The Hit Factory: The Ultimate Collection
New Stock Aitken Waterman set • 3CDs • bonus disc of remixes
The Hit Factory: Ultimate Collection is a new three-CD various artists collection of songs produced by Stock Aitken Waterman.
This is a 50-track collection with the usual suspects all present and correct including Kylie Minogue, Rick Astley, Bananarama, Mel & Kim, Jason Donovan and Dead Or Alive.
It was just over five years ago we had the previous compilation Pete Waterman Presents The Hit Factory. There was a single disc edition of that set, but the one to get was the triple disc edition with a bonus disc of remixes (which went out-of-print, quite quickly, I think).
This new ‘Hit Factory’ release echoes that format with two discs of hits and a bonus CD of remixes. Of the 39 tracks on the first two discs of the 2012 set, 25 are repeated here, so you get 15 new selections (there are 40 tracks on the first two CDs of the new set). The bonus disc of 12-inch remixes included on The Hit Factory: Ultimate Collection repeats none of the previous ones. Two tracks are the same (Dead or Alive and Mandy Smith) but you get different remixes.
This new set certainly has a much groovier cover than the rather abysmal art of the previous release and it’s notable that there is no mention of either Pete Waterman or Stock Aitken Waterman on the front cover!
The Hit Factory: Ultimate Collection will be released on 3 November 2017
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The Hit Factory: Ultimate Collection 3CD
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The Hit Factory: Ultimate Collection (UK chart positions in brackets)
CD1
1. Kylie Minogue – Better The Devil You Know [#2]
2. Rick Astley – Never Gonna Give You Up [#1]
3. Bananarama – Venus [#8]
4. Mel & Kim – Respectable [#1]
5. Steps – One For Sorrow [#2]
6. Kylie Minogue – I Should Be So Lucky [#1]
7. Jason Donovan – Too Many Broken Hearts [#1]
8. Jackson 5 – I Want You Back [#8]
9. Big Fun – Blame It On The Boogie [#4]
10. Stock Aitken Waterman – Roadblock [#13]
11. Sonia – You’ll Never Stop Me Loving You [#1]
12. Samantha Fox – Nothing’s Gonna Stop Me Now [#8]
13. The Reynolds Girls – I’d Rather Jack [#8]
14. Pepsi & Shirlie – Heartache [#2]
15. Rick Astley – Whenever You Need Somebody [#3]
16. Sybil – When I’m Good And Ready [#5]
17. Brother Beyond – The Harder I Try [#2]
18. Jason Donovan – Every Day (I Love You More) [#2]
19. Bananarama – Nathan Jones [#15]
20. Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan – Especially For You [#1]
CD2
1. Steps – Tragedy [#1]
2. Dead or Alive – You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) [#1]
3. Mel & Kim – Showin’ Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend) [#3]
4. Kylie Minogue – The Loco-motion [#2]
5. Rick Astley – Together Forever [#2]
6. Jason Donovan – Nothing Can Divide Us [#5]
7. John Travolta & Olivia Newton John – The Grease Megamix [#3]
8. Bananarama – Love In The First Degree [#3]
9. Steps – Heartbeat [#1]
10. Kylie Minogue – Hand On Your Heart [#1]
11. Princess – Say I’m Your Number One [#7]
12. Sinitta – Toy Boy [#4]
13. Samantha Fox – I Only Wanna Be With You [#16]
14. Cliff Richard – I Just Don’t Have The Heart [#3]
15. Musical Youth – Pass The Dutchie [#1]
16. Bananarama – I Heard A Rumour [#14]
17. Kylie Minogue & Keith Washington – If You Were With Me Now [#4]
18. Westlife – Seasons In The Sun [#1]
19. Jason Donovan – Sealed With A Kiss [#1]
20. Rick Astley – When I Fall In Love [#2]
CD3
1. Bananarama – Venus (Hellfire Mix)
2. Dead Or Alive – You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) Murder Mix
3. Kylie Minogue – Better The Devil You Know (Mad March Hare Mix)
4. Rick Astley – Never Gonna Give You Up (Escape To New York Mix)
5. Jason Donovan – Nothing Can Divide Us (12″ Remix)
6. Brother Beyond – The Harder I Try (Extended Version)
7. Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan – All I Wanna Do Is Make You Mine (Extended Version)
8. Mandy Smith – I Just Can’t Wait (The Cool and Breezy Jazz Mix)
9. Hazell Dean – Whatever I Do (12″ Mix)
10. Stock Aitken Waterman – Roadblock (Rare Groove Mix)
By Paul Sinclair
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