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DetailsReleased: 24th July 2000

Origin: United Kingdom

Label: Virgin / EMI / Universal

Format: Double CD, Double Cassette & Mini Disc

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

Tracks: 43

#1’s: 6

Chart Peak: #1 (4 weeks)

Sales: 735,000 (3x Platinum)

Tracklisting1. Britney Spears – Oops!...I Did It Again 3:31 {1}

2. S Club 7 – Reach 4:04 {2}

3. Sonique – It Feels So Good 3:40 {1}

4. Mary Mary – Shackles (Praise You) 3:15 {5}

5. Samantha Mumba – Gotta Tell You 3:22 {2}

6. Gabrielle – When A Woman 3:05 {6}

7. Kylie Minogue – Spinning Around 3:28 {4}

8. Tom Jones & Mousse T – Sex Bomb 3:50 {3}

9. Bloodhound Gang – The Bad Touch 3:39 {4}

10. Shania Twain – Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You) 4:12 {5}

11. Billie Piper – Day & Night 3:15 {1}

12. Louise – 2 Faced 3:39 {3}

13. Aaliyah – Try Again 3:32 {5}

14. *NSync – Bye Bye Bye 3:19 {3}

15. Damage – Ghetto Romance 3:40 {7}

16. Steps – When I Said Goodbye 3:31 {5}

17. Stephen Gately – New Beginning 3:41 {3}

18. Backstreet Boys – The One 3:47 {8}

19. Moby – Porcelain 3:30 {5}

20. Coldplay – Yellow 4:27 {4}

21. Richard Ashcroft – A Song For The Lovers 4:17 {3}

22. Black Legend – You See The Trouble With Me 4:53 {1}

23. Spiller – Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) 3:46 {1}

24. Darude – Sandstorm 3:45 {3}

25. York – O.T.B. (On The Beach) 3:16 {4}

26. Marc Et Claude – I Need Your Lovin' (Like The Sunshine) 3:43 {12}

27. Frankie Goes To Hollywood – The Power Of Love (Rob Searle Club Mix) 4:11 {6}

28. Different Gear vs The Police – When The World Is Running Down (You Can't Go Wrong) 3:24 {28}

29. Southside Spinners – Luvstruck 3:15 {9}

30. Alice Deejay – Will I Ever 3:15 {7}

31. Angelic – It's My Turn 3:11 {11}

32. Rank 1 – Airwave 2:57 {10}

33. The B15 Project feat. Crissy D & Lady G – Girls Like Us 3:05 {7}

34. Lonyo → Comme Ci Comme Ca – Summer Of Love 3:53 {8}

35. MJ Cole – Crazy Love 3:24 {10}

36. DJ Luck & MC Neat feat. JJ – Masterblaster 2000 3:32 {5}

37. Tru Faith & Dub Conspiracy – Freak Like Me 3:22 {12}

38. Jamelia – Call Me 4:20 {11}

39. Vengaboys – Uncle John From Jamaica 3:08 {6}

40. Fe-m@il – Flee Fly Flo 2:49 {46}

41. Scooch – For Sure 3:39 {15}

42. Atomic Kitten – I Want Your Love 3:17 {10}

43. Steps – Deeper Shade Of Blue 3:45 {4}

 

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: Sonique – It Feels So Good (3 weeks)

Lowest Charting Track: Fe-m@il – Flee Fly Flo {46}

Longest Song: Black Legend – You See The Trouble With Me 4:53

Shortest Song: Fe-m@il – Flee Fly Flo 2:49

Edited Tracks: Unknown

Unedited Tracks: Unknown

Inlay Mistakes: None

Other Facts: None

On This Day In HistoryNo music news to report for 24th July 2000.

Other ResourcesOfficial Now Music Website

Wikipedia

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Now 46 Rate

Andrew's ReviewNow That's What I Call Music! 46 also known as Now 46 was the summer release from 2000 and contained 43 tracks from the era April-July 2000. 6 UK #1 singles were included in the official tracklisting. This was a series first from acts like Sonique, Samantha Mumba, Aaliyah, *NSync, Coldplay, Richard Ashcroft and Darude.

