Mr preorder has arrived and I’m listening now. This could well be my last new now, as I don’t really follow the charts and this album is tacky as and I only bought it as a completist. I’ll delve into the older Nows from now on, aiming to get all 100.

 

I may change my mind when Now 101 comes out but let’s see.

Disc 1 has 4mins disc space which means they could’ve included “Freaky Friday” or something else like Maroon 5 instead of leaving a gap

Edited July 20, 20187 yr by Hadji

We played this in store and it's actually one of my fave Now's. It's perfectly captured the songs of the Summer imo. I still think they shoulda done 2 discs of current hits, but this way, there's a lot less filler and I don't think there's been one inclusion I was against.

 

The greatest hits disc was nice. But I don't think they should have had 2 songs from the same Nows appear (we coulda done without Wonderwall and I Kissed A Girl (as much as Viva La Vida irritates me lol)) and they shoulda added some other tracks from the volumes in between imo. But ehhh. It is what it is.

 

I've bought it coz it's a landmark album. My first Now for a while iirc.

They should’ve replaced “Sing” with “Wake Me Up” as a tribute to Avicii. At least disc 2 was filled up with no gaps

that would've been a nice touch, especially as there is no dance music representation on disc 2 as it is (Cher and Kylie Minogue don't really count).

 

hopefully they include Wake Me Up on NOW NOW instead.

Still waiting for mine to come in the post! Did anyone get one of the tote bags??

They should’ve replaced “Sing” with “Wake Me Up” as a tribute to Avicii. At least disc 2 was filled up with no gaps

Completely agree, what a mess.

removed

Edited July 21, 20187 yr by 34yopoppicker

According to the NOW website, NOW NOW has a release date of 9th November which is a week or two before NOW 101

 

it's beautiful!!!

It reminds me of the Maroon 5 'Girls Like You' cover.

Still waiting for mine to come in the post! Did anyone get one of the tote bags??

 

I got one today - bought 100 and also the first volume. Loving the 'Now Now' cover as well!

 

Have to say I agree with Jonjo the flow of the songs works really well on this volume. Got the right balance between new and old anyhow!

I enjoyed listening to Disc 1 earlier, apart from the awful cover of You Can't Hurry Love, the soul has been completely sucked out of the song. I agree that by cutting the filler, it has made for a way stronger Disc 1 than usual, 14 top ten hits on a disc is good going in this day and age. Having said that, I hope it reverts to two discs next time.

 

Disc 2 is what it is, I guess it wasn't made a three-disc set as they'd have had to push the price up to cover the licensing cost for the new hits on Disc 1. Still, I'd have had Now Years: The Missed Classics or something as Disc 2, with 20 songs that they now have the rights to that they didn't at the time (many of which they already fill the spin-offs with), and have therefore never been on a numbered now. And then left the already canon 'classics' for Now That's What I Call Now at the end of the year.

 

I do think the booklet could have had more care taken over it. A lot of the 'classics' disc is represented by blurry or low-res images, and Hips Don't Lie seems to be illustrated by the cover of the Indian CD single (?). Also would have been nice to see the tracklisting info, I know they don't do that anymore and offer a link to view it, but the link doesn't go anywhere :lol: Is it even legal to release a compilation CD without a public way to view the artist credits?

 

Listening to the first Now this afternoon and it's crazy how many of these songs are still so well known today, 35 years later. Even some of the mid-table chart hits are classics. What a time for music!

Edited July 22, 20187 yr by gooddelta

I got one today - bought 100 and also the first volume. Loving the 'Now Now' cover as well!

 

Have to say I agree with Jonjo the flow of the songs works really well on this volume. Got the right balance between new and old anyhow!

Welcome back Alex! :cheer:

 

Hope you can stick around for a bit on here! ^_^

I enjoyed listening to Disc 1 earlier, apart from the awful cover of You Can't Hurry Love, the soul has been completely sucked out of the song.

