Whenever You Need Somebody (studio album) by Rick Astley

Whenever You Need Somebody by Rick Astley
Year: 1987
Overall rank: 10,061st   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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52/100 (from 75 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1987 (132nd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,464th)
Award Best albums of all time (10,061st)
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-Whenever You Need SomebodyHold Me In Your Arms

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From 10/07/2014 17:33
Personally, I think it has strong tracks other than his signature song. The three opening songs are all pretty similar in terms of both quality and style (and that bombastic string intro sounds almost copy-pasted in those three songs, it's quite funny). Noteworthy especially is the crazy syncopation in the title-track's verses and the madly cheesy version of "When I Fall in Love" as album closer. Only a decade like the 1980s could something like this!
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From 10/07/2014 15:54
Obviously only known for "Never Gonna Give You Up", I imagine this album has other songs, good or bad I don't know.
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From 07/27/2013 11:52
Changed my life
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From 04/01/2013 20:18
What really amazes me is that the expression "to be Rick rolled" was already invented 4 years ago!
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From 10/02/2010 23:51
This is hilarious, if you set "Ratings >= 5", "Never gonna give you up" is rated #127 ahead of songs by the Beatles, Stones, Arcade Fire, Nirvana, VU, Neutral Milk Hotel, Slint, Led Zeppelin< Radiohead, Pink Floyd, etc..well you get the picture...I don't hate this song but I didn't know that our members were so into adult contemporary.
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From 05/01/2010 23:16
NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP, NEVER GONNA LET YOU DOWN
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From 03/29/2010 22:49
It's better now that' it's only 710... hopefully 4chan stays off of this chart.
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From 11/04/2009 04:47
i met the hoff not so long ago in a hotel swimming pool.. amiable bloke, seemed intoxicated
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From 11/03/2009 22:36
Well he's no David Hasselhoff but he's good
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From 09/07/2009 22:16
Rick roll'd!!!!

(This album gets an 100)
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