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AdvertDetailsReleased: 18th November 1996

Origin: United Kingdom

Label: Virgin / EMI / Polygram

Format: Double CD, Double Cassette, Vinyl

Duration: 2:35:55 (155 minutes 55 seconds)

Tracks: 40

#1’s: 5

Chart Peak: #1 (7 weeks)

Sales: 1,300,000 (5x Platinum)

Tracklisting1. Spice Girls – Say You'll Be There 3:53 {1}

2. George Michael – Fastlove (Forthright Edit) 4:23 {1}

3. Peter Andre – Flava 3:53 {1}

4. East 17 feat. Gabrielle – If You Ever 3:57 {2}

5. Deep Blue Something – Breakfast At Tiffany's 4:16 {1}

6. Pet Shop Boys – Se A Vida É (That's The Way Life Is) 4:01 {8}

7. Babybird – You're Gorgeous 3:44 {3}

8. The Beautiful South – Rotterdam 3:24 {5}

9. Dodgy – If You're Thinking Of Me 4:36 {11}

10. Crowded House – Don't Dream It's Over 3:46 {25}

11. The Bluetones – Marblehead Johnson 3:22 {7}

12. Ocean Colour Scene – The Riverboat Song 4:54 {15}

13. Sheryl Crow – If It Makes You Happy 4:32 {9}

14. Garbage – Milk 4:00 {10}

15. Neneh Cherry – Woman 4:13 {9}

16. Lighthouse Family – Goodbye Heartbreak 3:41 {14}

17. Pulp – Something Changed 3:19 {10}

18. Cast – Flying 3:53 {4}

19. Suede – Beautiful Ones 3:34 {8}

20. Belinda Carlisle – Always Breaking My Heart 3:06 {8}

21. Dina Carroll – Escaping 3:44 {3}

22. Boyzone – Words 4:04 {1}

23. Eternal – Someday 4:21 {4}

24. Backstreet Boys – I'll Never Break Your Heart 4:24 {8}

25. Damage – Love II Love 4:04 {12}

26. Clock – Oh What A Night (December '63) 3:26 {13}

27. Louise – Undivided Love 3:46 {5}

28. Ant & Dec – When I Fall In Love 3:51 {12}

29. 911 – Don't Make Me Wait 3:41 {10}

30. Strike – My Love Is For Real 3:47 {35}

31. Faithless – Insomnia 3:31 {3}

32. B.B.E. – Seven Days And One Week 4:11 {3}

33. Stretch 'N' Vern – I'm Alive 3:02 {6}

34. Healy & Amos – Stamp! 3:33 {11}

35. Livin' Joy – Follow The Rules 3:13 {9}

36. Wildchild – Jump To My Beat 3:28 {30}

37. Underworld – Pearl's Girl 4:24 {22}

38. Space – Neighbourhood 3:28 {11}

39. Björk – Possibly Maybe 5:07 {13}

40. Shed Seven – Chasing Rainbows 4:23 {17}

 

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: George Michael – Fastlove (Forthright Edit) (3 weeks)

Lowest Charting Track: Strike – My Love Is For Real {35}

Longest Song: Björk – Possibly Maybe 5:07

Shortest Song: Stretch 'N' Vern – I'm Alive 3:02

Edited Tracks: Unknown

Unedited Tracks: Unknown

Inlay Mistakes: None

Other Facts: The last volume to be released on vinyl.

On This Day In HistoryNo music news to report for 18th November 1996.Other ResourcesOfficial Now Music Website

Wikipedia

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Now 35 Rate

Edited April 10, 20178 yr by award♀nary

Andrew's ReviewNow That's What I Call Music! 35 aka Now 35 was the final volume in the series to be released on vinyl. It brought together many of the songs in the charts during the second half of 1996. Now 35 was the first time in the series we heard from Sheryl Crow, Backstreet Boys, Damage, Ant & Dec (although they previously appeared on Now 31 as PJ & Duncan), 911, Faithless and B.B.E.

 

Offering 5 UK #1 singles, but it could have been 8 if they had included The Fugees – Ready Or Not, The Chemical Brothers – Setting Sun and Robson & Jerome – What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted. It's also worth noting that whilst a song from Backstreet Boys features, it wasn't the boys debut single, and as such, the higher charting Summer anthem We've Got It Goin' On was overlooked. Another noteworthy omission was the #2 love ballad of 1996 from Toni Braxton – Un-Break My Heart. This song even finished in the Top 10 singles of 1996! A final mention on the omissions goes to Celine Dion who had a plethora of high charting hits in the 90's but only ever made one single appearance in the entire series which was on Now 29.

