Now That’s What I Call Timeless - The Eternal Collection
(Sony Music/EMI)

You begin to wonder what theme the successful Now the compilation series will release next, as the compilers seem to come up with some interesting and intriguing ideas – the latest being this timeless collection of songs, which is just exactly what it says on the front cover of this four-track CD collection.

Spanning at least over fifty years of music, there is something to appeal to everyone here, though anyone remembering and enjoying all the tracks here must have a very long memory. If you particularly enjoy listening to the likes of Greatest Hits Radio or any of the Heart radio stations that concentrate on a particular decade of music, then listening to this compilation feels akin to tuning into one of these stations.

As well as some of the more obvious hits from acts, there are many that might not spring to mind like their bigger hits; for example, instead of Back to Black from Amy Winehouse, Love Is A Losing Game is featured here. Likewise, the Cher hit Believe is omitted in favour of Walking in Memphis, and many will recall Heart of Glass from Blondie instead of the inclusion here of Atomic.

Elsewhere, Fields of Gold from Sting shows a far gentler side to the former Police singer, and Marc Almond gives his interpretation of the sixties hit The Days of Pearly Spencer, whilst the songs are brought up to date with the inclusion of Forget Me from Lewis Capaldi and Ed Sheeran with Perfect.

Naturally there are the songs that are indeed timeless that will be the basis of any good record collection: Simon and Garfunkel’s Bridge Over Troubled Water, The Hollies with the 1974 number one The Air That I Breathe, Spandau Ballet’s True and the 10cc 1975 smash, I’m Not in Love.

Many of the acts too are still touring and appearing in the north this summer, such as Chic and Take That.

If you are lucky enough to still have a CD player in your car, this comprehensive compilation would make a long car journey feel a lot shorter, including, as it does, some of the best music to have been released, where the Spice Girls, The Platters and The Weeknd bring the various decades together in one of the best compilations to have been released in the Now series.