  |
 REVIEW: Now That's What I Call Music! 35, Released 18th November 1996 | 40 Tracks | 5 #1 Singles |
| Track this thread - Email this thread - Print this thread - Download this thread - Subscribe to this forum |
 Apr 3 2017, 10:29 AM
Post
#1
|
|
 Here to play, here to stay
Pronouns: he/him
Joined: 8 February 2015 Posts: 20,187 User: 21,587 
           
|
                    
Origin: United Kingdom Label: Virgin / EMI / Polygram Format: Double CD, Double Cassette, Vinyl Duration: 2:35:55 (155 minutes 55 seconds) Tracks: 40 #1s: 5 Chart Peak: #1 (7 weeks) Sales: 1,300,000 (5x Platinum)
2. George Michael Fastlove (Forthright Edit) 4:23 {1} 3. Peter Andre Flava 3:53 {1} 4. East 17 feat. Gabrielle If You Ever 3:57 {2} 5. Deep Blue Something Breakfast At Tiffany's 4:16 {1} 6. Pet Shop Boys Se A Vida Ι (That's The Way Life Is) 4:01 {8} 7. Babybird You're Gorgeous 3:44 {3} 8. The Beautiful South Rotterdam 3:24 {5} 9. Dodgy If You're Thinking Of Me 4:36 {11} 10. Crowded House Don't Dream It's Over 3:46 {25} 11. The Bluetones Marblehead Johnson 3:22 {7} 12. Ocean Colour Scene The Riverboat Song 4:54 {15} 13. Sheryl Crow If It Makes You Happy 4:32 {9} 14. Garbage Milk 4:00 {10} 15. Neneh Cherry Woman 4:13 {9} 16. Lighthouse Family Goodbye Heartbreak 3:41 {14} 17. Pulp Something Changed 3:19 {10} 18. Cast Flying 3:53 {4} 19. Suede Beautiful Ones 3:34 {8} 20. Belinda Carlisle Always Breaking My Heart 3:06 {8} 21. Dina Carroll Escaping 3:44 {3} 22. Boyzone Words 4:04 {1} 23. Eternal Someday 4:21 {4} 24. Backstreet Boys I'll Never Break Your Heart 4:24 {8} 25. Damage Love II Love 4:04 {12} 26. Clock Oh What A Night (December '63) 3:26 {13} 27. Louise Undivided Love 3:46 {5} 28. Ant & Dec When I Fall In Love 3:51 {12} 29. 911 Don't Make Me Wait 3:41 {10} 30. Strike My Love Is For Real 3:47 {35} 31. Faithless Insomnia 3:31 {3} 32. B.B.E. Seven Days And One Week 4:11 {3} 33. Stretch 'N' Vern I'm Alive 3:02 {6} 34. Healy & Amos Stamp! 3:33 {11} 35. Livin' Joy Follow The Rules 3:13 {9} 36. Wildchild Jump To My Beat 3:28 {30} 37. Underworld Pearl's Girl 4:24 {22} 38. Space Neighbourhood 3:28 {11} 39. Bjφrk Possibly Maybe 5:07 {13} 40. Shed Seven Chasing Rainbows 4:23 {17} Key Tracks highlighted red were official UK #1s. Tracks with an asterisk (*) next to their title have also been included in special releases from the series. The track duration has been highlighted cyan. Bracketed numbers refer to highest chart position reached.
Lowest Charting Track: Strike My Love Is For Real {35} Longest Song: Bjφrk Possibly Maybe 5:07 Shortest Song: Stretch 'N' Vern I'm Alive 3:02 Edited Tracks: Unknown Unedited Tracks: Unknown Inlay Mistakes: None Other Facts: The last volume to be released on vinyl.
Wikipedia Everyhit Now 35 Rate This post has been edited by award♀nary: Apr 10 2017, 09:01 PM |
 |
 
