VA - NOW Thats What I Call An Era The Albums 1980-1984 (2025)

NOW Music is very proud to present the second of our NOW That's What I Call An Era The Albums releases. Most of the albums being highlighted produced huge hit singles that have become both synonymous with the decade and enduringly popular – but these albums are of such a high quality – forever part of the artist’s legacy - that other tracks could have equally become hits – and some have become as well-loved by fans as the singles, and have for many artists always been an established part of their live shows.

Track List:

CD1
01. Wham! - A Ray Of Sunshine 4:48
02. Haircut 100 - Lemon Firebrigade 3:55
03. Abc - Show Me 4:05
04. Culture Club - Black Money 5:20
05. Eurythmics - This City Never Sleeps 6:42
06. Alison Moyet - Where Hides Sleep 3:49
07. Sade - Frankie's First Affair 4:39
08. Roxy Music - The Space Between 4:31
09. Japan - Talking Drum 3:36
10. Duran Duran - Anyone Out There) 4:03
11. The Human League - The Things That Dreams Are Made Of 4:18
12. Spandau Ballet - Reformation 4:55
13. Heaven 17 - We Live So Fast 3:50
14. Ultravox - New Europeans 4:05
15. Donna Summer - Protection 3:37
16. Tina Turner - I Might Have Been Queen 4:12
17. Bruce Springsteen - The Ties That Bind 3:34
18. Pretenders - Mystery Achievement 5:24

CD2
19. Wham! - Heartbeat 4:44
20. Soft Cell - Secret Life 3:36
21. Bananarama - Young At Heart 3:12
22. Nik Kershaw - Bogart 4:38
23. Thompson Twins - The Gap 4:47
24. Howard Jones - Equality 4:29
25. Bronski Beat - Junk 4:20
26. Shalamar - Don't Try To Change Me 4:08
27. Imagination - All Night Loving 4:20
28. Toyah - Jungles Of Jupiter 5:13
29. Kim Wilde - Our Town 3:48
30. Culture Club - Boy Boy (I'm The Boy) 3:51
31. Mari Wilson - Are You There With Another Girl? 4:42
32. Carmel - Tracks Of My Tears 3:58
33. The Style Council & Tracey Thorn - The Paris Match 4:26
34. Paul Simon - Hearts And Bones 5:40
35. Joan Armatrading - Turn Out The Light 4:21
36. Paul Young - No Parlez 4:53

CD3
37. Duran Duran - The Chauffeur 3:51
38. Japan - Taking Islands In Africa 5:21
39. Tears For Fears - The Hurting 4:17
40. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Black Night White Light 4:09
41. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - She's Leaving 3:29
42. Laurie Anderson - From The Air 4:34
43. The Cure - Play For Today 3:40
44. Joy Division - Isolation 2:54
45. R.E.M. - Harborcoat 3:55
46. The Psychedelic Furs - President Gas 5:20
47. Blancmange - Game Above My Head 3:58
48. China Crisis - Red Sails 4:44
49. The Associates - Gloomy Sunday 4:13
50. Adam & The Ants - Ants Invasion 3:21
51. The Teardrop Explodes - Second Head 3:12
52. Echo And The Bunnymen - Crystal Days 2:25
53. The Jam - Man In The Corner Shop 3:14
54. Aztec Camera - We Could Send Letters 5:50
55. Nick Heyward - The Day It Rained Forever 4:32

CD4
56. New Order - Age Of Consent 5:16
57. Hard Times - The League Unlimited Orchestra 5:44
58. Visage - Anvil Night Club School 4:40
59. Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) 4:47
60. Talk Talk - The Party's Over 5:43
61. The Fixx - Reach The Beach 4:28
62. David Sylvian - Nostalgia 5:43
63. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Almost Blue 2:50
64. The Cure - Shake Dog Shake 4:58
65. Blondie - Angels On The Balcony 3:48
66. Dexys Midnight Runners - Tell Me When My Light Turns Green 3:47
67. The Clash - Overpowered By Funk 4:53
68. The Police - When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around 3:37
69. Grace Jones - Nightclubbing 5:08
70. Ub40 - Tyler 5:52
71. The Selecter - Too Much Pressure 3:52
72. The Specials - Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think) 3:40