The Compilation: NOW Yearbook '94

Now series is back with a brand new compilation "NOW Yearbook '94" a golden age, kicked off at the time for British bands and guitar-driven pop music.  This Compilation delivers 79 tracks of US R&B, Boy Bands, US female singer-songwriters, Oscar winners from Disney musicals, rock legends hitting the charts after a leave of absence, various rappers and Jimmy Nail.

In spite of everything, 1994 was a mixed bag. It was the year Kylie BACK with "Confide in Me", Sting had his first UK top 10 hit with "When We Dance", and Bruce Springsteen returned to the UK top 10 for the first time in nine years with his No 2 single "Streets Of Philadelphia".

Amongst Boy bands included here are Take That, Boyzone, Boyz II Men, East 17 (two tracks including the Christmas No 1 ‘Stay Another Day’) and the first half of CD 2 (the Britpop section) is the exception rather than the rule, but excellent all the same with tracks from Oasis, Radiohead, The Stone Roses, Suede, Elastica, Primal Scream et all.

Two doses of Elton John from the Lion King soundtrack is probably two too many, but very good to see Crowded House's "Locked Out", Sophie B. Hawkins’ "Right Beside You" and The Grid’s "Swamp Thing" included here.

The usual formats on offer: 4CD sets (deluxe hardcover book and card sleeve editions) and the 3LP version, which delivers 44 tracks across six sides of bright blue vinyl.

NOW Yearbook ’94 will be released on 30 October 2026.

 

CD 1

 

1. Bruce Springsteen – Streets Of Philadelphia (From the TriStar Film “Philadelphia”)

2. The Pretenders – I’ll Stand By You

3. Bon Jovi – Always

4. Elton John – Circle Of Life (From “The Lion King”/Soundtrack Version)

5. Kylie Minogue – Confide in Me

6. D:Ream – Things Can Only Get Better

7. Pet Shop Boys – Yesterday When I Was Mad

8. Alison Moyet – Whispering Your Name

9. Roxette – Sleeping In My Car

10. East 17 – It’s Alright

11. Let Loose – Crazy For You

12. Take That – Everything Changes

13. Boyzone – Love Me For A Reason

14. Boyz II Men - I’ll Make Love To You

15. All-4-One – I Swear

16. Sheryl Crow – All I Wanna Do

17. Sophie B. Hawkins – Right Beside You

18. Youssou N’Dour and Neneh Cherry – 7 Seconds

19. Sting – When We Dance

 

CD 2

 

1. Radiohead – My Iron Lung

2. R.E.M. – What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?

3. Oasis – Shakermaker

4. The Stone Roses – Love Spreads

5. Suede – Stay Together

6. Elastica – Connection

7. Primal Scream – Rocks

8. Dawn Penn – You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No)

9. Brian & Tony Gold & Red Dragon – Compliments On Your Kiss

10. Chaka Demus & Pliers, The Taxi Gang & Jack Radics – Twist And Shout

11. J. Lewis – Sweets For My Sweet

12. Pato Banton, The Reggae Revolution, Ali Campbell & Robin Campbell – Baby Come Back

13. China Black – Searching

14. Big Mountain – Baby, I Love Your Way

15. Jimmy Nail – Crocodile Shoes

16. The Beautiful South – Everybody’s Talkin’

17. The Rolling Stones – Love Is Strong

18. Crowded House – Locked Out

19. Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm

20. Stiltskin (Peter Lawlor) – Inside

 

CD 3

 

1. Pet Shop Boys – Absolutely Fabulous

2. Whigfield - Saturday Night

3. Corona – The Rhythm Of The Night

4. Real McCoy – Another Night

5. Ace Of Base – The Sign

6. Baby D – Let Me Be Your Fantasy

8. D:Ream – U R The Best Thing

9. Tony Di Bart - The Real Thing

10. Reel 2 Real – I Like to Move It (feat. The Mad Stuntman)

11. DJ Miko – What’s Up

12. Doop – Doop

13. SNAP! – Welcome To Tomorrow (Are You Ready)

14. Clubhouse feat. Carl – Light My Fire

15. JX – Son Of A Gun

16. The Prodigy – No Good (Start the Dance)

17. The Grid – Swamp Thing

18. Cappella – Move On Baby

19. Maxx – Get-A-Way

20. M People – Renaissance

21. Haddaway – I Miss You

22. PJ & Duncan – Let’s Get Ready To Rhumble

 

