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NOW - Yearbook Extra 1989 *3CD*

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NOW Music proudly presents 60 more essential singles from the magical year of Pop that was 1989.
CD1 kicks off with Breakthru, the second Top 10 hit from Queens 1989 album The Miracle, followed by Duran Duran with their stand-alone single Burning The Ground released to promote their Decade compilation. A-ha are next with their final hit of the 80s: You Are The One before Eurythmics feature with Dont Ask Me Why, alongside one of 1989s standout collaborations between Tears For Fears and Oleta Adams on the stunning Woman In Chains. The Cure and Simple Minds follow along with alt-pop from Fuzzbox and Transvision Vamp. Fine Young Cannibals hit #1 in the US with Good Thing, with their album The Raw & The Cooked also hitting the top spot here, as did Simply Reds third album, A New Flame, with the title track included here. Holly Johnson enjoyed a third hit, Atomic City from his #1 album Blast while Lisa Stansfield had her debut solo hit with This Is The Right Time. The team of Stock, Aitken & Waterman enjoyed a particularly stellar year; Kylie Minogue achieved a seventh consecutive Top 2 single, Wouldnt Change A Thing, written and produced by the team while CD1 closes with the third #1 in 1989 for Jason Donovan produced by the trio with a cover of Sealed With A Kiss.

Tina Turner opens CD2 with the second hit from her album Foreign Affair: I Dont Wanna Lose You, followed by a superb run of soul influenced R&B from Soul II Soul, Ten City, Jody Watley and Bobby Brown. Both Neneh Cherry and SExpress feature with their third hits Hey Music Lover and Kisses On The Wind, and Double Trouble & Rebel MC had a #3 smash with Street Tuff. Elton John features with Healing Hands, the lead single from his album Sleeping With The Past, alongside Paul McCartney with My Brave Face from his Flowers In The Dirt album, and Veronica, a hit McCartney co-wrote with Elvis Costello from his acclaimed album Spike. Deacon Blue, The Beautiful South, Danny Wilson and The Lightning Seeds follow, before this discs final tracks, ballads from Spandau Ballet, Wet Wet Wet, Then Jerico and Poison with their U.S. #1 Every Rose Has Its Thorn.

The final disc begins with a stellar line-up of dance pop: Donna Summer opens with Loves About To Change My Heart her third hit in 1989, ahead of second appearances from Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, along with Big Fun, Martika, London Boys, and Liza Minnelli with Dont Drop Bombs, the second single from her Pet Shop Boys-produced album Results. Run 2 from New Order is next before the single version of Fascination Street from The Cure, non-album single Pop Song from David Sylvian and, Do You Believe In Shame, a second inclusion for Duran Duran. Superb pop hits from TPau, The Bangles, Belinda Carlisle, The Four Tops and Debbie Gibson lead into huge ballads from Yazz with Fine Time, and Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine with Cant Stay Away From You. 1989 saw Cliff Richard release his 100th single The Best Of Me which reached #2, as did our closing hit; taken from the musical Aspects Of Love; Love Changes Everything by Michael Ball.

NOW Yearbook Extra 1989 - a further celebration of the diversity and magic of the year in Pop.


Tracklisting:

CD1:

1. Queen - Breakthru
2. Duran Duran - Burning The Ground
3. a-ha - You Are The One
4. Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - Don't Ask Me Why
5. Tears For Fears & Oleta Adams - Woman In Chains
6. Simple Minds - This Is Your Land
7. The Cure - Lovesong
8. Fuzzbox - Pink Sunshine
9. Transvision Vamp - Landslide Of Love
10. Fine Young Cannibals Good Thing
11. Simply Red - A New Flame
12. Curiosity Killed The Cat - Name And Number
13. Holly Johnson - Atomic City
14. ABC - One Better World
15. Lisa Stansfield - This Is The Right Time
16. Bananarama Cruel Summer 89
17. Sinitta - Right Back Where We Started From
18. Kylie Minogue - Wouldnt Change A Thing
19. Kim Wilde - Four Letter Word
20. Jason Donovan - Sealed With A Kiss
CD2:

1. Tina Turner - I Don't Wanna Lose You
2. Soul II Soul - Get A Life
3. Ten City - That's The Way Love Is
4. Jody Watley - Real Love
5. Bobby Brown - My Prerogative
6. Double Trouble & Rebel MC Street Tuff
7. Neneh Cherry - Kisses On The Wind
8. S'Express - Hey Music Lover
9. Lisa Marie With Malcolm McLaren And The Bootzilla Orchestra - Something's Jumpin' In Your Shirt
10. Elton John - Healing Hands
11. Paul McCartney - My Brave Face
12. Elvis Costello - Veronica
13. Deacon Blue - Fergus Sings The Blues
14. The Beautiful South - You Keep It All In
15. Danny Wilson - The Second Summer Of Love
16. The Lightning Seeds - Pure
17. Spandau Ballet - Be Free With Your Love
18. Wet Wet Wet - Sweet Surrender
19. Then Jerico Sugar Box
20. Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn

CD3:

1. Donna Summer - Love's About To Change My Heart
2. Kylie Minogue - Never Too Late
3. Jason Donovan - Every Day (I Love You More)
4. Big Fun - Blame It On The Boogie
5. Martika - I Feel The Earth Move
6. London Boys - London Nights
7. Liza Minnelli - Don't Drop Bombs
8. New Order - Run 2
9. The Cure - Fascination Street
10. David Sylvian - Pop Song
11. Duran Duran - Do You Believe In Shame?
12. T'Pau - Only The Lonely
13. The Bangles - Be With You
14. Belinda Carlisle - La Luna
15. The Four Tops - Loco In Acapulco
16. Debbie Gibson - We Could Be Together
17. Yazz - Fine Time
18. Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine - Can't Stay Away From You
19. Cliff Richard - The Best Of Me
20. Andrew Lloyd Webber & Michael Ball - Love Changes Everything