- pop, dance-pop, adult contemporary, soft rock
- 37 min
- 10 tracks
- BMG
Whenever You Need Somebody is the debut studio album by English singer Rick Astley, released on 16 November 1987 by RCA Records. It is his highest-selling album and has sold 15.2 million copies worldwide. The album is listed as the 136th best-selling album in Spain and was the seventh best-selling album of 1987 in the United Kingdom. A remastered version, containing rare remixes and extended versions, was released on 12 April 2010.
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Spare, classical in form, character-led and warm.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
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Tracks
- 1Never Gonna Give You Up3:34
- 2Whenever You Need Somebody3:54
- 3Together Forever3:26
- 4It Would Take a Strong Strong Man3:41
- 5The Love Has Gone4:20
- 6Don’t Say Goodbye4:09
- 7Slipping Away3:53
- 8No More Looking for Love3:13
- 9You Move Me3:43
- 10When I Fall in Love3:03
10 tracks, 37 minutes.
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- Artist
- Rick Astley
- Label
- BMG
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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