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NOW Music is proud to present the newest addition to the Yearbook series: NOW Yearbook 1980. 4 CDs of 85 tracks that defined the charts in 1980.

Kicking off with Queens anthem Another One Bites The Dust, Disc 1 includes massive hits from Kate Bush, Madness, Roxy Music and the Top 40 debut from Adam & The Ants, alongside #1s from Blondie, Dexys Midnight Runners, The Jam and ABBA plus the decades first new #1 Brass In Pocket from Pretenders and 1980s biggest selling single Dont Stand So Close To Me from The Police. Lipps Inc., Diana Ross and Sheila & B. Devotion had timeless floor-fillers and synth driven pop, that would come to dominate the charts of the early 80s , fuelled iconic hits for Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Gary Numan, Ultravox and the debut from Spandau Ballet and to close the first disc, three of the years biggest love songs from KC & The Sunshine Band, Randy Crawford and Billy Preston & Syreeta.

Disc Two begins with John Lennons (Just Like) Starting Over and is followed by huge trans-Atlantic hits for Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones and Billy Joel. Rock legends had a huge year in 1980 including here, Status Quo, Rainbow, Judas Priest and Motorhead. Disc Two is also home to some of the years biggest dance tracks from Donna Summer, Change, The Whispers, The Gap Band, Jermaine Jackson and the #1 Working My Way Back To You / Forgive Me, Girl from The (Detroit) Spinners.

In January 1980 the iconic London Calling from The Clash reached its chart peak and opens Disc 3 which features an incredible line-up of New Wave, Post Punk and Ska classics that helped make 1980 a fantastically diverse year in the singles charts: #1s from The Jam (again!) and The Specials (as The Special AKA) alongside Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Joy Division, Ramones, Hazel OConnor, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Martha And The Muffins, UB40, and The Selecter.

The final disc features six of the years #1s and is all about 1980s pure pop, beginning with one of ABBAs most successful and popular tracks The Winner Takes It All, and the beautiful Waterfalls from Paul McCartney. Olivia Newton-John, Blondie, and Sheena Easton follow and lead into party classics from Kelly Marie, The Nolans, Liquid Gold, Odyssey, and Kool & The Gang. A few easy-pop gems from Andrew Lloyd Webber & Marti Webb, Rupert Holmes, Captain & Tennille, plus the 1980 Eurovision winner Johnny Logan, the #1 theme from MASH Suicide Is Painless and bringing this collection to a close the perennially popular and timeless Stop The Cavalry from Jona Lewie.

NOW Yearbook 1980 A celebration of the diversity and creative brilliance of the year in pop.

Available as a special edition CD housed in hard-back book packaging, including a booklet with a summary of the year, a track-by-track guide, a quiz, and original singles artwork, and as a standard 4-CD package.