Features massive chart-toppers like "Take On Me" (a-ha), "Easy Lover" (Philip Bailey & Phil Collins), and "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" (Tears For Fears).
Bloggers like Herc’s Hideaway describe the collection as a "graceful end of an era" for the first half of the 1980s. NOW – Yearbook 1985 (4CD) - NOW MUSIC Official Store
Includes "I Want To Know What Love Is" (Foreigner), "Kayleigh" (Marillion), and "The Power Of Love" from the Back to the Future soundtrack (Huey Lewis & The News). VA - Now Yearbook 85 [4CD] (2022).rar
Highlights the "alternative" side of 1985 with tracks from The Smiths ("How Soon Is Now?"), The Cure ("Close To Me"), and Kate Bush ("Cloudbusting").
Covers the electronic and high-energy side with "19" (Paul Hardcastle), "Axel F" (Harold Faltermeyer), and "The Sweetest Taboo" (Sade). Interesting Blog Perspectives Features massive chart-toppers like "Take On Me" (a-ha),
A follow-up 3-disc set, Now Yearbook Extra '85 , was released in January 2023 to include 60 additional hits that didn't make the initial 4CD cut, such as Wham!'s "I'm Your Man".
is a comprehensive 4-disc compilation released in November 2022 that features 79 major hits from 1985. It serves as a deep dive into the year's pop, rock, and electronic music scene. Release Details Release Date: 4 November 2022. Highlights the "alternative" side of 1985 with tracks
The compilation is organized into logical groups across the four discs: