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3lp:
LP1 Side A
1. George Michael - A Different Corner
2. a-ha - The Sun Always Shines On T.V.
3. Duran Duran - Notorious
4. Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - Thorn In My Side (2018 Remastered)
5. Debbie Harry - French Kissin' (In The USA)
6. Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
7. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Rage Hard
LP1 Side B
1. Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
2. Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong
3. Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al
4. Tina Turner - Typical Male
5. Suzanne Vega - Marlene On The Wall
6. Simply Red - Holding Back The Years
7. Spandau Ballet - Through The Barricades
LP2 Side A
1. Wham! - The Edge Of Heaven
2. The Communards with Sarah Jane Morris - Don’t Leave Me This Way
3. Bananarama - Venus
4. Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin’ On
5. Nick Kamen - Each Time You Break My Heart
6. Swing Out Sister - Breakout
7. Boris Gardiner - I Want To Wake Up With You
LP2 Side B
1. The Smiths - Panic
2. Big Audio Dynamite - E=MC2
3. Furniture - Brilliant Mind
4. Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It
5. Howard Jones – No One Is To Blame
6. Red Box - For America
7. The Bangles - Manic Monday
8. Doctor & The Medics - Spirit In The Sky
LP3 Side A
1. Berlin - Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From "Top Gun")
2. Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer
3. RUN DMC feat. Aerosmith - Walk This Way
4. Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love
5. The Rolling Stones - Harlem Shuffle
6. The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me '86
7. Simple Minds - All The Things She Said
LP3 Side B
1. The Human League - Human
2. Steve Winwood - Higher Love
3. Level 42 - Lessons In Love
4. Five Star - Can't Wait Another Minute
5. Jermaine Stewart - We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off
6. Lionel Richie - Dancing On The Ceiling
7. Whitney Houston - Greatest Love Of All
4cd
CD 1
1. George Michael - A Different Corner
2. a-ha - The Sun Always Shines On T.V.
3. Duran Duran - Notorious
4. Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
5. Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - Thorn In My Side
6. Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
7. Level 42 - Lessons In Love
8. Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin On
9. Nick Kamen - Each Time You Break My Heart
10. Owen Paul - My Favourite Waste Of Time
11. The Bangles - Manic Monday
12. Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong
13. Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al
14. Suzanne Vega - Marlene On The Wall
15. Fine Young Cannibals - Suspicious Minds
16. Amazulu - Too Good To Be Forgotten
17. UB40 - Sing Our Own Song
18. Boris Gardiner - I Want To Wake Up With You
19. Simply Red - Holding Back The Years
20. Spandau Ballet - Through The Barricades
CD 2
1. Wham! - The Edge Of Heaven
2. The Communards with Sarah Jane Morris - Don’t Leave Me This Way
3. Bananarama - Venus
4. Mel & Kim – Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend)
5. Bucks Fizz - New Beginning (Mamba Seyra)
6. Miami Sound Machine - Bad Boy (Shep Pettibone 7" Remix)
7. Sinitta - So Macho
8. Samantha Fox - Touch Me (I Want Your Body)
9. Debbie Harry - French Kissin' (In The USA)
10. Belouis Some - Imagination
11. The Blow Monkeys - Digging Your Scene
12. Swing Out Sister – Breakout
13. Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who?
14. Gwen Guthrie - Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent
15. Jaki Graham - Set Me Free
16. Cameo - Word Up!
17. Five Star - Can't Wait Another Minute
18. Jermaine Stewart - We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off
19. Whitney Houston - How Will I Know
20. Lionel Richie - Dancing On The Ceiling
CD 3
1. The Smiths - Panic
2. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Rage Hard
3. Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F1-11
4. Paul Hardcastle - The Wizard (Part 1)
5. New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
6. The Psychedelic Furs - Pretty In Pink
7. Simple Minds - All The Things She Said
8. Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It
9. Furniture - Brilliant Mind
10. It's Immaterial - Driving Away From Home (Jim's Tune)
11. Public Image Limited - Rise
12. Big Audio Dynamite - E=MC2
13. Pete Wylie - Sinful
14. Red Box - For America
15. a-ha - I've Been Losing You
16. Culture Club - Move Away
17. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - (Forever) Live And Die
18. Howard Jones – No One Is To Blame
19. The Damned - Eloise
20. Doctor & The Medics - Spirit In The Sky
CD 4
1. Berlin - Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From "Top Gun")
2. Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer
3. Europe - The Final Countdown
4. RUN DMC feat. Aerosmith - Walk This Way
5. Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love
6. Tina Turner - Typical Male
7. The Rolling Stones - Harlem Shuffle
8. The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me '86
9. Status Quo - In The Army Now
10. Mr. Mister - Broken Wings
11. Chris De Burgh – The Lady In Red
12. Nick Berry - Every Loser Wins
13. Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite
14. Billy Ocean - When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going
15. Steve Winwood - Higher Love
16. The Human League - Human
17. Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait
18. Five Star - Rain Or Shine
19. Whitney Houston - Greatest Love Of All
20. The Housemartins - Caravan Of Love
NOW – Yearbook 1986
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NOW
A celebration of the diversity and creative magic of pop music in the year 1986.
vinyl edition:
43 tracks on a 3LP set pressed on translucent purple vinyl - from a fantastic year in pop! Opening with two stellar #1s, ‘A Different Corner’ from George Michael and ‘The Sun Always Shines On T.V.’ from a-ha, before leading into huge hits from Duran Duran (‘Notorious’), ‘Thorn In My Side’ from Eurythmics, and the #1 ‘Rock Me Amadeus’ from Falco. Kate Bush’s ‘Hounds Of Love’ starts the flip side before timeless radio friendly Pop from the Pretenders, and the lead single from one of the year’s biggest albums (‘Graceland’) from Paul Simon with ‘You Can Call Me Al’, along with two of the year’s most enduring ballads from Simply Red and Spandau Ballet.
