Now Yearbook 73 Exta

NOW Music is proud to present the next instalment in our ongoing ‘Yearbook’ series, NOW – Yearbook 1986; 80 tracks from a fantastic year in pop! This special edition CD is housed in ‘hard-back-book’ packaging, including a 28-page booklet featuring a summary of the year, a track-by-track guide, a quiz, and original singles artwork.
Opening with two stellar #1s, ‘A Different Corner’ from George Michael and ‘The Sun Always Shines On T.V.’ from a-ha, before leading into huge hits from Duran Duran (‘Notorious’), Kate Bush (‘Hounds Of Love’) and ‘Thorn In My Side’ from Eurythmics. A top year for pure Pop magic is showcased in the next run of hits, including the #1 from Falco, plus Level 42, Kim Wilde, Nick Kamen, Owen Paul, and The Bangles, before timeless radio friendly Pop from the Pretenders, and the lead single from one of the year’s biggest albums (‘Graceland’) from Paul Simon with ‘You Can Call Me Al’. Reggae-Pop from UB40 and another #1 from Boris Gardiner give way to two of the year’s most enduring ballads from Simply Red and Spandau Ballet.

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.

The Now That’s What I Call Music team are effectively issuing a companion 3CD set to Now Yearbook 1980-1984: The Final Chapter, itself a companion to the ten previous Yearbook releases covering those five years.The ‘Extra’ version of Yearbook 1980-1984 is, as usual, a 3CD set in a card sleeve and this one features 63 “essential hits” from the period.

NOW Music is thrilled to present NOW – Yearbook Extra 1977, a spectacular 3CD collection partner to the NOW – Yearbook 1977, showcasing more fantastic hits from an unforgettable year in music.

Release date: 31 October, 2025. Step back to the early ’90s – an unforgettable era of pure pop, euphoric dancefloor anthems, soaring ballads and alternative classics. NOW Yearbook 1991 features 78 massive tracks across 4 CDs, housed in deluxe hardback book packaging with a 28-page booklet containing track-by-track notes. CD1 opens with a superstar double and a trio of #1s: George Michael and Elton John’s monumental live duet ‘Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me’. Chesney Hawkes’ defining debut ‘The One And Only’ and ‘The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss)’ from Cher. Roxette’s worldwide smash ‘Joyride’ is up next along with R.E.M.’s alt-pop classic ‘Shiny Happy People’. Seal makes his solo debut with the unforgettable ‘Crazy’, Simply Red shine with ‘Stars’ – the title track from the years’ biggest selling album - and Martika delivers the Prince-penned ‘Love… Thy Will Be Done’. Contemporary pop ballads from Paula Abdul, Beverley Craven and the timeless ‘Get Here’ from Oleta Adams feature, before sophisticated pop from Pet Shop Boys with ‘Jealousy’ and Marc Almond’s fabulous cover of ‘Jacky’. Kylie Minogue (‘What Do I Have To Do?’), Bananarama (‘Preacher Man’), Cathy Dennis (‘Touch Me (All Night Long’) were all dance-pop smashes and Belinda Carlisle, Voice Of The Beehive and Divinyls all deliver great US power pop brilliance, before The Clash’s enduring ‘Should I Stay Or Should I Go’ closes the disc…as we celebrate it becoming a #1 nearly 9 years after its’ original chart run.

NOW Music is proud to present the newest addition to the ‘Yearbook’ series: NOW – YEARBOOK 1982. 4 CDs of 84 defining tracks that ruled the charts in 1982. This special edition CD is housed in ‘hard-back book’ packaging, including a booklet with a summary of the year, a track-by-track guide, a quiz, and original singles artwork.
Featuring 16 of the year’s number 1s, including ‘Eye Of The Tiger’ (Survivor), ‘Ebony And Ivory’ (Paul McCartney), ‘House Of Fun’ (Madness), ‘Town Called Malice’ (The Jam), ‘Pass The Dutchie’ (Musical Youth), and 1982’s biggest seller ‘Come On Eileen’ from Dexys Midnight Runners. 1982 saw the first huge hits from a wealth of new artists including Culture Club, Wham! and Tears For Fears, as well as an incredible line-up from artists who had established their chart presence in the prior 18 months and would produce some of the greatest tracks of the decade; Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, ABC, Haircut 100, Soft Cell, The Human League, and a newly solo Adam Ant.

NOW is proud to present the next instalment in our ongoing ‘Yearbook’ series, and the final one representing an individual year from the 1980s: NOW – Yearbook 1989. 78 tracks across 4CDs – celebrating a magnificent and eclectic year in pop!