Blue Christmas: NOW 100 Hits Christmas (2019)
Regular readers of this infrequently updated blog may have been wondering what the hell has been going on of late. Well, the truth is that while I still keep telling myself to kick myself in…
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30 Years of NOW – The Christmas Album Part 2 (2000-2015)
By 2005, it had been five years since the last NOW Christmas Album, and it was time for a reboot. But things had changed in the interim. Popstars: The Rivals and lying in wait The X Factor,…
30 Years of NOW – The Christmas Album Part 1 (1985-2000)
The internet never fails to amuse itself by asking “Want to feel old?”, does it? “Here’s what the kid from Cadbury’s Fudge advert looks like now”, “We’re now further away from the release of back…
Now That’s What I Call Music 7 – Let’s make lots of money
To talk about NOW 7, you have to have a copy to hand. And I don't mean a digital copy, or a playlist made from the track listing. You have to have an actual…
The Hits Albums 1-10 – Two tribes go to war
Batman needs the Joker. Tottenham Hotspur need Arsenal. Jerry needs Tom. But I suspect NOW could have done without the bother of the Hits Album. Having seen EMI and Virgin come together to dominate the…