Pete Waterman Presents The Hit Factory - Album out July 9

PETE WATERMAN PRESENTS 

THE HIT FACTORY

THE SOUNDTRACK TO A GENERATION:

THREE CDS BURSTING WITH THE HIT FACTORY’S 

BIGGEST AND BEST SINGLES

RELEASED JULY 9

INCLUDING: MEL & KIM - RESPECTABLE, KYLIE MINOGUE - I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY, RICK ASTLEY - NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP, JASON DONOVAN - TOO MANY BROKEN HEARTS, BANANARAMA - LOVE IN THE FIRST DEGREE, SINITTA - TOY BOY, PEPSI & SHIRLIE - HEARTACHE, STEPS - TRAGEDY, 

DEAD OR ALIVE - YOU SPIN ME ROUND (LIKE A RECORD), KYLIE & JASON - ESPECIALLY FOR YOU

Pete Waterman Presents The Hit Factory, three CDs bursting with The Hit Factory’s biggest and best-selling singles, is to be released by PWL and Sony Music on July 9.  Boasting fifty pop masterpieces, Pete Waterman Presents The Hit Factory is packed with the Stock Aitken Waterman and PWL classics that came to define an era in British music history.

Stock Aitken Waterman scored an unrivalled run of global hits in the 80s and 90s, they launched the careers of Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan amongst others, and are now acknowledged as one of the most successful songwriting and producing partnerships of all time, while Pete Waterman’s PWL empire became the ‘British Motown’. Now Pete Waterman Presents The Hit Factory brings these hits together in one sensational package. 

Celebrating the irresistible pop that became the soundtrack to a generation, this must-have collection contains classic hits from the likes of Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan, Rick Astley, Bananarama, Mel & Kim, Dead Or Alive, Steps, Sinitta, Sonia and many others. 

The release of the album coincides with Pete Waterman Presents Hit Factory Live, a once-in-a-lifetime spectacular taking place in London’s Hyde Park on July 11 and featuring the classic artists from the PWL Hit Factory together on one bill.

Full tracklisting as follows:

CD 1

Mel & Kim – Respectable

Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up

Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky

Dead or Alive – You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)

Bananarama – Love In The First Degree

Jason Donovan - Too Many Broken Hearts

Sonia - You'll Never Stop Me Loving You

Lonnie Gordon – Happenin’ All Over Again

Loveland Featuring Rachel McFarlane – Let The Music (Lift You Up) 

Sybil – When I’m Good And Ready

Brother Beyond – The Harder I Try

Hazell Dean – Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)

Divine – You Think You’re A Man

Sinitta – Toy Boy

Big Fun – Blame It On The Boogie

Pepsi & Shirlie – Heartache

Princess – Say I’m Your Number One

Kylie & Jason - Especially For You

Steps – Heartbeat

CD 2

Kylie Minogue - Hand On Your Heart

Bananarama – Venus

Hazell Dean – Who’s Leaving Who?

Cliff Richard – I Just Don’t Have The Heart

Rick Astley - Together Forever

Sinitta – Cross My Broken Heart 

Samantha Fox – Nothing’s Gonna Stop Me Now

Dead Or Alive – Lover Come Back To Me

Opus III – It’s A Fine Day

Stock Aitken Waterman – Roadblock

Princess – I’ll Keep On Loving You

Lonnie Gordon – Beyond Your Wildest Dreams

Jason Donovan – Sealed With A Kiss

West End featuring Sybil – The Love I Lost

Brother Beyond – He Ain’t No Competition

Sonia – Listen To Your Heart

The Reynolds Girls – I’d Rather Jack

Mel & Kim – Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend)

Steps – Tragedy

The WIP 2 Tribute Mix

CD3

Princess – Say I’m Your Number One [Princess To A King Mix]

Mondo Kané– New York Afternoon [Extended Version]

The Three Degrees – The Heaven I Need [Extended Version]

Morgan McVey featuring Neneh Cherry – Looking Good Diving (With The Wild Bunch)

Mandy Smith – I Just Can’t Wait [Alternative 12” Mix]

Precious Wilson – Only The Strong Survive [Extended Version]

Sybil – When I’m Good And Ready [Original 12” Mix]

Jason Donovan – Too Many Broken Hearts [Party Hearty Mix]

Kylie Minogue – What Do I Have To Do? [Billy The Fish Mix]

Dolly Dots – What a Night (Party Night) [12” Remix]

Dead Or Alive – You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) [Buzzing Bees Mix]