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DetailsReleased: 10th April 2006

Origin: United Kingdom

Label: Virgin / EMI / Universal

Format: Double CD, Double Cassette, Digital MP3 Download

Duration: 2:27:44 (147 minutes 44 seconds)

Tracks: 42

#1’s: 5

Chart Peak: #1 (5 weeks)

Sales: 485,000 (2x Platinum)

Tracklisting1. Corinne Bailey Rae – Put Your Records On 3:35 {2}

2. Pussycat Dolls feat. will.i.am – Beep 3:48 {2}

3. Black Eyed Peas – My Humps 3:44 {3}

4. Orson – No Tomorrow 2:48 {1}

5. The Ordinary Boys – Boys Will Be Boys 2:24 {3}

6. Meck feat. Leo Sayer – Thunder In My Heart Again 3:08 {1}

7. Hi_Tack – Say Say Say (Waiting 4 U) 2:42 {4}

8. Dead Or Alive – You Spin Me Round 3:13 {5}

9. Chico – It’s Chico Time 2:50 {1}

10. Shayne Ward – That’s My Goal 3:38 {1}

11. Sugababes – Ugly 3:50 {3}

12. Simon Webbe – No Worries 3:27 {4}

13. Will Young – All Time Love 3:55 {3}

14. Kelly Clarkson – Because Of You 3:39 {7}

15. Westlife – Amazing 2:49 {4}

16. Andy Abraham – Hang Up 3:46 {63}

17. McFly – I Wanna Hold You 2:58 {3}

18. Son Of Dork – Ticket Outta Loserville 3:21 {3}

19. Friday Hill – One More Night Alone 4:18 {13}

20. Liberty X – A Night To Remember 3:00 {6}

21. Rihanna – If It’s Lovin’ That You Want 3:27 {11}

22. Liz McClarnon – Woman In Love 3:38 {5}

23. Girls Aloud – See The Day 4:04 {9}

24. Nizlopi – JCB Song 3:48 {1}

25. Embrace – Nature’s Law 3:15 {2}

26. Robbie Williams – Advertising Space 4:37 {8}

27. Coldplay – Talk 4:26 {10}

28. A-ha – Analogue (All I Want) 3:48 {10}

29. The Feeling – Sewn 3:44 {7}

30. Richard Ashcroft – Break The Night With Colour 3:53 {3}

31. Texas – Sleep 4:06 {6}

32. Kaiser Chiefs – The Modern Way 3:31 {11}

33. U2 – All Because Of You 3:20 {4}

34. Fall Out Boy – Sugar We’re Goin Down 3:47 {8}

35. Goldfrapp – Ride A White Horse 3:42 {15}

36. Gorillaz – Dirty Harry 3:50 {6}

37. MVP – Bounce, Shake, Move, Stop! 3:23 {22}

38. Sunblock – I’ll Be Ready 2:52 {4}

39. The Shapeshifters – Incredible 3:39 {12}

40. The Source feat. Candi Staton – You Got The Love (New Voyager Radio Edit) 3:11 {7}

41. Kubb – Grow 3:48 {18}

42. José González – Heartbeats 2:39 {9}

 

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: Shayne Ward – That’s My Goal (4 weeks)

Lowest Charting Track: Andy Abraham – Hang Up {63}

Longest Song: Robbie Williams – Advertising Space 4:37

Shortest Song: The Ordinary Boys – Boys Will Be Boys 2:24

Edited Tracks: Unknown

Unedited Tracks: Unknown

Inlay Mistakes: None

Other Facts: None

On This Day In HistoryActress Gwyneth Paltrow and Coldplay singer Chris Martin announced they had named their second child, a boy, Moses Martin. The couple also had a daughter named Apple.

Other ResourcesOfficial Now Music Website

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Now 63 Rate

Andrew's ReviewNow That’s What I Call Music! 63 aka Now 63 was released in Spring 2006 and featured 42 tracks with 5 UK #1 singles. This volume was the first to be made available as a digital MP3 download on various providers including iTunes. It was also the penultimate volume to be released on double cassette. It was on this volume that we first heard music from Orson, The Ordinary Boys, The X Factor 2005 winner Shayne Ward, The Feeling, Fall Out Boy and Sunblock. Also notably, it was the third time in the series which You Got The Love by The Source featuring Candi Staton was featured (the other appearances being on Now 19 and Now 36).

