''The Best of Mr. Mister'' is a compilation album of American
pop rock
Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre with an emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than rock music. Originating in the late 1950s as an alternative to normal rock and roll, earl ...
band
Mr. Mister
Mr. Mister was an American rock band from Phoenix, Arizona, active from 1982 until 1990. The band consisted of Richard Page (musician), Richard Page on lead vocals and bass guitar, Steve George (keyboardist), Steve George on keyboards/backing v ...
's hits and some of their other well-known songs. It contains the hits "
Broken Wings", "
Kyrie", "
Hunters of the Night
"Hunters of the Night" is a song by the band Mr. Mister, released as the first single from their 1984 debut album, ''I Wear the Face''.
Background and music
The power ballad
A sentimental ballad is an emotional style of music that often dea ...
", "
Is It Love
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", "Black/White" and "
Something Real (Inside Me/Inside You)". It ends with the previously unreleased song entitled "Waiting in My Dreams" (which was originally intended for ''
Pull'', an album that would go unreleased until 2010).
All the tracks are single edits and are remastered from the original recordings.
Track listing
All songs by Richard Page, Steve George and John Lang except where noted
US edition
# "
Broken Wings" – 4:44
# "
Is It Love
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" – 3:39
# "
Stand and Deliver
''Stand and Deliver'' is a 1988 American drama film directed by Ramón Menéndez, written by Menéndez and Tom Musca, based on the true story of a high school mathematics teacher, Jaime Escalante. For portraying Escalante, Edward James Olmos wa ...
" – 4:38
# "
Hunters of the Night
"Hunters of the Night" is a song by the band Mr. Mister, released as the first single from their 1984 debut album, ''I Wear the Face''.
Background and music
The power ballad
A sentimental ballad is an emotional style of music that often dea ...
" (Page, George, Lang, George Ghiz) – 4:07
# "Run to Her" – 3:35
# "
Something Real (Inside Me/Inside You)" – 4:20
# "
Kyrie" – 4:14
# "Black/White" – 4:18
# "The Border" – 5:22
# "Talk the Talk" – 4:11
# "Healing Waters" – 4:56
# "Waiting in My Dreams" – 4:53
Japan edition
# "Broken Wings"
# "Don't Slow Down"
# "Kyrie"
# "Something Real (Inside Me/Inside You)"
# "Waiting in My Dreams"
# "Partners in Crime"
# "Watching the World"
# "Hunters of the Night"
# "Black/White"
# "Power Over Me"
# "Is It Love"
# "Talk the Talk"
# "Run to Her"
# "Healing Waters"
# "Welcome to the Real World"
# "Control"
# "The Border"
Personnel
;Mr. Mister
*
Richard Page
Richard Lewis Page (born 22 February 1941) is a former Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and from December 1979 to 2005.
Early life
Born the son of Victor Charles Page, he went to the independent Hu ...
– bass, vocals, guitar on "Waiting in My Dreams"
*
Steve George – keyboards, vocals
* Steve Farris – guitar (except on *"Waiting in My Dreams")
*
Pat Mastelotto
Lee Patrick Mastelotto (born September 10, 1955) is an American rock drummer and record producer. He has been a member of King Crimson, Stick Men, Mr. Mister and O.R.k., as well as working as a session drummer with XTC, The Pointer Sisters an ...
– drums
;Additional personnel
* John Lang – lyrics
*
Luis Conte – percussion on "Waiting in My Dreams"
*
Buzz Feiten – *guitar
References
External links
Amazon.com: The Best of Mr. Mister: Mr. Mister: MusicAmazon.com: Best of Mr Mister: Mr. Mister: Music
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Mr. Mister albums
2001 greatest hits albums
Buddah Records compilation albums