Snow Patrol, up to Now

Including the new single The Beginning, The Forest is the Path is an album rooted in reflection, introspection and interrogation. One of its key building blocks, says Gary, was the idea of love from the distance of time. “I haven’t been in a relationship for a very long time, 10 years or more, so love from a distance to me meant the way a relationship sits in your memory from a distance of, say, 10 years. That’s not something I’d previously thought about as away to write about love. So it’s like, when you’re in love, you’re standing in the lobby of the Empire State Building. When you’ve broken up with that person, you’re out in the street. You can still see the building, but you’re not in there anymore. And when it’s 10 years later, now you’re standing in Brooklyn looking at the Manhattan skyline.”"

With Final Straw, Snow Patrol mainman Gary Lightbody seems to take all the inspiration he's gathered from the superstar collaborators in his Reindeer Section project and bundle it into a series of earnest bombastic rock ballads.

NOW That’s What I Call Music continue their Millennium series with a look at the years 2004 and 205. NOW Millennium ’04 – ’05 is available in the usual formats for deluxe 4CD set in hardcover book, 2LP coloured vinyl and the standard 4CD in a card sleeve. 4CD sets features 83 tracks while the 2LP vinyl edition offers 31 songs. It’s always interesting to look back at the relatively near past and there’s probably more big names on here than you might imagine. So for every Shane Ward, Kelly Clarkson and Crazy Frog there’s also George Michael, Duran Duran both singles off their Astronaut comeback and R.E.M. New bands at the time The Killers and Keane feature, as do Kylie, Robbie, Maroon 5, Embrace, Snow Patrol and the like.

Including the new single The Beginning, The Forest is the Path is an album rooted in reflection, introspection and interrogation. One of its key building blocks, says Gary, was the idea of love from the distance of time.

NOW is pleased to announce the latest addition in the Millennium series – NOW – Millennium 2006-2007 – out June 14th! 85 tracks across 4CDs, showcasing more unforgettable sounds of the 2000s from two fantastic years in music! Alternative Rock, Pop Rock, Acoustic, Soft Rock, Soul, Pop Rap, Contemporary R&B, Electro House, Disco, Euro House, Europop, Dance-pop, Rhythm and Blues, Indie Rock, UK Garage, Blues Rock, Jazz-Rock, Ballad, Gangsta! Now Millennium 2006 - 2007 is designed and signed as a reference on your choice of several exchangers file. 4 x CD, Compilation, Special Edition reliability and availability, is the property of our portal, efficiency and commitment to new heights, as well as the immensity of the creative transformation! Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Now That's What I Call Music LLP!

NOW is pleased to announce the next addition in the Millennium series – NOW – Millennium 2008-2009 – out September 27th! 84 tracks across 4 CD’s, showcasing some of the most iconic sounds of the noughties!

NOW Music is thrilled to announce the latest addition to the numbered series – NOW That’s What I Call Music! 119 – Out on November 15th 44 fantastic tracks across 2 CDs celebrating the current hottest hits from the Sales and Airplay Charts.

NOW is pleased to announce the latest addition in the Millennium series – NOW – Millennium 2006-2007 – out June 14th! 85 tracks across 4CDs, showcasing more unforgettable sounds of the 2000s from two fantastic years in music!

In November 2023 we celebrated NOW’s 40th anniversary with a collection of 100 massive Pop hits – but with 40 years of hits to choose from we had to leave out so many fantastic tracks – so it’s time to continue that celebration with NOW That’s What I Call 40 Years - Part 2 – 100 more essential hit tracks across 5 CDs – again honouring the legacy with a stellar selection from the past four decades of NOW. Embark on a musical journey from 1983 right up to the present day, making at least one memorable stop in each year along the way. Opening with Duran Duran’s 1983 #1 ‘Is There Something I Should Know?’, which featured on the first NOW album along with ‘Temptation’ by Heaven 17. Unforgettable hits including ‘Here Comes The Rain Again’ by Eurythmics, and Synth-Pop smashes from Howard Jones with ‘What Is Love?’ and ‘Smalltown Boy’ by Bronski Beat are up next. ‘Two Tribes’ by Frankie Goes To Hollywood spent 9 weeks at #1 in 1984 and features ahead of covers including the #1 collaboration between UB40 and Chrissie Hynde, and Kim Wilde’s version of ‘You Keep Me Hangin’ On’ which hit #1 in the U.S. The production team Stock, Aitken and Waterman hit Pop gold in the late ‘80s and huge hits they produced for Bananarama and Hazell Dean are included. The first disc closes with 1989 classics from Fine Young Cannibals, and the first #1 from Simple Minds ‘Belfast Child’.