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Richard Niles

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Composer, arranger and producer. Helped define the sound of the 1980's for groups like Swing Out Sister, Living In A Box, Was Not Was, Frankie Goes To Hollywood and Grace Jones' "Slave To The Rhythm" album. In the 1990's, he worked extensively with the Pet Shop Boys and for several boys bands.
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Happy Together (12", Promo) They're Coming Ariola Hansa 1979
Living In America (7", Single)   Hansa International 1979
Moving In The Direction Of Love (12", Maxi)   Hansa International 1979
Space Invaders (7", Single)   DJM Records (2) 1980
Car Tune (12")   Original Records (6) 1981
The (Disco) Sound Of Music / The Sound Of Rapping (12")   Whisper 1981
The (Disco) Sound Of Music / The Sound Of Rapping (7")   Whisper 1981
Blade-Runner (12")   Beggars Banquet 1982
Nip It In The Bud (LP)   Coda Records (3) 1985
Shrink Rap (12")   Coda Records (3) 1985
Don´t Make Me Wait (2 versions)   Mercury 1988
Head Above Water (Maxi) (2 versions)   Mercury 1988
Step By Step (2 versions)   Mercury 1988
The Way We Touch (Maxi) (2 versions)   Mercury 1988
Be There (12")   Mercury, Mercury 1989
Be There (CD, Maxi)   Mercury, Mercury 1989
Head Above Water (12")   Mercury, Mercury 1989
Tell Me Where You're Going (Album) (2 versions)   EMI ... 1990
Tell Me Where You're Going (Single) (2 versions) Tell Me Where You're G... Lifetime Records Ltd. ... 1990
DJ Culturemix (Maxi, Single) (2 versions) Overture to Perf... Parlophone 1991
Was It Worth It? (CD, Maxi) Overture To Performance EMI USA 1991
Cow On The Highway (CD, Album)   Sonet, Lifetime Records Ltd. 1993
On And On (CD, Single, Promo)   Lifetime Records Ltd., Sonet Grammofon AS 1993
Alternative (Comp, Album) (5 versions) If Love Were All EMI America ... 1995
Three 3 - Live At Ronnie Scott's (CD, Album)   Ronnie Scott's Jazz House 2001
Wild Thing (CD, Single)   Lifetime Records Ltd., Lifetime Records Ltd.  
Wild Thing (12")   Lifetime Records Ltd.  
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Back To Earth (Album) (2 versions) Father Island Records 1978
Love Is All You Need/Touch Me Take Me (7")   Jet Records 1978
The Adventures Of The Love Crusader (7", Single)   Ariola Hansa 1979
Car Tune (12")   Original Records (6) 1981
The (Disco) Sound Of Music / The Sound Of Rapping (12")   Whisper 1981
The (Disco) Sound Of Music / The Sound Of Rapping (7")   Whisper 1981
Blade-Runner (12") I Pull The Strings Beggars Banquet 1982
Jive Jive (LP, Album) FabbyDabby Alfa Records, Inc 1983
Mr. Sax And Captain Axe (7", Single)   Beggars Banquet 1983
Everything Could Be So Perfect (Album) (7 versions) Why Does It Have To Be... Island Records ... 1985
Famous People (CD)   Polydor 1985
Heaven Knows (Album) (3 versions)   EMI Records ... 1985
Shrink Rap (12")   Coda Records (3) 1985
Slave To The Rhythm (Album) (15 versions)   Island Records ... 1985
Sometimes Like Butterflies (7", Single) Sometimes Like Butterf... Hippodrome Records 1985
Why Does It Have To Be This Way... (2 versions)   ZTT 1985
Count Three & Pray (Album) (3 versions) Sex Me, Talk Me Geffen Records ... 1986
Don't You Dare Call It Love / Every Breath You Take (12")   Honey Bee Records 1986
Liverpool (Album) (13 versions)   Island Records ... 1986
The Power Of Gloria Gaynor (LP + 12")   Stylus Music 1986
