The Hits Album 9

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The Hits Album 9
The Hits Album 9.jpg
Compilation album by
Various Artists
Released5 December 1988
LabelCBS and WEA
The Hits Albums chronology
Hits 8
(1988) 		The Hits Album 9
(1988) 		The Hits Album 10
(1989)

The Hits Album is a compilation album released by BMG, CBS and WEA in December 1988 and is the ninth volume of the long-running Hits compilation series.

It charted on December 17, 1988 on the UK Top 100 Album chart. This Hits Album is unusual because it was released without the chronological '9' anywhere on the album's artwork or advertising. This could be considered a re-launch of the four-year-old series. The compilation is, however, listed as The Hits Album 9 in The Complete Book of the British Charts and other chart statistic publications due to the catalogue number 'CDHITS9'.

The absence of a volume issue number and the radically different cover artwork affected sales and the album stalled at number 5 in the UK Top 100 Album chart. On January 14, 1989, compilation albums were excluded from the main chart and Hits 9 transferred to the new Compilation Top 20 for the rest of its run, peaking (in the very first compilation chart) at number 4.

It is also known as The Hits Album 9 to avoid confusion with two other albums simply titled The Hits Album (the 1st and 14th editions of the series).

The Hits Album 9 features two songs which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart: "Orinoco Flow" and "One Moment in Time".

Track listing[]

CD/Record/Tape 1
  1. Bros: "Cat Among the Pigeons"
  2. A-ha: "You Are the One" (Remix)
  3. Kim Wilde: "Never Trust a Stranger"
  4. Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine: "1-2-3"
  5. Debbie Gibson: "Foolish Beat"
  6. The Pasadenas: "Enchanted Lady"
  7. Prince: "I Wish U Heaven"
  8. Enya: "Orinoco Flow"
  9. Chris de Burgh: "Missing You"
  10. Fairground Attraction: "Find My Love"
  11. Deacon Blue: "Real Gone Kid"
  12. Everything but the Girl: "I Don't Want to Talk About It"
  13. Tanita Tikaram: "Twist in My Sobriety"
  14. Robbie Robertson: "Somewhere Down the Crazy River"
CD/Record/Tape 2
  1. Yazz: "Stand Up for Your Love Rights"
  2. Matt Bianco: "Wap-Bam-Boogie"
  3. Royal House: "Can You Party"
  4. The Funky Worm: "The Spell! (Get Down with the Genie)"
  5. Kraze: "The Party"
  6. Samantha Fox: "Love House"
  7. Karyn White: "The Way You Love Me"
  8. Rick Astley: "She Wants to Dance with Me"
  9. Whitney Houston: "One Moment in Time"
  10. Bill Withers: "Lovely Day"
  11. Alexander O'Neal: "Fake '88"
  12. The Bangles: "In Your Room"
  13. Angry Anderson: "Suddenly"
  14. Londonbeat: "9 A.M. (The Comfort Zone)"
  15. The Proclaimers: "Sunshine on Leith"
  16. Chris Rea: "Driving Home for Christmas"

References[]

Collins Complete UK Hit Albums 1956-2005. Graham Betts. 2005. ISBN 0-00-720532-5.

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