 

With over 12 available recording minutes across both CD’s, there was most certainly room for 2 or 3 more songs to add to the 42 tracks. This becomes more advantageous when compared with the absent UK #1 singles of that era including Madonna, Arctic Monkeys, Pussycat Dolls and a plethora of American rappers paying homage to The Notorious B.I.G. Along with these omissions, there were also missing hits from Chris Brown, The Kooks, Eminem, James Blunt, P!nk, Kanye West, Oasis, Beyoncé, Joey Negro and Mary J. Blige.

 

Now 63 was the only volume in the series to feature Corinne Bailey Rae, Meck, Hi_Tack, Chico, Andy Abraham, Son Of Dork, Liz McClarnon, Nizlopi, Kubb and José González.

 

Artwork Rating: 6/10 Good

It is hard to give this design anything less than good, though there are some aspects that disappoint me. First, I do like that the setting is in a dark sky, maybe at dusk, and that is aesthetically pleasing. The colour of the shiny logo is also very sharp. Where my issue lies is in the overuse of multiple colours in the sky in the shape of hot air balloons. The overused concept made this artwork a bit too much colour on the eye and that lets it down from being better.

 

Disc 1 Favourite: Hi_Tack – Say Say Say (Waiting 4 U)

This short dance tune, which samples a song by Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney, was a personal favourite of mine at the time and had feel-good vibes to brighten up any situation. Very good production from these guys who went on to work under many other aliases, including Klubbheads.

 

Disc 2 Favourite: Sunblock – I’ll Be Ready

A great updated dance mix of the classic Baywatch theme tune.

 

Disc 3 Tracklist:

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

 

1. Oasis – Let There Be Love 5:30 {2}

2. Mary J. Blige & U2 – One 4:03 {2}

3. James Blunt – Goodbye My Lover 4:18 {9}

4. Arctic Monkeys – When The Sun Goes Down 3:20 {1}

5. The Kooks – You Don’t Love Me 2:35 {12}

6. The Zutons – Why Wont You Give Me Your Love? 3:21 {9}

7. Hard-Fi – Cash Machine 3:46 {14}

8. Franz Ferdinand – Walk Away 3:42 {14}

9. The Strokes – Juicebox 3:17 {5}

10. Editors – Munich 3:46 {10}

11. Madonna – Sorry 3:58 {1}

12. Herd & Fitz feat. Abigail Bailey – I Just Can’t Get Enough 3:10 {11}

13. Freemasons feat. Amanda Wilson – Watchin’ 2:47 {19}

14. Joey Negro – Make A Move On Me 2:59 {11}

15. Tom Novy feat. Michael Marshall – Your Body 3:31 {10}

16. Chris Brown feat. Juelz Santana – Run It! 3:49 {2}

17. Kanye West feat. Lupe Fiasco – Touch The Sky 3:56 {6}

18. The Notorious B.I.G. feat. Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge & Avery Storm – Nasty Girl 4:46 {1}

19. Beyoncé feat. Slim Thug – Check On It 3:07 {3}

20. P!nk – Stupid Girls 3:06 {4}

21. Charlotte Church – Moodswings (To Come At Me Like That) 3:07 {14}

22. The Pussycat Dolls – Stickwitu 3:27 {1}

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Total time: 1:19:21

 

Overall Rating: 5/10 Poor

Plenty of filler on this volume it would seem. I’m not sure why there was such a large amount of recording space unused, mainly on Disc 2 where 2 or 3 more tracks could fit to make this volume a better quality volume. There’s certainly lots of glaring omissions from this time and that lets it down for me. I would also have liked a little more care and attention to detail to have been invested in the design of the artwork too. Overall quite disappointing.

 

Andrew's Best 5 (as of October 2017)

1. Hi_Tack – Say Say Say (Waiting 4 U)

2. Black Eyed Peas – My Humps

3. Meck feat. Leo Sayer – Thunder In My Heart Again

4. Orson – No Tomorrow

5. Corinne Bailey Rae – Put Your Records On

 

Andrew's Worst 5 (as of October 2017)