Alphabet City (Album) (5 versions) When Smokey Sings, The... Mercury ... 1987
Can't Wait To See The Movie (2 versions) Take Me Home Ten Records Ltd. (10 Records) ... 1987
It's Better To Travel (CD)   Mercury, PolyGram 1987
Sirius (Album) (3 versions) Turning Tide RCA ... 1987
Introspective (Album, Comp) (24 versions) Left To My Own Devices Parlophone ... 1988
Left To My Own Devices (Maxi, Single) (22 versions) Left To My Own Devices... Parlophone ... 1988
Teddy Bear, Duke & Psycho (LP, Album)   Virgin Dischi 1988
The Sea Of Love (Album) (7 versions) Heaven Knows Which Way Elektra ... 1988
Totally (CD, Album, Promo) Left To My Own Devices Toshiba EMI Ltd 1988
What Up, Dog? (Album) (4 versions) Spy In The House Of Lo... Fontana ... 1988
Be There (12")   Mercury, Mercury 1989
Be There (7", Single)   Mercury 1989
Blast (Album) (6 versions) Americanos MCA Records Ltd. ... 1989
Head Above Water (12")   Mercury, Mercury 1989
In Depth (MiniAlbum) (2 versions) Left To My Own Devices Toshiba EMI Ltd 1989
Kaleidoscope World (CD) Waiting Game Fontana 1989
Nina Hagen (Album) (2 versions) Ave Maria Phonogram ... 1989
Sowing The Seeds Of Love (Single) (8 versions) Sowing The Seeds Of Lo... Fontana ... 1989
Step By Step (Album) (2 versions) In Another Lifetime Mercury 1989
The Golden Mile (CD, Album) Sleepwalking, Sleepwal... WEA, WEA 1989
The Hunter (CD, Single) Turning Tide RCA 1989
The Seeds Of Love (Album) (9 versions) Sowing The Seeds Of Love Mercury ... 1989
Velveteen (Album) (6 versions) Landslide Of Love, Vel... MCA Records Ltd. ... 1989
Love Moves (Cass) I Can't Say Goodbye MCA Records Ltd., MCA Records Ltd. 1990
Tell Me Where You're Going (Album) (2 versions) Fall, The Middle Of Lo... EMI ... 1990
Tell Me Where You're Going (CD, Single) Marlena Lifetime Records Ltd. 1990
DJ Culture (12") Overture To Performance EMI USA 1991
DJ Culturemix (Maxi, Single) (4 versions) Overture To Performance Parlophone ... 1991
Don't Force The River (CD, Album)   Ten Records Ltd. (10 Records) 1991
Inside Out (Album) (2 versions)   Mercury 1991
Reach For The Top (Maxi) (2 versions)   Mercury 1991
The Taiga Symphony (Album) (2 versions)   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga ... 1991
Was It Worth It? (CD, Maxi) Overture To Performance EMI USA 1991
World In Union (7") World In Union, World ... Columbia 1991
Love For All Seasons (CD, Maxi)   Blow Up 1992
Those Simple Things (12", Maxi) Those Simple Things (1... Blow Up 1992
Clive Griffin (CD, Album) Will It Rain Forever, ... 550 Music, Epic 1993
End Of Part One - Their Greatest Hits (Cass, Album)   The Precious Organisation 1993
The Pet Shop Boys Compiled (CDr, Comp) Left To My Own Devices... Not On Label (Pet Shop Boys) 1993
Very Relentless (Album, Comp) (24 versions) Go West Parlophone ... 1993
Liberation (Single, Maxi) (3 versions) Decadence Parlophone 1994
Yesterday, When I Was Mad (Maxi, Single) (3 versions) If Love Were All, Can ... Parlophone 1994
Alternative (Comp) (7 versions) Decadence, If Love Wer... Parlophone ... 1995
Caught In The Act Of Love (Album) (3 versions) You Know, We Belong To... ZYX Music ... 1995
Nobody Else (Album) (4 versions)   RCA ... 1995
Bilingual / Further Listening 1995-1997 (Album, Comp) (4 versions) Somewhere (Extended Mix) Parlophone ... 1996
Do U Still? (Maxi, Single) (2 versions) Holding On London Records 1996
Forever Friends (CD)   ZYX Music 1996
It's A Man's World (CD, Album, Ltd, Hol) Paradise Is Here, I´m... Reprise Records 1996
One By One (CD, Single) It's A Man's Man's Man... WEA International Inc., Warner Music UK Ltd. 1996
Special '96 (CD, Promo) Left To My Own Devices... Toshiba EMI Ltd 1996
Spirit (CD, Album) Your Love Parlophone, Parlophone 1996
Wildest Dreams (Album) (2 versions) Whatever You Want Parlophone 1996
Much Afraid (Album) (3 versions) Tea & Sympathy Essential Records (3) 1997
Se A Vida É (That's The Way Life Is) (CD, Single) Go West (Album Version) Toshiba EMI Ltd 1997
Somewhere (Maxi, Single) (8 versions) Somewhere Parlophone ... 1997
Ultra (Album) (20 versions) Home Mute Records Ltd. ... 1997
Alaska: El Huracan Mexicano (2xCD, Comp) Un Hombre De Verdad (V... Odeon 1998
Musics (CD, Album) Tu Es Partie (Julia Sa... Baxter Music 1998
Only When I Lose Myself (Single, Maxi) (23 versions) Only When I Lose Myself Mute Records Ltd. ... 1998
Until The Time Is Through (CD, Single) Until The Time Is Thro... RCA 1998
Violator / Ultra (2xCD, Album + Box)   Labels 1998
Where We Belong (Album) (3 versions)   Polydor 1998
Flying Without Wings (CD, Maxi, Enh)   RCA 1999
Here We Come (CD)   Columbia 1999
I Have A Dream (CD, Maxi) Flying Without Wings RCA 1999
Swear It Again (Single, Maxi) (3 versions)   RCA ... 1999
Westlife (CD, Album)   RCA 1999
You Needed Me (CD, Single) You Needed Me Polydor 1999
Billy Elliot: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (CD, Enh, Comp) I Believe Polydor 2000
Choice - A Collection Of Classics (2xCD, Mixed) I'll Be Waiting Azuli Records 2000
Coast To Coast (Album) (4 versions) What Makes A Man, Ange... RCA ... 2000
Holding On (CD, Maxi, Enh)   Arista 2000
I Believe (Single) (4 versions)   A&M Records ... 2000
Like A Rose (Maxi) (2 versions) Like A Rose (Valentine... Columbia 2000
New Beginning (CD) Bright Eyes Polydor 2000
New Beginning / Bright Eyes (CD, Single, Enh, CD1) Bright Eyes Polydor 2000
All Or Nothing (Single, Maxi) (4 versions) All Or Nothing (Origin... J Records 2001
Greatest Hits (Comp, Album) (3 versions) Until The Time Is Thro... RCA 2001
Lately (CD, Maxi, Enh)   Polydor 2001
Lively Tracks (2x12", W/Lbl, TP, Promo, Comp) Go West (1992 12" Mix) EMI Music (France) 2001
O-Town (2 versions) All Or Nothing J Records ... 2001
Uptown Girl (CD, Maxi, Enh) Angel's Wings, Close Y... RCA 2001
I Get Along (Single) (2 versions) I Get Along / E-Mail (... Parlophone 2002
Release (Album, Comp) (10 versions) E-Mail Parlophone ... 2002
PopArt - The Hits (Comp) (11 versions) Go West, Left To My Ow... Parlophone ... 2003
PopArt - The Videos (Comp) (5 versions) Left To My Own Devices... Parlophone ... 2003
Ultra / Exciter (2xCD, Album + Box) Home EMI Music (France) 2003
Performance - The Classic 1991 Live Show Enhanced (DVD) Overture To Performance Parlophone 2004
Chronicles: The Hurting / Songs From The Big Chair / The Seeds Of Love (3xCD) Sowing The Seeds Of Love Mercury 2005
A Life In Pop (3 versions) Go West (Live '94 Brit... Parlophone 2006
Concrete (Album) (4 versions) Left To My Own Devices Parlophone ... 2006
Defected Presents Def Mix Classics (3xCD, Comp, Mixed) I'll Be Waiting (Dance... Defected 2007
Ego Trippin (CD, Album) My Medicine Geffen Records 2008
Join With Us (Album) (2 versions)   Universal Island Records 2008
Without You (CD, Single, Enh) Without You Universal Island Records 2008
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Get Up And Go (LP) Sure, Summer Sports Bruton Music 1981
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