Hold Me in Your Arms (album)

Hold Me In Your Arms
Studio album by Rick Astley
Released 26 November 1988
Recorded 1988
Genre Pop, dance-pop, disco
Length 38:20
Label RCA
Producer Stock Aitken Waterman, Rick Astley, Ian Curnow, Phil Harding, Daize Washbourn
Rick Astley chronology

Whenever You Need Somebody
(1987)		 Hold Me in Your Arms
(1988)		 Free
(1991)
Singles from Hold Me in Your Arms
  1. "She Wants to Dance with Me"
    Released: 12 September 1988
  2. "Take Me to Your Heart"
    Released: 21 November 1988
  3. "Hold Me in Your Arms"
    Released: 30 January 1989
  4. "Ain't Too Proud to Beg"
    Released: 27 February 1989
  5. "Giving Up on Love"
    Released: 15 April 1989

Hold Me in Your Arms is the second album by the British pop singer Rick Astley, released in 1988 on RCA Records.

A remastered version, containing all remixes, was released in 2010.[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
Rolling Stone

Track listing

All tracks written by Rick Astley, unless otherwise noted.

  1. "She Wants to Dance with Me" – 3:14
  2. "Take Me to Your Heart" (Stock Aitken Waterman) – 3:27
  3. "I Don't Want to Lose Her" (Stock Aitken Waterman) – 3:31
  4. "Giving Up on Love" – 4:01
  5. "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" (Holland, Whitfield) – 4:19
  6. "Till Then (Time Stands Still)" (Stock Aitken Waterman) – 3:14
  7. "Dial My Number" – 4:09
  8. "I'll Never Let You Down" – 3:55
  9. "I Don't Want to Be Your Lover" – 3:58
  10. "Hold Me in Your Arms" – 4:32
2010 bonus tracks
  1. "My Arms Keep Missing You" – 3.14
  2. "I'll Be Fine" – 3:44
  3. "She Wants to Dance with Me" [Extended Mix] – 7:14
  4. "Take Me to Your Heart" [Autumn Leaves Mix] – 6:38
  5. "My Arms Keep Missing You" [The No L Mix] – 6:46
  6. "Hold Me in Your Arms" [Extended Mix] – 7:37
  7. "Rick's Hit Mix" [Megamix] 5:49

Personnel

Certifications

Country Certification Quantity
Canada 2× Platinum[3] 200,000
Germany Gold[4] 250,000
Switzerland Gold[5] 25,000
UK Platinum[6] 300,000
US Gold[7] 500,000

References

  1. ↑ "Hold Me in Your Arms: Rick Astley: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  2. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Review: Hold Me In Your Arms - Rick Astley". Allmusic. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
  3. ↑ CRIA.ca
  4. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('Hold Me in Your Arms')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  5. ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('Hold Me in Your Arms')". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  6. ↑ "BPI – Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  7. ↑ "RIAA – Searchable Database: Hold Me in Your Arms". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 7 November 2011.