Now Yearbook 1988 4CD Special Edition

Now Yearbook 1988 Special Edition

NOW is proud to present the next instalment in our ongoing ‘Yearbook’ series – NOW – Yearbook 1988 with 82 tracks across 4CDs, celebrating this eclectic 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.

CD 1 opens with George Michael’s stellar smash ‘Father Figure’, followed by huge hits from Kim Wilde, Belinda Carlisle, Duran Duran, and Eurythmics. A top year for Synth-driven Pop magic is showcased in the next run of hits, including the #1 from Pet Shop Boys (‘Heart’), New Order’s revisited ‘Blue Monday ‘88’, a-ha’s ‘Stay On These Roads’, and Yello’s smash ‘The Race’. Aztec Camera’s ‘Somewhere In My Heart’ leads into timeless radio-friendly Pop from Danny Wilson, The Communards, and Scritti Politti, and includes debut successes for Fairground Attraction and Tanita Tikaram. Reggae-Pop from UB40 & Chrissie Hynde and a gorgeous cover from Everything But The Girl (‘I Don’t Want To Talk About It’) prelude two of the year’s most sophisticated tracks from Sade and Sting.

CD 2 kicks off with a stunning line up of pure Pop gold from Kylie Minogue with her debut ‘I Should Be So Lucky’, along with Bananarama, Rick Astley, Jason Donovan, Bros and The Timelords. Huge Dance tunes follow, including the #1s from S'Express (‘Theme From S-Express’), and Yazz & The Plastic Population (‘The Only Way Is Up’), and floor-fillers from Inner City and Womack & Womack, plus U.S. Power Pop from Jane Wiedlin, The Beach Boys, The Bangles, and a huge  ballad from Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine, before the disc comes to a close with one of Elton John’s most loved classics; ‘Candle In The Wind’ - a hit again in 1988 as a live recording.

Established chart greats and Rock legends returned to the charts in ’88; Bruce Springsteen, Cher, Bon Jovi, Iron Maiden, Billy Idol, and Siouxsie And The Banshees, with their peerless ‘Peek-A-Boo’, are all featured on CD 3, plus the introductory hit ‘Mandinka’ from Sinéad O’Connor. Up next are Pop-Reggae favourites from Maxi Priest (‘Wild World’) and Aswad (‘Don’t Turn Around’), followed by exceptional soulful vocals from Will Downing with ‘A Love Supreme’ and Mica Paris’ ‘My One Temptation’, before Whitney Houston closes with her #1 ‘One Moment In Time’.

Pet Shop Boys, Kylie Minogue, Kim Wilde, and Bananarama make their second appearance on CD 4, as well as the Pet Shop Boys-produced smash for Eighth Wonder ‘I’m Not Scared’, together with Desireless’ worldwide hit ‘Voyage Voyage’, Hazell Dean’s Hi-NRG cover of ‘Who's Leaving Who’, infectious Pop from Dollar and Transvision Vamp, rap from Wee Papa Girl Rappers, and Salt-N-Pepa’s ‘Push It’ – which sounds just as fresh today as it did in ’88 . Wet Wet Wet’s chart-topping cover of The Beatles’ ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’, follows, and successful chart debuts are celebrated here with Sabrina’s ‘Boys (Summertime Love)’, Taylor Dayne’s floor-filler ‘Tell It To My Heart’, Debbie Gibson’s ‘Only In My Dreams’, and not forgetting Tiffany topping the chart with her first UK single aged 16 with ‘I Think We're Alone Now’. The Yearbook closes with two massive hits: Angry Anderson’s anthemic ‘Suddenly’, which soundtracked the tv wedding of the year on ‘Neighbours’, and Cliff Richard’s Christmas #1, ‘Mistletoe And Wine’.

Tracklist:
1-1 George Michael– Father Figure 5:40
1-2 Belinda Carlisle– Heaven Is A Place On Earth 3:53
1-3 Kim Wilde– You Came (Single Version) 3:30
1-4 Duran Duran– I Don't Want Your Love 3:48
1-5 Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart– You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart (Remastered Version) 3:54
1-6 Pet Shop Boys– Heart 4:17
1-7 New Order– Blue Monday '88 4:08
1-8 Yello– The Race 3:20
1-9 a-ha– Stay On These Roads 4:46
1-10 The Adventures– Broken Land (7" Version) 4:10
1-11 Aztec Camera– Somewhere In My Heart 4:01
1-12 Tanita Tikaram– Good Tradition 2:50
1-13 Fairground Attraction– Perfect 3:37
1-14 Danny Wilson – Mary's Prayer 3:54
1-15 The Communards– There's More To Love (Than Boy Meets Girl) 3:52
1-16 Scritti Politti– Oh Patti (Don't Feel Sorry For Loverboy) 4:22
1-17 UB40 & Chrissie Hynde– Breakfast In Bed 3:16
1-18 Everything But The Girl– I Don't Want To Talk About It 4:16
1-19 Sade– Love Is Stronger Than Pride (Single Version) 4:17
1-20 Sting– Fragile 3:53

