Now Millennium 2004-2005

NOW That’s What I Call Music continue their Millennium series with a look at the years 2004 and 205.

NOW Millennium ’04 – ’05 is available in the usual formats for deluxe 4CD set in hardcover book packaging, 2LP coloured vinyl and the standard 4CD in a card sleeve.

The 4CD sets features 83 tracks while the 2LP vinyl edition offers 31 songs. It’s always interesting to look back at the relatively near past and there’s probably more big names on here than you might imagine. So for every Shane Ward, Kelly Clarkson and Crazy Frog there’s also George Michael, Duran Duran (both singles off their Astronaut comeback) and R.E.M.

New bands at the time The Killers and Keane feature, as do Kylie, Robbie, The Scissor Sisters, Maroon 5, Embrace, Snow Patrol and the like. Did Elton John have a single called ‘Electricity’ in 2005? Yes, it turns out he did and not only that, it got to number four in the UK singles chart!

NOW Millennium ’04-’05 will be released on 1 March 2024.

Tracklisting

Now Millennium 04-05 Various Artists /

    • CD 1
      1. George Michael – Amazing
      2. Britney Spears – Toxic
      3. Kylie Minogue – I Believe In You
      4. Scissor Sisters – Laura
      5. Robbie Williams – Radio
      6. Duran Duran – (Reach Up For The) Sunrise
      7. Anastacia – Left Outside Alone
      8. Natasha Bedingfield – These Words
      9. Maroon 5 – This Love
      10. Will Young – Your Game
      11. Outkast – Hey Ya!
      12. Kelis – Milkshake
      13. The Shapeshifters – Lola’s Theme
      14. LMC, U2 – Take Me To The Clouds Above
      15. Eric Prydz – Call On Me
      16. O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei
      17. Alcazar – This Is The World We Live In
      18. Rachel Stevens – Some Girls
      19. 3 Of A Kind – Babycakes
      20. Eamon – I Don’t Want You Back
      21. Lemar – If There’s Any Justice
    • CD 2
      1. The Killers – Mr. Brightside
      2. Keane – Somewhere Only We Know
      3. Snow Patrol – Run
      4. Embrace – Gravity
      5. R.E.M. – Leaving New York
      6. The Streets – Dry Your Eyes
      7. Rufus Wainwright – Oh What A World
      8. Amy Winehouse – Take The Box
      9. The 411 feat. Ghostface Killah – On My Knees
      10. Mario Winans feat. Enya & P. Diddy – I Don’t Wanna Know
      11. The Black Eyed Peas – Hey Mama
      12. The 5.6.7.8’s – Woo Hoo
      13. Busted – Thunderbirds Are Go
      14. McFly – Five Colours In Her Hair
      15. Ashlee Simpson – Pieces Of Me
      16. Avril Lavigne – Don’t Tell Me
      17. Delta Goodrem – Out Of The Blue
      18. Sugababes – Caught In A Moment
      19. Britney Spears – Everytime
      20. Girls Aloud – I’ll Stand By You
    • CD 3
      1. Coldplay – Speed Of Sound
      2. James Blunt – You’re Beautiful
      3. Daniel Powter – Bad Day
      4. Stereophonics – Dakota
      5. The Coral – In the Morning
      6. New Order – Krafty
      7. Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart – I’ve Got A Life
      8. Duran Duran – What Happens Tomorrow
      9. Robbie Williams – Tripping
      10. Kylie Minogue – Giving You Up
      11. Girls Aloud – Biology
      12. Sugababes – Push The Button
      13. Goldfrapp – Ooh La La
      14. KT Tunstall – Suddenly I See
      15. Natalie Imbruglia – Shiver
      16. Simon Webbe – No Worries
      17. Craig David – Don’t Love You No More (I’m Sorry)
      18. Usher – Caught Up
      19. Amerie – 1 Thing
      20. The Black Eyed Peas – Don’t Phunk With My Heart
      21. Akon – Lonely
    • CD 4
      1. Kaiser Chiefs – I Predict A Riot
      2. The Bravery – An Honest Mistake
      3. Doves – Black And White Town
      4. Oasis – The Importance Of Being Idle
      5. Kelly Clarkson – Since U Been Gone
      6. Bon Jovi – Have A Nice Day
      7. Gavin DeGraw – I Don’t Want To Be
      8. Phantom Planet – California (Tchad Blake Mix)
      9. The Pussycat Dolls – Don’t Cha
      10. Snoop Dogg, Charlie Wilson & Justin Timberlake – Signs
      11. 50 Cent, Olivia – Candy Shop
      12. Ciara feat. Petey Pablo – Goodies
      13. Mario – Let Me Love You
      14. John Legend – Ordinary People
      15. Elton John – Electricity
      16. KT Tunstall – Other Side Of The World
      17. Shayne Ward – That’s My Goal
      18. Westlife – You Raise Me Up
      19. McFly – All About You
      20. Tony Christie – (Is This The Way To) Amarillo
      21. Crazy Frog – Axel F

Pre-order a signed CD of Elbow’s new album

Elbow return next month with their 10th studio album, Audio Vertigo, and you can pre-order a CD edition signed by the band via Amazon in the UK.

The album was recorded throughout 2023 and sees a change of direction with lead singer and lyricist Guy Garvey, saying that Audio Vertigo was built from “gnarly, seedy grooves created by us playing together in garagey rooms”. SDE has heard the record and can confirm the PR hype – it’s tremendous! Check out the first single, ‘Lovers Leap’, below.

The album’s cover art is available in a variety of colour schemes, depending on where you purchase it and there’s coloured vinyl editions also available.

Audio Vertigo will be released on 22 March 2024 via Polydor.

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Tracklisting

Audio Vertigo Elbow /

      1. things i’ve been telling myself for years
      2. lovers’ leap
      3. (where is it?)
      4. balu
      5. very heaven
      6. her to the earth
      7. the picture
      8. poker face
      9. knife fight
      10. embers of day
      11. good blood mexico city
      12. from the river

Pet Shop Boys / Loneliness CD single now available to pre-order

Loneliness, the Pet Shop Boys first single from their new album Nonetheless, is now available to pre-order as a CD single.

