Now That's What I Call an Era: The Albums 1980 > 1984 (Essential Tracks From Iconic Albums)

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4 CD compilation inside an 8-panel digifile, subtitled Essential Tracks From Iconic Albums.

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LC48653 BIEM/SDRM Made In The EU. CDNNNOW158 / 00198028945325

[Printing differences]:
CDs: NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL AN ERA the albums 1980 > 1984
Cover - front: NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL AN ERA the albums 1980 > 1984 ESSENTIAL TRACKS FROM ICONIC ALBUMS
Cover - spine: NOW That's What I Call An Era: The Albums 1980>1984

Inside the digifile, the following are promoted:
* NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL AN ERA the albums 1980 > 1984 ESSENTIAL TRACKS FROM ICONIC ALBUMS
SELECTED TRACKS AVAILABLE ON TRIPLE COLOUR VINYL IN A TRIFOLD SLEEVE
* ALSO AVAILABLE ON CD AND TRIPLE VINYL
Now That's What I Call An Era The Sound Of The Suburbs 1977~1980

[Digifile - back: Taken from the album]:
Track 1-1: A Ray Of Sunshine is from Fantastic
Track 1-2: Lemon Firebrigade is from Pelican West
Track 1-3: Show Me is from The Lexicon of Love
Track 1-4: Black Money is from Colour by Numbers
Track 1-5: This City Never Sleeps is from Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Track 1-6: Where Hides Sleep is from Alf
Track 1-7: Frankie's First Affair is from Diamond Life
Track 1-8: The Space Between is from Avalon
Track 1-9: Talking Drum is from Tin Drum
Track 1-10: Anyone Out There is from Duran Duran
Track 1-11: The Things That Dreams Are Made Of is from Dare
Track 1-12: Reformation is from Journeys to Glory
Track 1-13: We Live So Fast is from The Luxury Gap
Track 1-14: New Europeans is from Vienna
Track 1-15: Protection is from Donna Summer
Track 1-16: I Might Have Been Queen is from Private Dancer
Track 1-17: The Ties That Bind is from The River
Track 1-18: Mystery Achievement is from Pretenders

Track 2-1: Heartbeat is from Make It Big
Track 2-2: Secret Life is from Non‐Stop Erotic Cabaret
Track 2-3: Young At Heart is from Deep Sea Skiving
Track 2-4: Bogart is from Human Racing
Track 2-5: The Gap is from Into the Gap
Track 2-6: Equality is from Human’s Lib
Track 2-7: Junk is from The Age of Consent
Track 2-8: Don't Try To Change Me is from Friends
Track 2-9: All Night Loving is from In the Heat of the Night
Track 2-10: Jungles Of Jupiter is from Anthem
Track 2-11: Our Town is from Kim Wilde
Track 2-12: Boy Boy (I'm The Boy) is from Kissing to Be Clever
Track 2-13: Are You There With Another Girl? is from Showpeople
Track 2-14: Tracks Of My Tears is from The Drum Is Everything
Track 2-15: The Paris Match is from Café Bleu
Track 2-16: Hearts And Bones is from Hearts and Bones
Track 2-17: Turn Out The Light is from Me Myself I
Track 2-18: No Parlez is from No Parlez

Track 3-1: The Chauffeur is from Rio
Track 3-2: Taking Islands In Africa is from Gentlemen Take Polaroids
Track 3-3: The Hurting is from The Hurting
Track 3-4: Black Night White Light is from Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Track 3-5: She's Leaving is from Architecture & Morality
Track 3-6: From The Air is from Big Science
Track 3-7: Play For Today is from Seventeen Seconds
Track 3-8: Isolation is from Closer
Track 3-9: Harborcoat is from Reckoning
Track 3-10: President Gas is from Forever Now
Track 3-11: Game Above My Head is from Mange Tout
Track 3-12: Red Sails is from Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It’s Fun to Entertain
Track 3-13: Gloomy Sunday is from Sulk
Track 3-14: Ants Invasion is from Kings of the Wild Frontier
Track 3-15: Second Head is from Kilimanjaro
Track 3-16: Crystal Days is from Ocean Rain
Track 3-17: Man In The Corner Shop is from Sound Affects
Track 3-18: We Could Send Letters is from High Land, Hard Rain
Track 3-19: The Day It Rained Forever is from North of a Miracle

