Various Artists - NOW: Yearbook 1980 - (Special Edition 4CD Booklet Album)

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Various Artists - NOW: Yearbook 1980 - (Special Edition 4CD Booklet Album)

NOW Music is proud to present the newest addition to the ‘Yearbook’ series: NOW – Yearbook 1980. 4 CDs of 85 tracks that defined the charts in 1980. This special edition CD is housed in ‘hard-back book’ packaging, including a 28-page booklet with a summary of the year, a track-by-track guide, a quiz, and original singles artwork.

Kicking off with Queen’s anthem ‘Another One Bites The Dust’, Disc 1 includes massive hits from Kate Bush, Madness, Roxy Music and the Top 40 debut from Adam & The Ants, alongside #1s from Blondie, Dexys Midnight Runners, The Jam and ABBA – plus the decade’s first new #1 ‘Brass In Pocket’ from Pretenders – and 1980’s biggest selling single ‘Don’t Stand So Close To Me’ from The Police. Lipps Inc., Diana Ross and Sheila & B. Devotion had timeless floor-fillers – and synth driven pop, that would come to dominate the charts of the early 80s , fuelled iconic hits for Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Gary Numan, Ultravox and the debut from Spandau Ballet… and to close the first disc, three of the year’s biggest love songs from KC & The Sunshine Band, Randy Crawford and Billy Preston & Syreeta.

Disc Two begins with John Lennon’s ‘(Just Like) Starting Over’ and is followed by huge trans-Atlantic hits for Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones and Billy Joel. Rock legends had a huge year in 1980 – including here, Status Quo, Rainbow, Judas Priest and Motorhead. Disc Two is also home to some of the year’s biggest dance tracks from Donna Summer, Change, The Whispers, The Gap Band, Jermaine Jackson and the #1 ‘Working My Way Back To You / Forgive Me, Girl’ from The (Detroit) Spinners.

In January 1980 the iconic ‘London Calling’ from The Clash reached its chart peak – and opens Disc 3 which features an incredible line-up of New Wave, Post Punk and Ska classics that helped make 1980 a fantastically diverse year in the singles charts: #1s from The Jam (again!) and The Specials (as The Special AKA) alongside Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Joy Division, Ramones, Hazel O’Connor, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Martha And The Muffins, UB40, and The Selecter.

The final disc features six of the year’s #1s and is all about 1980s pure pop, beginning with one of ABBA’s most successful and popular tracks ‘The Winner Takes It All’, and the beautiful ‘Waterfalls’ from Paul McCartney. Olivia Newton-John, Blondie, and Sheena Easton follow and lead into party classics from Kelly Marie, The Nolans, Liquid Gold, Odyssey, and Kool & The Gang. A few easy-pop gems from Andrew Lloyd Webber & Marti Webb, Rupert Holmes, Captain & Tennille, plus the 1980 Eurovision winner Johnny Logan, the #1 theme from ‘MASH’ ‘Suicide Is Painless’ and bringing this collection to a close … the perennially popular and timeless ‘Stop The Cavalry’ from Jona Lewie.

NOW – Yearbook 1980 – A celebration of the diversity and creative brilliance of the year in pop.

Track Listing

CD 1

Queen - Another One Bites The Dust
Blondie - Atomic
Adam & The Ants - Dog Eat Dog
Kate Bush - Babooshka
The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me
Dexys Midnight Runners - Geno
Pretenders - Brass In Pocket
The Jam - Start!
Madness - Baggy Trousers
ABBA - Super Trouper
Sheila & B. Devotion - Spacer
Diana Ross - Upside Down
Lipps Inc. - Funkytown
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay
Spandau Ballet - To Cut A Long Story Short
Ultravox - Sleepwalk
Gary Numan - I Die: You Die
Roxy Music - Oh Yeah!
KC & The Sunshine Band - Please Don't Go
Randy Crawford - One Day I'll Fly Away
Billy Preston & Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again

CD 2

John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over
Billy Joel - It's Still Rock And Roll To Me
The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue
Paul McCartney - Coming Up
Stray Cats - Runaway Boys
Status Quo - What You're Proposing
Rainbow - All Night Long
Judas Priest - Breaking The Law
Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
Joan Armatrading - Me Myself I
Air Supply - All Out Of Love
Kenny Rogers - Lady
Donna Summer - On The Radio
Stephanie Mills - Never Knew Love Like This Before
The Spinners - Medley: Working My Way Back To You / Forgive Me, Girl
Change - Searching
The Whispers - And The Beat Goes On
Crown Heights Affair - You Gave Me Love
The Gap Band - I Don't Believe You Want To Get Up And Dance (Oops, Up Side Your Head)
Jermaine Jackson - Let's Get Serious
Teena Marie - Behind The Groove
Tom Browne - Funkin' For Jamaica

CD 3

The Clash - London Calling
The Jam - Going Underground
Pretenders – Talk Of The Town
Ramones - Baby, I Love You
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down
Hazel O'Connor - Eighth Day
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Happy House
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Martha And The Muffins - Echo Beach
Roxy Music - Over You
New Musik - Living By Numbers
The Tourists - So Good To Be Back Home Again
The Vapors - Turning Japanese
The Regents - 7 Teen
Joe Jackson - It's Different For Girls
The Boomtown Rats - Banana Republic
UB40 - Food For Thought
Bad Manners - Special Brew
The Selecter - Missing Words
The Special AKA - Too Much Too Young
Madness - My Girl

CD 4

ABBA - The Winner Takes It All
Paul McCartney - Waterfalls
The Korgis - Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime
Hot Chocolate - No Doubt About It
Olivia Newton-John - Magic
Diana Ross - My Old Piano
Blondie - The Tide Is High
Sheena Easton - 9 To 5 (Morning Train)
The Nolans - I'm In The Mood For Dancing
Kelly Marie - Feels Like I’m In Love
Liquid Gold - Dance Yourself Dizzy
Odyssey - Use It Up And Wear It Out
Kool & The Gang - Celebration
Stacy Lattisaw - Jump To The Beat
Dollar – I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Andrew Lloyd Webber & Marti Webb - Take That Look Off Your Face
Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
Captain & Tennille - Do That To Me One More Time
Johnny Logan - What's Another Year
The Mash - Suicide Is Painless
Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry

Format: 4CD Album
Barcode: 194399459829
Catalogue Number: CDYBXNOW80
Label: Universal Music
Release Date: Friday, 15th July 2022

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