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One thing I often find quietly impressive about these Now albums is the sequencing. Where the accepted practice for many compilations is to load the biggest hits at the start to grab the attention of the casual browser (and maybe load one or two biggies at the top of the second disc where applicable), here we get a Number One single more or less buried in the middle of Side 3. Admittedly, it's one of those big-selling songs that wouldn't be unanimously liked, but this still shows confidence.
It's fair to say, I think, that not everyone likes either Andrew Lloyd Webber or Jason Donovan, and the combination is enough to put many people off instantly, myself included. It's slightly ironic that a man who was never going to be taken seriously as a pop star because he'd started out as an actor was able to revive his musical career somewhat by returning to acting, but so it was with this returning him to the top of the singles chart for the last time, and arguably setting him up for the sort of part-time singing career he now has. And to be fair to him, his singing is remarkably improved here from the sound Stock Aiken and Waterman were able to get from him even with all the technology at their disposal. Credit where it's due there, but I can't be so enthusiastic about the song itself, though I'll give it some benefit of the doubt in that it might make more sense in context. That doesn't excuse the very cheap-sounding production or the irritating children's choir though. And not for the first time I find myself wondering why every early-90s pop video has a scene in a room full of candles.
Available on: Andrew lloyd Webber - Gold
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