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 40 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.

Available as a stunning 3-LP vinyl collection, pressed in a different colour for each disc; blue, white and red, and housed in a tri-fold sleeve that features a track-by-track guide.

LP1 Side A

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

LP1 Side B

1. Wham! - Heartbeat 

2. Howard Jones – Equality 

3. Thompson Twins - The Gap 

4. Donna Summer - Protection

5. Tina Turner – I Might Have Been Queen 

6. Bruce Springsteen - The Ties That Bind 

7. Blondie - Angels On The Balcony

LP2 Side A

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. Adam & The Ants - Ants Invasion

6. Echo And The Bunnymen – Crystal Days

7. Nick Heyward - The Day It Rained Forever 

LP2 Side B

1. The Cure - Play For Today 

2. Joy Division – Isolation 

3. UB40 - Tyler

4. Grace Jones - Nightclubbing 

5. The Police - When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around 

6. The Selecter – Too Much Pressure 

7. The Specials – Enjoy Yourself (It’s Later Than You Think)

LP3 Side A

1. Spandau Ballet – Reformation 

2. Ultravox – New Europeans

3. The Human League - The Things That Dreams Are Made Of

4. Soft Cell - Secret Life

5. Heaven 17 - We Live So Fast

6. Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

7. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - She's Leaving

LP3 Side B

1. Pretenders – Mystery Achievement 

2. R.E.M. - Harborcoat 

3. New Order – Age Of Consent 

4. Roxy Music - The Space Between

5. David Sylvian - Nostalgia

6. The Style Council & Tracey Thorn - The Paris Match