The Sphinx – Das Beste aus den Jahren 1976–1983

The Sphinx
Das Beste Aus Den Jahren
1976-1983
Box set by Amanda Lear
Released 2006
Recorded 1976/83
Genre Pop Rock, Euro Disco, Italo disco
Label Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Producer Anthony Monn, Peter Lüdermann, Roberto Cacciapaglia
Amanda Lear chronology

Sings Evergreens
(2005)		 The Sphinx - Das Beste Aus Den Jahren 1976-1983
(2006)		 With Love
(2006)

The Sphinx - Das Beste Aus Den Jahren 1976–1983, internationally known as The Best of Amanda Lear, is a three disc 42 track box set of recordings by French singer Amanda Lear released by Sony BMG Music Entertainment in Germany in 2006.

Album information

The Sphinx features selections from Lear's six albums for the Ariola-Eurodisc label, I Am a Photograph, Sweet Revenge, Never Trust a Pretty Face, Diamonds for Breakfast, Incognito, Tam-Tam, non-album singles "Solomon Gundie", "Fever", "Incredibilmente Donna" and double A-side "Love Your Body"/"Darkness and Light".

Track listing

Disc 1

  1. "Follow Me" [Fade-out] (Anthony Monn, Amanda Lear) - 3:52
  2. "Rockin' Rollin' (I Hear You Nagging)" (Anthony Monn, Amanda Lear) - 3:05
  3. "Hollywood Is Just a Dream When You're Seventeen" (Hanne Haller, Anthony Monn, Amanda Lear) - 4:51
  4. "Magic" (Amanda Lear, Roberto Cacciapaglia) - 4:14
  5. "Black Holes" (Anthony Monn, Amanda Lear) - 5:08
  6. "Japan" (Anthony Monn, Amanda Lear) - 3:15
  7. "Solomon Gundie" (Sintas) - 3:58
  8. "The Lady in Black" (Anthony Monn, Amanda Lear) - 3:36
  9. "Fabulous (Lover, Love Me)" [Album Version] (Rainer Pietsch, Amanda Lear) - 5:25
  10. "Berlin Lady" (M. Stepstone, P. Dibbens) - 3:22
  11. "La Bagarre" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 3:27
  12. "It's a Better Life" (Anthony Monn, Amanda Lear) - 4:30
  13. "Miroirs" (Amanda Lear) - 2:00
  14. "Tomorrow" (Rainer Pietsch, Amanda Lear) - 4:10

Disc 2

  1. "Queen of China-Town" (Rainer Pietsch, Amanda Lear) - 4:15
  2. "Comics" (Charly Ricanek, Amanda Lear) - 3:40
  3. "Incredibilmente Donna" (S. Menegale, R. Ferrato) - 3:59
  4. "Oh Boy" (Anthony Monn, Amanda Lear) - 4:30
  5. "These Boots Are Made for Walking" (Lee Hazlewood) - 3:10
  6. "Darkness and Light" [7" Version] (Peter Lüdemann, Amanda Lear) - 3:49
  7. "The Sphinx" [12" Version] (Anthony Monn, Amanda Lear) - 5:13
  8. "Diamonds" (Anthony Monn, Amanda Lear) - 5:25
  9. "Forget It" (Anthony Monn, Amanda Lear) - 4:16
  10. "Love Amnesia" (E. Mule) - 3:55
  11. "Red Tape" (Anthony Monn, Amanda Lear) - 3:55
  12. "New York" (Francis Lai, Amanda Lear) - 4:28
  13. "Run Baby Run" [Cold start, fade-out] (Anthony Monn, Amanda Lear) - 3:45
  14. "Lili Marleen" [German/English language version] (Norbert Schultze, Hans Leip - English lyrics: Tommie Connor) - 4:40

Disc 3

  1. "Fashion Pack (Studio 54)" [Album Version] (Anthony Monn, Amanda Lear) - 5:05
  2. "Love Your Body" [7" Version] (Peter Lüdemann, Alf Schweigler, Amanda Lear) - 4:26
  3. "Intellectually" (Charly Ricanek, Amanda Lear) - 4:15
  4. "Enigma (Give a Bit of Mmh Tto Me)" (Rainer Pietsch, Amanda Lear) - 5:08
  5. "Égal" (Anthony Monn, Amanda Lear) - 4:08
  6. "Blood and Honey" (Anthony Monn, Amanda Lear) - 4:50
  7. "Tam-Tam" (Amanda Lear, Villahermosa, Roberto Cacciapaglia) - 3:33
  8. "Fever" (John Davenport, Eddie Cooley) - 3:36
  9. "No Regrets" (Amanda Lear, P. Micioni, M. DiCarlo, R. Masala) - 4:26
  10. "Never Trust a Pretty Face" (Anthony Monn, Amanda Lear) - 4:45
  11. "Gold" [Cold start, fade-out] (Charly Ricanek, Amanda Lear) - 3:38
  12. "Ho fatto l'amore con me" (Cristiano Malgioglio, M.A. Sisini) - 3:15
  13. "If I Was a Boy" (W. Foini - original lyrics: A. Salerno - English lyrics: Amanda Lear) - 4:10
  14. "When" (Rainer Pietsch, Anthony Monn, Amanda Lear) - 3:25

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