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Now That’s What I Call An Era: The Albums 1980 > 1984

Deep cuts!

NOW Music will issue a second volume under their ‘Now That’s What I Call An Era’ banner.

The first volume – The Sound of the Suburbs – focused on music from the late 70s, whereas this new collection – The Albums 1980 > 1984 – is concerned with music from the early part of the decade we like to call ‘the 1980s’ – but with a twist: None of the tracks were released as UK singles – they are all album tracks or ‘deep cuts’ as some people like to call them.

So… favourite artists, familiar sounds, often best-selling albums, but not the tracks you’d normally expect on compilations. From Wham!’s first album, Fantastic!, there’s ‘A Ray of Sunshine’ and from Make It Big the song ‘Hearbeat’ is selected. ‘Frankie’s First Affair’ is picked from Sade’s Diamond Life album, while from Alison Moyet’s Alf, ‘Where Hides Sleep’ is selected.

Deluxe 4CD set

The superb title track of Paul Young’s No Parlez earns a place on merit, as does a pair of tracks from Duran Duran’s first two albums: ‘Is There Anyone Out There?’ and ‘The Chaffeur’.

In 4CD deluxe hardcover book form, The Albums 1980 > 1984 features 72 tracks in this vein, including Paul Simon’s ‘Hearts and Bones’, Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s ‘Black Night White Light’, Tears For Fears’ ‘The Hurting’, The Police’s ‘When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What’s Still Around’ and many more.

The deluxe 4CD includes a 28-page booklet with a track-by-track guide, just like the Yearbooks. A 40-track 3LP vinyl version features each LP pressed on blue, white and pink vinyl

Now That’s What I Call An Era: The Albums 1980 > 1984 will be released on 30 May 2025.

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Tracklisting

Now That’s What I Call An Era: The Albums 1980 > 1984 Various Artists / 4CD deluxe

    • CD 1
      1. Wham! – A Ray Of Sunshine
      2. Haircut 100 – Lemon Firebrigade
      3. ABC – Show Me
      4. Culture Club – Black Money
      5. Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart – This City Never Sleeps
      6. Alison Moyet – Where Hides Sleep
      7. Sade – Frankie’s First Affair
      8. Roxy Music – The Space Between
      9. Japan – Talking Drum
      10. Duran Duran – Anyone Out There
      11. The Human League – The Things That Dreams Are Made Of
      12. Spandau Ballet – Reformation
      13. Heaven 17 – We Live So Fast
      14. Ultravox – New Europeans
      15. Donna Summer – Protection
      16. Tina Turner – I Might Have Been Queen
      17. Bruce Springsteen – The Ties That Bind
      18. Pretenders – Mystery Achievement
    • CD 2
      1. Wham! – Heartbeat
      2. Soft Cell – Secret Life
      3. Bananarama – Young At Heart
      4. Nik Kershaw – Bogart
      5. Thompson Twins – The Gap
      6. Howard Jones – Equality
      7. Bronski Beat – Junk
      8. Shalamar – Don’t Try To Change Me
      9. Imagination – All Night Loving
      10. Toyah – Jungles Of Jupiter
      11. Kim Wilde – Our Town
      12. Culture Club – Boy Boy (I’m The Boy)
      13. Mari Wilson – Are You There With Another Girl?
      14. Carmel – Tracks Of My Tears
      15. The Style Council & Tracey Thorn – The Paris Match
      16. Paul Simon – Hearts And Bones
      17. Joan Armatrading – Turn Out The Light
      18. Paul Young – No Parlez
    • CD 3
      1. Duran Duran – The Chauffeur
      2. Japan – Taking Islands In Africa
      3. Tears For Fears – The Hurting
      4. Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Black Night White Light
      5. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – She’s Leaving
      6. Laurie Anderson – From The Air
      7. The Cure – Play For Today
      8. Joy Division – Isolation
      9. R.E.M. – Harborcoat
      10. The Psychedelic Furs – President Gas
      11. Blancmange – Game Above My Head
      12. China Crisis – Red Sails
      13. The Associates – Gloomy Sunday
      14. Adam & The Ants – Ants Invasion
      15. The Teardrop Explodes – Second Head
      16. Echo And The Bunnymen – Crystal Days
      17. The Jam – Man In The Corner Shop
      18. Aztec Camera – We Could Send Letters
      19. Nick Heyward – The Day It Rained Forever
    • CD 4
      1. New Order – Age Of Consent
      2. The League Unlimited Orchestra – Hard Times
      3. Visage – Anvil Night Club School
      4. Simple Minds – New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
      5. Talk Talk – The Party’s Over
      6. The Fixx – Reach The Beach
      7. David Sylvian – Nostalgia
      8. Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Almost Blue
      9. The Cure – Shake Dog Shake
      10. Blondie – Angels On The Balcony
      11. Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Tell Me When My Light Turns Green
      12. The Clash – Overpowered By Funk
      13. The Police – When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What’s Still Around
      14. Grace Jones – Nightclubbing
      15. UB40 – Tyler
      16. The Selecter – Too Much Pressure
      17. The Specials – Enjoy Yourself (It’s Later Than You Think)

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