NOW That's What I Call an Era: The Albums 1980-1984
Various Artists
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Release Date: 30/05/2025
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 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 3LP 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.
Disc 1
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: Heartbeat (Make It Big) - Wham!
8: Equality (Human's Lib) - Howard Jones
9: The Gap (Into the Gap) - Thompson Twins
10: Protection (Donna Summer) - Donna Summer
11: I Might Have Been Queen (Private Dancer) - Tina Turner
12: The Ties That Bind (The River) - Bruce Springsteen
13: Angels On the Balcony (Autoamerican) - Blondie
Disc 2
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: Ants Invasion (Kings of the Wild Frontier) - Adam & The Ants
6: Crystal Days (Ocean Rain) - Echo & the Bunnymen
7: The Day It Rained Forever (North of a Miracle) - Nick Heyward
8: Play for Today (Seventeen Seconds) - The Cure
9: Isolation (Closer) - Joy Division
10: Tyler (Signing Off) - UB40
11: Nightclubbing (Nightclubbing) - Grace Jones
12: When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around (Zenyatta Mondatta) - The Police
13: Too Much Pressure (Too Much Pressure) - The Selecter
14: Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think) [More Specials] - The Specials
Disc 3
1: Reformation (Journeys to Glory) - Spandau Ballet
2: New Europeans (Vienna) - Ultravox
3: The Things That Dreams Are Made Of (Dare) - The Human League
4: Seret Life (Non-stop Erotic Cabaret) - Soft Cell
5: We Live So Fast (The Luxury Gap) - Heaven 17
6: New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) [New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)] - Simple Minds
7: She's Leaving (Architecture and Morality) - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
8: Mystery Achievement (Pretenders) - The Pretenders
9: Harborcoat (Reckoning) - R.E.M.
10: Age of Consent (Power Corruption and Lies) - New Order
11: The Space Between (Avalon) - Roxy Music
12: Nostalgia (Brilliant Trees) - David Sylvian
13: The Paris Match (Feat. Tracey Thorn) [Café Bleu] - The Style Council