NOW '86

Without doubt my favourite NOW album of the 1980s.
Firstly this is the only NOW to be released on one format only,'CD' and as it was released in 1986 when CD's were just starting their rise to dominate the market, it has gone down in chart histroy as being the first cd only compilation to chart.
Secondly, 16 years after it was released I finally got my hands on a copy of it to complete my collection thanks to the wonderful world of the web.
Thirdly the music - Its just top notch! especially the Tears for Fears "Everybody wants to run the world" not rule the world which was released in conjunction with the Sport Aid event of that year
ARTIST SONG TITLE XTRAs?
Track01 Queen A kind of magic  
Track02 David Bowie Absolute Beginners  
Track03 Peter Gabriel Sledgehammer  
Track04 Pet Shop Boys West end girls  
Track05 Level 42 Lessons in love  
Track06 Communards Dont leave me this way  
Track07 Diana Ross Chain Reaction  
Track08 Jermaine Stewart We dont have to take our clothes off See track 10
Track09 Gwen Guthrie Ain't nothin' goin' on but the rent  
Track10 Sly Fox Lets go all the way Seems like these guys were at different ends of the spectrum to Jermaine on track 8 above?? (judging by the titles)
Track11 UB40 Sing our own song  
Track12 Tears for Fears Everybody wants to run the world First hit the charts in 1985 as run the world(no2), and then when used as the theme 
to 'Sport Aid' the atheltic version of Live Aid, it made it back to no5 in May 86
Track13 Status Quo In the army now  
Track14 Cutting Crew (I just)Died in your arms
Track15 Patti La Belle/Michael McDonald On my own  
Track16 Boris Gardiner I wanna wake up with you  

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