Various Artists - NOW That's What I Call The 80s [3LP Coloured]

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£34.43

Format: 3 x LP
Catalogue No.: LPNNNOW150
Barcode: 0198028119115
Release Date: 06 Sep 2024
Genre: Pop

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.

Tracklisting:
LP1 - SIDE A
1. Queen - I Want To Break Free
2. The Police - Every Breath You Take 
3. Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
4. The Human League - Don't You Want Me
5. a-ha - Take On Me 
6. Duran Duran – Rio
7. Spandau Ballet - Gold 

LP1 - SIDE B
1. Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
2. Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen 
3. Bananarama – Cruel Summer
4. Adam & The Ants - Stand And Deliver 
5. Nena - 99 Red Balloons
6. Kim Wilde - You Came
7. Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky 
8. Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up 

LP2 - SIDE A
1. John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over 
2. Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 
3. Philip Bailey & Phil Collins - Easy Lover
4. Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer
5. Tina Turner - The Best
6. Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time 
7. Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World 

LP2 - SIDE B
1. Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
2. Chaka Khan - I Feel For You 
3. The Communards with Sarah Jane Morris – Don’t Leave Me This Way
4. Blondie - The Tide Is High
5. UB40 - Red Red Wine
6. Madness - House Of Fun
7. The Jam - Town Called Malice 
8. Pretenders - Brass In Pocket 

LP3 - SIDE A
1. Elton John - I'm Still Standing 
2. Billy Joel - Uptown Girl 
3. Kenny Loggins - Footloose (From "Footloose" Soundtrack) 
4. Berlin - Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From "Top Gun") 
5. Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters 
6. Soul II Soul & Caron Wheeler - Back To Life 
7. Paul McCartney - Ebony And Ivory 
8. Lionel Richie - Hello

LP3 - SIDE B
1. New Order - Blue Monday 
2. Pet Shop Boys - Heart 
3. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
4. Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) 
5. Soft Cell - Tainted Love 
6. Heaven 17 - Temptation
7. Ultravox - Vienna