CD 4

 

1. Elton John – Can You Feel The Love Tonight (End Title/ From “The Lion King”/Soundtrack Version)

2. Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around (From “Four Weddings And A Funeral” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

3. Richard Marx – Now And Forever

4. Roxette – Crash! Boom! Bang!

5. Marcella Detroit – I Believe

6. Take That – Sure

7. Michelle Gayle – Sweetness

8. Eternal – Save Our Love

9. The Brand New Heavies – Midnight At The Oasis

10. Donna Summer – Melody Of Love (Wanna Be Loved)

11. Aretha Franklin – A Deeper Love

12. Salt-N-Pepa & En Vogue - Whatta Man

13. Warren G & Nate Dogg – Regulate

14. Seal – Prayer For The Dying

15. Toni Braxton – Breathe Again

16. Gloria Estefan – Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me

17. Wendy Moten – Come In Out Of The Rain

18. Dina Carroll – The Perfect Year

19. East 17 – Stay Another Day

The Compilation: NOW 12" 80s "1987"

 

The Now Music series continue their 12" 80s series with a 4CD set covering more extended hits from 1987. 

 

NOW 12″80s: 1987 – Part Two offers more brilliant hits from 1987 definitely a hell of a year to remember. Among the 46 tracks are two Pet Shop Boys extended versions (Dusty Springfield collaborations, "What Have I Done To Deserve This" and the Christmas No 1, "Always On My Mind"), a-ha's "The Living Daylights", Duran Duran's "Meet El Presidente" (their first CD single and admittedly a weaker track from Notorious), Eurythmics' "Missonary Man2 and the "Three Coins In a Fountain Mix" Terence Trent D'Arby's "Wishing Well".

Other remarkable highlights are the extended version of Curiosity Killed The Cat's excellent "Misfit", the "John Potoker Extended Mix" of Fine Young Cannibals' "Ever Fallen in Love", "The Whole Story" version of ABC's "The Night You Murdered Love", the superb "Superb, Superb Mix" of Swing Out Sister's "Twilight World" (a great mix, but an odd choice, given it's effectively the album version) and more long mixes from New Order, Simply Red, Wet Wet Wet, Johnny Hates Jazz and Jan Hammer.

NOW 12″80s: 1987 – Part Two is out on 16 October 2026.

Track List:  

CD 1

 

1. Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé – Barcelona (Extended Version)

2. Pet Shop Boys – What Have I Done to Deserve This? (With Dusty Springfield) (Shep Pettibone Disco Remix)

3. a-ha – The Living Daylights (Extended Version)

4. Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart – Missionary Man (Extended Version)

5. Duran Duran – Meet El Presidente (Presidential Suite Mix)

6. Level 42 – To Be With You Again

7. Debbie Harry – In Love With Love (London Extended Mix)

8. Kim Wilde – Another Step (Closer To You) (Extended Mix)

9. Alison Moyet – Weak in the Presence of Beauty (Extended)

10. Sananda Maitreya – Wishing Well (Three Coins In a Fountain Mix)

11. Pretenders – Kid (Extended Remix)

12. T’Pau – Heart And Soul (Dance Mix / 4 Twelve Mix)

 

CD 2

1. Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (12″ Remix)

2. Alexander O’Neal – Fake (Extended Version)

3. Donna Summer – Dinner With Gershwin (Extended Version)

4. Vesta Williams – Once Bitten Twice Shy (12″ Version)

5. Barry White – Sho’ You Right (Remix)

6. Exposé – Come Go With Me (Extended Mix)

7. Five Star – The Slightest Touch (The Pettibone Touch Remix)

8. Pepsi & Shirlie – Goodbye Stranger (Extended Version)

9. MEL & KIM – F.L.M. (12” Mix)

10. Chic – Jack Le Freak (Vocal Long Version)

11. Boogie Box High – Jive Talkin’ (Jellybean 12” Dance Remix)

 

