Various Artists - NOW Yearbook 1987 [3LP Translucent Orange Vinyl]

NOW

£34.43

Format: 3LP - Translucent Orange Vinyl
Catalogue No.: LPYBNOW87
Barcode: 0198028067614
Release Date: 30 Aug 2024
Genre: Pop

NOW is proud to present the next instalment in our ongoing ‘Yearbook’ series – and takes a look back to 37 years ago – with 43 tracks on 3 LPs, pressed onTranslucent Orange Vinyl, to celebrate a stellar year of Pop singles. NOW – Yearbook 1987.

Kicking off with a run of huge hits that truly underline just how stellar a year for the singles chart 1987 was: George Michael opens the collection with the title track from his debut solo album ‘Faith’, and is followed by the years’ Christmas #1, Pet Shop Boys with their version of ‘Always On My Mind’, and ‘True Faith’, a defining single in the rich discography of New Order. Dance music was evolving and M/A/R/R/S with their #1 ‘Pump Up The Volume’ was one of the first sample-led club tracks to become a mainstream hit and would be instrumental in paving the way for how dance music was often constructed going forward. In their fifth year of hits Eurythmics continued to deliver stunning singles and ‘Beethoven (I Love To Listen To)’ still sounds breathtakingly original today… Established hitmakers Duran Duran, and the Pretenders complete the side….Turn the LP over for hits that produced continued success for ABC, Level 42, The Blow Monkeys, Swing Out Sister and a well-chosen cover for Fine Young Cannibals, as well as a chart debut for Curiosity Killed The Cat with ‘Down To Earth’, and a big hit on re-release for ‘Wonderful Life’ from Black.

A second appearance for George Michael opens LP2 – this time in partnership with Aretha Franklin on their #1 ‘I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)’ ahead of Whiney Houston’s floor-filler and second #1 ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)’, plus Donna Summer continued her massive run of hits with ‘Dinner With Gershwin’, and ‘Criticize’ gave Alexander O’Neal a dance-floor smash. A superb debut from Rosie Vela with ‘Magic Smile’ leads into the side closer from Suzanne Vega with ‘Luka’.

The other side of LP2 celebrates an amazing year of success for the Stock, Aitken & Waterman team: They wrote and produced
‘87’s biggest selling single – ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’, the debut for Rick Astley, and the #1 ‘Respectable’ for Mel & Kim, they co-wrote and produced Bananarama’s ‘Love In The First Degree’, and produced Dead Or Alive’s ‘Something In My House’.
Man 2 Man had a huge HI-NRG hit with ‘Male Stripper’, the charts welcomed debuts from Living In A Box and Sananda Maitreya, here with his second hit ‘Wishing Well’ – whilst the disc closes with the first solo single and #1 for Boy George with his cover of ‘Everything I Own’.

LP3 opens celebrating the gothic rock and huge Jim Steinman production on ‘This Corrosion’ from The Sisters Of Mercy, before a stunning run of legendary artists and timeless songs including Iggy Pop, Paul Simon, Sting, Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi before Crowded House close the side with their UK chart debut, the timeless ‘Don’t Dream It’s Over’. The final side presents an exceptional run of pure pop, starting with a second appearance on this Yearbook for Pet Shop Boys, this time with Dusty Springfield on the sophisticated pop of ‘What Have I Done To Deserve This’, ahead of A-Ha with ‘Cry Wolf’, ‘Is This Love?’ from Alison Moyet, and first hits in 1987 for Johnny Hates Jazz and Wet Wet Wet. The beautiful ‘Once Upon A Long Ago’, the single release from Paul McCartney’s ‘All The Best’ collection leads into a track that, in recent years makes an appearance in the charts every Christmas - 1987 was the release year for ‘Fairytale Of New York’ – and so, the Yearbook for 1987 closes on this truly timeless classic from The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl.

NOW – Yearbook 1987 – A celebration of the diversity and wonderful creativity of a truly magnificent year in Pop.

Tracklisting:

LP 1 Side A

George Michael - Faith 
Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind 
New Order - True Faith
M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up The Volume  
Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - Beethoven (I Love To Listen To) 
Duran Duran - Skin Trade 
Pretenders -Hymn To Her

LP 1 Side B
ABC - When Smokey Sings 
Level 42 - Running In The Family 
Fine Young Cannibals - Ever Fallen In Love 
The Blow Monkeys - It Doesn't Have To Be This Way 
Swing Out Sister - Surrender 
Curiosity Killed The Cat - Down To Earth 
Black - Wonderful Life 

LP 2 Side A
George Michael & Aretha Franklin - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) 
Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) 
Donna Summer - Dinner With Gershwin
Alexander O'Neal - Criticize 
Tina Turner - What You Get Is What You See 
Rosie Vela - Magic Smile 
Suzanne Vega - Luka 

LP 2 Side B
Bananarama - Love In The First Degree 
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
Mel & Kim – Respectable
Dead Or Alive - Something In My House 
Man 2 Man - Male Stripper  
Living In A Box - Living In A Box 
Sananda Maitreya - Wishing Well 
Boy George - Everything I Own 

LP 3 Side A
Sisters Of Mercy - This Corrosion 
Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child (Wild One) 
Paul Simon - The Boy In The Bubble 
Sting - We'll Be Together 
Bruce Springsteen - Brilliant Disguise 
Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive 
Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over 

LP 3 Side B
Pet Shop Boys with Dusty Springfield - What Have I Done to Deserve This?
a-ha - Cry Wolf 
Alison Moyet - Is This Love? 
Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams 
Wet Wet Wet - Wishing I Was Lucky 
Paul McCartney - Once Upon A Long Ago 
The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York