 

Well Phil Collins' version is not very soulful either. ;) It is however considerably better than the MU4 version. The original Supremes version is definitely the best imo.

Edited July 22, 20187 yr by The Snake

I'm sure I did this before but I can't be bothered to find the post so here's a new tracklist prediction now it's been properly announced. I'm going to assume they won't reuse the 'classics' from NOW 100 but I wouldn't put it past them to do just that.

 

CD1

01. Culture Club - Karma Chameleon [or 'You Can't Hurry Love' just cos it was the first track on the first NOW]

02. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax

03. Wham - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go

04. Lionel Richie - Hello

05. Katrina and the Waves - Walking On Sunshine

06. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)

07. Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer

08. Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way

09. Ben E King - Stand By Me [or Bon Jovi but they were used for NOW 100]

10. Heart - Alone

11. Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind

12. Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight [probably the original even though they used the remix on actual NOW 12]

13. Erasure - A Little Respect

14. INXS - Need You Tonight

15. Soul II Soul feat. Caron Wheeler - Back II Life

16. Technotronic feat. Felly - Pump Up The Jam

17. Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence

18. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U

19. The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go

20. James - Sit Down

 

CD2

21. Shakespeares Sister - Stay [unless they manage to get the license for 'Bohemian Rhapsody', and that could even be track 1 on CD1 (as Queen usually only do compilations if they're track 1 disc 1) if they're not going in order, but hopefully they do go in order]

22. Snap - Rhythm Is A Dancer

23. Tasmin Archer - Sleeping Satellite [or Abba 'Dancing Queen' as that was on NOW 23 but it would sound very out of place here]

24. Robin S - Show Me Love [hopefully, they could also have Take That here but I suppose they'll save them for later]

25. 4 Non Blondes - What's Up

26. Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love

27. D:Ream - Things Can Only Get Better

28. Pretenders - I'll Stand By You [Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around used in NOW 100]

29. The Cranberries - Zombie

30. Oasis - Whatever

31. Pulp - Common People

32. Blur - Country House

33. Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger [could very well see Oasis getting a double appearance, not sure what else they would choose in 30/33]

34. Mark Morrison - Return Of The Mack [spice Girls - Wannabe and Oasis - Wonderwall used in NOW 100]

35. Spice Girls - Say You'll Be There

36. No Doubt - Don't Speak

37. The Cardigans - Lovefool

38. Chumbawamba - Tubthumping [or Spice Up Your Life if they don't use Say You'll Be There]

39. Run DMC vs Jason Nevins - It's Like That [Robbie Williams - Angels used in NOW 100]

40. John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - The Grease Megamix [or Viva Forever, I suppose they could get away with using two Spice Girls songs]

 

CD3

41. Boyzone - No Matter What

42. Fatboy Slim - Praise You [Cher - Believe used in NOW 100]

43. Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way

44. Steps - Tragedy [britney - Baby One More Time used in NOW 100]

45. Craig David - Fill Me In

46. Britney Spears - Oops! I Did It Again [s Club 7 - Reach used in NOW 100]

47. Robbie Williams - Rock DJ

48. Atomic Kitten - Whole Again

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

50. Westlife - Uptown Girl [Kylie - Can't Get You Out used in NOW 100]

51. Enrique Iglesias - Hero

52. Liberty X - Just A Little

53. DJ Sammy & Yanou feat. Do - Heaven

54. t.A.T.u. - All The Things She Said

55. R Kelly - Ignition Remix [Justin T - Cry Me A River used in NOW 100]

56. Beyonce feat. Jay-Z - Crazy In Love [or Black Eyed Peas - Where Is The Love if Beyonce is extending her being funny over compilations to her older songs]

57. Will Young - Leave Right Now [or Britney Spears - Toxic if she doesn't get used before]

58. Outkast - Hey Ya

59. Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved

60. McFly - All About You

 

CD4

61. Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc [James Blunt - You're Beautiful used in NOW 100]

