The Best of Laura Branigan

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The Best of Laura Branigan
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Asian cover art
Greatest hits album by
Released1988
Recorded1982–1991
Genre Pop, rock, dance
Label Atlantic
Producer Jack White, Harold Faltermeyer, Stock/Aitken/Waterman, David Kershenbaum, Richard Perry, Peter Wolf, Robbie Buchanan, Greg Mathieson
Laura Branigan chronology
Touch
(1987)
The Best of Laura Branigan
(1988)
Laura Branigan
(1990)
Alternative cover
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Japanese cover art
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Gloria"Giancarlo Bigazzi, Umberto Tozzi, Trevor Veitch 4:50
2."Shattered Glass"Bob Mitchell, Steve Coe3:41
3."Find Me"David Shire, Carol Connors3:22
4."Touch"Sue Shifrin, Bob Marlette4:06
5."How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" Michael Bolton, Doug James4:29
6."Power of Love" Candy DeRouge, Gunther Mende, Jennifer Rush, Mary Susan Applegate5:26
7."Self Control"Bigazzi, Raffaele Riefoli, Steve Piccolo4:08
8."The Lucky One" Bruce Roberts 4:10
9."Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" Gerry Goffin, Carole King 3:26
10."Solitaire" Martine Clémenceau, Diane Warren 4:07
11."Spanish Eddie"David Palmer, Chuck Cochran4:10
12."Forever Young" Marian Gold, Frank Mertens, Bernhard Lloyd3:57

Australian and South African version [2]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Gloria"Bigazzi, Tozzi, Veitch4:17
2."Self Control"Bigazzi, Riefoli, Piccolo4:08
3."Solitaire"Clémenceau, Warren4:07
4."How Am I Supposed to Live Without You"Bolton, James4:29
5."The Lucky One"Roberts4:10
6."Forever Young"Gold, Mertens, Lloyd3:52
7."Shattered Glass"Mitchell, Coe3:40
8."Spanish Eddie"Palmer, Cochran4:08
9."Ti Amo"Bigazzi, Tozzi, Warren4:18
10."Maybe Tonight" Jack White, Mark Spiro 3:47
11."Cry Wolf" Jude Johnstone 4:48
12."Power of Love"DeRouge, Mende, Rush, Applegate5:20

Japanese version [3]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."No Promise, No Guarantee"Bonnie Karlyle, Pat Robinson5:00
2."Never in a Million Years" Van Stephenson, Dave Robbins, Bob Farrell4:08
3."The Lucky One"Roberts4:10
4."Solitaire"Clémenceau, Warren4:07
5."Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow"Goffin, King3:26
6."How Am I Supposed to Live Without You"Bolton, James4:29
7."Self Control"Bigazzi, Riefoli, Piccolo4:08
8."Gloria"Bigazzi, Tozzi, Veitch4:50
9."Forever Young"Gold, Mertens, Lloyd3:57
10."Tokio"Michelle Hart, Joey Carbone 4:40

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  2. "Laura Branigan - The Best of Laura Branigan (ATXD 11)" Discogs. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
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