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| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. You Can't Hurry Love | |||
| 2. Is There Something I Should Know | |||
| 3. Red Red Wine (Edit) | |||
| 4. Only For Love | |||
| 5. Temptation (Edit) | |||
| 6. Give It Up | |||
| 7. Double Dutch | |||
| 8. Total Eclipse Of The Heart | |||
| 9. Karma Chameleon | |||
| 10. The Safety Dance | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Candy Girl | |||
| 2. Big Apple | |||
| 3. Let's Stay Together (Single Version) | |||
| 4. (Keep Feeling) Fascination | |||
| 5. New Song | |||
| 6. Please Don't Make Me Cry | |||
| 7. Tonight, I Celebrate My Love (1983 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 8. They Don't Know | |||
| 9. Kissing With Confidence | |||
| 10. That's All (Edit) | |||
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Now 1 was released in December 1983, and showcased all the best pop music could offer back then. Artists such as Duran Duran, UB40, Culture Club, and Rod Stewart were on it, and it came on double vinyl, and cassette. There wasn't a CD edition back then, so having this now, 25 years on is pretty cool.
The great thing about Now compilations back in the day, was they were varied and had a lot of music you enjoyed from the radio and Top Of The Pops, even the genres were varied, from the progressive rock of Genesis right through to UB40's laid back reggae - even a bit of new romantic for you too.
This CD has the best of 1983, including the remake of The Supremes "You Can't Hurry Love" from Phil Collins, UB40's cheesy "Red Red Wine" right through to darker tracks by The Cure, and lighter romantic stuff from The Human League.
This might not mean much to the younger generation, but Now was a breakthrough for us, it was the only compilation available that took all the best of 3 months music and made it available for a decent price. OK, a lot of the music is cheesy on it, but at least most of it was made by the artists, and written by songwriters, and actually performed by the people who wrote it.
The packaging is rather old skool too, a gatefold packaging, which reminds me of the vinyl I used to get back then.
Great to see this back, well worth a place in your collection.
The great thing about Now compilations back in the day, was they were varied and had a lot of music you enjoyed from the radio and Top Of The Pops, even the genres were varied, from the progressive rock of Genesis right through to UB40's laid back reggae - even a bit of new romantic for you too.
This CD has the best of 1983, including the remake of The Supremes "You Can't Hurry Love" from Phil Collins, UB40's cheesy "Red Red Wine" right through to darker tracks by The Cure, and lighter romantic stuff from The Human League.
This might not mean much to the younger generation, but Now was a breakthrough for us, it was the only compilation available that took all the best of 3 months music and made it available for a decent price. OK, a lot of the music is cheesy on it, but at least most of it was made by the artists, and written by songwriters, and actually performed by the people who wrote it.
The packaging is rather old skool too, a gatefold packaging, which reminds me of the vinyl I used to get back then.
Great to see this back, well worth a place in your collection.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I suspect there are others reading this review who originally bought this when I did - Back in 1984, on good old vinyl. This was the start of a series that I couldn't have dreamed would still be running today, having seen just a handful of volumes released on similar series before disappearing forever ('Out Now', 'The Hits Album' etc.).
The 'Now That's...' series was a refreshing change from most of the hits compilation albums available back then, in that its tracklisting was focused purely on significant chart hits, whereas the majority of similar albums at that time contained a lot of "filler" material - Tracks which either made the lower positions on the top 75, or didn't chart at all. The Now series did away with that idea, and brought us a selection of tracks which had all been in the top 40, and could all properly be called "hits". Also, you'd get a brief commentary on each track, including its highest chart position, which is something you wouldn't have found on any of those old K-Tel and Ronco albums you bought in the seventies and early eighties.
The first disc is by far the stronger of the two - Ten of the sixteen tracks here are chart-toppers, and most of those that aren't made the top ten. This album is pretty much as good a review of what was big in '83 as you'll find anywhere - Phil Collins (You Can't Hurry Love'), UB40 ('Red Red Wine'), Men At Work ('Down Under') and Bonnie Tyler ('Total Eclipse of the Heart') provide just a few of the No.1s on offer here.
However, like a lot of the earlier, 'Now' albums, it's the second disc where you get the feeling that they were having to dig a little deeper into the barrel (though not scraping it, as other compilations were prone to do) - Most of the songs here are top twenty or thirty, rather than top ten, and some of these ('Big Apple', 'Let's Stay Together', 'Kissing With Confidence', 'The Sun And The Rain', 'Victims') have never been favourites of mine. I've subtracted a star because of this weaker disc, just as I would have done if I'd been writing a review for the vinyl release 25 years ago.
