Various Artist - Yearbook Extra 1992 [3CD]

Format: 3 x CD
Catalogue No.: CDYBENOW92
Barcode: 0196588207426
Release Date: 18 Aug 2023
Genre: Pop

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

CD 2
Brian May - Too Much Love Will Kill You
Mike Oldfield - Sentinel
Richard Marx - Take This Heart
Cher - Could've Been You
Tina Turner - Love Thing
KISS - God Gave Rock 'N' Roll To You II
Manic Street Preachers - Theme From M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless)
The Cure – High
Suede – The Drowners
Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine - The Only Living Boy In New Cross
Suzanne Vega - 99.9 F
Annie Lennox - Precious
Aztec Camera - Spanish Horses
Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart
Billy Joel - All Shook Up (From 'Honeymoon In Vegas' OST)
Curtis Stigers - I Wonder Why
Michael Bolton - To Love Somebody
Crowded House - Four Seasons In One Day
Belinda Carlisle - Half The World
Gloria Estefan - Always Tomorrow

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