I was at my local HMV this morning and a person in front of me in the queue was buying Now Timeless and the guy that works there told the person that it’s one of the most blandest albums Now have ever made. I thought that if the person waits a few months, they’ll find it at their local charity shop

Edited January 30Jan 30 by Hadji

No Cliff either on the 60's one.

The new Now Timeless seems to have been removed from iTunes as it was up for pre-order

On 30/01/2026 at 10:49, Hadji said:

I was at my local HMV this morning and a person in front of me in the queue was buying Now Timeless and the guy that works there told the person that it’s one of the most blandest albums Now have ever made. I thought that if the person waits a few months, they’ll find it at their local charity shop

Bit rude of the member of staff to judge an individual purchasing an album from their own shop. The staff should be encouraging the purchase, not discouraging it, haha! Sales a sale at the end of the day!

But yeah, I can see it being another charity shop item for £1.

14 minutes ago, Tylky said:

Bit rude of the member of staff to judge an individual purchasing an album from their own shop. The staff should be encouraging the purchase, not discouraging it, haha! Sales a sale at the end of the day!

I thought that too and I also heard the staff member saying that they prefer the yearbooks and numbered series but at the end of the day, when a staff member is discouraging a sale of a pointless spin-off, that’s saying something. I hope the next announcement is another eras album just before they announce extra 1985-1989

Edited January 31Jan 31 by Hadji

32 minutes ago, Tylky said:

Bit rude of the member of staff to judge an individual purchasing an album from their own shop. The staff should be encouraging the purchase, not discouraging it, haha! Sales a sale at the end of the day!

But yeah, I can see it being another charity shop item for £1.

Agreed, but I had this happen to me in HMV last year when I was buying the 30th anniversary edition of Take That's Nobody Else. The cashier sneered and said something like 'oh dear, are Take That still a thing?'.

As the last major music chain left on the high street I don't want it to close but they need to really excel at service to survive, which some branches don't really.

10 hours ago, gooddelta said:

Agreed, but I had this happen to me in HMV last year when I was buying the 30th anniversary edition of Take That's Nobody Else. The cashier sneered and said something like 'oh dear, are Take That still a thing?'.

As the last major music chain left on the high street I don't want it to close but they need to really excel at service to survive, which some branches don't really.

Never had that at all with HMVs i've been to, guess it depends on the branch and the staff member.

Actually i did have rude response some years ago , think it was HMV Pavillions in Birmingham which is long gone now.

It was nothing like above just the female cashier being annoyed it's that long ago i can't quite remember what happened

just i remember her being a bit ratty.

But overall i've had no trouble at all with staff.

Intrigued as to why The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan by Marianne Faithful has now appeared on both Now Timeless albums as well as Now That's What I Call Gold - The Ultimate Hits.

I'm not disputing it's a great song but it only got to No.48 in the first place, surely another of her tracks could have been used on the other albums?

I'm amazed they doubled up any songs at all on the Now Timeless albums (it's not like there's a shortage of songs considered classics), but the ultimate crime on the new one is to not include any Eternal songs on this album that has the ridiculous subtitle 'The Eternal Collection'.

Hey, isn't @nowmusic1993 going to keep up with those NOW versions? He left off at 36 if I recall.

Now Timeless has been added back to iTunes

Looks like the next Eras release will be subtitled Feels Like Heaven and will probably feature synth pop/New Wave music of the early to mid 80s. The Now mole on the Facebook forum who always leaks the album news early liked my comment suggesting it could be this in response to him posting the song Feels Like Heaven by Fiction Factory as a clue.

29 minutes ago, gooddelta said:

Looks like the next Eras release will be subtitled Feels Like Heaven and will probably feature synth pop/New Wave music of the early to mid 80s. The Now mole on the Facebook forum who always leaks the album news early liked my comment suggesting it could be this in response to him posting the song Feels Like Heaven by Fiction Factory as a clue.

