NOW That's What I Call Rock Classic Rock release

[Angiekay]

Coming on June 3rd is the new compilation NOW That's What I Call Classic Rock!. The album, which is the first in the pop-based series to feature hard rock classics, will be released in both CD and digital formats and will include hits by the Who, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, David Bowie, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Queen, Rush, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Foreigner, Styx, Cheap Trick, the Steve Miller Band, Peter Frampton, Heart, and others.

The tracklisting for NOW That's What I Call Classic Rock! is "We Will Rock You" by Queen; "Barracuda" by Heart; "Bad To The Bone" by George Thorogood and the Destroyers; "Spirit Of The Radio" by Rush; "My Generation" by the Who; "Fire" by the Jimi Hendrix Experience; "More Than A Feeling" by Boston; "Carry On My Wayward Son" by Kansas; "Renegade" by Styx; "Cold As Ice" by Foreigner; "Smoke On The Water" by Deep Purple; "We're An American Band" by Grand Funk Railroad; "Mississippi Queen" by Mountain; "Bad Moon Rising" by Creedence Clearwater Revival; "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd; "The Joker" by Steve Miller Band; "Rebel Rebel" by David Bowie; "Surrender" by Cheap Trick; "Show Me The Way (live)" by Peter Frampton; and "Rock And Roll All Nite (live)" by Kiss.
A special based around the new CD will run later this month on VH1 Classic. VH1 Classic Presents: NOW Classic Rock will air on May 31st at 8:00 PM.
Styx co-founder James "J.Y." Young says that he understands why Styx's music continues to entertain and inspire their legion of fans: ["We're celebrating the positive things about life in America, life in the modern world as we know it. We bring joy to people, we bring a healing power to people. It's this therapeutic thing where people can walk into a place and leave all the crap behind them, and relive, you know, good times to the soundtrack of their glorious misspent youth

[Zan]

Rush has a song called "Spirit of the Radio?"

[StyxCollector]

Rush has a song called "Spirit of the Radio?"

Never heard of it

[LordofDaRing]

Just saw them in New Orleans about a month back, they (Rush) were awesome. Hard to believe only three guys make that sound.

Pretty good collection of songs there. I love the inclusion of More than a feeling, one of the most underated songs in classic rock.

[Rowdy]

I was in Germany and England when the first "Now That's What I Call Music" LPs/Cassettes came out. The first 4 sets were awesome. They were never released on CD, and this is a shame, they had some great tunes on 'em. I still have Volume 4 on Tape, but no way to play it. Ebay usually has them for some decent prices.

Virgin used to own it, I dunno if they still do, but over the years, the "Now That's What I Call Music" line has sucked in my opinion, as I'm not into too much of today's music. But I'll pick up the Classic Rock version when it Streets on June 3rd.

Volume 1:

SIDE 1
PHIL COLLINS - YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE 2. DURAN DURAN - IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW 3. UB40 - RED RED WINE 4. LIMAHL - ONLY FOR LOVE 5. HEAVEN 17 - TEMPTATION 6. KC & SUNSHINE BAND - GIVE IT UP
7. MALCOLM MCLAREN - DOUBLE DUTCH 8. BONNIE TYLER - TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART

SIDE 2
9. CULTURE CLUB - KARMA CHAMELEON 10. MEN WITHOUT HATS - SAFETY DANCE 11. KAJAGOOGOO - TOO SHY
12. MIKE OLDFIELD - MOONLIGHT SHADOW 13. MEN AT WORK - DOWN UNDER 14. ROCK STEADY CREW - HEY YOU
15. ROD STEWART - BABY JANE 16. PAUL YOUNG - WHEREVER I LAY MY HAT

SIDE 3
17. NEW EDITION - CANDY GIRL 18. KAJAGOOGOO - BIG APPLE 19. TINA TURNER - LET'S STAY TOGETHER
20. HUMAN LEAGUE - FASCINATION 21. HOWARD JONES - NEW SONG 22. UB40 - PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME
23. PEABO BRYSON/ ROBERTA FLACK - TONIGHT I CELEBRATE MY LOVE

