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NOW That's What I Call an Era: The Albums 1980-1984

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Released: 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. This 72-track 4CD comes with a 'hardback book' that includes a 28-page booklet featuring a track-by-track guide. 72 fantastic tracks - a sampler of the iconic albums that represent an incredible period of creativity and originality.

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  • Details

    Released:
    30th May 2025
    Category:
    Rock & Pop
    Format:
    CD Album
    Barcode:
    198028945424
  • Description

    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 4CD comes with a 'hardback book' that includes a 28-page booklet featuring a track-by-track guide. 72 fantastic tracks - a sampler of the iconic albums that represent an incredible period of creativity and originality.
  • Track listing

    Disc 1

    Track name
    Artist
    1.A Ray of Sunshine (Fantastic)
    Wham!
    2.Lemon Firebrigade (Pelican West)
    Haircut 100
    3.Show Me (The Lexicon of Love)
    ABC
    4.Black Money (Colour By Numbers)
    Culture Club
    5.This City Never Sleeps (Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This))
    Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart
    6.Where Hides Sleep (Alf)
    Alison Moyet
    7.Frankie's First Affair (Diamond Life)
    Sade
    8.The Space Between (Avalon)
    Roxy Music
    9.Talking Drum (Tin Drum)
    Japan
    10.Anyone Out There (Duran Duran)
    Duran Duran
    11.The Thins That Dreams Are Made Of (Dare)
    The Human League
    12.Reformation (Journeys to Glory)
    Spandau Ballet
    13.We Live So Fast (The Luxury Gap)
    Heaven 17
    14.New Europeans (Vienna)
    Ultravox
    15.Protection (Donna Summer)
    Donna Summer
    16.I Might Have Been Queen (Private Dancer)
    Tina Turner
    17.The Ties That Bind (The River)
    Bruce Springsteen
    18.Mystery Achievement (Pretenders)
    The Pretenders

    Disc 2

    Track name
    Artist
    1.Heartbeat (Make It Big)
    Wham!
    2.Secret Life (Non-stop Cabaret)
    Soft Cell
    3.Young at Heart (Deep Sea Skiving)
    Bananarama
    4.Bogart (Human Racing)
    Nik Kershaw
    5.The Gap (Into the Gap)
    Thompson Twins
    6.Equality (Human's Lib)
    Howard Jones
    7.Junk (The Age of Consent)
    Bronski Beat
    8.Don't Try to Change Me (Friends)
    Shalamar
    9.All Night Loving (In the Heat of the Night)
    Imagination
    10.Jungles of Jupiter (Anthem)
    Toyah
    11.Our Town (Kim Wilde)
    Kim Wilde
    12.Boy Boy (I'm the Boy) [Kissing to Be Clever]
    Culture Club
    13.Are You There With Another Girl? (Showpeople)
    Mari Wilson
    14.Tracks of My Tears (The Drum Is Everything)
    Carmel
    15.The Paris Match (Feat. Tracey Thorn) [Cafe Bleu]
    The Style Council
    16.Hearts and Bones (Hearts and Bones)
    Paul Simon
    17.Turn Out the Light (Me Myself I)
    Joan Armatrading
    18.No Parlez (No Parlez)
    Paul Young

    Disc 3

    Track name
    Artist
    1.The Chauffeur (Rio)
    Duran Duran
    2.Taking Islands in Africa (Gentlemen Take Polaroids)
    Japan
    3.The Hurting (The Hurting)
    Tears for Fears
    4.Black Night White Light (Welcome to the Pleasuredome)
    Frankie Goes to Hollywood
    5.She's Leaving (Architecture and Morality)
    Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
    6.From the Air (Big Science)
    Laurie Anderson
    7.Play for Today (Seventeen Seconds)
    The Cure
    8.Isolation (Closer)
    Joy Division
    9.Harborcoat (Reckoning)
    R.E.M.
    10.President Gas (Forever Now)
    The Psychedelic Furs
    11.Game Above My Head (Mange Tout)
    Blancmange
    12.Red Sails (Difficult Shapes and Passive Rhythms)
    China Crisis
    13.Gloomy Sunday (Sulk)
    The Associates
    14.Ants Invasion (Kings of the Wild Frontier)
    Adam & The Ants
    15.Second Head (Kilimanjaro)
    The Teardrop Explodes
    16.Crystal Days (Ocean Rain)
    Echo & the Bunnymen
    17.Man in the Corner Shop (Sound Affects)
    The Jam
    18.We Could Send Letters (High Land, Hard Rain)
    Aztec Camera
    19.The Day It Rained Forever (North of a Miracle)
    Nick Heyward

    Disc 4

    Track name
    Artist
    1.Age of Consent (Power Corruption and Lies)
    New Order
    2.Hard Times (Love and Dancing)
    The League Unlimited Orchestra
    3.Anvil Night Club School (The Anvil)
    Visage
    4.New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) [New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)]
    Simple Minds
    5.The Party's Over (The Party's Over)
    Talk Talk
    6.Reach the Beach (Reach the Beach)
    The Fixx
    7.Nostalgia (Brilliant Trees)
    David Sylvian
    8.Almost Blue (Imperial Bedroom)
    Elvis Costello & The Attractions
    9.Shake Dog Shake (The Top)
    The Cure
    10.Angels On the Balcony (Autoamerican)
    Blondie
    11.Tell Me When My Light Turns Green (Searching for the Young Soul Rebels)
    Dexys Midnight Runners
    12.Overpowered By Funk (Combat Rock)
    The Clash
    13.When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around (Zenyatta Mondatta)
    The Police
    14.Nightclubbing (Nightclubbing)
    Grace Jones
    15.Tyler (Signing Off)
    UB40
    16.Too Much Pressure (Too Much Pressure)
    The Selecter
    17.Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think) [More Specials]
    The Specials
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