Not quite what I expected, surprised that Diamonds/Skyfall/Read All About It Part 3/Trouble/Little Talks/Million Voices/Latch/Never Tear Us Apart are missing, I guess the first two at least will be on Now 84 by which time they'll feel absolutely ancient. Actually, that said, do Bond themes ever make the Now albums? Two Wiley songs on Disc 1? :lol: 12 number 1's is a good total though.

Not quite what I expected, surprised that Diamonds/Skyfall/Read All About It Part 3 are missing, I guess they'll be on Now 84 by which time they'll feel absolutely ancient. Two Wiley songs on Disc 1? :lol: 11 number 1's is a good total though.

 

My biggest problem is that besides Spectrum, I don't really like any of those no.1s!

It's also missed off two Justin Bieber songs. 'As Long As You Love Me' and 'Beauty & A Beat'. I'm actually annoyed Calvin, Florence and Example all have multiple places. (But that's more for selfish reasons - the two CalFlo tracks were major number 1's after all)

 

I'm still baffled as to why they included Elbow? Has it not featured on a NOW album before?

It's also missed off two Justin Bieber songs. 'As Long As You Love Me' and 'Beauty & A Beat'. I'm actually annoyed Calvin, Florence and Example all have multiple places. (But that's more for selfish reasons - the two CalFlo tracks were major number 1's after all)

 

I'm still baffled as to why they included Elbow? Has it not featured on a NOW album before?

 

It never got higher than 35 before last Summer so no. I'd forgotten about it's repeak to be honest so I too was a bit surprised to see it here.

As everyone else has said, a poor selection. There are a lot of good songs but the rubbish and dated songs eclipse all of that. I think that the fact that they've missed out Rihanna and Adele says a lot. They've also left off two of my favourite non Top 10 songs of the year in the form of Little Talks and Million Voices as well. Terrible. I wouldn't be getting it if I wasn't an avid collector of the series. If this really is the last one, they've tarnished their remaining legacy because of their final album. Abysmal.

Edited November 2, 201212 yr by Grief

Oh well, I've done my bit by commenting on the Facebook wall and complaining about the tracklist (like Jonjo and gooddelta have), so hopefully they'll change it if there's enough demand. Didn't they do that with Now 81?

Yep. They swapped Jason Mraz 'I Won't Give Up' (which went on to go on Now 82) and replaced it with 'Wild Ones' IIRC.

It was Good Feeling that replaced I Won't Give Up, would have been a ridiculous omission if they hadn't changed it!

Where are Rihanna, Adele and The Killers? Ughh...

It does seem shocking that Rihanna isn't on here. But Russian Roulette wasn't on 74, instead on 75 with Rude Boy.

I haven't really been keeping up with the charts recently so some of these songs I have no idea about. Some good songs, a little dissapointed in it, especially since this could be the final NOW ever

NOW 83 could be the LAST Now CD ever :cry:

The Now That's What I Call Music! series may be forced to come to an end later this year.

 

The long-running and hugely popular music compilation is said to be in jeopardy due to the takeover of EMI by Universal.

 

As part of the deal with the European Commission for Universal's £1.2 billion takeover of EMI, the label has agreed to sell EMI's 50% stage of the Now! brand.

 

The series is set to end with upcoming edition Now 83 - to be released in November - unless a buyer arrives to invest in the compilations.

 

The current compilation in the series Now 82 is currently the biggest selling album of the year with sales of over 700,000.

 

"Everyone has at least one Now album in their record and CD collection – they're a total guilty pleasure and an essential part of growing up," Top of the Pops magazine editor Peter Hart told The Independent.

 

"But at the same time, these song collections are nearly as an important part of British pop heritage as Top of the Pops itself, and it would be devastating to see them disappear for good."

 

Now! was launched in 1983, and was the first compilation series that worked with the major record labels of the day to include several number ones and big hits on one record.

 

The series has since sold over 100 million copies, and continues to dominate the compilation chart with each new edition, as well as several spin-offs including Now Dance.

 

1999's Now 44 is currently the biggest selling edition, shifting 2.3 million copies, making it the best selling compilation album ever.

 

It has also been launched in other countries around the world, including the United States, Argentina, Egypt and New Zealand.

 

Industry experts have stated that buyers for all parts of EMI are likely to arrive, especially the Now! series, which continues to be hugely popular.

