The Hits Album: The Debut Hits Collection - Various Artists [CD]

Every brilliant Pop career has to start somewhere, whether it's a long road to the top or waking up to find you're an overnight sensation, leaving the safety of an established group to forge a solo career, or growing up in public, under the glare of lights and cameras on a reality TV show. But any successful run of hits begins with a great performer and a great song, and we are delighted to bring you 63 unforgettable 'first steps' on The Debut Hits Collection. Some particularly lucky (and talented) artists top the chart on their first visit, and here you'll find fantastic songs that achieved that feat for Rod Stewart ('Maggie May'), Culture Club ('Do You Really Want To Hurt Me'), Frankie Goes To Hollywood ('Relax'), Soft Cell ('Tainted Love'), Britney Spears ('...Baby One More Time'), Gabrielle ('Dreams'), Westlife ('Swear It Again'), Sandie Shaw ('(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me'), and The Righteous Brothers ('You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin''). If it's a familiar face in a different setting that you're after, then we've got the first solo hits for Michael Jackson away from the Jackson 5, Alison Moyet after Yazoo (`Love Resurrection'), Nick Heyward without Haircut 100 ('Whistle Down The Wind'), and Robbie Williams post Take That ('Freedom'). The Debut Hits Collection is a 3CD set covering seven decades of chart action, songs that sound as fresh and exciting today as the first time you heard them.

Disc 1
1. Let's Stay Together - Tina Turner
2. Torn - Natalie Imbruglia
3. Why - Annie Lennox
4. Here With Me - Dido
5. Video Games - Lana Del Rey
6. Take Me to Church - Hozier
7. Budapest - George Ezra
8. Space Man - Sam Ryder
9. This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us - Sparks
10. Virginia Plain - Roxy Music
11. Denis - Blondie
12. Young Hearts Run Free - Candi Staton
13. I'm Every Woman - Chaka Khan
14. Love to Love You Baby - Donna Summer
15. Daddy Cool - Boney M.
16. Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) - Chic
17. Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
18. Forever Autumn - Justin Hayward
19. Maggie May - Rod Stewart
20. The Time They Are A-changin' - Bob Dylan
21. Homeward Bound - Simon & Garfunkel
Disc 2
1. Do You Really Want to Hurt Me - Culture Club
2. Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
3. Take On Me - a-ha
4. Planet Earth - Duran Duran
5. To Cut a Long Story Short - Spandau Ballet
6. The Sound of the Crowd - The Human League
7. Mad World - Tears for Fears
8. Tainted Love - Soft Cell
9. Where Did Our Love Go - Diana Ross & The Supremes
10. Dancing in the Street - Martha & The Vandellas
11. Uptight (Everything's Alright) - Stevie Wonder
12. Got to Be There - Michael Jackson
13. One Day I'll Fly Away - Randy Crawford
14. Keep On Movin' - Soul II Soul
15. Gloria - Laura Branigan
16. Manic Monday - The Bangles
17. Love Resurrection - Alison Moyet
18. Dignity - Deacon Blue
19. Whistle Down the Wind - Nick Heyward
20. Holding Back the Years - Simply Red
21. Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home) - Paul Young
Disc 3
1. ...Baby One More Time - Britney Spears
2. Mar¡a (Pablo Flores Spanglish Radio Edit) - Ricky Martin
3. I'm Outta Love - Anastacia
4. Freedom - Robbie Williams
5. Stitches - Shawn Mendes
6. Human - Rag'n'Bone Man
7. Grace - Lewis Capaldi
8. Starry Eyed - Ellie Goulding
9. Swear It Again - Westlife
10. Hallelujah - Alexandra Burke
11. Killing Me Softly With His Song - Fugees
12. Breathe Again - Toni Braxton
13. Dreams - Gabrielle
14. How Can I Love You More? (Sasha's Master Edit) - M People
15. It Only Takes a Minute - Take That
16. Dreams (Tee's Radio Mix) - The Corrs
17. All I Wanna Do - Sheryl Crow
18. You're Still the One - Shania Twain
19. (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me - Sandie Shaw
20. I Only Want to Be With You - Dusty Springfield
21. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - The Righteous Brothers