None of the three tracks on the CD are available on the new album, since Loneliness is a special radio edit and ‘Party in the Blitz’ and ‘Through You’ are both brand new songs. Curiously ‘Through You’ is an extended mix; whether a standard version will emerge remains to be seen.

Although Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe have given away the odd CD, with issues of their book Annually, ‘Loneliness’ is their first full commercial CD single since ‘I Don’t Wanna’, in 2020. It is also the first CD single not to feature a remix of the main song since 2012’s ‘Winner’.

Loneliness is released on 16 February 2024 via Parlophone.

Tracklisting

Loneliness Pet Shop Boys /

      1. Loneliness (radio edit)
      2. Party in the Blitz
      3. Through You (extended mix)

Pet Shop Boys / New album ‘Nonetheless’

The Pet Shop Boys 15th studio album will be called Nonetheless and will be released in April.

Produced by James Ford (who has worked with Depeche Mode and Blur) the record was written during lockdown and recorded and mixed last year.

According to Neil “every track has an orchestra on it” although “with electronics”. Speaking with Tennant on the Zoe Ball Show on BBC Radio 2 today, Chris describes the album as having “two or three dance tracks” with “some more reflective stuff”.

The 2CD deluxe features re-recordings of PSB classics on CD 2

The first single is ‘Loneliness’, will be available as a 3-track CD single (hurrah!) which features two exclusive non-album tracks (and a radio edit of ‘Loneliness’). You can preview this new single, on YouTube.

The album is available as deluxe editions – 2CD and deluxe LP+12″ vinyl – which offer a bonus disc called Futhermore. This features “all new recordings” of four classic Pet Shop Boys tracks. It appears as if the vinyl deluxe might be exclusive to the PSB shop and is pressed on white vinyl.

Nonetheless will be released on 26 April and sees Neil and Chris re-sign with Parlophone. Pre-order links for the CD single are coming soon…

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Tracklisting

Pet Shop Boys / New album nonetheless

Nonetheless Pet Shop Boys /

      1. Loneliness
      2. Feel
      3. Why am I dancing?
      4. New London boy
      5. Dancing star
      6. A new bohemia
      7. The schlager hit parade
      8. The secret of happiness
      9. Bullet for Narcissus
      10. Love is the law
    • Bonus CD and 12″ with deluxe
      1. Heart (New PSB version)
      2. Being boring (New PSB version)
      3. Always on my mind (New PSB version)
      4. It’s a sin (New PSB version)

Pink Floyd / The Dark Side of the Moon UV picture disc edition

As part of their ongoing 50th anniversary campaign, Pink Floyd will reissue The Dark Side of the Moon as a special 2LP set on crystal clear vinyl.

One side of each LP has music, while the other non-groove sides feature UV artwork. The idea is that the prism spectrum will be seen through the playable side of the vinyl giving you the picture disc ‘experience’ while maintaining optimum sound quality.

The 2LP clear vinyl/picture disc edition of The Dark Side of the Moon (click image to enlarge)

The images are printed with a high end UV printer, using UV-Led light to dry the permanent
ink on the sides without audio on which the image is printed. This release comes packaged in a
slip cased gatefold sleeve, with an exclusive poster.

This new edition of The Dark Side of the Moon will be released on 19 April 2024, via Pink Floyd Records.

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Tracklisting

Pink Floyd / The Dark Side of the Moon 2LP UV picture disc edition

The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd /

      1. Speak To Me (Nick Mason)
      2. Breathe (In The Air) (Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright)
      3. On The Run (David Gilmour, Roger Waters)
      4. Time (David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Richard Wright, Nick Mason)
      5. The Great Gig In The Sky (Richard Wright – Vocal composition by Clare Torry)
      6. Money (Roger Waters)
      7. Us And Them (Roger Waters, Richard Wright)
      8. Any Colour You Like (David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Richard Wright)
      9. Brain Damage (Roger Waters)
      10. Eclipse (Roger Waters)

Out This Week / on 2 February 2024

Paul McCartney / Band on the Run CD, Vinyl

Paul McCartney & Wings’ classic 1973 album Band on the Run is reissued for its 50th anniversary in three physical editions, with two of them offering unheard early mixes without overdubs.

Air / Moon Safari 2CD+blu-ray

French band Air’s 1998 debut album, Moon Safari, will be reissued for its 25th anniversary (somewhat belatedly) as a 2CD+blu-ray set. The second CD features a selection of 11 rarities, some of which are previously unreleased.

The 2CD+blu-ray edition of Moon Safari

The really exciting element is the blu-ray which includes a Dolby Atmos Mix of Moon Safari, a 192/24 stereo mix, and three promo videos alongside the 1998 documentary film Eating, Sleeping, Waiting & Playing by director Mike Mills. This film follows band members Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel during their first ever tour stops in New York, London, and Paris.

Moon Safari will be reissued on 15 March 2024 (was 8 March) via Rhino. It is available via the SDE shop should you choose to support SDE. Use this link or the button below, if you want to do that.

Tracklisting

Moon Safari Air /

    • CD 1
      1. La femme d’argent
      2. Sexy Boy
      3. All I Need (feat. Beth Hirsch)
      4. Kelly Watch the Stars
      5. Talisman
      6. Remember
      7. You Make It Easy (feat. Beth Hirsch)
      8. Ce matin là
      9. New Star in the Sky (Chanson pour Solal)
      10. Le voyage de Pénélope
    • CD 2
      1. Neneh Cherry – ‘Kootchi’ (Air Remix)
      2. Crustation – ‘Purple’ (La Femme D’argent Mix)
      3. Dirty Hiroshima (Demo)
      4. New Star in the Sky (Demo)
      5. Ce Matin Lá (Demo)
      6. Maggot Brain (Live)
      7. J’ai Dormi Sous L’eau (BBC live session)
      8. Sexy Boy (BBC live session)
      9. Kelly Watch The Stars (BBC live session)
      10. Kelly Watch The Stars (Extended Version)
      11. Remember (David Whitaker Version)
    • Blu-ray
      “Moon Safari” Dolby Atmos Album
      1. La femme d’argent
      2. Sexy Boy
      3. All I Need (feat. Beth Hirsch)
      4. Kelly Watch the Stars
      5. Talisman
      6. Remember
      7. You Make It Easy (feat. Beth Hirsch)
      8. Ce matin là
      9. New Star in the Sky (Chanson pour Solal)
      10. Le voyage de Pénélope
      Bonus track
      1. Remember (David Whitaker Version)
      Official Videos in HD
      1. Sexy Boy
      2. Kelly Watch The Stars
      3. All I Need
      4. Le Soleil Est Prés De Moi
      Eating Sleeping, Waiting and Playing – Documentary by director Mike Mills

