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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They Sold Me a Dream of Christmas: NOW – The Christmas Album 2016 Vinyl
The world seems to thrive on revivals these days. Whether it’s dreadful sitcoms, the Gallagher brothers or Nazism, it seems we can’t go a week without something from the past being dredged up, brushed off…
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…
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…
Now! That’s What I Call Music 3 – Can U Pig It?
NOW! continued its first full year in the summer of 1984, with the release of NOW 3. And it's a porker! It's the pig one! Compilations don't get much pigger than this! It's so…
Now! That’s What I Call Music II – More, more, more
Almost four months to the day since it had crashed its way through the charts and teenage bedrooms of the UK, NOW! would launch a second onslaught on the nation. And whilst at first glance…