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AdvertDetailsReleased: 23rd March 1987

Origin: United Kingdom

Label: Virgin / EMI

Format: CD / Vinyl / Double Cassette / Video

Duration: 01:55:00 (115 Minutes)

Tracks: 30

#1’s: 7

Chart Peak: #1 (5 Weeks)

Sales: 600,000 (2x Platinum)

Tracklisting1. Jackie Wilson – Reet Petite* 2:50 {1}

2. Mental As Anything – Live It Up 3:55 {3}

3. Simply Red – The Right Thing* 4:40 {11}

4. Erasure – Sometimes* 4:05 {2}

5. Robbie Nevil – C'est La Vie* 3:50 {3}

6. Hot Chocolate – You Sexy Thing* 4:10 {10}

7. Blow Monkeys – It Doesn't Have To Be This Way 4:30 {5}

8. The Housemartins – Caravan Of Love* 3:40 {1}

9. Boy George – Everything I Own* 4:05 {1}

10. UB40 – Rat In Mi Kitchen 3:10 {12}

11. Gap Band – Big Fun 4:20 {4}

12. 5 Star – Stay Out Of My Life 4:10 {9}

13. Pepsi And Shirlie – Heartache* 3:55 {2}

14. Bananarama – Trick Of The Night 4:30 {32}

15. Berlin – Take My Breath Away 4:25 {1}

16. Freddie Mercury – The Great Pretender 3:35 {4}

17. Ben E King – Stand By Me* 3:00 {1}

18. Curiosity Killed The Cat – Down To Earth* 4:00 {3}

19. Communards – So Cold The Night 4:45 {8}

20. Steve 'Silk' Hurley – Jack Your Body 3:25 {1}

21. Taffy – I Love My Radio (Midnight Radio) 3:35 {6}

22. Nick Kamen – Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever 4:00 {16}

23. A-Ha – Manhattan Skyline 4:30 {13}

24. Westworld – Sonic Boom Boy 3:05 {11}

25. Bon Jovi – Livin' On A Prayer 4:10 {4}

26. Genesis – Land Of Confusion 4:55 {14}

27. Europe – The Final Countdown* 4:10 {1}

28. Gary Moore – Over The Hills And Far Away 4:40 {20}

29. Ward Brothers – Cross That Bridge 3:55 {32}

30. Pretenders – Hymn To Her 4:35 {8}

CD Tracklisting1. Jackie Wilson – Reet Petite

2. Mental As Anything – Live It Up

3. Simply Red – The Right Thing

4. Robbie Nevil – C'est La Vie

5. Hot Chocolate – You Sexy Thing

6. Blow Monkeys – It Doesn't Have To Be This Way

7. Boy George – Everything I Own

8. UB40 – Rat In Mi Kitchen

9. 5 Star – Stay Out Of My Life

10. Pepsi And Shirlie – Heartache

11. Berlin – Take My Breath Away

12. Freddie Mercury – The Great Pretender

13. Ben E King – Stand By Me

14. Curiosity Killed The Cat – Down To Earth

15. Genesis – Land Of Confusion

16. Pretenders – Hymn To Her

 

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.

Miscellaneous Facts Track Most Weeks At #1: Jackie Wilson – Reet Petite / Berlin – Take My Breath Away (4 Weeks)

Lowest Charting Track: Bananarama – Trick Of The Night / Ward Brothers – Cross That Bridge {32}

Longest Song: Genesis – Land Of Confusion 4.55

Shortest Song: Jackie Wilson – Reet Petite 2.50

Edited Tracks: Unknown

Unedited Tracks: Unknown

Inlay Mistakes: None

Other Facts: N/A

On This Day In History 23rd March 1987 - At the first ever Soul Train Music Awards in the Civic Center, Santa Monica, California, Cameo win the Best Album and Best Single (Group) of the year. Janet Jackson gets Album of the Year (Female) and Best New Video. Other ResourcesOfficial Now Music Website

Wikipedia

TV Cream

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Edited October 3, 20168 yr by Riser

Andrew's ReviewNow That's What I Call Music! 9 aka Now 9 is really packed with a great offering of 32 tracks and the most number ones to this date - 7.

