Now Yearbook ’80 – Extra
3CD set with 66 hits
As sure as night follows day, a welcome NOW Yearbook ‘Extra’ follows an original Yearbook release. The latest to be announced is a companion to the excellent Now Yearbook ’80 4CD/3LP set. The bread, if you will, dipped in a gravy of hits, mopping up big singles and other gems, from the beginning of a new decade.
This new set presents much to enjoy, including two – count ’em – singles from Kate Bush’s Never For Ever album (‘Army Dreamers’ and ‘Breathing’), Robert Palmer’s sublime ‘Johnny and Mary’, which wasn’t really a hit, but deserves its inclusion just for being really good. Familiar 45s of the era include Blondie’s ‘Call Me’, The Police’s ‘De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da’, Queen’s ‘Flash’ and Cliff Richard’s ‘Carrie’.
There’s too many great songs to mention, so check out the track listing below, but any compilation that has Dennis Waterman’s ‘I Could Be So Good For You’, Chas & Dave’s ‘Rabbit’ and Barbara Dickson’s ‘January, February’ is alright with me.
This is a 3CD set in a six-panel card sleeve. As always there’s no ‘deluxe’ option (that only applies to the full 4CD Yearbooks) and there’s no vinyl.
Now Yearbook ’80 – Extra is released on 26 August 2022.
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Now Yearbook 80 Extra - 3CD set
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Tracklisting
Now Yearbook ’80 Various Artists / 3CD edition
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CD 1
- Queen – Flash
- Blondie – Call Me
- Kate Bush – Army Dreamers
- The Police – De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
- Madness – Embarrassment
- Dexys Midnight Runners – There There My Dear
- The Boomtown Rats – Someone’s Looking At You
- U2 – I Will Follow
- Elvis Costello & The Attractions – High Fidelity
- The Undertones – My Perfect Cousin
- Bow Wow Wow – C30 C60 C90 Go
- Devo – Whip It
- Siouxsie And The Banshees – Christine
- The Clash – Bankrobber
- UB40 – King
- Grace Jones – Private Life
- Diana Ross – I’m Coming Out
- Change – The Glow Of Love
- Roberta Flack feat. Donny Hathaway – Back Together Again
- George Benson – Give Me The Night
- Odyssey – If You’re Lookin’ For A Way Out
- Elton John – Little Jeannie
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CD 2
- Sheena Easton – Modern Girl
- Cliff Richard – Carrie
- David Essex – Silver Dream Machine
- Jona Lewie – You’ll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties
- The Nolans – Gotta Pull Myself Together
- Donna Summer – The Wanderer
- Coffee – Casanova
- Sister Sledge – Got To Love Somebody
- Change – A Lovers Holiday
- Shalamar – I Owe You One
- The S.O.S Band – Take Your Time (Do It Right) – Pt. 1
- Narada Michael Walden – I Shoulda Loved You
- Gladys Knight & The Pips – Taste Of Bitter Love
- Average White Band – Let’s Go Round Again
- The Spinners – Cupid / I’ve Loved You For A Long Time
- Darts – Let’s Hang On
- Matchbox – Midnight Dynamos
- Shakin’ Stevens – Marie, Marie
- Leo Sayer – More Than I Can Say
- Hook – Sexy Eyes
- Barbara Dickson – January, February
- Sweet People – And The Birds Were Singing (…Et les oiseaux chantaient) – Instrumental
- St Winifreds School Choir – There’s No One Quite Like Grandma
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CD 3
- Kate Bush – Breathing
- The Cure – A Forest
- Roxy Music – Same Old Scene
- Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Messages
- John Foxx – Underpass
- Japan – Gentlemen Take Polaroids
- The Human League – Empire State Human
- The Buggles – The Plastic Age
- Split Enz – I Got You
- Marianne Faithfull – Broken English
- Robert Palmer – Johnny And Mary
- Sky – Toccata
- Rush – The Spirit Of Radio
- Judas Priest – Living After Midnight
- Pat Benatar – Hit Me With Your Best Shot
- Daryl Hall & John Oates – Kiss On My List
- Billy Joel – All For Leyna
- Dennis Waterman – I Could Be So Good For You
- Chas & Dave – Rabbit
- The Barracudas – Summer Fun
- Madness – Night Boat To Cairo
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