2-1 Kylie Minogue– I Should Be So Lucky 3:25
2-2 Bananarama– I Want You Back (Single Version) 3:46
2-3 Rick Astley– Together Forever 3:22
2-4 Jason Donovan– Nothing Can Divide Us 3:47
2-5 Brother Beyond– The Harder I Try 3:29
2-6 Bros– I Owe You Nothing 3:43
2-7 The Timelords– Doctorin' The Tardis 3:35
2-8 Bomb The Bass– Beat Dis 3:23
2-9 Yazz & The Plastic Population– The Only Way Is Up 4:00
2-10 S'Express– Theme From S-Express 3:52
2-11 Inner City– Good Life 4:03
2-12 Womack & Womack– Teardrops (7" Edit) 3:52
2-13 Climie Fisher– Love Changes (Everything) 4:29
2-14 Breathe – Hands To Heaven (Remastered 2012) 4:19
2-15 Glenn Medeiros– Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You 3:49
2-16 The Beach Boys– Kokomo 3:35
2-17 Belinda Carlisle– Circle In The Sand (7" Mix) 3:41
2-18 Jane Wiedlin– Rush Hour (7" Version) 4:04
2-19 The Bangles– Hazy Shade Of Winter 2:47
2-20 Gloria Estefan / Miami Sound Machine– Anything For You 3:44
2-21 Elton John– Candle In The Wind (Live, Sydney, Australia, 1986) 3:49

3-1 Bruce Springsteen– Tougher Than The Rest 4:36
3-2 Deacon Blue– Real Gone Kind 4:05
3-3 Bon Jovi– Bad Medicine - Radio Edit 3:55
3-4 Iron Maiden– Can I Play With Madness 3:32
3-5 Pat Benatar– All Fired Up (Single Version / 2005 Remaster) 4:10
3-6 Billy Idol– Hot In The City 4:25
3-7 Sinéad O'Connor– Mandinka 3:47
3-8 Siouxsie And The Banshees– Peek-A-Boo 3:12
3-9 The Mission– Tower Of Strength (Radio Edit) 4:26
3-10 All About Eve– Martha's Harbour 3:05
3-11 Cher– I Found Someone 3:42
3-12 Heart– These Dreams (2000 Remaster) 4:13
3-13 Robin Beck– First Time 3:17
3-14 Maxi Priest– Wild World 3:38
3-15 Aswad– Don't Turn Around (Edit) 3:21
3-16 Will Downing– A Love Supreme (Edit) 3:48
3-17 Mica Paris– My One Temptation (Edit) 4:18
3-18 Sananda Maitreya– Sign Your Name 4:36
3-19 Brenda Russell – Piano In The Dark 4:22
3-20 Whitney Houston– One Moment In Time (Remastered) 4:44

4-1 Pet Shop Boys– Left To My Own Devices (Single Version / 2001 Remaster) 4:47
4-2 Eighth Wonder– I'm Not Scared (Edit) 3:47
4-3 Dollar– O L'Amour 3:01
4-4 Desireless– Voyage Voyage (PWL Britmix) 4:21
4-5 Sabrina– Boys (Summertime Love) 3:49
4-6 Hazell Dean– Who's Leaving Who 3:45
4-7 Kylie Minogue– The Loco-Motion (7" Mix) 3:14
4-8 Debbie Gibson– Only In My Dreams 3:54
4-9 Tiffany– I Think We're Alone Now 3:48
4-10 Kim Wilde– Never Trust A Stranger 4:04
4-11 Transvision Vamp– I Want Your Love 3:31
4-12 Bros– When Will I Be Famous? 4:00
4-13 Wet Wet Wet– With A Little Help From My Friends 2:37
4-14 Wee Papa Girl Rappers– Wee Rule 3:31
4-15 Salt-N-Pepa– Push It (Single Version) 3:29
4-16 Pebbles– Girlfriend (Single Version) 4:17
4-17 Natalie Cole– Pink Cadillac (LP Version) 4:15
4-18 Taylor Dayne– Tell It To My Heart (Single Mix) 3:33
4-19 Bananarama– Love, Truth & Honesty 3:27
4-20 Angry Anderson– Suddenly (7" Mix) 3:53
4-21 Cliff Richard– Mistletoe And Wine 4:04

Label: Sony Music/EMI
Released: 2023