01 Never Gonna Give You Up 3:33
02 Whenever You Need Somebody (Single Version) 3:28
03 Together Forever (Single Version) 3:22
04 My Arms Keep Missing You 3:16
05 She Wants To Dance With Me (Single Version) 3:17
06 Take Me To Your Heart 3:29
07 Don't Say Goodbye 4:10
08 I Don't Want To Lose Her 3:34
09 Giving Up On Love (Single Version) 4:08
10 It Would Take A Strong Strong Man 3:40
11 Hold Me In Your Arms (Single Version) 4:24
12 When I Fall In Love 3:03
13 Cry For Help (Single Version) 4:06
14 Hopelessly 3:34
Biography: Rick+Astley
* Born: February 06, 1966, Warrington, England Period: `80s, `90s, 2000s
Biography:
Wielding a rich, deep voice, Rick Astley became an overnight sensation in the late `80s with his well-crafted dance-pop. Astley was discovered by producer Pete Waterman in 1985, when the Merseyside native was singing in the English soul band FBI. After that, Waterman`s production team -- Stock, Aitken & Waterman -- took Astley under their wing, writing and producing such impeccably crafted pop singles as "Never Gonna Give You Up" and "Together Forever." After two hugely successful albums in the U.S. and the U.K., Astley grew tired of being labeled Stock, Aitken & Waterman`s "puppet" and severed his connections with the team; he resurfaced in 1991 with the soul-injected Free, which contained the Top Ten hit "Cry for Help."
Free didn`t fare as well as its two predecessors, however, and the follow-up effort, Body & Soul, was an outright flop. Astley retired from music shortly thereafter, only to return in the 2000s with several new releases. He also became the subject of "Rickrolling," an Internet phenomenon involving the video for "Never Gonna Give You Up" and a series of bait and switch tactics.