I don't think I'd recommend this to a fan of eighties music, simply because it's highly likely that most of the tracks contained on it would be in their collection already, but if you know someone who had the original album and played it to death, as I did, then it would make a nice little nostalgic gift.
The 'Now That's...' series was a refreshing change from most of the hits compilation albums available back then, in that its tracklisting was focused purely on significant chart hits, whereas the majority of similar albums at that time contained a lot of "filler" material - Tracks which either made the lower positions on the top 75, or didn't chart at all. The Now series did away with that idea, and brought us a selection of tracks which had all been in the top 40, and could all properly be called "hits". Also, you'd get a brief commentary on each track, including its highest chart position, which is something you wouldn't have found on any of those old K-Tel and Ronco albums you bought in the seventies and early eighties.
The first disc is by far the stronger of the two - Ten of the sixteen tracks here are chart-toppers, and most of those that aren't made the top ten. This album is pretty much as good a review of what was big in '83 as you'll find anywhere - Phil Collins (You Can't Hurry Love'), UB40 ('Red Red Wine'), Men At Work ('Down Under') and Bonnie Tyler ('Total Eclipse of the Heart') provide just a few of the No.1s on offer here.
However, like a lot of the earlier, 'Now' albums, it's the second disc where you get the feeling that they were having to dig a little deeper into the barrel (though not scraping it, as other compilations were prone to do) - Most of the songs here are top twenty or thirty, rather than top ten, and some of these ('Big Apple', 'Let's Stay Together', 'Kissing With Confidence', 'The Sun And The Rain', 'Victims') have never been favourites of mine. I've subtracted a star because of this weaker disc, just as I would have done if I'd been writing a review for the vinyl release 25 years ago.
I don't think I'd recommend this to a fan of eighties music, simply because it's highly likely that most of the tracks contained on it would be in their collection already, but if you know someone who had the original album and played it to death, as I did, then it would make a nice little nostalgic gift.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This CD is a monument to fantastic 80s music. There are so many great artists on this album (Duran Duran, Tina Turner, UB40, Simple Minds, The Cure, Phil Collins, Genesis, Howard Jones), and most tracks will be recognizable to younger generations too - a real sign of the enduring quality of the music we enjoyed in the early 80s. Whether you are 44, 24 or 14, this is a great album to either re-purchase or to enjoy for the first time.
PS: Ignore what others say about the tracks not matching the original - it's still way better than Now 69, 70 and 71 put together
PS: Ignore what others say about the tracks not matching the original - it's still way better than Now 69, 70 and 71 put together
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Where it all began... the first is still one of the very best!
Well this is where it all began, over 28 years ago, when the first of the long-lived 'Now That's What I Call Music' series hit the charts in December 1983. Read more
Published 1 month ago by N. Wright
Very Good
I had ordered this CD once before but one of my kids has it in their car so I ordered another for myself. It arrived well within the time expected in very good condition. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mrs. Susan Ann Jenner
Now thats What I call oldies
Originally owned this on vinyl but over the passage of time I 'lost' the album. I then went to a 80s revival disco in Leamington and renewed my interest in the 80's. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Barry Kilgannon
NOW 1
The first Now Album from the NOW collection which is currently up to Now 79.The Now 1 album like all in the collection has the essential songs from 1983. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Wayne Philbrick
Nostalgia IS what it used to be !
28 years ago? ... blimey, I remember buying this on double vinyl when it first came out: in fact I loved it so much at the time I then also bought it on cassette to go in the car! Read more
Published 12 months ago by A. J. Rogers
Now that's what I call music 1
This is a fabulous music collection which dates back a few years but is teriffic!
Wouldn't be without it!
Wouldn't be without it!
Published 12 months ago by dave
I like the "Special Edition" Case...oh...and the "Music" too...
"Now" fans of the 80's need no real in depth analysis of this. The music is great (the odd couple of tracks that are not that great but, I think every single "Now" album from one... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Mr "M"
The start of a legendary series
Finally, the very 1st "Now That's What I Call Music!" compilation gets released on a double CD. This album started a big series of double CD compilations that had a good selection... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Mr. I. English
Great blast from the past!!!!
Really good music from the early 80's. If your born in the late 70's or early 80's you'll remember some of these. Read more
Published on 10 Jan 2010 by M. Taylor
CD
box i little bit battered, but what do you expect from a cd that is about 3 years old. however the cd was in great condidtion and plays very well, having no scratches on it.
Published on 14 May 2009 by Mr. J. R. Peace
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