NOW Yearbook 1993

NOW is proud to present the next instalment in our ongoing 'Yearbook' series - and takes a look back 31 years ago - with 78 tracks on 4 CDs, to celebrate a stellar year of Pop singles. Available as this Special Edition CD housed in 'hard-back-book' packaging, including a 28-page booklet featuring a summary of the year, a track-by-track guide, a quiz, and original singles artwork. Opening with a posthumous #1 for Freddie Mercury with the remix of 'Living On My Own', before the first of two tracks included on this 'Yearbook' from Pet Shop Boys taken from their classic 1993 album 'Very', 'Can You Forgive Her?'. New Order returned to the Top 5 with 'Regret', and R.E.M. had a string of hits including 'The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite'. One of the highlights of 1993 was the Chart renaissance of Duran Duran - and 'Come Undone' features next (with another to come on Disc Four). Take That had their first #1 with 'Pray', Ace Of Base scored a global smash with 'All That She Wants', and a-ha were back in the Top 20, plus Whitney Houston and Lisa Stansfield had huge singles from the soundtrack of 'The Bodyguard' and the collaboration between West End feat. Sybil produced a massive floor-filler. Long established superstars enjoyed huge success in 1993 including Billy Joel, Annie Lennox, Sade and Sting, who closes the first disc with his timeless 'Fields Of Gold'. Disc Two opens with two of the year's newer charting bands: Radiohead with 'Creep', and Suede with 'So Young' - both destined to become an essential part of the fabric of the decades' Charts. Paul Weller returned with 'Wild Wood', and Paul McCartney was back in the Top 20 with 'Hope Of Deliverance'. A popular TV-ad propelled The Bluebells to #1 with 'Young At Heart', 9 years after its first release. M People and Dina Carroll both had hugely successful Pop-Dance albums containing a number of big hit singles, and Pop-Trance crossover hits are featured from Cappella, Urban Cookie Collective, and Utah Saints along with big club tracks from D:Ream, Leftfield, The Beloved and Jamiroquai - who were celebrating their first (of many) Top 10 singles. The disc closes with 3 of the years' Reggae smashes including #1s from Shaggy with 'Oh Carolina' and UB40 with their cover of '(I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You'. The big come-back star of the year was Meat Loaf: 'I'd Do Anything For Love.' spent 7 weeks at #1 and was 1993's best-selling single, and is joined on Disc 3 by Rock royalty, Bon Jovi, and Lenny Kravitz. A great run of Alt-Rock/Pop follows from Manic Street Preachers, Spin Doctors, Crowded House, The Cranberries and the massive 'What's Up?' from 4 Non Blondes. Soul and R&B smashes are featured next and include huge hits from Arrested Development, SWV, Shara Nelson and the #1 debut 'Dreams' from Gabrielle. The disc winds down with some of the years' most soulful ballads including 'Delicate', 'Now I Know What Made Otis Blue' and finishing with 'In Your Care' from Tasmin Archer. The final disc is all about anthemic Pop! - and kicks off with defining tracks from Duran Duran with the sublime 'Ordinary World', and Pet Shop Boys with their superb cover of 'Go West'. The #1 collaboration between Take That and Lulu is followed by dance-floor gold from Robin S, SNAP! feat. Niki Harris, Haddaway, and RuPaul. Pop legends are lined up on Disc 4 including Bananarama, Kim Wilde, Deborah Harry and Gloria Estefan ahead of enduring artists Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Go West and Tears For Fears, and love songs from Lisa Stansfield and Dina Carroll lead to a sign-off from Elton John & Kiki Dee with their version of 'True Love', which was a Top 3 single through the Christmas period. 'NOW - Yearbook 1993' - A celebration of the diversity and wonderful creativity of a truly magnificent year in Pop.

Disc 1
1: Living On My Own - Freddie Mercury
2: Can You Forgive Her? - Pet Shop Boys
3: Regret - New Order
4: The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite - R.E.M.
5: Come Undone - Duran Duran
6: Love Song for a Vampire (From 'Bram Stoker's Dracula') - Annie Lennox
7: Dark Is the Night for All - a-ha
8: Pray - Take That
9: Deep - Take That
10: All That She Wants - Ace of Base
11: The Love I Lost (Feat. Sybil) - West End
12: I'm Every Woman - Whitney Houston
13: Someday (I'm Coming Back) - Lisa Stansfield
14: The River of Dreams - Billy Joel
15: Big Scary Animal - Belinda Carlisle
16: Almost Unreal - Roxette
17: I Don't Wanna Fight - Tina Turner
18: Cherish the Day - Sade
19: Fields of Gold - Sting

Disc 2
1: Creep - Radiohead
2: So Young - Suede
3: Wild Wood - Paul Weller
4: Hope of Deliverance - Paul McCartney
5: Young at Heart - The Bluebells
6: Better the Devil You Know - Sonia
7: Express - Dina Carroll
8: Moving On Up - M People
9: U Got 2 Let the Music - Cappella
10: The Key, the Secret - Urban Cookie Collective
11: Open Your Mind - U.S.U.R.A.
12: Believe in Me - Utah Saints
13: Unforgiven - D:Ream
14: Open Up - Leftfield
15: Step It Up - Stereo MCs
16: Sweet Harmony - The Beloved
17: Broken English - Sunscreem
18: Too Young to Die - Jamiroquai
19: Tease Me - Chaka Demus & Pliers
20: Oh Carolina - Shaggy
21: (I Can't Help) Falling in Love - UB40

Disc 3
1: I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) - Meat Loaf
2: In These Arms - Bon Jovi
3: Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz
4: From Despair to Where - Manic Street Preachers
5: Two Princes - Spin Doctors
6: Runaway Train - Soul Asylum
7: Cats in the Cradle - Ugly Kid Joe
8: Distant Sun - Crowded House
9: Linger - The Cranberries
10: What's Up? - 4 Non Blondes
11: Stay - Eternal
12: Right Here - SWV
13: Shoop - Salt-N-Pepa
14: Mr. Wendal - Arrested Development
15: Down That Road - Shara Nelson
16: Dreams - Gabrielle
17: Delicate (Feat. Des'ree) - Sananda Maitreya
18: Now I Know What Made Otis Blue - Paul Young
19: In Your Care - Tasmin Archer

Disc 4
1: Ordinary World - Duran Duran
2: Go West - Pet Shop Boys
3: Relight My Fire (Feat. Lulu) - Take That
4: One Night in Heaven - M People
5: Show Me Love - Robin S
6: Supermodel (You Better Work) - RuPaul
7: Exterminate (Feat. Niki Harris) - Snap!
8: What Is Love - Haddaway
9: More, More, More - Bananarama
10: Lost in Music (Sure Is Pure Remix) - Sister Sledge
11: If I Can't Have You - Kim Wilde
12: Go Away - Gloria Estefan
13: I Can See Clearly - Deborah Harry
14: Stand Above Me - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
15: Break It Down Again - Tears for Fears
16: What You Won't Do for Love - Go West
17: In All the Right Places - Lisa Stansfield
18: Don't Be a Stranger - Dina Carroll
19: True Love - Elton John & Kiki Dee

Number of Discs: 4

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