1979) | 3:28 |
| 2. | "We Live for Love" | Neil Giraldo | In the Heat of the Night | 3:55 |
| 3. | "My Clone Sleeps Alone" | Roger Capps, Pat Benatar | In the Heat of the Night | 3:29 |
| 4. | "I Need a Lover" (Live from The Bottom Line, New York City, 11/13/1979) | John Mellencamp | Previously unreleased live version (album version from In the Heat of the Night) | 4:27 |
| 5. | "In the Heat of the Night" | Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman | In the Heat of the Night | 5:24 |
| 6. | "You Better Run" | Felix Cavaliere, Eddie Brigati | Crimes of Passion (1980) | 3:06 |
| 7. | "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" | Eddie Schwartz | Crimes of Passion | 2:51 |
| 8. | "Treat Me Right" | Doug Lubahn | Crimes of Passion | 3:26 |
| 9. | "Wuthering Heights" | Kate Bush | Crimes of Passion | 4:30 |
| 10. | "Hell Is for Children" | Giraldo, Benatar, Capps | Crimes of Passion | 4:51 |
| 11. | "Fire and Ice" | Scott St. Clair Sheets, Tom Kelly, Benatar | Precious Time (1981) | 3:20 |
| 12. | "Promises in the Dark" | Giraldo, Benatar | Precious Time | 4:48 |
| 13. | "Precious Time" | Billy Steinberg | Precious Time | 6:02 |
| 14. | "Shadows of the Night" | D.L. Byron, Benatar, Myron Grombacher | Get Nervous (1982) | 4:20 |
| 15. | "Little Too Late" | Alex Call | Get Nervous | 4:08 |
| 16. | "Looking for a Stranger" | Peter McIan, Franne Golde | Get Nervous | 3:26 |
| 17. | "Anxiety (Get Nervous)" | Giraldo, Steinberg | Get Nervous | 3:43 |
| 18. | "Love Is a Battlefield" (Demo version) | Chapman, Holly Knight | Previously unreleased demo version (album version from Live from Earth (1983)) | 5:34 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Origin | Length |
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| 1. | "Love Is a Battlefield" | Chapman, Knight | Live from Earth | 5:23 |
| 2. | "Ooh Ooh Song" | Giraldo, Benatar | Tropico (1984) | 4:09 |
| 3. | "We Belong" | Eric Lowen, Dan Navarro | Tropico | 3:42 |
| 4. | "Painted Desert" | Giraldo, Grombacher | Tropico | 5:26 |
| 5. | "Outlaw Blues" | Giraldo, Grombacher | Tropico | 3:48 |
| 6. | "Invincible" (Theme from The Legend of Billie Jean) | Simon Climie, Knight | Seven the Hard Way (1985) | 4:29 |
| 7. | "Sex as a Weapon" | Kelly, Steinberg | Seven the Hard Way | 4:21 |
| 8. | "Le Bel Age" | Robert Tepper, Guy Gaglio | Seven the Hard Way | 5:11 |
| 9. | "New Dream Islands" (Session outtake) | Giraldo, Grombacher | Previously unreleased (recorded 1986) | 3:35 |
| 10. | "Run Between the Raindrops" (Live from Philadelphia, PA, 11/10/1988) | Giraldo, Grombacher | Previously unreleased live version (album version from Seven the Hard Way) | 4:46 |
| 11. | "One Love (Song of the Lion)" | Giraldo, Grombacher | Wide Awake in Dreamland (1988) | 5:13 |
| 12. | "True Hearts" (Session outtake) | Giraldo, Grombacher | Previously unreleased (outtake from Wide Awake in Dreamland) | 4:26 |
| 13. | "Let's Stay Together" | Benatar, Giraldo | Wide Awake in Dreamland | 4:42 |
| 14. | "All Fired Up" | Kerryn Tolhurst, Benatar, Grombacher | Wide Awake in Dreamland | 4:30 |
| 15. | "Shooting Star" (Live at the Harry Chapin Tribute Concert) | Harry Chapin | Harry Chapin Tribute (recorded 1987, released 1990) | 5:47 |
| 16. | "La Cancion Ooh Ooh" (Spanish version of "Ooh Ooh Song") | Giraldo, Benatar | "Ooh Ooh Song" 7″ single (USA, Japan & Peru), "Painted Desert" 12″ single (Europe) | 5:08 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Origin | Length |
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| 1. | "Payin' the Cost to Be the Boss" | B. B. King | True Love (1991) | 3:14 |
| 2. | "True Love" | Giraldo, Benatar | True Love | 4:42 |
| 3. | "The Good Life" | Giraldo, Grombacher | True Love | 4:11 |
| 4. | "I Feel Lucky" | Giraldo, Grombacher | True Love | 4:30 |
| 5. | "Please Come Home for Christmas" | Gene Redd, Charles Brown | True Love (CD edition) | 3:06 |
| 6. | "Tell Me Why" | Traditional, arranged by Benatar, Giraldo | For Our Children (Benefit for Pediatric AIDS Foundation, released 1991) | 2:15 |
| 7. | "Crying" (session outtake) | Roy Orbison, Joe Melson | Previously unreleased (outtake from In the Heat of the Night) | 4:27 |
| 8. | "Sometimes the Good Guys Finish First" | Benatar, Knight, Chris McDaniels | The Secret of My Success soundtrack (1987) | 4:26 |
| 9. | "Somebody's Baby" | Benatar, Giraldo | Gravity's Rainbow (1993) | 4:24 |
| 10. | "Everybody Lay Down" | Benatar, Giraldo | Gravity's Rainbow | 4:27 |
| 11. | "Rise" (Part 2) | Benatar, Giraldo, Grombacher, Frank Linx | Gravity's Rainbow | 3:04 |
| 12. | "Rise" (Part 1) | Benatar, Giraldo, Grombacher, Linx | Previously unreleased version | 3:34 |
| 13. | "Temptation" | Benatar, Giraldo, Grombacher | B-side of "Somebody's Baby" | 3:32 |
| 14. | "Every Time I Fall Back" (Remix) | Benatar, Giraldo | Previously unreleased remixed version (original version from Gravity's Rainbow) | 5:01 |
| 15. | "The Effect You Have on Me" | Édith Piaf, Marc Heyral, adapted by Claire Severac, Susanne Edgren | Édith Piaf Tribute (1993) | 3:18 |
| 16. | "Rescue Me" | Carl Smith, Raynard Miner | Speed (Songs from and Inspired by the Motion Picture) (1994) | 2:59 |
| 17. | "Strawberry Wine" | Benatar, Giraldo | Innamorata (1997) | 5:53 |
| 18. | "I Don't Want to be Your Friend" | Benatar, Giraldo | Innamorata | 5:08 |
| 19. | "Here's My Heart" | Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte | Metropolis (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1984 re-release) | 4:54 |
Personnel
edit- Evren Göknar - Mastering Engineer
- David Tedds - Catalog Producer
References
edit- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Pat Benatar Synchronistic Wanderings review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
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