REVIEW: Now Thats What I Call Music! 72, Released 3rd April 2009 | 43 Tracks | 8 #1 Singles |
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Feb 5 2018, 03:39 PM
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Origin: United Kingdom Label: Virgin / EMI / Universal Format: Double CD, Digital MP3 Download Duration: 2:36:53 (156 minutes 53 seconds) Tracks: 43 #1s: 8 Chart Peak: #1 (5 weeks) Sales: TBC (2x Platinum)
2. Lady Gaga feat. Colby ODonis Just Dance 4:02 {1} 3. Flo Rida feat. Ke$ha Right Round 3:26 {1} 4. Alesha Dixon The Boy Does Nothing 3:31 {5} 5. The Saturdays Just Cant Get Enough (Official Comic Relief Song) 3:06 {2} 6. Kelly Clarkson My Life Would Suck Without You 3:32 {1} 7. Tinchy Stryder feat. Taio Cruz Take Me Back 3:11 {3} 8. Kid Cudi vs Crookers Day N Night 2:43 {2} 9. Britney Spears Womanizer 3:44 {3} 10. T.I. feat. Rihanna Live Your Life 4:03 {2} 11. Akon Right Now (Na Na Na) 3:24 {6} 12. Shontelle T-Shirt 3:10 {6} 13. Ne-Yo Mad 4:14 {19} 14. The Saturdays Issues 3:36 {4} 15. Leona Lewis Forgive Me 3:24 {5} 16. Girls Aloud The Loving Kind 3:59 {10} 17. September Cant Get Over 3:09 {14} 18. Steve Angello & Laidback Luke feat. Robin S Show Me Love 3:05 {11} 19. N-Dubz Strong Again 3:15 {24} 20. Katy Perry Thinking Of You 4:07 {27} 21. Alexandra Burke Hallelujah 3:37 {1} 22. X Factor Finalists 2008 Hero 4:19 {1} 23. Take That Greatest Day 3:59 {1} 24. Alesha Dixon Breathe Slow 3:36 {3} 25. James Morrison & Nelly Furtado Broken Strings 4:12 {2} 26. Taylor Swift Love Story 3:54 {2} 27. P!nk Sober 4:12 {9} 28. The Killers Human 4:05 {3} 29. The Script Breakeven 4:21 {21} 30. Jason Mraz Im Yours 3:33 {11} 31. Noisettes Dont Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go) 3:12 {2} 32. Metro Station Shake It 3:00 {6} 33. U2 Get On Your Boots 3:25 {12} 34. MGMT Kids 5:03 {16} 35. The Prodigy Omen 3:10 {4} 36. Kevin Rudolf feat. Lil Wayne Let It Rock 3:14 {5} 37. Wiley feat. Daniel Merriweather Cash In My Pocket 2:59 {18} 38. Kanye West Heartless 3:29 {10} 39. T.I. feat. Justin Timberlake Dead & Gone 5:00 {4} 40. Daniel Merriweather feat. Wale Change 3:22 {8} 41. Pet Shop Boys Love Etc. 3:32 {14} 42. Duffy Rain On Your Parade 3:27 {15} 43. Vanessa Jenkins, Bryn West & Sir Tom Jones feat. Robin Gibb Islands In The Stream (For Comic Relief) 4:03 {1} 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: Katy Perry Thinking Of You {27} Longest Song: MGMT Kids 5:03 Shortest Song: Kid Cudi vs Crookers Day N Night 2:43 Edited Tracks: Unknown Unedited Tracks: Unknown Inlay Mistakes: None Other Facts: None
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The greatest omission from this era was leaving out the #1 single by Leona Lewis which was a stunning cover version of the Snow Patrol hit Run. Along with this hit, other artists like Beyoncι, Same Difference, Will Young, Kings Of Leon, The Pussycat Dolls, Coldplay and Jordin Sparks all got overlooked in favour of other hits from the era. However, this would be the only occasion in the series we would hear music from Kid Cudi, T.I., Steve Angello, X Factor Finalists 2008, Metro Station, MGMT, Kevin Rudolf and Vanessa Jenkins & Bryn West. Its worth noting too that in the rare case of T.I. there were two tracks on this volume where he was the lead artist, but no other appearances for the rest of the series. Artwork Rating: 7/10 Very Good A fresh spring design for this volume making good use of a golden orange logo set against some floral patterns with the odd sighting of greenery between the gaps. Its a little bit too bright for my liking but still very good and seasonal. Disc 1 Favourite: Kelly Clarkson My Life Would Suck Without You Probably her best single to date with such an infectious chorus which is likely what got her a UK #1 single at the time. Really love the energy in this track. Disc 2 Favourite: The Killers Human Or are we dancer was a lyrical mystery for a long time as it never made sense in context of the chorus. Still, one of my personal favourite songs from The Killers. Disc 3 Tracklist: (A concept of what