NOW Eighties Dancefloor: Soul & Disco

NOW That’s What I Call Music continue their vinyl-only Eighties Dancefloor series with a new 2LP coloured vinyl offering that the best from the era of Soul & Disco

This limited edition orange/yellow vinyl set includes tracks from Tina Turner, Jocelyn Brown, Gwen Guthrie, Womack & Womack, Loose Ends, Alexander O’Neal, Aretha Franklin, Ashford and Simpson, Donna Summer, Hall & Oates, Chaka Khan, Miami Sound Machine, Sister Sledge and many more.

NOW Eighties Dancefloor: Soul & Disco will be released on 23 February 2024.

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Tracklisting

NOW Eighties Dancefloor – Soul & Disco Various Artists /

    • LP 1
      SIDE A
      1. Tina Turner – Let’s Stay Together
      2. Jocelyn Brown – Somebody Else’s Guy
      3. Gwen Guthrie – Ain’t Nothin’ Goin’ On But The Rent
      4. Womack & Womack – Teardrops
      5. Joyce Sims – Come Into My Life
      6. Princess – Say I’m Your Number One
      7. Loose Ends – Hangin’ On A String (Contemplating)
      8. Will Downing – A Love Supreme
      SIDE B
      1. Whitney Houston – How Will I Know
      2. Alexander O’Neal – Criticize
      3. Aretha Franklin – Who’s Zoomin’ Who?
      4. Lionel Richie – Dancing On The Ceiling
      5. Laura Branigan – Self Control
      6. Imagination – Body Talk
      7. Hi-Gloss – You’ll Never Know
    • LP 2
      SIDE A
      1. Ashford & Simpson – Solid
      2. Irene Cara – Fame
      3. Diana Ross – My Old Piano
      4. Donna Summer – Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger)
      5. Odyssey – Inside Out
      6. Terri Wells – I’ll Be Around
      7. Daryl Hall & John Oates – I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)
      8. Fat Larry’s Band – Zoom
      SIDE B
      1. Rufus and Chaka Khan – Ain’t Nobody
      2. Womack & Womack – Love Wars
      3. Steve Arrington – Feel So Real
      4. Miami Sound Machine – Dr. Beat
      5. Jermaine Stewart – We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off
      6. Billy Ocean – Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)
      7. Sister Sledge – Thinking Of You

James / Yummy

James will release Yummy, their 18th studio album, in April.

The 12-track album has been produced by Leo Abrahams and mixed by Cenzo Townsend. It features the new single Is ‘This Love’, which you can preview below.

Formats include black vinyl, a special coloured vinyl pressing, CD and a 2CD deluxe edition. The latter is interesting because it includes a bonus CD called ‘Pudding’ which features 12 extra tracks; demos produced by the four songwriters in James. Most of them contain the original music and vocals created in the initial jams.

These are not demos of songs on the album but are “the tracks that didn’t make it to the next stage” where the individual songwriters would take them to the band members to contribute and Tim would work on the lyrics before recording the final versions with a producer.

How the 2CD deluxe is packaged

The artwork for both the album and first single was designed by Stephen Kennedy at Studio Fury and Yummy will be released on 12 April 2024 via Virgin.

2CD, bundles and all formats available from the official James shop.

The coloured vinyl LP version of Yummy

Tracklisting

Yummy James /

    • CD 1: Yummy
      1. Is This Love
      2. Life is a Fucking Miracle
      3. Better With You
      4. Stay
      5. Shadow of a Giant
      6. Way Over Your Head
      7. Mobile God
      8. Our World
      9. Rogue
      10. Hey
      11. Butterfly
    • CD 2: Pudding (deluxe only)
      1. Anyone But You
      2. Close Enough
      3. Mine To Lose
      4. Activist Song
      5. Won’t Be The Same
      6. Tell Me Something
      7. Poolewe Day1Jam4
      8. Arpen Charp
      9. Deliver The Dawn
      10. Something Of A Pleasure
      11. Walk Tall
      12. 50s Out Takes
    • Vinyl LP
      Side A
      1. Is This Love
      2. Life is a Fucking Miracle
      3. Better With You
      4. Stay
      5. Shadow of a Giant
      6. Way Over Your Head
      Side B
      1. Mobile God
      2. Our World
      3. Rogue
      4. Hey
      5. Butterfly
      6. Folks

Mark Knopfler / One Deep River SDE-exclusive blu-ray

Blu-ray limited to just 2,500 units – Quick Pre-order Link

Mark Knopfler will release One Deep River, his 10th solo studio album in April and amongst the formats will be an SDE-exclusive blu-ray audio, No 18 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series.

Issued on his own British Grove label via EMI, One Deep River features 12 elegant new Knopfler songs, with his warm Geordie vocal tone, his poetic storytelling lyrics and deft, richly melodic guitar playing are all present and correct and as dazzling as ever. Aside from Knopfler, the band album features Jim Cox and Guy Fletcher on keyboards, Glenn Worf on bass, Ian Thomas on drums and Danny Cummings on percussion, Richard Bennett on guitar, and newcomer Greg Leisz on pedal and lap steel; Mike McGoldrick provides whistle and uilleann pipes, and John McCusker plays fiddle, while the Topolski sisters Emma and Tamsin add backing vocals.

The SDE-exclusive blu-ray features the album plus five bonus tracks. All 17 tracks are mixed in immersive Dolby Atmos and available in the highest resolution stereo: 192 kHz / 24 bit. Neither audio streams are available anywhere else on a physical product.

This will be the first spatial audio version of a Mark Knopfler album, released physically, since the SACD of 2004’s Shangri-La. The Dolby Atmos Mix has been created by Guy Fletcher who was of course a keyboardist in Dire Straits and he has played on all of Knopfler’s solo albums; indeed he co-produced Mark’s last solo outing, 2018’s Down The Road Wherever. Guy has plenty of Atmos experience, having worked on the Atmos Mixes for both the Dire Straits’ classic Money For Nothing compilation and 1985’s mega-selling Brothers in Arms.

Other formats of One Deep River include a 2CD set (with the same five bonus tracks on the second CD), a 2LP vinyl edition available pressed on indie-exclusive light blue vinyl (45rpm LPs, mastered at half speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios) and a 3LP+2CD box set with the five bonus tracks on the additional CD and four different bonus tracks on the third LP.

Here’s the now traditional reminder as to why the SDE-exclusive blu-ray comes highly recommended:

  • It’s the only way to enjoy the Dolby Atmos mix of the album via a physical product
  • You don’t need to sign-up to a streaming service such as Tidal or Apple Music to hear the spatial audio mix
  • The Atmos Mix on the Blu-ray is not compressed due to streaming bandwidth restrictions. The Dolby Atmos version on a Blu-ray is encoded in Dolby TrueHD Atmos has a bit rate 10 times higher (up to 8000 kbits/s) compared to streaming’s Dolby Digital Plus (768 kbits/s)
  • You own the product, you are not renting it from a digital service provider
  • The Blu-ray audio is an excellent format for music and you don’t want to see it die off
  • Supporting SDE with these initiatives is definitely leading to similar collaborations with labels/artists and we are keen to bring your more in the near future!

One Deep River will be released on 12 April 2024 via British Grove/EMI. The SDE-exclusives are now SOLD OUT.

Tracklisting

One Deep River Mark Knopfler / New studio album

    • One Deep River in Dolby Atmos and 192/24 stereo
      1. Two Pairs Of Hands
      2. Ahead Of The Game
      3. Smart Money
      4. Scavengers Yard
      5. Black Tie Jobs
      6. Tunnel 13
      7. Janine
      8. Watch Me Gone
      9. Sweeter Than The Rain
      10. Before My Train Comes
      11. This One’s Not Going To End Well
      12. One Deep River
      Bonus tracks in Dolby Atmos and 192/24 stereo
      1. The Living End
      2. Fat Chance Dupree
      3. Along A Foreign Coast
      4. What I’m Gonna Need
      5. Nothing But Rain

Prince & The New Power Generation / Diamonds and Pearls Dolby Atmos Mix – reviewed

Originally released in October 1991, Diamonds and Pearls was Prince’s 13th overall studio album and first to feature his new backing band The New Power Generation. Recorded at his Paisley Park complex in Minnesota, the album yielded multiple hit singles including ‘Gett Off’, ‘Cream’, ‘Money Don’t Matter 2 Night’, ‘Insatiable’, and the title track (featuring co-lead vocals from Rosie Gaines).

Various reissues of Diamonds and Pearls appeared in the autumn of 2023, including a Super Deluxe Edition box set containing a new remaster of the album as well as previously-unheard live and studio recordings from that era. For audiophiles and immersive music fans, the most exciting of all the new editions would have to be the Blu-ray Audio, featuring a brand-new Dolby Atmos mix of the album by longtime Prince collaborator Chris James. This marks the first occasion that a Prince studio album has been remixed in any spatial audio format, be it 5.1 surround sound or Dolby Atmos (though an Atmos mix of ‘When Doves Cry’ was made available on the streaming service way back in 2020).

Diamonds and Pearls marks the first occasion that a Prince studio album has been remixed in any spatial audio format

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Diamonds and Pearls is notable for its incorporation of then-contemporary hip-hop elements, including sampled percussion, loops, and even rap passages. Though some of the production comes off as somewhat dated today, the fusion of organic and electronic sounds definitely makes the album a perfect candidate for immersive audio. For the most part, I found James’ new Atmos mix to be an interesting, albeit occasionally-flawed, expansion of the 1991 stereo mix by Michael Koppelman. Though some passages are dazzling in terms of both sonic clarity and spatial impact, other key moments seem to lack the ‘punch’ and groove of the original version.

The opening track ‘Thunder’ was an adventure even in two channels, so I was most excited to see how it would unfold in Atmos. As expected, the quick bursts of electronic percussion, sitar-like keyboard licks, and backing vocals are spread all around the room to great effect. Prince’s vocals are interestingly panned to the front ‘phantom’ center, rather than the physical center speaker. I did find the lower frequencies a bit overwhelming on my system, but that obviously varies room-to-room and to taste.

Percussion pops out of the front left height speaker during the intro to ‘Daddy Pop‘, quickly joined by a keyboard line in the right rear height channel while the rhythm section thunders in from upfront. Keyboards extend from the side speakers up into the height array for the title track, with both Prince and Rosie Gaines’ vocals both sharing the front channels. There’s a particularly fun moment at around two-and-a-half minutes in, where the synth brass appears solely in the rear surrounds.

The low point of the immersive presentation would unfortunately have to be ‘Cream’ one of my favourite tracks on the album. The snare drum is oddly set way back in the Atmos mix relative to the original stereo, really robbing the song of its power and drive. It’s a shame as there’s again fun use of the expanded soundstage, with percussion and guitar licks positioned largely in the overhead speakers.

Prince’s guitar appears mostly in the front right height speaker for the jazzy ‘Strollin” with the lower-register backing vocals confined to the side surrounds and fingersnaps coming from the back. Percussion pops from behind throughout ‘Willing and Able‘ again with a steady diet of overhead guitar and rear-panned harmonies. At around the three-minute mark, the organ blasts appear solely in the rear height speakers to great effect.

Following a center channel scream, the band launches into the explosive ‘Gett Off‘. The main rhythmic elements appear in the front soundstage, with ancillary sounds like the sampled percussion and rhythm guitar filling out the side, rear, and height speakers. The rap vocal parts interestingly seem to use the center speaker more, while the sung vocals are confined to the front channels as on other songs.

Iconic hit songs like ‘Cream’ and ‘Money Don’t Matter 2 Night’ are somewhat marred by curious mixing decisions.

