Now That's What I Call Music II (UK series)
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| Compilation album | ||||
| Released | 26 March 1984 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 60:55 | |||
| Label | Virgin/EMI Sony Music Entertainment | |||
| Compiler | Ashley Abram | |||
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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.
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.
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.
† Never appeared on any NOW album.
†† Later appeared on NOW 4.
††† Previously appeared on NOW 1.
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