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NOW is proud to present 60 more essential gems from the stellar Pop year of 1986 NOW Yearbook Extra 1986.
CD1 kicks off with a huge Queen classic A Kind Of Magic, Eurythmics When Tomorrow Comes, the lead single from their Revenge album, and smash hits from The Bangles and a-ha. Sophisticated Pop from Sade, Bryan Ferry, and Sting follows and some of the greatest vocalists of the era are up next including Patti Labelle, Tina Turner, and Anita Baker with the timeless Sweet Love. Hits from Five Star, Paul Young, and Stan Ridgway are joined by movie tracks from The Style Council, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark and Left Of Center - the collaboration between Suzanne Vega and Joe Jackson, plus the title track Graceland from Paul Simons 1986 best-seller.
The second disc is all about Pop-Dance energy kicking off with Wham!s final hit and #1 The Edge Of Heaven and 1986s biggest seller Dont 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 & Kims debut Showing Out
Bon Jovi open Disc 2 with their Rock smash You Give Love A Bad Name, followed by Kenny Loggins Top Gun anthem Danger Zone, alongside huge tracks from Spandau Ballet, Robert Palmer, Simple Minds, and Julian Cope, before some classic Power Pop from Cutting Crew, ZZ Top, and Mr. Mister. Pure Pop hits from Modern Talking, Samantha Fox, Elton John, and Jennifer Rush follow before the disc closes with timeless The Way It Is from Bruce Hornsby & The Range.
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, Its 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 years 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 CD begins with a run of fantastic Indie and Synth-Pop smashes including The Housemartins, The Smiths, New Order, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Dead Or Alive, and Falcos Vienna Calling. Debut hits from Latin Quarter and Sly Fox follow, plus Pull Up To The Bumper - a big hit on re-release for Grace Jones. Soul music legend James Brown scored a big hit with Living In America, and Jellybean, Cherrelle & Alexander ONeal, and The S.O.S Band enjoyed three of the years biggest Dance tracks. The collection winds down with soulful ballads from Atlantic Starr, Billy Ocean and Freddie Jackson before signing off with one of the greatest tracks of all-time; I Heard It Through The Grapevine from Marvin Gaye a smash hit again 18 years after it originally hit #1 after sound-tracking an ad campaign.
NOW Yearbook Extra 1986 a further celebration of the diversity and magic of the year in Pop.
Tracklisting:
CD 1
1. Queen - A Kind Of Magic
2. Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - When Tomorrow Comes
3. The Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian
4. a-ha - Hunting High And Low
5. Sting - Russians
6. Bryan Ferry - Is Your Love Strong Enough?
7. Sade - Never As Good As The First Time
8. Anita Baker - Sweet Love
9. Patti LaBelle - Oh, People
10. Tina Turner - Two People
11. Jaki Graham - Step Right Up
12. Haywoode - Roses
13. Five Star - System Addict
14. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - If You Leave
15. The Style Council - Have You Ever Had It Blue
16. Suzanne Vega & Joe Jackson - Left Of Center (From "Pretty In Pink" Soundtrack)
17. Paul Simon - Graceland
18. Stan Ridgway - Camouflage
19. Paul Young - Wonderland
CD 2
1. Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name
2. Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone
3. Pat Benatar - Sex As A Weapon
4. Robert Palmer - I Didn't Mean To Turn You On
5. Spandau Ballet - Fight for Ourselves
6. Simple Minds - Sanctify Yourself
7. Hipsway - The Honeythief
8. Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth
9. Nick Heyward - Over The Weekend
10. It Bites - Calling All The Heroes
11. Mr. Mister - Kyrie
12. Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died In Your Arms
13. ZZ Top - Rough Boy
14. Cock Robin - The Promise You Made
15. Modern Talking - Brother Louie
16. Samantha Fox - Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)
17. Jennifer Rush - Ring Of Ice
18. Elton John - Heartache All Over The World
19. Peter Cetera - Glory Of Love
20. Bruce Hornsby & The Range - The Way It Is
CD 3
1. The Housemartins - Happy Hour
2. The Smiths - Ask
3. New Order - Shellshock
4. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Warriors Of The Wasteland
5. Sigue Sigue Sputnik - 21st Century Boy
6. Dead Or Alive - Brand New Lover
7. Falco - Vienna Calling
8. Culture Club - God Thank You Woman
9. Latin Quarter - Radio Africa
10. Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper
11. Sly Fox - Let's Go All The Way
12. James Brown - Living In America
13. Jellybean - Sidewalk Talk
14. Cherrelle & Alexander O'Neal - Saturday Love
15. The S.O.S Band - The Finest
16. Oran "Juice" Jones - The Rain
17. Gregory Abbott - Shake You Down
18. Atlantic Starr - Secret Lovers
19. Billy Ocean - There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)
20. Freddie Jackson - Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)
21. Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
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