Hit Factory, The (Pete Waterman's Greatest Hits) [ECD] - Various Artists > Reviews > The Hitman.

Author's product rating:   

Originality	Definitely a cut above the rest
Lyrics	Thought-provoking
Quality and consistency of tracks	A couple of weak links
How does it compare to the artist's other releases	Good
Value for Money

Advantages:	Lots of good tracks
Disadvantages:	A few dongers

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

Remember all them great hits that Pete Waterman used to write back in the eighties, he made acts like Bananarama, Brother Beyond and Kylie Minogue famous.
Most of his songs were pure pop, and they were the type of songs you could easily sing and dance to.

Pete Waterman has recently put together an album called The Hit Factory, which features all his greatest hits.
He says on the CD that he would like to thank all the artists, co-producers and record companies, who at most times don't get credited, yet without them we cannot be creative. The album is Pete's view of what makes a hit.
The album is dedicated to his mum.

The album itself has some fantastic tracks on it, I bet you remember Kylie Minogue's I should be so lucky, Kylie and Jason's Especially for you, and Rick Astley's Never gonna give you up.
The majority of the tracks are good, but there are a few dongers, such as 2 Unlimited and Musical Youth.

My favourite tracks are The Grease Mega Mix, and Nik Kershaw's I won't let the sun go down on me.

The tracks I hate the most are Samantha Fox, and Musical Youth's Pass the Douchie.

As an extra you get a bonus interative CD, which feature a CD video of Steps, Tradegy.

If you fancy buying this CD, here is the track listing.

CD ONE.

01 KYLIE MINOGUE I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY.
02 RICK ASTLEY NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP.
03 JASON DONOVAN TOO MANY BROKEN HEARTS.
04 BANANARAMA VENUS.
05 MEL&KIM RESPECTABLE.
06 BROTHER BEYOND THE HARDER I TRY.
07 PRINCESS SAY IM YOUR NUMBER ONE.
08 NIK KERSHAW WOULDNT IT BE GOOD.
09 DONNA SUMMER THIS TIME I KNOW ITS FOR REAL
10 CLIFF RICHARD I JUST DONT HAVE THE HEART.
11 BANANARAMA I WANT YOU BACK.
12 MUSICAL YOUTH PASS THE DUCHIE
13 JOHN TRAVOLTA&OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN THE GREASE MEGA MIX.
14 UNDERCOVER BAKER STREET.
15 OPUS III ITS A FINE DAY.
16 2 UNLIMITED NO LIMIT.
17 TINA COUSINS PRAY.
18 SAMANTHA FOX NOTHINGS GONNA STOP ME NOW.
19 BIG FUN BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE
20 STEP, TINA COUSINS, CLEOPATRA, B WITCHED, BILLIE THANK ABBA FOR THE MUSIC.
21 STOCK, AITKEN&WATERMAN ROADBLOCK.

CD 2

01 STEPS TRAGEDY.
02 KYLIE MINOGUE BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW.
03 DEAD OR ALIVE YOU SPIN ME ROUND LIKE A RECORD.
04 BANANARAMA LOVE IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
05 RICK ASTLEY TOGETHER FOREVER.
06 MEL&KIM SHOWIN OUT(GET FRESH AT THE WEEKEND).
07 HAZELL DEAN WHATEVER I DO(WHEREEVER I GO)>
08 JACKSON 5 I WANT YOU BACK.
09 SONIA YOU'LL NEVER STOP ME FROM LOVING YOU.
10 UNDERCOVER NEVER LET HER SLIP AWAY.
11 NIK KERSHAW I WON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME.
12 KYLIE MINOGUE&KEITH WASHINGTON IF YOU WERE WITH ME NOW.
13 JASON DONOVAN EVERY DAY.
14 STEPS ONE FOR SORROW.
15 STEPHEN GATELY CHIQUITITA.
16 JASON DONOVAN SEALED WITH A KISS.
17 WESTLIFE SEASONS IN THE SUN.
18 KYLIE MINOGUE&JASON DONOVAN ESPECIALLY FOR YOU.

This is a great CD, and is definitely one you should add to your collection.