NOW - 80s Alternative 4-Disc CD

NOW Music proudly presents NOW ndash 80s Alternative 80 tracks across 4 CDs encapsulating the era and celebrating an incredibly diverse decade for lsquoAlternativersquo music.CD1 showcases genredefining bands and kicks off with New Orderrsquos sublime lsquoThieves Like Usrsquo, Eurythmics stunning lsquoBeethoven I Love To Listen Torsquo and Joy Divisionrsquos era defining lsquoLove Will Tear Us Apartrsquo. PostPunk New Wave exploded on to the charts, and The Associates, The Jam, Echo And The Bunnymen, Pretenders, and Siouxsiersquos side project The Creatures are all included. The U.S. Alt scene provided R.E.M., Pixies, The Psychedelic Furs, and the David Bowie cowrite lsquoShadesrsquo from Iggy Pop. Plus, some of the best written Pop songs ever, represented here by David Sylvian, Marc Almond, Aztec Camera, Pete Wylie amp The Mighty WAH, The Adventures, Tom Robinson, and the Elvis Costello cowrite lsquoShipbuildingrsquo, beautifully realised by Robert Wyatt.The still incredible lsquoO Supermanrsquo from Laurie Anderson opens the second disc, along with other synthbased classics from Yello, Propaganda, Midge Ure amp Mick Karn, Japan, Electronic and a brilliant single from Japanese band Sandii amp The Sunsetz. DEVO produced the defining U.S. New Wave smash with lsquoWhip Itrsquo, and fantastic unique hits from Scarlet Fantastic, Split Enz, Our Daughterrsquos Wedding, Anne Pigalle and lsquoFlowersrsquo by Zaine Griff featuring Kate Bush on backing vocals are all included.The epic lsquoThis Corrosionrsquo from Sisters Of Mercy starts CD3 in grandiose style ndash and is followed with atmospheric masterpieces from Siouxsie And The Banshees, Bauhaus, The Cure and a second appearance from Joy Division ndash before some late80s Alternative essentials, including Bjorkrsquos band The Sugarcubes, Act, The Mission, All About Eve, The Cultrsquos lsquoEdie Ciao Babyrsquo, lsquoThis Is Englandrsquo from The Clash, and The Fallrsquos version of lsquoTherersquos A Ghost In My Housersquo, before closing with two more great examples of U.S. Alt Pop from The GoGorsquos, and The Waitresses.nbspOpening with the song that launched one of the defining bands of the era, The Smiths, with lsquoHand In Gloversquo the final CD features a stellar line up of 80s Alternative Chart hits ndash The Icicle Works, Itrsquos Immaterial, BMovie, Kissing The Pink and Gang Of Four are all featured with timeless singleshellip Altered Images, Toyah and Adam amp The Ants would go on to find huge mainstream success in the early lsquo80s ndash and we celebrate these artists with their earlier singles. Big Audio Dynamite, Julian Cope and XTC are also included before the collection draws to a close with Latin Quarterrsquos lsquoRadio Africarsquo ndash and Scritti Polittirsquos 1981 single lsquoThe ldquoSweetest Girlrdquorsquo.NOW ndash 80s Alternative ndash A celebration of a different view of the decadersquos charts the lessercompiled 1980rsquos singles.