Released:11th April 2011 Origin:United Kingdom Label:Sony Music Entertainment / EMI / Universal Format:Double CD, Digital MP3 Download Duration:2:33:17 (153 minutes 17 seconds) Tracks:42 #1s:6 Chart Peak:#1 (10 weeks) Sales:TBC (2x Platinum)
Tracklisting
1. Bruno Mars Grenade3:42{1} 2. Adele Rolling In The Deep 3:48{2} 3. Jessie J Do It Like A Dude 3:01{2} 4. Rihanna S&M 4:04{3} 5. Ke$ha We R Who We R3:25{1} 6. The Wanted Gold Forever 3:57{3} 7. Matt Cardle When We Collide3:44{1} 8. Take That The Flood 4:52{2} 9. Ellie Goulding Your Song 3:08{2} 10. JLS feat. Tinie Tempah Eyes Wide Shut 3:51{8} 11. David Guetta feat. Rihanna Whos That Chick? 3:20{6} 12. Taio Cruz feat. Travie McCoy Higher 3:38{8} 13. Chris Brown Yeah 3X 4:00{6} 14. Britney Spears Hold It Against Me 3:49{6} 15. Alexis Jordan Happiness 4:03{3} 16. Parade Louder 2:54{10} 17. Olly Murs Thinking Of Me 3:25{4} 18. Avril Lavigne What The Hell 3:40{16} 19. McFly feat. Taio Cruz Shine A Light 3:39{4} 20. Noah And The Whale L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. 3:36{14} 21. Comic Relief pts. Susan Boyle & Geraldine McQueen I Know Him So Well 4:15{11} 22. Jessie J Price Tag3:09{1} 23. Chipmunk feat. Chris Brown Champion 3:58{2} 24. Wiz Khalifa Black And Yellow 3:37{5} 25. Rihanna feat. Drake Whats My Name?4:15{1} 26. The Black Eyed Peas The Time (Dirty Bit)4:12{1} 27. Nicole Scherzinger Poison 3:48{3} 28. Enrique Iglesias feat. Ludacris & DJ Frank E Tonight (Im Loving You) 3:50{8} 29. Cee Lo Green feat. Wiz Khalifa Bright Lights Bigger City 3:37{13} 30. Katy Perry feat. Kanye West E.T. 3:49{3} 31. P!nk Perfect 3:32{10} 32. Tinie Tempah feat. Ellie Goulding Wonderman 3:38{12} 33. Willow Whip My Hair 3:14{2} 34. Katy B feat. Ms Dynamite Lights On 3:26{4} 35. Martin Solveig feat. Dragonette Hello 2:46{13} 36. Flo Rida feat. Akon Who Dat Girl 3:20{64} 37. Far East Movement feat. Cataracs & Dev Like A G6 3:38{5} 38. Wretch 32 feat. L Traktor 3:35{5} 39. Aggro Santos feat. Kimberley Walsh Like U Like 3:25{8} 40. Devlin feat. Yasmin Runaway 3:30{15} 41. Tinchy Stryder feat. Melanie Fiona Let It Rain 3:27{14} 42. Chase & Status feat. Liam Bailey Blind Faith 3:40{5}
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:Matt Cardle When We Collide (3 weeks) Lowest Charting Track:Flo Rida feat. Akon Who Dat Girl {64} Longest Song:Take That The Flood 4:52 Shortest Song:Martin Solveig feat. Dragonette Hello 2:46 Edited Tracks:Unknown Unedited Tracks:Unknown Inlay Mistakes:None Other Facts:None
Now Thats What I Call Music! 78 otherwise known as Now 78 had its release in the Spring of 2011 and contained 42 tracks, of which just 6 were UK #1 singles. This was the volume that introduced us to the likes of Jessie J, Matt Cardle, Wiz Khalifa, Martin Solveig, Wretch 32 and Devlin.
Two other UK #1 singles were omitted from this era which came from JLS and X Factor Finalists 2010. Along with these, there were omissions from Nero, Westlife, Dr Dre, Michael Jackson, Usher, Cheryl Cole, The Trashmen and Coldplay, all of whom got overlooked for this volume.
A handful of artists make their only series appearance on this volume, and they are Alexis Jordan (as a lead artist), Parade, Susan Boyle, Willow and Far East Movement (as a lead artist).
Artwork Rating: 3/10 Extremely Poor Its been a while since I marked an artwork as low as this, but its a very poor design and is not aesthetically pleasing on the eye. The vast contrast of colours surrounding the logo in the form of what appear to be paper windmills is, yet again, a thoughtless and uninspired design for Spring against an all too commonplace blue sky. Overused ideas which by this point were lacking any sort of intelligence.
Disc 1 Favourite: Taio Cruz feat. Travie McCoy Higher Except it isnt this version, its the omitted version featuring Kylie Minogue which is my favourite from this disc. I never understood the decision to put this version on instead, but it was one of my favourite songs from 2011.
Disc 2 Favourite: Chase & Status feat. Liam Bailey Blind Faith A great single from drum & bass pioneers Chase & Status from an excellent album too. One of the best outputs from their career yet. Martin Solveig is a close second and a small shoutout to The Black Eyed Peas too.
