RELEASED 30th May 2025
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NOW Music is very proud to present the second of our ‘Now That’s What I Call An Era’ releases. ‘The Albums 1980 > 1984’ celebrates 72 iconic albums that were released between 1980 and 1984, featuring a magnificent track from each - and none of them UK hit singles!
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. This 72-track 4-CD comes with a ‘hardback book’ that includes a 28-page booklet featuring a track-by-track guide.
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)
