Various Artists - NOW That's What I Call Gold - Ultimate Hits *Pre-Order

Release Date Friday 14th March 2025
All pre-orders will be dispatched/made ready for collection on that day.

4CD

Description:

NOW Music proudly presents NOW That’s What I Call Gold – The Ultimate Hits. This essential 4CD set brings together 85 tracks by legendary artists with timeless anthems, celebrating some of the greatest hits of all time, including chart-topping classics and enduring favourites.

CD1 sets the stage with Queen’s electrifying ‘A Kind Of Magic’, followed by Philip Bailey & Phil Collins’ #1 ‘Easy Lover’. The Police feature with their #1 smash ‘Message In A Bottle’, while The Killers follow with their record-breaking anthem ‘Mr. Brightside’. Massive recent #1s from Noah Kahan and Lewis Capaldi come ahead of contemporary classics from Coldplay and Duran Duran. Timeless tracks from legendary artists Aretha Franklin, The Supremes, Jackson 5 and Stevie Wonder feature alongside ‘60s pop from Dusty Springfield, Sonny & Cher and The Beach Boys before the disc closes with ‘70s hits from Rod Stewart, Wings and Elvis Presley.

CD2 includes an amazing run of powerful ballads; Elton John’s ‘Tiny Dancer’, Céline Dion’s ‘All By Myself’, ‘Without You’ from Harry Nilsson and Billy Joel’s signature ‘Just The Way You Are’. The tempo changes with ‘70’s disco smashes from Donna Summer, Chic, Sister Sledge and Barry White ahead of smooth, soulful hits from Lionel Richie and All-4-One, and peerless vocals from Dionne Warwick and Shirley Bassey with ‘Walk On By’ and ‘Diamond Are Forever’ respectively. The disc draws to a close with emotional tracks from Marianne Faithful with ‘The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan’ and Sinéad O’Connor with ‘Northing Compares 2 U’.

CD3 opens with Neil Diamond’s singalong sensation ‘Sweet Caroline’. Pop brilliance from Sophie Ellis-Bextor with ‘Murder On The Dancefloor’ and the irresistible hooks of Dexys Midnight Runners’ ‘Come On Eileen’ are up next. Chart-conquering superstars Ed Sheeran, George Ezra, Pharrell Williams and The Weeknd with ‘Blinding Lights’ feature ahead of feel-good classics from Ricky Martin, Spice Girls, and S Club. Country flavoured hits from John Denver and Glen Campbell are alongside the collaboration between Mark Ronson and Miley Cyrus. The disc finishes with a run of early ‘80s essentials from Culture Club, Soft Cell, Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder and the timeless ‘Vienna’ from Ultravox.

CD4 kicks off with a stellar run of enormous and anthemic hits including Spandau Ballet’s ‘Gold’, Survivor’s ‘Eye Of The Tiger’, Blondie with ‘Heart Of Glass’ and ‘I Will Survive’ from Gloria Gaynor. Natasha Bedingfield’s ‘Unwritten’ recently became a hit for a second time and is celebrated alongside key hits from superstar groups One Direction, Take That and Westlife. More contemporary gems from Billie Eilish, OneRepublic and Lana Del Rey feature with beautiful performances from Sting and the Pretenders before the collection closes with three all-time classics: Marvin Gaye’s ‘I Heard It Through The Grapevine’. Ben E. King with ‘Stand By Me’ and Louis Armstrong’s sublime ‘What A Wonderful World’.

NOW That’s What I Call Gold is a must-have for all music lovers —packed with legendary artists, timeless hits, and unforgettable moments in pop. Don’t miss out on this golden treasure trove of musical brilliance!

