NOW – Yearbook 1986 Special (4CD)

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Robert Palmer’s ‘Addicted To Love’ would become a timeless radio staple, and the year saw new hits from Simple Minds, The Rolling Stones, and a new version of a classic from The Police. Now Yearbook ’86 is available as a 4CD deluxe book edition, a 3LP coloured vinyl (both limited) and a standard 4CD set. Packaged in the usual six-panel card sleeve, Now Yearbook ’86 – Extra will be released on 7 April 2023.

It's hardly one to put on at a party, which seems a shame when I'd have thought that these albums are geared for exactly that really.

For example, 1981 LP1 Side A - who wants to listen to Blondie, then Olivia NJ and then a slow one from Lionel / Diana.

Robert Palmer’s ‘Addicted To Love’ would become a timeless radio staple, and the year saw new hits from Tina Turner, The Rolling Stones, a new version of a classic from The Police, and a huge hit for Status Quo with ‘In The Army Now’.Sophisticated Pop gems from Debbie Harry, Belouis Some, The Blow Monkeys and the sublime ‘Breakout’ from Swing Out Sister lead into a fabulous run of Soul and Dance floor-fillers from Aretha Franklin, Gwen Guthrie, Cameo, Jermaine Stewart, Whitney Houston’s ‘How Will I Know’, and closes with Lionel Richie’s international smash ‘Dancing On The Ceiling’.

The Smiths peerless ‘Panic’ opens, and is joined by Big Audio Dynamite, Furniture, and the landmark ‘Life’s What You Make It’ from Talk Talk.This offers “60 more essential hits” from 1986 and kicks off in time-honoured tradition with Queen and ‘A Kind Of Magic’.