Disc 3 Tracklist: (A concept of what a third disc might look like if other hits from the era were used)
1. JLS Love You More3:48{1} 2. Michael Jackson feat. Akon Hold My Hand 3:32{10} 3. X Factor Finalists 2010 Heroes4:21{1} 4. Alexis Jordan Good Girl 3:56{6} 5. Jodie Connor feat. Wiley Now Or Never 3:42{14} 6. Tinie Tempah feat. Kelly Rowland Invincible 3:21{11} 7. Kanye West feat. Rihanna All Of The Lights 4:59{15} 8. Nicki Minaj feat. Drake Moment 4 Life 4:39{22} 9. Dr Dre feat. Eminem & Skylar Grey I Need A Doctor 4:43{8} 10. Britney Spears Till The World Ends 3:58{21} 11. Nero Me And You 4:07{15} 12. Tiλsto & Diplo feat. Busta Rhymes Cmon (Catch Em By Surprise) 3:32{13} 13. Breakage feat. Jess Mills Fighting Fire 3:36{34} 14. Afrojack feat. Eva Simons Take Over Control 2:57{24} 15. Usher More 3:49{23} 16. Tinchy Stryder feat. Chipmunk, Tinie Tempah, Devlin, Example, Professor Green & Giggs Game Over 5:20{22} 17. Lethal Bizzle feat. JME, Wiley, Chipmunk, Face, P Money, Ghetts & Kano Pow 2011 3:46{33} 18. N-Dubz Girls 2:50{18} 19. Alexa Goddard Turn My Swag On 3:33{20} 20. The Vaccines Post Break-Up Sex 2:54{32} 21. The Trashmen Surfin Bird 2:23{3} ---------- Total time: 1:19:46
Overall Rating: 4/10 Very Poor This is a big drop in standards from the previous volume that had double the number of UK #1 singles and made use of more disc space. The artwork is one of the poorest of recent years. The general selection of music which was in the charts at the time is a reflection of the drop in quality and a more than usual desperate to fill disc space with music that would be easily forgotten a few years later. Little if any alternative music included too. Its also frustrating to see decisions to include versions of Higher and Price Tag without Kylie Minogue and B.o.B respectively. Not a good volume at all.
Andrew's Best 5 (as of March 2018) 1. Chase & Status feat. Liam Bailey Blind Faith 2. Taio Cruz feat. Travie McCoy Higher 3. Martin Solveig feat. Dragonette Hello 4. The Black Eyed Peas The Time (Dirty Bit) 5. Noah And The Whale L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.
Andrew's Worst 5 (as of March 2018) 1. Willow Whip My Hair 2. McFly feat. Taio Cruz Shine A Light 3. Cee Lo Green feat. Wiz Khalifa Bright Lights Bigger City 4. Flo Rida feat. Akon Who Dat Girl 5. Matt Cardle When We Collide
Posted by: awardinary Mar 26 2018, 10:15 PM
Other Omissions
Diddy - Dirty Money feat. Skylar Grey Coming Home {4} Westlife Safe {10} Coldplay Christmas Lights {13} Far East Movement feat. Ryan Tedder Rocketeer {14} Alexandra Burke The Silence {16} Cheryl Cole The Flood {18} The Wanted Lose My Mind {19} Cee Lo Green Its OK {20} Olly Murs Heart On My Sleeve {20} John Cage 4 33 (Cage Against The Machine Version) {21} You Me At Six & Chiddy Rescue Me {21} Foo Fighters Rope {22} Glee Cast Singing In The Rain / Umbrella {22} Clare Maguire The Last Dance {23} Glee Cast Thriller / Heads Will Roll {23} Glee Cast Telephone {25} George Michael True Faith {27} Take That Kidz {28} Brett Domino Gillian McKeith {29} Jeremih feat. 50 Cent Down On Me {30} Kanye West & Jay-Z H.A.M {30} Beady Eye The Roller {31} Glee Cast feat. Gwyneth Paltrow Forget You {31} Professor Green feat. Maverick Jungle {31} Kylie Minogue Better Than Today {32} Justin Bieber feat. Jaden Smith Never Say Never {34} Glee Cast Empire State Of Mind {35} Hype Squad Black And Yellow {35} McFly Thats The Truth {35} The Vaccines If You Wanna {35} The Wombats Jump Into The Fog {35} Wheatus Teenage Dirtbag {35} Ben & Jamie Hazelby feat. Chris De Burgh Lonely Sky {36} Glee Cast Teenage Dream {36} Loick Essien feat. N-Dubz Stuttering {36} Corey Taylor X-Mas {37} Glee Cast Hey Soul Sister {37} Gorillaz feat. Daley Doncamatic {37} Alistair Griffin Just Drive {38} Modestep Feel Good {38} Pitbull feat. T-Pain Hey Baby (Drop It To The Floor) {38} The Beatles Let It Be {38} Glee Cast Start Me Up / Livin On A Prayer {39} James Blake Limit To Your Love {39} Radiohead Creep {39} Yasmin On My Own {39} Glee Cast Toxic {40} Neon Trees Animal {40} The Beatles Hey Jude {40} Tinie Tempah feat. Labrinth We Bring The Stars Out {40}
Posted by: gavindeejay Mar 27 2018, 04:36 PM
I forgot how poor this Now is.
Here's my Top 5 anyway:-
1) Chase & Status - Blind Faith 2) David Guetta feat. Rihanna - Who's That Chick 3) Alexis Jordan - Happiness 4) Noah and The Whale - L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N 5) Martin Solveig - Hello