Intense Records

NOW - Yearbook Extra 1989 *3CD*

NOW
CDYBENOW89
Pop, Rock
3xCD

£11.07 (£13.29 incl. VAT)

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 - Breakthru2. Duran Duran - Burning The Ground3. a-ha - You Are The One 4. Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - Don't Ask Me Why5. Tears For Fears & Oleta Adams - Woman In Chains 6. Simple Minds - This Is Your Land 7. The Cure - Lovesong8. Fuzzbox - Pink Sunshine9. Transvision Vamp - Landslide Of Love10. Fine Young Cannibals Good Thing11. Simply Red - A New Flame12. Curiosity Killed The Cat - Name And Number13. Holly Johnson - Atomic City14. ABC - One Better World 15. Lisa Stansfield - This Is The Right Time16. Bananarama Cruel Summer 8917. Sinitta - Right Back Where We Started From18. Kylie Minogue - Wouldnt Change A Thing19. Kim Wilde - Four Letter Word20. Jason Donovan - Sealed With A KissCD2:1. Tina Turner - I Don't Wanna Lose You2. Soul II Soul - Get A Life3. Ten City - That's The Way Love Is 4. Jody Watley - Real Love5. Bobby Brown - My Prerogative6. Double Trouble & Rebel MC Street Tuff 7. Neneh Cherry - Kisses On The Wind 8. S'Express - Hey Music Lover9. Lisa Marie With Malcolm McLaren And The Bootzilla Orchestra - Something's Jumpin' In Your Shirt10. Elton John - Healing Hands 11. Paul McCartney - My Brave Face 12. Elvis Costello - Veronica13. Deacon Blue - Fergus Sings The Blues14. The Beautiful South - You Keep It All In15. Danny Wilson - The Second Summer Of Love16. The Lightning Seeds - Pure17. Spandau Ballet - Be Free With Your Love18. Wet Wet Wet - Sweet Surrender 19. Then Jerico Sugar Box20. Poison - Every Rose Has Its ThornCD3:1. Donna Summer - Love's About To Change My Heart 2. Kylie Minogue - Never Too Late3. Jason Donovan - Every Day (I Love You More)4. Big Fun - Blame It On The Boogie 5. Martika - I Feel The Earth Move6. London Boys - London Nights7. Liza Minnelli - Don't Drop Bombs8. New Order - Run 2 9. The Cure - Fascination Street10. David Sylvian - Pop Song11. 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 Acapulco16. Debbie Gibson - We Could Be Together 17. Yazz - Fine Time 18. Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine - Can't Stay Away From You19. Cliff Richard - The Best Of Me20. Andrew Lloyd Webber & Michael Ball - Love Changes Everything