VA — Now That\’s What I Call Music 9 (1987/2021)

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The Now team continue to reissue the original compilations and have announced that Now That\’s What I Call Music 9 is to be released, in full, on CD for the first later this month.
Originally issued in March 1987, the 30-track various artists collection knocked U2\’s mighty The Joshua Tree from the top spot of the UK albums chart and spent five weeks at number one.
Now 9 was actually released as a 15-track, abbreviated, single CD back in the day, but this is the first it has been available in its entirety across two CDs, and there are no tracks missing!
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 \’Somes\’, 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.
But the compilation also signposts the shifting musical landscape. Ben E King\’s \’Stand By Me\’ and and Jackie Wilson\’s \’Reet Petite\’ rds 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. Meanwhile, Steve \’Silk\’ Hurley\’s \’Jack Your Body\’ paved the way for House/Acid House scene. Perhaps surprisingly, given this is 1987, there are no Stock Aitken Waterman-produced songs on this collection.
Now That\’s What I Call Music 9 is released as a two-CD set on 23 July 2021.
Disc One
01 Jackie Wilson — Reet Petite
02 Mental As Anything — Live It Up
03 Simply Red - The Right Thing
04 Erasure — Somes
05 Robbie Nevil — C\’est La Vie
06 Hot Chocolate — You Sexy Thing
07 The Blow Monkeys — It Doesn\’t Have To Be This Way
08 The Housemartins — Caravan Of Love
09 Boy George — Everything I Own
10 UB40 — Rat In Mi Kitchen
11 The Gap Band — Big Fun
12 Five Star — Stay Out Of My Life
13 Pepsi & Shirlie — Heartache
14 Bananarama — A Trick Of The Night
15 Berlin — Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From \»Top Gun\»)
Disc Two
01 Freddie Mercury — The Great Pretender
02 Ben E. King — Stand By Me
03 Curiosity Killed The Cat — Down To Earth
04 The Communards — So Cold The Night
05 Steve \»Silk\» Hurley — Jack Your Body
06 Taffy — I Love My Radio
07 Nick Kamen — Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
08 a-ha — Manhattan Skyline
09 Westworld — Sonic Boom Boy
10 Bon Jovi — Livin\’ On A Prayer
11 Genesis — Land Of Confusion
12 Europe — The Final Countdown
13 Gary Moore — Over The Hills And Far Away
14 The Ward Brothers — Cross That Bridge
15 Pretenders — Hymn To Her