NOW – YEARBOOK EXTRA 1992 (3CD)

This release features the track Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Sylvian – Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) Returning To The Womb.

Release notes:

NOW Music is proud to present 60 more essential gems from the incredible year in Pop that was 1992 with NOW – Yearbook Extra 1992.

The first disc opens with giants of their genres – Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé and their incredible collaboration ‘Barcelona’ – which reached its peak No. 2 position in 1992. Alt Rock from R.E.M. and Crowded House follow, together with the Gary Barlow-written ‘A Million Love Songs’ from Take That and Kylie Minogue’s ‘Finer Feelings’ remixed for single release by Brothers In Rhythm. ‘Connected’ gave Stereo MC’s their first top 20 hit, while The Temptations’ ‘My Girl’ enjoyed a resurgence upon its re-release. Up next are ballads from Lionel Richie with ‘Do It To Me’ and Tori Amos with her gorgeous track ‘Silent All These Years’. Sade’s ‘Feel No Pain’ leads into the disc’s closing track, Elton John’s poignant ‘The Last Song’.

Brian May’s ‘Too Much Love Will Kill You’ begins disc 2, followed by Mike Oldfield’s ‘Sentinel’, plus fantastic covers from Cher (‘Could’ve Been You’), KISS (‘God Gave Rock ‘N’ Roll To You II’), and Manic Street Preachers (‘Theme From M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless)’). The lead single from The Cure’s ninth album (Wish) ‘High’ is here, together with Suede’s debut single ‘The Drowners’. Billy Ray Cyrus’ signature Country hit ‘Achy Breaky Heart’ is included, plus Billy Joel, who recorded Elvis Presley’s ‘All Shook Up’ for the film ‘Honeymoon In Vegas’. Crowded House have their second appearance on this album with ‘Four Seasons In One Day’ and the disc comes to a close with two beautiful ballads from Belinda Carlisle and Gloria Estefan. 

En Vogue open the last disc with their acclaimed hit ‘Free Your Mind’. 1992 saw different genres of Dance music find Chart success – Felix’s ‘Don’t You Want Me’, Urban Hype’s ‘A Trip To Trumpton’, and Doctor Spin’s ‘Tetris’ were all Pop-Trance hits. Dina Carroll and Cece Peniston enjoyed House crossover hits, and Kylie Minogue, Take That, and Undercover produced Pop floor-fillers. Covers from The Pasadenas, Curiosity, and Nick Berry lead into Boney M.’s celebratory ‘Megamix’, and the album rounds of with Darlene Love’s ‘All Alone On Christmas’, taken from the Home Alone 2 Soundtrack.

NOW – Yearbook Extra 1992 – a further celebration of the diversity and magic of the year in Pop.

Tracklist:

CD1

1. Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé – Barcelona
2. R.E.M. – Man On The Moon
3. Crowded House – It’s Only Natural
4. Take That – A Million Love Songs
5. Kylie Minogue – Finer Feelings (Brothers In Rhythm 7” Mix)
6. Cicero – Love Is Everywhere
7. Stereo MC’s – Connected
8. Was (Not Was) – Shake Your Head
9. Simply Red – Your Mirror
10. The Temptations – My Girl
11. Lionel Richie – Do It To Me
12. Dina Carroll – So Close
13. Sophie B. Hawkins – California Here I Come (Remix)
14. Suzanne Vega – In Liverpool
15. Tori Amos – Silent All These Years
16. Annie Lennox – Cold
17. Sade – Feel No Pain
18. Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Sylvian – Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) Returning To The Womb (Remix)
19. Elton John – The Last Song

CD 2

1. Brian May – Too Much Love Will Kill You
2. Mike Oldfield – Sentinel
3. Richard Marx – Take This Heart
4. Cher – Could’ve Been You
5. Tina Turner – Love Thing
6. KISS – God Gave Rock ‘N’ Roll To You II
7. Manic Street Preachers – Theme From MAS*H (Suicide Is Painless)
8. The Cure – High
9. Suede – The Drowners
10. Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine – The Only Living Boy In New Cross
11. Suzanne Vega – 99.9 F
12. Annie Lennox – Precious
13. Aztec Camera – Spanish Horses
14. Billy Ray Cyrus – Achy Breaky Heart
15. Billy Joel – All Shook Up (From ‘Honeymoon In Vegas’ OST)
16. Curtis Stigers – I Wonder Why
17. Michael Bolton – To Love Somebody
18. Crowded House – Four Seasons In One Day
19. Belinda Carlisle – Half The World
20. Gloria Estefan – Always Tomorrow

CD 3

1. En Vogue – Free Your Mind
2. Bobby Brown – Humpin’ Around
3. Dina Carroll – Special Kind Of Love
4. CeCe Peniston – We Got A Love Thang
5. Soul II Soul – Joy
6. Rozalla – Are You Ready To Fly
7. Felix – Don’t You Want Me
8. Urban Hype – A Trip To Trumpton
9. Doctor Spin – Tetris
10. The B-52’s – Good Stuff
11. Kylie Minogue – What Kind Of Fool? (Heard All That Before)
12. Sonia – Boogie Nights
13. Take That – I Found Heaven
14. Undercover – Never Let Her Slip Away
15. Roxette – Church Of Your Heart
16. Simply Red – Thrill Me
17. The Pasadenas – I’m Doin’ Fine Now
18. Curiosity – Hang On In There Baby
19. Nick Berry – Heartbeat
20. Boney M. – Megamix
21. Darlene Love – All Alone On Christmas