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Number of Discs
4

Release Date
20/05/2022

Artist
Various Artists

format
CD / Album

Label / Studio
NOW

Description

NOW Music is proud to present this addition to the 'Yearbook' series with 85 tracks that defined the charts in 1981. Kicking off with legendary No. 1s from Queen and David Bowie, disc 1 is packed with classics that represent the influx of new artists that dominated that year. 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. 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'. Disc 3 presents a sublime mix of ballads, pure pop, rock n roll revivalism, party floor-fillers, and easy listening. The final disc in this collection features more new artists who saw their first chart success in 1981 including Haircut 100, ABC, Altered Images and Landscape.

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 Charming - 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 - Motörhead & 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) Begin 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 and 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 ()

Album
NOW Yearbook 1981

Publisher
Universal Music

Main Format
CD

Explicit Lyrics
No

Keyword Index
NOW Yearbook 1981 | Various Artists

Catalogue Number
CDYBNOW81

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