Tracklisting:

CD1

1. Queen - A Kind Of Magic 

2. Philip Bailey & Phil Collins - Easy Lover

3. The Police - Message In A Bottle 

4. The Killers - Mr. Brightside 

5. Noah Kahan - Stick Season 

6. Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers License 

7. Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved 

8. Coldplay - Trouble 

9. Duran Duran - Ordinary World

10. Sade - Your Love Is King

11. Aretha Franklin - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman 

12. The Supremes - Stop! In The Name Of Love

13. Jackson 5 - I Want You Back 

14. Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything's Alright)

15. Daryl Hall & John Oates - You Make My Dreams (Come True) 

16. Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You

17. Petula Clark - Downtown

18. Sonny & Cher- I Got You Babe

19. The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations 

20. Rod Stewart - Maggie May

21. Wings - With A Little Luck

22. Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind

CD2

1. John Lennon - Imagine 

2. Elton John - Tiny Dancer 

3. Céline Dion - All By Myself

4. Harry Nilsson - Without You 

5. Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are 

6. Cliff Richard - Devil Woman  

7. Bonnie Tyler - Lost In France

8. Electric Light Orchestra - Last Train To London 

9. Donna Summer - MacArthur Park

10. Chic - Le Freak 

11. Sister Sledge - Lost In Music

12. Barry White - You're The First, The Last, My Everything

13. Bill Withers - Lovely Day 

14. Lionel Richie - Stuck On You 

15. All-4-One - I Swear

16. Rose Royce - Love Don't Live Here Anymore

17. Dionne Warwick - Walk On By 

18. Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever 

19. Lesley Gore - Misty 

20. Marianne Faithfull - The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan 

21. Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U

CD3

1. Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline 

2. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder On The Dancefloor 

3. Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen 

4. Ed Sheeran - Galway Girl 

5. George Ezra - Green Green Grass 

6. The Weeknd - Blinding Lights 

7. Pharrell Williams - Happy (From "Despicable Me 2") 

8. Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca 

9. S Club - Don't Stop Movin' 

10. Spice Girls - Wannabe 

11. Girls Aloud - The Promise

12. Gloria Estefan - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me 

13. Mark Ronson feat. Miley Cyrus - Nothing Breaks Like A Heart 

14. John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads 

15. Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman 

16. Paul Simon - Graceland 

17. Simply Red - Fairground

18. Culture Club - Karma Chameleon

19. Soft Cell - Tainted Love 

20. Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder - Together In Electric Dreams 

21. Ultravox – Vienna

CD4

1. Spandau Ballet - Gold 

2. Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger 

3. Tina Turner - The Best

4. Blondie - Heart Of Glass

5. Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive

6. Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten  

7. One Direction - You & I

8. Take That - Rule The World

9. Westlife - I Have A Dream 

10. Whitney Houston - I Didn't Know My Own Strength 

11. Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For? (From The Motion Picture "Barbie") 

12. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow

13. Lana Del Rey - Video Games 

14. Tears For Fears & Oleta Adams - Woman In Chains

15. Sting - Fragile 

16. Pretenders - I Go To Sleep 

17. Madness - It Must Be Love

18. OneRepublic - I Ain't Worried 

19. Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine 

20. Ben E. King - Stand By Me  

21. Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World 

3LP

Description:

NOW Music proudly presents NOW That’s What I Call Gold – The Ultimate Hits – this essential 3-LP set brings together 46 tracks by legendary artists with timeless anthems, celebrating some of the greatest hits of all time, including chart-topping classics and enduring favourites.

LP1 sets the stage with Queen’s electrifying ‘A Kind Of Magic’, followed by Philip Bailey & Phil Collins’ #1 ‘Easy Lover’. The Police feature with their #1 smash ‘Message In A Bottle’, while The Killers follow with their record-breaking anthem ‘Mr. Brightside’. The massive ‘Stick Season’ from Noah Kahan is up next before the first side finishes with Lana Del Rey’s stunning ‘Video Games’. Flip the LP over for contemporary classics from Coldplay and Duran Duran. Sinéad O’Connor’s ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ still sounds raw and breath-taking and is followed by classics from the Pretenders, Shirley Bassey, Dusty Springfield, and Soft Cell’s ‘Tainted Love’, one of the best-selling UK singles of the ‘80s, whilst another of those closes out the first LP: Ultravox with their masterpiece, ‘Vienna’.