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Percussion dances around from above throughout ‘Money Don’t Matter 2 Night’ with the guitar
elevated into the front left height speaker and backing vocals taking up residence in the sides. Unfortunately, the saturation effect on the lead vocal that was applied judiciously in the original
1991 mix (apparently it was recorded like this – Ed.) is way overdone in the Atmos version – giving Prince’s voice an unpleasant grunge-y quality.

‘Insatiable‘ gradually presents itself in Atmos, starting off as more of an ‘expanded stereo’ presentation with the big drum reverbs hitting off the back wall. Backing vocals soon rise from the side surrounds up into the heights, as sprinkles of keyboard later appear overhead. Diamonds and Pearls then concludes with ‘Live 4 Love’, one of the most effective demonstrations of immersive audio on the album. The call-and-response vocal parts alternate front-to-back, while keyboards blast from the sides and tambourine hovers overhead.

Overall, at least to my ears, the Atmos mix seems to work best on lesser-known album tracks such as ‘Strollin’’ and ‘Willing and Able’ – whereas the iconic hit songs like ‘Cream’ and ‘Money Don’t Matter 2 Night’ are somewhat marred by curious mixing decisions. Nevertheless, it’s fantastic to finally hear a Prince studio album reimagined in surround sound and I’m hopeful that future releases will fully highlight the detailed artistry captured in these iconic recordings.

Review by Jonathan Cornell for SDE. Read more of Jonathan’s reviews at ImmersiveAudioAlbum.com.

The Diamonds and Pearls Dolby Atmos Mix is available on blu-ray audio and is in stock and ready to ship from the SDE shop. Place an order using this link or simply use the ‘buy button’ below. Other blu-ray audios, including exclusive titles, can be found on the blu-ray audio section of the SDE shop.


Tracklisting

Diamonds and Pearls Prince & The New Power Generation /

    • Dolby Atmos and remastered stereo versions of the following songs
      1. Thunder 5:45
      2. Daddy Pop 5:17
      3. Diamonds and Pearls” 4:45
      4. Cream 4:13
      5. Strollin’ 3:47
      6. Willing and Able 5:00
      7. Gett Off 4:31
      8. Walk Don’t Walk 3:07
      9. Jughead 4:57
      10. Money Don’t Matter 2 Night 4:46
      11. Push” Prince, Rosie Gaines 5:53
      12. Insatiable 6:39
      13. Live 4 Love (Last Words from the Cockpit) 6:59

Out This Week / 26 January 2024

Go West / Dancing on the Couch CD, Vinyl

Go West’s 1987 album Dancing On The Couch is reissued as a 3CD+DVD set and as a 2LP vinyl package. Very limited numbers of signed editions left via the SDE shop.


Kiki Dee / The Ariola and EMI Years (4CD set – signed!)

This 4CD deluxe set showcases Kiki Dee’s ‘80s releases, and includes a previously unreleased album, fourteen additional tracks and three previously unreleased demos. This limited edition comes with a signed print.


Various Artists / Jon Savage’s 1983-1985: Welcome to Techno City (2CD set)

Jon Savage compiles this various artists 2CD set for Ace Records which spotlights the variety and experimentation of pop music from 1983 to 1985. Artists include Siouxsie and the Banshees, Soft Cell, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Smiths, Orange Juice, Malcolm X, Grandmaster & Melle Mel, Scritti Politti, Fine Young Cannibals, Pet Shop Boys and many more.


EMF / The Beauty and the Chaos (new album)

EMF are back with a new record which sees the band re-united with Ralph Jezzard, who produced their worldwide hit ‘Unbelievable’ and their first two albums (Schubert Dip and Stigma). First single, ‘Hello People’, features Stephen Fry. The CD version of the album features two bonus tracks: a remix of ‘Hello People’ and a cover of The Monkees’ ‘I’m A Believer’.

Kate Bush announces a new illustrated edition of The Dreaming

Kate Bush is following up her ‘Baskerville Edition’ of Hounds of Love with another illustrated vinyl edition of one of her studio albums, this time 1982’s The Dreaming.

Called, the ‘Escapologist Edition’ this edition represents the album in totally new artwork, which has been designed by Timorous Beasties, the same Glasgow-based design studio responsible for the new Hounds of Love.

The Escapologist Edition of The Dreaming features new artwork (click image to enlarge)

This time though, there’s no gizmos such as flashing lights and solar panels, just new illustrated artwork for front, rear and inner sleeves picking up the same theme as the original, the escape of Harry Houdini thanks to his wife passing him the key to the padlock via a kiss (as told in the song ‘Houdini’ on the album). This means the cost of acquiring this is lower than the Baskerville Edition of Hounds of Love by a cool £100, and in fact the Escapologist Edition of The Dreaming can be picked up for the same price as the Indie Exclusive ‘smokey’ coloured vinyl version.

The Escapologist Edition of The Dreaming is pressed on 180g black vinyl and uses the 2018 remastering. It will be released on 14 February 2024 via The State51 conspiracy.

It’s available to pre-order via the SDE shop using this link or via the pre-order button below.


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Tracklisting

Kate Bush / The Dreaming Escapologist Edition

The Dreaming Kate Bush / Escapologist Edition

    • Side 1
      1. Sat In Your Lap
      2. There Goes A Tenner
      3. Pull Out The Pin
      4. Suspended In Gaffa
      5. Leave It Open
      Side 2
      1. The Dreaming
      2. Night Of The Swallow
      3. All The Love
      4. Houdini
      5. Get Out Of My House

Norah Jones / Visions

Norah Jones will release, Visions, a new studio album in March.

The songwriter and pianist has collaborated with producer and multi-instrumentalist Leon Michels for this new record, with eight of the album’s dozen tracks composed with him. Check out ‘Running’ from Visions, below. This song features Norah on vocals, piano, guitar, and bass with Leon on drums and baritone saxophone.

It’s Jones’ first album of original songs since 2020’s Pick Me Up Off The Floor and it is described as “a vibrant and joyous 12-song set that finds Jones singing about feeling free, wanting to dance, making it right, and acceptance of what life brings”.

