Country Living Specials – 25 January 2022

NOW was recently proud to announce the ‘Yearbook’ for 1985, as we move forward to the second half of the 1980s, and we were delighted with the response to the 1979 edition back in September. However, we haven’t quite finished with those golden pop years 1980 – 1984.Compiling the ‘Yearbook’ series is a true labour of love, but given that between 1980 and 1984 there were more than 1500 new entries on the UK Top 40 – and on the ‘Yearbooks’ and their ‘Extras’ for the period we have presented 726 tracks – which means there are a number of brilliant songs that we didn’t get to feature… yet. .

NOW Music is proud to present the newest addition to the 'Yearbook' series: NOW - Yearbook 1980. 4 CDs of 85 tracks that defined the charts in 1980. This special edition CD is housed in 'hard-back book' packaging, including a 28-page booklet with a summary of the year, a track-by-track guide, a quiz, and original singles artwork.Kicking off with Queen's anthem 'Another One Bites The Dust', Disc 1 includes massive hits from Kate Bush, Madness, Roxy Music and the Top 40 debut from Adam and The Ants, alongside #1s from Blondie, Dexys Midnight Runners, The Jam and ABBA - plus the decade's first new #1 'Brass In Pocket' from Pretenders - and 1980's biggest selling single 'Don't Stand So Close To Me' from The Police. Lipps Inc., Diana Ross and Sheila and B. Devotion had timeless floor-fillers - and synth driven pop, that would come to dominate the charts of the early 80s , fuelled iconic hits for Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Gary Numan, Ultravox and the debut from Spandau Ballet… and to close the first disc, three of the year's biggest love songs from KC and The Sunshine Band, Randy Crawford and Billy Preston and Syreeta.

NOW Music is proud to present the newest addition to the 'Yearbook' series: NOW - Yearbook 1980. 4 CDs of 85 tracks that defined the charts in 1980. This special edition CD is housed in 'hard-back book' packaging, including a 28-page booklet with a summary of the year, a track-by-track guide, a quiz, and original singles artwork.Kicking off with Queen's anthem 'Another One Bites The Dust', Disc 1 includes massive hits from Kate Bush, Madness, Roxy Music and the Top 40 debut from Adam and The Ants, alongside #1s from Blondie, Dexys Midnight Runners, The Jam and ABBA - plus the decade's first new #1 'Brass In Pocket' from Pretenders - and 1980's biggest selling single 'Don't Stand So Close To Me' from The Police. Lipps Inc., Diana Ross and Sheila and B. Devotion had timeless floor-fillers - and synth driven pop, that would come to dominate the charts of the early 80s , fuelled iconic hits for Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Gary Numan, Ultravox and the debut from Spandau Ballet… and to close the first disc, three of the year's biggest love songs from KC and The Sunshine Band, Randy Crawford and Billy Preston and Syreeta.

NOW Music is proud to present the newest addition to the 'Yearbook' series: NOW - Yearbook 1980. 4 CDs of 85 tracks that defined the charts in 1980. This special edition CD is housed in 'hard-back book' packaging, including a 28-page booklet with a summary of the year, a track-by-track guide, a quiz, and original singles artwork.Kicking off with Queen's anthem 'Another One Bites The Dust', Disc 1 includes massive hits from Kate Bush, Madness, Roxy Music and the Top 40 debut from Adam and The Ants, alongside #1s from Blondie, Dexys Midnight Runners, The Jam and ABBA - plus the decade's first new #1 'Brass In Pocket' from Pretenders - and 1980's biggest selling single 'Don't Stand So Close To Me' from The Police. Lipps Inc., Diana Ross and Sheila and B. Devotion had timeless floor-fillers - and synth driven pop, that would come to dominate the charts of the early 80s , fuelled iconic hits for Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Gary Numan, Ultravox and the debut from Spandau Ballet… and to close the first disc, three of the year's biggest love songs from KC and The Sunshine Band, Randy Crawford and Billy Preston and Syreeta.