1. Girls Aloud – See The Day

2. Andy Abraham – Hang Up

3. Nizlopi – JCB Song

4. Texas – Sleep

5. Richard Ashcroft – Break The Night With Colour

Other OmissionsWestlife feat. Diana Ross – When You Tell Me That You Love Me {2}

Morrissey – You Have Killed Me {3}

Brian Kennedy & Peter Corby – George Best: A Tribute {4}

Eminem – When I’m Gone {4}

Crazy Frog – Jingle Bells / U Can’t Touch This {5}

The Kooks – Naïve {5}

D.H.T. feat. Edmee – Listen To Your Heart {7}

Babyshambles – Albion {8}

The Darkness – Is It Just Me {8}

The Streets – When You Wasn’t Famous {8}

McFly – Ultraviolet / The Ballad Of Paul K {9}

Shakira – Don’t Bother {9}

50 Cent – Window Shopper {11}

Mariah Carey – Don’t Forge About Us {11}

Sean Paul – Temperature {11}

Ashlee Simpson – Boyfriend {12}

Depeche Mode – Suffer Well {12}

Sean Paul – Ever Blazin’ {12}

50 Cent – Hustler’s Ambition {13}

Belle & Sebastian – Funny Little Frog {13}

Placebo – Because I Want You {13}

Ray J – One Wish {13}

Franz Ferdinand – The Fallen / L Wells {14}

Depeche Mode – A Pain That I’m Used To {15}

Lee Ryan – When I Think Of You {15}

Pharrell Williams – Angel {15}

Jesse McCartney – Beautiful Soul {16}

Mish Mash – Speechless {16}

Simon Webbe – After All This Time {16}

Young Jeezy feat. Akon – Soul Survivor {16}

Bow Wow feat. Ciara – Like You {17}

Charlotte Church – Even God Can’t Change The Past {17}

Keisha White – The Weakness In Me {17}

Massive Attack – Live With Me {17}

Stereophonics – Rewind {17}

Craig David – Unbelievable {18}

Futureheads – Area {18}

Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Gold Lion {18}

Antony Costa – Do You Ever Think Of Me {19}

Bon Jovi – Welcome To Wherever You Are {19}

Keedie & The England Cricket Team – Jerusalem {19}

Morning Runner – Burning Benches {19}

Aaron Smith feat. Luvli – Dancin’ {20}

Graham Coxon – Standing On My Own Again {20}

Hilary Duff – Fly {20}

The Magic Numbers – I See You You See Me {20}

Edited October 16, 20177 yr by Skeleton💀Wardy

MVP :wub:

 

Revisiting this though it is a fairly poor compilation but Disc 2 is much better overall!

Edited October 16, 20177 yr by LewisTScream

Sorry it’s late. :rolleyes:

Edited October 16, 20177 yr by Skeleton💀Wardy

Went for Hi-Tack - Say Say Say for disc 1 (Thunder In My Heart was close though) and Sunblock - I'll be Ready for disc 2 so same as you went for awardinary! 'Say Say Say' I prefer though, such a vibrant dance tune! Lol at that Shapeshifters and Chic track making it when it only made #40, great track though!

 

EDIT: realized it was 'Incredible' not 'Sensitivity' on the album. Fantastic tune, I think I should have chosen that instead of 'I'll Be Ready' (which is still very good though).

 

A lot of great dance tracks excluded from this album, aside from the ones in your disc 3 awardinary and other omissions, also DHT ft Edmee - Listen to Your Heart.

Edited October 17, 20177 yr by HissingSparkler

Went for Hi-Tack - Say Say Say for disc 1 and Sunblock - I'll be Ready for disc 2 so same as you went for awardinary! 'Say Say Say' I prefer though, such a vibrant dance tune!

 

A lot of great dance tracks excluded from this album, aside from the ones in your disc 3 awardinary and other omissions, also DHT ft Edmee - Listen to Your Heart.

Good to see we have the same taste in dance music. :music:

 

Shocked that for the second volume in a row I’ve missed a major dance omission which you’ve identified! :o

 

I’ve added it to the list of other omissions for now, but I may move it to Disc 3 eventually.

Good to see we have the same taste in dance music. :music:

 

Shocked that for the second volume in a row I’ve missed a major dance omission which you’ve identified! :o

 

I’ve added it to the list of other omissions for now, but I may move it to Disc 3 eventually.

 

I'll have to play the correct charting version of 'Listen to Your Heart' on plug as the top version on youtube is not the charting version, this is

! Such a brill tune, should have made the Now 63 imo along with Make A Move On Me, Just Can't Get Enough, Watchin' and Your Body!

Edited October 16, 20177 yr by HissingSparkler

Hmm. This is a lot weaker than I remember this Now being. But a lot of good songs on it regardless, and I do love the artwork with the hot air balloons at dusk, so picture-esque and different for a spring Now. Top 5 from each as always...

 

CD1

1. Corinne Bailey Rae (you can't help but want to smile and sing along when you hear this song. Shame it was her only big hit)

2. Will Young (absolutely gorgeous and so simply but beautifully delivered. One of Will's best singles by far)

3. McFly (again one of McFly's best singles, even if it got released at a very trying time for them - which I'll discuss more of on the Plug.dj on Wednesday. I'm pretty sure they could have bolted 'Ultraviolet' on as well in place of say, Andy Abraham...)

