Now That's What I Call the 80s | Various Artists

Product Code: LPNNNOW150

EAN: 0198028119115
Catalogue Code: LPNNNOW150
Title: Now That's What I Call the 80s,
Principle Contributor: Various Artists
Contributors: Various Artists
Genre: Rock/Pop, Compilation
Produced by Label/Studio: NOW, 2024
Published by: Universal Music, 06 Sep 2024
Format: Vinyl / 12" Album,
Media: 3 disc(s)

Available for Pre-Order

Expected Release Date: 06 September 2024

£35.00

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Disc 1
1. I Want to Break Free - Queen
2. Every Breath You Take - The Police
3. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Eurythmics Annie Lennox Dave Stewart
4. Don t You Want Me - The Human League
5. Take On Me - a-ha
6. Rio - Duran Duran
7. Gold - Spandau Ballet
8. Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
9. Come On Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners
10. Cruel Summer - Bananarama
11. Stand and Deliver - Adam & The Ants
12. 99 Red Balloons - Nena
13. You Came - Kim Wilde
14. I Should Be So Lucky - Kylie Minogue
15. Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
Disc 2
1. (Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon
2. Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen
3. Easy Lover - Philip Bailey & Phil Collins
4. Livin On a Prayer - Bon Jovi
5. The Best - Tina Turner
6. If I Could Turn Back Time - Cher
7. Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears
8. I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) - Whitney Houston
9. I Feel for You - Chaka Khan
10. Don t Leave Me This Way - The Communards with Sarah Jane Morris
11. The Tide Is High - Blondie
12. Red Red Wine - UB40
13. House of Fun - Madness
14. Town Called Malice - The Jam
15. Brass in Pocket - The Pretenders
Disc 3
1. I m Still Standing - Elton John
2. Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
3. Footloose (From Footloose Soundtrack) - Kenny Loggins
4. Take My Breath Away (Love Theme from Top Gun ) - Berlin
5. Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.
6. Back to Life - Soul II Soul & Caron Wheeler
7. Ebony & Ivory - Paul McCartney
8. Hello - Lionel Richie
9. Blue Monday - New Order
10. Heart - Pet Shop Boys
11. Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
12. You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) - Dead Or Alive
13. Tainted Love - Soft Cell
14. Temptation - Heaven 17
15. Vienna - Ultravox

Cover Notes: It's time to celebrate an amazing decade for pop music - as popular today as it was back then, featuring 45 unforgettable hits, including 27 #1s across 3-LPs, pressed in a red, a blue and a green vinyl. Time to immerse yourself in the decade that never stops. Legwarmers on - it's: 'NOW That's What I Call The 80s'. Opening with one of Queen's signature anthems 'I Want To Break Free', and followed by the incredible 'Every Breath You Take' from The Police and Eurythmics with 'Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)' you know from the start that this is a massive collection. A huge #1 for The Human League with 'Don't You Want Me' is up next and the side finishes with three of the decades' biggest bands, a-ha with 'Take On Me', Duran Duran with 'Rio' and Spandau Ballet with 'Gold'. Flip the LP over for sing-along #1s from Culture Club with 'Karma Chameleon' and 'Come On Eileen' from Dexys Midnight Runners. Bananarama, Adam & The Ants and Nena all produced pop classics whilst Kim Wilde with 'You Came', and two mega-hits from the songwriting and production team of Stock, Aitken and Waterman - debut hits for Kylie Minogue and Rick Astley were chart smashes in the latter part of the decade and bring the first disc to a close. LP2 features back-to-back legends including, on the first side, Bruce Springsteen, Cher, Bon Jovi and the #1 collaboration between Philip Bailey and Phil Collins, 'Easy Lover'. Tears For Fears complete the side with their worldwide smash 'Everybody Wants To Rule The World'. Over on the other side, the dancefloor beckons with #1s from Whitney Houston with 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody.', 'I Feel For You' from Chaka Khan and The Communards with Sarah Jane Morris on their superb cover of 'Don't Leave Me This Way'. Some reggae influenced pop next from Blondie and UB40. Madness and The Jam enjoyed #1s with 'House Of Fun' and 'Town Called Malice', whilst closing the LP is the first new chart topper of the decade from the Pretenders with 'Brass In Pocket'. The third LP kicks off with signature songs from Elton John with 'I'm Still Standing' and Billy Joel's 'Uptown Girl'. 80s movie songs are up next with 'Footloose', 'Take My Breath Away' and 'Ghostbusters', ahead of the stunning 'Back To Life' from Soul II Soul & Caron Wheeler. The side winds down with two of the decade's biggest ballads 'Ebony & Ivory' from Paul McCartney and 'Hello', the first solo #1 for Lionel Richie. The final side presents a stellar line up of electronic pop, opening with the peerless 'Blue Monday' from New Order, and followed by #1s from Pet Shop Boys with 'Heart', and the massive 'Relax' from Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Dead Or Alive, Soft Cell and Heaven 17 all feature with true classics and the collection signs off with the iconic 'Vienna' from Ultravox. 45 Essential tracks for every vinyl collection - 'NOW That's What I Call The 80s'.

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