NOW Thats What I Call Music! 9

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The first of a mini dance sequence gets underway with the Gap Band’s funky Big Fun and yet another quality single from Five Star – the edgy Stay Out Of My Life. I should, however, point out that as a professional editor, I absolutely hate that misspelling of ‘my’ in the title.

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 ‘Sometimes’, 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. Vinyl in EXCELLENT condition, MINIMAL superficial surface marks and minor background noise in places.The filling in this hair metal sandwich is Land Of Confusion; possibly the weakest of the five singles pulled from Invisible Touch. It’s the most forgotten song here [totally undeserved] and could have appeared in any number of US television shows – Remington Steele, Moonlighting, Sledgehammer, Wiseguy etc. A Video Selection was also released featuring selected tracks from the main album release, and one which didn't appear on any NOW album. Now 9 was actually released as a 15-track, abbreviated, single CD back in the day, but this is the first time it has been available in its entirety across two CDs, and there are no tracks missing! A video selection was also released featuring selected tracks from the main album and some which did not appear on any Now album.

The term Various Artists is used in the record industry when numerous singers and musicians collaborate on a song or collection of songs. The exclusion of Caravan Of Love is most surprising; it may have cleared the home dancefloor but could have just been included at the very end. Like the previous volume it was given a single CD release which featured a selection of tracks available on the full vinyl/cassette release. The version of " Get the Party Started" is a remix by Rockwilder using elements of the Eurythmics song " Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" and featuring rapper Redman, instead of the much more popular original version which was a hit in the United States (and continues to be popular and air on mainstream radio stations to this day). Irrespective of the source, all of our collectables meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.

It went head-to-head with the Housemartins’ Caravan Of Love for the all-important Christmas number one. It’s a bit dull, but there’s something I quite like about it, maybe just ’cause it’s been featured on so many ’80s compilations I’ve heard.