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NOW Music is proud to present the next instalment in our ongoing 'Yearbook' series, NOW - Yearbook 1978; 85 tracks from a magical year in Pop! Opening with the epic 'Mr. Blue Sky' from Electric Light Orchestra, the timeless 'Baker Street' from Gerry Rafferty, and Rod Stewart's massive #1 'Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?' More #1s follow from ABBA with the brilliant Pop of 'Take A Chance On Me' and 1978's biggest selling single, 'Rivers Of Babylon' from Boney M. Pop-Reggae chart-toppers from 10cc and Althea & Donna are up next, before a run of dancefloor fillers including 'I'm Every Woman' from Chaka Khan, and Donna Summer's incredible version of 'Macarthur Park', before a couple of Soul ballads from Rose Royce and the huge #1 'Three Times A Lady' from Commodores. The first disc draws to a close with a stack of Pop classics from Marshall Hain, Clout, Bonnie Tyler and Suzi Quatro and Wings, before the peerless 'The Man With The Child In His Eyes' from Kate Bush. The second disc pays tribute to the incredible line-up of artists in the charts of 1978 with their roots in Punk and beginning the burgeoning New Wave movement, kicking off here with the stunning #1 'Rat Trap' from The Boomtown Rats, the era-defining 'Teenage Kicks' from The Undertones, 'Ever Fallen In Love...' from Buzzcocks, and 'Hanging On The Telephone' from Blondie, alongside classic singles from Siouxsie And The Banshees, The Rezillos, The Clash, The Jam, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, and Ian Dury & The Blockheads... and US New Wave saw Patti Smith and The Cars score huge hits. The remainder of Disc 2 features some of the year's biggest Pop-Rock songs including hits from Billy Joel, The Who, Elton John, and Justin Hayward's 'Forever Autumn' from the massive 'Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds' album.
TracksCredits
- Disc 1 -
1 Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky
2 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street
3 Rod Stewart - Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?
4 10CC - Dreadlock Holiday
5 Justin Hayward - Forever Autumn
6 Wings - with a Little Luck
7 Kate Bush - the Man with the Child in His Eyes
8 Bonnie Tyler - It's a Heartache
9 Suzi Quatro - If You Can't Give Me Love
10 Clout - Substitute
11 Crystal Gayle - Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
12 Elton John - Part-Time Love
13 Billy Joel - Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
14 Joe Walsh - Life's Been Good
15 Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) the Reaper
- Disc 2 -
1 Donna Summer - MacArthur Park
2 Chic - Le Freak
3 A Taste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie
4 The Three Degrees - Givin' Up Givin' in
5 Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman
6 Yvonne Elliman - If I Can't Have You
7 Odyssey - Native New Yorker
8 Earth, Wind & Fire - Fantasy
9 The Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap
10 The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
11 Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)
12 Siouxsie and the Banshees - Hong Kong Garden
13 The Rezillos - Top of the Pops
14 Elvis Costello & the Attractions - (I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea
15 The Jam - Down in the Tube Station at Midnight
16 Patti Smith - Because the Night
- Disc 3 -
1 ABBA - Take a Chance on Me
2 Baccara - Sorry, I'm a Lady
3 Boney M. - Rivers of Babylon
4 Althea & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking
5 Blondie - Denis
6 Olivia Newton-John - Hopelessly Devoted to You
7 Renaissance - Northern Lights
8 Dean Friedman W/ Denise Marsa - Lucky Stars
9 Marshall Hain - Dancing in the City
10 Eruption - I Can't Stand the Rain
11 Dee D. Jackson - Automatic Lover
12 Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip - I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper
13 Hot Chocolate - Every 1's a Winner
14 Commodores - Three Times a Lady
15 Rose Royce - Wishing on a Star
