Now That’s What I Call Music 7 to be reissued as a two-CD set

The 1986 compilation is released on CD for the first time

Now That’s What I Call Music 7 is now available to pre-order as a two-CD set.

The compilation was originally issued in August 1986 and was a reasonably strong outing featuring hits of the day such as Peter Gabriel‘s ‘Sledgehammer’, the Pet Shop Boys ‘Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money)’, Wham!‘s last single ‘The Edge of Heaven’, Bowie‘s ‘Absolute Beginners’, a-ha‘s ‘Hunting High and Low’, Simply Red‘s ‘Holding Back The Years’ and ‘bonus track’ Queen‘s ‘A Kind of Magic’.

There’s also plenty of top quality one-hit-wonders of the era too, such as Owen Paul‘s ‘My Favourite Waste of Time’, Stan Ridgeway‘s ‘Camouflage’, Furniture‘s ‘Brilliant Mind’ and Nu Shooz‘s ‘I Can’t Wait’.

Three tracks are missing from this reissue: David Bowie’s ‘Absolute Beginners’, ‘On My Own’ (Patti Labelle And Michael McDonald) and The Real Roxanne’s Bang Zoom (Let’s Go Go). Disappointing and one presumes we can expect the usual sloppiness, where proper single versions are replaced by album cuts. The ‘Now’ team have ignored constant feedback about this from fans. Nevertheless, an essential purchase if you’ve been buying the others.

Now 7 is released on 27 November 2020 (was 20 Nov).

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Original track listing of Now 7

1. Sledgehammer
   Peter Gabriel
2. Sing Our Own Song
   UB40
3. Let’s Go All The Way (Short Blix Mix)
   Sly Fox
4. Lessons In Love
   Level 42
5. Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots Of Money)
   Pet Shop Boys
6. Sinful!
   Pete Wylie
7. Camouflage
   Stan Ridgway
8. Paranoimia
   The Art Of Noise And Max Headroom
9. The Lady In Red
   Chris De Burgh
10. Absolute Beginners*
    David Bowie
11. Invisible Touch
    Genesis
12. All The Things She Said
    Simple Minds
13. Happy Hour
    The Housemartins
14. Look Away
    Big Country
15. Brilliant Mind
    Furniture
16. Call Of The Wild
    Midge Ure
17. The Edge Of Heaven
    Wham!
18. My Favourite Waste Of Time
    Owen Paul
19. Too Good To Be Forgotten
    Amazulu
20. Spirit In The Sky
    Doctor & The Medics
21. Venus
    Bananarama
22. New Beginning (Mamba Seyra)
    Bucks Fizz
23. Hunting High And Low
    A-Ha
24. Holding Back The Years
    Simply Red
25. A Kind Of Magic
    Queen
26. When The Going Gets Tough The Tough Gets Going
    Billy Ocean
27. Set Me Free
    Jaki Graham
28. I Can’t Wait
    Nu Shooz
29. Bang Zoom (Let’s Go Go)
    The Real Roxanne With Hitman Howie Tee*
30. Amityville (The House On The Hill)
    Lovebug Starski
31. Headlines
    Midnight Star
32. You And Me Tonight
    Aurra
33. On My Own*
    Patti Labelle And Michael McDonald