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There is not a single track on this CD that isnt simply brilliant. I spent many years trying to locate this CD after it had been discontinued and now see that it is available through Amazon. This is an essential piece in any Jason Donovan or 80's Lovers Music Collection. Every song is catchy, up beat and has the classic Stock/Aiken/Waterman sound. You wont be sorry!

So glad to see the Stock Aitken Waterman productions from the late 80s are finally being brought to CD with major releases. As with the recent Rick Astley reissues and several other SAW artists, extremely bubble gum dance pop singer Jason Donovan gets the 2-disc deluxe treatment with essentially every 12" mix, remix and single from this album's era as bonus tracks spread across 2-discs--a majority of which have never been on CD before. And the sound quality is superb with great attention given to crystal clear mastering. Plus, you get plenty of mixes of Jason's two duets with Kylie Minogue--Especially for You and All I Wanna Do is Make You Mine.

CD1

1-1 Too Many Broken Hearts 3:29
1-2 Nothing Can Divide Us 3:46
1-3 Every Day (I Love You More) 3:25
1-4 You Can Depend On Me 3:36
1-5 Time Heals 3:09
1-6 Sealed With A Kiss 2:32
1-7 Question Of Pride 3:16
1-8 If I Don't Have You 3:01
1-9 Change Your Mind 3:27
1-10 Too Late To Say Goodbye 3:17
1-11 Especially For You 4:00
1-12 All I Wanna Do Is Make You Mine 3:32
1-13 Wrap My Arms Around You 3:41
1-14 I Guess She Never Loved Me 3:32
1-15 Just Call Me Up 3:13
1-16 Nothing Can Divide Us (Extended Version) 5:29
1-17 Too Many Broken Hearts (Extended Version) 5:46
1-18 Every Day (I Love You More) (Extended Version) 5:44
1-19 Especially For You (Extended Version) 4:59
1-20 Sealed With A Kiss (Extended Version) 3:55

CD2

2-1 Especially For You (Original 7" Mix) 3:30
2-2 Too Many Broken Hearts (US 7" Mix) 3:27
2-3 Every Day (I Love You More) (7" Mix) 3:26
2-4 You Can Depend On Me (Original Mix) 3:33
2-5 Nothing Can Divide Us (Great Scott, It's The Remix) 6:08
2-6 Too Many Broken Hearts (Urban Mix) 7:57
2-7 All I Wanna Do Is Make You Mine (Extended Version) 6:01
2-8 Especially For You (Original 12" Mix) 4:57
2-9 Too Many Broken Hearts (Techno Mix) 5:10
2-10 Just Call Me Up (Extended Version) 5:28
2-11 Nothing Can Divide Us (Dub) 5:42
2-12 Too Many Broken Hearts (Dub) 6:19
2-13 Nothing Can Divide Us (Instrumental) 3:46
2-14 Especially For You (Instrumental) 3:54
2-15 Too Many Broken Hearts (Instrumental) 3:28
2-16 Sealed With A Kiss (Instrumental) 2:32
2-17 Every Day (I Love You More) (Instrumental) 3:25

Bought this for my friend for losing a bet that Nadal would beat Djokovic at the U.S. Open this year. He was thrilled to get it. That's all I know about this album. Actually, when I saw the request for a review, I thought my account had been hi-jacked since I didn't remember ordering this!

I have been a fan of the PWL/Stock, Aitken, Waterman music for so many years now and this CD is one of the many i have collected. Actually, i knew this will be released domestically and got the US edition. Pure pop, catchy songs of the 80's which you will never get tired playing. Every song on this album is truly a masterpiece. If you are a lover of pure pop music be it in the 80's to now, you won't be disappointed. Wonderful melodies blending S/A/W creations with Jase's vocal. I have every Jason's CD released and i just like his voice. If you can get his second CD Between The Lines, please do....Thank You

Gilbert [...]

Like Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan first achieved fame as an actor in Neighbours, the Australian TV soap, before switching to a musical career. This was Jason's first and most successful album, including his first five British hits. Like Kylie's early albums, it was a Stock Aitken and Waterman production. As I've said elsewhere, I'm not a huge fan of their productions overall, but there are exceptions including Jason and Kylie.

The first single, Nothing can divide us, became a British top five hit. Especially for you, a duet with Kylie, gave Jason his first British number one. He followed up with two solo number ones, these being Too many broken hearts and a cover of Sealed with a kiss, the oldie that was originally a hit for Bryan Hyland. The final British hit from this album, Every day I love you more, peaked at number two. Six other great sings (You can depend on me, Time heals, Question of pride, If I don't have you, Change your mind, Too late to say goodbye) complete the album. Some of them sound good enough to have been released as A-sides, but I suspect most of them were used as B-sides. To be honest, it is remarkable that any album should produce so many huge hits because if people like the first two, there is a tendency to buy the album.

Jason had further success with two more albums produced by Stock Aitken and Waterman and the singles taken from them, though none made number one. However, Jason eventually had a fourth British number one with Any dream will do, from the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Joseph and the amazing Technicolor dream coat. One album on Polydor provided Jason with further success, but I haven't kept track of his career since then.

So as things turned out, Jason's musical career peaked at the beginning, but while this album is long out of print, hits compilations are more readily available. Nevertheless, if you enjoy this type of music, this album is well worth a listen.