The Hits Album 9

Compilation album by Various Artists

Released

5 December 1988

Genre

Pop

Label

CBS and WEA

The Hits Albums chronology

Hits 8
(1988)

'''The Hits Album 9'''
(1988)

Hits 10
(1989)

The Hits Album is a compilation album released by BMG, CBS and WEA in December 1988 and is the ninth volume of the long-running Hits compilation series. It charted on December 17. Unusually, this Hits album was released without the chronological '9' anywhere on the album's artwork or advertising and this could be considered a re-launch of the four-year-old series. The compilation is, however, listed as The Hits Album 9 in The Complete Book of the British Charts and other chart statistic publications due to the catalogue number 'CDHITS9'.

The absence of a volume issue number and the radically different relaunched cover artwork affected sales and the album stalled at #5 in the UK Top 100 Album chart. On January 14, 1989, compilation albums were excluded from the main chart and Hits 9 transferred to the new Compilation Top 20 for the rest of its run, peaking at #4.

It is also known as The Hits Album 9 to avoid confusion with two other albums simply titled The Hits Album (the 1st and 14th editions of the series).

Hits 9 features two songs which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart: "Orinoco Flow" and "One Moment in Time".

Track listing

CD/Record/Tape 1

1. Bros: "Cat Among The Pigeons"
2. A-ha: "You Are the One (Remix)"
3. Kim Wilde: "Never Trust a Stranger"
4. Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine: "1-2-3"
5. Debbie Gibson: "Foolish Beat"
6. The Pasadenas: "Enchanted Lady"
7. Prince: "I Wish U Heaven"
8. Enya: "Orinoco Flow"
9. Chris de Burgh: "Missing You"
10. Fairground Attraction: "Find My Love"
11. Deacon Blue: "Real Gone Kid"
12. Everything but the Girl: "I Don't Want to Talk About It"
13. Tanita Tikaram: "Twist in My Sobriety"
14. Robbie Robertson: "Somewhere Down the Crazy River"

CD/Record/Tape 2

1. Yazz: "Stand Up for Your Love Rights"
2. Matt Bianco: "Wap-Bam-Boogie"
3. Royal House: "Can You Party"
4. The Funky Worm: "The Spell! (Get Down With The Genie)"
5. Kraze: "The Party"
6. Samantha Fox: "Love House"
7. Karyn White: "The Way You Love Me"
8. Rick Astley: "She Wants to Dance with Me"
9. Whitney Houston: "One Moment in Time"
10. Bill Withers: "Lovely Day"
11. Alexander O'Neal: "Fake '88"
12. The Bangles: 'In Your Room'
13. Angry Anderson: "Suddenly"
14. Londonbeat: "9 A.M. (The Comfort Zone)"
15. The Proclaimers: "Sunshine on Leith"
16. Chris Rea: "Driving Home for Christmas"

References

Collins Complete UK Hit Albums 1956-2005. Graham Betts. 2005. ISBN 0-00-720532-5.

Hits albums

First wave (original series) (1984-1991)	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Monster Hits Snap It Up! Monster Hits 2 The Hit Pack The Hits Album (15)

Second wave (1993-1994)	Hits 93 Volume 1 Hits 93 Volume 2 Hits 93 Volume 3 Hits 93 Volume 4 Hits 94 Volume 1 The Ultimate Hits Album

Third wave (1995-2001)	Hitz Blitz Hits 96 New Hits 96 Fresh Hits 96 Huge Hits 1996 Hits 97 New Hits 1997 Pure Hits 97 Fresh Hits 1997 Huge Hits 1997 Big Hits New Hits 98 Fresh Hits 98 Big Hits 98 Huge Hits 1998 Hits 99 New Hits 99 Fresh Hits 99 Big Hits 99 Huge Hits 99 Hits 2000 New Hits 2000 Fresh Hits 2000 Volume 1 Fresh Hits 2000 Volume 2 Huge Hits 2000 Hits 2001

Fourth wave (Music series) (2001)	Music: The Definitive Hits Collection Music: The Definitive Hits Collection 2

Fifth wave (2001-2004)	50 51 52 53 Huge Hits 2003 54 55 56 Huge Hits 2004 57 58 59 60

Sixth wave (2005-2006)	Red Hot Hits Essential Hits Summer Hits '06

Record labels	CBS WEA RCA Ariola BMG Telstar Global TV Sony Music WSM

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