“The reason I called the album Visions is because a lot of the ideas came in the middle of the night or in that moment right before sleep, and ‘Running’ was one of them where you’re half asleep and kind of jolted awake,” says Jones. “We did most of the songs in the same way where I was at the piano or on guitar and Leon was playing drums and we were just jamming on stuff. I like the rawness between me and Leon, the way it sounds kind of garage-y but also kind of soulful, because that’s where he’s coming from, but also not overly perfected.”

JPC in Germany has exclusive CD edition which includes the bonus track ‘Where My Heart Is Found’ and comes with a poster. This same version is available in Target in the USA and may well emerge in other territories, we’ll have to wait and see.

There’s also an indie-exclusive orange vinyl edition that is available in certain shops including Rough Trade in the US and JPC in Germany (although this edition doesn’t appear to be available in the UK, curiously).

In Japan there are THREE editions of this album: a standard SHM-CD, and SHM-SACD and an SHM-CD+DVD edition. It appears as if all three of these have a bonus track called ‘Can You Believe’. There is no confirmation in terms of what is on the DVD and we can probably assume the SACD is (hi-res) stereo-only.

Visions will be released on 8 March 2024 via Capitol/EMI.

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Tracklisting

Visions Norah Jones /

      1. All This Time (Norah Jones/Leon Michels)
      2. Staring at the Wall (Norah Jones/Leon Michels)
      3. Paradise (Norah Jones/Leon Michels)
      4. Queen of the Sea (Norah Jones)
      5. Visions (Norah Jones)
      6. Running (Norah Jones/Leon Michels)
      7. I Just Wanna Dance (Norah Jones/Leon Michels/Homer Steinweiss)
      8. I’m Awake (Norah Jones)
      9. Swept Up in the Night (Norah Jones/Leon Michels)
      10. On My Way (Norah Jones/Pete Remm)
      11. Alone With My Thoughts (Norah Jones/Leon Michels)
      12. That’s Life (Norah Jones/Leon Michels)

Girls Aloud / What Will The Neighbours Say? deluxe edition

Girls Aloud’s second album, 2004’s What Will The Neighbours Say? is being reissued for its 20th anniversary as 3CD set and on vinyl for the very first time.

The 3CD edition features 14 previously unreleased tracks (all produced by Xenomania) including three unheard numbers: the band’s cover of the Chris Isaac’s ‘Wicked Game’ plus two new songs that didn’t make the final cut, ‘Disco Bunny’ and ‘Baby When You Go’. The third CD is full of remixes of singles like ‘The Show’, ‘Love Machine’ and ‘I’ll Stand By You’.

The first-time-ever-on-vinyl edition is pressed on ‘sky blue’ coloured vinyl and there’s also a special picture disc vinyl LP which is available exclusively from the Girls Aloud shop.

What Will The Neighbours Say? is reissued on 8 March 2024, via UMR/Polydor.

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What Will They Neighbours Say? Girls Aloud /

    • CD 1: The Original 2004 Album
      1. The Show
      2. Love Machine
      3. I’ll Stand By You
      4. Jump
      5. Wake Me Up
      6. Deadlines & Diets
      7. Big Brother
      8. Hear Me Out
      9. Graffitti My Soul
      10. Real Life
      11. Here We Go
      12. Thank Me Daddy
      13. I Say A Prayer For You
      14. 100 Different Ways
    • CD 2: B-Sides And Rarities
      1. Wicked Game***
      2. Disco Bunny***
      3. Baby When You Go ***
      4. I’ll Stand By You (Electronic Mix)***
      5. Wake Me Up (Alternative Version)
      6. Hanging On The Telephone
      7. Androgynous Girls
      8. Loving Is Easy
      9. History
      10. I’m Every Woman (from ‘Discomania’)
      11. Love Machine (Demo Version)
      12. Deadlines & Diets (Version 2)***
      13. Love Machine (CD:UK Edit)***
      14. The Show (Popworld Edit)***
      15. I’ll Stand By You (TV Edit)***
      16. Wake Me Up (‘Off The Record’ Edit)

      ***denotes previously unreleased

    • CD 3: The Remixes
      1. Love Machine (Tony Lamezma’s Club Mix Radio Edit)***
      2. Wake Me Up (Tony Lamezma’s “Love Affair” Radio Edit)***
      3. The Show (Flip & Fill Remix)
      4. I’ll Stand By You (Tony Lamezma’s Club Romp Radio Edit)***
      5. Love Machine (Gravitas Disco Mix Radio Edit)***
      6. Wake Me Up (Flip & Fill Remix)***x
      7. The Show (Bang Bang Klub Vocal Mix)
      8. I’ll Stand By You (Gravitas Vocal Dub Mix Edit)
      9. The Show (Tony Lamezma’s Club Mix)
      10. Wake Me Up (Gravitas Club Mix)
      11. Love Machine (Tony Lamezma’s Full-Length Club Mix)
      12. The Show (Bang Bang Klub Alternative Mix)
      13. Wake Me Up (Tony Lamezma’s “Love Affair”)
      14. The Show (Gravitas Club Mix)

      ***denotes previously unreleased

Mariah Carey / Music Box 30th anniversary reissue

Mariah Carey’s 1993 album Music Box is being reissued and expanded for its 30th anniversary.

Carey’s third album was a massive success and features the singles ‘Dreamlover’ and ‘Hero’ which both topped the US Billboard Hot 100. Third single, a cover of Badfinger’s classic ‘Without You’ was number one on the UK singles chart and around Europe and while the final 45, ‘Anytime You Need A Friend’, didn’t quite match the success of the first three, but still reached the top 10 and top 20 around the world.

This reissue is offered in 3CD and 4LP deluxe formats with the same tracklistings for both editions. It appends the international bonus track ‘Everything Fades Away’ to the album and offers a selection of 15 rarities on CD 2 (and across LPs 2 & 3). Amongst these are what Sony claim are previously unreleased tracks such as ‘Workin’ Hard’, ‘All I Live For (Extended Version)’, ‘My Prayer’, ‘Hero (2009 Version)’, ‘Anytime You Need A Friend (Extended Mix)’, ‘Music Box (A Capella)’ and two live performances from Top of the Pops: ‘Dreamlover’ and ‘Without You’.

