NOW Yearbook 1987 – Extra
3CD companion set
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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Tracklisting
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CD 1
- George Michael – I Want Your Sex
- Euythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart – Missionary Man
- The Communards – Tomorrow
- Duran Duran – Meet El Presidente
- New Order – Touched By The Hand Of God
- a-ha – Manhattan Skyline
- T’Pau – Heart And Soul
- Alison Moyet – Weak In The Presence Of Beauty
- Bananarama – A Trick Of The Night
- Curiosity Killed The Cat – Misfit
- Pepsi & Shirlie – Goodbye Stranger
- Samantha Fox – Nothing’s Gonna Stop Me Now
- Rick Astley – Whenever You Need Somebody
- Mel & Kim – F.L.M.
- Sananda Maitreya – If You Let Me Stay
- UB40 – Rat In Mi Kitchen
- LL COOL J – I Need Love
- Suzanne Vega – Tom’s Diner
- Black – Sweetest Smile
- David Sylvian – Let The Happiness In
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CD 2
- Whitney Houston – So Emotional
- Alexander O’Neal – Fake
- Barry White – Sho’ You Right
- Sly & Robbie & Shinehead – Boops (Here To Go)
- The Gap Band – Big Fun
- Five Star – The Slightest Touch
- Vesta Williams – Once Bitten Twice Shy
- Atlantic Starr – Always
- Randy Crawford – Almaz
- Bruce Willis – Under The Boardwalk
- Fat Boys & The Beach Boys – Wipeout
- Pseudo Echo – Funky Town
- Robbie Nevil – C’est La Vie
- Timbuk 3 – The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
- Westworld – Sonic Boom Boy
- Spear Of Destiny – Never Take Me Alive
- The Pogues Feat. The Dubliners – The Irish Rover
- The Proclaimers – Letter From America
- Johnny Logan – Hold Me Now
- Tom Jones – A Boy From Nowhere
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CD 3
- Bruce Springsteen – Tunnel Of Love
- Tina Turner – Break Every Rule
- Marillion – Incommunicado
- Billy Idol – Sweet Sixteen
- Pretenders – If There Was a Man
- Chris Rea – Let’s Dance
- Cliff Richard – My Pretty One
- Wet Wet Wet – Sweet Little Mystery
- Johnny Hates Jazz – I Don’t Want To Be A Hero
- Curiosity Killed The Cat – Ordinary Day
- Glenn & Chris – Diamond Lights
- Wax – Bridge To Your Heart
- Then Jerico – The Motive
- Simply Red – The Right Thing
- ABC – The Night You Murdered Love
- Spandau Ballet – How Many Lies?
- Level 42 – It’s Over
- Boy George – To Be Reborn
- Mel & Kim – Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree
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