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2013 box set by Roger Taylor

The Lot

Box set by Roger Taylor

Released

11 November 2013

Genre

Rock

Length

641:18

Label

Universal

Producer

David Richards, Joshua J. Macrae, Justin Shirley-Smith, Reinhold Mack, Roger Taylor, The Cross

Roger Taylor chronology

Fun on Earth
(2013)

The Lot
(2013)

Roger Taylor: Best
(2014)

The Lot (stylised as the lot) is a compilation box set by Queen drummer Roger Taylor, containing nearly all of his solo work outside of Queen, including material released both under his own name and with his band the Cross. The box set's release was originally scheduled for 11 October 2013, but was pushed back a month; both The Lot and Taylor's fifth solo album Fun on Earth were released on 11 November 2013.

Initial pressings featured numerous technical issues, which Taylor and his manufacturing team attempted to address by asking buyers to return affected copies in exchange for corrected copies. The album was re-released on 10 November 2014.

Background

Main article: Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) § 1977–present: Solo career

Apart from his work with Queen, Taylor recorded five solo albums, and three with the Cross. He released his first single, "(I Wanna) Testify", in 1977. He went on to record two solo albums, Fun in Space (1981) and Strange Frontier (1984). They were modestly successful when released.

In 1986, two years after the release of Strange Frontier, Taylor formed the Cross, recruiting Spike Edney, Clayton Moss, Peter Noone, and Josh Macrae. The Cross went on to record three albums: Shove It; Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know; and Blue Rock. The band split up in 1993.

After the breakup of the Cross, Taylor released his third solo album, Happiness?. It engendered some controversy, due to the inclusion of the track "Nazis 1994". The furore likely increased sales, however. In 1998, Taylor released his fourth album, Electric Fire. He would not record another album until Fun on Earth, which was released on 11 November 2013, simultaneously with the release of The Lot.

All of Taylor's solo albums and the three albums by the Cross, as well as numerous standalone singles and alternate mixes, are included in The Lot. Discs One through Eight consist of the Taylor and Cross albums, in chronological order, while discs Nine through Twelve include alternative single edits, remixes, non-album singles, B-sides and a handful of previously unreleased rarities. Disc Thirteen is a DVD containing Taylor and the Cross' promotional music videos, along with a number of never-before-seen Taylor live performances.

Upon release, it became apparent there were several technical problems with the first pressing of the box set. These included errors in the printed lyrics, the inclusion of incorrect mixes of certain songs, and several other audio issues. Consumers who had bought the initial release were asked to return their copies to Universal Records, which would replace them with corrected copies.

Taylor assessed The Lot as a good retrospective of his career: "It's very satisfying to get it all in one place. I didn't realise how much there was: eight CDs, videos, lots of singles. I’d forgotten a lot. But it's very satisfying".

Track listing

All tracks written by Roger Taylor, except where noted.

Disc one: *Fun in Space*
No.	Title	Length
1.	"No Violins"	4:32
2.	"Laugh Or Cry"	3:07
3.	"Future Management"	2:58
4.	"Let's Get Crazy"	3:42
5.	"My Country I & II"	6:58
6.	"Good Times Are Now"	3:29
7.	"Magic Is Loose"	3:24
8.	"Interlude In Constantinople"	2:04
9.	"Airheads"	3:41
10.	"Fun In Space"	6:25

Disc two: *Strange Frontier*
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Strange Frontier"	4:16
2.	"Beautiful Dreams"	4:24
3.	"Man on Fire"	4:05
4.	"Racing in the Street" (Bruce Springsteen)	4:27
5.	"Masters of War" (Bob Dylan)	3:49
6.	"Killing Time"	4:58
7.	"Abandonfire" (Taylor, David Richards)	4:13
8.	"Young Love"	3:23
9.	"It's an Illusion" (Taylor, Rick Parfitt)	4:02
10.	"I Cry for You (Love, Hope and Confusion)" (Taylor, Richards)	4:21

Disc three: *Shove It*
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Shove It"	3:27
2.	"Cowboys and Indians"	5:54
3.	"Contact"	4:51
4.	"Heaven for Everyone"	4:54
5.	"Stand Up for Love"	4:23
6.	"Love on a Tightrope (Like an Animal)"	4:49
7.	"Love Lies Bleeding (She was a Wicked, Wily Waitress)"	4:25
8.	"Rough Justice"	3:22
9.	"The 2nd Shelf Mix"	5:48

Disc four: *Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know*
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Top of the World, Ma" (Spike Edney, Josh Macrae, Clayton Moss, Peter Noone, Taylor)	3:31
2.	"Liar" (Noone)	4:28
3.	"Closer to You" (Edney)	3:12
4.	"Breakdown" (Noone)	3:53
5.	"Penetration Guru" (Moss)	3:45
6.	"Power to Love" (Macrae, Moss, Noone)	4:02
7.	"Sister Blue" (Noone)	4:15
8.	"Foxy Lady" (Jimi Hendrix)	3:27
9.	"Better Things" (Moss)	2:46
10.	"Passion for Trash" (Macrae)	2:34
11.	"Old Men (Lay Down)"	4:55
12.	"Final Destination"	3:35

