1. Lady Gaga Poker Face3:48{1} 2. Cascada Evacuate The Dancefloor3:27{1} 3. David Guetta feat. Kelly Rowland When Love Takes Over3:24{1} 4. Calvin Harris Im Not Alone3:26{1} 5. La Roux In For The Kill 3:39{2} 6. Tinchy Stryder feat. N-Dubz Number 13:28{1} 7. A R Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls feat. Nicole Scherzinger Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) 3:42{3} 8. Chipmunk feat. Emeli Sande Diamond Rings 3:05{6} 9. Lily Allen Not Fair 3:22{5} 10. Pixie Lott Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)3:19{1} 11. P!nk Please Dont Leave Me 3:52{12} 12. The Veronicas Untouched 3:22{8} 13. Katy Perry Waking Up In Vegas 3:22{19} 14. Girls Aloud Untouchable 3:48{11} 15. Agnes Release Me 3:07{3} 16. Freemasons feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor Heartbreak (Make Me A Dancer) 3:26{13} 17. Alesha Dixon Lets Get Excited 3:08{13} 18. The Saturdays Work 3:12{22} 19. Take That Up All Night 3:21{14} 20. Britney Spears If U Seek Amy 3:37{20} 21. Jordin Sparks Battlefield 4:01{11} 22. Shontelle feat. Akon Stuck With Each Other 3:03{23} 23. Beyoncι Halo 3:44{4} 24. Daniel Merriweather Red 3:53{5} 25. Keri Hilson feat. Kanye West & Ne-Yo Knock You Down 4:12{5} 26. Ciara feat. Justin Timberlake Love Sex Magic 3:40{5} 27. The Black Eyed Peas Boom Boom Pow3:38{1} 28. Soulja Boy Tell Em Kiss Me Thru The Phone 3:13{6} 29. Akon feat. Kardinal Offishall & Colby ODonis Beautiful 3:19{8} 30. Flo Rida feat. Wynter Sugar 4:01{18} 31. Ironik feat. Chipmunk & Elton John Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer) 3:25{3} 32. Pitbull I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) 3:04{4} 33. Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden Bonkers2:55{1} 34. The Prodigy Warriors Dance 2:54{9} 35. 3OH!3 Dont Trust Me 3:13{21} 36. Kasabian Fire 4:12{3} 37. Florence + The Machine Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) 3:52{12} 38. Noisettes Never Forget You 3:09{20} 39. Little Boots New In Town 3:19{13} 40. James Morrison Please Dont Stop The Rain 3:54{33} 41. Paolo Nutini Candy 3:40{19} 42. Empire Of The Sun We Are The People 4:07{14} 43. Deadmau5 & Kaskade I Remember 3:21{14} 44. Chicane Poppiholla 3:43{7}
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.
Miscellaneous Facts
Track Most Weeks At #1:Lady Gaga Poker Face / Tinchy Stryder feat. N-Dubz Number 1 (3 weeks) Lowest Charting Track:James Morrison Please Dont Stop The Rain {33} Longest Song:Keri Hilson feat. Kanye West & Ne-Yo Knock You Down / Kasabian Fire 4:12 Shortest Song:The Prodigy Warriors Dance 2:54 Edited Tracks:Unknown Unedited Tracks:Unknown Inlay Mistakes:None Other Facts:None
On This Day In History
Jackson Browne settled his lawsuit against US Senator John McCain and the Republican Party after his 1977 hit Running On Empty was used without permission in a 2008 McCain presidential campaign ad that aired on TV and the Internet. McCain and the Republican Party apologized for using the song in the ad and said that McCain himself "had no knowledge of, or involvement in, the creation or distribution of the video."
Posted by: awardinary 11th February 2018, 09:51 PM
Andrew's Review
Now Thats What I Call Music! 73 aka Now 73 was the penultimate volume released in the Noughties. Featuring 44 tracks with 8 UK #1 singles, this volume went on to be the #1 compilation for some 12 weeks in total. It was at this time we received music from La Roux, Chipmunk, Pixie Lott, The Veronicas, Agnes, Pitbull, 3OH!3, Florence + The Machine, Little Boots and Deadmau5.
This was a good era for omissions, in that very few Top 10 singles were omitted. The noteworthy artists that got omitted included Paloma Faith, Arctic Monkeys, Enrique Igleasias, Miley Cyrus, Alexander Rybak, Eminem and Just Jack amongst others.
Those artists whose only sole appearance in the entire series was on this volume included A R Rahman, Keri Hilson (as a lead artist) and Empire Of The Sun.
Artwork Rating: 5/10 Poor Despite the bright and vibrant colours on this volumes artwork, its really very rushed and shows a real lack of originality. What appears to be palm branches in the background is obscured with nonessential party glasses and shades depicts a summer theme with little thought.
Disc 1 Favourite: David Guetta feat. Kelly Rowland When Love Takes Over Just the best song David Guetta ever made, just such a feel good summer anthem and Kellys blissful vocals make this one of the best dance songs of this millennium! I could literally listen to this song all day long.
Disc 2 Favourite: Deadmau5 & Kaskade I Remember Such an atmospheric song. As an enthusiastic collector of chillout music at the time, I fell in love with this single instantly. Amazed that it charted high and got featured on this volume.
Disc 3 Tracklist: (A concept of what a third disc might look like if other hits from the era were used)
1. Eminem We Made You 4:46{4} 2. Jamie T Sticks N Stones 4:00{15} 3. Arctic Monkeys Crying Lightning 3:43{12} 4. Green Day Know Your Enemy 3:10{21} 5. Franz Ferdinand No You Girls 3:41{22} 6. Linkin Park New Divide 4:28{20} 7. Oasis Falling Down 4:20{10} 8. Just Jack Embers 3:28{17} 9. VV Brown Shark In The Water 3:04{34} 10. Tommy Sparks Shes Got Me Dancing 3:29{22} 11. Frankmusik Better Off As Two 2:55{26} 12. Marmaduke Duke Rubber Lover 1:56{12} 13. Pet Shop Boys Did You See Me Coming? 3:40{21} 14. Enrique Iglesias feat. Ciara Takin Back My Love 3:50{12} 15. The Pussycat Dolls Hush Hush; Hush Hush 4:11{17} 16. Keri Hilson feat. Timbaland Return The Favor 3:40{19} 17. Alexander Rybak Fairytale 3:02{10} 18. Paloma Faith Stone Cold Sober 2:54{17} 19. Lenka The Show 3:55{22} 20. Take That Said It All 4:15{9} 21. Miley Cyrus The Climb 3:52{11} 22. Jade Ewen Its My Time 3:17{27} ---------- Total time: 1:19:46
Overall Rating: 8/10 Extremely Good Faultless volume really, theres so much quality across both discs. The quantity and quality of this penultimate 00s volume are both right up there, and theres not too much from the missed omissions that stood out. The most impressive feat this volume achieved was being #1 in the compilation charts for a total of 12 weeks.
Andrew's Best 5 (as of February 2018) 1. David Guetta feat. Kelly Rowland When Love Takes Over 2. Deadmau5 & Kaskade I Remember 3. La Roux In For The Kill 4. Lady Gaga Poker Face 5. The Black Eyed Peas Boom Boom Pow
Andrew's Worst 5 (as of February 2018) 1. 3OH!3 Dont Trust Me 2. Shontelle feat. Akon Stuck With Each Other 3. James Morrison Please Dont Stop The Rain 4. Ironic feat. Chipmunk & Elton John Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer) 5. Pixie Lott Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)
Posted by: awardinary 11th February 2018, 09:51 PM
Other Omissions
Liverpool Collective feat. The Kop Choir Fields Of Anfield Road {14} The Enemy No Time For Tears {16} Miley Cyrus Hoedown Throwdown {18} Basement Jaxx Raindrops {21} Star Pilots In The Heat Of The Night {21} Airi L When Love Takes Over {22} Jack Peρate Tonights Today {23} Depeche Mode Wrong {24} Asher Roth I Love College {26} Doves Kingdom Of Rust {28} Enter Shikari Juggernauts {28} Carolina Liar Show Me What Im Looking For {31} Kasabian Underdog {32} White Lies Farewell To The Playground {33} You Me At Six Finders Keepers {33} Demi Lovato La La Land {35} Jack Peρate Be The One {35} Bat For Lashes Daniel {36} Kelly Clarkson I Do Not Hook Up {36} Maccabees Love You Better {36} Yeah Yous 15 Minutes {36} Gossip Heavy Cross {37} Eminem Beautiful {38} Lady Sovereign So Human {38} Escala Palladio {39} Bill Withers Aint No Sunshine {40}
Posted by: troublepink 12th February 2018, 03:50 PM
Artwork: 7/10
Disc 1 favourite: P!nk - Please Don't Leave Me Disc 2 favourite: Paolo Nutini - Candy
Overall rating: 6/10
