VA - NOW Yearbook Vault '81 (2025)

1980 was a huge year in pop music, and we have already included a fabulous selection of tracks on the vinyl versions of the 1980 Yearbook, the 80-84 Final Chapter, and the Vinyl Extra 5-LP box-set as part of our appreciation of the year. Those tracks were generally the bigger hits of the year, with their chart achievement a factor in their inclusion. However, that’s not the whole singles story of the year, and our celebration of 1980 wouldn’t be complete without shining a light on some of the years’ singles that have been compiled much less frequently over the years… 1981 was a seismic year in pop music, with a huge number of new artists making unforgettable chart debuts.

Track List:

CD1
01. Simple Minds - Sweat In Bullet 4:32
02. Spandau Ballet - Paint Me Down 3:48
03. Eurythmics - Never Gonna Cry Again 3:06
04. Debbie Harry - The Jam Was Moving 2:59
05. Donna Summer - Cold Love 3:19
06. Gary Numan & Dramatis - Love Needs No Disguise 4:39
07. Split Enz - History Never Repeats 2:59
08. John Foxx - Europe After The Rain 4:01
09. Classix Nouveaux - Guilty 3:20
10. Squeeze - Is That Love? 2:32
11. Generation X - Dancing With Myself 3:49
12. Hazel O'connor - (Cover Plus) We're All Grown Up 4:03
13. Bow Wow Wow - Prince Of Darkness 2:22
14. Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang 4:22
15. Honey Bane - Turn Me On Turn Me Off 3:03
16. Altered Images - Dead Pop Stars 3:15
17. Adam & The Ants - Young Parisians 3:00
18. The Boomtown Rats - Never In A Million Years 3:51
19. Rex Smith & Rachel Sweet - Everlasting Love 3:46
20. Hot Chocolate - You'll Never Be So Wrong 4:29
21. Boney M. - We Kill The World 4:31

CD2
22. Bruce Springsteen - The River 5:02
23. John Mellencamp - Ain't Even Done With The Night 4:40
24. Steve Winwood - While You See A Chance 5:16
25. Elton John - Nobody Wins 3:37
26. Joan Armatrading - I'm Lucky 3:05
27. Rush - Tom Sawyer 4:37
28. Rainbow - Can't Happen Here 4:58
29. Girlschool - Hit And Run 3:05
30. Thin Lizzy - Trouble Boys 3:34
31. Gillan - Mutually Assured Destruction 3:14
32. Foreigner - Urgent 4:00
33. Meat Loaf - I'm Gonna Love Her For Both Of Us 7:07
34. Commodores - Lady (You Bring Me Up) 4:01
35. Rick James - Super Freak 3:25
36. Chaka Khan - What Cha' Gonna Do For Me 3:55
37. Evelyn "Champagne" King - I'm In Love 5:03
38. Sister Sledge - All American Girls 4:44
39. Sharon Redd - Can You Handle It 3:47
40. Voggue - Dancin' The Night Away 3:12
41. Odyssey - Hang Together 3:38

CD3
42. The Creatures - Mad Eyed Screamer 1:55
43. The Cure - Primary 3:37
44. New Order - Procession 4:28
45. The Psychedelic Furs - Dumb Waiters 4:28
46. Echo And The Bunnymen - A Promise 4:04
47. The Teardrop Explodes - Colours Fly Away 2:55
48. The Undertones - It's Going To Happen! 3:33
49. The Stranglers - Thrown Away 3:32
50. Dexys Midnight Runners & Kevin Rowland - Show Me 3:25
51. The Clash - This Is Radio Clash 4:13
52. The Beat - Drowning 3:53
53. Scritti Politti - The "Sweetest Girl" 5:08
54. Sheila Hylton - The Bed's Too Big Without You 3:00
55. Randy Crawford - Secret Combination 3:24
56. Central Line - Walking Into Sunshine 3:49
57. Kleeer - Get Tough 3:28
58. Freeez - Flying High 5:30
59. Shakatak - Living In The Uk 4:19
60. Level 42 - Love Games 4:08
61. The Manhattan Transfer - Boy From New York City 3:43
62. Joe Jackson - Jumpin' Jive 2:42

CD4
63. Pretenders - Louie Louie 3:30
64. Pat Benatar - Fire And Ice 3:20
65. Billy Joel - Say Goodbye To Hollywood (Live 4:18
66. Gary U.S. Bonds - This Little Girl 3:43
67. Reo Speedwagon - In Your Letter 3:17
68. Rick Springfield - I've Done Everything For You 3:16
69. Jim Steinman - Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through 4:41
70. Journey - Who's Crying Now 4:14
71. The Tubes - Don't Want To Wait Anymore 4:19
72. The Alan Parsons Project - Time 5:05
73. Kim Carnes - Draw Of The Cards 4:56
74. The Motels - Days Are O.K. (But The Nights Were Made For Love) 3:33
75. Juice Newton - Queen Of Hearts 3:28
76. Eddie Rabbitt - I Love A Rainy Night 3:14
77. Dolly Parton - But You Know I Love You 3:18
78. A Taste Of Honey - Sukiyaki 3:44
79. Aretha Franklin & George Benson - Love All The Hurt Away 4:08
80. Diana Ross - One More Chance 4:22
81. Christopher Cross - Sailing 4:17
82. Neil Diamond - Hello Again 4:06