This volume was released on single CD along with other formats, and the CD included a selction from the main release. Now 9 was a #1 success for 5 weeks.

Now 9 boasts a great selection of artists from Housemartins to Freddie Mercury, Communards to Bon Jovi, Simply Red to Pretenders and many more.

It was at this time we hears the debuts from Erasure, Curiosity Killed The Cat, Europe and the debut #1 solo from Boy George of Culture Club.

Some One Hit Wonders include Mental As Anything, Robbie Nevil, Steve 'Silk' Hurley, Taffy and Ward Brothers.

Unfortunately, for artists like Jackie Wilson, Blow Monkeys, Gap Band, 5 Star, Pepsi & Shirlie, Berlin, Ben E King, Nick Kamen, Westworld and Europe, this is the only time in the series we would hear from them.

The cover for Now 9 has probably got to be the most plain and simple design of all covers to date, as there is no real concept behind the artwork, and it's certainly not eye catching. :?

Now 9 for me is an impressive collection of some of the most remembered songs from the time, and I have many favourites. It is, for me, somewhat surprising that 16 of the 30 artists are never to be seen again in the main series. It's good though to see all 30 songs within the UK Top 40. I'm not impressed with the cover design, but I am impressed with the selection of songs, and many I would want to hear long into the future.

 

Artwork Rating: 1/10 The Worst Now Artwork Ever!

This for me is actually the weakest offering on the entire series for an official artwork, as it is lacking any real design or colour for that matter, it really is plain and dull, and there's no positives to take from it at all.

 

Side 1 Favourite: Housemartins – Caravan Of Love

Always been a fan of this accapella, it is just beautifully sung and it's no surprise to see it was a #1 single. Not many songs without instruments have achieved such a feat before!

 

Side 2 Favourite: Berlin – Take My Breath Away

One of the best 80's ballads I think, it is very iconic, not just because of the movie soundtrack it was taken from (that being Top Gun), but because it is atmospheric and original.

 

Side 3 Favourite: Ben E King – Stand By Me

The weakest side for me, and this was my choice of best song, but I don't play it very much at all.

 

Side 4 Favourite: Bon Jovi – Livin' On A Prayer

This is my favourite from the whole volume, and it is followed closely by Europe, and that is because it is the rock anthem of the entire decade! Nothing could beat it for me, Bon Jovi are a class act.

 

CD Favourite: Jackie Wilson – Reet Petite

The infectious taste of 50's music all rolled into one and re-released for the 80's! Reet Petite is just a delight every time it is played, and due to some major missing tracks from the CD tracklisting, this is the one I would call my favourite.

 

Overall Rating: 6/10 Good

There are quite a few gems found in amongst this volume, and those which I do like I like very much, which is why it is a good compilation, but as always, could have been much better.

 

Andrew's Best 5 (as of October 2016)

1. Bon Jovi – Livin' On A Prayer

2. Europe – The Final Countdown

3. Berlin – Take My Breath Away

4. The Housemartins – Caravan Of Love

5. Jackie Wilson – Reet Petite

 

Andrew's Worst 5 (as of October 2016)

1. The Pretenders – Hymn To Her

2. Taffy – I Love My Radio (Midnight Radio)

3. Robbie Nevil – C'est La Vie

4. Gary Moore – Over The Hills And Far Away

5. Curiosity Killed The Cat – Down To Earth

Edited October 13, 20168 yr by awardinary

Whose deliberately spamming my posts with "iamspamspamami" ? :huh:

 

EDIT: It seems that whenever I try to type the word "citchen" (spelt with a K, and not a C) it autoformats it to "iamspamspamami"

 

Any answers to this? :o

Edited October 2, 20168 yr by awardinary

Whose deliberately spamming my posts with "iamspamspamami" ? :huh:

 

EDIT: It seems that whenever I try to type the word "citchen" (spelt with a K, and not a C) it autoformats it to "iamspamspamami"

 

Any answers to this? :o

Yup! Don't worry, no one's trying to mess with you. The site has a "swear filter" for certain words, and due to some actual spam posters who posted links to kitchen websites all over the site, it became such a problem that the word "kitchen" was added to the swear filter to deter these posters. Even so, the spam threads continued for quite a few years--it started even before I joined the site and only just recently stopped--and it's still in place either "just in case" or as a funny tradition (or both :lol:).