CD 3

1.Pet Shop Boys – Always on My Mind (Extended Dance Version)

2. New Order – Touched by the Hand of God (12″ Version)

3. Sisters Of Mercy – This Corrosion (12″ Version)

4. Siouxsie And The Banshees – This Wheel’s On Fire (Incendiary Mix)

5. Scarlet Fantastic – No Memory (Extra Sensory Mix)

6. Pseudo Echo – Funky Town (Full Version)

7. Fine Young Cannibals – Ever Fallen In Love (John Potoker Extended Mix)

8. Curiosity Killed The Cat – Misfit (12″ Version)

9. Boy George – Everything I Own (Extended P W Botha Mix)

10. UB40 – Rat In Mi Kitchen (12″ Version)

11. Sly & Robbie & Shinehead – Boops (Here To Go)

 

CD 4

 

1. Bananarama – Love In The First Degree (Jailers Mix)

2. The Communards – Never Can Say Goodbye (San Paulo Mix)

3. Rick Astley – Whenever You Need Somebody (Lonely Hearts Mix)

4. Samantha Fox – Nothing’s Gonna Stop Me Now (Extended Version)

5. Spagna – Call Me (Viva mix)

6. Nick Kamen – Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever (Extended Dance Mix)

7. Simply Red – The Right Thing (Extended Single)

8. ABC – The Night You Murdered Love (The Whole Story)

9. Swing Out Sister – Twilight World (Superb, Superb, Mix)

10. Wet Wet Wet – Sweet Little Mystery (12″ Version)

11. Johnny Hates Jazz – Turn Back The Clock (12” Extended Mix)

12. Jan Hammer – Crockett’s Theme (Instrumental/Extended 12″ Mix)

The Compilation: Now Vault '85

NOW That’s What I Call Music continue with their Yearbook Vault releases of "lesser compiled" tracks with a look at 1985. 4CD and 3LP coloured vinyl collections dig deep into the year’s musical landscape – with 78 tracks on the CD editions and 45 songs across three coloured (green) vinyl LPs.

The 4CD set – which comes in the usual deluxe hardcover book and card sleeve editions opens with Bruce Springsteen’s "My Hometown" – the last single from the mega-selling Born in the USA before moving on to Bryan Ferry and Sting with "Windswept" and "Love is the Seventh Wave". Both of those songs are classic Vault tracks: great tracks off classic albums (Boys and Girls and The Dream of the Blue Turtles, respectively) that peaked WAY short of where many assume they did (neither cracked the UK top 40). Go West’s "Eye to Eye" was only a single in the US, while ABC's "Be Near Me" was released both sides of the Atlantic, but fared much better Stateside. This disc continues with offerings from Fine Young Cannibals, China Crisis, Simply Red, Thompson Twins and the Art of Noise.

The second disc has an alternative flavour, at least initially, with songs from Cocteau Twins, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Dream Academy and New Model Army before widening it’s net and scoping up minor hits from the likes of Tina Turner, Matt Bianco, Chris Rea and Squeeze.

CD3 has a dance floor slant with tracks including Cameo’s brilliant "She's Strange", Sheryl Lee Ralph's "In The Evening", the Stock Aitken Waterman produced "The Heaven I Need" by The Three Degrees and Divine's cover of "Twisting The Night Away". Elton John & Millie Jackson's "Act of War"  was a minor hit a few years before Nikita revived Reg's commercial success in the UK.

CD 4 has the kind of artists oftenly find on US compilations from the 80's such as Pat Benetar, Bon Jovi, John Mellencamp, Kim Carnes, Dio, The Cars, Rick Springfield etc. 

NOW Yearbook Vault ’85 will be released on 15 May 2026.

