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Now That's What I Call Music II (UK series)

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Released
  
26 March 1984

Compiler
  
Ashley Abram

Label
  
NOW

Length
  
60:55

Release date
  
26 March 1984

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Now That's What I Call Music II (1984)
  
Now That's What I Call Music 3 (1984)

Genres
  
Pop music, Rock music, New wave

Similar
  
Now That's What I Call Music, Now That's What I Call Music 3, Now That's What I Call Music! 4, Now That's What I Call Music! 5, Now That's What I Call Music 8

Now That's What I Call Music II or Now 2 was released on 26 March 1984. The album is the second edition of the (UK) Now! series. It was released on vinyl & audio cassette. Now 2 debuted at number three on the UK Albums Chart and then climbed to number one a week later, staying there for five weeks.

Contents

Now 2 was the first album in the series to be compiled by Ashley Abram, who compiled every Now album in the series, until Now 81 in 2012.

Now 2 features four songs which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart: "Only You", "99 Red Balloons", "Relax" and "Pipes Of Peace".

Now 2 is one of only two British Now! albums to feature Roman numerals in the title as opposed to numbers, Now 13 being the other.

VHS release

A video selection was also released featuring selected tracks from the main album, one track that previously featured on Volume I of the series, one that later featured on Volume IV and seven which did not appear on any Now album.

  1. Nik Kershaw : "Wouldn't It Be Good"
  2. Thompson Twins : "Doctor! Doctor!" ††
  3. Howard Jones : "What is Love?"
  4. Duran Duran : "New Moon on Monday"
  5. China Crisis : "Wishful Thinking"
  6. Tina Turner : "Help" †
  7. Status Quo : "Marguerita Time" †
  8. Carmel : "More, More, More"
  9. Shannon : "Let the Music Play" †
  10. The Icicle Works : "Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)" †
  11. Bourgie Bourgie : "Breaking Point" †
  12. Re-Flex : "The Politics of Dancing"
  13. Thomas Dolby : "Hyperactive"
  14. Matt Bianco : "Get Out of Your Lazy Bed"
  15. Big Country : "Wonderland"
  16. Marilyn : "Cry and Be Free" †
  17. Snowy White : "Bird of Paradise"
  18. The Flying Pickets : "Only You"
  19. Kajagoogoo : "The Lion's Mouth" †
  20. Culture Club : "Victims" †††

† Never appeared on any NOW album.

†† Later appeared on NOW 4.

††† Previously appeared on NOW 1.

Songs

1Radio Ga GaQueen5:45
2Wouldn't It Be GoodNik Kershaw4:31
3Hold Me NowThompson Twins4:46

References

Now That's What I Call Music II (UK series) Wikipedia
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