Now Yearbook Extra 1985 / Various Now Yearbook Extra 1985 / Various CD

NOW presents 'Yearbook Extra 1985' - 3 CDs featuring 60 more stellar pop moments from 1985. Kicking off with Wham! And their #1 'I'm Your Man', disc one continues with the collaboration between Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin, and huge hits from Go West, Tears For Fears, Pat Benatar, and Billy Idol. Synth-pop from Thompson Twins, Dead Or Alive, Stephen Duffy, Howard Jones is here - and another collaboration between Gary Numan and Shakatak's Bill Sharpe on 'Change Your Mind' - before Elton John, Paul Young, and King, wrapping up with three exquisite soulful ballads from Billy Ocean, Jermaine Jackson, and Commodores. Disc two opens with an awesome run of 1985's Indie/Alt Pop from The Smiths, Echo And The Bunnymen, The Cure, Siouxsie And The Banshees, The Damned, and Killing Joke alongside Synth-driven hits from Godley & Creme, New Order, Propaganda, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark and Jan Hammer's theme from 'Miami Vice' before some classic radio Power Pop from ZZ Top, The Power Station, REO Speedwagon, and ending with Far Corporation's cover of 'Stairway To Heaven'. The final disc is a treasure trove of mid-80s Dance, Electro and Hip-Hop crossover Pop. Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five, along with Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force, and Cameo open, followed by Five Star, Chaka Khan, The Pointer Sisters and two rarely compiled gems from Sandra, and Sheila E with the brilliant 'A Love Bizarre (Pt. 1)'. Latin flavoured Dance-Pop from Animal Nightlife, Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine, and Matt Bianco is up next - before legends Bryan Ferry, Sting, and Simple Minds begin a run of beautiful tracks that close with Level 42's 'Leaving Me Now', Tears For Fears' 'I Believe', and 'Moments In Love' from The Art Of Noise. 'NOW - Yearbook Extra 1985' - A further celebration of the diversity and magic of Pop.

1. Wham! - I'm Your Man 2. Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart ; Aretha Franklin - Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves 3. Go West - Don't Look Down (The Sequel) 4. Tears for Fears - Head Over Heels 5. Pat Benatar - We Belong 6. Billy Idol - Rebel Yell 7. Kim Wilde - Rage to Love 8. Toyah - Don't Fall in Love (I Said) 9. Thompson Twins - Don't Mess with Doctor Dream 10. Dead or Alive - My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor) 11. Sharpe ; Numan - Change Your Mind 12. Stephen Duffy - Icing on the Cake 13. Howard Jones - Look Mama 14. Nik Kershaw - Don Quixote 15. Elton John - Wrap Her Up 16. Paul Young - Tomb of Memories 17. King - the Taste of Your Tears 18. Billy Ocean - Suddenly 19. Jermaine Jackson - Do What You Do 20. Commodores - Nightshift 21. The Smiths - the Boy with the Thorn in His Side 22. Echo ; the Bunnymen - Bring on the Dancing Horses 23. The Cure - Inbetween Days 24. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Cities in Dust 25. The Damned - Grimly Fiendish 26. Killing Joke - Love Like Blood 27. Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Lost Weekend 28. Kirsty MacColl - a New England 29. Nick Heyward - Laura 30. China Crisis - Black Man Ray 31. Godley and Creme - Cry 32. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - So in Love 33. Dead or Alive - Lover Come Back (To Me) 34. New Order - the Perfect Kiss 35. Propaganda - P:Machinery 36. Jan Hammer - Miami Vice Theme (From 'Miami Vice') 37. Rick Springfield - Celebrate Youth 38. The Power Station - Get It on (Bang a Gong) 39. ZZ Top - Sleeping Bag 40. Reo Speedwagon - Can't Fight This Feeling 41. Far Corporation - Stairway to Heaven 42. Grandmaster Melle Mel ; the Furious Five - Step Off 43. Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force - I Wonder If I Take You Home 44. Cameo - Single Life 45. Five Star - Let Me Be the One 46. The Pointer Sisters - Dare Me 47. Chaka Khan - Eye to Eye 48. Sheila E. - a Love Bizarre (Pt. 1) 49. Sandra - Maria Magdalena 50. Amii Stewart - Knock on Wood (1985 7" Remix) 51. Gloria Estefan ; the Miami Sound Machine - Conga 52. Animal Nightlife - Love Is Just the Great Pretender 53. Matt Bianco - Yeh Yeh 54. Bryan Ferry - Don't Stop the Dance 55. Sting - Fortress Around Your Heart 56. Simple Minds - Alive and Kicking 57. Marillion - Lavender 58. Level 42 - Leaving Me Now 59. Tears for Fears - I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording) 60. The Art of Noise - Moments in Love