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> REVIEW: Now That's What I Call Music! 30, Released 10th April 1995 | 40 Tracks | 4 #1 Singles
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post 27th February 2017, 12:08 AM
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Released: 10th April 1995
Origin: United Kingdom
Label: Virgin / EMI
Format: Double CD, Double Cassette, Vinyl
Duration: 02:34:53 (154 Minutes 53 Seconds)
Tracks: 40
#1’s: 4
Chart Peak: #1 (4 weeks)
Sales: 600,000 (2x Platinum)
    Tracklisting
1. Freak Power – Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out* 4:19 {3}
2. Janet Jackson – Whoops Now 3:41 {9}
3. Boyzone – Love Me For A Reason* 3:39 {2}
4. Cher, Chrissie Hynde & Neneh Cherry with Eric Clapton – Love Can Build A Bridge* 4:15 {1}
5. East 17 – Stay Another Day* 4:25 {1}
6. Mike & The Mechanics – Over My Shoulder* 3:33 {12}
7. Jimmy Nail – Crocodile Shoes 4:08 {4}
8. Scarlet – Independent Love Song* 3:51 {12}
9. Simple Minds – She's A River 4:25 {9}
10. The Boo Radleys – Wake Up Boo!* 3:05 {9}
11. The Human League – Tell Me When* 4:37 {6}
12. M People – Sight For Sore Eyes* 3:54 {6}
13. Sting – This Cowboy Song 3:58 {15}
14. Shut Up And Dance – Save It 'Til The Mourning After 3:33 {25}
15. R. Kelly – Bump N' Grind* 3:50 {8}
16. Eternal – Oh Baby I … 4:28 {4}
17. Massive Attack feat. Tracey Thorn – Protection* 4:48 {14}
18. Portishead – Glory Box* 3:34 {13}
19. Oasis – Whatever 5:59 {3}
20. The Outhere Brothers – Don't Stop (Wiggle Wiggle) 3:06 {1}
21. Alex Party – Don't Give Me Your Life* 3:13 {2}
22. Strike – U Sure Do 3:48 {4}
23. Kenny ‘Dope’ Presents The Bucketheads – The Bomb (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind)* 3:22 {5}
24. Nightcrawlers – Push The Feeling On* 4:01 {3}
25. Tin Tin Out feat. Espiritu – Always Something There To Remind Me* 3:27 {14}
26. Corona – Baby Baby* 3:44 {5}
27. Clock – Axel F 3:22 {7}
28. N-Trance – Set You Free* 4:10 {2}
29. JX – You Belong To Me 3:59 {17}
30. Perfecto Allstarz – Reach Up (Papa's Got A Brand New Pig Bag)* 3:39 {6}
31. Rednex – Cotton Eye Joe* 3:10 {1}
32. Deuce – Call It Love 4:00 {11}
33. 2 Unlimited – Here I Go* 3:16 {22}
34. (MC Sar &) The Real McCoy – Run Away* 3:58 {6}
35. Nicki French – Total Eclipse Of The Heart 3:44 {5}
36. Sean Maguire – Suddenly 3:58 {18}
37. Bobby Brown – Two Can Play That Game* 3:30 {3}
38. Ultimate KAOS – Hoochie Booty 3:48 {17}
39. Pato Banton with Ranking Roger – Bubbling Hot 3:31 {15}
40. Mica Paris – One 4:25 {29}

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Tracks highlighted red were official UK #1’s.
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: East 17 – Stay Another Day (6 Weeks)
Lowest Charting Track: Mica Paris – One {29}
Longest Song: Oasis – Whatever 5:59
Shortest Song: The Boo Radleys – Wake Up Boo! 3:05
Edited Tracks: Unknown
Unedited Tracks: Unknown
Inlay Mistakes: None
Other Facts: N/A
    On This Day In History
No music news to report for April 10th 1995.
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post 27th February 2017, 12:21 AM
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    Andrew's Review
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Artwork Rating: 8/10 Extremely Good
This artwork is very atmospheric. I loved the open landscape designs, and the colour of the red sky is beautifully done. Possibly one of the best original 90's designs.

Disc 1 Favourite: M People – Sight For Sore Eyes
M People had a distinctive sound in the 90s and they had many hits. This isn't my favourite of theirs but I did own their greatest hits on cassette once so I was certainly a fan!

Disc 2 Favourite: Bobby Brown – Two Can Play That Game
Loved this since the day I discovered it many years after its release. Very funky and summery. An absolute 90's gem.

Overall Rating: 9/10 Amazing
This volume for me marks the start of some really good music for the rest of the 90s, and the quality was really stepped up I feel. Some tremendous anthems within these discs and lots of the music has lived on. Great 90's volume.

