OverviewNOW Music is proud to present the newest addition to the 'Yearbook' series: NOW - Yearbook 1980. 4 CDs of 85 tracks that defined the charts in 1980. This special edition CD is housed in 'hard-back book' packaging, including a 28-page booklet with a summary of the year, a track-by-track guide, a quiz, and original singles artwork. Kicking off with Queen's anthem 'Another One Bites The Dust', Disc 1 includes massive hits from Kate Bush, Madness, Roxy Music and the Top 40 debut from Adam and The Ants, alongside #1s from Blondie, Dexys Midnight Runners, The Jam and ABBA - plus the decade's first new #1 'Brass In Pocket' from Pretenders - and 1980's biggest selling single 'Don't Stand So Close To Me' from The Police. Lipps Inc., Diana Ross and Sheila and B. Devotion had timeless floor-fillers - and synth driven pop, that would come to dominate the charts of the early 80s , fuelled iconic hits for Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Gary Numan, Ultravox and the debut from Spandau Ballet… and to close the first disc, three of the year's biggest love songs from KC and The Sunshine Band, Randy Crawford and Billy Preston and Syreeta. Disc Two begins with John Lennon's '(Just Like) Starting Over' and is followed by huge trans-Atlantic hits for Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones and Billy Joel. Rock legends had a huge year in 1980 - including here, Status Quo, Rainbow, Judas Priest and Motorhead. Disc Two is also home to some of the year's biggest dance tracks from Donna Summer, Change, The Whispers, The Gap Band, Jermaine Jackson and the #1 'Working My Way Back To You / Forgive Me, Girl' from The (Detroit) Spinners. In January 1980 the iconic 'London Calling' from The Clash reached its chart peak - and opens Disc 3 which features an incredible line-up of New Wave, Post Punk and Ska classics that helped make 1980 a fantastically diverse year in the singles charts: #1s from The Jam (again!) and The Specials (as The Special AKA) alongside Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Joy Division, Ramones, Hazel O'Connor, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Martha And The Muffins, UB40, and The Selecter. The final disc features six of the year's #1s and is all about 1980s pure pop, beginning with one of ABBA's most successful and popular tracks 'The Winner Takes It All', and the beautiful 'Waterfalls' from Paul McCartney. Olivia Newton-John, Blondie, and Sheena Easton follow and lead into party classics from Kelly Marie, The Nolans, Liquid Gold, Odyssey, and Kool and The Gang. A few easy-pop gems from Andrew Lloyd Webber and Marti Webb, Rupert Holmes, Captain and Tennille, plus the 1980 Eurovision winner Johnny Logan, the #1 theme from 'MASH' 'Suicide Is Painless' and bringing this collection to a close … the perennially popular and timeless 'Stop The Cavalry' from Jona Lewie. NOW - Yearbook 1980 - A celebration of the diversity and creative brilliance of the year in pop. TracklistCD 1 1. Queen - Another One Bites The Dust2. Blondie - Atomic3. Adam and The Ants - Dog Eat Dog4. Kate Bush - Babooshka 5. The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me6. Dexys Midnight Runners - Geno 7. Pretenders - Brass In Pocket 8. The Jam - Start! 9. Madness - Baggy Trousers 10. ABBA - Super Trouper11. Sheila and B. Devotion - Spacer 12. Diana Ross - Upside Down13. Lipps Inc. - Funkytown14. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay15. Spandau Ballet - To Cut A Long Story Short 16. Ultravox - Sleepwalk17. Gary Numan - I Die: You Die18. Roxy Music - Oh Yeah! 19. KC and The Sunshine Band - Please Don't Go 20. Randy Crawford - One Day I'll Fly Away 21. Billy Preston and Syreeta - With You I'm Born AgainCD 21. John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over2. Billy Joel - It's Still Rock And Roll To Me3. The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue4. Paul McCartney - Coming Up5. Stray Cats - Runaway Boys6. Status Quo - What You're Proposing7. Rainbow - All Night Long8. Judas Priest - Breaking The Law9. Motorhead - Ace Of Spades10. Joan Armatrading - Me Myself I11. Air Supply - All Out Of Lov