 

Now 35 was the only time in the series we heard from Deep Blue Something, Babybird, Garbage, Stretch 'N' Vern, Healy & Amos and Shed Seven.

 

Artwork Rating: 6/10 Good

I do like this cover, it's simplistic in design, but it's use of colour and sparkling effects is what makes it shine for me. Reminds me of disco lights somehow, and it seems like a fitting end of year design.

 

Disc 1 Favourite: Spice Girls – Say You'll Be There

Possibly one of my favourite Spice Girls songs, there's just no denying Melanie C's soaring vocals on this track. I was only 10 years old when this song was released but I think this was at the time I was really starting to get into music and I loved the sound of Spice Girls and their energy.

 

Disc 2 Favourite: Faithless – Insomnia

This deep and dark anthem was once my ringtone, so whenever I hear it now I think someone is calling me! I still love it though, and it was even remixed by Avicii in 2015. Faithless went on to have many hits in the UK during the late 90's and noughties.

 

Overall Rating: 6/10 Good

1996 was a good year for British music, and many of the years highlights are contained within the 3 volumes released that year, but this volume has a few chart flopping songs which don't really add to the quality of the compilation. I would have rated higher if a few alternative songs were used.

 

Andrew's Best 5 (as of April 2017)

1. Spice Girls – Say You'll Be There

2. Crowded House – Don't Dream It's Over

3. Faithless – Insomnia

4. Babybird – You're Gorgeous

5. Deep Blue Something – Breakfast At Tiffanys

 

Andrew's Worst 5 (as of April 2017)

1. Space – Neighbourhood

2. Pulp – Something Changed

3. Belinda Carlisle – Always Breaking My Heart

4. Shed Seven – Chasing Rainbows

5. Strike – My Love Is For Real

Edited April 8, 20178 yr by award♀nary

Pretty sure this is the first NOW album I own! Breakfast at Tiffany's is definitely the standout for me.

 

Se a Vida E is good as well, it sounded really good live :music:

Artwork: 6/10

Disc 1: Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffany's- Classic indie somg for me :heart:

Disc 2: Faithless - Insomnia I CANT NO SLEEP - breakdown - nuff said

Overall: 6/10

Good selection here. Favourite songs:

Pet Shop Boys - Se A Vida E

Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over

Garbage - Milk

Faithless - Insomnia

BBE - Seven Days And One Week

Space - Neighbourhood

Disc One: Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffany's

Disc Two: Faithless - Insomnia :wub: :wub: :wub:

 

honourable mention to BBE - Seven Days And One Week

The final NOW album to be released on vinyl.

 

 

Favourites:

 

Say You'll Be There (guilty pleasure)

Fastlove (May you rest in peace, George!)

Breakfast At Tiffany's (one of the first songs I remember hearing)

Se A Vida E

You're Gorgeous

If You're Thinking Of Me

Don't Dream It's Over

Marblehead Johnson

The Riverboat Song (aka "the song you heard a lot on TFI Friday")

Milk (I actually have a 7" of this song, with the sleeve containing a hologram)

Something Changed

Flying

Beautiful Ones (my favourite Suede song)

Oh What A Night (though I prefer the original Frankie Valli version)

My Love Is For Real (not as spectacular as U Sure Do, but still pretty great)

Insomnia (I can't get no sleep!) ("I only smoke weed when I need to and I need to get some rest. Yo, where's my sess!")

Seven Days And One Week

I'm Alive (the man with the second face)

Stamp!

