Two more chart-toppers feature; UB40 and Chrissie Hynde’s evergreen cover of Sonny and Cher’s I Got You Babe and ex-Ultravox frontman Midge Ure’s surprisingly successful If I Was [this had already been bagged by Out Now! first reissued 2009 for the 25th anniversary, then again 20 July 2018 to coincide with Now 100) re-issued on 2CD (gatefold in 2009, jewel case in 2018), audio cassette, and a 2LP vinyl release. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill: Great song, re-entered the chart last year following its use in 'Stranger Things'.

In the age of discovery, fans trust NOW to bet right on artists who are ready to take the next step. The album features three Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits: " Independent Women Part I", " It Wasn't Me", and " With Arms Wide Open". Bryan Adams and Tina Turner duet effectively on It’s Only Love while Gary Moore’s gloomy and introspective Empty Rooms fits in well beside Marillion’s dilly-dilly blues of Lavender.The presentation of each release has evolved notably over time: from 1986 through to 2013, all double and triple CD sets were released in chubby Jewel cases which could hold up to 6 discs. UB40 - Please Don't Break My Heart: Great song; I think it should have been put next to the other 'heart' songs. It is the second number-one album in the series, following Now 4, and has been certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA. A Good Heart and There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) both reached the top of the charts and remain radio staples today.

Phil Collins crowns a most successful year with another duet; this time with a woman – Marilyn Martin – and the emotional Separate Lives.

They are also notable as being the first time a Now series had released a compilation of hits from the years 1980 to 1982. I think I came to it late and it was actually the Placebo cover in 2003 that introduced me to it (the Placebo covers album did that for a lot of songs). Originally, the series captured extended 12" mixes of dance hits of the time, but from 1991 onwards, all Now Dance compilations featured 7" edits with only occasional extended versions or mixes included. A video selection was also released featuring selected tracks from the main album and some which did not appear on any Now album. The Eurythmics single was magical the first time I heard it; wonderful vocals and great harmonica from Stevie Wonder.

album, from June to August in 1993, a series of ten, 40-track yearly collections were released on CD and cassette (but not vinyl), covering the years 1983 to 1992. Tina Turner - We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome): My sister had the 'Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome' soundtrack. The reverse of the sleeve has a bold statement “Feel the quality” and the paper inners contain cover art and tracklists for the previous releases in the series.There’s a subtle rock switch now with Simple Minds windswept Alive And Kicking from the overblown Once Upon A Time LP.

A standard 4-CD version is also issued in a gatefold "wallet" design, which retails cheaper than the mini-hardback books. The Now Yearbook series also releases a vinyl selection of its primary release, with an Extra round-up vinyl boxset featuring tracks from the CD-only series, released at the end of 2022. I personally think the pig should have stayed longer too but the compilers obviously had a good reason for discontinuing it I guess. Our automated blocking policies are imperfect and sometimes too strict, and some IP addresses are blocked by accident.Given that they both came out around the same time surely plugging the other album would have been a way of boosting sales? Your computer may be infected with malware or spyware that makes automated requests to our server and causes problems. While John and Andy rocked out with Robert Palmer in The Power Station, Simon, Nick and Roger kept a more new romantic vibe for Arcadia. The original Now Dance series began in 1985 and has been released in a variety of titles, formats, and release frequency. The Now Yearbook series continues both forwards, with Now Yearbook 1985 issued in November 2022, and backwards, with the release of Now Yearbook 1979 in September 2022 (an Extra followed in October).