NOW Music is proud to present the newest addition to the 'Yearbook' series: NOW – Yearbook 1981. 4 CDs of 85 tracks that defined the charts in 1981. This special edition CD is housed in 'hard-back book' packaging, including a 28-page 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. Kicking off with legendary No. 1s from Queen and David Bowie ('Under Pressure'), The Police ('Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic'), and The Specials ('Ghost Town'), disc 1 is packed with classics that represent the influx of new artists that dominated the year, and would set the pop and fashion agenda for the next few years. with songs which sound as fresh and vital today as they did in 1981, from Ultravox, Visage, Duran Duran, Japan, the No. 1 'Tainted Love' from Soft Cell, and the year's biggest selling single (and Xmas No. 1) 'Don't You Want Me' from The Human League. Adam & The Ants make three appearances on this Yearbook and actually had 5 huge hits this year, Toyah and Kim Wilde made huge chart debuts with 'It's A Mystery' and 'Kids In America', and chart regulars Blondie, ABBA and Olivia Newton-John enjoyed continued success with massive singles. Shakin' Stevens had two No. 1's (both present here), and Madness produced a classic cover of 'It Must Be Love'. Disc One closes with two more No. 1's from soul legends Smokey Robinson with 'Being With You' and Michael Jackson, who enjoyed his first UK No. 1 with 'One Day In Your Life' a re-discovered track from his Motown recordings.

NOW Music is proud to present the newest addition to the 'Yearbook' series: NOW – Yearbook 1981. 4 CDs of 85 tracks that defined the charts in 1981. This special edition CD is housed in 'hard-back book' packaging, including a 28-page 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. Kicking off with legendary No. 1s from Queen and David Bowie ('Under Pressure'), The Police ('Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic'), and The Specials ('Ghost Town'), disc 1 is packed with classics that represent the influx of new artists that dominated the year, and would set the pop and fashion agenda for the next few years. with songs which sound as fresh and vital today as they did in 1981, from Ultravox, Visage, Duran Duran, Japan, the No. 1 'Tainted Love' from Soft Cell, and the year's biggest selling single (and Xmas No. 1) 'Don't You Want Me' from The Human League. Adam & The Ants make three appearances on this Yearbook and actually had 5 huge hits this year, Toyah and Kim Wilde made huge chart debuts with 'It's A Mystery' and 'Kids In America', and chart regulars Blondie, ABBA and Olivia Newton-John enjoyed continued success with massive singles. Shakin' Stevens had two No. 1's (both present here), and Madness produced a classic cover of 'It Must Be Love'. Disc One closes with two more No. 1's from soul legends Smokey Robinson with 'Being With You' and Michael Jackson, who enjoyed his first UK No. 1 with 'One Day In Your Life' a re-discovered track from his Motown recordings.

Disc 2 opens with 'Imagine' – a No. 1 nearly 10 years after it was first released, in the wake of John Lennon's tragic death at the end of 1980. Huge ballads from Roxy Music, Pretenders, and REO Speedwagon are featured along-side the biggest selling track of the year in the U.S. from Kim Carnes with 'Bette Davis Eyes'. Rock is well represented by Status Quo, Rainbow, The Who, Electric Light Orchestra, and the great collaboration 'Please Don't Touch' between Motorhead and Girlschool. Dance music was a huge presence on the charts of 1981 as a new '80's disco' sound emerged and included hits featured here from Freeez, Imagination, Hi-Gloss, Yarbrough & Peoples, and Tom Tom Club, as well as continued smashes for established dance artists Earth, Wind & Fire, Odyssey and a big hit for 60s legends, Four Tops.

Yearbooks are all about celebrating the mix of chart hits there were in the year – and Disc 3 presents a sublime mix of ballads, pure pop, rock n roll revivalism, party floor-fillers, and easy listening. John Lennon once again leads the disc with his No. 1 'Woman' taken from his most recent album with Yoko Ono 'Double Fantasy'. ABBA's 'One Of Us', Randy Crawford's 'Rainy Night In Georgia' and the superstar partnership of Diana Ross and Lionel Richie on 'Endless Love' are all defining love songs – and led by 'Stand And Deliver' by Adam & The Ants bs a run of pure-pop classics from Kiki Dee, Cliff Richard, Dollar, and No. 1's from Aneka with 'Japanese Boy' and 1981's Eurovision winners Bucks Fizz with 'Making Your Mind Up'. Rock n roll enjoyed a revival and Shakin' Stevens' 'This Ole House' topped the chart, with Stray Cats and Coast To Coast also enjoying big hits. Bad Manners' take on 'Can Can' was a party classic, as were hits from Modern Romance and The Look. Easy listening pop also enjoyed a great year, Kate Robbins & Beyond had a big hit with 'More Than In Love', Elaine Paige had a smash with 'Memory' from the musical 'Cats' and Julio Iglesias had a No. 1 with 'B The Beguine (Volver A Empezar)'.

