Various Artists – Now Yearbook 80

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NOW Music is proud to present the newest addition to the ‘Yearbook’ series: NOW – Yearbook 1980. 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 – plus 1980’s biggest selling single ‘Don’t Stand So Close To Me’ from The Police.
 
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 – all included… as are legendary, long-established artists, Billy Joel, The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Status Quo and John Lennon with his #1 ‘(Just Like) Starting Over’.
 
In January 1980 the iconic ‘London Calling’ from The Clash reached its 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.  

Tracklist
 
LP1 SIDE A
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
 
LP1 SIDE B
1. ABBA – Super Trouper
2. Sheila & B. Devotion – Spacer
3. Diana Ross – Upside Down
4. Lipps Inc. – Funkytown
5. Odyssey – Use It Up And Wear It Out
6. Liquid Gold – Dance Yourself Dizzy
7. Kelly Marie – Feels Like I’m In Love
 
LP2 SIDE A
1. John Lennon – (Just Like) Starting Over
2. Billy Joel – It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me 
3. The Rolling Stones – Emotional Rescue
4. Paul McCartney – Coming Up
5. Status Quo – What You’re Proposing
6. Rainbow – All Night Long
7. Joan Armatrading – Me Myself I
8. The Mash – Suicide Is Painless
 
LP2 SIDE B
1. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Enola Gay
2. Gary Numan – I Die: You Die
3. Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart      
4. Martha And The Muffins – Echo Beach
5. Spandau Ballet – To Cut A Long Story Short
6. The Special AKA – Too Much Too Young
7. UB40 – Food For Thought
8. Dexys Midnight Runners – Geno
 
LP3 SIDE A
1. The Clash – London Calling
2. The Jam – Going Underground 
3. Pretenders – Talk Of The Town  
4. Ramones – Baby, I Love You                     
5. Siouxsie And The Banshees – Happy House
6. Hazel O’Connor – Eighth Day 
7. Roxy Music – Over You 
8. Joe Jackson – It’s Different For Girls
LP3 SIDE B
1. ABBA – The Winner Takes It All 
2. Olivia Newton-John – Magic
3. Blondie – The Tide Is High
4. The Spinners – Medley: Working My Way Back To You / Forgive Me, Girl      
5. Kool & The Gang – Celebration
6. Randy Crawford – One Day I’ll Fly Away
7. Billy Preston & Syreeta – With You I’m Born Again