Track List: 

CD 1

1. Bruce Springsteen – My Hometown

2. Bryan Ferry – Windswept

3. Sting – Love Is The Seventh Wave

4. Go West – Eye To Eye

5. Scritti Politti – Perfect Way

6. ABC – Be Near Me

7. Fine Young Cannibals – Blue

8. The Colourfield – Castles In The Air

9. China Crisis – You Did Cut Me

10. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – La Femme Accident

11. Midge Ure – That Certain Smile

12. Blancmange – What’s Your Problem

13. Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder – Good-Bye Bad Times

14. Heaven 17 – …(And That’s No Lie)

15. Simply Red- Come To My Aid

16. The Style Council – Come To Milton Keynes

17. The Power Station- Communication

18. Adam Ant – Vive Le Rock

19. Thompson Twins – Revolution

20. TheArt Of Noise- Legs

 

CD 2

 

1. Cocteau Twins – Aikea-Guinea

2. The Jesus And Mary Chain- Just Like Honey

3. The Dream Academy-The Love Parade

4. Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Green Shirt

5. The Clash – This Is England

6. The Stranglers – Let Me Down Easy

7. The Damned – The Shadow Of Love

8. Sisters Of Mercy- No Time To Cry

9. New Model Army-No Rest

10. This Island Earth – See That Glow

11. Marillion- Heart Of Lothian

12. Bonnie Tyler with Todd Rundgren – Loving You’s A Dirty Job (But Somebody’s Gotta Do It)

13. Tina Turner – Show Some Respect

14. Princess – After The Love Has Gone

15. Loose Ends – Golden Years

16. Brilliant- It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World

17. Matt Bianco-More Than I Can Bear

18. Daryl Hall & John Oates – Method Of Modern Love

19. Chris Rea- Stainsby Girls

20. Squeeze – Last Time Forever

 

CD 3

 

1. Sheryl Lee Ralph – In The Evening

2. Barbara Pennington – On A Crowded Street

3. Miquel Brown – Close To Perfection

4. The Three Degrees – The Heaven I Need

5. Hazell Dean- They Say It’s Gonna Rain

6. Laura Branigan-Spanish Eddie

7. Divine – Twistin’ The Night Away

8. Eddie Murphy – Party All The Time

9. Patti LaBelle – New Attitude

10. Elton John & Millie Jackson – Act Of War (Part 1)

11. The Pointer Sisters – Baby Come And Get It

12. Ready For The World – Oh Sheila

13. The Limit – Say Yeah

14. Mary Jane Girls – In My House

15. Steve Arrington – Dancing In The Key Of Life

16. Cameo – She’s Strange

17. Sister Sledge- Dancing On The Jagged Edge

18. Five Star – R.S.V.P.

19. Eighth Wonder – Stay With Me

20. Marilyn – Baby U Left Me (In The Cold)

 

CD 4

 

1. Billy Joel – You’re Only Human (Second Wind)

2. David Lee Roth- California Girls

3. John Mellencamp – Small Town

4.Bon Jovi – In And Out Of Love

5. Dio – Rock ‘N’ Roll Children

6. Pat Benatar – Invincible

7. Kim Carnes – Crazy In The Night (Barking At Airplanes)

8. Oingo Boingo – Weird Science (From “Weird Science” Soundtrack)

9. Animotion – Let Him Go

10. The Cars – Tonight She Comes

11. ‘Til Tuesday – Voices Carry

12. Foreigner- That Was Yesterday

13. Journey – Only The Young

14. Rick Springfield – State Of The Heart

15. Michael McDonald- No Lookin’ Back

16. Philip Bailey – Walking On The Chinese Wall

17. Chaka Khan- Through The Fire

18. Whitney Houston – You Give Good Love

The Compilation: Now Yearbook '91

NOW Music have announced 1991 as the next year in the now long-running Yearbook series. It features 78 tracks across four CDs and there's the usual deluxe and standard variants (with the former offering deluxe hardback book packaging with a 28-page booklet containing track-by-track notes). A 3LP version pressed on yellow vinyl offers 43 songs.

 

The first CD starts with George Michael and Elton John and includes massive hits from the one and only Chesney Hawkes, Seal ‘Crazy’, R.E.M. ‘Shiny Happy People’, Simply Red ‘Stars’, Cathy Dennis Touch Me (All Night Long) and more. Pet Shop Boys make two appearances on Yearbook 1991 with ‘Jealousy’ (the fourth and final single from Behaviour) on this first disc and later on CD 4 with their ‘Where The Streets Have No Name (I Can’t Take My Eyes Off You)’ mash-up

CD 2 includes The KLF’s ‘3am Eternal’, more Seal (his version of ‘Killer’), and a load of crossover club hits from acts including C+C Music Factory, Rozalla, K-Klass, Utah Saints, Oceanic, as well as Brothers In Rhythm. This disc also includes Crystal Waters‘ irritating, but annoyingly catchy, ‘Gyspy Woman (She’s Homeless) (La Da Dee La Da Da)’, A Tribe Called Quest’s excellent ‘Can I Kick It?’ before ending with Color Me Badd’s ‘I Wanna Sex You Up’.

CD 3 includes Sting’s All This Time, Robert Palmer’s Marvin Gaye twofer ‘Mercy Mercy Me/I Want You’, The Waterboys’ ‘The Whole of the Moon’, The Stone Roses’ I Wanna Be Adored and Crowded House’s ‘Fall at Your Feet’. The last two tracks are grouped together beautifully with ‘More Than Words’ from Extreme followed by ‘Wind of Change’ by the Scorpions.

CD 4 has The KLF with Tammy Wynette ‘Justified and Ancient’, Amy Grant’s brilliant ‘Baby Baby’ features here as does Kylie Minogue’s ‘Shocked’, sister Danni’s ‘Jump to the Beat’, Lisa Stansfield’s ‘Change’ and the weird historical artefact that is The Grease Megamix which stitches all those John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John hits together 12 years after the movie. Yearbook 1991 ends with Patsy Cline's ‘Crazy’ singing the Willie Nelson classic.

NOW Yearbook 1991 will be released on 31 October 2025.

Track List: 

CD 1

1. George Michael and Elton John – Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me

2. Chesney Hawkes – The One And Only

3. Cher – The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss)

4. Roxette – Joyride

5. R.E.M. – Shiny Happy People

6. Seal – Crazy

7. Simply Red – Stars

8. Martika – Love…Thy Will Be Done

9. Paula Abdul – Rush Rush

10. Beverley Craven – Promise Me

11. Oleta Adams – Get Here

12. Pet Shop Boys – Jealousy

13. Marc Almond – Jacky

14. Kylie Minogue – What Do I Have To Do?

15. Bananarama – Preacher Man

16. Cathy Dennis – Touch Me (All Night Long)

17. Belinda Carlisle – Live Your Life Be Free

18. Voice Of The Beehive – I Think I Love You

19. Divinyls – I Touch Myself

20. The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go

 

CD 2

 

1. The KLF – 3AM ETERNAL (Live At The S.S.L.)

2. Seal – Killer

3. Saint Etienne – Only Love Can Break Your Heart

4. Moby – Go

5. The Prodigy – Charly

6. C+C Music Factory – Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)

7. Brothers In Rhythm – Such A Good FeelingRozalla – Everybody’s Free (To Feel Good)

8. K-Klass – Rhythm Is A Mystery

9. Utah Saints – What Can You Do For Me

10. Oceanic – Insanity

11. Cola Boy – 7 Ways to Love

12. Zoë – Sunshine On a Rainy Day

13. Crystal Waters – Gypsy Woman (She’s Homeless) (La Da Dee La Da Da)

14. Dina Carroll & Quartz – It’s Too Late

15. Bomb The Bass – Winter in July

16. A Tribe Called Quest – Can I Kick It?

17. Heavy D & The Boyz & Aaron Hall – Now That We Found Love

18. Color Me Badd – I Wanna Sex You Up

 

CD 3

 

1. The Waterboys – The Whole Of The Moon

2. Deacon Blue – Twist and Shout

3. The Railway Children – Every Beat Of The Heart

4. Simple Minds – Let There Be Love

5. The Stone Roses – I Wanna Be Adored

6. James – Sit Down

7. Vic Reeves & The Wonder Stuff – Dizzy

8. Living Colour – Love Rears Its Ugly Head

9. Lenny Kravitz – It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over

10. Robert Palmer – Mercy Mercy Me / I Want You (Medley)

11. T’Pau – Whenever You Need Me

12. Michael Bolton – Time, Love and Tenderness

13. Cher – Love And Understanding

14. Belinda Carlisle – Summer Rain

15. Sting – All This Time

16. Marc Cohn – Walking In Memphis

17. Crowded House – Fall At Your Feet

18. Extreme – More Than Words

19. Scorpions – Wind Of Change

 

CD 4

 

1. Pet Shop Boys – Where The Streets Have No Name (I Can’t Take My Eyes Off You)

2. The KLF feat. Tammy Wynette – Justified And Ancient

3. Jesus Loves You – Bow Down Mister

4. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Sailing On The Seven Seas

5. Amy Grant – Baby Baby

6. Gloria Estefan – Coming Out of the Dark

7. Andrew Lloyd Webber & Jason Donovan – Any Dream Will Do – From “Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”

8. Zucchero & Paul Young – Senza Una Donna (Without A Woman)

9. Roxette – Spending My Time

10. Kylie Minogue – Shocked

11. Cathy Dennis – Just Another Dream

12. Dannii Minogue – Jump To The Beat

13. Sonia – Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy

14. John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John – The Grease Megamix

15. Kenny Thomas – Thinking About Your Love

16. Lisa Stansfield – Change

17. Tina Turner – Way Of The World

18. Whitney Houston – All the Man That I Need

19. Stevie B – Because I Love You (The Postman Song)

20. Patsy Cline – Crazy

The Compilation: NOW That’s What I Call An Era: Such A Good Feeling 1988-1995

 

NOW Music will release a third volume of their ‘Now That’s What I Call An Era’ series next month. Such A Good Feeling: 1988-1995 focuses on the era when dance culture reshaped the mainstream, soundtracked a generation, and lit up the charts across the UK and beyond.

Available in 4CD form (deluxe hardcover book and standard card sleeve) and 3LP coloured vinyl this is a dive into the years of house, rave and club anthems, spanning the threshold that saw the 80s turn into the 90s. The CD editions feature 82 tracks while the triple vinyl set offers 46.

The compilation is about, tracks such as S’Express with the chart-topping "Theme From S-Express", Deee-Lite's "Groove Is In The Heart", Soul II Soul & Caron Wheeler's "Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)", "Dub Be Good To Me" from Beats International and "Killer" from Adamski.

"Rhythm Is A Dancer" from SNAP! features on the second of four CDs along with Dr. Alban's "It's My Life", Haddaway's "What Is Love" and more.

Bobby Brown's "Two Can Play That Game", CeCe Peniston's "Finally", Black Box's "Ride on Time", Neneh Cherry's "Buffalo Stance" and Freak Power's "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" are amongst the highlights of CD 3.

The CD version ends with a final disc that includes Yazz & The Plastic Population's Acid House chart-topper "The Only Way Is Up", Inner City's "Big Fun", Kym Mazelle and Robert Howard's "Wait", Utah Saints' Kate Bush sampling "Something Good", Moby's "Go" and The Prodigy's "Charly". 

NOW That’s What I Call An Era – Such A Good Feeling: 1988-1995 will be released on 26 September 2025.

 

Track List:  

 

CD 1

 

1. Brothers In Rhythm – Such A Good Feeling

2. S’Express – Theme From S-Express

3. Deee-Lite – Groove Is In The Heart

4. Inner City – Good Life

5. Adventures Of Stevie V – Dirty Cash (Money Talks)

6. Krush – House Arrest

7. Soul II Soul, Caron Wheeler – Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)

8. Beats International – Dub Be Good To Me

9. Adamski & Seal – Killer

10. Bomb The Bass – Beat Dis

11. Coldcut and Yazz & The Plastic Population – Doctorin’ The House

12. Kenny “Dope” Presents The Bucketheads – The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind)

13. Nightcrawlers – Push The Feeling On

14. Tony Di Bart – The Real Thing

15. JX – Son Of A Gun

16. Blue Pearl – Naked In The Rain

17. D:Ream – U R The Best Thing

18. The Original – I Luv U Baby

19. Billie Ray Martin – Your Loving Arms

20. Kym Sims – Too Blind To See It

21. Zoë – Sunshine On a Rainy Day

 

