CD - Now That's What I Call 30 Years: Various Artists

We can probably all attest to owning a Now CD and in this digital age of downloads, if there’s one album worth owning in its traditional form, this is it.

As with its predecessors, Now That’s What I Call 30 Years, provides a unique audio time capsule but this time, the three disc selection spans three decades rather than just one year of singles chart appearances.

The sixty track collection kicks off with Michael Jackson’s 1983 single, Billie Jean but the next 59 tracks are a mish-mash of hits and misses selection-wise, with undeniable chart successes from Wham!, Cher and Take That, alongside songs most would happily take or leave.

That said, at least the album is as bang up to date as is possible, with the second half of the third disc featuring super-recent hits from Psy, Bastille, Bruno Mars and… PJ and Duncan.