SIDE 4
24. TRACEY ULLMAN - THEY DON'T KNOW 25. WILL POWERS - KISSING WITH CONFIDENCE 26. GENESIS - THAT'S ALL
27. THE CURE - LOVE CATS 28. SIMPLE MINDS - WATERFRONT 29. MADNESS - THE SUN AND THE RAIN
30. CULTURE CLUB - VICTIMS

Volume 4:

Disc one

1. Paul McCartney : "No More Lonely Nights (Special Dance Mix)" 2. Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey : "Together In Electric Dreams" 3. Bronski Beat : "Why?" 4. Limahl : "The Never Ending Story" 5. Nick Heyward : "Warning Sign"
6. John Waite : "Missing You" 7. Michael Jackson : "Farewell My Summer Love" 8. Lionel Richie : "Hello" 9. Culture Club : "The War Song" 10. Elton John : "Passengers" 11. Julian Lennon : "Too Late For Goodbyes" 12. The Style Council : "Shout To The Top" 13. Thompson Twins : "Doctor! Doctor!" 14. Heaven 17 : "Sunset Now" 15. The Kane Gang : "Respect Yourself" 16. Tina Turner : "Private Dancer"

Disc two

1. Queen : "It's a Hard Life" 2. Status Quo : "The Wanderer" 3. Big Country : "East of Eden" 4. U2 : "Pride (In The Name Of Love)" 5. Feargal Sharkey : "Listen to Your Father" 6. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark : "Tesla Girls" 7. Kim Wilde : "The Second Time" 8. Nik Kershaw : "Human Racing" 9. Ray Parker Jr. : "Ghostbusters (Searchin for the Spirit)" 10.UB40 : "If It Happens Again" 11. Pointer Sisters : "Jump (for My Love)" 12. Level 42 : "Hot Water" 13. Eurythmics : "Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)" 14. Rockwell : "Somebody's Watching Me" 15. Malcolm McLaren : "Madam Butterfly" 16. Eugene Wilde : "Gotta Get You Home Tonight"

Coming on June 3rd is the new compilation NOW That's What I Call Classic Rock!. The album, which is the first in the pop-based series to feature hard rock classics, will be released in both CD and digital formats and will include hits by the Who, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, David Bowie, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Queen, Rush, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Foreigner, Styx, Cheap Trick, the Steve Miller Band, Peter Frampton, Heart, and others.

The tracklisting for NOW That's What I Call Classic Rock! is "We Will Rock You" by Queen; "Barracuda" by Heart; "Bad To The Bone" by George Thorogood and the Destroyers; "Spirit Of The Radio" by Rush; "My Generation" by the Who; "Fire" by the Jimi Hendrix Experience; "More Than A Feeling" by Boston; "Carry On My Wayward Son" by Kansas; "Renegade" by Styx; "Cold As Ice" by Foreigner; "Smoke On The Water" by Deep Purple; "We're An American Band" by Grand Funk Railroad; "Mississippi Queen" by Mountain; "Bad Moon Rising" by Creedence Clearwater Revival; "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd; "The Joker" by Steve Miller Band; "Rebel Rebel" by David Bowie; "Surrender" by Cheap Trick; "Show Me The Way (live)" by Peter Frampton; and "Rock And Roll All Nite (live)" by Kiss.
A special based around the new CD will run later this month on VH1 Classic. VH1 Classic Presents: NOW Classic Rock will air on May 31st at 8:00 PM.
Styx co-founder James "J.Y." Young says that he understands why Styx's music continues to entertain and inspire their legion of fans: ["We're celebrating the positive things about life in America, life in the modern world as we know it. We bring joy to people, we bring a healing power to people. It's this therapeutic thing where people can walk into a place and leave all the crap behind them, and relive, you know, good times to the soundtrack of their glorious misspent youth