Now That’s What I Call Electronic

The NOW team will issue a new various artists four-CD in the new year. Now That’s What I Call Electronic is a “celebration of the rise of electronic anthems” and offers a largely Eighties-based selection of 78 tracks.

This collection includes big pop hits such as a-ha’s ‘Take On Me’, Duran Duran’s ‘Planet Earth’, Queen’s ‘Radio Ga-Ga’ (track one, disc one – naturally) but there’s enough variety to keep things interesting including Flock of Seagulls, Yello, Malcom McLaren, Trans-X, Art of Noise, Joy Division, The Associates, Furniture and more.

There’s a few appropriate ‘long’ versions of appropriate tracks including Donna Summer’s ‘I Feel Love’ and New Order’s ‘Blue Monday’. The ‘Performance Mix’ of Dead Or Alive’s ‘You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)’ also features.

The official line is that this compilation “focuses on the emergence of synth-pop as a dominant sub-genre of new wave” although no doubt fans will discuss the merits of individual selections. It’s great to see an ABBA track here but does ‘Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)’ really qualify?

There are loads of tracks that do fit the bill perfectly, of course, such as Ultravox’s ‘Vienna’, Visage’s ‘Fade to Grey’, Japan’s ‘Quiet Life’, OMD’s Enola Gay, Gary Numan’s ‘Cars’, M’s ‘Pop Muzik’ and more.

As usual, any quibbles can be easily shrugged off when you consider that this four-CD package is available for pre-order at under £9.

Now That’s What I Call Electronic will be released on 7 January 2022.

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Now Thats What I Call Electronic - 4CD set

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Tracklisting

Now That’s What I Call Electronic Various Artists / 4CD set

• • CD 1
    1. Queen – Radio Ga Ga
    2. New Order – Blue Monday
    3. Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart – Love Is A Stranger
    4. Ultravox – Vienna
    5. Visage – Fade To Grey
    6. Japan – Quiet Life
    7. Soft Cell – Tainted Love
    8. The Human League – The Sound Of The Crowd
    9. Duran Duran – Planet Earth
    10. Spandau Ballet – To Cut A Long Story Short
    11. Gary Numan – Cars
    12. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Enola Gay
    13. Landscape – Einstein A Go-Go
    14. Tears For Fears – Mad World
    15. Heaven 17 – Temptation
    16. Blancmange – Living On The Ceiling
    17. Fiction Factory – (Feels Like) Heaven
    18. The Lotus Eaters – The First Picture Of You
    19. A Flock Of Seagulls – I Ran (So Far Away)
    20. Yello – The Race
  • CD 2
    1. Donna Summer – I Feel Love (12” Version)
    2. Chaka Khan – I Feel For You
    3. Freeez – I.O.U.
    4. Shannon – Let The Music Play
    5. Company B – Fascinated
    6. The S.O.S Band – Just Be Good To Me
    7. Nu Shooz – I Can’t Wait
    8. The Pointer Sisters – Automatic
    9. Man 2 Man – Male Stripper
    10. Patrick Cowley feat. Sylvester – Do You Wanna Funk
    11. Liza Minnelli – Losing My Mind
    12. Eighth Wonder – I’m Not Scared
    13. Animotion – Obsession
    14. Trans-X – Living On Video
    15. Dazz Band – Let It All Blow
    16. Harold Faltermeyer – Axel F (From “Beverly Hills Cop” Soundtrack)
    17. Art Of Noise – Close (To The Edit)
    18. Malcolm McLaren – Buffalo Gals
    19. Joe Jackson – Steppin’ Out
  • CD 3
    1. ABBA – Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
    2. Blondie – Atomic
    3. The Buggles – Video Killed The Radio Star
    4. M – Pop Muzik
    5. Paul Hardcastle – 19
    6. Falco – Rock Me Amadeus (The American Edit)
    7. Phil Lynott – Yellow Pearl (First 7″ Remix)
    8. Kim Wilde – Kids In America
    9. Altered Images – Don’t Talk To Me About Love
    10. a-ha – Take On Me
    11. Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder – Together In Electric Dreams
    12. Howard Jones – New Song
    13. Nik Kershaw – Wouldn’t It Be Good
    14. Limahl – Never Ending Story
    15. Thompson Twins – Love On Your Side
    16. Men Without Hats – The Safety Dance
    17. Kon Kan – I Beg Your Pardon (I Never Promised You A Rose Garden)
    18. Peter Schilling – Major Tom (Coming Home)
    19. Midge Ure – If I Was
    20. China Crisis – Christian
    21. Jan Hammer – Crockett’s Theme (From “Miami Vice II” Soundtrack)
  • CD 4
    1. Dead Or Alive – You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) (Performance Mix)
    2. The Human League – Love Action (I Believe In Love)
    3. Propaganda – Dr Mabuse
    4. The Cure – The Walk
    5. Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
    6. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Messages
    7. Our Daughter’s Wedding – Lawn Chairs
    8. Iggy Pop – Nightclubbing
    9. Bronski Beat – Smalltown Boy
    10. Erasure – Drama!
    11. Scritti Politti – Absolute
    12. The Associates – Party Fears Two
    13. Furniture – Brilliant Mind
    14. Talk Talk – It’s My Life
    15. Simple Minds – Glittering Prize
    16. Swans Way – Soul Train
    17. The Passions – I’m In Love With A German Film Star
    18. Soft Cell – Say Hello, Wave Goodbye