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  1. 1. Artwork Rating

    • 10/10 The Best Now Artwork Ever!
      0
    • 9/10 Amazing
      2
    • 8/10 Extremely Good
      2
    • 7/10 Very Good
      4
    • 6/10 Good
      4
    • 5/10 Poor
      1
    • 4/10 Very Poor
      0
    • 3/10 Extremely Poor
      1
    • 2/10 Awful
      1
    • 1/10 The Worst Now Artwork Ever!
      0
  2. 2. Disc 1 Favourite

    • Yazz And The Plastic Population ? The Only Way Is Up
      5
    • Womack And Womack ? Teardrops
      3
    • Erasure ? A Little Respect
      4
    • The Christians ? Harvest For The World
      0
    • Hue And Cry ? Ordinary Angel
      0
    • UB40 with Chrissie Hynde ? Breakfast In Bed
      0
    • Robert Palmer ? She Makes My Day
      0
    • Breathe ? Hands To Heaven
      0
    • Phil Collins ? A Groovy Kind Of Love
      0
    • Bobby McFerrin ? Don't Worry, Be Happy
      1
    • Art Of Noise feat. Tom Jones ? Kiss
      0
    • Bryan Ferry ? Let's Stick Together
      0
    • Kim Wilde ? You Came
      1
    • Bomb The Bass ? Don't Make Me Wait
      1
    • Brother Beyond ? The Harder I Try
      0
    • The Hollies ? He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
      0
  3. 3. Disc 2 Favourite

    • Fat Boys feat. Chubby Checker ? The Twist (Yo, Twist)
      0
    • Wee Papa Girl Rappers ? Wee Rule
      1
    • Salt 'N' Pepa ? Twist And Shout
      2
    • Yello ? The Race
      1
    • Inner City feat. Kevin Saunderson ? Big Fun
      1
    • D-Mob feat. Gary Haisman ? We Call It Acieed
      0
    • Beatmasters with P.P. Arnold ? Burn It Up
      0
    • Milli Vanilli ? Girl You Know It's True
      0
    • Level 42 ? Heaven In My Hands
      1
    • Jane Wiedlin ? Rush Hour
      1
    • The Proclaimers ? I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
      6
    • T'Pau ? Secret Garden
      1
    • Transvision Vamp ? I Want Your Love
      1
    • Duran Duran ? I Don't Want Your Love
      0
    • The Human League ? Love Is All That Matters
      0
    • All About Eve ? Martha's Harbour
      0
  4. 4. Overall Rating

    • 10/10 The Best Now Volume Ever!
      0
    • 9/10 Amazing
      1
    • 8/10 Extremely Good
      3
    • 7/10 Very Good
      1
    • 6/10 Good
      2
    • 5/10 Poor
      3
    • 4/10 Very Poor
      5
    • 3/10 Extremely Poor
      0
    • 2/10 Awful
      0
    • 1/10 The Worst Now Volume Ever!
      0

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DetailsReleased: 21st November 1988

Origin: United Kingdom

Label: Virgin / EMI

Format: Double CD, Double Cassette, Vinyl, Video

Duration: 02:00:00 (120 Minutes)

Tracks: 32

#1’s: 3

Chart Peak: #1 (4 Weeks) Charted at no.1 on album chart for 3 weeks from 3rd till 24th Dec 1988 and was the first album to top the separate compilation chart on January 14th 1989 and stayed at no.1 for a further week. Now 13 was at no.1 for 4 weeks in total.

Sales: 1,200,000 (4x Platinum)

Tracklisting1. Yazz And The Plastic Population – The Only Way Is Up* 4:03 {1}

2. Womack And Womack – Teardrops* 3:52 {3}

3. Erasure – A Little Respect* 3:30 {4}

4. The Christians – Harvest For The World* 3:58 {8}

5. Hue And Cry – Ordinary Angel 4:10 {42}

6. UB40 with Chrissie Hynde – Breakfast In Bed 3:16 {6}

7. Robert Palmer – She Makes My Day 4:20 {6}

8. Breathe – Hands To Heaven 4:18 {4}

9. Phil Collins – A Groovy Kind Of Love* 3:30 {1}

10. Bobby McFerrin – Don't Worry, Be Happy* 3:54 {2}

11. Art Of Noise feat. Tom Jones – Kiss 4:09 {5}

12. Bryan Ferry – Let's Stick Together 2:56 {12}

13. Kim Wilde – You Came* 3:29 {3}

14. Bomb The Bass – Don't Make Me Wait 3:46 {6}

15. Brother Beyond – The Harder I Try 3:27 {2}

16. The Hollies – He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother* 4:16 {1}

17. Fat Boys feat. Chubby Checker – The Twist (Yo, Twist)* 4:06 {2}

18. Wee Papa Girl Rappers – Wee Rule 3:30 {6}

19. Salt 'N' Pepa – Twist And Shout 3:45 {4}

20. Yello – The Race* 3:19 {7}

21. Inner City feat. Kevin Saunderson – Big Fun* 3:22 {4}

22. D-Mob feat. Gary Haisman – We Call It Acieed 3:17 {3}

23. Beatmasters with P.P. Arnold – Burn It Up 3:23 {14}

24. Milli Vanilli – Girl You Know It's True 4:13 {3}

25. Level 42 – Heaven In My Hands 4:08 {12}

26. Jane Wiedlin – Rush Hour* 4:00 {12}

27. The Proclaimers – I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)* 3:36 {11}

28. T'Pau – Secret Garden 4:05 {18}

29. Transvision Vamp – I Want Your Love 3:18 {5}

30. Duran Duran – I Don't Want Your Love 3:47 {14}

31. The Human League – Love Is All That Matters 4:06 {41}

32. All About Eve – Martha's Harbour* 3:10 {10}

 

