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| Released | 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 1987–2005 | |||
| Genre | Dance/Pop | |||
| Length | 62:33 | |||
| Label | Sony/BMG | |||
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Ultimate Collection is a compilation album released by English singer Rick Astley in 2008. It contains the song "Full of You," considered previously unreleased as it only appears on the Germany album Keep It Turned On . The album reached #17 on the UK Album Chart.
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Pete Waterman Presents The Hit Factory is a compilation album released in July 2012 collecting 39 hits produced by Pete Waterman. Included are a vast number of tracks that were written and produced by Waterman along with Mike Stock and Matt Aitken during their most successful period working as Stock Aitken Waterman, becoming among the most successful music producers of all-time.
Up All Night is a compilation album by Nile Rodgers and The Chic Organization, released in 2013. It contains recordings written, played and produced by Rodgers and Bernard Edwards for various artists including Sister Sledge, Diana Ross, Sheila & B. Devotion, Deborah Harry, Norma Jean Wright, Carly Simon, Johnny Mathis and their own group Chic. In its original form, the album included every UK Top 40 hit single produced by Chic, excepting remixes. The Johnny Mathis track was widely publicised as being previously unreleased, though it had in fact appeared on Mathis' own Ultimate Collection CD in 2011.
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