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NOW Yearbook 1981

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Released: 25th October 2024. NOW Music is proud to present 'NOW - Yearbook 1981', featuring 4 CDs of 85 tracks that defined the charts in 1981. This special edition 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.

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    • Details

      Released:
      25th October 2024
      Category:
      Rock & Pop
      Format:
      CD Box Set
      Barcode:
      194399459522
    • Description

      NOW Music is proud to present 'NOW - Yearbook 1981', featuring 4 CDs of 85 tracks that defined the charts in 1981. This special edition 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.
    • Track listing

      Disc 1

      Track name
      Artist
      1.Under Pressure
      Queen & David Bowie
      2.Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
      The Police
      3.Ghost Town
      The Specials
      4.Vienna
      Ultravox
      5.Fade to Grey
      Visage
      6.Don't You Want Me
      The Human League
      7.Planet Earth
      Duran Duran
      8.Tainted Love
      Soft Cell
      9.Quiet Life
      Japan
      10.Kids in America
      Kim Wilde
      11.It's a Mystery
      Toyah
      12.Prince Charming
      Adam & The Ants
      13.Rapture
      Blondie
      14.Lay All Your Love On Me
      ABBA
      15.Physical
      Olivia Newton-John
      16.Stars On 45
      Stars On 45
      17.Green Door
      Shakin' Stevens
      18.It Must Be Love
      Madness
      19.Being With You
      Smokey Robinson
      20.One Day in Your Life
      Michael Jackson

      Disc 2

      Track name
      Artist
      1.Imagine
      John Lennon
      2.Jealous Guy
      Roxy Music
      3.I Go to Sleep
      The Pretenders
      4.Bette Davis Eyes
      Kim Carnes
      5.Keep On Loving You
      REO Speedwagon
      6.Hold On Tight
      Electric Light Orchestra
      7.You Better You Bet
      The Who
      8.I Surrender
      Rainbow
      9.Something 'Bout You Baby I Like
      Status Quo
      10.Please Don't Touch
      Motörhead & Girlschool
      11.Will You?
      Hazel O'Connor
      12.Wordy Rappinghood
      Tom Tom Club
      13.Don't Stop the Music
      Yarbrough and Peoples
      14.Body Talk
      Imagination
      15.You'll Never Know
      Hi-Gloss
      16.Southern Freeez
      Freeez
      17.Going Back to My Roots
      Odyssey
      18.Let's Groove
      Earth, Wind & Fire
      19.It's a Love Thing
      The Whispers
      20.When She Was My Girl
      The Four Tops
      21.How 'Bout Us
      Champaign

      Disc 3

      Track name
      Artist
      1.Woman
      John Lennon
      2.One of Us
      ABBA
      3.Endless Love (From 'The Endless Love')
      Lionel Richie & Diana Ross
      4.Rainy Night in Georgia
      Randy Crawford
      5.For Your Eyes Only
      Sheena Easton
      6.Stand and Deliver
      Adam & The Ants
      7.Under Your Thumb
      Godley and Creme
      8.Star
      Kiki Dee
      9.Wired for Sound
      Cliff Richard
      10.Hand Held in Black and White
      Dollar
      11.Japanese Boy
      Aneka
      12.Making Your Mind Up
      Bucks Fizz
      13.This Ole House
      Shakin' Stevens
      14.(Do) the Hucklebuck
      Coast to Coast
      15.Rock This Town
      Stray Cats
      16.Can Can
      Bad Manners
      17.Everybody Salsa
      Modern Romance
      18.I Am the Beat
      The Look
      19.Attention to Me
      The Nolans
      20.Begin the Beguine (Volver a Empezar)
      Julio Iglesias
      21.More Than in Love
      Kate Robbins & Beyond
      22.Memory (From 'Cats')
      Elaine Paige

      Disc 4

      Track name
      Artist
      1.Antmusic
      Adam & The Ants
      2.Happy Birthday
      Altered Images
      3.Girls On Film
      Duran Duran
      4.Love Action (I Believe in Love)
      The Human League
      5.Chant No.1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) (Extended Mix)
      Spandau Ballet
      6.Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)
      Haircut 100
      7.Tears Are Not Enough
      ABC
      8.Einstein a Go-go
      Landscape
      9.Yellow Pearl
      Philm
      10.She's Got Claws
      Gary Numan
      11.Souvenir
      Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
      12.I'm in Love With a German Film Star
      The Passions
      13.That's Entertainment
      The Jam
      14.Fire
      U2
      15.Spellbound
      Siouxsie and the Banshees
      16.Reward
      The Teardrop Explodes
      17.Swords of a Thousand Men
      Tenpole Tudor
      18.Is Vic There?
      Department S
      19.One in Ten
      UB40
      20.The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)
      Fun Boy Three
      21.Labelled With Love
      Squeeze
      22.Good Year for the Roses
      Elvis Costello & The Attractions
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