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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 FactsTrack Most Weeks At #1: Yazz & The Plastic Population – The Only Way Is Up (5 Weeks)

Lowest Charting Track: Hue And Cry – Ordinary Angel {42}

Longest Song: Robert Palmer – She Makes My Day 4.20

Shortest Song: Bryan Ferry – Let's Stick Together 2.56

Edited Tracks: Unknown

Unedited Tracks: Unknown

Inlay Mistakes: None

Other Facts: N/A

On This Day In History21st November 1988 – Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young release 'American Dream', their first studio album since 'Deja Vu' 18 years earlier.

Other ResourcesOfficial Now Music Website

Wikipedia

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Andrew's ReviewNow That's What I Call Music! XIII is the second volume to be titled using roman numerals (second only to Now II). Elsewhere in the booklet it is reffered to as Now 13.

Now 13 was the third and final release from 1988, and also the last ever #1 compilation on the UK Albums Chart, peaking at #1 for 4 weeks. From January 1989, a seperate chart was created now known as the UK Compilations Chart.

Another 32 piece tracklisting featuring 3 UK #1s (missing out U2 – Desire, Whitney Housten – One Moment In Time, Enya – Oronico Flow & Robin Beck – First Time).

The artist selection includes Womack & Womack, Erasure, Bobby McFerrin, Hollies, and The Proclaimers amoung others.

Now 13 introduced us to Christians and The Proclaimers and we also got to hear the debuts from Brother Beyond, Inner City, Milli Vanilli and Transvision Vamp.

For some artists though, this would be all we would hear from them in the main series, and those artists were Breathe, Bobby McFerrin, Hollies, Wee Papa Girl Rappers, Yello, Jane Wiedlin and All About Eve.

The Now 13 cover seems to be themed to outer space, depicting a cluster of stars for the background, maybe even an entire galaxy, with the Now logo shaped as some kind of spaceship and rings around the "NOW" circles to suggest planets.

My personal review of Now 13 is neither good, nor bad. I'm so pleased to be able to have access to such songs as Bobby McFerrin – Don't Worry Be Happy which is a favourite from my childhood and also Art Of Noise feat. Tom Jones – Kiss is another good one from the album. Although the addition of Hollies – He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother was a re-release from 1969, it is certainly a pleasant listen nearly 40 years later. Dissapointingly, whats left of CD2 is not as good a listen as the rest of the album (apart from The Proclaimers), and this was quite common with the earlier volumes. The cover concept this time is good in my opinion, but I think they could have done alot more to make it stand out, and I've no idea why all of a sudden they decided to use roman numerals!

 

Artwork Rating: 6/10 Good

The galactic style theme of this volume is something different at the time, and stood out from the other somewhat bland cover designs from the time.

 

Disc 1 Favourite: Bobby McFerrin – Don't Worry Be Happy

A timeless childhood favourite which mum used to play me whenever I was having a bad day! It always made me feel better. :)

 

Disc 2 Favourite: The Proclaimers – I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)

A very well known song by Scottish band The Proclaimers. An enjoyable listen all these years later, and still very well known.

 

Overall Rating: 6/10 Good

Could be better, with some major missing #1 singles, but it is not a poor volume, and there are still a number of recognisable songs still that get some radio airplay today on occasions.

 

Andrew's Best 5 (as of October 2016)

1. Bobby McFerrin – Don't Worry Be Happy

2. Yazz And The Plastic Population – The Only Way Is Up

3. Womack And Womack – Teardrops

4. The Proclaimers – I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)

5. Inner City feat. Kevin Saunderson – Big Fun

 

Andrew's Worst 5 (as of October 2016)

1. Fat Boys feat. Chubby Checker – The Twist (Yo, Twist)

2. Milli Vanilli – Girl You Know It's True

3. Yello – The Race

4. Duran Duran – I Don't Want Your Love

5. Level 42 – Heaven In My Hands

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  • 2 weeks later...

I'll do this one & 14 together!

 

This edition is one of only 2 in the whole series to feature roman numerals as opposed to a number (along with II).

 

Artwork Rating:

Pretty good, I like the outer space-like theme & the NOW logo appears like a spaceship travelling through. Very good for its time! 7/10.

 

Disc 1 Favourite:

Yazz - LOVE this track :wub: so feelgood & joyous, always brings a lot of energy into the room whenever I hear it, essential 80s anthem.

 

Disc 2 Favourite:

Proclaimers - such a fantastic singalong anthem, so glad it got brought back into the limelight through Comic Relief even if it was an inferior version, this one is top notch!

 

Overall Rating:

I only really love the 2 tracks mentioned above, hence another 4/10 from me.

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Disc 1 Fave: Erasure - A Little Respect - Just a fantastic pop song!

 

I also like Yazz - The Only Way is Up. I didn't know until recently it was acid house, the difference that makes it acid house rather than Hi-NRG like the likes of The Communards' version of Never Can Say Goodbye is that house type bassline!

 

Disc 2 fave: Yello - The Race - this is a fun and very different song for the time! I particularly like the buildups in it!

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