 

Maybe Buzzjack should buys the rights to continue the Now! series. Imagine how awesome the tracklists would be. :w00t:

 

It's a shame though because I usually find the predicted tracklists that people post here are better than the official ones, purely because Now! include top 10 hits from 3 months ago that didn't stick around long. Like Jonjo posted, it often ends up feeling dated before its released.

To be fair to them, I suppose the Now albums are more representative now than they ever were 10-15 years ago when they competed with the Hits series and missed a ton of big hits each time due to record label politics. The charts are obviously slower too now, rendering an alternative Hits album completely pointless, what would they fill one with? The 10 songs that Now missed along with a load of non top 40 hits?

Maybe Buzzjack should buys the rights to continue the Now! series. Imagine how awesome the tracklists would be. :w00t:

 

What a brilliant idea! An album full of Diana Vickers and Marina + The Diamonds album tracks! :w00t:

 

I wouldn't buy it. -_-

Edited November 3, 201212 yr by Grief

What a brilliant idea! An album full of Diana Vickers and Marina + The Diamonds album tracks! :w00t:

 

I wouldn't buy it. -_-

 

OMG that sounds amazing. ^_^

Maybe Buzzjack should buys the rights to continue the Now! series. Imagine how awesome the tracklists would be. :w00t:

 

It's a shame though because I usually find the predicted tracklists that people post here are better than the official ones, purely because Now! include top 10 hits from 3 months ago that didn't stick around long. Like Jonjo posted, it often ends up feeling dated before its released.

I CALL Margaret Berger 'Will You Remember Me Tomorrow' to open Disc 1! :drink:

Been having a think about why Rihanna isn't on Now 83 and I think it's because there's no video for the song yet, it's still getting a large amount of radio play and the album hasn't been released. So maybe Universal didn't put it on because not everything has come to plan yet. I'm sure we'll get a double RiRi apperance on Now 84

The now album is actually quite poor!

A new compilation coming soon:

 

NOW That's What I Call Musicals:

 

Disc: 1

1. We Will Rock You - Queen

2. Dancing Queen - Meryl Streep, Julie Walters, Christine Baranski

3. Time Warp - Various Artists

4. Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers

5. All That Jazz - Connie Fisher, Helena Blackman, Siobhan Dillon

6. The Grease Mega-Mix - John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John

7. I'm A Believer - Shrek Ensemble

8. Circle Of Life - Elton John

9. A whole new world [Aladdin] - Jamie Shaw

10. Defying Gravity - Idina Menzel

11. Electricity - Original Cast of Billy Elliot

12. Come What May - Alfie Boe, Kerry Ellis

13. Consider Yourself - Martin Horsey, Keith Hampshire, Orchestra

14. You Can't Stop The Beat ("Hairspray") - Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, Amanda Bynes, Elijah Kelley, John Travolta, Queen Latifah

15. Dreamboats And Petticoats - Jason Donovan

16. Fame - Irene Cara

17. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - Julie Andrews

18. Tomorrow - Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney, Edward DeBanzie, Edward Herrmann

19. Breaking Free - Troy, Gabriella

20. Another Suitcase In Another Hall - Kimberley Walsh

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Disc: 2

1. The Music Of The Night - Michael Crawford

2. I Know Him So Well - Elaine Paige, Barbara Dickson

3. Over The Rainbow - Andrew Lloyd Webber

4. Bring Him Home - Alfie Boe

5. Memory - Elaine Paige

6. Summertime - Barbara Hendricks, James Vincent Pickens, Francois Clemmons, Arthur Thompson, Florence Quivar, Samuel Hagan, Christopher Deane, The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel

7. December 1963 (Oh, What A Night) - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

8. Singin' In The Rain - Gene Kelly, The Pete Moore Orchestra

9. Love Changes Everything - Michael Ball, Michael Reed, Orchestra

10. I Don't Know How To Love Him - Yvonne Elliman, André Previn

11. Don't Cry For Me Argentina - ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING

12. All I Ask Of You - Sarah Brightman, Steve Barton

13. Send In The Clowns - All Angels

14. Maria - Jim Bryant

15. Some Enchanted Evening - Alfie Boe

16. As If We Never Said Goodbye - Patti LuPone

17. Getting To Know You - Gertrude Lawrence

18. Oklahoma - Alfred Drake, Chorus

19. You'll Never Walk Alone - Lesley Garrett

20. I Dreamed A Dream - Michael Ball

I'm sure that'll sell well (!). Nice to see a Solo GA member on a NOW that isn't Cheryl

Looks like they've brought back the Now Dance Series

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Edited November 10, 201212 yr by greentom