At last! The double CD release matches the vinyl / audio cassette version.

Some great tracks abide here, it’s perhaps the strongest Now compilation of them all – in my humble opinion.

I think there’s only the obligatory Cliff Richard track that anyone could take offence at.  Oh and perhaps Curiosity Killed the Cat. What was his name… ah yes, Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot.  Sorry mate, but not my cup of tea at all.  Having said that, I did buy one of their singles – Down to Earth.  Perhaps if he’d changed his name to Ben Parrot he and the band may have had wider appeal?  Yes, I know it’s un perroquet, that’s not the point…  (You know, when you’re in a hole, the best plan is to stop digging.  Perhaps that’s what I’ll do now…)

Disc 1

Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé – Barcelona
Pet Shop Boys – Rent
The Communards – Never Can Say Goodbye
M|A|R|R|S – Pump Up the Volume
Hue & Cry – Labour of Love
Jellybean feat. Steven Dante – The Real Thing
Johnny Hates Jazz – I Don’t Want to be a Hero
The Style Council – Wanted
T’Pau – China in Your Hand
Heart – Alone
Kiss – Crazy Crazy Nights
Billy Idol – Mony Mony
Whitesnake – Here I Go Again
The Alarm – Rain in the Summertime
Marillion – Sugar Mice

Disc 2

Wet Wet Wet – Sweet Little Mystery
Curiosity Killed the Cat – Misfit
Los Lobos – La Bamba
Fat Boys – Wipeout
Bananarama – Love in the First Degree
Cliff Richard – My Pretty One
Karel Fialka – Hey, Matthew
Jan Hammer – Crockett’s Theme from Miami Vice
Nina Simone – My Baby Just Cares for Me
Erasure – The Circus
The Housemartins – Build
Level 42 – It’s Over
ABC – When Smokey Sings
Squeeze – Hourglass
The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl – A Fairytale of New York*

*NB the actual title of this track does away with the indefinite article ‘a’.  The boys and girls at Now were being a little over generous. OK, OK I know. But humour me please, eh?

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