 

Anyway, most of us stick a bold or italic tag inside the word (see below) to get past the filter. I fixed the first post for you, but it doesn't work on the poll so I just changed one of the letters. That should take care of it!

[b][/b] or [i][/i]
Kit[b][/b]chen Kitc[i][/i]hen

Artwork Rating:

I mean that HAS to be the worst one of the entire series - how bland is that? 1/10.

 

Side 1 Favourite:

Reet Petitie - no questions here, despite being a 50s track this is so much fun & the video is totally bonkers too.

 

Side 2 Favourite:

Take My Breath Away - not a great side & this is the only one I know. It's good but nothing I'd choose to play.

 

Side 3 Favourite:

Stand By Me - probably one of my favourite ever "classic" songs, a true masterpiece.

 

Side 4 Favourite:

The Final Countdown - a bit of an epic. Close between that & Livin' On A Prayer but the latter is spammed too much so it's lost its charm.

 

CD Favourite:

This was a tough call between Reet Petite & Stand By Me but I gotta give it to Reet Petitie as I'm more likely to play it any time, any day!

 

Overall Rating:

There are some very good tracks on this edition - I just wouldn't want that cover sticking out of the CD shelf! 5/10.

Thanks Riser!

Artwork rating: 1/10 - Oh my gosh that is definitely the worst Now artwork! There's absolutely nothing eye-catching about it whatsoever. Painfully bland!

 

Side 1 Favourite: Jackie Wilson - 'Reet Petite' - A complete classic this is! It took me years to realise that it wasn't actually from the 1980s but instead from thirty years before! Doesn't sound that old at all. So much fun and the music video is very memorable!

 

Side 2 Favourite: Berlin - 'Take My Breath Away' - The synthy production of this is absolutely stunning. One of my favourite classic movie songs ever!

 

Side 3 Favourite: Ben E King - 'Stand By Me' - The best of a pretty weak side. Love the soulful vocals and the production is instantly recognisable.

 

Side 4 Favourite: Bon Jovi - 'Livin' On A Prayer' - One of the best classic rock songs of all-time! An essential hairbrush song and the instrumentation is fabulous.

 

Overall Rating: 6/10 - The artwork is just shockingly unappealing - what were they thinking?! Aside from that there are actually quite a few classics on here and it's an appealing package on the whole song-wise!

Side 1 I picked Erasure - Sometimes, excellent debut hit for Erasure. I do like Reet Petite too though!

 

Side 2, sorry Berlin but I picked UB40 – Rat In Mi Kìtchen, what a fun song!

 

Side 3, I went with the early house hit Jack your Body (I like the funky synths this one and the Aooooo in it), The Communards one is OK but a bit too cheesy even for me and not dancey enough imo.

 

For side 4 I shunned the classics Livin On A Prayer and The Final Countdown despite the fact I love both songs for that brilliant Genesis track, Land Of Confusion, which is my favourite track from the whole disc, so i had to go for that as my fave from the CD too.

 

Unfortunately Dead Or Alive - Something In My House, which is one of their best songs imo (and quite dancey too) was omitted from this album :( It was in the charts in early 1987 (the same time as Jack Your Body).

Edited February 13, 20187 yr by The Snake

Land of confusion is my fave genesis song & the video is good too!

Land of confusion is my fave genesis song & the video is good too!

 

Yes it should have done as well in the charts as Livin On A Prayer or The Final Countdown. It is of course a bit more dancey sounding than them.

 

Was unaware until recently that so many of the well known 80s rock songs seem to come from 1987!

Voted!

The last of the series that my parents bought. I think it is supposed to look like a photo album, but it is very grey. I think I voted 2.

 

Side 1 - easily the Housemartins this time.

Side 2 - easily Berlin

Side 3 - think I went for Down to Earth

side 4 - Could have gone for Livin on a Prayer, but ended up with Final Countdown

 

CD - Take My Breath Away, again.

 

Think I voted Very Good for this one.