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 REVIEW: Now That's What I Call Music 12, Released 1st July 1988 | 32 Tracks | 5 #1 Singles |
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 23rd October 2016, 07:10 PM
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Origin: United Kingdom Label: Virgin / EMI Format: Double CD, Double Cassette, Vinyl, VHS Duration: 01:57:00 (117 Minutes) Tracks: 32 #1’s: 5 Chart Peak: #1 (5 Weeks) Sales: 600,000 (2x Platinum)
2. Belinda Carlisle – Circle In The Sand* 3:45 {4} 3. Maxi Priest – Wild World* 3:35 {5} 4. Aswad – Give A Little Love 3:55 {11} 5. Climie Fisher – Love Changes Everything* 4:30 {2} 6. Elton John – I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That 4:40 {30} 7. Scritti Politti – Oh Patti (Don't Feel Sorry For Lover Boy)* 4:30 {13} 8. Phil Collins – In The Air Tonight ('88 Remix)* 5:15 {4} 9. Hothouse Flowers – Don't Go* 3:35 {11} 10. Morrissey – Everyday Is Like Sunday 3:35 {9} 11. Danny Wilson – Mary's Prayer* 3:55 {3} 12. Johnny Hates Jazz – Heart Of Gold 3:25 {19} 13. Voice Of The Beehive – Don't Call Me Baby 3:05 {15} 14. Iron Maiden – Can I Play With Madness? 3:40 {3} 15. Heart – These Dreams* 3:55 {8} 16. T'Pau – I Will Be With You 4:20 {14} 17. The Timelords – Doctorin' The Tardis 3:40 {1} 18. Sabrina – Boys (Summertime Love) 4:05 {3} 19. Bananarama – I Want You Back* 3:50 {5} 20. Tiffany – I Think We're Alone Now* 3:45 {1} 21. Hazell Dean – Who's Leaving Who* 3:50 {4} 22. The Communards – There's More To Love 3:55 {20} 23. Jermaine Stewart – Get Lucky 3:50 {13} 24. Glenn Medeiros – Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You 3:55 {1} 25. S'Express – Theme From S'Express* 4:05 {1} 26. Salt 'N' Pepa – Push It* 3:40 {2} 27. Derek B – Bad Young Brother 3:55 {16} 28. James Brown – The Payback Mix (Part One) 3:40 {12} 29. Rose Royce – Car Wash 3:30 {20} 30. Natalie Cole – Pink Cadillac* 4:20 {5} 31. Jellybean Featuring Adele Bertei – Just A Mirage 4:00 {13} 32. Will Downing – A Love Supreme (Radio Mix) 4:00 {14} Key Tracks highlighted red were official UK #1’s. Tracks with an asterisk (*) next to their title have also been included in special releases from the series. The track duration has been highlighted cyan. Bracketed numbers refer to highest chart position reached.
Lowest Charting Track: Elton John – I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That {30} Longest Song: Phil Collins – In The Air Tonight ('88 Remix) 5:15 Shortest Song: Wet Wet Wet – With A Little Help From My Friends 2:40 Edited Tracks: Unknown Unedited Tracks: Unknown Inlay Mistakes: Typos: Firstly, Jellybean has the 'y' ommitted on the back cover detail of the song and also in the inlay there should probably be a space between 'No.'and '45' under Climie Fisher. Other Facts: This was the first volume to be released on a Friday.