|
|
Apr 3 2017, 10:29 AM
Post
#2
|
|
|
Here to play, here to stay
Pronouns: he/him
Joined: 8 February 2015 Posts: 20,187 User: 21,587
|
Offering 5 UK #1 singles, but it could have been 8 if they had included The Fugees Ready Or Not, The Chemical Brothers Setting Sun and Robson & Jerome What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted. It's also worth noting that whilst a song from Backstreet Boys features, it wasn't the boys debut single, and as such, the higher charting Summer anthem We've Got It Goin' On was overlooked. Another noteworthy omission was the #2 love ballad of 1996 from Toni Braxton Un-Break My Heart. This song even finished in the Top 10 singles of 1996! A final mention on the omissions goes to Celine Dion who had a plethora of high charting hits in the 90's but only ever made one single appearance in the entire series which was on Now 29. Now 35 was the only time in the series we heard from Deep Blue Something, Babybird, Garbage, Stretch 'N' Vern, Healy & Amos and Shed Seven. Artwork Rating: 6/10 Good I do like this cover, it's simplistic in design, but it's use of colour and sparkling effects is what makes it shine for me. Reminds me of disco lights somehow, and it seems like a fitting end of year design. Disc 1 Favourite: Spice Girls Say You'll Be There Possibly one of my favourite Spice Girls songs, there's just no denying Melanie C's soaring vocals on this track. I was only 10 years old when this song was released but I think this was at the time I was really starting to get into music and I loved the sound of Spice Girls and their energy. Disc 2 Favourite: Faithless Insomnia This deep and dark anthem was once my ringtone, so whenever I hear it now I think someone is calling me! I still love it though, and it was even remixed by Avicii in 2015. Faithless went on to have many hits in the UK during the late 90's and noughties. Overall Rating: 6/10 Good 1996 was a good year for British music, and many of the years highlights are contained within the 3 volumes released that year, but this volume has a few chart flopping songs which don't really add to the quality of the compilation. I would have rated higher if a few alternative songs were used. Andrew's Best 5 (as of April 2017) 1. Spice Girls Say You'll Be There 2. Crowded House Don't Dream It's Over 3. Faithless Insomnia 4. Babybird You're Gorgeous 5. Deep Blue Something Breakfast At Tiffanys Andrew's Worst 5 (as of April 2017) 1. Space Neighbourhood 2. Pulp Something Changed 3. Belinda Carlisle Always Breaking My Heart 4. Shed Seven Chasing Rainbows 5. Strike My Love Is For Real This post has been edited by award♀nary: Apr 8 2017, 10:04 PM |
|
|
|
|
Apr 3 2017, 11:42 AM
Post
#3
|
|
 Buy yourself a car, and a house in Devon
Joined: 6 May 2016
Posts: 23,872 User: 23,247
     
|
Pretty sure this is the first NOW album I own! Breakfast at Tiffany's is definitely the standout for me.
Se a Vida E is good as well, it sounded really good live 
|
|
|
|
|
Apr 3 2017, 01:02 PM
Post
#4
|
|
|
The Lady Said Go Home!
Pronouns: He/Him
Joined: 20 April 2014 Posts: 22,029 User: 20,835
    
|
Artwork: 6/10
Disc 1: Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffany's- Classic indie somg for me  Disc 2: Faithless - Insomnia I CANT NO SLEEP - breakdown - nuff said Overall: 6/10 |
|
|
|
|
Apr 3 2017, 02:10 PM
Post
#5
|
|
|
BuzzJack Platinum Member
Joined: 3 January 2017
Posts: 10,137 User: 23,961
  
|
Good selection here. Favourite songs:
Pet Shop Boys - Se A Vida E Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over Garbage - Milk Faithless - Insomnia BBE - Seven Days And One Week Space - Neighbourhood |
|
|
|
|
Apr 3 2017, 02:46 PM
Post
#6
|
|
 🔥🚀🔥
Joined: 30 August 2010
Posts: 74,532 User: 11,746
     
|
Disc One: Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffany's
Disc Two: Faithless - Insomnia  honourable mention to BBE - Seven Days And One Week |
|
|
|
|
Apr 3 2017, 09:16 PM
Post
#7
|
|
 FIVE YEARS OF THE TURRET 15-20
Joined: 12 March 2015
Posts: 4,754 User: 21,666
|
The final NOW album to be released on vinyl.
Favourites: Say You'll Be There (guilty pleasure) Fastlove (May you rest in peace, George!) Breakfast At Tiffany's (one of the first songs I remember hearing) Se A Vida E You're Gorgeous If You're Thinking Of Me Don't Dream It's Over Marblehead Johnson The Riverboat Song (aka "the song you heard a lot on TFI Friday") Milk (I actually have a 7" of this song, with the sleeve containing a hologram) Something Changed Flying Beautiful Ones (my favourite Suede song) Oh What A Night (though I prefer the original Frankie Valli version) My Love Is For Real (not as spectacular as U Sure Do, but still pretty great) Insomnia (I can't get no sleep!) ("I only smoke weed when I need to and I need to get some rest. Yo, where's my sess!") Seven Days And One Week I'm Alive (the man with the second face) Stamp! Follow The Rules (not as spectacular as Dreamer and Don't Stop Moving, but still pretty good) Jump To My Beat (great tune! Sadly, Wildchild passed away too soon  [a month after releasing Renegade Master] Pearl's Girl Neighbourhood Possibly Maybe Chasing Rainbows This post has been edited by DalekTurret32: Apr 3 2017, 09:16 PM |
|
|
|
|
Apr 4 2017, 01:08 PM
Post
#8
|
|
|
BuzzJack Enthusiast
Joined: 15 March 2006
Posts: 1,630 User: 232
|
voted Ocean Colour Scene and Faithless. Also like Pulp, Shed Seven Livin Joy, Bluetones, Beautiful South
This post has been edited by fiesta: Apr 4 2017, 01:08 PM |
|
|
|
|
Apr 7 2017, 12:57 AM
Post
#9
|
|
 Alone and wounded
Pronouns: She/her
Joined: 18 January 2011 Posts: 60,104 User: 12,810 
         
|
Ooh this is the first Now CD that I ever owned! Well, it belonged to my parents (I wasn't born yet for another 10 months
 ) but they gave it to me when I started becoming obsessed with the series and it's the earliest one I have on CD. Anyway, my disc 1 highlight is Spice Girls - 'Say You'll Be There'! I find it very underrated in terms of their discography, it is actually as high as my second favourite Spice Girls song after 'Viva Forever'! A cool and smooth sound for them with a very fun accompanying video. My Disc 2 favourite is then the obvious choice of Faithless - 'Insomnia'. I can recite every iconic word, naturally, and that breakdown is just on another level. QUOTE(DalekTurret32 @ Apr 3 2017, 10:16 PM)  The final NOW album to be released on vinyl. Indeed! I really want to get it on vinyl one day. I have 1-10 on vinyl and also 16, so quite a lot of gaps to fill. If only it was a less expensive hobby
|
|
|
|
|
Apr 7 2017, 02:41 AM
Post
#10
|
|
 is in hibernation
Joined: 24 August 2014
Posts: 11,385 User: 21,161
 
|
Say You'll Be There
Not that fussed on any of the other tracks though whoops.
|
|
|
|
|
Apr 9 2017, 10:15 AM
Post
#11
|
|
|
BuzzJack Legend
Joined: 4 November 2013
Posts: 30,510 User: 20,053
 
|
Well what a huge step down this edition is in terms of quality
 Another Spice Girls opener but this a lot weaker than Wannabe for me, then coincidentally Fastlove which appears on the recently released & current Now 96! Barely anything I return to on this side, not including the brilliant Breakfast At Tiffany's, easily the best song on Disc 1. Couple of other faves from Babybird & Crowded House (an ultimate drunk karaoke anthem that) but yeah, nothing else at all to see here. Disc 2 probably just about edges it with some decent dance tunes in the second half, but still a large part weaker than previous editions. Insomnia is quite the anthem & certainly the best song on the edition (although during the rate I did actually give my 11 to Crowded House). Some good trance from BBE & another strong Livin' Joy track but again, the rest is passable for me. Whilst not quite as impressive visually as previous editions the artwork still stands out in a "look at me, bright & shiny" kind of way on one's shelf. I'll go for another 7 again. Overall? Well I'll be a little more harsh here, obviously (as every edition) there are highlights but the large majority doesn't ring too many fond bells for me when I listened this through in November 2015 for the rate, a 5/10 for me this time. The results from aforementioned Rate you say (in a user-friendly format)? Here ya go: 1. Spice Girls - Say You'll Be There 2. Faithless - Insomnia 3. Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over 4. Suede - Beautiful Ones 5. Babybird - You're Gorgeous 6. Pet Shop Boys - Se a Vida ι 7. George Michael - Fastlove 8. The Beautiful South - Rotterdam 9. Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffany's 10. Stretch 'n' Vern - I'm Alive 11. Garbage - Milk 12. Sheryl Crow - If It Makes You Happy 13. BBE - Seven Days And One Week 14. East 17 - If You Ever 15. Bjφrk - Possibly Maybe 16. Underworld - Pearl's Girl 17. Space - Neighbourhood 18. Livin' Joy - Follow The Rules 19. Ocean Colour Scene - The Riverboat Song 20. Pulp - Something Changed 21. Neneh Cherry - Woman 22. Boyzone - Words 23. The Bluetones - Marblehead Johnson 24. Dodgy - If You're Thinking Of Me 25. Louise - Undivided Love 26. Dina Carroll - Escaping 27. Strike - My Love Is For Real 28. Healy & Amos - Stamp! 29. Wildchild - Jump To My Beat 30. Shed Seven - Chasing Rainbows 31. Belinda Carlisle - Always Breaking My Heart 32. Eternal - Someday 33. Cast - Flying 34. Backstreet Boys - I'll Never Break Your Heart 35. Clock - Oh What A Night 36. Ant & Dec - When I Fall In Love 37. Lighthouse Family - Goodbye Heartbreak 38. 911 - Don't Make Me Wait 39. Damage - Love II Love 40. Peter Andrι - Flava |
|
|
|
|
Jul 4 2017, 11:11 PM
Post
#12
|
|
|
BuzzJack Enthusiast
Joined: 28 May 2007
Posts: 606 User: 3,500
|
Disc 1 faves :
1. George Michael Fastlove (Forthright Edit) 2. Pet Shop Boys Se A Vida Ι (That's The Way Life Is) 3. Spice Girls Say You'll Be There 4. Lighthouse Family Goodbye Heartbreak 5. Belinda Carlisle Always Breaking My Heart ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Disc 2 faves : 1. Dina Carroll Escaping 2. Louise Undivided Love 3. Livin' Joy Follow The Rules 4. 911 Don't Make Me Wait 5. Clock Oh What A Night (December '63) |
|
|
|
|
| Time is now: 18th April 2024 - 10:47 PM |
Copyright © 2006 - 2024 BuzzJack.com
About | Contact | Advertise | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service
