NOW Yearbook 1987 – Extra

Now That’s What I Call Music will release NOW Yearbook 1987 – Extra in October.

This 3CD companion set features 59 tracks from 1987 and is a further reminder of how ’87 was actually not a bad year for pop.

Tracks from the first disc include George Michael’s ‘controversial’ first single from Faith, ‘I Want Your Sex’, Duran Duran’s third 45 from Notorious (‘Meet El Presidente’), the excellent ‘Manhattan Skyline’ from a-ha’s second album Scoundrel Days, Curiosity Killed The Cat’s ‘Misfit’, Eurythmics – in rock mode – with ‘Missionary Man’ and Terence Trent D’Arby/Sananda Maitreya’s ‘If You Let Me Stay’.

CD 2 features Alexander O’Neal’s ‘Fake’, Robbie Neville’s ‘C’est La Vie’ (co-produced by Alex Sadkin) and Timbuk 3’s memorable ‘The Future’s So Bright,I Gotta Wear Shades’. A shout out for Westworld’s ‘Sonic Boom Boy’ and The Proclaimers’ ‘Letter From America’.

The last disc includes some great songs that were minor hits (in the UK) for major artists, including Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Tunnel of Love’ and Billy Idol’s ‘Sweet Sixteen’, alongside tracks that were never off the radio in Britain at the time, including Simply Red’s ‘The Right Thing’, Wet Wet Wet’s ‘Sweet Little Mystery’ and Johnny Hates Jazz’s ‘I Don’t Want To Be A Hero’. Good to see Wax’s ‘Bridge to Your Heart’ included and ABC’s ‘The Night You Murdered Love’ both included.

NOW Yearbook 1987 – Extra will be released on 11 October 2024.

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NOW Yearbook ’87 – Extra Various Artists /

• 3CD set
  • CD 1
    1. George Michael – I Want Your Sex
    2. Euythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart – Missionary Man
    3. The Communards – Tomorrow
    4. Duran Duran – Meet El Presidente
    5. New Order – Touched By The Hand Of God
    6. a-ha – Manhattan Skyline
    7. T’Pau – Heart And Soul
    8. Alison Moyet – Weak In The Presence Of Beauty
    9. Bananarama – A Trick Of The Night
    10. Curiosity Killed The Cat – Misfit
    11. Pepsi & Shirlie – Goodbye Stranger
    12. Samantha Fox – Nothing’s Gonna Stop Me Now
    13. Rick Astley – Whenever You Need Somebody
    14. Mel & Kim – F.L.M.
    15. Sananda Maitreya – If You Let Me Stay
    16. UB40 – Rat In Mi Kitchen
    17. LL COOL J – I Need Love
    18. Suzanne Vega – Tom’s Diner
    19. Black – Sweetest Smile
    20. David Sylvian – Let The Happiness In
  • CD 2
    1. Whitney Houston – So Emotional
    2. Alexander O’Neal – Fake
    3. Barry White – Sho’ You Right
    4. Sly & Robbie & Shinehead – Boops (Here To Go)
    5. The Gap Band – Big Fun
    6. Five Star – The Slightest Touch
    7. Vesta Williams – Once Bitten Twice Shy
    8. Atlantic Starr – Always
    9. Randy Crawford – Almaz
    10. Bruce Willis – Under The Boardwalk
    11. Fat Boys & The Beach Boys – Wipeout
    12. Pseudo Echo – Funky Town
    13. Robbie Nevil – C’est La Vie
    14. Timbuk 3 – The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
    15. Westworld – Sonic Boom Boy
    16. Spear Of Destiny – Never Take Me Alive
    17. The Pogues Feat. The Dubliners – The Irish Rover
    18. The Proclaimers – Letter From America
    19. Johnny Logan – Hold Me Now
    20. Tom Jones – A Boy From Nowhere
  • CD 3
    1. Bruce Springsteen – Tunnel Of Love
    2. Tina Turner – Break Every Rule
    3. Marillion – Incommunicado
    4. Billy Idol – Sweet Sixteen
    5. Pretenders – If There Was a Man
    6. Chris Rea – Let’s Dance
    7. Cliff Richard – My Pretty One
    8. Wet Wet Wet – Sweet Little Mystery
    9. Johnny Hates Jazz – I Don’t Want To Be A Hero
    10. Curiosity Killed The Cat – Ordinary Day
    11. Glenn & Chris – Diamond Lights
    12. Wax – Bridge To Your Heart
    13. Then Jerico – The Motive
    14. Simply Red – The Right Thing
    15. ABC – The Night You Murdered Love
    16. Spandau Ballet – How Many Lies?
    17. Level 42 – It’s Over
    18. Boy George – To Be Reborn
    19. Mel & Kim – Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree