This month’s Virtual C90 is a round-up of some of the best new music from 2016 by ’80s artists, plus a few of the greats who we lost last year.
1. RICK ASTLEY – Keep Singing
from 50, 2016 album
2. PET SHOP BOYS – The Pop Kids
2016 single
3. NEW ORDER – People On The High Line (Richard X Radio Edit)
2016 single
4. YELLO – Tool Of Love
from Toy, 2016 album
5. PAUL SIMON – Wristband
from Stranger To Stranger, 2016 album
6. DEAD OR ALIVE – That’s The Way (I Like It)
1984 single
7. COLONEL ABRAMS – Trapped
1985 single
8. KIM WILDE – Without Your Love
from Fly (Songs Inspired by the Film “Eddie the Eagle”), 2016 album
9. ABC – Viva Love
from The Lexicon of Love II, 2016 album
10. GEORGE MICHAEL – A Different Corner (Live)
from Symphonica, 2014 album
11. DEXYS – You Wear It Well
from Let the Record Show: Dexys do Irish and Country Soul, 2016 album
12. STATUS QUO – A Mess of Blues (Acoustic Version)
from Aquostic II – That’s a Fact!, 2016 album
13. DEACON BLUE – The Believers
from Believers, 2016 album
14. GLENN FREY – Smuggler’s Blues
1985 single
15. BON JOVI – This House Is Not For Sale
from This House Is Not For Sale, 2016 album
16. SHAKIN’ STEVENS – Last Man Alive
from Echoes of Our Times, 2016 album
17. MADNESS – Mr Apples
from Can’t Touch Us Now, 2016 album
18. THE STONE ROSES – All For One
2016 single
19. HOLLY JOHNSON – Ascension
from Fly (Songs Inspired by the Film “Eddie the Eagle”), 2016 album
20. BILLY OCEAN – A Simple Game
2016 single
21. BLACK – Sweetest Smile
1987 single
22. DAVID BOWIE – Lazarus
from ★ (Blackstar), 2016 album