Track 4-1: Age Of Consent is from Power, Corruption & Lies
Track 4-2: Hard Times is from Love and Dancing
Track 4-3: Anvil Night Club School is from The Anvil
Track 4-4: New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) is from New Gold Dream (81‐82‐83‐84)
Track 4-5: The Party's Over is from The Party’s Over
Track 4-6: Reach The Beach is from Reach the Beach
Track 4-7: Nostalgia is from Brilliant Trees
Track 4-8: Almost Blue is from Imperial Bedroom
Track 4-9: Shake Dog Shake is from The Top
Track 4-10: Angels On The Balcony is from Autoamerican
Track 4-11: Tell Me When My Light Turns Green is from Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
Track 4-12: Overpowered By Funk is from Combat Rock
Track 4-13: When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around is from Zenyattà Mondatta
Track 4-14: Nightclubbing is from Nightclubbing
Track 4-15: Tyler is from Signing Off
Track 4-16: Too Much Pressure is from Too Much Pressure
Track 4-17: Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think) is from More Specials

[Erratum]:
Track 2-12: Culture Club: Boy, Boy, (I'm The Boy) is printed as Boy Boy (I'm The Boy)
Track 2-13: Mari Wilson: Are You There (With Another Girl) is printed as Are You There With Another Girl?
Track 4-3: Visage: Anvil (Night Club School) is printed as Anvil Night Club School
Track 4-4: Simple Minds: New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) is printed as New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Other Identifiers
Label Code: LC48653
Rights Society: BIEM / SDRM
Other (CD 1 catalogue number): 00602475862444
Other (CD 2 catalogue number): 00602475862451
Other (CD 3 catalogue number): 00602475862468
Other (CD 4 catalogue number): 00602475862475
Matrix / Runout (CD 1): 58563839/00602475862444 21
Matrix / Runout (CD 2): 58563845/00602475862451 21
Matrix / Runout (CD 3): 58563862/00602475862468 21
Matrix / Runout (CD 4): 58563875/00602475862475 21
Matrix / Runout (CD1 to CD4, Inner mould ring): 4 x UNIVERSAL logo
Mastering SID Code (CD 1): IFPI LP 73
Mastering SID Code (CD 2): IFPI LP 73
Mastering SID Code (CD 3): IFPI LP 73
Mastering SID Code (CD 4): IFPI LP 73
Mould SID Code (CD 1): IFPI 0736
Mould SID Code (CD 2): IFPI 0727
Mould SID Code (CD 3): IFPI 0765
Mould SID Code (CD 4): IFPI 0765

Annotation last modified on 2025-08-06 07:34 UTC.

