NOW – Yearbook ’81
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NOW Music is proud to present the newest addition to the ‘Yearbook’ series: NOW – Yearbook 1981. 3 LPs of 46 tracks that defined the charts in 1981.
Kicking off with legendary No. 1s from Queen and David Bowie (‘Under Pressure’), The Police (‘Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic’), and including No. 1’s from The Specials (‘Ghost Town’), John Lennon (‘Woman’) and Roxy Music’s cover of ‘Jealous Guy’.
1981 was a watershed year for pop with new British artists emerging from the ashes of punk and disco by way of the New Romantic movement either beginning or consolidating their chart success – including here , Duran Duran, Visage, Ultravox, Japan, Spandau Ballet and Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – artists who would set the pop and fashion agenda over the next few years leading, for some, to global success….and including the two biggest selling singles of the year, ‘Tainted Love’ from Soft Cell, and The Human League’s ‘Don’t You Want Me’.
Pop was fresh, exciting and often, with an accompanying promo video, more theatrical and colorful than ever with Adam & The Ants’ ‘Stand And Deliver’ and ‘Prince Charming’ both featured here alongside debut chart hits for Toyah, Kim Wilde, Altered Images, Haircut 100, Tom Tom Club, Imagination and ABC… plus Bucks Fizz winning the Eurovision with a pop classic, and Shakin’ Stevens hitting No. 1 with ‘This Ole House’ makes celebrating the pop of 1981 brilliantly eclectic.
Established acts Blondie, ABBA, Olivia Newton-John, Electric Light Orchestra, Pretenders and The Who all enjoyed continued success with some of their biggest hits, and chart regulars The Jam, Madness and the more recently established UB40 went from strength to strength, as Odyssey and Earth, Wind & Fire both celebrated massive chart singles.
Four past and present Motown stars produced 3 of the greatest love songs of all time – with the rediscovered ‘One Day In Your Life’ from Michael Jackson, and ‘Being With You’ by Smokey Robinson both topping the chart, and the superstar collaboration on ‘Endless Love’ by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross topping the U.S. chart for 9 weeks and becoming the year’s second biggest seller there behind ‘Bette Davis Eyes’ from Kim Carnes, which is also included on this Yearbook.
3LP
SIDE A
- Queen & David Bowie – Under Pressure
- The Police – Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
- Blondie – Rapture
- Olivia Newton-John – Physical (Remastered)
- Lionel Richie & Diana Ross – Endless Love (From “The Endless Love” Soundtrack)
- Pretenders – I Go To Sleep
- ABBA – One Of Us
SIDE B
- Ultravox – Vienna
- Visage – Fade To Grey
- Soft Cell – Tainted Love
- Japan – Quiet Life
- Duran Duran – Planet Earth
- The Human League – Don’t You Want Me
- Kim Wilde – Kids In America
- Adam & The Ants – Stand And Deliver
SIDE C
- John Lennon – Woman
- Roxy Music – Jealous Guy
- Hazel O’Connor – Will You?
