Discussion thread split due to other thread reaching 50 posts! :D (thought it would be best to start it with the tracklisting)

 

Disappointing tracklist. However, that's more down to this horrendous urban music scene atm and it dominating disc 2. :(

 

I wonder if Fifty Shades are holding the rights to 'For You' (and possibly 'Capital Letters') until Now 100, for after the DVD release?

Discussion thread split due to other thread reaching 50 posts! :D (thought it would be best to start it with the tracklisting)

 

Disappointing tracklist. However, that's more down to this horrendous urban music scene atm and it dominating disc 2. :(

 

I wonder if Fifty Shades are holding the rights to 'For You' (and possibly 'Capital Letters') until Now 100, for after the DVD release?

Must be. Ellie Goulding's song was delayed to a summer NOW (and then every spin-off). The problem is: Will it still be big during NOW 100/Summer?

Only slightly better than Now 98 which was the first one I didn’t buy in some time. Disc 1 is ok but disc 2 is poor. So many omissions!

Must be. Ellie Goulding's song was delayed to a summer NOW (and then every spin-off). The problem is: Will it still be big during NOW 100/Summer?

Tbh, with how slow the charts move, I'd say it's been big enough to warrant a late addition, even if it's not top 40 by the time that Now 100 is released. I think Gooddelta is right. I think they've missed off the bigger hits like 'For You' and 'This Is Me' etc.. (partially coz of licensing issues) but mainly so they have more actual hits for the milestone album!

In all fairness, there’s only been 3 #1s since the last Now and all three are by artists who hate being on Now albums. And some other big hits which seem like odd omissions (This Is Me, For You, All The Stars) are from recent soundtracks who also hate being on Now albums. I’m sure the next Now will have at least Ed, Drake, Keala & Rita/Liam - maybe even Taylor now we’ve got Ready For It on Now 99. All things considered I would still say this is one of the better springtime Nows of recent years, sure there’s a few non-Top 40 songs on here but most of them are either well known anyway (Kylie) or likely to be Top 40 soon (CLiQ)

I’m all for Calum Scott appearing but I’d have preferred the Leona duet version instead of the solo version

I couldn’t sleep in the hospital so decided to make a pointless Disc 3 tracklist using omissions both new and old;

 

1. Ed Sheeran – Perfect

2. Meghan Trainor – No Excuses

3. Taylor Swift – Delicate

4. Drake – God’s Plan

5. Eminem feat. Ed Sheeran – River

6. Kendrick Lamar & SZA – All The Stars

7. Bazzi – Mine

8. Kojo Funds feat. RAYE – Check

9. The Weeknd feat. Kendrick Lamar – Pray For Me

10. Justin Timberlake – Filthy

11. Jorja Smith feat. Stormzy – Let Me Down

12. Post Malone – I Fall Apart

13. MNEK – Tongue

14. Years & Years – Sanctify

15. Bebe Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line – Meant To Be

16. RAYE, Mabel & Stefflon Don – Cigarette

17. Anne-Marie – Heavy

18. Liam Payne & Rita Ora – For You

19. Keala – This Is Me

20. Katie Melua – Fields Of Gold

21. Elbow – Golden Slumbers

22. Liam Gallagher – For What It’s Worth

 

Look out for it in a future Now 99 thread someday!

CD 2 looks like ear porn for all the roadmen out there! It says it all about the stagnant and uncompetitive nature of the UK charts that there isn't a number one that is featured here. A few years ago compilations like this would have been littered with them. Gone are the days when you can have 10 or more songs that reached number one in the Official chart featured on a NOW! album.

 

Bouuf Daddy is easily the best song on this album in my opinion!

 

 

Looking at the positioning of the songs in the tracklist I would guess that "These Days", "IDGAF", "Feel It Still", "Barking", "Say Something", "Breathe" will be the songs that feature on the advert.

The start of Disc 2, from about 1-12... :wub: There won't be so much urban crossover music on a NOW again I'd have thought.

According to Rag’n’Bone Man’s discography, “As You Are” is the fourth single with “Grace” being the fifth which means they should’ve included “As You Are” on 98 and “Grace” on 99. They did that with Spice Girls in 1998 putting “Stop” on 39, “Viva Forever” on 40 and “Too Much” on 41 when it should’ve been “Too Much” on 39, “Stop” on 40 and “Viva Forever” on 41

If it wasn't for that old Oasis song I wouldn't know a single track on there - I thought it was just there as some kind of meta comment at how the Now albums will "live forever" and as a goodbye to the 1987-2018 two digit era.

The only song from NOW 99 which has been edited is “Breathe” whereas on NOW Running 2018, it is left in full. No other tracks from NOW 99 have been edited

Advert out

 

The best song on the album opening the advert *.*

Advert out

 

The best song on the album opening the advert *.*

 

But I can’t see Beautiful Trauma anywhere in the advert?