My top songs from the album:
1. P!nk Please Dont Leave Me 3:52 {12} 2. Katy Perry Waking Up In Vegas 3:22 {19} 3. Paolo Nutini Candy 3:40 {19} 4. Britney Spears If U Seek Amy 3:37 {20} 5. Lily Allen Not Fair 3:22 {5} 6. Take That Up All Night 3:21 {14} 7. La Roux In For The Kill 3:39 {2} 8. Girls Aloud Untouchable 3:48 {11} 9. The Black Eyed Peas Boom Boom Pow 3:38 {1} 10. Pixie Lott Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh) 3:19 {1}
Posted by: Dexton 12th February 2018, 04:17 PM
Not a huge fan of the artwork although the colour scheme is pretty. I feel the sunglasses are too big and in-your-face, but there has been way worse covers
Disc 1 Top 5: 1. David Guetta feat. Kelly Rowland When Love Takes Over 2. The Veronicas Untouched 3. Cascada Evacuate The Dancefloor 4. La Roux In For The Kill 5. Lady Gaga Poker Face
Disc 1 starts out strong but kinda fizzles out towards the end, Battlefield is really nice but I can't say I hadn't forgot about it until just now Lily Allen, Calvin Harris, Tinchy Stryder, Pink, Katy Perry, Girls Aloud also Disc 1 highlights for me
Disc 2 Top 5: 1. Beyoncι Halo 2. The Black Eyed Peas Boom Boom Pow 3. Ciara feat. Justin Timberlake Love Sex Magic 4. Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden Bonkers 5. Florence + The Machine Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
Disc 2's gems are spread out a little more although there are quite a few songs here I could easily forget they ever existed. Daniel Merriweather, Pitbull, Kasabian, Empire Of The Sun, Deadmau5 are other Disc 2 highlights.
Overall not a particularly bad Now! album. There are some really high high's with David Guetta & Beyonce but also many low's. I think that is more due to the songs charting at the time though, rather than the Now! selection as shown by the omissions which are also not too great. Green Day, Linkin Park, and Miley Cyrus are the only singles I would've added
Posted by: The Snake 12th February 2018, 04:18 PM
First off, this is definitely one of the worst Now artworks ever imo, so cheap and gaudy looking, so gave it the 1 out of 10!
Went with David and Kelly's dance anthem for disc 1! My highlight at the time and now was Kelly singing i-e-i-e-i-e-i going up and down the musical note scale!
Release Me is such a close second, amazing song imo, so nostalgic to hear now!
I like a lot of the other songs from disc 1 though. The ones I like are I'm Not Alone (wasn't much a fan of this at the time, but it sounds great now), Beautiful (another nostalgic sounding R&B ballad), In For The Kill (which I prefer to Bulletproof), Number 1 (wasn't a fan at the time though I don't think, preferred both Tinchy and N-Dubz's later 2009/early 2010 songs like I'm Not Alone, Playing With Fire, We Dance On), Evacuate The Dancefloor (which I liked at the time iirc), Let's Get Excited (also liked this one iirc), If U Seek Amy (think I liked this one too back then for its quirkiness and dance pop style), Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh) (liked this at the time, what an excellent debut for Pixie) and Up All Night (good fun Take That tune which I liked at the time (my mum had The Circus album).
From disc 2 which is much weaker imo, my standout fave is The Noisettes - Never Forget You. Great 60s style soul song, way better than Don't Upset The Rhythm imo, which I don't like and find a little annoying. Knock You Down is a close second, one of the best R&B/rap combination songs of the turn of 09/10 imo (there were a lot).
Beyonce - Halo I absolutely loved at the time, one of her best tbh. I like Chicane - Poppihola, I thought was refreshing at the time, to have just an instrumental making the top 10. Bonkers is fun from disc 2, it reminded me of the Audio Bully's We Don't Care a bit too at the time in terms of style, which was on a Lucozade advert around that time. Fire is good from disc 2, the second last big indie anthem of the 00s, the last being on the next Now volume.
