Now Yearbook 1980 / Various (Vinyl)

Various Artists - Now Yearbook 1980 / Various (Vinyl)
Barcode: 198028145411

NOW Music is proud to present 'NOW - Yearbook 1980', featuring 3 LPs of 47 tracks that defined the charts in 1980. Kicking off with Queen's anthem 'Another One Bites The Dust', and including the Top 40 debut from Adam & The Ants, alongside #1s from ABBA, Blondie, The Jam, Dexys Midnight Runners, and the decade's first new #1 'Brass In Pocket' from Pretenders. Massive hits from Kate Bush, Madness, and Olivia Newton-John feature alongside dancefloor-fillers from Lipps Inc., Kelly Marie, Kool & The Gang, 'Spacer' from Sheila & B. Devotion, and 'Upside Down' from Diana Ross. The rise of synth-pop produced huge hits for Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Martha And The Muffins, and the debut from Spandau Ballet. In January 1980 the iconic 'London Calling' from The Clash reached it's chart peak - and features along with New Wave, Post Punk and Ska from The Specials (as The Special AKA), Ramones, Joy Division, Siouxsie And The Banshees, UB40, and Elvis Costello & The Attractions. Closing this collection are two of the year's most popular and enduring love songs from Randy Crawford and Billy Preston & Syreeta. 'NOW - Yearbook 1980' - a celebration of the diversity and creative brilliance of the year in pop.

Track List

1. Queen - Another One Bites the Dust
2. Blondie - Atomic
3. Adam ; the Ants - Dog Eat Dog
4. Kate Bush - Babooshka
5. The Police - Don't Stand So Close to Me
6. Pretenders - Brass in Pocket
7. The Jam - Start!
8. Elvis Costello ; the Attractions - I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down
9. Madness - Baggy Trousers
10. ABBA - Super Trouper
11. Devotion - Spacer
12. Diana Ross - Upside Down
13. Lipps Inc. - Funkytown
14. Odyssey - Use It Up and Wear It Out
15. Liquid Gold - Dance Yourself Dizzy
16. Kelly Marie - Feels Like I'm in Love
17. John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over
18. Billy Joel - It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
19. The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue
20. Paul McCartney - Coming Up
21. Status Quo - What You're Proposing
22. Rainbow - All Night Long
23. Joan Armatrading - Me Myself I
24. The Mash - Suicide Is Painless
25. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Enola Gay
26. Gary Numan - I Die: You Die
27. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
28. Martha and the Muffins - Echo Beach
29. Spandau Ballet - to Cut a Long Story Short
30. The Special Aka - Too Much Too Young
31. Ub40 - Food for Thought
32. Dexys Midnight Runners - Geno
33. The Clash - London Calling
34. The Jam - Going Underground
35. Pretenders - Talk of the Town
36. Ramones - Baby I Love You
37. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Happy House
38. Hazel O'Connor - Eighth Day
39. Roxy Music - Over You
40. Joe Jackson - It's Different for Girls
41. ABBA - the Winner Takes It All
42. Olivia Newton-John - Magic
43. Blondie - the Tide Is High
44. The Spinners - Medley: Working My Way Back to You / Forgive Me Girl
45. Kool ; the Gang - Celebration
46. Randy Crawford - One Day I'll Fly Away
47. Billy Preston ; Syreeta - with You I'm Born Again