Name: Wow [Deluxe 2CD + DVD Edition] [Digipak]
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Wow [Deluxe 2CD + DVD Edition] [Digipak]

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Album: Wow [Deluxe 2CD + DVD Edition] [Digipak]
#	Song Title	Time
1)	I Can't Help It
2)	I Heard a Rumour
3)	Some Girls
4)	Love In the First Degree
5)	Once In a Lifetime
6)	Strike It Rich
7)	Bad For Me
8)	Come Back
9)	Nathan Jones [Bastone Mix] - (remix)
10)	I Want You Back
11)	Clean Cut Boy [Party Size]
12)	Mr Sleaze - (featuring Stock, Aitken & Waterman)
13)	Ecstasy
14)	Amnesia [Extended Version] - (featuring Stock, Aitken & Waterman)
15)	I Heard a Rumour [Horoscope Mix] - (remix)
16)	Love in the First Degree [Jailers Mix With Intro] - (remix)
17)	I Can't Help It [Extended Club Mix] - (remix)
1)	Love in the First Degree [Love In The House Mix] - (remix, previously unreleased)
2)	I Heard a Rumour [House Mix] - (remix)
3)	I Can't Help It [The Hammond Version Excursion]
4)	Reason for Living [12" Master] - (previously unreleased)
5)	Some Girls [12" Version]
6)	Strike It Rich [12" Version]
7)	I Heard a Rumour [Original 12" Mix] - (remix)
8)	Nathan Jones [Original 12" Mix] - (remix, previously unreleased)
9)	I Want You Back [Original 12" Mix] - (remix)
10)	Ecstasy [Chicago House Stylee]
11)	I Heard a Rumour [Dub]
12)	Mr Sleaze [Rare Groove Remix] - (remix)
1)	I Heard a Rumour [Promo Video]
2)	Love in the First Degree [Promo Video]
3)	Mr Sleaze [Promo Video]
4)	I Can't Help It [Promo Video]
5)	I Want You Back [Promo Video]
6)	Love, Truth and Honesty [Promo Video]
7)	Nathan Jones [Promo Video]
8)	Help! [Promo Video]
9)	I Can't Help It [12" Version] [Promo Video]
10)	I Want You Back [Alternative Version] [Promo Video]
11)	I Heard a Rumour [Live on BBC's Top of The Pops] - (live)
12)	I Want You Back [On BBC's Going Live] - (live)
13)	Love, Truth and Honesty [Live on BBC's Top Of The Pops] - (live)
14)	Nathan Jones [Live on BBC's Wogan Show] - (live)

Album: Wow [Deluxe 2CD + DVD Edition] [Digipak]
#	Song Title	Time
1)	I Can't Help It
2)	I Heard a Rumour
3)	Some Girls
4)	Love In the First Degree
5)	Once In a Lifetime
6)	Strike It Rich
7)	Bad For Me
8)	Come Back
9)	Nathan Jones [Bastone Mix] - (remix)
10)	I Want You Back
11)	Clean Cut Boy [Party Size]
12)	Mr Sleaze - (featuring Stock, Aitken & Waterman)
13)	Ecstasy
14)	Amnesia [Extended Version] - (featuring Stock, Aitken & Waterman)
15)	I Heard a Rumour [Horoscope Mix] - (remix)
16)	Love in the First Degree [Jailers Mix With Intro] - (remix)
17)	I Can't Help It [Extended Club Mix] - (remix)
1)	Love in the First Degree [Love In The House Mix] - (remix, previously unreleased)
2)	I Heard a Rumour [House Mix] - (remix)
3)	I Can't Help It [The Hammond Version Excursion]
4)	Reason for Living [12" Master] - (previously unreleased)
5)	Some Girls [12" Version]
6)	Strike It Rich [12" Version]
7)	I Heard a Rumour [Original 12" Mix] - (remix)
8)	Nathan Jones [Original 12" Mix] - (remix, previously unreleased)
9)	I Want You Back [Original 12" Mix] - (remix)
10)	Ecstasy [Chicago House Stylee]
11)	I Heard a Rumour [Dub]
12)	Mr Sleaze [Rare Groove Remix] - (remix)
1)	I Heard a Rumour [Promo Video]
2)	Love in the First Degree [Promo Video]
3)	Mr Sleaze [Promo Video]
4)	I Can't Help It [Promo Video]
5)	I Want You Back [Promo Video]
6)	Love, Truth and Honesty [Promo Video]
7)	Nathan Jones [Promo Video]
8)	Help! [Promo Video]
9)	I Can't Help It [12" Version] [Promo Video]
10)	I Want You Back [Alternative Version] [Promo Video]
11)	I Heard a Rumour [Live on BBC's Top of The Pops] - (live)
12)	I Want You Back [On BBC's Going Live] - (live)
13)	Love, Truth and Honesty [Live on BBC's Top Of The Pops] - (live)
14)	Nathan Jones [Live on BBC's Wogan Show] - (live)

Performer Notes

Personnel: Matt Aitken (guitar, keyboards); Mike Stock (keyboards, background vocals); John O'Hara (keyboards).
Audio Mixers: Pete Hammond; Phil Harding.
Liner Note Author: Tom Parker .
Recording information: PWL Studio One & Two.
Photographers: Andy Earl; Carrie Branovan.
Arranger: Stock, Aitken & Waterman.
Bananarama followed up their hit-laden True Confessions, which spawned their international chart-topping version of "Venus," with 1987's Wow! True Confessions witnessed the emerging role of Stock, Aitken & Waterman as the trio's producers -- Wow! was wholly assembled by the hitmaking team, which was also responsible for hits by Rick Astley, Kylie Minogue, Dead or Alive, Donna Summer, and countless others. This album is, therefore, a straightforward 1980s dance set, with several songs that went on to become international hits. The only track from this set to make the U.S. Top Ten was "I Heard a Rumour," a sassy, joyous single just as infectious today as when first released. Also included is the sleek, lip-smackin' disco hit "I Can't Help It," the engaging, European chart-topper "Love in the First Degree," the single "I Want You Back," and an extended mix of their version of the Supremes' "Nathan Jones." Some of the non-hits pale in comparison to the singles, among those the dated, 12" version of "Some Girls"; the 12" version of "Strike It Rich," which, at some points, resembles an inferior version of "I Can't Help It"; and "Bad for Me," which unintentionally highlights the trio's vocal limitations. Nonetheless, the singles were quite intoxicating, and this hard-to-find set is sure to please fans of Bananarama, or any fans of the Stock, Aitken & Waterman sound, which ruled the airwaves and nightclubs in the mid- to late '80s. ~ Jose F. Promis