Disc five: *Blue Rock*
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bad Attitude" (Edney, Macrae, Moss, Noone, Taylor)	4:45
2.	"New Dark Ages"	4:57
3.	"Dirty Mind" (Edney)	3:30
4.	"Baby It's Alright" (Edney)	4:06
5.	"Ain't Put Nothin' Down" (Moss)	4:31
6.	"The Also Rans" (Edney, Macrae, Moss, Noone)	5:28
7.	"Millionaire"	3:43
8.	"Put It All Down to Love" (Edney)	3:35
9.	"Hand of Fools" (Edney, Noone)	4:34
10.	"Life Changes" (Edney, Macrae, Moss, Noone)	5:54

Disc six: *Happiness?*
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nazis 1994"	2:38
2.	"Happiness"	3:26
3.	"Revelations"	3:52
4.	"Touch the Sky"	5:05
5.	"Foreign Sand" (Taylor, Yoshiki)	6:52
6.	"Freedom Train"	6:16
7.	"You Had to Be There"	2:58
8.	"The Key"	4:24
9.	"Everybody Hurts Sometime"	3:02
10.	"Loneliness..."	2:25
11.	"Dear Mr. Murdoch"	4:27
12.	"Old Friends"	3:34

Disc seven: *Electric Fire*
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Pressure On"	5:00
2.	"A Nation of Haircuts"	3:33
3.	"Believe in Yourself"	5:08
4.	"Surrender"	3:39
5.	"People on Streets"	4:16
6.	"No More Fun"	6:09
7.	"The Whisperers" (Nicholas Evans, Taylor)	3:28
8.	"Is It Me?"	4:22
9.	"Tonight"	3:47
10.	"Where Are You Now?"	4:51
11.	"Working Class Hero" (John Lennon)	4:43
12.	"London Town – C'mon Down"	7:02

Disc eight: *Fun on Earth*
No.	Title	Length
1.	"One Night Stand"	4:21
2.	"Fight Club"	3:02
3.	"Be With You" (Taylor, Rufus Taylor)	3:09
4.	"Quality Street"	4:24
5.	"I Don't Care"	3:24
6.	"Sunny Day"	3:37
7.	"Be My Gal (My Brightest Spark)"	2:44
8.	"I Am the Drummer (In a Rock N' Roll Band)"	2:46
9.	"Small"	3:50
10.	"Say It's Not True"	4:58
11.	"The Unblinking Eye "	4:54
12.	"Up"	3:09
13.	"Smile"	3:01
14.	"Whole House Rockin'"	3:00
15.	"Dear Mr. Murdoch (Nude Mix)"	3:16

Disc nine: *Roger Taylor Solo Singles One*
No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Wanna Testify"	3:47
2.	"Turn On The TV"	3:28
3.	"My Country "	3:52
4.	"Man On Fire "	6:08
5.	"I Cry For You "	4:10
6.	"Strange Frontier "	8:36
7.	"I Cry For You "	6:27
8.	"Two Sharp Pencils (Get Bad)"	3:26
9.	"Nazis 1994 "	3:27
10.	"Nazis 1994 "	4:27
11.	"Nazis 1994 "	4:23
12.	"Nazis 1994 "	3:56
13.	"Nazis 1994 "	4:03
14.	"Foreign Sand (Single Version)"	4:35
15.	"Final Destination"	3:51
16.	"Everybody Hurts Sometimes "	4:03
17.	"Old Friends "	3:18

Disc ten: *Roger Taylor Solo Singles 2*
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Pressure On "	3:25
2.	"People On Streets "	3:33
3.	"Tonight "	3:51
4.	"Keep A Knockin' "	3:17
5.	"Surrender "	3:39
6.	"A Nation of Haircuts "	3:43
7.	"London Town – C'mon Down "	3:23
8.	"Surrender "	4:10
9.	"No More Fun "	4:24
10.	"Tonight "	4:22
11.	"One Night Stand"	3:53
12.	"Woman You're So Beautiful "	3:57
13.	"Woman You're So Beautiful "	6:03
14.	"Woman You're So Beautiful "	5:37
15.	"The Unblinking Eye (Everything is Broken) "	6:13
16.	"The Unblinking Eye (Everything is Broken) "	6:12
17.	"Dear Mr Murdoch "	3:16

Disc eleven: *The Cross Solo Singles 1*
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cowboys & Indians "	4:34
2.	"Love Lies Bleeding (She's a Wicked, Wily Waitress) "	4:15
3.	"Feel the Force"	3:58
4.	"Shove It "	5:53
5.	"Shove It "	3:30
6.	"Shove It "	5:04
7.	"Heaven for Everyone "	5:06
8.	"Heaven for Everyone "	4:55
9.	"Manipulator "	4:15
10.	"Manipulator "	3:58
11.	"Power to Love "	5:19
12.	"Power to Love "	3:27
13.	"In Charge of My Heart "	2:18
14.	"Liar "	6:32
15.	"In Charge of My Heart "	4:44
16.	"Liar "	3:18