As they are doing doing a spin-off titled NOW That's What I Call NOW, They should do it over 5 discs with a track from each numbered NOW and do the tracklist like this:

 

CD 1

 

1. Culture Club - Karma Chameleon

2. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax

3. Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

4. Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters

5. Sister Sledge - Frankie

6. Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart

7. Chris De Burgh - The Lady In Red

8. Communards & Sarah Jane Morris - Don't Leave Me This Way

9. Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite

10. T'Pau - China In Your Hand

11. Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind

12. Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now

13. Yazz & The Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up

14. Marc Almond & Gene Pitney - Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart

15. Soul II Soul - Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)

16. Technotronic featuring Felly - Pump Up The Jam

17. Adamski featuring Seal - Killer

18. The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody

19. The KLF featuring The Children Of The Revolution - 3am Eternal

20. Jason Donovan - Any Dream Will Do

 

CD 2

 

1. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

2. Snap! - Rhythm Is A Dancer

3. Charles & Eddie - Would I Lie To You?

4. 2 Unlimited - No Limit

5. Ace Of Base - All That She Wants

6. Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)

7. D:Ream - Things Can Only Get Better

8. Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around

9. Whigfield - Saturday Night

10. East 17 - Stay Another Day

11. The Outhere Brothers - Boom Boom Boom

12. Coolio featuring L.V. - Gangsta's Paradise

13. Babylon Zoo - Spaceman

14. Spice Girls - Wannabe

15. George Michael - Fastlove

16. No Doubt - Don't Speak

17. Hanson - MMMBop

18. Chumbawamba - Tubthumping

19. Aqua - Barbie Girl

20. John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - The Grease Megamix

 

CD 3

 

1. Boyzone - No Matter What

2. Cher - Believe

3. ATB - 9pm (Till I Come)

4. Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time

5. Fragma - Toca's Miracle

6. Sonique - It Feels So Good

7. All Saints - Pure Shores

8. Shaggy featuring Ricardo 'RikRok' Ducent - It Wasn't Me

9. S Club 7 - Don't Stop Movin'

10. Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head

11. Enrique Iglesias - Hero

12. Liberty X - Just A Little

13. Las Ketchup - The Ketchup Song

14. Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland - Dilemma

15. R Kelly - Ignition (Remix)

16. Fatman Scoop featuring The Crooklyn Clan - Be Faithful

17. Peter Andre featuring Bubbler Ranx - Mysterious Girl

18. Eamon - f*** It (I Don't Want You Back)

19. Eric Prydz - Call On Me

20. Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay - (Is This The Way To) Amarillo

 

CD 4

 

1. James Blunt - You're Beautiful

2. The Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes - Don't Cha

3. Meck featuring Leo Sayer - Thunder In My Heart Again

4. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy

5. Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie

6. MIKA - Grace Kelly

7. Take That - Shine

8. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love

9. Duffy - Mercy

10. Estelle featuring Kanye West - American Boy

11. Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl

12. Lily Allen - The Fear

13. Lady Gaga - Poker Face

14. Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling

15. Tinie Tempah featuring Labrinth - Pass Out

16. Usher featuring Will.i.am - OMG

17. Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are

18. Jessie J featuring B.O.B - Price Tag

19. Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull - On The Floor

20. Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger

 

CD 5

 

1. Gotye featuring Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know

2. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe

3. Psy - Gangnam Style

4. Will.i.am featuring Britney Spears - Scream & Shout

5. Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams - Blurred Lines

6. Avicii featuring Aloe Blacc - Wake Me Up

7. Pharrell Williams - Happy

8. Sam Smith - Stay With Me

9. Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass

10. Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk

11. OMI - Cheerleader

12. Justin Bieber - What Do You Mean?

13. Lukas Graham - 7 Years

14. Sia featuring Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills

15. Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul & Anne-Marie - Rockabye

16. Rag'n'Bone Man - Human

17. DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper & Lil Wayne - I'm The One

18. Dua Lipa - New Rules

19. Rudimental featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen - These Days

20. Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa - One Kiss

Edited May 9, 20187 yr by Hadji

Looking at the positioning of the songs in the tracklist I would guess that "These Days", "IDGAF", "Feel It Still", "Barking", "Say Something", "Breathe" will be the songs that feature on the advert.

I got most of them correct! I should have known that they would feature Taylor Swift as well.

Shows how much of a flop Taylor is when she’s half arsedly thrown out 3 songs since the song included on this.

To be fair, Delicate hasn’t impacted yet (so could still be on the next Now) and End Game features Ed Sheeran (who is noticeably absent from this Now)

Songs on NOW 99 which are album-only are “IDGAF”, “Lullaby”, “Dancing”, “Psycho”, “Look Alive”, “No Words” and “Live Forever”

I love how the booklet describes Dua Lipa as new iconic queen of pop and supports it by saying ‘the majority of her singles have gone top 20’. How standards have fallen...

 

I also love how everyone and their dog are touring.