I HEART 80s

Now That’s What I Call Music 10

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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?