NOW – Yearbook 1986
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NOW Music is proud to present the next instalment in our ongoing ‘Yearbook’ series, NOW – Yearbook 1986; 43 tracks on a 3LP set pressed on translucent purple vinyl – and on a 4CD set, featuring 80 tracks from a fantastic year in pop!
Opening with two stellar #1s, ‘A Different Corner’ from George Michael and ‘The Sun Always Shines On T.V.’ from a-ha, before leading into huge hits from Duran Duran (‘Notorious’), ‘Thorn In My Side’ from Eurythmics, and the #1 ‘Rock Me Amadeus’ from Falco. Kate Bush’s ‘Hounds Of Love’ starts the flip side before timeless radio friendly Pop from the Pretenders, and the lead single from one of the year’s biggest albums (‘Graceland’) from Paul Simon with ‘You Can Call Me Al’, along with two of the year’s most enduring ballads from Simply Red and Spandau Ballet.
Side 1 of LP2 is all about Pop-Dance energy – kicking off with Wham!’s final hit and #1 ‘The Edge Of Heaven’ and 1986’s biggest seller ‘Don’t Leave Me This Way’ from The Communards with Sarah Jane Morris. Bananarama scored a huge hit (and a US #1) with ‘Venus’, as did Kim Wilde with ‘You Keep Me Hangin’ On’. There’s also the debut from Nick Kamen, the sublime ‘Breakout’ from Swing Out Sister and the #1 ‘I Want To Wake Up With You’ from Boris Gardiner.
Alternative Pop takes the spotlight on the other side of LP2, with 1986 a vintage year for the sheer diversity of its chart music. The Smiths peerless ‘Panic’ opens, and is joined by Big Audio Dynamite, Furniture, and the landmark ‘Life’s What You Make It’ from Talk Talk. More timeless Pop from Red Box and The Bangles leads toward the well-chosen #1 cover of ‘Spirit In The Sky’ from Doctor & The Medics.
LP3 starts in epic cinematic style with the iconic #1 ‘Take My Breath Away’ (taken from the film ‘Top Gun’) by Berlin, with huge global Rock smashes from Bon Jovi ‘Livin’ On A Prayer’, and one of the best ever collaborations between Run DMC and Aerosmith on ‘Walk This Way’. Robert Palmer’s ‘Addicted To Love’ would become a timeless radio staple, and the year saw new hits from Simple Minds, The Rolling Stones, and a new version of a classic from The Police.
The final side is all about sophisticated Dance-Pop, opening with the Jam & Lewis produced ‘Human’ from The Human League, and a further US #1 from Steve Winwood with ‘Higher Love’. Massive tracks from Level 42 and Five Star are up next and are followed by two of the year’s biggest floor-fillers: ‘We Don’t Have To…’ from Jermaine Stewart and Lionel Richie’s international smash ‘Dancing On The Ceiling’, before closing with one of 1986’s greatest vocals from Whitney Houston on her defining cover of ‘Greatest Love Of All’.
NOW – Yearbook 1986 – A celebration of the diversity and creative magic of the year in pop.
3LP
Side A
- George Michael – A Different Corner
- a-ha – The Sun Always Shines On T.V.
- Duran Duran – Notorious
- Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart – Thorn In My Side (2018 Remastered)
- Debbie Harry – French Kissin’ (In The USA)
- Falco – Rock Me Amadeus
- Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Rage Hard
Side B
- Kate Bush – Hounds Of Love
- Pretenders – Don’t Get Me Wrong
- Paul Simon – You Can Call Me Al
- Tina Turner – Typical Male
- Suzanne Vega – Marlene On The Wall
- Simply Red – Holding Back The Years
- Spandau Ballet – Through The Barricades
Side C
- Wham! – The Edge Of Heaven
- The Communards with Sarah Jane Morris – Don’t Leave Me This Way
- Bananarama – Venus
- Kim Wilde – You Keep Me Hangin’ On
- Nick Kamen – Each Time You Break My Heart
- Swing Out Sister – Breakout
- Boris Gardiner – I Want To Wake Up With You
Side D
- The Smiths – Panic
- Big Audio Dynamite – E=MC2
- Furniture – Brilliant Mind
- Talk Talk – Life’s What You Make It
- Howard Jones – No One Is To Blame
- Red Box – For America
- The Bangles – Manic Monday
- Doctor & The Medics – Spirit In The Sky
Side E
- Berlin – Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From “Top Gun”)
- Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer
- RUN DMC feat. Aerosmith – Walk This Way
- Robert Palmer – Addicted To Love
- The Rolling Stones – Harlem Shuffle
- The Police – Don’t Stand So Close To Me ’86
- Simple Minds – All The Things She Said
Side F
- The Human League – Human
- Steve Winwood – Higher Love
- Level 42 – Lessons In Love
- Five Star – Can’t Wait Another Minute
- Jermaine Stewart – We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off
- Lionel Richie – Dancing On The Ceiling
- Whitney Houston – Greatest Love Of All
4CD
CD 1
- George Michael – A Different Corner
- a-ha – The Sun Always Shines On T.V.
