Now That’s What I Call Music! 9 (1987) UK TV Advert. Voiceover by David Jensen.

Now That’s What I Call Music 9 or Now 9 was released in 1987. The album is the 9th edition of the (UK) Now! series, and reached number 1 on the UK Albums Chart for five weeks. Like the previous volume it was given a single CD release which featured a selection of tracks available on the full vinyl/cassette release. All subsequent releases from Now 10 would have a full double CD release with all tracks included.

Vinyl track listing

Side one

1. Jackie Wilson : “Reet Petite“
2. Mental As Anything : “Live It Up“
3. Simply Red : “The Right Thing“
4. Erasure : “Sometimes“
5. Robbie Nevil : “C’est La Vie“
6. Hot Chocolate : “You Sexy Thing“
7. The Blow Monkeys : “It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way”
8. The Housemartins : “Caravan of Love“
9. Boy George : “Everything I Own“
10. UB40 : “Rat in Mi Kitchen”
11. Gap Band : “Big Fun”
12. 5 Star : “Stay Out Of My Life“
13. Pepsi & Shirlie : “Heartache”
14. Bananarama : “A Trick of the Night“
15. Berlin : “Take My Breath Away“

 

Side two

1. Freddie Mercury : “The Great Pretender“
2. Ben E. King : “Stand by Me“
3. Curiosity Killed the Cat : “Down to Earth“
4. The Communards : “So Cold the Night”
5. Steve “Silk” Hurley : “Jack Your Body”
6. Taffy : “I Love My Radio (Midnight Radio)”
7. Nick Kamen : “Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever”
8. A-Ha : “Manhattan Skyline“
9. Westworld : “Sonic Boom Boy”
10. Bon Jovi : “Livin’ on a Prayer“
11. Genesis : “Land of Confusion“
12. Europe : “The Final Countdown“
13. Gary Moore : “Over the Hills and Far Away”
14. Ward Brothers : “Cross That Bridge”
15. The Pretenders : “Hymn to Her”

CD track listing

1. Jackie Wilson : “Reet Petite“
2. Mental As Anything : “Live It Up”
3. Simply Red : “The Right Thing”
4. Robbie Nevil : “C’est La Vie”
5. Hot Chocolate : “You Sexy Thing”
6. The Blow Monkeys : “It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way”
7. Boy George : “Everything I Own“
8. UB40 : “Rat in Mi Kitchen”
9. 5 Star : “Stay Out Of My Life“
10. Pepsi & Shirlie : “Heartache”
11. Berlin : “Take My Breath Away“
12. Freddie Mercury : “The Great Pretender“
13. Ben E. King : “Stand By Me“
14. Curiosity Killed the Cat : “Down to Earth”
15. Genesis : “Land of Confusion“
16. The Pretenders : “Hymn to Her”

Info taken from Wikipedia.