Now 80s Alternative 2LP Coloured Vinyl

Now 80s Alternative

NOW Music proudly presents NOW – 80s Alternative: 30 tracks across 2 LPs, pressed on stunning pink vinyl - encapsulating the era and celebrating an incredibly diverse decade for ‘Alternative’ music.

LP1’s first side showcases this diversity: Kicking off with Eurythmics stunning ‘Beethoven (I Love To Listen To)’, and Propaganda’s magnificent debut ‘Dr. Mabuse’, before The B-52’s bring U.S. New Wave with ‘Planet Claire’. Post-Punk Pop exploded on the charts of the early 80s, and The Associates and The Stranglers feature, as do The Adventures ‘Broken Land’ and Marc Almond’s ‘Stories Of Johnny’ – both amazing songs. That calibre of song writing is continued on the second side with Tom Robinson’s ‘Atmospherics…’ and the Elvis Costello co-write ‘Shipbuilding’, beautifully realised by Robert Wyatt. Next up is the understated classic ‘I’m In Love With A German Film Star’ from The Passions, leading into Synth-Pop from Yello, Midge Ure & Mick Karn, Japan and a brilliant single from Japanese band Sandii & The Sunsetz. LP1 fittingly closes with defining U.S. New Wave smash ‘Whip It’ from DEVO.

The epic ‘This Corrosion’ from Sisters Of Mercy starts LP 2 in grandiose style, followed by atmospheric masterpieces from Siouxsie And The Banshees, Bauhaus and The Cure. The debut hit from Bjork’s band The Sugarcubes with ‘Birthday’ follows, before David Sylvian’s ‘Pop Song’, and ‘Flowers’ from Zaine Griff (featuring Kate Bush on backing vocals). 

The final side opens with the song that launched one of the defining bands of the era, The Smiths, with ‘Hand In Glove’. Timeless hits from Aztec Camera and the Pretenders lead to R.E.M., the Pixies and The Psychedelic Furs representing the U.S. Alt scene, and the collection draws to a close with The Cult’s ‘Edie (Ciao Baby)’, and The Clash’s commentary on the era ‘This Is England’.

NOW – 80s Alternative – A celebration of a different view of the decade’s charts - the lesser-compiled 1980’s singles.

Tracklist:
A1 Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart– Beethoven (I Love To Listen To)
A2 Propaganda– Dr. Mabuse
A3 The B-52's– Planet Claire
A4 The Associates– Party Fears Two (Single Edit)
A5 Marc Almond– Stories Of Johnny
A6 The Adventures– Broken Land (7" Version)
A7 The Stranglers– European Female

B1 Robert Wyatt– Shipbuilding
B2 Tom Robinson– Atmospherics: Listen To The Radio
B3 The Passions– I'm In Love With A German Film Star
B4 Midge Ure & Mick Karn– After A Fashion (7" Version)
B5 Japan– Gentlemen Take Polaroids (Edit)
B6 Sandii & The Sunsetz– Dreams Of Immigrants
B7 Yello– Vicious Games
B8 DEVO– Whip It

C1 Sisters Of Mercy– This Corrosion
C2 Siouxsie And The Banshees– Peek-A-Boo
C3 Bauhaus– Kick In The Eye (Remix Single Version)
C4 The Cure– A Forest (Shortened Edit)
C5 The Sugarcubes– Birthday
C6 David Sylvian– Pop Song
C7 Zaine Griff– Flowers

D1 The Smiths– Hand In Glove (Single Version)
D2 Aztec Camera– Oblivious
D3 Pretenders– Talk Of The Town
D4 R.E.M.– So. Central Rain
D5 Pixies– Monkey Gone To Heaven
D6 The Psychedelic Furs– President Gas
D7 The Cult– Edie (Ciao Baby) (Edit)
D8 The Clash– This Is England

Label: Sony Music
Released: 2023