CD 2

 

1. SNAP! – Rhythm Is A Dancer

2. Corona – The Rhythm Of The Night

3. Real McCoy – Another Night

4. Dr Alban – It’s My Life

5. Haddaway – What Is Love

6. W.S. – Please Don’t Go

7. Captain Hollywood Project – More And More

8. Cappella – U Got 2 Let The Music

9. Maxx – Get-A-Way

10. Technotronic – Get Up (Before The Night Is Over)

11. Rob ‘n’ Raz and Leila K – Got To Get

12. Berri – Sunshine After The Rain

13. The Grid – Swamp Thing

14. Perfecto Allstarz – Reach Up (Papa’s Got A Brand New Pig Bag)

15. Rozalla – Everybody’s Free (To Feel Good)

16. Opus III – It’s A Fine Day

17. Urban Cookie Collective – The Key, The Secret

18. Grace – Not Over Yet

19. Strike – U Sure Do

20. Kym Mazelle and Jocelyn Brown – No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)

21. West End feat. Sybil – The Love I Lost

 

CD 3

 

1. Black Box – Ride On Time

2. C+C Music Factory – Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)

3. Livin’ Joy – Dreamer

4. M People – One Night In Heaven

5. Baby D – Let Me Be Your Fantasy

6. SNAP! – The Power

7. Oceanic – Insanity

8. N-Trance – Set You Free

9. Felix – Don’t You Want Me

10. Xpansions – Move Your Body

11. K-Klass – Rhythm Is A Mystery

12. Degrees Of Motion – Shine On

13. Alison Limerick – Where Love Lives

14. Bobby Brown – Two Can Play That Game

15. CeCe Peniston – Finally

16. Crystal Waters – Gypsy Woman (She’s Homeless) (La Da Dee La Da Da)

17. Neneh Cherry – Buffalo Stance

18. Mantronix & Wondress – Got To Have Your Love

19. The Family Stand – Ghetto Heaven

20. Freak Power – Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out

 

CD 4

 

1. Yazz & The Plastic Population – The Only Way Is Up

2. Inner City – Big Fun

3. 49ers – Touch Me

4. Kym Mazelle and Robert Howard – Wait

5. Coldcut and Lisa Stansfield – People Hold On

6. The Beatmasters and MC Merlin – Who’s In the House

7. S’Express – Hey Music Lover

8. Saint Etienne – He’s On the Phone

9. Utah Saints – Something Good

10. Moby – Go

11. Guru Josh – Infinity

12. D-Mob – We Call It Acieed (feat. Gary Haisman)

13. Chad Jackson – Hear The Drummer (Get Wicked)

14. MC Tunes & 808 State – The Only Rhyme That Bites

15. The Prodigy – Charly

16. Happy Mondays – Step On

17. The Stone Roses – Fools Gold

18. Primal Scream – Loaded

19. 808 State – Pacific – 707

20. The Beloved – The Sun Rising

The Compilation: Now Yearbook '89

Now Music is finally finish off the 1980s episode with their last Yearnook series focusing now on 1989.

This final Yearbook for the decade starts with Queen's "I Want It All" and ends with Band Aid II's "Do They Know It's Christmas" the 'unofficial' Band Aid single according to a revisionist Bob Geldof!.

In between are 76 other tracks including hits from Simple Minds, Soul II Soul, Neneh Cherry, Fine Young Cannibals, Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan,  Holly Johnson, New Order, Bros, Transvision Vamp, Roachford (“there’s no fog!”), The Beautiful South, Living in a Box, Tears For Fears, R.E.M., Pet Shop Boys, Duran Duran, The Cure, Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians, Sam Brown, The Bangles, Simply Red and many more.

The familiar formats are available: deluxe hardcover book 4CD edition, 3LP coloured vinyl in pink color with 42 tracks and the standard card sleeved 4CD set. NOW Yearbook 1989 will be released on 25 April 2025.

