VA — Now That\’s What I Call Music 7 (1986/2020)

MP3 CBR 320 kbps — 274 Mb | 01:58:39
Pop, New Wave, Synthpop, Pop Rock | Label: Sony Music

The 1986 compilation is released on CD for the first . The compilation was originally issued in August 1986 and was a reasonably strong outing featuring hits of the day such as Peter Gabriel\’s \’Sledgehammer\’, the Pet Shop Boys \’Opportunities (Let\’s Make Lots of Money)\’, Wham!\’s last single \’The Edge of Heaven\’, Bowie\’s \’Absolute Bners\’, a-ha\’s \’Hunting High and Low\’, Simply Red\’s \’Holding Back The Years\’ and \’bonus track\’ Queen\’s \’A Kind of Magic\’.

There\’s also plenty of top quality one-hit-wonders of the era too, such as Owen Paul\’s \’My Favourite Waste of \’, Stan Ridgeway\’s \’Camouflage\’, Furniture\’s \’Brilliant Mind\’ and Nu Shooz\’s \’I Can\’t Wait\’.

Three tracks are missing from this reissue: David Bowie\’s \’Absolute Bners\’, \’On My Own\’ (Patti Labelle And Michael McDonald) and The Real Roxanne\’s Bang Zoom (Let\’s Go Go). Disappointing and one presumes we can expect the usual sloppiness, where proper single versions are replaced by album cuts. The \’Now\’ team have ignored constant feedback about this from fans. Nevertheless, an essential purchase if you\’ve been buying the others.

Now 7 is released on 27 November 2020 (was 20 Nov).

Tracklist:

Disc 1 (01:00:12)

1. Peter Gabriel — Sledgehammer (05:11)

2. UB40 — Sing Our Own Song (03:54)

3. Sly Fox — Let\’s Go All The Way (03:50)

4. Level 42 — Lessons In Love (04:04)

5. Pet Shop Boys — Opportunities (Let\’s Make Lots Of Money) (04:37)

6. Pete Wylie — Sinful! (03:53)

7. Camouflage — Stan Ridgway (05:01)

8. The Art Of Noise & Max Headroom — Paranoimia (03:18)

9. Chris De Burgh — The Lady In Red (04:14)

10. Genesis — Invisible Touch (03:28)

11. Simple Minds — All The Things She Said (03:58)

12. The Housemartins — Happy Hour (02:20)

13. Big Country — Look Away (04:25)

14. Furniture — Brilliant Mind (03:40)

15. Midge Ure — Call Of The Wild (04:19)

Disc 2 (58:12)

1. Wham! — The Edge Of Heaven (04:35)

2. Owen Paul — My Favourite Waste Of (03:25)

3. Amazulu — Too Good To Be Forgotten (03:04)

4. Doctor And The Medics — Spirit In The Sky (03:27)

5. Bananarama — Venus (03:36)

6. Bucks Fizz — New Bning (Mamba Seyra) (04:07)

7. A-Ha — Hunting High And Low (Remix) (03:46)

8. Simply Red — Holding Back The Years (04:26)

9. Queen — A Kind Of Magic (04:21)

10. Billy Ocean — When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going (02:59)

11. Jaki Graham — Set Me Free (03:36)

12. Nu Shooz — I Can\’t Wait (05:25)

13. Lovebug Starski — Amityville (The House On The Hill) (04:05)

14. Midnight Star — Headlines (03:26)

15. Aurra — You And Me Tonight (03:54)