4. Dead or Alive (80s pop classic, admittedly there under the context of Pete Burns being on Celebrity Big Brother, but none the worse for all that)

5. The Pussycat Dolls and will.I.am (After their debut, their best single for me. Love the ELO sample, love the slight witty undercurrent of it all and Will's feature is really cool)

 

CD2

1. The Source and Candi Staton (quite simply a timeless classic. And my favourite mix of this one by far the New Voyager mix)

2. Goldfrapp (another brilliant single from their 'Supernature' album. What a flawless run that was!)

3. Kaiser Chiefs (I got this second hand on 7" vinyl along with 'I Predict a Riot" recently. That first album was something very special indeed)

4. A-ha (I bought this single when it came out! The Hits and TMF played this a lot around the time it was released and I just fell in love with it from there)

5. Gorrilaz (loved 'Dirty Harry' anyway, but also loved the Korean/Japanese version of this single too that was it's B-side)

 

Pleased you put Madonna 'Sorry' on your disc 3 Andrew, such a big omission. The Streets, McFly, Simon Webbe, Ashlee Simpson, Charlotte Church (Even God! :wub: ) Shakira and Pharrell were my picks for the omissions!

Another omission from this volume could be Kanye West's 'Gold Digger' as it missed Now 62 in favour of 'Diamonds from Sierra Leone', though he had released a further two singles from 'Late Registration' by the time Now 63 was released, so I guess it was too late to include. It's a shame as it's one of his best!

 

My Top 5's are:-

 

CD1:

 

1) Hi Tack - Say Say Say

2) Orson - No Tomorrow

3) Simon Webbe - No Worries

4) Sugababes - Ugly

5) Kelly Clarkson - Because Of You

 

CD2:

 

1) Gorillaz - Dirrty Harry

2) Coldplay - Talk

3) Embrace - Nature's Law

4) Shapeshifters - Increadable

5) Fall Out Boy - Sugar We're Going Down

 

Poor volume really with less than half the album I would listen to nowadays. The next edition is much better.

Another omission from this volume could be Kanye West's 'Gold Digger' as it missed Now 62 in favour of 'Diamonds from Sierra Leone', though he had released a further two singles from 'Late Registration' by the time Now 63 was released, so I guess it was too late to include.

Ah yes, I did mention this song in the previous thread as an omission from that era. ;)

Are there any more reviews to come Andrew? It would be a big shame if you stopped as I really enjoyed reading these threads.

Are there any more reviews to come Andrew? It would be a big shame if you stopped as I really enjoyed reading these threads.

 

I think danG may be restarting this series in the new year (I was speaking to him on PM a few weeks ago about it). Although not sure if he has asked for awardinary's permission yet.

 

Obviously I would prefer awardinary himself to come back and do them though if he feels up to it again.

 

Although it does go downhill imo for the album and omissions after the next one as far as dance is concerned for me (don't really like the emerging spoken word electro era as much as the retro house we have seen over the past few Now's and Now omissions discussed in this series).

Edited November 22, 20177 yr by The Diplomat

I only said that may be a possibility if awardinary completely disappeared from the site, but he still browses and goes on plug, so perhaps in a few months he might want to re-start it.

I only said that may be a possibility if awardinary completely disappeared from the site, but he still browses and goes on plug, so perhaps in a few months he might want to re-start it.

 

Yes that would be great if he returned to the site, even just to continue this series and the associated and the associated plug seshes if he felt up to it.

Edited November 22, 20177 yr by The Diplomat

Artwork - Very good

Disc 1 - Because of You

Disc 2 - Nature's Law

Overall - Very Good.

 

 

Nature's Law doesn't receive enough love generally, it's one of their best

5/10

Kelly Clarkson - Because of You

Nizlopi - JCB Song

5/10

 

Top 5:

 

Disc 1:

01. Kelly Clarkson – Because Of You 3:39 {7}

02. Simon Webbe – No Worries 3:27 {4}

03. Pussycat Dolls feat. will.i.am – Beep 3:48 {2}

04. Rihanna – If It’s Lovin’ That You Want 3:27 {11}

05. Friday Hill – One More Night Alone 4:18 {13} :whistle: > I love this song so much lmao! <

 

Disc 2:

01. Nizlopi – JCB Song 3:48 {1}

02. Embrace – Nature’s Law 3:15 {2}

03. Sunblock – I’ll Be Ready 2:52 {4}

04. Fall Out Boy – Sugar We’re Goin Down 3:47 {8}

05. Kubb – Grow 3:48 {18}