After Now 5‘s no-CD-Back-to-Basics approach – they stuck with the tired (surely tried) and tested record and tape format again.

I think that it’s safe to say that the first side of this one is the best – Bryan Adams and Tina Turner apart – they’re just not my taste OK. And who’s writing this, eh?

Side 1

Queen – One Vision
Nik Kershaw – When a Heart Beats
Feargal Sharkey – A Good Heart
Eurythmics – There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)
Simple Minds – Alive and Kicking
Bryan Adams & Tina Turner – It’s Only Love
Gary Moore – Empty Rooms
Marillion – Lavender

Side 2

Elton John – Nikita
Kate Bush – Running Up that Hill
Level 42 – Something About You
Tina Turner – We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)
UB40 – Don’t Break My Heart
Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin – Separate Lives
Cliff Richard – She’s So Beautiful

Side 3

Arcadia – Election Day
UB40 featuring Chrissie Hynde – I Got You Babe
Fine Young Cannibals – Blue
Midge Ure – If I Was
Siouxsie and the Banshees – Cities in Dust
Madness – Uncle Sam
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions – Lost Weekend
Communards – You Are My World

Side 4

Paul Hardcastle – Just For Money
Jan Hammer – Miami Vice Theme
Maria Vidal – Body Rock
Baltimora – Tarzan Boy
Mai Tai – Body And Soul
Cameo – Single Life
Jaki Graham & David Grant – Mated