I saw that and I hope it’s actually an eras album and that it includes songs that haven’t appeared at all and missed the released yearbooks. If they wanna do something pointless, do it as an eras and it might help to sell. I hope they don’t announce anything next week and for them to announce extra 1985-1989 the week after

Edited February 4Feb 4 by Hadji

Next eras is called (Feels Like) Heaven 1978-1985 and you can figure out what songs are on there. Should be renamed 1979-1985 as synthpop started in 1979. Same with the disco era album. It should have been renamed 1974-1980 https://nowmusicwiki.com/index.php?title=Comparison:Now_That%27s_What_I_Call_An_Era:_(Feels_Like)_Heaven:_1978-1985_vs_Yearbook

Edited February 5Feb 5 by Hadji

Think I might pass on that one, it's a quality collection of tracks but there can't be many tracks not covered by the Yearbooks and Extras now so 80s compilations will surely get harder to shift.

If you already have the yearbooks, then there’s no point in getting this as it only has 5 songs that haven’t been on a yearbook. I guess the easiest way for them to sell a pointless spin-off is by slapping an eras label on the album

Edited February 5Feb 5 by Hadji

I've taken a wide berth of the Eras albums because of how many tracks feature on the Yearbooks. The Yearbooks are more my thing, so will be taking a pass on this release.

The way the charts are going, there probably won’t be a number 1 single on Now 123 but I have made a list of songs that I hope and expect to appear

Noah Kahan - The Great Divide

Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall In Love)

Olivia Dean - Baby Steps

RAYE & Hans Zimmer - Click Clack Symphony

Bruno Mars - I Just Might

Calvin Harris & Kasabian - Release The Pressure

HUNTR/X - Golden

KATSEYE - Internet Girl

Sombr - 12 To 12

Sam Fender & Elton John - Talk To You

Sienna Spiro - Die On This Hill

Tame Impala - Dracula

Lily Allen - Kitty Palace

Lily Allen - Madeline

Justin Bieber - Yukon

Skye Newman - U & UF

Lewis Capaldi - The Day That I Die

Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Poppy Baskcomb - Think About Us

James Hype featuring Sam Harper & Bobby Harvey - Waterfalls

HVN featuring Kaitlin Aragon - I Run

David Guetta, Teddy Swims & Tones & I - Gone Gone Gone

MK featuring Clementine Douglas - Come Find Me

Charli XCX - Chains Of Love

James Marriott - California Rain

Tate McRae - Tit For Tat

EsDeeKid & Rio Ace - Phantom

Fred Again, Sammy Virgo & Reggie - Talk Of The Town

Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun

PinkPantheress & Zara Larsson - Stateside

Doechii & SZA - Girl Get Up

Tyla - Chanel

Sabrina Carpenter - When Did You Get Hot?

Sabrina Carpenter - Such A Funny Way

Becky Hill - Hands On Me

Myles Smith - Hate You

Ella Langley - Choosin’ Texas

Zach Bryan - Plastic Cigarette

December 10 - Run My Way

Dominic Fike - Babydoll

Don Toliver - ATM

Melanie Martinez - Possession

Bad Bunny - DTMF

Djo - Basic Being Basic

Djo - Delete Ya

Dermot Kennedy - Funeral

Robbie Williams - All My Life

Louis Tomlinson - Imposter

The Police - Every Breath You Take

Diana Ross - Upside Down

The Cure - Boys Don’t Cry

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis

Milky & Mall Grab - Just The Way You Are

If the old songs don’t appear at all, then it means that Now have decided to stop including old songs and only focus on current songs due to the amount of old songs re-entering lately

Edited 23 hours ago23 hr by Hadji

Now 35

Yay welcome back @nowmusic1993 😃

3 hours ago, nowmusic1993 said:

Now 35

Love this! I’d like to imagine if HITS still kept the Numbers and this was Volume 35 they’d still be around today. Also, props to you finding a way to add Madonna’s Evita single without it sticking out like a saw thumb.

Regarding NOW 123 - I would LOVE Zara to appear with Midnight Sun and also with Stateside. All her singles deserve an appearance really