Now - The Christmas Album

: "This article describes a 1985 album in the UK "Now!" series. It should not be confused with other similarly-titled "Now!" Christmas albums. For more information, see Now That's What I Call Music and List of Now That's What I Call Music! albums."

"Now - The Christmas Album" is a compilation album released in 1985. The album is part of the (UK) Now! series, and collects popular Christmas songs of the last few decades. It reached number 1 on the UK Albums Chart for two weeks, in between two runs of Now That's What I Call Music 6. The album has since been superseded by subsequent two-disc and later three-disc releases in the 2000s.

Infobox Album |
Name = Now That's What I Call Music - The Christmas Album
Type = Compilation album
Artist = Various Artists
Recorded = Various times
Released = 1985
Recorded = Various times
Genre = Rock/Pop
Length = 57:53 (CD)
Label = Virgin / EMI

Track listing

#Band Aid : "Do They Know It's Christmas?" – 3:49
#Roy Wood with Wizzard : "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" – 4:42
#Slade : "Merry Xmas Everybody" – 3:44
#Wham! : "Last Christmas" – 4:28
#Elton John : "Step Into Christmas" – 4:14
#Mike Oldfield : "In Dulce Jubilo" – 2:51
#Gary Glitter : "Another Rock N' Roll Christmas" – 3:36
#Paul McCartney : "Wonderful Christmastime" – 3:49
#Shakin' Stevens : "Blue Christmas" – 2:48
#John Lennon : "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" – 3.36
#Greg Lake : "I Believe in Father Christmas" – 2.27
#Chris de Burgh : "A Spaceman Came Travelling" – 4:04
#Jona Lewie : "Stop The Cavalry" – 2:57
#The Beach Boys : "Little Saint Nick" – 2:01
#Queen : "Thank God It's Christmas" – 4:19
#Mud : "Lonely This Christmas" – 3:34
#Johnny Mathis : "When a Child is Born (Soleado)" – 3:42
#Bing Crosby : "White Christmas"' – 3:06

Track notes

The track listing above is for the original 16 track release of this album. Later copies had only 15 tracks, as the Queen song was removed.

The above running order is for "The Christmas Compact Disc".

Format & compilation name

The name of the compilation varied depending on what format it was purchased on.

The LP was called "The Christmas Album", the cassette was named "The Christmas Tape" and the CD was known as "The Christmas Compact Disc". The CD of this compilation was released a year after the original album in 1986 - it is also very collectable.

See also

* Now That's What I Call Music
* List of Now That's What I Call Music! albums