Posted by: gavindeejay 12th February 2018, 05:04 PM
Wouldn't Michael Jackson's 'Man In The Mirror' be an omission too? Or are you keeping that for the next volume?
Anyway great work on these, I really do enjoy reading these threads.
Here's my Top 5:-
1) Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone 2) David Guetta feat. Kelly Rowland - When Love Takes Over 3) Florence & The Machine - Rabbit Heart (Shake It Out) 4) Kasabian - Fire 5) Chicane - Poppiholla
Posted by: awardinary 12th February 2018, 05:15 PM
QUOTE(gavindeejay @ Feb 12 2018, 05:04 PM)
Wouldn't Michael Jackson's 'Man In The Mirror' be an omission too? Or are you keeping that for the next volume?
At first I was, but then a week or two after his whole back catalogue made the charts following his death and so because there were so many to choose from, I opted not to include them.
Posted by: T Boy 13th February 2018, 12:40 PM
QUOTE(troublepink @ Feb 12 2018, 03:50 PM)
Artwork: 7/10
Disc 1 favourite: P!nk - Please Don't Leave Me Disc 2 favourite: Paolo Nutini - Candy
those were my picks!
Posted by: HarryEzra 14th February 2018, 02:51 PM
Girls Aloud Untouchable and Daniel Merriweather - Red are my favourites from the discs
Posted by: SevenSeize 14th February 2018, 04:44 PM
omg there are faaaar too many great omissions from this thing
Posted by: The Snake 14th February 2018, 05:50 PM
QUOTE(SevenSeize @ Feb 14 2018, 04:44 PM)
omg there are faaaar too many great omissions from this thing
Can't remember hearing Miley Cyrus' Hoedown Throwdown, must listen now, but it sounds like from the title its going to be awful.
EDIT: OK on listening to it, its not great but not quite as bad as I thought it would be!
Posted by: George.keh 17th February 2018, 08:39 AM
First now I ever got so this has a lot of memories. This came with a few music videos I remember- Not Fair and Kiss Me Thru The Phone were them I think. Please Dont Leave Me and Never Forget You are my faves from each album as I revisit them loads but I have so many favourites scattered all over the album although particularly on disc 1 (Release Me, Jai Ho, Work, New In Town)
Posted by: Jade 17th February 2018, 04:38 PM
My Disc 1 favourite is Calvin Harris - 'I'm Not Alone' which is only surpassed in quality by 'Acceptable In The 80s' when it comes to his discography For Disc 2 I chose The Black Eyed Peas - 'Boom Boom Pow'! That was such an idiosyncratic lead single but totally paid off.
Disc 1 top 5: 01. Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone 02. Agnes - Release Me 03. Lady Gaga - Poker Face 04. A.R. Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls feat. Nicole Scherzinger Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) 05. Girls Aloud - Untouchable (would be higher if it wasn't the autotuned radio edit!)
Disc 2 top 5: 01. The Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow 02. Deadmau5 & Kaskade I Remember 03. The Prodigy Warriors Dance 04. Kasabian - Fire 05. Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden Bonkers
Posted by: danG 12th March 2018, 11:41 AM
another great edition here, a bit more filler than '74 but it's got the goods.
Disc one rank: 1. Calvin Harris Im Not Alone 2. Agnes Release Me 3. Lady Gaga Poker Face 4. David Guetta feat. Kelly Rowland When Love Takes Over 5. Freemasons feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor Heartbreak (Make Me A Dancer) 6. Cascada Evacuate The Dancefloor 7. Tinchy Stryder feat. N-Dubz Number 1 8. The Veronicas Untouched 9. La Roux In For The Kill 10. Lily Allen Not Fair
Disc two rank: 1. The Black Eyed Peas Boom Boom Pow [this top 3 particularly omg] 2. Chicane Poppiholla 3. Deadmau5 & Kaskade I Remember 4. Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden Bonkers 5. Empire Of The Sun We Are The People 6. Pitbull I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) 7. The Prodigy Warriors Dance 8. Flo Rida feat. Wynter Sugar 9. Florence + The Machine Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) 10. Kasabian Fire
Worst five: 1. Jordin Sparks Battlefield [I really cannot stand this, overrated screech] 2. James Morrison Please Dont Stop The Rain 3. The Saturdays Work 4. Alesha Dixon Lets Get Excited 5. Paolo Nutini Candy