Now Yearbook '86 4CD Special Edition

Now Yearbook '86 

NOW Music is proud to present the next installment in our ongoing 'Yearbook' series, NOW - Yearbook 1986; 80 tracks from a fantastic year of pop!

The album opens with two standout #1 hits, 'A Different Corner' by George Michael and 'The Sun Always Shines On T.V.' by a-ha, before leading into big hits by Duran Duran ('Notorious'), Kate Bush ('Hounds Of Love') and 'Thorn In My Side' by the Eurythmics. A peak year for pure pop magic is evident in the next string of hits, including the #1 from Falco, as well as Level 42, Kim Wilde, Nick Kamen, Owen Paul and The Bangles, before timeless, radio-ready pop from The Pretenders and the lead single from one of the biggest albums of the year ('Graceland') from Paul Simon with 'You Can Call Me Al'. Reggae pop from UB40 and another #1 from Boris Gardiner make way for two of the year's most enduring ballads from Simply Red and Spandau Ballet.

The second disc is all about pop-dance energy - starting with Wham!'s last hit and No. 1 "The Edge Of Heaven" and 1986's best-seller "Don't Leave Me This Way" by The Communards featuring Sarah Jane Morris. Bananarama scored a huge hit (and a US #1) with 'Venus', and Stock Aitken & Waterman scored another huge hit with Mel & Kim's debut 'Showing Out...'.

Sophisticated pop gems from Debbie Harry, Belouis Some, The Blow Monkeys and Swing Out Sister's great 'Breakout' lead into a fabulous set of soul and dance floor fillers from Aretha Franklin, Gwen Guthrie, Cameo, Jermaine Stewart and Whitney Houston's 'How Will I Know', closing with Lionel Richie's international hit 'Dancing On The Ceiling'.

Alternative pop takes center stage on disc three. 1986 was a year of diversity on the charts. The Smiths' incomparable 'Panic' opens the disc, followed by 'Frankie Goes To Hollywood' and 'Sigue Sigue Sputnik'. Also featured on the disc are New Order, Furniture, Public Image Limited, It's Immaterial and Big Audio Dynamite. Landmark hits by Talk Talk, Simple Minds and The Psychedelic Furs' reissue of "Pretty In Pink" were among the year's alt-rock highlights, and Red Box, Culture Club, Howard Jones and well-chosen cover versions by The Damned and Doctor & The Medics with their #1 version of "Spirit In The Sky" provided more pop classics.

The final disc begins in epic cinematic style with the iconic #1 "Take My Breath Away" (from the movie "Top Gun") from Berlin, with huge global rock hits from Bon Jovi and a #1 from Europe and one of the best collaborations between Run DMC and Aerosmith on "Walk This Way." Robert Palmer's "Addicted To Love" became a timeless radio hit, and the year brought new hits from Tina Turner, the Rolling Stones, a new version of a classic from The Police and a huge hit for Status Quo with "In The Army Now." # 1 ballads from Chris De Burgh and Nick Berry are joined by a #1 new release from Jackie Wilson and another movie theme coming out on top - this time from Billy Ocean with "When The Going Gets Tough..." from "The Jewel Of The Nile."

Three of the biggest pop dance hits of the year from Steve Winwood, The Human League and Nu Shooz follow, before Five Star's biggest hit 'Rain Or Shine' - and finally two big ballads: Whitney Houston's cover of 'Greatest Love Of All' and a December #1 for The Housemartins with their a cappella version of 'Caravan Of Love'.

NOW - Yearbook 1986 - A celebration of the diversity and creative magic of the pop year.

Available as a special edition CD in hard back-book packaging with a 28-page booklet containing a summary of the year, a track-by-track guide, a quiz and original single artwork, and as a standard 4CD package. 

Tracklist:
CD ONE:
1-1 George Michael– A Different Corner 4:02
1-2 a-ha– The Sun Always Shines On T.V. (Single Mix) 4:43
1-3 Duran Duran– Notorious (Single Mix) 3:59
1-4 Kate Bush– Hounds Of Love 3:02
1-5 Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart– Thorn In My Side 4:15
1-6 Falco– Rock Me Amadeus (The American Edit) 3:14
1-7 Level 42– Lessons In Love 4:04
1-8 Kim Wilde– You Keep Me Hangin' On (Album Version) 4:15
1-9 Nick Kamen– Each Time You Break My Heart 4:33
1-10 Owen Paul– My Favourite Waste Of Time 3:27
1-11 The Bangles– Manic Monday 3:04
1-12 Pretenders– Don't Get Me Wrong 3:46
1-13 Paul Simon– You Can Call Me Al 4:40
1-14 Suzanne Vega– Marlene On The Wall 3:40
1-15 Fine Young Cannibals– Suspicious Minds 3:57
1-16 Amazulu– Too Good To Be Forgotten 3:05
1-17 UB40– Sing Our Own Song 3:59
1-18 Boris Gardiner– I Want To Wake Up With You 3:59
1-19 Simply Red– Holding Back The Years (Single Version) 4:11
1-20 Spandau Ballet– Through The Barricades 5:19