The final disc in this collection features more new artists who saw their first chart success in 1981 including Haircut 100, ABC, Altered Images, Landscape, The Teardrop Explodes, Fun Boy Three, and U2 who made their debut with 'Fire', plus more artists who continued to build their chart careers, including The Jam, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Siouxsie And The Banshees, UB40, Gary Numan, Squeeze and closing with Elvis Costello & The Attractions with 'Good Year For The Roses'.

It was a watershed year for pop with new British artists emeg from the ashes of punk and disco by way of the New Romantic movement, and Disc 4 also includes second tracks on this collection from Duran Duran and The Human League alongside Spandau Ballet who would all go on to achieve huge success worldwide in the following few years.

NOW – Yearbook 1981; a celebration of the eclectic and creative brilliance of the year in pop.

Disc: 1
1 Under Pressure - Queen & David Bowie
2 Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - The Police
3 Ghost Town - The Specials
4 Vienna - Ultravox
5 Fade to Grey - Visage
6 Don't You Want Me - The Human League
7 Planet Earth - Duran Duran
8 Tainted Love - Soft Cell
9 Quiet Life - Japan
10 Kids in America - Kim Wilde
11 It's a Mystery - Toyah
12 Prince Chag - Adam & The Ants
13 Rapture - Blondie
14 Lay All Your Love On Me - ABBA
15 Physical - Olivia Newton-John
16 Stars On 45 - Stars On 45
17 Green Door - Shakin' Stevens
18 It Must Be Love - Madness
19 Being With You - Smokey Robinson
20 One Day in Your Life - Michael Jackson

Disc: 2
1 Imagine - John Lennon
2 Jealous Guy - Roxy Music
3 I Go to Sleep - The Pretenders
4 Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
5 Keep On Loving You - REO Speedwagon
6 Hold On Tight - Electric Light Orchestra
7 You Better You Bet - The Who
8 I Surrender - Rainbow
9 Something 'Bout You Baby I Like - Status Quo
10 Please Don't Touch - Motorhead & Girlschool
11 Will You - Hazel O'Connor
12 Wordy Rappinghood - Tom Tom Club
13 Don't Stop the Music - Yarbrough and Peoples
14 Body Talk - Imagination
15 You'll Never Know - Hi-Gloss
16 Southern Freeez - Freeez
17 Going Back to My Roots - Odyssey
18 Let's Groove - Earth, Wind & Fire
19 It's a Love Thing - The Whispers
20 When She Was My Girl - The Four Tops
21 How 'Bout Us - Champaign

Disc: 3
1 Woman - John Lennon
2 One of Us - ABBA
3 Endless Love (From 'The Endless Love') - Lionel Richie & Diana Ross
4 Rainy Night in Georgia - Randy Crawford
5 For Your Eyes Only - Sheena Easton
6 Stand and Deliver - Adam & The Ants
7 Under Your Thumb - Godley and Creme
8 Star - Kiki Dee
9 Wired for Sound - Cliff Richard
10 Hand Held in Black and White - Dollar
11 Japanese Boy - Aneka
12 Making Your Mind Up - Bucks Fizz
13 This Ole House - Shakin' Stevens
14 (Do) the Hucklebuck - Coast to Coast
15 Rock This Town - Stray Cats
16 Can Can - Bad Manners
17 Everybody Salsa - Modern Romance
18 I Am the Beat - The Look
19 Attention to Me - The Nolans
20 B the Beguine (Volver a Empezar) - Julio Iglesias
21 More Than in Love - Kate Robbins & Beyond
22 Memory (From 'Cats') - Elaine Paige

Disc: 4
1 Antmusic - Adam & The Ants
2 Happy Birthday - Altered Images
3 Girls On Film - Duran Duran
4 Love Action (I Believe in Love) - The Human League
5 Chant No.1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) (Extended Mix) - Spandau Ballet
6 Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) - Haircut 100
7 Tears Are Not Enough - ABC
8 Einstein a Go-go - Landscape
9 Yellow Pearl - Philm
10 She's Got Claws - Gary Numan
11 Souvenir - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
12 I'm in Love With a German Film Star - The Passions
13 That's Entertainment - The Jam
14 Fire - U2
15 Spellbound - Siouxsie & The Banshees
16 Reward - The Teardrop Explodes
17 Swords of a Thousand Men - Tenpole Tudor
18 Is Vic There - Department S
19 One in Ten - UB40
20 The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum) - Fun Boy Three
21 Labelled With Love - Squeeze
22 Good Year for the Roses - Elvis Costello & The Attractions



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