VA - NOW Yearbook 1986 Special (4CD, 2023)

NOW Music is proud to present the next instalment in our ongoing ‘Yearbook’ series, NOW – Yearbook 1986; 80 tracks from a fantastic year in pop! This special edition CD is housed in ‘hard-back-book’ packaging, including a 28-page booklet featuring a summary of the year, a track-by-track guide, a quiz, and original singles artwork.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’), Kate Bush (‘Hounds Of Love’) and ‘Thorn In My Side’ from Eurythmics. A top year for pure Pop magic is showcased in the next run of hits, including the #1 from Falco, plus Level 42, Kim Wilde, Nick Kamen, Owen Paul, and The Bangles, 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’. Reggae-Pop from UB40 and another #1 from Boris Gardiner give way to two of the year’s most enduring ballads from Simply Red and Spandau Ballet.

Track List:
Disc: 1
1 A Different Corner - George Michael
2 The Sun Always Shines On T.V. - a-ha
3 Notorious - Duran Duran
4 Hounds of Love - Kate Bush
5 Thorn in My Side - Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart
6 Rock Me Amadeus - Falco
7 Lessons in Love - Level 42
8 You Keep Me Hangin' On - Kim Wilde
9 Each Time You Break My Heart - Nick Kamen
10 My Favourite Waste of Time - Owen Paul
11 Manic Monday - The Bangles
12 Don't Get Me Wrong - The Pretenders
13 You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon
14 Marlene On the Wall - Suzanne Vega
15 Suspicious Minds - Fine Young Cannibals
16 Too Good to Be Forgotten - Amazulu
17 Sing Our Own Song - UB40
18 I Want to Wake Up With You - Boris Gardiner
19 Holding Back the Years - Simply Red
20 Through the Barricades - Spandau Ballet
Disc: 2
1 The Edge of Heaven - Wham!
2 Don't Leave Me This Way (With Sarah Jane Morris) - The Communards
3 Venus - Bananarama
4 Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend) - Mel & Kim
5 New Beginning (Mamba Seyra) - Bucks Fizz
6 Bad Boy - Miami Sound Machine
7 So Macho - Sinitta
8 Touch Me (I Want Your Body) - Samantha Fox
9 French Kissin' in the USA - Debbie Harry
10 Imagination - Belouis Some
11 Digging Your Scene - The Blow Monkeys
12 Breakout - Swing Out Sister
13 Who's Zoomin' Who? - Aretha Franklin
14 Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But the Rent - Gwen Guthrie
15 Set Me Free - Jaki Graham
16 Word Up! - Cameo
17 Can't Wait Another Minute - Five Star
18 We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off - Jermaine Stewart
19 How Will I Know - Whitney Houston
20 Dancing On the Ceiling - Lionel Richie
Disc: 3
1 Panic - The Smiths
2 Rage Hard - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
3 Love Missile F1-11 - Sigue Sigue Sputnik
4 The Wizard (Part 1) - Paul Hardcastle
5 Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order
6 Pretty in Pink (From 'Pretty in Pink') - The Psychedelic Furs
7 All the Things She Said - Simple Minds
8 Life's What You Make It - Talk Talk
9 Brilliant Mind - Furniture
10 Driving Away from Home (Jim's Tune) - It's Immaterial
11 Rise - Public Image Limited
12 E=MC2 - Big Audio Dynamite
13 Sinful - Pete Wylie
14 For America - Red Box
15 I've Been Losing You - a-ha
16 Move Away - Culture Club
17 (Forever) Live and Die - Orchestarl Manouevres In The Dark
18 No One Is to Blame - Howard Jones
19 Eloise - The Damned
20 Spirit in the Sky - Doctor & The Medics
Disc: 4
1 Take My Breath Away (Love Theme from 'Top Gun') - Berlin
2 Livin' On a Prayer - Bon Jovi
3 The Final Countdown - Europe
4 Walk This Way (Feat. Aerosmith) - RUN DMC
5 Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer
6 Typical Male - Tina Turner
7 Harlem Shuffle - The Rolling Stones
8 Don't Stand So Close to Me '86 - The Police
9 In the Army Now - Status Quo
10 Broken Wings - Mr. Mister
11 The Lady in Red - Chris De Burgh
12 Every Loser Wins - Nick Berry
13 Reet Petite - Jackie Wilson
14 When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going - Billy Ocean
15 Higher Love - Steve Winwood
16 Human - The Human League
17 I Can't Wait - Nu Shooz
18 Rain Or Shine - Five Star
19 Greatest Love of All - Whitney Houston
20 Caravan of Love - The Housemartins