- Kim Carnes – Bette Davis Eyes
- REO Speedwagon – Keep On Loving You
- The Who – You Better You Bet
- Electric Light Orchestra – Hold On Tight
SIDE D
- The Specials – Ghost Town
- The Jam – That’s Entertainment
- UB40 – One In Ten
- Madness – It Must Be Love
- Sheena Easton – For Your Eyes Only
- Odyssey – Going Back To My Roots
- Earth, Wind & Fire – Let’s Groove
- Imagination – Body Talk
SIDE E
- Duran Duran – Girls On Film
- Spandau Ballet – Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On)
- Haircut 100 – Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)
- ABC – Tears Are Not Enough
- Phil Lynott – Yellow Pearl
- Landscape – Einstein A Go-Go
- Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Souvenir
- The Passions – I’m In Love With A German Film Star
SIDE F
- Adam & The Ants – Prince Charming
- Altered Images – Happy Birthday
- Toyah – It’s A Mystery
- Tom Tom Club – Wordy Rappinghood
- Bucks Fizz – Making Your Mind Up
- Shakin’ Stevens – This Ole House
- Smokey Robinson – Being With You
- Michael Jackson – One Day In Your Life
Special Edition & Standard 4CD
CD 1
- Queen & David Bowie – Under Pressure
- The Police – Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
- The Specials – Ghost Town
- Ultravox – Vienna
- Visage – Fade To Grey
- The Human League – Don’t You Want Me
- Duran Duran – Planet Earth
- Soft Cell – Tainted Love
- Japan – Quiet Life
- Kim Wilde – Kids In America
- Toyah – It’s A Mystery
- Adam & The Ants – Prince Charming
- Blondie – Rapture
- ABBA – Lay All Your Love On Me
- Olivia Newton-John – Physical
- Stars On 45 – Stars On 45
- Shakin’ Stevens – Green Door
- Madness – It Must Be Love
- Smokey Robinson – Being With You
- Michael Jackson – One Day In Your Life
CD 2
- John Lennon – Imagine
- Roxy Music – Jealous Guy
- Pretenders – I Go To Sleep
- Kim Carnes – Bette Davis Eyes
- REO Speedwagon – Keep On Loving You
- Electric Light Orchestra – Hold On Tight
- The Who – You Better You Bet
- Rainbow – I Surrender
- Status Quo – Something ‘Bout You Baby I Like
- Motorhead, Girlschool – Please Don’t Touch
- Hazel O’Connor – Will You?
- Tom Tom Club – Wordy Rappinghood
- Yarbrough & Peoples – Don’t Stop The Music
- Imagination – Body Talk
- Hi-Gloss – You’ll Never Know
- Freeez – Southern Freeez
- Odyssey – Going Back To My Roots
- Earth, Wind & Fire – Let’s Groove
- The Whispers – It’s A Love Thing
- Four Tops – When She Was My Girl
- Champaign – How ‘Bout Us
CD 3
- John Lennon – Woman
- ABBA – One Of Us
- Lionel Richie & Diana Ross – Endless Love (From “The Endless Love” Soundtrack)
- Randy Crawford – Rainy Night In Georgia
- Sheena Easton – For Your Eyes Only
- Adam & The Ants – Stand And Deliver
- Godley & Creme – Under Your Thumb
- Kiki Dee – Star
- Cliff Richard – Wired For Sound
- Dollar – Hand Held In Black And White
- Aneka – Japanese Boy
- Bucks Fizz – Making Your Mind Up
- Shakin’ Stevens – This Ole House
- Coast To Coast – (Do) The Hucklebuck
- Stray Cats – Rock This Town
- Bad Manners – Can Can
- Modern Romance – Everybody Salsa
- The Look – I Am The Beat
- The Nolans – Attention To Me
- Julio Iglesias – Begin The Beguine (Volver A Empezar)
- Kate Robbins & Beyond – More Than In Love
- Elaine Paige – Memory (From ‘Cats’)
CD 4
- Adam & The Ants – Antmusic
- Altered Images – Happy Birthday
- Duran Duran – Girls On Film
- The Human League – Love Action (I Believe In Love)
- Spandau Ballet – Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On)
- Haircut 100 – Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)
- ABC – Tears Are Not Enough
- Landscape – Einstein A Go-Go
- Phil Lynott – Yellow Pearl
- Gary Numan – She’s Got Claws
- Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Souvenir
- The Passions – I’m In Love With A German Film Star
- The Jam – That’s Entertainment
- U2 – Fire
- Siouxsie And The Banshees – Spellbound
- The Teardrop Explodes – Reward
- Tenpole Tudor – Swords Of A Thousand Men
- Department S – Is Vic There?
- UB40 – One In Ten
- Fun Boy Three – The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)
- Squeeze – Labelled With Love
- Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Good Year For The Roses
