Confidence, they say, is a preference for the habitual voyeur of what is known as…

…1994, darlings! 

And of course, as perceived wisdom now dutifully dictates, we were all completely mad for it, lemon hooch in hand, union jacks draped around our football tops, waving two fingers to those damn yanks. Go home!

Except, of course, the truth couldn’t be further away from the, er truth. Whilst it definitely maybe was 1994, there was so much more than just cigarettes (and alcohol). And we were all the better for it, pop kids!

Our favourite compilation series was not only celebrating nearly turning 30, it was also sporting a new slimline 2CD cover - swanky, and soooo nineties! Goodbye fat boxes, this decade of NOW was neater, fitter and certainly in full swing.

So, what could you expect from this sparkly, starshaped selection of 38 Top Chart Hits?

Pure, glistening pop from the likes of Michelle Gayle and Sophie B Hawkins!

Boyband phoar-dom (is this a word?) from the top flight teams of FC Take That and East 17 United!

Swoonsome songstress Lia Loeb positively not missing the knocks of Ethan Hawke (reality will bite)!

And huge slices of europop at every provincial nightclub turn! Another Saturday (rhythm of the) Night folks! Mine’s a Pernod and blackcurrant and chip butty!

And of course we had a selection of those most poppy sounds of the Brit persuasion, courtesy of blur (no capital!) and Oasis. Swagger, confidence and NOW on the money as always. 

All of this and much, much more awaits - including SPARKS! Yes, actual Russell and Ron Mael on a NOW album!

Join Anna Doble - broadcaster, journalist and author of ‘Connection is a Song: Coming Up and Coming Out Through the Music of the 90s’ - as we head down some fascinating rabbit holes and unearth not just a year of memories, but a whole decade of emotional and personal stories, interwoven by the power of music. And as always, NOW serves as the perfect snapshot of pop bringing it all back home.

AND we pose some of 1994 biggest questions:

When did Britpop actually begin?

Which band followed Anna around Leeds on a bus? (well, not actually)

Is 2wo Third3 the first ever case sensitive password?

Are Shampoo the centre of the pop universe?

Ultimate KAOS - why?

Join us for NOW29 - it’s SO GOOD and INCREDIBLE! (Enough puns - Ed)

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