VA - Now Yearbook 85 Extra (3CD, 2022)

NOW is proud to present ‘Yearbook Extra 1985’ – 3 CDs featuring 60 more stellar pop moments from 1985.Kicking off with Wham! and their I’m Your Man’, disc one continues with the collaboration between Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin, and huge hits from Go West, Tears For Fears, Pat Benatar, and Billy Idol. Synth- Pop from Thompson Twins, Dead Or Alive, Stephen Duffy, Howard Jones is here– and another collaboration between Gary Numan and Shakatak’s Bill Sharpe on ‘Change Your Mind’ – before Elton John, Paul Young, and King, wrapping up with three exquisite soulful ballads from Billy Ocean, Jermaine Jackson, and Commodores.
Disc two opens with an awesome run of 1985’s Indie/Alt Pop from The Smiths, Echo And The Bunnymen, The Cure, Siouxsie And The Banshees, The Damned, and Killing Joke alongside Synth-driven hits from Godley & Creme, New Order, Propaganda, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark and Jan Hammer’s theme from ‘Miami Vice’ before some classic radio Power Pop from ZZ Top, The Power Station, REO Speedwagon, and ending with Far Corporation’s cover of ‘Stairway To Heaven’.
The final disc is a treasure trove of mid-80s Dance, Electro and Hip-Hop crossover Pop. Grandmaster Melle Mel and The Furious Five, along with Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force, and Cameo open, followed by Five Star, Chaka Khan, The Pointer Sisters and two rarely compiled gems from Sandra, and Sheila E with the brilliant ‘A Love Bizarre (Pt. 1)’. Latin flavoured Dance-Pop from Animal Nightlife, Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine, and Matt Bianco is up next – before legends Bryan Ferry, Sting, and Simple Minds begin a run of beautiful tracks that close with Level 42’s ‘Leaving Me Now’, Tears For Fears’ ‘I Believe’, and ‘Moments In Love’ from The Art Of Noise.

Track List:
Disc: 1
1 I'm Your Man - Wham!
2 Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves - Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart & Aretha Franklin
3 Don't Look Down (The Sequel) - Go West
4 Head Over Heels - Tears for Fears
5 We Belong - Pat Benatar
6 Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
7 Rage to Love - Kim Wilde
8 Don't Fall in Love (I Said) - Toyah
9 Don't Mess With Doctor Dream - Thompson Twins
10 My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor) - Dead Or Alive
11 Change Your Mind - Sharpe & Numan
12 Icing On the Cake - Stephen Duffy
13 Look Mama - Howard Jones
14 Don Quixote - Nik Kershaw
15 Wrap Her Up - Elton John
16 Tomb of Memories - Paul Young
17 The Taste of Your Tears - King
18 Suddenly - Billy Ocean
19 Do What You Do - Jermaine Jackson
20 Nightshift - Commodores

Disc: 2
1 The Boy With the Thorn in His Side - The Smiths
2 Bring On the Dancing Horses - Echo & the Bunnymen
3 Inbetween Days - The Cure
4 Cities in Dust - Siouxsie and the Banshees
5 Grimly Fiendish - The Damned
6 Love Like Blood - Killing Joke
7 Lost Weekend - Lloyd Cole and The Commotions
8 A New England - Kirsty MacColl
9 Laura - Nick Heyward
10 Black Man Ray - China Crisis
11 Cry - Godley and Creme
12 So in Love - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
13 Lover Come Back (To Me) - Dead Or Alive
14 The Perfect Kiss - New Order
15 P:Machinery - Propaganda
16 Miami Vice Theme (From 'Miami Vice') - Jan Hammer
17 Celebrate Youth - Rick Springfield
18 Get It On (Bang a Gong) - The Power Station
19 Sleeping Bag - ZZ Top
20 Can't Fight This Feeling - REO Speedwagon
21 Stairway to Heaven - Far Corporation

Disc: 3
1 Step Off - Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five
2 I Wonder If I Take You Home - Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam With Full Force
3 Single Life - Cameo
4 Let Me Be the One - Five Star
5 Dare Me - The Pointer Sisters
6 Eye to Eye - Chaka Khan
7 A Love Bizarre (Pt. 1) - Sheila E.
8 Maria Magdalena - Sandra
9 Knock On Wood (1985 7" Remix) - Amii Stewart
10 Conga - Gloria Estefan & The Miami Sound Machine
11 Love Is Just the Great Pretender - Animal Nightlife
12 Yeh Yeh - Matt Bianco
13 Don't Stop the Dance - Bryan Ferry
14 Fortress Around Your Heart - Sting
15 Alive and Kicking - Simple Minds
16 Lavender - Marillion
17 Leaving Me Now - Level 42
18 I Believe (A Soulful Re-recording) - Tears for Fears
19 Moments in Love - The Art of Noise