Now Yearbook 1988 - Various - 3 x TRANSLUCENT BLUE COLOURED VINYL LP SET

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Label: Now That's What I Call Music! – LPYBNOW88
Series: Now Yearbook
Format:
3 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo, Translucent Blue
Country: UK
Released: 3 Nov 2023
Genre: Pop

LP1 SIDE A
1. George Michael - Father Figure
2. a-ha - Stay On These Roads
3. Duran Duran - I Don't Want Your Love
4. Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart
5. Pet Shop Boys - Heart
6. New Order - Blue Monday '88
7. Yello - The Race

LP1 SIDE B
1. S'Express - Theme From S-Express
2. Yazz & The Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up
3. Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky
4. Bananarama - I Want You Back
5. Dollar - O L'Amour
6. Debbie Gibson – Only In My Dreams
7. Bros - When Will I Be Famous?
8. The Timelords – Doctorin’ The Tardis

LP2 SIDE A
1. Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine
2. Iron Maiden - Can I Play With Madness
3. Pat Benatar - All Fired Up
4. Siouxsie And The Banshees - Peek-A-Boo
5. Tanita Tikaram – Good Tradition
6. Fairground Attraction – Perfect
7. Everything But The Girl – I Don’t Want To Talk About It
8. All About Eve – Martha’s Harbour

LP2 SIDE B
1. Bruce Springsteen - Tougher Than The Rest
2. Elton John - Candle In The Wind (Live)
3. Aztec Camera - Somewhere In My Heart
4. Deacon Blue - Real Gone Kid
5. The Adventures - Broken Land
6. Scritti Politti - Oh Patti (Don't Feel Sorry For Loverboy)
7. Sting – Fragile

LP3 SIDE A
1. Kim Wilde - You Came
2. Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now
3. Belinda Carlisle – Heaven Is A Place On Earth
4. Cher - I Found Someone
5. Heart - These Dreams
6. Aswad - Don't Turn Around
7. Maxi Priest - Wild World
8. UB40 & Chrissie Hynde - Breakfast In Bed

LP3 SIDE B
1. Pet Shop Boys - Left To My Own Devices
2. Eighth Wonder - I'm Not Scared
3. Desireless – Voyage Voyage (PWL Britmix)
4. Hazell Dean - Who's Leaving Who
5. Inner City - Good Life
6. Womack & Womack - Teardrops
7. Whitney Houston - One Moment In Time

NOW is proud to present the next instalment in our ongoing ‘Yearbook’ series – NOW – Yearbook 1988 with 45 tracks on 3 LPs, pressed on stunning translucent blue vinyl, to celebrate this eclectic year in Pop.

LP 1 opens with George Michael’s stellar smash ‘Father Figure’, followed by classic hits from a-ha, Duran Duran, and Eurythmics, before leading into Pet Shop Boys’ #1 ‘Heart’, and New Order’s revisited ‘Blue Monday ‘88’. The flip side opens with massive Dance Pop #1s - S'Express’s ‘Theme From S-Express’, and Yazz & The Plastic Population’s ‘The Only Way Is Up’ before Kylie Minogue’s #1 debut ‘I Should Be So Lucky’, plus Pop gold from Bananarama, Dollar, The Timelords and Bros.

Established Rock greats returned to the charts in ’88, and Bon Jovi with ‘Bad Medicine’ and Iron Maiden with ‘Can I Play With Madness’ open LP2. Chart veterans Siouxsie And The Banshees’ peerless ‘Peek-A-Boo’ is featured alongside new-comers Tanita Tikaram and Fairground Attraction who both enjoyed great success with their chart debuts ‘Good Tradition’ and ‘Perfect’, and side A closes with two gorgeous ballads; Everything But The Girl’s version of ‘I Don’t Want To Talk About It’ and ‘Martha’s Harbour’ from All About Eve. Side B begins with Bruce Springsteen’s classic ‘Tougher Than The Rest’ and the beautiful live version of ‘Candle In The Wind’ from Elton John, plus huge hits from Aztec Camera, Deacon Blue, The Adventures, and Scritti Politti before closing with one of Sting’s most enduring tracks ‘Fragile’.

Kim Wilde continued her chart success with the smash hit ‘You Came’ and was joined by No.1 debuts from Tiffany and Belinda Carlisle. Up next are hit covers from Cher ‘(Found Someone’) and Aswad (‘Don't Turn Around’) and more Pop Reggae from Maxi Priest. Kicking off the final side, Pet Shop Boys make their second appearance with ‘Left To My Own Devices’, as well as producing the smash ‘I’m Not Scared’ for Eighth Wonder. A fabulous run of top 5 singles from Desireless, Hazell Dean, Inner City, and Womack & Womack follow before Whitney Houston closes this Yearbook edition with her exceptional vocals on the #1 ‘One Moment In Time’.

NOW – Yearbook 1988 – the perfect addition to every music collection - a celebration of the diversity and wonderful creativity of a truly stellar year in Pop.