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23rd October 2016, 07:14 PM
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A fine 5 UK #1s were chosen leaving aside Fairground Attraction – Perfect & Bros – I Owe You Nothing. Now 12 was the first time we heard music from Maxi Priest, Danny Wilson, Voice Of The Beehive & Salt 'N' Pepa. Now 12 was also the only time we have heard music from quite a wide range of artists including Hothouse Flowers, Iron Maiden, The Timelords, Sabrina, Tiffany, Hazell Dean, Glenn Medeiros, Derek B, James Brown, Rose Royce & Will Downing. The cover concept has been used to death of recent years, but back then in the eighties, this was a very refreshing cover, perfect for summer holidays. Now 12 is probably one of my favourites from the late eighties, and that is mainly because of the seasonal music which I find very refreshing even today, and also because of hearing exclusive music from James Brown and even Iron Maiden! Certainly a big improvement on Now 11 from earlier in that year, and I think the quantity of #1s reflects this too. Artwork Rating: 7/10 Very Good Bright and summery – that's exactly what I expect to see from the artwork of a summer volume, and Now 12 delivers on that expectation. Disc 1 Favourite: Phil Collins – In The Air Tonight ['88 Remix] Possibly Phil's signature hit, and the fact it gained mainstream success again 20 years later via the Cadbury's advert just shows it's popularity. A great hit. Disc 2 Favourite: The Timelords – Doctorin' The Tardis I guess I picked this as I'm really Into Doctor Who right now and this stood out to me, and even though it's relatively simple in it's production, it was still a #1 single at the time. Overall Rating: 6/10 Good I'm pretty sure about my rating here, it's a well rounded volume with a mix of all sorts of genres of that era. A decent number of #1 singles and a few gems from the past. Nice work. Andrew's Best 5 (as of October 2016) 1. The Timelords – Doctorin' The Tardis 2. Phil Collins – In The Air Tonight ('88 Remix) 3. S'Express – Theme From S'Express 4. Climie Fisher – Love Changes Everything 5. Salt 'N' Pepa – Push It Andrew's Worst 5 (as of October 2016) 1. The Communards – There's More To Love 2. Will Downing – A Love Supreme (Radio Mix) 3. Natalie Cole – Pink Cadillac 4. Hothouse Flowers – Don't Go 5. T'Pau – I Will Be With You This post has been edited by awardinary: 31st October 2016, 03:01 PM |
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26th October 2016, 12:26 AM
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Just thought i'd pop in and do one of these
 Artwork Rating: 7/10 (idk if this is good by old Now standards but it looks nice for a summer cover) Disc 1 Favourite: Danny Wilson "Mary's Prayer" (a solid classic!) Disc 2 Favourite: The Timelords "Doctorin' The Tardis" (  a masterpiece, as with most things The KLF were involved in. BOSH BOSH BOSH, LOADSA MONEY)Overall Rating: 8/10 My Ranking: 1. The Timelords - Doctorin' The Tardis 2. Danny Wilson - Mary's Prayer 3. S'Express - Theme From S'Express 4. Scritti Politti - Oh Patti (Don't Feel Sorry For Loverboy) 5. Iron Maiden - Can I Play With Madness 6. Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now 7. Hothouse Flowers - Don't Go 8. Voice Of The Beehive - Don't Call Me Baby 9. James Brown - The Payback (Part One) 10. Johnny Hates Jazz - Heart Of Gold |
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27th October 2016, 04:05 AM
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Artwork Rating: poor tbh
Disc 1 Favourite: Phil Collins Disc 2 Favourite: Sabrina Overall Rating: 6/10 Addy's Best 5 1. Sabrina 2. Phil Collins 3. Salt'n'Pepa 4. Bananarama 5. S'Express – Theme From S'Express |
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28th October 2016, 09:25 PM
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Artwork rating: 7/10 - Liking the light blue and dark blue used against each other! A nice summer feel to it.
Disc 1 Favourite: Phil Collins – In The Air Tonight ('88 Remix) - This disc was so poor compared to disc 2 so it was easier to choose a favourite. I have always found it pretty intense and love the instrumentation. Disc 2 Favourite: S'Express - Theme From S'Express - There were quite a few favourites on this side battling for the title, but I eventually settled on S'Express! It's a bit of a banger without being too in your face. Sounds a bit ahead of its time - I would've guessed at it being from the 90s not 80s! Overall rating - 6/10 - Disc 2 is pretty strong but Disc 1 lets it down on the whole! Only a few I'd go back to out of choice. |
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28th October 2016, 09:50 PM
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Artwork Rating:
The blue is nice like being by a pool on holiday but the 12 is VERY in your face. Feeling generous so 6/10. Disc 1 Favourite: In The Air Tonight - A great singalong, what wonders the Cadbury advert did for this song's popularity. Shoutout to the Iron Maiden song too loved that when it featured on ITV's F1 coverage for a brief period. Disc 2 Favourite: Theme From S'Express - very close between this & Push It but really love this song. Always great to hear on the umpteen dance compilations! Overall Rating: Still a good portion I've never heard (I feel it's gonna be like this until at least the 40s editions) but some very distinct highlights bumps this up to a 6/10 from me. |
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28th October 2016, 10:32 PM
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Artwork: 5/10 - Could had been so much better and nicer to look at
 Side 1 fave: Wet Wet Wet - With A Little Help From My Friends (Phil Collins close second but I rather like this a lot )Side 2 Fave: Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now (I Adore this song )Overal 7/10 - Not amazing but like it a lot |
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29th December 2016, 12:43 PM
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Maxi Priest (close between that and Voice Of The Beehive) and Tiffany
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9th March 2018, 06:58 PM
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Disc 1 Fave: Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight (88 remix)
Don't know how the '88 remix is different to the original, but this is a great song anyway so I had to pick it. I especially like it after the drums come in later in the track. Climie Fisher - Love Changes Everything I like too from disc 1. Disc 2 Fave: Sabrina - Boys (Summertime Love) - Cheesy, but a very catchy song. I guess Sabrina was the Whigfield of 1988, her voice rather sounds like her too! I do like Theme from S'Express too! This post has been edited by The Hissmobile: 9th March 2018, 07:03 PM |
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