Side 1 of LP2 is all about Pop-Dance energy – kicking off with Wham!’s final hit and #1 ‘The Edge Of Heaven’ and 1986’s biggest seller ‘Don’t Leave Me This Way’ from The Communards with Sarah Jane Morris. Bananarama scored a huge hit (and a US #1) with ‘Venus’, as did Kim Wilde with ‘You Keep Me Hangin’ On’. There’s also the debut from Nick Kamen, the sublime ‘Breakout’ from Swing Out Sister and the #1 ‘I Want To Wake Up With You’ from Boris Gardiner. Alternative Pop takes the spotlight on the other side of LP2, with 1986 a vintage year for the sheer diversity of its chart music. The Smiths peerless ‘Panic’ opens, and is joined by Big Audio Dynamite, Furniture, and the landmark ‘Life’s What You Make It’ from Talk Talk. More timeless Pop from Red Box and The Bangles leads toward the well-chosen #1 cover of ‘Spirit In The Sky’ from Doctor & The Medics.
LP3 starts in epic cinematic style with the iconic #1 ‘Take My Breath Away’ (taken from the film ‘Top Gun’) by Berlin, with huge global Rock smashes from Bon Jovi ‘Livin’ On A Prayer’, and one of the best ever collaborations between Run DMC and Aerosmith on ‘Walk This Way’. Robert Palmer’s ‘Addicted To Love’ would become a timeless radio staple, and the year saw new hits from Simple Minds, The Rolling Stones, and a new version of a classic from The Police. The final side is all about sophisticated Dance-Pop, opening with the Jam & Lewis produced ‘Human’ from The Human League, and a further US #1 from Steve Winwood with ‘Higher Love’. Massive tracks from Level 42 and Five Star are up next and are followed by two of the year’s biggest floor-fillers: ‘We Don’t Have To…’ from Jermaine Stewart and Lionel Richie’s international smash ‘Dancing On The Ceiling’, before closing with one of 1986’s greatest vocals from Whitney Houston on her defining cover of ‘Greatest Love Of All’.
4cd editions:
80 tracks from a fantastic year in pop! Opening with two stellar #1s, ‘A Different Corner’ from George Michael and ‘The Sun Always Shines On T.V.’ from a-ha, before leading into huge hits from Duran Duran (‘Notorious’), Kate Bush (‘Hounds Of Love’) and ‘Thorn In My Side’ from Eurythmics. A top year for pure Pop magic is showcased in the next run of hits, including the #1 from Falco, plus Level 42, Kim Wilde, Nick Kamen, Owen Paul, and The Bangles, before timeless radio friendly Pop from the Pretenders, and the lead single from one of the year’s biggest albums (‘Graceland’) from Paul Simon with ‘You Can Call Me Al’. Reggae-Pop from UB40 and another #1 from Boris Gardiner give way to two of the year’s most enduring ballads from Simply Red and Spandau Ballet. The second disc is all about Pop-Dance energy – kicking off with Wham!’s final hit and #1 ‘The Edge Of Heaven’ and 1986’s biggest seller ‘Don’t Leave Me This Way’ from The Communards with Sarah Jane Morris. Bananarama scored a huge hit (and a US #1) with ‘Venus’, and Stock Aitken & Waterman achieved a further huge hit with Mel & Kim’s debut ‘Showing Out…’ Sophisticated Pop gems from Debbie Harry, Belouis Some, The Blow Monkeys and the sublime ‘Breakout’ from Swing Out Sister lead into a fabulous run of Soul and Dance floor-fillers from Aretha Franklin, Gwen Guthrie, Cameo, Jermaine Stewart, Whitney Houston’s ‘How Will I Know’, and closes with Lionel Richie’s international smash ‘Dancing On The Ceiling’. Alternative Pop takes the spotlight on Disc three with 1986 a vintage year for the sheer diversity of its chart music. The Smiths peerless ‘Panic’ opens, followed by Frankie Goes To Hollywood and Sigue Sigue Sputnik, with the disc also featuring New Order, Furniture, Public Image Limited, It’s Immaterial, and Big Audio Dynamite. Landmark hits from Talk Talk, Simple Minds and The Psychedelic Furs re-version of ‘Pretty In Pink’ were among the year’s highlights of Alt-Rock, and Red Box, Culture Club, Howard Jones, and well-chosen covers from The Damned and Doctor & The Medics with their #1 take on ‘Spirit In The Sky’ produced yet more classic Pop. The final disc starts in epic cinematic style with the iconic #1 ‘Take My Breath Away’ (taken from the film ‘Top Gun’) by Berlin, with huge global Rock smashes from Bon Jovi and a #1 from Europe, plus one of the best ever collaborations between Run DMC and Aerosmith on ‘Walk This Way’. Robert Palmer’s ‘Addicted To Love’ would become a timeless radio staple, and the year saw new hits from Tina Turner, The Rolling Stones, a new version of a classic from The Police, and a huge hit for Status Quo with ‘In The Army Now’. #1 ballads from Chris De Burgh and Nick Berry are joined by a #1 re-release from Jackie Wilson, and another movie theme going to the top – this time from Billy Ocean with ‘When The Going Gets Tough…’ from ‘The Jewel Of The Nile’. Three of the year’s biggest Pop-Dance hits are up next from Steve Winwood, The Human League and Nu Shooz, before Five Star’s biggest hit ‘Rain Or Shine’ - and to finish, two huge ballads; Whitney Houston’s cover of ‘Greatest Love Of All’ and a December #1 for the Housemartins with their a cappella version of ‘Caravan Of Love’.
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