Cat. No. 2902: RICK ASTLEY ~ THE BEST OF RICK ASTLEY. SONY / CAMDEN 19075990382.

RICK ASTLEY (RICHARD PAUL ASTLEY) GAINED FAME THROUGH HIS ASSOCIATION WITH THE PRODUCTION TRIO "STOCK AITKEN WATERMAN", RELEASING THE 1987 ALBUM "WHENEVER YOU NEED SOMEBODY", WHICH SOLD 15 MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE AND WAS CERTIFIED PLATINUM BY BOTH THE BPI AND THE RIAA. HIS DEBUT SINGLE "NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP" WAS A No. 1 HIT IN OVER 25 COUNTRIES, WINNING THE 1988 BRIT AWARD FOR BEST BRITISH SINGLE. THE SONG ALSO STAYED AT THE TOP OF THE UK CHART FOR FIVE WEEKS IN 1987 AND WAS THE BEST-SELLING SINGLE OF THAT YEAR. HIS 1988 SINGLE "TOGETHER FOREVER" ALSO TOPPED THE US BILLBOARD HOT 100 AND WAS ONE OF HIS EIGHT SONGS TO REACH THE UK SINGLES CHART TOP 10.

IN 1988, RICK FOLLOWED UP HIS DEBUT ALBUM WITH "HOLD ME IN YOUR ARMS" WHICH ACHIEVED PLATINUM AND GOLD CERTIFICATIONS INTERNATIONALLY. THE LEAD SINGLE "SHE WANTS TO DANCE WITH ME" BECAME A WORLDWIDE TOP 10 HIT. IN 1991, HE LEFT "STOCK AITKEN WATERMAN" MOVING HIS MUSICAL DIRECTION TOWARDS SOUL WHICH HE EXPLORED ON HIS OTHER ALBUMS. HIS LAST SINGLE "CRY FOR HELP" WAS HIS LAST SINGLE TO REACH THE TOP 10 IN EITHER THE US OR UK. IN 1993, HE RETIRED FROM MUSIC TO FOCUS ON SPENDING TIME WITH HIS PARTNER AND FAMILY. HE RETURNED TO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IN 2000 AND RELEASED "50" TO CELEBRATE HIS 50TH BIRTHDAY IN 2016 WITH THE ALBUM DEBUTING IN THE UK AT No. 1.

TRACK LISTING: Never Gonna Give You Up / Whenever You Need Somebody / When I Fall In Love / My Arms Keep Missing You / Together Forever / She Wants To Dance With Me / Tale Me To Your Heart / Hold Me In Your Arms / Cry For Help / Move Right Out / Never Knew Love / The Ones You Love / Hopelessly / Don't Say Goodbye / It would Take A Strong Strong Man / I Don't Want To Lose Her / Together Forever (Lover's Leap Remix) / She Wants To Dance With Me (Watermix).

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