Now That's What I Call Music or Now 1 is the first album from the popular Now! series that was released in the United Kingdom in 1983. Initial pressings were released on vinyl and audio cassette, with a re-release on CD in 2009 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the album and series, followed by another re-release for Record Store Day on 18 April 2015. It debuted at number seven on the UK Albums Chart and then climbed to number one a week later, staying at the top for five non-consecutive weeks.
Video Now That's What I Call Music (original UK album)
Track listing
Maps Now That's What I Call Music (original UK album)
Video selection
A video selection was also released featuring selected tracks from the main album, one track that later featured on Volume II of the series and two which did not appear on any Now album.
- Phil Collins : "You Can't Hurry Love"
- Duran Duran : "Is There Something I Should Know"
- UB40 : "Red Red Wine"
- Limahl : "Only for Love"
- Heaven 17 : "Temptation"
- Malcolm McLaren : "Double Dutch"
- Culture Club : "Karma Chameleon"
- Men Without Hats : "The Safety Dance"
- Kajagoogoo : "Too Shy"
- Mike Oldfield : "Moonlight Shadow"
- Rock Steady Crew : "(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew"
- Tina Turner : "Let's Stay Together"
- Freeez : "I.O.U." +
- Howard Jones : "New Song"
- UB40 : "Please Don't Make Me Cry"
- Will Powers : "Kissing with Confidence"
- Genesis : "That's All"
- Kajagoogoo : "Big Apple"
- The Assembly : "Never Never" +
- Thompson Twins : "Hold Me Now" ++
- Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack : "Tonight I Celebrate My Love"
+ Never appeared on any of the numbered NOW albums but did appear on Now 1983 in the 10th Anniversary Series.
++ Later appeared on NOW 2.
Charts
External links
- Official website
- Now That's What I Call Music television commercial
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia