Now That's What I Call The 80s / Various - Now That's What I Call The 80s / Various (Uk) [CD]

It's time to celebrate an amazing decade for pop music - as popular today as it was back then... and with so many fantastic hits to choose from we had to make this a 100 track selection across 5 CDS - including over 50 #1 singles... 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... Berlin's 'Take My Breath Away' leads into a run of synth-pop smashes from Ultravox with 'Vienna', A-ha and 'Take On Me', 'Temptation' from Heaven 17, and #1s from The Human League with 'Don't You Want Me' and Soft Cell with 'Tainted Love'... Huge new pop bands emerged in the early '80s including, and featured here, Culture Club, Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet... Next up a run of hits from the movies including 'Fame', 'Ghostbusters', 'Never Ending Story' and Billy Ocean's 'When The Going Get's Tough... ' from the film 'The Jewel Of The Nile'. The first disc closes with more synth-driven pop from Nik Kershaw, Tears For Fears, and two #1's - Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin's take on 'It's My Party' - and Nena with the global smash '99 Red Balloons'. Legends including Elton John, Billy Joel, and Paul Simon feature on Disc 2, alongside pop-party classics including 'Footloose' and 'Come On Eileen'. Adam & The Ants, ABC, Bananarama and Haircut 100 had all scored their Top 5 debuts by 1982 - and are joined by more artists making their chart debuts:- Matthew Wilder, Katrina & The Waves and King, plus original #1s from The Specials and Madness, #1 covers from Shakin' Stevens and The Spinners - and a retro style chart topper from Sister Sledge. CD3 is all about dance-floor gold... Kicking off with Irene Cara and 'Flashdance... What A Feeling' along with #1s from Whitney Houston and Chaka Khan, and one the most popular hip-hop tracks of all time 'White Lines (Don't Do It)' from Grandmaster Flash & Grandmaster Melle-Mel. Donna Summer and Shalamar present disco - 80's style, and from the end of the decade massive tracks from Yazz & The Plastic Population, and Soul II Soul & Caron Wheeler which both scored #1s. The writing and production team of Stock, Aitken and Waterman are featured many times across this collection and on this disc with a pair of chart toppers for Jason Donovan and Sonia... Sinitta had a massive hit with 'So Macho', and all-time favourite artists Dolly Parton and Cliff Richard both produced classics in the '80s... with time left for pure pop from Kelly Marie and Bucks Fizz, and a re-release for Michael Jackson that went all the way to the top of the charts. 'Blue Monday' from New Order starts our fourth disc, and opens a run of iconic electronic hits, including #1s 'Heart' from Pet Shop Boys and '19' from Paul Hardcastle, with hi-nrg floor-fillers from The Communards with Sarah Jane Morris and Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Dead Or Alive, and Hazell Dean. One of the decades most enduring new stars Kylie Minogue is up next with her debut #1 'I Should Be So Lucky' alongside fellow new chart star Rick Astley with his global smash debut 'Never Gonna Give You Up'... At the start of the decade pop gems emerged from new-wave stars including here, Toyah and Altered Images, whilst established hitmakers enjoyed continued success including The Jam and The Clash and 'Brass In Pocket' became the first new #1 of the decade for the Pretenders. Simple Minds and Robert Palmer enjoyed world-wide hits and winding down to finish disc 4 are two of the decades' most popular power ballads from Toto with 'Africa' and 'I Want To Know What Love Is' from Foreigner. The final disc features a stellar run of timeless tracks from legendary artists: 'Dancing In The Dark' from Bruce Springsteen opens, ahead of Bon Jovi with 'Livin' On A Prayer', Philip Bailey & Phil Collins' collaboration on 'Easy Lover' and Cher with her defining 'If I Could Turn Back Time'... Rock classics from Survivor and ZZ Top feature along with explosive ballads from Bonnie Tyler and T'Pau... Power pop from Belinda Carlisle, The Bangles and Men At Work lead into reggae flavoured #1s for Blondie, UB40 and Musical Youth. Some of the '80s most beautiful tracks take us to the end from Smokey Robinson, Lionel Richie and Paul McCartney... Paul Young enjoyed a massive song over the Christmas season in 1983 with his version of 'Love Of The Common People', but the last word is given to the biggest selling single of the 1980s and a truly inspirational Christmas classic; 1984's 'Do They Know It's Christmas' from Band Aid... 100 Essential '80s Classics - on one Essential album: NOW That's What I Call The 80s.

Tracklist:

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. Berlin - Take My Breath Away (Love Theme from "Top Gun")
5. Ultravox - Vienna
6. A-Ha - Take on Me
7. The Human League - Don't You Want Me
8. Soft Cell - Tainted Love
9. Heaven 17 - Temptation
10. Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
11. Duran Duran - Rio
12. Spandau Ballet - Gold
13. Irene Cara - Fame
14. Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters
15. Billy Ocean - When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going
16. Limahl - Never Ending Story
17. Nik Kershaw - the Riddle
18. Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
19. Dave Stewart ; Barbara Gaskin - It's My Party
20. Nena - 99 Red Balloons
21. John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over
22. Elton John - I'm Still Standing
23. Kenny Loggins - Footloose (From "Footloose" Soundtrack)
24. Billy Joel - Uptown Girl
25. Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al
26. Dexys Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen
27. The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
28. Adam ; the Ants - Stand and Deliver
29. ABC - the Look of Love, Pt.1
30. Bananarama - Cruel Summer
31. Katrina ; the Waves - Walking on Sunshine
32. Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride
33. Haircut 100 - Fantastic Day
34. Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
35. King - Love ; Pride
36. The Specials - Too Much Too Young
37. Madness - House of Fun
38. Shakin' Stevens - This Ole House
39. The Spinners - Working My Way Back to You
40. Sister Sledge - Frankie
41. Irene Cara - Flashdance... What a Feeling
42. Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)
43. Chaka Khan - I Feel for You
44. Grandmaster Flash ; Grandmaster Melle-Mel - White Lines (Don't Do It)
45. Donna Summer - She Works Hard for the Money
46. Shalamar - a Night to Remember
47. Yazz ; the Plastic Population - the Only Way Is Up
48. Soul II Soul ; Caron Wheeler - Back to Life
49. Phyllis Nelson - Move Closer
50. Kim Wilde - You Came
51. Jason Donovan - Too Many Broken Hearts
52. Sonia - You'll Never Stop Me Loving You
53. Sinitta - So Macho
54. Laura Branigan - Gloria
55. Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
56. Cliff Richard - Wired for Sound
57. Kelly Marie - Feels Like I'm in Love
58. Tight Fit - Fantasy Island
59. Bucks Fizz - the Land of Make Believe
60. Michael Jackson - One Day in Your Life
61. New Order - Blue Monday
62. Pet Shop Boys - Heart
63. Paul Hardcastle - 19
64. The Communards with Sarah Jane Morris - Don't Leave Me This Way
65. Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax
66. Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)
67. Hazell Dean - Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)
68. Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky
69. Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
70. Philip Oakey ; Giorgio Moroder - Together in Electric Dreams
71. Toyah - Thunder in the Mountains
72. Altered Images - Happy Birthday
73. The Jam - Town Called Malice
74. Pretenders - Brass in Pocket
75. The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go
76. Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love
77. Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
78. John Parr - St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)
79. Toto - Africa
80. Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love Is
81. Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark
82. Bon Jovi - Livin' on a Prayer
83. Philip Bailey ; Phil Collins - Easy Lover
84. Tina Turner - the Best
85. Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time
86. Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
87. ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin'
88. Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart
89. T'pau - China in Your Hand
90. Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is a Place on Earth
91. The Bangles - Manic Monday
92. Men at Work - Down Under
93. Blondie - the Tide Is High
94. Ub40 - Red Red Wine
95. Musical Youth - Pass the Dutchie
96. Smokey Robinson - Being with You
97. Lionel Richie - Hello
98. Paul McCartney - Ebony and Ivory
99. Paul Young - Love of the Common People
100. Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas

UPC: 198028119023
Label: UNIVERSAL UK
Release Date: 9.13.24
Format: CD