A Stock Aitken Waterman reissue the way it should be done
Daniel W. Kelly | Long Island, NY United States | 04/23/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Wow. This is one of those rare instances when a label just gets a reissue SO right it's ridiculous. Not only is the sound fantastic, but the original album is accompanied by pretty much EVERY single remix, b-side and rare track recorded by Astley around the time of his first album. Since Stock Aitken Waterman club mixes have been so hard to find on CD, this massive reissuing of both this album and the follow-up "Hold Me in Your Arms" is huge, because you get all the 12" remixes of all the singles. There's even the very rare pre-Never Gonna Give You Up duet single "When You Gonna" by Rick & Lisa in its single and 12" versions.
Track listing:
CD1
1-01 Never Gonna Give You Up 3:35
1-02 Whenever You Need Somebody 3:55
1-03 Together Forever 3:27
1-04 It Would Take A Strong Strong Man 3:41
1-05 The Love Has Gone 4:20
1-06 Don't Say Goodbye 4:10
1-07 Slipping Away 3:53
1-08 No More Looking For Love 3:14
1-09 You Move Me 3:43
1-10 When I Fall In Love 3:03
1-11 When You Gonna (7" Mix) 3:32
1-12 Just Good Friends 3:47
1-13 I'll Never Set You Free 3:27
1-14 When You Gonna (Extended Mix) 7:34
1-15 Never Gonna Give You Up (Cake Mix) 5:49
1-16 Whenever You Need Somebody (Lonely Hearts Mix) 7:35
1-17 Together Forever (Lover's Leap Extended Remix) 7:05
CD2
2-01 Whenever You Need Somebody (7" Mix) 3:29
2-02 Together Forever (Lover's Leap Remix) 3:23
2-03 When You Gonna (The Borough Anarchy Mix) 7:54
2-04 Never Gonna Give You Up (Escape From Newton Mix) 6:26
2-05 Whenever You Need Somebody (Rick Sets It Off Mix) 7:55
2-06 Together Forever (House Of Love Mix) 6:57
2-07 It Would Take A Strong Strong Man(Matt's Jazzy Guitar Mix 7:48
2-08 When You Gonna (Home Boy Mix) 5:59
2-09 Never Gonna Give You Up (Escape To New York Mix) 7:03
2-10 Whenever You Need Somebody (XK 150 Mix) 4:39
2-11 When You Gonna (Bonus Beats Mix) 4:47
2-12 Never Gonna Give You Up (Instrumental) 6:18
2-13 Whenever You Need Somebody (Instrumental) 3:52
2-14 It Would Take A Strong Strong Man (Instrumental) 3:32
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Deluxe Edition
Linda M. Wagar | St. Cloud MN USA | 05/27/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is the new deluxe edition which encludes bonus tracks and on cd 2 The remixes.
Many never released to the public. The remixes are worth the price alone!! You can't get these any where else. An inside look/listen into remixing and how much
differance musical changes can make. A must for any Rick Astley fan and well
worth the imported price. Rick and Edsel records have out done themselves!!!!"
Missing one song to complete this album just for fans to buy
Patrick Artelle | Canada | 05/05/2010
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Rick's duet with O'chi Brown LEARNING TO LIVE WITHOUT YOUR LOVE is not included, I guess SAW is saving it for another compilation of Rick's in the future so people will spend more money just to buy 99% of the same songs just to have that one excluded song from this album.
I loved the fact they released rare remixes of Whenever You Need Somebody and if you can stand listening When You Gonna, you're in treat with rare remixes of this song."
