NOW Thats What I Call Music! 9

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It’s enjoyable blue-eyed pop that sits uneasily beside the eastern-mystery of The Communards’ and their window-watching So Cold The Night. got to go and have some hits by themselves (great vocals too now that they’re not playing second fiddle to George Michael!

Berlin’s monster ballad Take My Breath Away that continued to feature in slow sets for the remainder of the decade. The filling in this hair metal sandwich is Land Of Confusion; possibly the weakest of the five singles pulled from Invisible Touch. Despite almost a quarter of the songs topping the charts there’s a nagging feeling that this could have been better. It went head-to-head with the Housemartins’ Caravan Of Love for the all-important Christmas number one. The selection is very ‘1987’ and it includes some brilliant pop songs like Simply Red‘s ‘The Right Thing’, Curiosity Killed The Cat‘s ‘Down to Earth’, Erasure‘s ‘Sometimes’, Robbie Nevil‘s ‘C’est La Vie’, Mental As Anything‘s ‘Live It Up’, The Blow Monkeys‘ ‘It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way’, a-ha‘s ‘Manhattan Skyline’, the Pretenders‘ ‘Hymn to Her’ and Berlin‘s ‘Take My Breath Away’, to name but a few.All subsequent releases starting from Now 10 onwards would have a full double CD release with all tracks included. King’s tear-jerking soul that was the title track played over the credits as I contemplated the wise words about one’s companions in childhood adventure. Vinyl in EXCELLENT condition, MINIMAL superficial surface marks and minor background noise in places. Language - Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.

It’s well sequenced with Katherine Quaye [in Taffy guise] and her Italo beats of I Love My Radio (Midnight Radio). The "Murder Remix" featuring Ja Rule is the version of the song released as a single (and subsequently reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100) in the US.

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The version of the Trackmasters remix of " Caramel" removes the third verse and goes straight from Ortiz's second verse to Eve's rap. Erasure moved into second gear and The Circus era with Sometimes while Robbie Nevil’s C’est La Vie remains a soulful jam that caught the January ’87 wave of optimism. The number of tracks had dropped back to 30 [after 33 and 32 on the previous two volumes] but Now 9 contained seven chart toppers. It’s the most forgotten song here [totally undeserved] and could have appeared in any number of US television shows – Remington Steele, Moonlighting, Sledgehammer, Wiseguy etc. Ben E King‘s ‘Stand By Me’ and and Jackie Wilson‘s ‘Reet Petite’ reminds us of the British public’s penchant for putting old songs at the top of the charts ( Boris Gardener‘s ‘I Want To Wake Up With You’ was on Now 8) and the power of TV/advertising.I was just finished my mock exams for the Intermediate Certificate [Irish equivalent of O Levels] so needed some pop relief.

I should, however, point out that as a professional editor, I absolutely hate that misspelling of ‘my’ in the title. Incidentally, the Blow Monkeys are going to be supporting Level 42 at that gig at the Sage Gateshead in October! Now 10 was the first double CD in a "Fat Box" - perhaps they will continue to re-issue the "Fat Box" releases in the slim cases?The exclusion of Caravan Of Love is most surprising; it may have cleared the home dancefloor but could have just been included at the very end. The album was the first in the series to include radio remixes of some tracks, rather than the originals.