NOW – Yearbook 1981

Limited 3LP : Red Vinyl

NOW Music is proud to present the newest addition to the ‘Yearbook’ series: NOW – Yearbook 1981. 3 LPs of 46 tracks that defined the charts in 1981. Kicking off with legendary No. 1s from Queen and David Bowie (‘Under Pressure’), The Police (‘Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic’), and including No. 1’s from The Specials (‘Ghost Town’), John Lennon (‘Woman’) and Roxy Music’s cover of ‘Jealous Guy’.

1981 was a watershed year for pop with new Britsh artists emerging from the ashes of punk and disco by way of the New Roman/c movement either beginning or consolidating their chart success - including here , Duran Duran, Visage, Ultravox, Japan, Spandau Ballet and Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – artists who would set
the pop and fashion agenda over the next few years leading, for some, to global success....and including the two biggest selling singles of the year, ‘Tainted Love’ from Soft Cell, and The Human League’s ‘Don’t You Want Me’.

Pop was fresh, exciting and vital, with an accompanying promo video, more theatrical and colorful than ever with Adam & The Ants’ ‘Stand And Deliver’ and ‘Prince Charming’ both featured here alongside debut chart hits for Toyah, Kim Wilde, Altered Images, Haircut 100, Tom Tom Club, Imagina/on and ABC... plus Bucks Fizz
winning the Eurovision with a pop classic, and Shakin’ Stevens hitting No. 1 with ‘This Ole House’ makes celebrating the pop of 1981 brilliantly eclectic.
Established acts Blondie, ABBA, Olivia Newton-John, Electric Light Orchestra, Pretenders and The Who all enjoyed continued success with some of their biggest hits, and chart regulars The Jam, Madness and the more recently established UB40 went from strength to strength, as Odyssey and Earth, Wind & Fire both celebrated
massive chart singles.

NOW – Yearbook 1981; a celebration of the eclectic and creative brilliance of the year in pop.

3LP
LP1 SIDE A
1. Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure
2. The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
3. Blondie - Rapture
4. Olivia Newton-John - Physical (Remastered)
5. Lionel Richie & Diana Ross - Endless Love (From "The Endless Love" Soundtrack)
6. Pretenders - I Go To Sleep
7. ABBA - One Of Us
LP 1 SIDE B
1. Ultravox – Vienna
2. Visage - Fade To Grey
3. Soft Cell - Tainted Love
4. Japan - Quiet Life
5. Duran Duran - Planet Earth
6. The Human League - Don't You Want Me
7. Kim Wilde – Kids In America
8. Adam & The Ants - Stand And Deliver
LP 2 SIDE A
1. John Lennon - Woman
2. Roxy Music - Jealous Guy
3. Hazel O'Connor - Will You?
4. Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
5. REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You
6. The Who - You Better You Bet
7. Electric Light Orchestra - Hold On Tight
LP 2 SIDE B
1. The Specials - Ghost Town
2. The Jam - That's Entertainment
3. UB40 - One In Ten
4. Madness - It Must Be Love
5. Sheena Easton - For Your Eyes Only
6. Odyssey - Going Back To My Roots
7. Earth, Wind & Fire - Let's Groove
8. Imagination - Body Talk
LP 3 SIDE A
1. Duran Duran - Girls On Film
2. Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)
3. Haircut 100 - Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)
4. ABC - Tears Are Not Enough
5. Phil Lynott - Yellow Pearl
6. Landscape - Einstein A Go-Go
7. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir
8. The Passions - I'm In Love With A German Film Star
LP 3 SIDE B
1. Adam & The Ants - Prince Charming
2. Altered Images - Happy Birthday
3. Toyah – It’s A Mystery
4. Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood
5. Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up
6. Shakin' Stevens - This Ole House
7. Smokey Robinson - Being With You
8. Michael Jackson - One Day In Your Life

4CD
CD 1
1. Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure
2. The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
3. The Specials - Ghost Town
4. Ultravox – Vienna
5. Visage - Fade To Grey
6. The Human League - Don't You Want Me
7. Duran Duran - Planet Earth
8. Soft Cell - Tainted Love
9. Japan - Quiet Life
10. Kim Wilde – Kids In America
11. Toyah – It’s A Mystery
12. Adam & The Ants - Prince Charming
13. Blondie - Rapture
14. ABBA - Lay All Your Love On Me
15. Olivia Newton-John - Physical
16. Stars On 45 - Stars On 45
17. Shakin' Stevens - Green Door
18. Madness - It Must Be Love
19. Smokey Robinson - Being With You
20. Michael Jackson - One Day In Your Life
CD 2
1. John Lennon - Imagine
2. Roxy Music - Jealous Guy
3. Pretenders - I Go To Sleep
4. Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
5. REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You
6. Electric Light Orchestra - Hold On Tight
7. The Who - You Better You Bet
8. Rainbow - I Surrender
9. Status Quo - Something 'Bout You Baby I Like
10. Motorhead, Girlschool - Please Don’t Touch
11. Hazel O'Connor - Will You?
12. Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood
13. Yarbrough & Peoples - Don't Stop The Music
14. Imagination - Body Talk
15. Hi-Gloss - You’ll Never Know
16. Freeez - Southern Freeez
17. Odyssey - Going Back To My Roots
18. Earth, Wind & Fire - Let's Groove
19. The Whispers - It’s A Love Thing
20. Four Tops - When She Was My Girl
21. Champaign - How 'Bout Us
CD 3
1. John Lennon - Woman
2. ABBA - One Of Us
3. Lionel Richie & Diana Ross - Endless Love (From "The Endless Love" Soundtrack)
4. Randy Crawford - Rainy Night In Georgia
5. Sheena Easton - For Your Eyes Only
6. Adam & The Ants - Stand And Deliver
7. Godley & Creme - Under Your Thumb
8. Kiki Dee - Star
9. Cliff Richard - Wired For Sound
10. Dollar - Hand Held In Black And White
11. Aneka - Japanese Boy
12. Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up
13. Shakin' Stevens - This Ole House
14. Coast To Coast - (Do) The Hucklebuck
15. Stray Cats - Rock This Town
16. Bad Manners - Can Can
17. Modern Romance - Everybody Salsa
18. The Look - I Am The Beat
19. The Nolans - Attention To Me
20. Julio Iglesias - Begin The Beguine (Volver A Empezar)
21. Kate Robbins & Beyond - More Than In Love
22. Elaine Paige - Memory (From 'Cats')
CD 4
1. Adam & The Ants - Antmusic
2. Altered Images - Happy Birthday
3. Duran Duran - Girls On Film
4. The Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love)
5. Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)
6. Haircut 100 - Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)
7. ABC - Tears Are Not Enough
8. Landscape - Einstein A Go-Go
9. Phil LynoW - Yellow Pearl
10. Gary Numan - She’s Got Claws
11. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir
12. The Passions - I'm In Love With A German Film Star
13. The Jam - That's Entertainment
14. U2 - Fire
15. Siouxsie And The Banshees - Spellbound
16. The Teardrop Explodes - Reward
17. Tenpole Tudor - Swords Of A Thousand Men
18. Department S - Is Vic There?
19. UB40 - One In Ten

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