a third disc might look like if other hits from the era were used) 1. Leona Lewis Run 5:14 {1} 2. Kings Of Leon Use Somebody 3:51 {2} 3. Nickelback Gotta Be Somebody 4:12 {20} 4. Coldplay Life In Technicolor II 4:05 {28} 5. Oasis Im Outta Time 4:10 {12} 6. Will Young Grace 4:37 {33} 7. Beyoncι Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) 3:13 {7} 8. Britney Spears Circus 3:12 {13} 9. Miley Cyrus Fly On The Wall 2:31 {16} 10. Rudenko Everybody 2:50 {24} 11. Basshunter I Miss You 3:47 {32} 12. Same Difference We R One 3:53 {13} 13. Jordin Sparks One Step At A Time 3:25 {16} 14. The Pussycat Dolls I Hate This Part 3:38 {12} 15. Chris Brown feat. Keri Hilson Superhuman 3:38 {32} 16. N-Dubz Papa Can You Hear Me? 4:02 {19} 17. Rihanna Rehab 4:54 {16} 18. The All-American Rejects Gives You Hell 3:34 {18} 19. Franz Ferdinand Ulysses 3:13 {20} 20. White Lies To Lose My Life 3:11 {34} 21. Ladyhawke My Delirium 3:40 {33} ---------- Total time: 1:18:50 Overall Rating: 6/10 Good Its hard to find many songs I dont actually like from this volume, however, to this day Im still very much disappointed that Leona Lewis, whilst already an artist on this volume, was not permitted to have Run included on this compilation. This is a rare case in the series where in fact a total of 3 artists have double appearances all on the same volume. Alesha Dixon, The Saturdays and T.I. (and maybe Daniel Merriweather you might add) all took up extra disc space than other artists did, and perhaps that should not have been allowed to happen in order that some of the big omissions made could have been included. Also the gimmick of having the now long forgotten X Factor Finalists 2008 close out Disc 1 is a joke in itself. Andrew's Best 5 (as of February 2018) 1. The Killers Human 2. MGMT Kids 3. Kelly Clarkson My Life Would Suck Without You 4. Kevin Rudolf feat. Lil Wayne Let It Rock 5. Lady Gaga feat. Colby ODonis Just Dance Andrew's Worst 5 (as of February 2018) 1. Katy Perry Thinking Of You 2. U2 Get On Your Boots 3. Shontelle T-Shirt 4. P!nk Sober 5. X Factor Finalists 2008 Hero This post has been edited by awardinary: Feb 5 2018, 03:43 PM |
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Feb 5 2018, 03:40 PM
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Bandaged Little Drummer Boy / Peace On Earth {3} Eminem feat. Dr. Dre & 50 Cent Crack A Bottle {4} Geraldine Once Upon A Christmas Song {5} Beyoncι Listen {8} Pussycat Dolls Whatcha Think About That {9} Oasis Falling Down {10} Lemar If She Knew {14} Tommy Reilly Gimme A Call {14} Kig Head Shoulders Kneez & Toez {18} McFly Do Ya / Stay With Me {18} Enrique Iglesias feat. Ciara Takin Back My Love {20} Bellamy Brothers Let Your Love Flow {21} Chipmunk Chip Diddy Chip {21} Morrissey Im Throwing My Arms Around Paris {21} Boyzone Better {22} Franz Ferdinand No You Girls {22} Gabriella Cilmi Warm This Winter {22} Jay Sean Tonight {23} Sugababes No Can Do {23} 50 Cent Get Up {24} Gary Go Wonderful {25} Miley Cyrus 7 Things {25} Guns N Roses Chinese Democracy {27} Kings Of Leon Revelry {29} George Sampson Get Up On The Dance Floor / Headz Up {30} Honey Ryder Fly Away {31} Lemar Weight Of The World {31} Airborne Toxic Event Sometime Around Midnight {33} White Lies Farewell To The Playground {34} Basshunter Jingle Bells {35} Elbow One Day Like This {35} The Fray You Found Me {35} Leonard Cohen Hallelujah {36} Bon Iver Blood Bank {37} Jennifer Hudson If This Isnt Love {37} Annie Lennox Shining Light {39} Madonna Miles Away {39} Asher Roth I Love College {40} Pudseys Beautiful Dreamers We Have A Dream {40} The Killers Spaceman {40} |
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Feb 5 2018, 05:10 PM
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I love NOW 72. I always remember the NOW Team announcing the track listing by putting the single covers of the songs on Facebook and they included the "Single Ladies" cover. Cut to the actual release and Beyonce was nowhere to be seen! I always imagine they replaced Beyonce with Duffy/Pet Shop Boys to fill up space.