Follow The Rules (not as spectacular as Dreamer and Don't Stop Moving, but still pretty good)

Jump To My Beat (great tune! Sadly, Wildchild passed away too soon :( [a month after releasing Renegade Master]

Pearl's Girl

Neighbourhood

Possibly Maybe

Chasing Rainbows

Edited April 3, 20178 yr by DalekTurret32

voted Ocean Colour Scene and Faithless. Also like Pulp, Shed Seven Livin Joy, Bluetones, Beautiful South

Edited April 4, 20178 yr by fiesta

Ooh this is the first Now CD that I ever owned! Well, it belonged to my parents (I wasn't born yet for another 10 months :lol:) but they gave it to me when I started becoming obsessed with the series and it's the earliest one I have on CD. Anyway, my disc 1 highlight is Spice Girls - 'Say You'll Be There'! I find it very underrated in terms of their discography, it is actually as high as my second favourite Spice Girls song after 'Viva Forever'! A cool and smooth sound for them with a very fun accompanying video. My Disc 2 favourite is then the obvious choice of Faithless - 'Insomnia'. I can recite every iconic word, naturally, and that breakdown is just on another level. :wub:

 

The final NOW album to be released on vinyl.

Indeed! I really want to get it on vinyl one day. I have 1-10 on vinyl and also 16, so quite a lot of gaps to fill. If only it was a less expensive hobby :lol:

Say You'll Be There :wub: Not that fussed on any of the other tracks though whoops.

Well what a huge step down this edition is in terms of quality :mellow:

 

Another Spice Girls opener but this a lot weaker than Wannabe for me, then coincidentally Fastlove which appears on the recently released & current Now 96! Barely anything I return to on this side, not including the brilliant Breakfast At Tiffany's, easily the best song on Disc 1. Couple of other faves from Babybird & Crowded House (an ultimate drunk karaoke anthem that) but yeah, nothing else at all to see here.

 

Disc 2 probably just about edges it with some decent dance tunes in the second half, but still a large part weaker than previous editions. Insomnia is quite the anthem & certainly the best song on the edition (although during the rate I did actually give my 11 to Crowded House). Some good trance from BBE & another strong Livin' Joy track but again, the rest is passable for me.

 

Whilst not quite as impressive visually as previous editions the artwork still stands out in a "look at me, bright & shiny" kind of way on one's shelf. I'll go for another 7 again.

 

Overall? Well I'll be a little more harsh here, obviously (as every edition) there are highlights but the large majority doesn't ring too many fond bells for me when I listened this through in November 2015 for the rate, a 5/10 for me this time.

 

The results from aforementioned Rate you say (in a user-friendly format)? Here ya go:

 

1. Spice Girls - Say You'll Be There

2. Faithless - Insomnia

3. Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over

4. Suede - Beautiful Ones

5. Babybird - You're Gorgeous

6. Pet Shop Boys - Se a Vida é

7. George Michael - Fastlove

8. The Beautiful South - Rotterdam

9. Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffany's

10. Stretch 'n' Vern - I'm Alive

11. Garbage - Milk

12. Sheryl Crow - If It Makes You Happy

13. BBE - Seven Days And One Week

14. East 17 - If You Ever

15. Björk - Possibly Maybe

16. Underworld - Pearl's Girl

17. Space - Neighbourhood

18. Livin' Joy - Follow The Rules

19. Ocean Colour Scene - The Riverboat Song

20. Pulp - Something Changed

21. Neneh Cherry - Woman

22. Boyzone - Words

23. The Bluetones - Marblehead Johnson

24. Dodgy - If You're Thinking Of Me

25. Louise - Undivided Love

26. Dina Carroll - Escaping

27. Strike - My Love Is For Real

28. Healy & Amos - Stamp!

29. Wildchild - Jump To My Beat

30. Shed Seven - Chasing Rainbows

31. Belinda Carlisle - Always Breaking My Heart

32. Eternal - Someday

33. Cast - Flying

34. Backstreet Boys - I'll Never Break Your Heart

35. Clock - Oh What A Night

36. Ant & Dec - When I Fall In Love

37. Lighthouse Family - Goodbye Heartbreak

38. 911 - Don't Make Me Wait

39. Damage - Love II Love

40. Peter André - Flava

Disc 1 faves :

 

1. George Michael – Fastlove (Forthright Edit)

2. Pet Shop Boys – Se A Vida É (That's The Way Life Is)

3. Spice Girls – Say You'll Be There

4. Lighthouse Family – Goodbye Heartbreak

5. Belinda Carlisle – Always Breaking My Heart

 

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Disc 2 faves :

 

1. Dina Carroll – Escaping

2. Louise – Undivided Love

3. Livin' Joy – Follow The Rules

4. 911 – Don't Make Me Wait

5. Clock – Oh What A Night (December '63)