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DetailsReleased: 19th July 1999

Origin: United Kingdom

Label: Virgin / EMI / Universal

Format: Double CD, Double Cassette & Mini Disc

Duration: 2:34:38 (154 minutes 38 seconds)

Tracks: 41

#1’s: 8

Chart Peak: #1 (4 weeks)

Sales: 665,000 (3x Platinum)

Tracklisting1. Martine McCutcheon – Perfect Moment 3:53 {1}

2. Boyzone – You Needed Me 3:29 {1}

3. Backstreet Boys – I Want It That Way 3:34 {1}

4. Shanks & Bigfoot – Sweet Like Chocolate 3:33 {1}

5. S Club 7 – Bring It All Back 3:31 {1}

6. Vengaboys – Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom 3:22 {1}

7. ATB – 9pm (Till I Come) 2:33 {1}

8. Phats & Small – Turn Around 3:32 {2}

9. Basement Jaxx – Red Alert 3:35 {5}

10. Dina Carroll – Without Love 3:35 {13}

11. Geri Halliwell – Look At Me 3:42 {2}

12. Adam Rickitt – I Breathe Again 3:46 {5}

13. Lolly – Viva La Radio 2:47 {6}

14. Cartoons – DooDah 3:12 {7}

15. Precious – Say It Again 2:59 {6}

16. Honeyz – Love Of A Lifetime 3:37 {9}

17. 911 – Private Number 3:32 {3}

18. Culture Club – Your Kisses Are Charity 4:19 {25}

19. Beverley Knight – The Greatest Day 4:00 {14}

20. Melanie G – Word Up 3:40 {14}

21. Fierce – Dayz Like That 3:47 {11}

22. Tina Cousins – Forever 4:02 {45}

23. Baz Luhrmann – Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) 5:05 {1}

24. Texas – In Our Lifetime 4:04 {4}

25. New Radicals – You Get What You Give 4:40 {5}

26. Supergrass – Pumping On Your Stereo 3:20 {11}

27. Madness – Lovestruck 3:50 {10}

28. The Wiseguys – Ooh La La 3:41 {2}

29. The Chemical Brothers – Hey Boy Hey Girl 4:49 {3}

30. Fatboy Slim – Right Here Right Now 5:56 {2}

31. Chicane feat. Maire Brennan Of Clannad – Saltwater 3:23 {6}

32. Bryan Adams – Cloud Number Nine 4:10 {6}

33. Blur – Coffee & TV 5:02 {11}

34. Cast – Beat Mama 3:40 {9}

35. Stereophonics – Pick A Part That's New 3:31 {4}

36. Gomez – Bring It On 3:56 {21}

37. Semisonic – Secret Smile 3:47 {13}

38. James – I Know What I'm Here For 3:56 {22}

39. Yomanda – Synth & Strings 3:17 {8}

40. DJ Jurgen Presents Alice Deejay – Better Off Alone 3:03 {2}

41. Masters At Work Presents India – To Be In Love 3:28 {23}

 

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: Martine McCutcheon – Perfect Moment / Shanks & Bigfoot – Sweet Like Chocolate / ATB – 9pm (Till I Come) (2 weeks)

Lowest Charting Track: Tina Cousins – Forever {45}

Longest Song: Fatboy Slim – Right Here Right Now 5:56

Shortest Song: ATB – 9pm (Till I Come) 2:33

Edited Tracks: Unknown

Unedited Tracks: Unknown

Inlay Mistakes: None

Other Facts: This was the first volume to be made available on mini disc.

On This Day In HistoryA gunman who sprayed bullets at Westwood's car in Kensington, London, shot BBC Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood. A statement the following day said he was recovering at a London hospital.

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Now 43 Rate

Andrew's ReviewNow That's What I Call Music! 43 also known as Now 43 featured 41 summer hits of 1999 and included 8 UK #1 singles. For many artists, this was the platform on which they started their continued chart success and subsequent features in the series. These newbies were Martine McCutcheon, S Club 7, ATB, Basement Jaxx, Geri Halliwell, Lolly, Precious, Beverley Knight, Fierce, Chicane and Alice Deejay.

 

Just a couple of missing #1's from this era, one of them was the debut single by Westlife – Swear It Again who would go on to achieve a further 13 UK #1 singles in their career. The other missing #1 was from Ricky Martin, who had previously featured in the series, but his best selling hit Livin La Vida Loca, which stayed at #1 for 3 weeks, was not included on this volume. Also missing from this volume were hits like Steps – Love's Got A Hold On My Heart, Britney Spears – Sometimes, TLC – No Scrubs, Jennifer Lopez – If You Had My Love, A1 – Be The First To Believe along with the debut from controversial newcomer Eminem – My Name Is.

 

The artists whose only appearance was on this volume were Shanks & Bigfoot, Phats & Small, Adam Rickitt, Baz Luhrmann, New Radicals, The Wiseguys, Gomez, Semisonic, Yomanda, DJ Jurgen and Masters At Work.

 

Artwork Rating: 7/10 Very Good

Striking artwork on this volume, with a very sunshine filled theme. The logo radiates in front of a sphere like object which I calling the sun! Very bright and inviting. The silky smooth blue around the edges, and on the reverse of the cover, makes for a very good piece of artwork.

 

Disc 1 Favourite: S Club 7 – Bring It All Back

This is such a fun song to listen to, and I'm not ashamed in the least you like it. The message in the lyrics are positive and uplifting, and the upbeat sound and summer freshness make this a great S Club song. The first of many to come.

 

Disc 2 Favourite: Bryan Adams – Cloud Number 9

One of my favourite songs growing up, I absolutely loved the vibes this song was giving off, and it wasn't until later in life I discovered it was produced by Chicane, who worked with Bryan Adams again the following year. This is my favourite Bryan Adams song and it is a feel good anthem for me.

 

Disc 3 Tracklist:

(A new concept of what a third disc might look like if other hits from the era were used)

 

1. Westlife – Swear It Again 4:06 {1}

2. Ricky Martin – Livin' La Vida Loca 4:03 {1}

3. A1 – Be The First To Believe 3:19 {6}

4. *Nsync – Tearin' Up My Heart 3:31 {9}

5. Steps – Loves Got A Hold On My Heart 3:22 {2}

6. Britney Spears – Sometimes 3:55 {3}

7. Cher – Strong Enough 3:29 {5}

8. Powerhouse feat. Duane Harden – What You Need 3:20 {13}

9. Gouryella – Gouryella 3:38 {15}

10. DJ Sakin & Friends – Nomansland (David's Song) 2:40 {14}

11. Pete Heller – Big Love 4:04 {12}

12. The Three Amigos – Louie Louie 3:40 {15}

13. Will Smith feat. Dru Hill – Wild Wild West 4:06 {2}

14. Destiny's Child – Bills Bills Bills 4:16 {6}

15. TLC – No Scrubs 3:53 {3}

16. Jennifer Lopez – If You Had My Love 4:24 {4}

17. The Offspring – Why Don't You Get A Job? 2:52 {2}

18. Shed Seven – Disco Down 3:51 {13}

19. Suede – Electricity 4:39 {5}

20. Hepburn – I Quit 3:56 {8}

21. Catatonia – Dead From The Waist Down 3:41 {7}

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Total time: 1:18:45

 

Overall Rating: 8/10 Extremely Good

Loads and loads of good things to say about this volume, and it's a massive improvement on the previous release. One of my all time favourites, and one of the best summer releases we've ever had. Just great.

 

Andrew's Best 5 (as of May 2017)

1. Bryan Adams – Cloud Number Nine

2. DJ Jurgen Presents Alice Deejay – Better Off Alone

3. Chicane feat. Maire Brennan Of Clannad – Saltwater

4. S Club 7 – Bring It All Back

5. ATB – 9pm (Till I Come)

 

Andrew's Worst 5 (as of May 2017)

1. Gomez – Bring It On

2. Lolly – Viva La Radio

3. Cartoons – DooDah

4. Culture Club – Your Kisses Are Charity

5. James – I Know What I'm Here For

Edited May 28, 20178 yr by awardinary

cover art: 6/10

disc one: ATB - 9PM (Till I Come) :heart:

disc two: DJ Jurgen & Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone :heart:

overall 6/10 - some v good songs here mixed with a fair bit of unknown/crap as usual

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So in a nutshell, just to say that this is my favourite ever compilation probably, I bought it on the day of release mainly for Better Off Alone, which had entered the chart the day before Now 43 was released. It was at the time the only way to get hold of the radio edit of the track as the CD single bizarrely only had long dance mixes, which made its success even more impressive!. But there are so many other highlights throughout, particularly 9PM (Till I Come), Say It Again, In Our Lifetime and You Get What You Give <3

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Great summery pop dance Now. Voted for Sweet Like Chocolate and Better Off Alone.

I agree this is the best summer Now by a long way. I chose S Club 7 from disc 1 - Bring it All Back was such a classic and reminds me of watching Miami 7 for the first time on CBBC that summer and becoming obsessed thereon in! ATB and Backstreet Boys a close second and third for me. Disc 2 choice for me was again, Fatboy Slim - every single he released at this time was a classic. Close second and third would be New Radicals and Blur.

Disc 2 is so much better than Disc 1 for this one. My favourites:

 

9pm (Till I Come)

Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)

You Get What You Give

Hey Boy Hey Girl

Right Here Right Now

Saltwater

Cloud Number 9

Synth & Strings

I'm interested to know if anyone here actually bought this volume on minidisc? What was the short term appeal at the time? :o

I'm interested to know if anyone here actually bought this volume on minidisc? What was the short term appeal at the time? :o

 

Nope, but I do have a Minidisc player, though the only album I actually bought on that format was Thunderbugs' debut/only album, which was curiously only available on Minidisc :lol:

 

I think it was a precursor to an MP3 player in some way, a portable device that was much smaller than a Discman and more versatile than a walkman. You could make your own compilations or albums with by recording songs onto blank minidiscs and have features like skipping and fast forwarding through tracks etc, it seemed quite revolutionary prior to people burning their own CDs at home! But would be seen as tedious and fiddly now.

 

It was also a good format to record your own music onto from a computer or keyboard input, I have a whole album of songs I made back in 2003 on Minidisc.

Edited May 30, 20178 yr by gooddelta

Nope, but I do have a Minidisc player, though the only album I actually bought on that format was Thunderbugs' debut/only album, which was curiously only available on Minidisc :lol:

 

I think it was a precursor to an MP3 player in some way, a portable device that was much smaller than a Discman and more versatile than a walkman. You could make your own compilations or albums with by recording songs onto blank minidiscs and have features like skipping and fast forwarding through tracks etc, it seemed quite revolutionary prior to people burning their own CDs at home! But would be seen as tedious and fiddly now.

 

It was also a good format to record your own music onto from a computer or keyboard input, I have a whole album of songs I made back in 2003 on Minidisc.

 

I have the Thunderbugs album on CD (imported from the Netherlands, mind) :D

 

I'm surprised that Minidisc never took off, but I guess with Napster rearing its then illegal head a year on from this Now it was a doomed format. One of my friends at school had a player and made his own mixtapes with it though, and I succinctly remember him having Will Smith's "Willennium" album for it.

 

Also interesting fact: when McFly were in their infancy, Tom used to send Minidiscs of demos to Danny of songs he'd written with James from Busted.

Had no idea it was out on CD, I thought it was folklore that that album only came out on Minidisc!

Had no idea it was out on CD, I thought it was folklore that that album only came out on Minidisc!

 

The cover of "Angel of the Morning" on it is really quite lovely. Up there with the Chrissie Hynde version!

Rather than just listing out all of my favourites, I just do the Top 5 thing.

 

 

Top 15:

1. Red Alert
2. Right Here Right Now
3. Pick A Part That's New
4. Coffee And TV
5. Better Off Alone
6. Hey Boy Hey Girl
7. You Get What You Give
8. Pumping On Your Stereo
9. Turn Around
10. Ooh La La
11. Saltwater
12. 9PM (Till I Come)
13. Sweet Like Chocolate
14. Bring It On
15. I Know What I'm Here For

Right then, it's catch up time :cheer:

 

Artwork: LOVE that. Explosive & perfect for the Summer! 9/10.

 

Disc 1 Fave: OH MY WORD what a Side! One of the best in the edition's history I would say. If I had to pick a fave here it would be Vengaboys again but these are also all 10/10 songs: I Want It That Way, Sweet Like Chocolate, 9PM, Turn Around, Red Alert, I Breathe Again & Doodah (:ph34r:)

 

Disc 2 Fave: Better Off Alone. The greatest single of all time.

 

Overall: Hesistant to call this the greatest volume ever in case there's a better one yet to come but this is comfortably top 5. I give this a 9/10!

Disc 1 faves :

 

1. Precious – Say It Again :wub:

2. Beverley Knight – The Greatest Day B-)

3. Geri Halliwell – Look At Me :cheer:

4. Vengaboys – Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom

5. Dina Carroll – Without Love

 

 

Disc 2 is terrible so only list 1 fav :

1. New Radicals – You Get What You Give

 

 

Fantasy Disc 3 faves :

1. Jennifer Lopez – If You Had My Love (why can't her other songs be this good ?)

2. Cher – Strong Enough (ANTHEM ! :music: )

3. Hepburn – I Quit (''I'm so sorry I can't be your......MUVVA !'' :D )

4. A1 – Be The First To Believe

5. Catatonia – Dead From The Waist Down