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Feb 5 2018, 05:18 PM
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disc 1 rank:
1 Show Me Love [the definitive version in my eyes, proper banger of life] 2 Right Round [biggg tune] 3 Day 'n' Nite [love the drop in this, we got nothing quite like it ever again] 4 Just Dance [deservedly a huge breakout hit for her] 5 The Fear [always enjoyed the lyrics of this one especially when I eventually heard the rude version] 6 Live Your Life 7 My Life Would Suck 8 The Loving Kind 9 Hallelujah 10 Can't Get Over [always forgot she had a 2nd hit, this wasn't quite as good as the first though] disc 2 rank: 1 Human [their best song, shame it got overshadowed by Mr Brightside in future years] 2 Kids [it's near-impossible to not love this song!] 3 Omen [the first I heard of The Prodigy, great that a song like this could be a top five back then] 4 Heartless [Kanye!! need I say more] 5 Let It Rock [loved this at the time, not aged brilliantly but still a bit of a tune] 6 Love, etc. 7 Greatest Day 8 Dead and Gone 9 Breakeven 10 Don't Upset The Rhythm worst: 1 Thinking Of Poo [awful! awful!] 2 Mad [rest of these aren't necessarily bad, just boring] 3 Get On Your Boots [they were way past it at this point] 4 T-Shirt 5 Issues I can get past 'Hero' for being a charity record and 'Islands' for being... iconically awful. *_ (looking forward to that in the plug session) (aside, quite baffling that 'Run' and 'Use Somebody' both missed the cut, what was up with that?? oh and this was seemingly the start of Beyonce being really funny about being included in these) |
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Feb 5 2018, 05:44 PM
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Dead & Gone had a #4 peak, not #15 (unless this was released prior to that peak, I cant remember, either way its still worth noting )
As a whole there are a lot of great songs on here and too many to list, but my Disc favs are My Life Would Suck Without You & Human A big joint second though: The Fear, Show Me Love, Sober, and Dead & Gone I imagine Run wasnt added because that & Hallelujah were (and are) her two biggest hits so maybe the label was trying not to give the two selling points of an album away on a Now album? Its happened before, most recently with Ed Sheeran only allowing Castle & Galway on Now 96 & 98. Use Somebody should definitely be there, itd fit nicely between The Killers & The Script On Disc 2 |
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Feb 5 2018, 06:06 PM
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Dead & Gone had a #4 peak, not #15 (unless this was released prior to that peak, I cant remember, either way its still worth noting ) Corrected!I imagine Run wasnt added because that & Hallelujah were (and are) her two biggest hits so maybe the label was trying not to give the two selling points of an album away on a Now album? Youve confused two artists there. Leona Lewis was included on this volume, but with the more forgettable single Forgive Me.
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Feb 5 2018, 10:03 PM
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Went with Show Me Love for the first album (the 2009 remix is brilliant with the dramatic sounding percussion). Although I was tempted to go with Just Dance as my fave for the first CD because its an excellent dancepop song, I prefer it to Poker Face.
Went with Omen for the second CD. Rain on Your Parade is my second favourite from disc 2, amazing with the production! |
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Feb 6 2018, 12:22 AM
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My top 5 are as follows:-
1) The Killers - Human 2) Kid Kudi vs Crookers - Day & Night 3) Steve Angelo & Laidback Luke feat Robin S - Show Me Love 4) Lily Allen - The Fear 5) Take That - Greatest Day |
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Feb 6 2018, 05:30 AM
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rip in peace Dickston
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Feb 8 2018, 03:25 PM
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QUOTE Chipmunk Chip Diddy Chip {21} Oh my! I remember this from the time from the music channels, iconic and I remember my dad found the title of the song and the artist name humorous! |
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