The Hit Factory Volume 2


The Hit Factory: The Best of Stock Aitken Waterman Vol 2 is a compilation album released in November 1988 by Fanfare Records and PWL Records. It is an album featuring hits produced by British production trio Stock Aitken Waterman, who were at their peak at the time of the album's release.

Release

The first compilation, The Hit Factory: The Best of Stock Aitken Waterman, was issued by Stylus Records in 1987. The range of tracks on Volume 2 includes four special 12" remixes, exclusive to the set, and also a previously unavailable track by American group Sequal. The album gained a platinum BPI Award and reached No. 16 in the UK Top 100 Albums Chart. When compilation albums were excluded from the main chart on January 14, 1989, the album crossed to the new UK Compilation Chart for the remainder of its run.
The Hit Factory Vol 2 was also released in Japan by PWL in association with Alfa Records. Although the albums share the same name, they have an entirely different track listing.

Track listings

UK track listing
  1. "Nothing Can Divide Us" : Jason Donovan
  2. "Love in the First Degree" : Bananarama
  3. "Who's Leaving Who" : Hazell Dean
  4. "The Harder I Try" : Brother Beyond
  5. "I Don't Believe in Miracles" : Sinitta
  6. "All of Me (Boy Oh Boy)" : Sabrina
  7. "Packjammed " : Stock Aitken Waterman
  8. "What a Night" : Dolly Dots†
  9. "I Should Be So Lucky" : Kylie Minogue
  10. "That's the Way It Is" : Mel and Kim
  11. "My Arms Keep Missing You" : Rick Astley ††
  12. "Tell Him I Called" : Sequal ††
  13. "Cross My Broken Heart" : Sinitta
  14. "Let's Get Together Tonite" : Steve Walsh ††
  15. "Let's All Chant" : Pat and Mick
† This track was not included on the LP version of the collection, presumably due to time restrictions.
†† Not featured on the VHS version.
Japan track listing

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