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
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]
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