NOW Yearbook Extra 1985-1989: The Final Chapter (3CD)

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NOW is proud to present 60 more essential hits from an unforgettable half-decade: NOW Yearbook Extra 19851989: The Final Chapter the perfect companion to our recent NOW Yearbook 1985-1989: The Final Chapter collection.

We did mean it when we said final but the late 80s were simply overflowing with era-defining anthems, sophisticated pop, stadium rock and soulful ballads, and these gems demanded their own spotlight!

Disc One opens with George Michaels timeless Kissing A Fool, before pure Pop brilliance from Pet Shop Boys with Suburbia, a-ha with The Blood That Moves The Body and Eurythmics Would I Lie To You. Chart regulars next including superb singles from Alison Moyet, The Communards, Nik Kershaw and Howard Jones sitting alongside stylish cuts from Arcadia with The Promise and Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Darks Secret. Alt-pop from The Cure, The Darling Buds and The Colourfield lead into more hits from Simple Minds, Paul McCartney and Sting. The disc winds down with sophisticated jazz influenced pop from Swing Out Sister and Sade, plus Go Wests Goodbye Girl- with Suzanne Vegas Small Blue Thing to close.

Disc Two bursts into life with the truly iconic sound of Bruce Springsteens Born In The U.S.A., before pop-rock anthems from Electric Light Orchestra, Tina Turner, Heart, Europe and Bon Jovi. Feel-good 80s Pop from Huey Lewis & The News and Katrina & The Waves come before Kevin Rowland and Dexys Midnight Runners with Because Of You;, whilst a great trio of pop-soul is up next from The Pasadenas, The Four Tops and Five Star. Bananarama, Hazell Dean and Laura Branigan bring dance-pop gold alongside Gloria Estefan (Get On Your Feet) and The Beatmasters featuring MC Merlin with club classic Whos In The House. The slick 80s groove of Ren & Angelas Ill be Good and Ray Parker Jr.s I Dont Think That Man Should Sleep Alone lead to the closing track for Disc Two from Mica Paris with her cover of Where Is The Love.

Disc Three opens with a stellar run of late-80s gemsPet Shop Boys Rent and New Orders Sub-culture, along with The Cures second appearance on the collection with Just Like Heaven and The Missions Wasteland. The title track from Boy Georges fist solo album leads into more great pop from King and Transvision Vamp. Tiffany enjoyed another smash with a cover version (I Saw Him Standing There) and Bros, Wet Wet Wet and Rick Astley continued their unbroken runs of hits. Level 42 and Kim Wilde come ahead of the debut from Waterfront plus Hue & Cry, Hothouse Flowers and The ChristiansThe collection concludes with a trio of ballads: – U.S. #1s from Debbie Gibson with Lost In Your Eyes and Whitney Houston with Where Do Broken Hearts Go, before closing with the powerful and uplifting (Something Inside) So Strong from Labi Siffre.

NOW Yearbook Extra 19851989: The Final Chapter 60 further hits that are an essential part of the story of an extraordinary and magical era in Pop.