Now Is the Time (Nightmares on Wax album)

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N.O.W Is the Time
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Released16 June 2014 (2014-06-16)
Genre Electronic
Length144:06
Label Warp
Nightmares on Wax chronology
Feelin' Good
(2013)
N.O.W Is the Time
(2014)
Shape the Future
(2018)

N.O.W Is the Time is a compilation album by Nightmares on Wax. It was released via Warp on 16 June 2014, to celebrate his 25-year career of releasing music. [1] A standard CD edition comprises 2 discs, titled Nightmares by Day and Nightmares by Night, which consists of 28 of his most popular tracks. A special edition vinyl box set includes Deep Down: Remixes & Rarities, which consists of remixes and rare tracks. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Line of Best Fit 8.5/10 [6]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 5 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [3]

Jim Carroll of The Irish Times gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, describing it as "a classy round-up of the evolution of the Leeds producer's sound over a quarter century, from the bleep adventures of the early days to the hazy, smokey funk and soul of later years." [5]

Track listing

Disc 1: Nightmares by Day
No.TitleLength
1."You Wish"3:29
2."Mind Eye"7:05
3."Argha Noah"7:54
4."Calling"7:55
5."Dreddoverboard"5:48
6."Thinking of Omara"5:32
7."Be There"5:02
8."Les Nuits"6:19
9."Morse"6:20
10."I Am You (Live in Chicago)"4:09
11."Passion"3:25
12."Give Thx"3:33
Disc 2: Nightmares by Night
No.TitleLength
1."195 Lbs"5:35
2."70s 80s"5:30
3."Flip Ya Lid"5:24
4."Be, I Do"4:47
5."(Man) Tha Journey"6:20
6."Now Is the Time"3:59
7."Bless My Soul"5:56
8."Da Feelin"4:41
9."African Pirates"6:23
10."Mega Donutz"5:12
11."Mission Venice"2:50
12."Dextrous"4:03
13."Aftermath"3:20
14."I'm for Real"5:20
15."Set Me Free (Piano Dub)"5:03
16."Nights Interlude"3:25
Deep Down: Remixes & Rarities
No.TitleLength
1."Dextrous (JD Twitch Optimo Remix)"6:01
2."Biofeedback (Morgan Geist Remix)"6:20
3."A Case of Funk (Loco Dice Remix)"7:11
4."Aftermath (LFO Remix)"4:37
5."Aftermath (Special Request Redux)"7:53
6."Aftermath (Acid Mondays Remix)"7:41
7."Burn Me Slo" (featuring OC)4:47
8."Keep On (86 in It Mix)" (featuring De La Soul)5:29
9."Gambia via Vagator Beach (Mr Scruff Remix)"5:04
10."Survival Dub"4:35
11."Hiyaself"4:32
12."Da Mess Sticks"4:43
13."Da Feelin (Hungry Ghost Remix)"4:33
14."Now Is the Time (Ashley Beedle Warbox Dubplate Special)"5:38

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [9] 140
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [10] 25

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