NOW – Yearbook 1980
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NOW Music is proud to present the newest addition to the ‘Yearbook’ series: NOW – Yearbook 1980. 4 CDs of 85 tracks, or 3 LPs of 47 tracks that defined the charts in 1980 on transparent ‘clear’ vinyl.
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.
Available as a special edition CD housed in ‘hard-back book’ packaging, including a booklet with a summary of the year, a track-by-track guide, a quiz, and original singles artwork, and as a standard 4-CD package
3LP
Side A
- 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
- Pretenders – Brass In Pocket
- The Jam – Start!
- Elvis Costello & The Attractions – I Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down
- Madness – Baggy Trousers
Side B
- ABBA – Super Trouper
- Sheila & B. Devotion – Spacer
- Diana Ross – Upside Down
- Lipps Inc. – Funkytown
- Odyssey – Use It Up And Wear It Out
- Liquid Gold – Dance Yourself Dizzy
- Kelly Marie – Feels Like I’m In Love
Side C
- 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
- Status Quo – What You’re Proposing
- Rainbow – All Night Long
- Joan Armatrading – Me Myself I
- The Mash – Suicide Is Painless
Side D
- Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Enola Gay
- Gary Numan – I Die: You Die
- Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
- Martha And The Muffins – Echo Beach
- Spandau Ballet – To Cut A Long Story Short
- The Special AKA – Too Much Too Young
- UB40 – Food For Thought
- Dexys Midnight Runners – Geno
Side E
- The Clash – London Calling
- The Jam – Going Underground
- Pretenders – Talk Of The Town
- Ramones – Baby, I Love You
- Siouxsie And The Banshees – Happy House
- Hazel O’Connor – Eighth Day
- Roxy Music – Over You
- Joe Jackson – It’s Different For Girls
Side F
- ABBA – The Winner Takes It All
- Olivia Newton-John – Magic
- Blondie – The Tide Is High
- The Spinners – Medley: Working My Way Back To You / Forgive Me, Girl
- Kool & The Gang – Celebration
- Randy Crawford – One Day I’ll Fly Away
- Billy Preston & Syreeta – With You I’m Born Again
4CD
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