Disc twelve: *The Cross Solo Singles 2*
No.	Title	Length
1.	"New Dark Ages "	3:27
2.	"Ain't Put Nothin' Down "	4:54
3.	"Man on Fire"	5:08
4.	"Life Changes "	3:55
5.	"Heartland"	4:47
6.	"Celebration "	4:38
7.	"I Can Take You Higher "	3:30
8.	"I Can't Get You Out of My Head "	3:37
9.	"Passion for Trash "	2:51
10.	"Top of the World Ma "	7:41
11.	"Shove It "	3:10

The Lot DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Strange Frontier"
2.	"Man on Fire"
3.	"Happiness"
4.	"Foreign Sand"
5.	"Surrender"
6.	"Nazis 1994"
7.	"The Unblinking Eye (Everything is Broken)"
8.	"Dear Mr Murdoch"
9.	"Old Friends "
10.	"Man on Fire "
11.	"Happiness "
12.	"Everybody Hurts Sometime "
13.	"Cowboys and Indians"
14.	"Cowboys and Indians "
15.	"Shove It"
16.	"Heaven for Everyone"
17.	"Power to Love"
18.	"Liar"
19.	"New Dark Ages"
20.	"Blue Rock "
21.	"Happiness? "
22.	"Electric Fire "
23.	"Interview for Parlophone"

Personnel

The following personnel worked on the album:

Roger Taylor: art conception, cover design, design, drums, executive producer, guitar, guitar feedback, instrumentation, keyboards, mixing, percussion, piano, primary artist, producer, soloist, stylophone, lead and backing vocals
Spike Edney: composer, keyboards, mandolin, piano, backing vocals
Clayton Moss: composer, guitar, lead and backing vocals
Peter Noone: bass, composer, backing vocals
Josh Macrae: drums, percussion, backing vocals, engineer, mixing, producer, programming

Additional musicians

Keith Airey: guitar
Gary Barnacle: saxophone (on "Cowboys and Indians", "Contact", and "Stand Up For Love")
Steve Barnacle: bass
Jeff Beck: guitar (on "Say It's Not True")
Phil Chen: bass
Jim Cregan: guitar
Mike Crossley: keyboards, piano
John Deacon: bass (on some tracks)
Matthew Exelby: guitar
Jason Falloon: bass, guitar
Steve Hamilton: saxophone
Kevin Jefferies: bass
Helen Liebmann: cello
Dick Marx: arranger, strings
Brian May: rhythm guitar and lead guitar (on some tracks)
Freddie Mercury: lead vocals (on "Heaven for Everyone"), backing vocals (on "Killing Time" and "Feel the Force")
Treana Morris: lead vocals (on "Surrender")
Jonathan Perkins: keyboards, organ, lead and backing vocals
Catherine Porter: backing vocals
Keith Prior: drums
David Richards: keyboards
Geoffrey Richardson: viola, violin
Nicola Robins: violin
Phil Spalding: bass
Steve Stroud: bass
Rufus Taylor: drums, piano
Candy Yates: backing vocals
Claire Yates: backing vocals
Yoshiki: arranger, drums, piano, synthesizer (on "Foreign Sand")

Technical personnel

Rich Breen: engineer, mixing
John Brough: engineer
Brad Buxer: programming
Dean S. Crathern: assistant
Justine Ellis: project coordinator
Mike Ging: engineer
Geoff Grace: programming
Martin Groves: band coordinator
Hiro Inoguchi: artists and repertoire
Chris Lawson: assistant engineer
Mack: engineer, producer
Kevin Metcalfe: cut, mastering
Tal Miller: assistant engineer
David Richards: engineer, producer
Justin Shirley-Smith: producer
Wills Spencer: coordination, video editor
Mike Stock: assistant engineer
Simon Van Zwanenberg: assistant engineer
Mark Wallis: engineer, producer
Barry Woodward: mastering
Yoshiki: producer (on "Foreign Sand")

Artistic personnel

Stephen Bliss: artwork, design
Greg Brooks: archival consultant, sleeve notes
Simon Fowler: photography
Bob Geldof: photography
Richard Gray: art conception, artwork, cover design, design, photography
George Hurrell: photography
Mike Jackson: cover photo
Thea Kurun: artwork
Tim Mara: paintings
Jim Marks: photography
Simon Pool: design assistant
Sarina Potgieter: photography
Neal Preston: cover photo
Paul Rider: photography
Sheila Rock: photography
Gary Taylor: archival consultant, sleeve notes
George Taylor: photography
Graham Temple: photo montage
Rhys Thomas: foreword, liner notes
Gary Wathen: design
Ian Wright: illustrations

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Discography
Studio albums	Fun in Space (1981) Strange Frontier (1984) Happiness? (1994) Electric Fire (1998) Fun on Earth (2013) Outsider (2021)
Singles	"(I Wanna) Testify"
Compilation albums	The Lot
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