Various Artist – NOW That’s What I Call an Era The Albums 1980 – 1984 (4CD)

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Various Artist – NOW That’s What I Call an Era: The Albums 1980 – 1984 (4CD)

RELEASE DATE: 30th May 2025

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.

Tracklisting:

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)