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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 ’80Extra is released on 26 August 2022.

Tracklisting

Now Yearbook ’80 Various Artists / 3CD edition

    • CD 1
      1. Queen – Flash
      2. Blondie – Call Me
      3. Kate Bush – Army Dreamers
      4. The Police – De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
      5. Madness – Embarrassment
      6. Dexys Midnight Runners – There There My Dear
      7. The Boomtown Rats – Someone’s Looking At You
      8. U2 – I Will Follow
      9. Elvis Costello & The Attractions – High Fidelity
      10. The Undertones – My Perfect Cousin
      11. Bow Wow Wow – C30 C60 C90 Go
      12. Devo – Whip It
      13. Siouxsie And The Banshees – Christine
      14. The Clash – Bankrobber
      15. UB40 – King
      16. Grace Jones – Private Life
      17. Diana Ross – I’m Coming Out
      18. Change – The Glow Of Love
      19. Roberta Flack feat. Donny Hathaway – Back Together Again
      20. George Benson – Give Me The Night
      21. Odyssey – If You’re Lookin’ For A Way Out
      22. Elton John – Little Jeannie

       

    • CD 2
      1. Sheena Easton – Modern Girl
      2. Cliff Richard – Carrie
      3. David Essex – Silver Dream Machine
      4. Jona Lewie – You’ll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties
      5. The Nolans – Gotta Pull Myself Together
      6. Donna Summer – The Wanderer
      7. Coffee – Casanova
      8. Sister Sledge – Got To Love Somebody
      9. Change – A Lovers Holiday
      10. Shalamar – I Owe You One
      11. The S.O.S Band – Take Your Time (Do It Right) – Pt. 1
      12. Narada Michael Walden – I Shoulda Loved You
      13. Gladys Knight & The Pips – Taste Of Bitter Love
      14. Average White Band – Let’s Go Round Again
      15. The Spinners – Cupid / I’ve Loved You For A Long Time
      16. Darts – Let’s Hang On
      17. Matchbox – Midnight Dynamos
      18. Shakin’ Stevens – Marie, Marie
      19. Leo Sayer – More Than I Can Say
      20. Hook – Sexy Eyes
      21. Barbara Dickson – January, February
      22. Sweet People – And The Birds Were Singing (…Et les oiseaux chantaient) – Instrumental
      23. St Winifreds School Choir – There’s No One Quite Like Grandma
    • CD 3
      1. Kate Bush – Breathing
      2. The Cure – A Forest
      3. Roxy Music – Same Old Scene
      4. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Messages
      5. John Foxx – Underpass
      6. Japan – Gentlemen Take Polaroids
      7. The Human League – Empire State Human
      8. The Buggles – The Plastic Age
      9. Split Enz – I Got You
      10. Marianne Faithfull – Broken English
      11. Robert Palmer – Johnny And Mary
      12. Sky – Toccata
      13. Rush – The Spirit Of Radio
      14. Judas Priest – Living After Midnight
      15. Pat Benatar – Hit Me With Your Best Shot
      16. Daryl Hall & John Oates – Kiss On My List
      17. Billy Joel – All For Leyna
      18. Dennis Waterman – I Could Be So Good For You
      19. Chas & Dave – Rabbit
      20. The Barracudas – Summer Fun
      21. Madness – Night Boat To Cairo

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