The anniversary edition also features a variety of previously unreleased tracks including Mariah’s duet with Luther Vandross on ‘Endless Love’ is also included, as is two brand new remixes from DJ Terry Hunter: ‘I’ve Been Thinking About You’ and ‘Workin’ Hard’.

The final CD and vinyl LP in these deluxe editions features Carey ‘Live at Proctor’s Theater, NY – 1993’ which features 10 tracks, eight of which are previously unreleased (Hero and Dreamlover being the previously released cuts).

Music Box will be reissued on 2 February 2024 via Sony Music.

Tracklisting

Music Box Mariah Carey / 30th anniversary edition

    • CD 1
      1. Dreamlover
      2. Hero
      3. Anytime You Need A Friend
      4. Music Box
      5. Now That I Know
      6. Never Forget You
      7. Without You
      8. Just To Hold You Once Again
      9. I’ve Been Thinking About You
      10. All I’ve Ever Wanted
      11. Everything Fades Away
    • CD 2
      1. All I live For (Extended Version)
      2. Endless Love (duet with Luther Vandross)
      3. Do You Think Of Me
      4. Workin’ Hard
      5. My Prayer
      6. Hero (2009 Version)
      7. Anytime You Need A Friend (Extended Mix)
      8. Music Box (A Capella)
      9. Dreamlover (Live from Top Of The Pops)
      10. Without You (Live from Top Of The Pops)
      11. Dreamlover (Def Club Mix)
      12. Anytime You Need A Friend (C&C Club Version)
      13. Anytime You Need A Friend (Soul Convention Remix)
      14. I’ve Been Thinking About You (Terry Hunter Remix)
      15. Workin’ Hard (Terry Hunter Remix)
    • CD 3
      1. Emotions (Live at Proctor’s Theater, NY – 1993)
      2. Hero (Live at Proctor’s Theater, NY – 1993)
      3. Someday (Live at Proctor’s Theater, NY – 1993)
      4. Without You (Live at Proctor’s Theater, NY – 1993)
      5. Make It Happen (Live at Proctor’s Theater, NY – 1993)
      6. Dreamlover (Live at Proctor’s Theater, NY – 1993)
      7. Love Takes Time (Live at Proctor’s Theater, NY – 1993)
      8. Anytime You Need A Friend (Live at Proctor’s Theater, NY – 1993)
      9. Vision Of Love (Live at Proctor’s Theater, NY – 1993)
      10. I’ll Be There (featuring Trey Lorenz) (Live at Proctor’s Theater, NY – 1993)

Metallica’s limited coloured vinyl campaign continues

Metallica will reissue their 1988 album ...And Justice For All as a special 2LP coloured vinyl pressing, next month.

This release is part of an ongoing campaign to press their first five studio albums on special limited edition coloured vinyl. Kill Em All, Ride The Lightning and Master of Puppets have already been released (in November, December and January respectively) and …And Justice For All is scheduled for early Feb, with Metallica/’The Black Album’ following in March.

…And Justice For All is offered as a 2LP set pressed on 180g ‘Dyers Green’ limited coloured vinyl. This release uses the 2018 remastering.

It will be released on 2 February 2024, via UMC/Mercury. These coloured vinyl pressings are not available in North America.

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…And Justice For All Metallica /

    • LP 1

      Side 1

      1. Blackened
      2. …And Justice for All
      Side 2
      1. Eye of the Beholder
      2. One
    • LP 2
      Side 3
      1. The Shortest Straw
      2. Harvester of Sorrow
      3. The Frayed Ends of Sanity
      Side 4

      8. “To Live Is to Die”
      9. “Dyers Eve”

Out This Week / on 19 January 2024

Various Artists / NOW 12"80s: 1982 Part One CD

NOW That’s What I Call Music continue their year-themed 12″ 80s series with a 4CD set which covers 1982.


Carter / 1992 The Love Album (3CD+DVD box)

Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine’s 1992 album is reissued as this four-disc box set. The first CD features the remastered album, while CD 2 offers rarities, B-sides and BBC ‘Live in Norwich’ recordings. CD 3 includes the complete 1992 Glastonbury headline performance which is available in its entirety for the very first time and the DVD includes the 55 minute ‘What Do You Think Of The Programme So Far?’ feature, plus three Top Of The Pops performances, all appearing on DVD for the first time and accompanied by exclusive new commentary by Jim Bob and Fruitbat! A 2LP edition offers a bonus LP of B-sides and non-album tracks.

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Green Day / Saviours

Green Day release their 14th studio album.

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Sleater-Kinney / Little Rope

Sleater-Kinney’s eleventh studio album, Little Rope is released this week.


Black Grape / Orange Head

Orange Head is Black Grape’s fourth studio album and their first since 2017’s Pop Voodoo. The deluxe CD has three bonus tracks.

Gentle Giant / The Missing Piece

Gentle Giant’s 1977 album, The Missing Piece, is to be reissued next month.

The album marked something of a change in direction for the British band, with one half experimenting with new styles and the other embracing the progressive rock they were most closely associated with.

The line-up featured the same personnel that had recorded 1976’s In’terview, that is Derek Shulman, Ray Shulman, Kerry Minnear, Gary Green and John ‘Pugwash’ Weathers.

The CD+blu-ray edition of The Missing Piece (click image to enlarge)

Steven Wilson has again worked with Gentle Giant and has remixed the album in both stereo and spatial audio and three new physical formats feature some or all of this new work. New vinyl and CD editions offer the new stereo mix of The Missing Piece, but the CD+blu-ray edition is likely to be the most popular, since the blu-ray element delivers Dolby Atmos, Stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound and Instrumental Mixes of the album. The blu-ray also offers newly created visuals for each track.

The Missing Piece will be reissued on 29 March 2024 (was 23 February), via Chrysalis.

Tracklisting

Gentle Giant / The Missing Piece CD+blu-ray reissue

The Missing Piece Gentle Giant /

    • CD
      1. Two Weeks In Spain
      2. I’m Turning Around
      3. Betcha Thought We Couldn’t Do It
      4. Who Do You Think You Are?
      5. Mountain Time
      6. As Old As You’re Young
      7. Memories Of Old Days
      8. Winning
      9. For Nobody
      10. Winning (Outtake)
    • Blu-ray
      The album in the following audio streams
      1. Dolby Atmos
      2. 5.1 Surround (DTS-HD master audio)
      3. New Stereo Mix (96/24 stereo LCPM)
      4. Instrumental Version of the New Stereo Mix (96/24 stereo LCPM)

NOW Yearbook 1990

NOW That’s What I Call Music’s Yearbook series continues with 1990, only the second time they’ve dipped their toe into the decade we like to call “the 1990s”.

There’s loads of great songs and artists on this compilation, including George Michael, Elton John, Roxette, New Order, The KLF, The Beautiful South, Pet Shop Boys, Sting, Duran Duran, Kylie, Whitney, er, Appleby… and that’s just CD 1!

The second disc is home to a few memorable collaborations, namely DNA & Suzanne Vega, Adamski & Seal and there’s definitely a ‘dance’ vibe with contributions from Deee-Lite, Soul II Soul, Adventures Of Stevie V, SNAP! (he will attack and we definitely don’t want that) before it goes a bit ‘indie’ towards the end with The Charlatans, The Stone Roses, The Cure and Primal Scream, etc.

Deluxe 4CD edition in hardcover book

The third CD in the four-disc set has some BIG songs early doors with Sinéad O’Connor’s interpretation of Prince’s ‘Nothing Compares 2 U and Maria McKee’s ‘Show Me Heaven’, from the Days Of Thunder soundtrack (both UK number one hits, of course). There’s loads of US acts on CD 3 including Tina Turner, Jon Bon Jovi, Cher, Wilson Phillips, Heart, Paul Abdul, MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice and who can forget Partners In Kryme. You can? Okay, they were the hip-hop duo who performed ‘Turtle Power’ from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles soundtrack (welcome to the 90s!).

The final disc offers further Pet Shop Boys and Kylie, alongside songs by Martika, a-ha, Go West, Jason Donovan, The Human League, Deacon Blue and more.

As usual, there’s a deluxe hardcover book edition with track-by-track guide and a music quiz, a coloured 3LP vinyl edition (orange this time) and the cheap as chips 4CD card sleeve version.

NOW Yearbook ’90 will be released on 2 February 2024.

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Tracklisting

Now Music / Yearbook '90 4CD and 3LP vinyl

NOW Yearbook ’90 Various Artists /

    • CD 1
      1. George Michael – Praying For Time
      2. Elton John – Sacrifice
      3. Roxette – It Must Have Been Love
      4. New Order – World In Motion
      5. The KLF – What Time Is Love (Live At Trancentral)
      6. The B-52’s – Love Shack
      7. Belinda Carlisle – (We Want) The Same Thing
      8. Duran Duran – Violence Of Summer (Love’s Taking Over)
      9. New Kids On The Block – Hangin’ Tough
      10. Kylie Minogue – Better The Devil You Know
      11. Kim Appleby – Don’t Worry
      12. Whitney Houston – I’m Your Baby Tonight
      13. Sting – Englishman In New York (The Ben Liebrand Mix)
      14. Paul Simon – The Obvious Child
      15. Steve Miller Band – The Joker
      16. The Beautiful South – A Little Time
      17. Julee Cruise – Falling
      18. Chris Isaak – Wicked Game
      19. Pet Shop Boys – Being Boring
    • CD 2
      1. Deee-Lite – Groove Is In The Heart
      2. SNAP! – The Power
      3. Adamski & Seal – Killer
      4. Mantronix & Wondress – Got To Have Your Love
      5. Bass-O-Matic – Fascinating Rhythm
      6. Innocence – Natural Thing
      7. Soul II Soul – A Dream’s A Dream
      8. DNA & Suzanne Vega – Tom’s Diner
      9. The Family Stand – Ghetto Heaven
      10. Adventures Of Stevie V – Dirty Cash (Money Talks)
      11. Rob ‘n’ Raz feat. Leila K. – Got To Get
      12. Guru Josh – Infinity
      13. Primal Scream – Loaded
      14. Happy Mondays – Step On
      15. The Stone Roses – One Love
      16. The Charlatans – The Only One I Know
      17. The Cure – Never Enough
      18. They Might Be Giants – Birdhouse In Your Soul
      19. Candy Flip – Strawberry Fields Forever
      20. The Farm – All Together Now
    • CD 3
      1. Sinéad O’Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U
      2. Maria McKee – Show Me Heaven (From “Days Of Thunder” Soundtrack)
      3. Jon Bon Jovi – Blaze Of Glory (From “Young Guns II” Soundtrack)
      4. Skid Row – 18 And Life
      5. Faith No More – Epic
      6. Tina Turner – Steamy Windows
      7. Alannah Myles – Black Velvet
      8. Cher – Just Like Jesse James
      9. Heart – All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You
      10. Wilson Phillips – Hold On
      11. Paul Young – Oh Girl
      12. UB40 – Kingston Town
      13. Maxi Priest – Close To You
      14. Betty Boo – Where Are You Baby?
      15. Paula Abdul & The Wild Pair – Opposites Attract
      16. Technotronic – Get Up (Before The Night Is Over)
      17. Partners In Kryme – Turtle Power
      18. M.C. Hammer – U Can’t Touch This
      19. Vanilla Ice – Ice Ice Baby
    • CD 4
      1. Pet Shop Boys – So Hard
      2. Jimmy Somerville – You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
      3. Kylie Minogue – Step Back In Time
      4. Lonnie Gordon – Happenin’ All Over Again (Hip House Radio Mix)
      5. 49ers – Touch Me
      6. Blue Pearl – Naked In The Rain
      7. Bananarama – Only Your Love
      8. En Vogue – Hold On
      9. Londonbeat – I’ve Been Thinking About You
      10. The Human League – Heart Like A Wheel
      11. Dusty Springfield – Reputation
      12. Halo James – Could Have Told You So
      13. Jason Donovan – Hang On To Your Love
      14. Martika – More Than You Know
      15. New Kids On The Block – Tonight
      16. Adam Ant – Room At The Top
      17. Go West – The King Of Wishful Thinking
      18. Deacon Blue – I’ll Never Fall In Love Again
      19. a-ha – Crying In The Rain
      20. Bobby Vinton – Blue Velvet
      21. The Righteous Brothers – Unchained Melody