LP2 delivers a legendary lineup, including Billy Joel with his Grammy-winning ‘Just The Way You Are’ and Céline Dion’s powerful version of ‘All By Myself’. John Denver’s ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’ and Paul Simon’s groundbreaking ‘Graceland’ are featured along with the pop genius of Electric Light Orchestra with ‘Last Train To London’. While on the other side timeless ballads from Elton John with ‘Tiny Dancer’ and Lewis Capaldi’s ‘Someone You Loved’ come ahead of Wings, Simply Red and ‘60s gems from Stevie Wonder, The Supremes and the peerless ‘Walk On By’ from Dionne Warwick.

LP3 opens with Neil Diamond’s universally beloved singalong anthem, ‘Sweet Caroline’ and Cliff Richard’s mid-70s classic, ‘Devil Woman’. Disco legends Donna Summer (‘MacArthur Park’) and Gloria Gaynor (‘I Will Survive’), lead into Sophie Ellis Bextor’s ‘Murder On The Dancefloor’ which became a smash for the second time recently. Ed Sheeran and Pharrell Williams had enduringly popular hits with ‘Galway Girl’ and ‘Happy’, and the side closes with the harmonic vocals of All-4-One and their beautiful signature song ‘I Swear’. The final side is packed with anthemic and uplifting classics kicking off with Spandau Ballet’s ‘Gold’, Survivor’s ‘Eye Of The Tiger’, and Take That’s soaring ‘Rule The World’. The remainder of the collection celebrates and showcases some of the ‘70s greatest tracks including Bonnie Tyler’s ‘Lost In France’, Marianne Faithfull’s poignant ‘The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan’ and Blondie’s era-defining and genre-defying #1 ‘Heart Of Glass’.

NOW That’s What I Call Gold is a must-have for all music lovers —packed with legendary artists, timeless hits, and unforgettable moments in pop. Don’t miss out on this golden treasure trove of musical brilliance!

Tracklisting:

LP1 Side A

1. Queen - A Kind Of Magic 

2. Philip Bailey & Phil Collins - Easy Lover

3. The Police - Message In A Bottle 

4. The Killers - Mr. Brightside 

5. Noah Kahan - Stick Season 

6. Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers License 

7. Lana Del Rey - Video Games 

LP1 Side B

1. Coldplay - Trouble 

2. Duran Duran - Ordinary World

3. Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U

4. Pretenders - I Go To Sleep 

5. Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever 

6. Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You

7. Soft Cell - Tainted Love 

8. Ultravox – Vienna

LP2 Side A

1. John Lennon - Imagine 

2. Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are 

3. Céline Dion - All By Myself

4. Mark Ronson feat. Miley Cyrus - Nothing Breaks Like A Heart 

5. John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads 

6. Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman 

7. Paul Simon - Graceland 

8. Electric Light Orchestra - Last Train To London 

LP2 Side B

1. Elton John - Tiny Dancer 

2. Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved 

3. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow

4. Wings - With A Little Luck

5. Simply Red - Fairground

6. Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything's Alright)

7. The Supremes - Stop! In The Name Of Love

8. Dionne Warwick - Walk On By 

LP3 Side A

1. Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline 

2. Cliff Richard - Devil Woman 

3. Donna Summer - MacArthur Park

4. Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive

5. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder On The Dancefloor 

6. Ed Sheeran - Galway Girl 

7. Pharrell Williams - Happy (From "Despicable Me 2") 

8. All-4-One - I Swear

LP3 Side B

1. Spandau Ballet - Gold 

2. Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger 

3. Take That - Rule The World

4. Bonnie Tyler - Lost In France

5. Marianne Faithfull - The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan 

6. Blondie - Heart Of Glass

7. Tina Turner - The Best

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