 

Another 3 UK #1 singles were missing from this tracklist. They were Oxide & Neutrino – Bound 4 Da Reload (Casualty), Eminem – The Real Slim Shady and Breathless from The Corrs. Other noteworthy omissions this time around also would have included UK garage act Sweet Female Attitude whose single Flowers was a #2 hit. Destiny's Child were missing too with Say My Name. MTV presenter Richard Blackwood had a #3 hit with Mama Who Da Man. Limp Bizkitt's debut single Take A Look Around was also not included. Other hits included Oasis – Who Feels Love?, Toni Braxton – He Wasn't Man Enough, Armand Van Heldan – Koochy, Travis – Coming Around along with others.

 

Now 46 was packed with one hit wonders, most of which are on Disc 2, and these were Mary Mary, Bloodhound Gang, Stephen Gately, Black Legend, Spiller, York, Marc Et Claude, Different Gear, Southside Spinners, Angelic, Rank 1, The B15 Project, Lonyo, MJ Cole, Tru Faith & Dub Comspiracy, Fe-m@il and Scooch.

 

Artwork Rating: 6/10 Good

Bright golden yellow logo floating on a blue lagoon of water. Nice choice of colour for the summer, much the same choice as the previous summer of 1999. There seems to be a lack of originality or theme here, not much to remember from a cover. Certainly improvements could have been made.

 

Disc 1 Favourite: Sonique – It Feels Go Good

Dance classic from the year which was an instant hit in many countries. This song made Sonique a household name who would have further hits within the following months.

 

Disc 2 Favourite: Darude – Sandstorm

An incredible driving anthem, just pure trance at its very best. One of the best dance anthems of 2000.

 

Disc 3 Tracklist:

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

 

1. Eminem – The Real Slim Shady 4:44 {1}

2. Oxide & Neutrino – Bound 4 Da Reload (Casualty) 3:39 {}

3. Artful Dodger & Robbie Craig feat. Craig David – Woman Trouble 3:43 {6}

4. True Steppers feat. Dane Bowers – Buggin' 3:32 {6}

5. Sweet Female Attitude – Flowers 3:50 {2}

6. Shanks & Bigfoot – Sing-A-Long 3:30 {12}

7. Destinys Child – Say My Name 4:00 {3}

8. Richard Blackwood – Mama Who Da Man 3:39 {3}

9. Girl Thing – Last One Standing 3:07 {8}

10. Lolly – Per Sempre Amore (Forever In Love) 2:49 {11}

11. Steps – Summer Of Love 3:53 {5}

12. Shaft – Mambo Italiano 2:53 {12}

13. Paul Van Dyk feat. Saint Etienne – Tell Me Why (The Riddle) 3:48 {7}

14. Sash! – Just Around The Hill 3:46 {8}

15. Mandy Moore – Candy 3:41 {6}

16. *NSync – I'll Never Stop 3:08 {13}

17. The Corrs – Breathless 3:26 {1}

18. Armand Van Heldan – Koochy 3:27 {4}

19. Sia – Taken For Granted 3:34 {10}

20. P!nk – There You Go 3:24 {6}

21. Toni Braxton – He Wasn't Man Enough 4:22 {5}

22. Santana feat. Rob Thomas – Smooth 3:51 {3}

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Total time: 1:19:46

 

Overall Rating: 5/10 Poor

Some very good hits within this volume, but again it's a slight step down from the previous volume. Disc 2 is littered with dance songs most people will have forgotten about by now, and could have been used to showcase some other genres. Personal disappointments include the omissions of Eminem, Artful Dodger feat. Robbie Craig & Craig David, Richard Blackwood and Sash! too.

 

Andrew's Best 5 (as of June 2017)

1. Darude – Sandstorm

2. Sonique – It Feels So Good

3. Alice Deejay – Will I Ever

4. Mary Mary – Shackles (Praise You)

5. Coldplay – Yellow

 

Andrew's Worst 5 (as of June 2017)

1. Bloodhound Gang – The Bad Touch

2. Tru Faith & Dub Conspiracy – Freak Like Me

3. Angelic – It's My Turn

4. Different Gear vs The Police – When The World Is Running Down (You Can't Go Wrong)

5. Fe-m@il – Flee Fly Flo

Edited June 18, 20178 yr by awardinary

Coldplay and Spiller for me, but disc 1 is great (Sonique, S Club, Moby, Kylie were close!)

I went for Reach and Groovejet - I actually don't LOVE any particular song on Disc 1, Reach is pretty good and my favourite just about in front of 2 Faced, Gotta Tell You and Shackles.

 

Absolutely adore Disc 2 though - Will I Ever, Airwave, It's My Turn, Sandstorm and On The Beach are all brilliant dance tracks and I also love I Want Your Love, Deeper Shade of Blue and Summer Of Love - and special shout out to Scooch with their best ever track <3 Glad this was the one that made it onto a Now album.

Completely forgotten about this volume but what a tracklisting!

Hmm. As the 2000 volumes of this have gone so far, this is a weaker outing than I remember it being. Disc 2 is definitely filler heavy. Still, it's not without its charms this edition. My top 5 from each:

 

Disc 1

1. S Club 7 (How Sonique ever kept this off number one, with hindsight, I will never know. It Feels So Good was good at the time, but hasn't aged well. Whereas this along with Don't Stop Movin' is their signature tune and had top of the charts all over it! And also reminds me of L.A 7 that had been on air on CBBC in the weeks prior to it coming out)

2. Britney Spears (pop classic. Enough said)

3. Billie Piper (such a sorely underrated chart topper in a year stuffed full of one week wonders. Loved her "Walk of Life" album as well)

4. Louise (hands down best use of a talky bit in a pop song. "Hi girls - HIIII LOUISE!!!")

5. *NSYNC (again as with Britney, pop classic. Max Martin is a god)

 

Disc 2

1. Spiller (probably the most timeless track across the two discs. Even now it fills a floor)

2. Steps (one of their best singles along with One for Sorrow and It's The Way You Make Me Feel. Love its wistfulness)

3. MJ Cole (one of my favourite UK garage tracks this. Almost similar to the Moloko one on Now 45 for the use of live instruments)

4. Atomic Kitten (contrary to all popular opinion, they were at their most enjoyable with Kerry in the lineup)

5. B-15 Project (aka the track I mistakenly thought was the follow up to Flowers by Sweet Female Attitude. Well, the vocalist sounded similar!)

What's your thoughts on my Disc 3 tracklist ThePensmith? I added the songs you asked for on the last thread! :P

Disc 1 Favourite: Sonique – It Feels Go Good

Dance classic from the year which was an instant hit in many countries. This song made Sonique a household name who would have further hits within the following months.

 

Disc 2 Favourite: Darude – Sandstorm

An incredible driving anthem, just pure trance at its very best. One of the best dance anthems of 2000.

I've got the same favourites here.

 

and wow that disc 2 looks good, lots of great dance tracks.

What's your thoughts on my Disc 3 tracklist ThePensmith? I added the songs you asked for on the last thread! :P

 

Oh yes! Sorry about that, I did spot that :) Those are exactly what I would have gone for for disc 3 so bravo there. Just one thing though - would we call Stephen Gately a one hit wonder? He did have another two top 20 hits after 'New Beginning' even if they weren't on the same scale as that debut - not to mention his numerous appearances with Boyzone in the series.

Edited June 19, 20178 yr by ThePensmith

Oh yes! Sorry about that, I did spot that :) Those are exactly what I would have gone for for disc 3 so bravo there. Just one thing though - would we call Stephen Gately a one hit wonder? He did have another two top 20 hits after 'New Beginning' even if they weren't on the same scale as that debut - not to mention his numerous appearances with Boyzone in the series.

I was mainly referring to the fact this was his only appearance in the series as a solo artist.

I was mainly referring to the fact this was his only appearance in the series as a solo artist.

 

Aah OK. With you now!

Artwork - 8/10

Disc 1 - Coldplay - Yellow (Such a beautiful calming track)

Disc 2 - Darude - Sandstorm (Total Banger)

Overall- 8/10

Edited June 19, 20178 yr by HarryEzra

Disc 1:

1. *NSync – Bye Bye Bye

2. Billie Piper – Day & Night

3. Samantha Mumba – Gotta Tell You

4. Bloodhound Gang – The Bad Touch

5. Aaliyah – Try Again

6. Sonique – It Feels So Good

7. Kylie Minogue – Spinning Around

8. Britney Spears – Oops!...I Did It Again

 

Disc 2:

1. Darude – Sandstorm

2. Spiller – Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)

3. York – O.T.B. (On The Beach)

4. Steps – Deeper Shade Of Blue

5. Alice Deejay – Will I Ever

6. Rank 1 – Airwave

7. Frankie Goes To Hollywood – The Power Of Love (Rob Searle Club Mix)

 

 

 

 

Well f*ck I'm totally rating this. MOST OF THESE SONGS WERE MY CHILDHOOD.

 

Best of Disc 1:

1.) Oops! I Did It Again

2.) *NSync - Bye Bye Bye

3.) Aaliyah - Try a Again

4.) Billie Piper - Day & Night

5.) Samantha Mumba - Gotta Tell You

 

Best Of Disc 2:

1.) what was that song? Darude - Sandstorm

2.) Spiller - Groovejet

3.) The Power Of Love

 

A bit of a clear divide between dance and pop, and OH MY LORD the pop disc looks heavenly. I feel like I'm 5/6 and listening to Christina Aguilera after getting picked up from kindergarten, the memories :heart: :heart:

 

I can't believe I remember "The Bad Touch", I always thought it was called Discovery Channel :P

Oh wow there are so many great songs scattered throughout this one! I remember picking up this Now! album in a charity shop and listened to it loads so I am very familiar with it. My disc 1 favourites were between 'It Feels So Good', 'Porcelain' and 'Yellow', but in the end I went for 'Porcelain'. Such a beautiful and delicate piece of music that has so much impact on me every time. Then for disc 2 I do love me a bit of 'Girls Like This' and 'Freak Like Me' but I went for 'Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)' of course :wub: A shame Spiller's career fizzled out so quickly (the follow up single was pretty awful though...) but it's good that it provided a platform for Sophie to then get a fair amount of follow-up hits. I would definitely consider it to be a modern classic. Lots of good dance music on this one! Hell yeah at garage being a thing.

Top songs for me:

 

Moby - Porcelain

Darude - Sandstorm

York - On The Beach (based on a Chris Rea song)

Marc et Claude - I Need Your Lovin' (samples The Korgis)

Angelic - It's My Turn (love the long version)

 

CD 2 was just fantastic on this (well, up until Jamelia).

Disc 1 faves

1 Samantha Mumba - Gotta Tell You

2 Shania Twain - Don't Be Stupid

3 Louise - 2 Faced

4 Billie Piper - Day & Night

5 May Mary - Shackles

 

So many good songs on Disc 1, was tough to limit myself to a top five. Sorry Kylie and Stephen.

Disc 2 on other hand, the only ones I like :

 

Disc 2 faves

1 Vengaboys - Uncle John From Jamaica

2 Atomic kitten - I Want Your Love

3 Tru Faith & Dub Conspiracy - Freak Like Me

4 Spiller - Groovejet

 

I'd rather listen to your fantasy 3rd disc, than disc 2.

Disc 3 faves :

1 Toni Braxton - He Wasn't Man Enough

2 Steps - Summer of Love (a hundred times better than When I Said Goodbye)

3 Sia - Taken For Granted

4 Girl Thing - Last One Standing

5 Pink - There You Go

I'd rather listen to your fantasy 3rd disc, than disc 2.

Disc 3 faves :

1 Toni Braxton - He Wasn't Man Enough

2 Steps - Summer of Love (a hundred times better than When I Said Goodbye)

3 Sia - Taken For Granted

4 Girl Thing - Last One Standing

5 Pink - There You Go

Thanks Hide&Seek! :D

Disc 1 faves:

1. Aaliyah - Try Again

2. Britney Spears - Oops!... I Did It Again

3. Santana that Mumba - Gotta Tell You

4. Mary Mary - Shackles (Praise You)

5. *NSync - Bye Bye Bye

 

Disc 2 faves:

None :unsure: