The Best of Fra Lippo Lippi '85-'95 is a compilation album by Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 pop rock

Pop rock

Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...

 group Fra Lippo Lippi

Fra Lippo Lippi (band)

Fra Lippo Lippi is a New Wave band from Norway. They had several hits in the 1980s, such as "Shouldn't Have to Be Like That", "Everytime I See You" and "Light and Shade", and recorded a new album as late as 2002...

. It covers the band's musical career from their 1985 album Songs

Songs (Fra Lippo Lippi album)

Songs is the third studio album by Norwegian pop rock group Fra Lippo Lippi. Originally released in 1985 by the band's own label, Easter Productions, Songs received favorable reviews and sold around 5,000 copies without any means of promotion....

to their 1992 album Dreams

Dreams (Fra Lippo Lippi album)

Dreams is the sixth studio album by Norwegian pop rock group Fra Lippo Lippi.When their 1989 album The Colour Album generated mediocre sales , the band parted ways with their Swedish label The Record Station and were considering breaking up. Instead, they decided to write songs for a new album...

, plus the new songs "Everybody Everywhere" and "If You Were in My Shoes".

Many of the songs were re-recorded not only for artistic reasons, but mainly for legal reasons; the original recordings of the Light and Shade

Light and Shade (Fra Lippo Lippi album)

Light and Shade is the fourth studio album by Norwegian pop rock group Fra Lippo Lippi. It was recorded in Los Angeles, California and produced by Walter Becker ....

album and the remixed 1986 version of their original 1985 release Songs

Songs (Fra Lippo Lippi album)

Songs is the third studio album by Norwegian pop rock group Fra Lippo Lippi. Originally released in 1985 by the band's own label, Easter Productions, Songs received favorable reviews and sold around 5,000 copies without any means of promotion....

are property of the band's former label Virgin Records

Virgin Records

Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...

.

Track listing

1. "Everybody Everywhere"
2. "If You Were in My Shoes"
3. "Shouldn't Have to Be Like That
   Shouldn't Have to Be Like That
   "Shouldn't Have To Be Like That" is a single by Norwegian New Wave group Fra Lippo Lippi, released from their third album Songs in 1986.In 2005 the song was remixed and released by Molella under the title "Lost Love"....
   
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4. "Crazy Wisdom"
5. "Light and Shade"
6. "Beauty and Madness"
7. "Naive"
8. "Love Is A Lonely Harbour"
9. "Even Tall Trees Bend"
10. "Coming Home"
11. "Thief in Paradise"
12. "Leaving"
13. "Mother's Little Soldier"
14. "Dreams"

Personnel

• Rune Kristoffersen
  Rune Kristoffersen
  Rune Kristoffersen is a Norwegian best known for being the founder and bassist of the pop rock band Fra Lippo Lippi.- Background :Rune Kristoffersen spent the eighties playing bass in Norwegian pop outfit Fra Lippo Lippi, signed to Virgin Records and had an album produced by Walter Becker from...
  
   - Bass, keyboards
• Per Øystein Sørensen
  Per Øystein Sørensen
  Per Øystein Sørensen is a Norwegian singer and songwriter, best known as the vocalist of the New Wave/synth pop band Fra Lippo Lippi.- Biography :...
  
  - Vocals, keyboards