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DetailsReleased: 15th November 1993

Origin: United Kingdom

Label: Virgin / EMI

Format: Double CD, Double Cassette, Vinyl

Duration: 02:33:00 (153 Minutes)

Tracks: 40

#1’s: 5

Chart Peak: #1 (8 weeks)

Sales: 900,000 (3x Platinum)

Tracklisting1. UB40 – (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You* 3:22 {1}

2. Pet Shop Boys – Go West* 4:59 {2}

3. Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Relax* 3:54 {5}

4. M People – One Night In Heaven 3:24 {6}

5. Eternal – Stay* 3:58 {4}

6. SWV – Right Here 3:44 {3}

7. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – Boom! Shake The Room* 3:46 {1}

8. The Shamen – Comin' On 3:43 {14}

9. Stakka Bo – Here We Go* 3:57 {13}

10. Chaka Demus & Pliers – She Don't Let Nobody 3:46 {4}

11. Tina Turner – Disco Inferno 4:01 {12}

12. Belinda Carlisle – Big Scary Animal 4:12 {12}

13. Spin Doctors – Two Princes 4:12 {3}

14. R.E.M. – The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite 4:04 {17}

15. Levellers – This Garden 3:59 {12}

16. James – Laid* 2:37 {25}

17. Crowded House – Distant Sun 3:48 {19}

18. Radiohead – Creep 3:55 {7}

19. Meat Loaf – I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)* 5:24 {1}

20. Cappella – U Got 2 Let The Music* 3:38 {2}

21. Haddaway – What Is Love* 3:55 {2}

22. 2 Unlimited – Maximum Overdrive 3:24 {15}

23. Culture Beat – Mr Vain* 4:15 {1}

24. The Goodmen – Give It Up 3:27 {5}

25. Leftfield & Lydon – Open Up 3:48 {13}

26. Apache Indian – Boom Shack-A-Lak* 3:47 {5}

27. Urban Cookie Collective – Feels Like Heaven* 3:17 {5}

28. Captain Hollywood Project – More And More 3:07 {23}

29. Juliet Roberts – Free Love 3:37 {25}

30. Jamiroquai – Too Young To Die 3:11 {10}

31. Dina Carroll – Don't Be A Stranger* 4:41 {3}

32. Take That – Pray* 3:42 {1}

33. Gabrielle – Going Nowhere 3:34 {9}

34. Lena Fiagbe – Gotta Get It Right 3:36 {20}

35. Soul II Soul – Wish 4:11 {24}

36. Lisa Stansfield – So Natural* 4:41 {15}

37. Björk & David Arnold – Play Dead* 3:37 {12}

38. Lenny Kravitz – Heaven Help* 3:06 {20}

39. Go West – Tracks Of My Tears* 3:37 {16}

40. Janet Jackson – That's The Way Love Goes 4:25 {2}

 

Key

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: Meat Loaf – I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) (7 weeks)

Lowest Charting Track: James – Laid / Juliet Roberts – Free Love {25}

Longest Song: Meat Loaf – I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) 5:24

Shortest Song: James – Laid 2:37

Edited Tracks: Unknown

Unedited Tracks: Unknown

Inlay Mistakes: None

Other Facts: First Now to have 40 tracks.

On This Day In HistoryNo music news to report for 15th November 1993.

Other ResourcesOfficial Now Music Website

Wikipedia

Everyhit

Andrew's ReviewNow That's What I Call Music! 26 otherwise known as Now 26 was the third and final release from the year 1993. It contained a record breaking 40 tracks which had never been achieved in the series until this point, and from the 40, a total of 5 were UK #1 singles.

The only missing #1 from this release was Take That feat. Lulu – Relight My Fire (though they did feature on Now 26 with Pray).

Now 26 contained a bunch of top chart hits from the likes of UB40, Pet Shop Boys, Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, R.E.M. and Radiohead to name just a small percent.

For the first time in the series, we heard from M People, Levellers, Radiohead, Meat Loaf, Björk and debuts from Eternal, Haddaway, Culture Beat, Urban Cookie Collective and Jamiroquai.

But it was just to be a one time only appearance from the likes of SWV, Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Spin Doctors, Goodmen, Leftfield & Lydon, Apache Indian and Captain Hollywood Project.

I would probably have to say that Now 26 is my favourite Now from the "20s" just because I think it set a standard of what to expect thereafter and because much of the music is enjoyable, varied and high charting. Such artists as Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Radiohead, Meat Loaf and Jamiroquai are amoung my favourites from the album and I certainly do enjoy listening to it every time.

 

Artwork Rating: 7/10 Very Good

The artwork is a space themed design which comes out in some kind of burgendy colouring, and it works quite well. With baby blue text, the colour scheme works quite well indeed. Almost reminds me of cola too!

 

Disc 1 Favourite: Radiohead – Creep

An iconic song from a world renowned British group which logically be called the most depressing song of all time, however, it served a purpose and is often seen popping up in the downloads chart from time to time.

 

Disc 2 Favourite: Culture Beat – Mr Vain

A tough choice for the quality of 90's dance music on this disc is excellent. Mr Vain just edged it though in terms of quality and memorability.

 

Overall Rating: 8/10 Extremely Good

A generous rating for a 90's volume, but everything about this volume shows a very positive direction for the series from this point on, such as the varied genres, the quality of #1 singles, and the offering of 40+ tracks.

 

Andrew's Best 5 (as of January 2017)

1. Radiohead – Creep

2. Culture Beat – Mr Vain

3. Haddaway – What Is Love

4. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – Boom! Shake The Room

5. SWV – Right Here

 

Andrew's Worst 5 (as of January 2017)

1. Crowded House – Distant Sun

2. Lenny Kravitz – Heaven Help

3. Levellers – This Garden

4. Juliet Roberts – Free Love

5. Belinda Carlisle – Big Scary Animal

Edited February 1, 20178 yr by awardinary™

Artwork: 8/10 really christmassy feel to it :wub:

Song Disc 1: Radiohead / Creep: defo my favourite Radiohead song by far so relatable and honest :wub:

Song Disc 2: Haddaway / What is love: Complete oppisite but a great dance number :wub:

Overall 7/10: Disc 1 is better than disc 2 and that brings the score down :(

Artwork: 8/10

Favourite from Disc 1: Radiohead - Creep

Favourite from Disc 2: Culture Beat - Mr. Vain (Oh, and also... WHAT IS LOVE, BABY DON'T HURT ME, DON'T HURT ME NO MORE.)

Overall: 8/10

Voted Spin Doctors and Haddaway

I think this is a really good edition - it does a really good job of summarising the musical trends of the time, from euro dance to rock to ballads and funk and somehow manages to incorporate them into one relatively coherent edition.

 

I voted SWV and Jamiroquai but I could easily have voted for many others...

TRACKS I LOVE:

1. UB40 – (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You* 3:22 {1}

2. Pet Shop Boys – Go West* 4:59 {2}

3. Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Relax* 3:54 {5}

18. Radiohead – Creep 3:55 {7}

19. Meat Loaf – I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)* 5:24 {1}

21. Haddaway – What Is Love* 3:55 {2}

32. Take That – Pray* 3:42 {1}