Tracklist

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1▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1A Ray of Sunshine
engineer:
Tony Taverner
producer:
Steve Brown (engineer/music producer) and George Michael
recording of:
A Ray of Sunshine
lyricist and composer:
George Michael
publisher:
Morrison Leahy Music Ltd.
Wham!54:49
2Lemon Firebrigade
producer:
Bob Sargeant
recording of:
Lemon Firebrigade
lyricist and composer:
Nick Heyward
Haircut 1003:57
3Show Me
ABC4:04
4Black Money
engineer:
Simon Humphrey, Gordon Milne (engineer) and Mike Ross‐Trevor (engineer)
producer:
Steve Levine (producer)
mixer:
Steve Levine (producer) and Jon Moss
bass guitar:
Mikey Craig (Culture Club bassist) (in 1983)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Jon Moss (in 1983)
electric sitar, guitar, keyboard, piano and sitar:
Roy Hay (Member of Culture Club and composer for film and television) (in 1983)
lead vocals:
Boy George (in 1983)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1983, in 2003)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (London, 1972–1989) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1983) and Red Bus Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1983)
recording of:
Black Money (in 1983)
writer:
Mikey Craig (Culture Club bassist), George O’Dowd, Roy Hay (Member of Culture Club and composer for film and television) and Jon Moss
Culture Club35:19
5This City Never Sleeps
Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart6:39
6Where Hides Sleep
Alison Moyet4:18
7Frankie’s First Affair
producer:
Robin Millar
bass guitar:
Paul S. Denman (from 1983-10 until 1983-11)
guitar and saxophone:
Stuart Matthewman (from 1983-10 until 1983-11)
keyboard:
Andrew Hale (keyboardist/composer) (from 1983-10 until 1983-11)
vocals:
Sade Adu (from 1983-10 until 1983-11)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1984)
recorded at:
Power Plant in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1983-10 until 1983-11)
recording of:
Frankie’s First Affair (from 1983-10 until 1983-11)
lyricist:
Sade Adu
composer:
Sade Adu and Stuart Matthewman
publisher:
Angel Music Ltd., SM Publishing (UK) Limited (Sony Music, 2009–2020), Sony/ATV Songs LLC and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
Sade34:36
8The Space Between
Roxy Music4:30
9Talking Drum
Japan3:35
10Anyone Out There
Duran Duran4:03
11The Things That Dreams Are Made Of
recording of:
The Things That Dreams Are Made Of
lyricist:
Philip Adrian Wright (Human League)
composer:
Philip Oakey and Philip Adrian Wright (Human League)
The Human League4:14
12Reformation
Spandau Ballet4:53
13We Live So Fast
Heaven 173:49
14New Europeans
Ultravox4:03
15Protection
synthesizer programming:
Steve Porcaro
alto saxophone [alto sax], baritone saxophone [baritone sax] and solo alto saxophone [alto]:
Ernie Watts (Ernest James Watts, jazz and blues saxophonist)
bass [electric bass]:
Louis Johnson (bass, member of Brothers Johnson)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Jeff Porcaro
guitar [guitars]:
Steve Lukather and Bruce Springsteen (in 1982-03)
guitar [solo]:
Bruce Springsteen (in 1982-03)
piano [acoustic piano]:
Roy Bittan (in 1982-03)
synthesizer:
David Paich and Greg Phillinganes
recorded at:
1982‐03: Westlake Studios, Los Angeles, CA, USA (1982-03) (Donna Summer studio session)
recorded at:
Westlake Recording Studios (founded as Westlake Audio in the early 1970s) in West Hollywood, California, United States (in 1982-03)
cover recording of:
Protection (in 1982-03)
lyricist and composer:
Bruce Springsteen (from 1979 until 1982)
Donna Summer3:37
16I Might Have Been Queen
recording of:
I Might Have Been Queen
lyricist and composer:
Rupert Hine, Jeannette-Thérèse Obstoj and Jamie West‐Oram
Tina Turner4:20
17The Ties That Bind
recording engineer:
Bob Clearmountain (from 1979-04-09 until 1979-04-11) and Neil Dorfsman (on 1980-04-10)
assistant engineer:
James A. Farber (sound engineer), Jeff Hendrickson (sound engineer), Garry Rindfuss and Raymond Willard (sound engineer)
producer:
Jon Landau, Little Steven and Bruce Springsteen
assistant mixer:
Dana Bisbee (in 1980)
mixer:
Bob Clearmountain (in 1979-09), Chuck Plotkin (in 1980) and Toby Scott (in 1980)
12 string guitar, electric guitar and harmonica:
Bruce Springsteen (from 1979-04-09 until 1980-04-10)
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Little Steven (from 1979-04-09 until 1980-04-10)
bass guitar:
Garry Tallent (from 1979-04-09 until 1980-04-10)
drums (drum set):
Max Weinberg (from 1979-04-09 until 1980-04-10)
organ:
Danny Federici (from 1979-04-09 until 1980-04-10)
percussion and saxophone:
Clarence Clemons (from 1979-04-09 until 1980-04-10)
piano:
Roy Bittan (from 1979-04-09 until 1980-04-10)
background vocals:
Roy Bittan (from 1979-04-09 until 1980-04-10), Clarence Clemons (from 1979-04-09 until 1980-04-10) and Little Steven (from 1979-04-09 until 1980-04-10)
vocals:
Bruce Springsteen (from 1979-04-09 until 1980-04-10)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Bruce Springsteen (in 1980)
recorded at:
Power Station Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States (from 1979-04-09 until 1980-04-10)
mixed at:
Clover Recording Studios (Chuck Plotkin’s Clover Studios in Hollywood CA, USA) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
The Ties That Bind (from 1979-04-09 until 1980-04-10)
publisher:
Bruce Springsteen (in 1979)
lyricist and composer:
Bruce Springsteen (from 1978-09 until 1979-04)
publisher:
Zomba Music Publishing Ltd.
Bruce Springsteen33:34
18Mystery Achievement
Pretenders5:24
2▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Heartbeat
Wham!4:44
2Secret Life
Soft Cell3:37
3Young at Heart
Bananarama3:12
4Bogart
Nik Kershaw4:39
5The Gap
Thompson Twins4:44
6Equality
Howard Jones4:28
7Junk
Bronski Beat4:18
8Don’t Try to Change Me
Shalamar4:09
9All Night Loving
Imagination4:17
10Jungles of Jupiter
Toyah5:14
11Our Town
Kim Wilde3:47
12Boy Boy (I’m the Boy)
engineer and producer:
Steve Levine (producer)
mixer:
Steve Levine (producer) and Jon Moss
bass guitar:
Mikey Craig (Culture Club bassist)
membranophone and percussion:
Jon Moss
lead vocals:
Boy George
recording of:
Boy, Boy, (I’m the Boy)
writer:
Mikey Craig (Culture Club bassist), George O’Dowd, Roy Hay (Member of Culture Club and composer for film and television) and Jon Moss
publisher:
Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
Culture Club43:51
13Are You There With Another Girl?
Mari Wilson4:39
14Tracks of My Tears
Carmel3:57
15The Paris Match
The Style Council & Tracey Thorn4:26
16Hearts and Bones
Paul Simon5:40
17Turn Out the Light
Joan Armatrading4:19
18No Parlez
Paul Young4:52
3▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The Chauffeur
Duran Duran5:16
2Taking Islands in Africa
Japan5:13
3The Hurting
Tears for Fears4:16
4Black Night White Light
engineer:
Stuart Bruce and Stephen Lipson
additional producer:
Stephen Lipson
producer:
Trevor Horn
bass guitar:
Mark O’Toole (former bassist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
drums (drum set):
Peter Gill (UK drummer for Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
guest keyboard:
Andrew Richards (Strawbs keyboard player/record producer) and Anne Dudley (English score composer)
guest percussion:
Luís Jardim
guitar:
Brian Nash (British guitarist (Frankie Goes to Hollywood) and songwriter)
lead vocals:
Holly Johnson, Mark O’Toole (former bassist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood) and Paul Rutherford (member of Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Zang Tuum Tumb (for copyrights use only; aka Zang Tuum Tumb or Zang Tumb Tuum prior to incorporation ca. 1988) (in 1984)
recording of:
Black Night White Light
writer:
Peter Gill (UK drummer for Frankie Goes to Hollywood), Holly Johnson, Brian Nash (British guitarist (Frankie Goes to Hollywood) and songwriter) and Mark O’Toole (former bassist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood3.54:07
5She’s Leaving
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark3:28
6From the Air
Laurie Anderson4:32
7Play for Today
recording of:
Play for Today
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Simon Gallup, Matthieu Hartley, Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) and Lol Tolhurst
publisher:
APB Music Co.
The Cure3:39
8Isolation
Joy Division2:54
9Harborcoat
producer:
Don Dixon and Mitch Easter
bass guitar:
Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player)
drums (drum set):
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer)
guitar:
Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist)
lead vocals:
Michael Stipe
recorded at:
Reflection Sound Studios in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
recording of:
Harborcoat
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
publisher:
Night Garden Music
R.E.M.43:53
10President Gas
The Psychedelic Furs5:18
11Game Above My Head
Blancmange3:59
12Red Sails
China Crisis4:42
13Gloomy Sunday
The Associates4:13
14Ants Invasion
Adam & the Ants3:21
15Second Head
The Teardrop Explodes3:11
16Crystal Days
Echo and the Bunnymen2:24
17Man in the Corner Shop
The Jam3:13
18We Could Send Letters
Aztec Camera5:45
19The Day It Rained Forever
Nick Heyward4:33
4▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Age of Consent
New Order5:15
2Hard Times
Love Unlimited Orchestra5:44
3Anvil Night Club School
Visage4:40
4New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
Simple Minds5:34
5The Party’s Over
recording engineer and producer:
Colin Thurston
mixer:
Mike Robinson (engineer)
bass guitar:
Paul Webb (UK bassist for Talk Talk/O.rang, aka Rustin Man)
drums (drum set):
Lee Harris (drummer, member of Talk Talk and .O.Rang)
keyboard:
Simon Brenner (UK musician, member of Talk Talk)
lead vocals:
Mark Hollis
recording of:
The Party’s Over
lyricist:
Mark Hollis
composer:
Simon Brenner (UK musician, member of Talk Talk), Lee Harris (drummer, member of Talk Talk and .O.Rang), Mark Hollis and Paul Webb (UK bassist for Talk Talk/O.rang, aka Rustin Man)
Talk Talk6:10
6Reach the Beach
The Fixx4:26
7Nostalgia
David Sylvian5:41
8Almost Blue
Elvis Costello & The Attractions2:51
9Shake Dog Shake
recording of:
Shake Dog Shake
lyricist and composer:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
The Cure4:57
10Angels on the Balcony
Blondie3:47
11Tell Me When My Light Turns Green
Dexys Midnight Runners3:43
12Overpowered by Funk
recording of:
Overpowered by Funk
writer:
Topper Headon, Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
The Clash4:53
13When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What’s Still Around
The Police3:36
14Nightclubbing
Grace Jones5:05
15Tyler
UB405:52
16Too Much Pressure
The Selecter3:50
17Enjoy Yourself (It’s Later Than You Think)
producer:
Jerry Dammers and Dave Jordan (UK producer/remixer)
cover recording of:
Enjoy Yourself (It’s Later Than You Think)
lyricist:
Herb Magidson (in 1949)
composer:
Carl Sigman (in 1949)
The Specials33:36

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