Now That's What I Call Music (Nostalgia)
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Swing The Mood is a re-recording and someone on Facebook said Lullaby is the album version and not the single mix.
You sound hopping mad!
Bobby Brown is the album version, was the single remix on the original album?
It was the 3.58 LP version on the original NOW 15. That mix was also the A-side for the UK 7" and CD single. Do you mean the mix with a rap?
The "With Rap" mix is on my CD single and am pretty sure I have a 7" possibly European or West German with it on the flip.
On Irish radio back in 1989, we got the LP mix played mostly. Reminds me of cramming for mock exams!
On Irish radio back in 1989, we got the LP mix played mostly. Reminds me of cramming for mock exams!
Yes the (UK) CD single also has both versions (LP and With Rap).
Don't Be Cruel and Forever Your Girl - released same day in June 1988? Remember both albums being played out of car stereos that summer.
Definitely the big two in the US during 88/89. I think of the latter as a 1989 album as that's when it finally charted in the UK after Virgin re-promoted it in April 89 after Straight Up hit. Liked a lot of the Bobby Brown singles but never took to the album (maybe it was the cover...it was a bit "5 Star" naff luxuriousness). Got the expanded deluxe last week so I'm going to reappraise it and create my own artwork.
Yeah the marble always annoyed me. He was much cooler when the album and the singles started hotting but we got stuck with that very 1987 feel artwork. Another similar case was Martika but with the UK label deciding to update the cover for 1989.
It feels a bit picky to blame the artwork but these things do have an effect on perception. You could get away with that kind of look on a Freddie Jackson album, but Bobby Brown needed something more pop and vibrant. Ya know it!
It was a bit unfortunate that the art was very 1985 R&B when the songs took him to almost 90s super pop stardom but it was a nice problem to have. Like for me the UK styling of Step and the Ghostbusters mini era was his best looks. They got the art right with the next album - but not the music dd.
They got two can play that game halfway there. Thank God for K-Klass.
Yeah turning Bobby Brown into a one woman La Bouche was iconic and so smart.
So many remix icons.
I never knew this existed. I just thought its as a CD single, not a full (remix) album.
Yeah following the success of 'Two...' 'Humpin around' got a K Klass remix too and My prerogative and Every little step got released too and the rest was padded out with old versions.