CD TWO:
2-1 Wham!– The Edge Of Heaven 4:34
2-2 The Communards With Sarah Jane Morris– Don't Leave Me This Way 4:31
2-3 Bananarama– Venus 3:57
2-4 Mel & Kim– Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend) 3:35
2-5 Bucks Fizz– New Beginning (Mamba Seyra) 4:06
2-6 Miami Sound Machine– Bad Boy (Shep Pettibone 7" Remix) 3:45
2-7 Sinitta– So Macho 3:24
2-8 Samantha Fox– Touch Me (I Want Your Body) 3:40
2-9 Debbie Harry– French Kissin' (In The USA) (Edit) 4:07
2-10 Belouis Some– Imagination 3:34
2-11 The Blow Monkeys– Digging Your Scene 4:05
2-12 Swing Out Sister– Breakout 3:45
2-13 Aretha Franklin– Who's Zoomin' Who (Single Version) 4:07
2-14 Gwen Guthrie– Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent 3:33
2-15 Jaki Graham– Set Me Free 3:37
2-16 Cameo– Word Up! (Single Version) 4:18
2-17 Five Star– Can't Wait Another Minute 4:31
2-18 Jermaine Stewart– We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off 4:03
2-19 Whitney Houston– How Will I Know 4:32
2-20 Lionel Richie– Dancing On The Ceiling 4:22

CD THREE:
3-1 The Smiths– Panic 2:19
3-2 Frankie Goes To Hollywood– Rage Hard 5:03
3-3 Sigue Sigue Sputnik– Love Missile F1-11 3:43
3-4 Paul Hardcastle– The Wizard (Part 1) 3:23
3-5 New Order– Bizarre Love Triangle (Single Remix) 3:45
3-6 The Psychedelic Furs– Pretty In Pink 3:53
3-7 Simple Minds– All The Things She Said (Edit) 3:58
3-8 Talk Talk– Life's What You Make It (Edit) 3:38
3-9 Furniture– Brilliant Mind 3:40
3-10 It's Immaterial– Driving Away From Home (Jim's Tune) (Single Version) 3:51
3-11 Public Image Limited– Rise (7" Edit) 4:27
3-12 Big Audio Dynamite– E=MC² 4:26
3-13 Pete Wylie– Sinful (7" Version) 3:45
3-14 Red Box– For America 3:44
3-15 a-ha– I've Been Losing You 4:24
3-16 Culture Club– Move Away 4:08
3-17 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark– (Forever) Live And Die 3:37
3-18 Howard Jones– No One Is To Blame 4:09
3-19 The Damned– Eloise (Single Version) 5:08
3-20 Doctor & The Medics– Spirit In The Sky 3:28

CD FOUR:
4-1 Berlin– Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From "Top Gun") 4:15
4-2 Bon Jovi– Livin' On A Prayer 4:06
4-3 Europe – The Final Countdown 4:00
4-4 Run DMC Feat. Aerosmith– Walk This Way (7" Single Version) 3:38
4-5 Robert Palmer– Addicted To Love (Edit Version) 3:59
4-6 Tina Turner– Typical Male 4:15
4-7 The Rolling Stones– Harlem Shuffle 3:24
4-8 The Police– Don't Stand So Close To Me '86 4:50
4-9 Status Quo– In The Army Now (Single Edit) 3:52
4-10 Mr. Mister– Broken Wings 4:22
4-11 Chris de Burgh– The Lady In Red 4:13
4-12 Nick Berry– Every Loser Wins 3:11
4-13 Jackie Wilson– Reet Petite 2:40
4-14 Billy Ocean– When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going 4:08
4-15 Steve Winwood– Higher Love (Single Version) 4:10
4-16 The Human League– Human (Edit) 3:47
4-17 Nu Shooz– I Can't Wait 3:37
4-18 Five Star– Rain Or Shine (7" Version) 3:56
4-19 Whitney Houston– Greatest Love Of All 4:49
4-20 The Housemartins– Caravan Of Love 3:38

Label: Sony Music
Released: 2023