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

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

Now That's What I Call Music II or Now 2 was released in 1984. The album is the second edition of the (UK) Now! series. It was only 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. This was the first album in the series that Ashley Abram compiled, who continued to compile Now albums up until Now 81, 28 years later.

Now 2 features nine songs which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart: "Only You", "99 Red Balloons", "Relax", "Goodbye", "Millennium", "Closing Time", "Praise You", "You Give What You Give", "My Favourite Mistake" "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)", "I Think I'm Paranoid" and "Pipes Of Peace".

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

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