Label: Sony Music – LPYBNOW81, EMI – 0194399459218
Series: Now Yearbook
Format:
3 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Limited Edition, Stereo, Red
Country: UK
Released: 20 May 2022
Genre: Electronic, Jazz, Rock, Reggae, Funk / Soul, Pop, Stage & Screen
Style: Art Rock, Ballad, Classic Rock, Disco, Downtempo, Jazz-Funk, Mod, New Wave, Post Rock, Reggae, Rock & Roll, Rocksteady, Ska, Soft Rock, Soul, Soundtrack, Synth-pop, Theme, Vocal
A1 Queen & David Bowie– Under Pressure (Remastered 2011)
A2 The Police– Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
A3 Blondie– Rapture
A4 Olivia Newton-John– Physical (Remastered)
A5 Lionel Richie & Diana Ross– Endless Love (From "The Endless Love" Soundtrack)
A6 Pretenders*– I Go To Sleep
A7 ABBA– One Of Us
B1 Ultravox– Vienna
B2 Visage– Fade To Grey
B3 Soft Cell– Tainted Love
B4 Japan– Quiet Life (7" Version)
B5 Duran Duran– Planet Earth
B6 The Human League– Don't You Want Me
B7 Kim Wilde– Kids In America
B8 Adam & The Ants*– Stand And Deliver
C1 John Lennon– Woman (Remastered 2010)
C2 Roxy Music– Jealous Guy
C3 Hazel O'Connor– Will You?
C4 Kim Carnes– Bette Davis Eyes (Radio Edit)
C5 REO Speedwagon– Keep On Loving You
C6 The Who– You Better You Bet (Edit)
C7 Electric Light Orchestra– Hold On Tight
D1 The Specials– Ghost Town
D2 The Jam– That's Entertainment
D3 UB40– One In Ten
D4 Madness– It Must Be Love (2009 - Remaster)
D5 Sheena Easton– For Your Eyes Only
D6 Odyssey (2)– Going Back To My Roots (Single Version)
D7 Earth, Wind & Fire– Let's Groove
D8 Imagination– Body Talk
E1 Duran Duran– Girls On Film
E2 Spandau Ballet– Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)
E3 Haircut 100*– Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)
E4 ABC– Tears Are Not Enough (7" Version)
E5 Phil Lynott– Yellow Pearl (First 7" Remix)
E6 Landscape– Einstein A Go-Go
E7 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark– Souvenir
E8 The Passions– I'm In Love With A German Film Star
F1 Adam & The Ants*– Prince Charming
F2 Altered Images– Happy Birthday
F3 Toyah (3)– It's A Mystery
F4 Tom Tom Club– Wordy Rappinghood (Single Version)
F5 Bucks Fizz– Making Your Mind Up
F6 Shakin' Stevens– This Ole House
F7 Smokey Robinson– Being With You (Single Version)
F8 Michael Jackson– One Day In Your Life
NOW Music is proud to present the newest addition to the ‘Yearbook’ series: NOW – Yearbook 1981. 3 LPs of 46 tracks that defined the charts in 1981.
Kicking off with legendary No. 1s from Queen and David Bowie (‘Under Pressure’), The Police (‘Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic’), and including No. 1’s from The Specials (‘Ghost Town’), John Lennon (‘Woman’) and Roxy Music’s cover of ‘Jealous Guy’.
1981 was a watershed year for pop with new British artists emerging from the ashes of punk and disco by way of the New Romantic movement either beginning or consolidating their chart success - including here , Duran Duran, Visage, Ultravox, Japan, Spandau Ballet and Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – artists who would set the pop and fashion agenda over the next few years leading, for some, to global success….and including the two biggest selling singles of the year, ‘Tainted Love’ from Soft Cell, and The Human League’s ‘Don’t You Want Me’.
Pop was fresh, exciting and often, with an accompanying promo video, more theatrical and colorful than ever with Adam & The Ants’ ‘Stand And Deliver’ and ‘Prince Charming’ both featured here alongside debut chart hits for Toyah, Kim Wilde, Altered Images, Haircut 100, Tom Tom Club, Imagination and ABC… plus Bucks Fizz winning the Eurovision with a pop classic, and Shakin’ Stevens hitting No. 1 with ‘This Ole House’ makes celebrating the pop of 1981 brilliantly eclectic.
Established acts Blondie, ABBA, Olivia Newton-John, Electric Light Orchestra, Pretenders and The Who all enjoyed continued success with some of their biggest hits, and chart regulars The Jam, Madness and the more recently established UB40 went from strength to strength, as Odyssey and Earth, Wind & Fire both celebrated massive chart singles.
Four past and present Motown stars produced 3 of the greatest love songs of all time – with the rediscovered ‘One Day In Your Life’ from Michael Jackson, and ‘Being With You’ by Smokey Robinson both topping the chart, and the superstar collaboration on ‘Endless Love’ by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross topping the U.S. chart for 9 weeks and becoming the year’s second biggest seller there behind ‘Bette Davis Eyes’ from Kim Carnes, which is also included on this Yearbook.
NOW – Yearbook 1981; celebrating an outstanding year in eclectic and creative pop. Pressed in translucent red vinyl, limited to 3,000 units.
LP1 SIDE A
Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure
The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Blondie - Rapture
Olivia Newton-John - Physical
Lionel Richie & Diana Ross - Endless Love
Pretenders - I Go To Sleep
ABBA - One Of Us
LP 1 SIDE B
Ultravox – Vienna
Visage - Fade To Grey
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Japan - Quiet Life
Duran Duran - Planet Earth
The Human League - Don't You Want Me
Kim Wilde – Kids In America
Adam & The Ants - Stand And Deliver
LP 2 SIDE A
John Lennon - Woman
Roxy Music - Jealous Guy
Hazel O'Connor - Will You?
Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You
The Who - You Better You Bet
Electric Light Orchestra - Hold On Tight
LP 2 SIDE B
The Specials - Ghost Town
The Jam - That's Entertainment
UB40 - One In Ten
Madness - It Must Be Love
Sheena Easton - For Your Eyes Only
Odyssey - Going Back To My Roots
Earth, Wind & Fire - Let's Groove
Imagination - Body Talk
LP 3 SIDE A
Duran Duran - Girls On Film
Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)
Haircut 100 - Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)
ABC - Tears Are Not Enough
Phil Lynott - Yellow Pearl
Landscape - Einstein A Go-Go
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir
The Passions - I'm In Love With A German Film Star
LP 3 SIDE B
Adam & The Ants - Prince Charming
Altered Images - Happy Birthday
Toyah – It’s A Mystery
Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood
Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up
Shakin' Stevens - This Ole House
Smokey Robinson - Being With You
Michael Jackson - One Day In Your Life