Now That's What I Call An Era: Albums 1980-1984 - Now That's What I Call An Era: The Albums - VINYL LP

Essential Tracks From Iconic Albums... Opening with a trio of tracks from stunning debuts 'A Ray Of Sunshine' from 'Fantastic', the 1983 debut album from Wham, 'Lemon Firebrigade' from Haircut 100's 'Pelican West', and the sumptuous 'Show Me', the opening track from 'The Lexicon Of Love' from ABC. Huge 1983 albums are up next from Culture Club, with 'Black Money' from 'Colour By Numbers', and 'This City Never Sleeps' the closing track on 'Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)' from Eurythmics, plus another epic closer from Alison Moyet with 'Where Hides Sleep' from her solo debut 'Alf' completes the first side... flip the lp over and Wham! Are back with 'Heartbeat' from 1984's 'Make It Big' - an album that housed multiple #1 singles. Howard Jones had a huge debut album with 'Human's Lib', with 'Equality' featuring here... Donna Summer is up next with 'Protection' from her Quincy Jones produced 1982 eponymous album alongside Tina Turner with the opening track from her landmark 1984 'Private Dancer' and Bruce Springsteen from his 1980 double classic 'The River', whilst the first LP closes with 'Angels On The Balcony', featuring their signature sound, taken from Blondie's 1980 'Autoamerican'. LP2 opens with a stellar line up of the era's most sophisticated pop. Leading off with the timeless 'The Chauffeur' from Duran Duran's enormous second album 'Rio', before 'Taking Islands In Africa' a stand-out from Japan's 'Gentlemen Take Polaroids'. Tears For Fears made their album debut in 1983 and the title track from 'The Hurting' is featured along with a great pop moment, 'Black Night White Light' from Frankie Goes To Hollywood's 1984 debut 'Welcome To The Pleasuredome'. 1981's biggest selling album in the UK was 'Kings Of The Wild Frontier' from Adam & The Ants and 'Ants Invasion' taken from it is featured next along with Echo & The Bunnymen with 'Crystal Days' from 'Ocean Rain