Andrew's Best 5 (as of February 2017)
1. Bobby Brown – Two Can Play That Game
2. N-Trance – Set You Free
3. (MC Sar &) The Real McCoy – Run Away
4. Nightcrawlers – Push The Feeling On
5. Alex Party – Don't Give Me Your Life

Andrew's Worst 5 (as of February 2017)
1. Nicki French – Total Eclipse Of The Heart
2. Mica Paris – One
3. Sean Maguire – Suddenly
4. Ultimate KAOS – Hoochie Booty
5. Simple Minds – She's A River


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post 27th February 2017, 02:37 PM
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Disc 1 is a bit meh but Disc 2 is absolutely amazing and more than makes up for it!
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post 27th February 2017, 05:30 PM
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Favourites: Turn On Tune In Cop Out, Wake Up Boo, Save It Till The Mourning After, Protection, Glory Box, Whatever, Don't Give Me Your Life, U Sure Do, The Bomb (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind), Push The Feeling On, Set You Free, You Belong To Me, Reach Up (Pigbag), Run Away, Two Can Play At That Game.
Lots of good 90's club classics on there


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post 2nd March 2017, 08:09 AM
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Artwork 6/10
Disc 1: East 17 - Stay Another Day now a Xmas classic heart.gif
Disc 2: N-Trance - Set You Free Oneof my favourite dance songs of all time!!!
Overall 7/10 some great tracks on here
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post 3rd March 2017, 12:34 AM
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My top 15, top five clearly ahead of the rest.

1. East 17 – Stay Another Day
2. Nicki French – Total Eclipse Of The Heart - the American version thou, the UK version would rank at least a few places lower
3. Deuce – Call It Love
4. (MC Sar &) The Real McCoy – Run Away
5. Corona – Baby Baby
6. Rednex – Cotton Eye Joe
7. N-Trance – Set You Free
8. Nightcrawlers – Push The Feeling On
9. Kenny ‘Dope’ Presents The Bucketheads – The Bomb (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind)
10. Cher, Chrissie Hynde & Neneh Cherry with Eric Clapton – Love Can Build A Bridge
11. Jimmy Nail – Crocodile Shoes
12. The Outhere Brothers – Don't Stop (Wiggle Wiggle)
13. Alex Party – Don't Give Me Your Life
14. Boyzone – Love Me For A Reason
15. R. Kelly – Bump N' Grind
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post 5th March 2017, 07:01 PM
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So I'm back in the game with these then & I'll be including the results of the sites' Now Rates which go all the way from 30 up to 92!

From a personal viewpoint this is an INCREDIBLE edition. So many dance anthems on that second Disc & one of my all-time favourite songs Oasis - Whatever wub.gif

The artwork is cool, love the red sky & desert theme. Pretty obvious what my Disc 1 fave is but Disc 2 is hard to pick - I'm gonna give it to Alex Party, one of the most feelgood 90s songs of all time.

So overall an 8/10 from me, many many songs I revisit.


And here are the results of the Now 30 Rate carried out in March 2015 courtesy of gavindeejay:

1. Oasis - Whatever / 9.17
2. N-Trance - Set You Free / 9.11
3. Nightcrawlers - Push The Feeling On / 8.82
4. Strike - U Sure Do / 8.82
5. Massive Attack - Protection / 8.18
6. Boo Radleys - Wake Up Boo! / 8.17
7. Alex Party - Don't Give Me Your Life / 8.05
8. Corona - Baby Baby / 7.88
9. Portishead - Glory Box / 7.70
10. East 17 - Stay Another Day / 7.70
11. MC Sar & The Real McCoy - Run Away / 7.68
12. Bobby Brown - Two Can Play That Game / 7.58
13. Kenny Dope - The Bomb / 7.56
14. Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe / 7.42
15. Human League - Tell Me When / 7.41
16. Scarlet - Independent Love Song / 7.31
17. Mike & The Mechanics - Over My Shoulder / 7.00
18. Perfecto Allstarz - Reach Up / 6.50
19. JX - You Belong To Me / 6.37
20. Eternal - Oh Baby I... / 6.23
21. Janet Jackson - Whoops Now / 6.05
22. Tin Tin Out - Always Something There To Remind Me / 5.94
23. Outhere Brothers - Don't Stop / 5.78
24. M People - Sight For Sore Eyes / 5.76
25. Deuce - Call It Love / 5.75
26. R Kelly - Bump 'N' Grind / 5.70
27. Freak Power - Tune On, Tune In, Cope Out / 5.43
28. Clock - Axel F / 5.35
29. Nicki French - Total Eclipse Of The Heart / 4.95
30. Boyzone - Love Me For A Reason / 4.94
31. Shut Up And Dance - Save It Till The Morning After / 4.33
32. Simple Minds - She's A River / 4.25
33. 2 Unlimited - Here I Go / 4.17
34. Cher - Love Can Build A Bridge / 4.06
35. Jimmy Nail - Crocodile Shoes / 4.05
36. Mica Paris - One / 3.93
37. Pato Banton - Bubbling Hot / 3.81
38. Sting - This Cowboy Song / 3.53
39. Sean Maguire - Suddenly / 2.56
40. Ultimate KAOS - Hootchie Booty / 2.40
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post 5th March 2017, 07:13 PM
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Thanks Dobbo! biggrin.gif
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post 6th March 2017, 12:31 PM
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disc 1 has all the best tunes, disc 2 there are a handful and then a bunch of forgettable dance numbers laugh.gif
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post 12th March 2017, 01:34 PM
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voted Freakpower and Alex party. However Oasis Portishead, M People and N Trance are also good
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