- Duran Duran – Notorious
- Kate Bush – Hounds Of Love
- Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart – Thorn In My Side
- Falco – Rock Me Amadeus
- Level 42 – Lessons In Love
- Kim Wilde – You Keep Me Hangin On
- Nick Kamen – Each Time You Break My Heart
- Owen Paul – My Favourite Waste Of Time
- The Bangles – Manic Monday
- Pretenders – Don’t Get Me Wrong
- Paul Simon – You Can Call Me Al
- Suzanne Vega – Marlene On The Wall
- Fine Young Cannibals – Suspicious Minds
- Amazulu – Too Good To Be Forgotten
- UB40 – Sing Our Own Song
- Boris Gardiner – I Want To Wake Up With You
- Simply Red – Holding Back The Years
- Spandau Ballet – Through The Barricades
CD 2
- Wham! – The Edge Of Heaven
- The Communards with Sarah Jane Morris – Don’t Leave Me This Way
- Bananarama – Venus
- Mel & Kim – Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend)
- Bucks Fizz – New Beginning (Mamba Seyra)
- Miami Sound Machine – Bad Boy (Shep Pettibone 7″ Remix)
- Sinitta – So Macho
- Samantha Fox – Touch Me (I Want Your Body)
- Debbie Harry – French Kissin’ (In The USA)
- Belouis Some – Imagination
- The Blow Monkeys – Digging Your Scene
- Swing Out Sister – Breakout
- Aretha Franklin – Who’s Zoomin’ Who?
- Gwen Guthrie – Ain’t Nothin’ Goin’ On But The Rent
- Jaki Graham – Set Me Free
- Cameo – Word Up!
- Five Star – Can’t Wait Another Minute
- Jermaine Stewart – We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off
- Whitney Houston – How Will I Know
- Lionel Richie – Dancing On The Ceiling
CD 3
- The Smiths – Panic
- Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Rage Hard
- Sigue Sigue Sputnik – Love Missile F1-11
- Paul Hardcastle – The Wizard (Part 1)
- New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle
- The Psychedelic Furs – Pretty In Pink
- Simple Minds – All The Things She Said
- Talk Talk – Life’s What You Make It
- Furniture – Brilliant Mind
- It’s Immaterial – Driving Away From Home (Jim’s Tune)
- Public Image Limited – Rise
- Big Audio Dynamite – E=MC2
- Pete Wylie – Sinful
- Red Box – For America
- a-ha – I’ve Been Losing You
- Culture Club – Move Away
- Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – (Forever) Live And Die
- Howard Jones – No One Is To Blame
- The Damned – Eloise
- Doctor & The Medics – Spirit In The Sky
CD 4
- Berlin – Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From “Top Gun”)
- Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer
- Europe – The Final Countdown
- RUN DMC feat. Aerosmith – Walk This Way
- Robert Palmer – Addicted To Love
- Tina Turner – Typical Male
- The Rolling Stones – Harlem Shuffle
- The Police – Don’t Stand So Close To Me ’86
- Status Quo – In The Army Now
- Mister – Broken Wings
- Chris De Burgh – The Lady In Red
- Nick Berry – Every Loser Wins
- Jackie Wilson – Reet Petite
- Billy Ocean – When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going
- Steve Winwood – Higher Love
- The Human League – Human
- Nu Shooz – I Can’t Wait
- Five Star – Rain Or Shine
- Whitney Houston – Greatest Love Of All
- The Housemartins – Caravan Of Love