NOW Yearbook 1989 Track List:  

CD 1

1. Queen – I Want It All

2. Billy Joel – We Didn’t Start The Fire

3. Tina Turner – The Best

4. Cher – If I Could Turn Back Time

5. Belinda Carlisle – Leave A Light On

6. Deborah Harry – I Want That Man

7. Chris Rea – The Road To Hell Part 2

8. Mike + The Mechanics – The Living Years

9. Simple Minds – Belfast Child

10. Gladys Knight – Licence To Kill (From “Licence To Kill” Soundtrack)

11. Lisa Stansfield – All Around the World

12. Soul II Soul & Caron Wheeler – Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)

13. Neneh Cherry – Buffalo Stance

14. Fine Young Cannibals – She Drives Me Crazy

15. Roxette – The Look

16. Holly Johnson – Love Train

17. Jason Donovan – Too Many Broken Hearts

18. Kylie Minogue – Hand On Your Heart

19. Bananarama – Help! (feat. Lananeeneenoonoo)

 

CD 2

 

1. Marc Almond & Gene Pitney – Something’s Gotten Hold Of My Heart

2. Jimmy Somerville Featuring June Miles Kingston – Comment Te Dire Adieu

3. Donna Summer – This Time I Know It’s For Real

4. Sonia – You’ll Never Stop Me Loving You

5. Bros – Too Much

6. Debbie Gibson – Electric Youth

7. London Boys – Requiem

8. Liza Minnelli – Losing My Mind

9. New Order – Round & Round

10. Kon Kan – I Beg Your Pardon (I Never Promised You A Rose Garden)

11. Transvision Vamp – Baby I Don’t Care

12. Roachford – Cuddly Toy

13. Roy Orbison – You Got It

14. Sydney Youngblood – If Only I Could

15. Bobby Brown – On Our Own

16. New Kids On The Block – You Got It (The Right Stuff)

17. UB40 – Homely Girl

18. The Beautiful South – Song For Whoever

19. Living In A Box – Room In Your Heart

20. The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden & Stock Aitken Waterman – Ferry ’Cross The Mersey

 

CD 3

 

1. Tears For Fears – Sowing The Seeds Of Love

2. Duran Duran – All She Wants Is

3. Electronic – Getting Away With It

4. R.E.M – Orange Crush

5. The Cure – Lullaby

6. Yello – Of Course I’m Lying

7. Pet Shop Boys – It’s Alright

8. 808 State – Pacific 707

9. The Beloved – The Sun Rising

10. The Stone Roses – Fools Gold

11. The Cult – Edie (Ciao Baby)

12. Alice Cooper – Poison

13. Then Jerico – Big Area

14. Shakespears Sister – You’re History

15. Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – What I Am

16. Martika – Toy Soldiers

17. Will To Power – Baby I Love Your Way / Freebird (Free Baby)

18. Boy Meets Girl – Waiting For A Star To Fall

 

CD 4

 

1.  Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan – Especially For You

2. The Bangles – Eternal Flame

3. Sam Brown – Stop

4. Holly Johnson – Americanos

5. Paula Abdul – Straight Up

6. Donna Summer – I Don’t Wanna Get Hurt

7. Black Box – Ride On Time

8. Coldcut feat. Lisa Stansfield – People Hold On

9. Technotronic – Pump Up The Jam

10. The Beatmasters feat. Betty Boo – Hey DJ / I Can’t Dance (To That Music You’re Playing)

11. Kym Mazelle And Robert Howard – Wait

12. Malcolm McLaren & The Bootzilla Orchestra – Waltz Darling

13. Neneh Cherry – Manchild

14. Soul II Soul & Caron Wheeler – Keep On Movin’

15. Milli Vanilli – Girl I’m Gonna Miss You

16. Simply Red – If You Don’t Know Me By Now

17. Richard Marx – Right Here Waiting

18. Gloria Estefan – Don’t Wanna Lose You

19. Cliff Richard – I Just Don’t Have The Heart

20. Jason Donovan – When You Come Back To Me

21. Band Aid II – Do They Know It’s Christmas?