62. Sugababes - Push The Button

63. Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On

64. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy

65. Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancing [shakira - Hips Don't Lie used in NOW 100]

66. Mika - Grace Kelly

67. Rihanna feat. Jay-Z - Umbrella

68. Take That - Rule The World

69. Duffy - Mercy

70. Sara Bareilles - Love Song

71. Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire [Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl used in NOW 100]

72. Lily Allen - The Fear

73. David Guetta feat. Kelly Rowland - When Love Takes Over

74. The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling

75. Lady Gaga - Bad Romance

76. Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg - California Gurls

77. Cee-Lo Green - Forget You

78. Bruno Mars - Grenade

79. Adele - Someone Like You

80. Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris - We Found Love

 

CD5

81. Coldplay - Paradise

82. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe

83. Robbie Williams - Candy

84. Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble

85. Passenger - Let Her Go [could be Get Lucky or Mirrors but Pharrell and JT will appear later]

86. OneRepublic - Counting Stars [as much as I'd like it to be Wake Me Up, and it could be, they're going to fill this compilation with all the big adult contemporary songs they can get]

87. Pharrell Williams - Happy

88. George Ezra - Budapest [Ed Sheeran - Sing used in NOW 100]

89. Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass

90. Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud [Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk used in NOW 100]

91. Little Mix - Black Magic

92. Justin Bieber - What Do You Mean

93. Lukas Graham - 7 Years [Justin Bieber - Love Yourself used in NOW 100]

94. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling

95. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go

96. Rag'n'Bone Man - Human

97. Clean Bandit feat. Zara Larsson - Symphony [or Despacito but Justin Bieber won't get a double appearance]

98. Camila Cabello feat. Young Thug - Havana

99. Rudimental feat. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen - These Days

100. Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa - One Kiss

 

Much of that will be wrong of course. I expect Girls Aloud will show up too but not sure which of their songs it'd be with. I know I'm missing some mentions of other tracks that were used in NOW 100 too.

Here's my NOW NOW predictions with songs they can only get the rights to

 

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. Billy Ocean - When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going

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

9. Berlin - Take My Breath Away

10. T'Pau - China In Your Hand

11. Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth

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 - 3am Eternal

20. Jason Donovan - Any Dream Will Do

 

CD 2

 

1. Shakespears Sister - Stay

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. Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe

11. The Outhere Brothers - Boom Boom Boom

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

13. Babylon Zoo - Spaceman

14. Oasis - Wonderwall

15. Spice Girls - Say You'll Be There

16. No Doubt - Don't Speak

17. Hanson - MMMBop

18. Chumbawamba - Tubthumping

19. Run-DMC vs Jason Nevins - It's Like That

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. Craig David - Fill Me In

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. DJ Sammy & Yanou featuring Do - Heaven

14. T.A.T.U - All The Things She Said

15. R Kelly - Ignition (Remix)

16. Black Eyed Peas featuring Justin Timberlake - Where Is The Love?

17. DJ Casper - Cha Cha Slide

18. McFly - Five Colours In Her Hair

19. Eric Prydz - Call On Me

20. U2 - Vertigo

 

CD 4

 

1. Akon - Lonely

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

3. Orson - No Tomorrow

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. Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire

12. Lily Allen - The Fear

13. Lady Gaga - Poker Face

14. Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love

15. Owl City - Fireflies

16. Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg - California Gurls

17. Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are

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

19. LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock - Party Rock Anthem

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. Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne - Rather Be

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. Little Mix - Shout Out To My Ex

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 July 22, 20187 yr by Hadji

Of course, the compilation we all wanted was a compilation of songs that were not included in the main series but get their moment now on one glamourous album.

 

I have posted this elsewhere before, and it could do with an update (which I might have a go at soon) but this is what I once created to be my own version of Now That’s What I Call Music! Omissions; a 3 disc compilation of the greatest songs to have missed the cut.

 

Disc 1

1. Adele – Hello {1}

2. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off {2}

3. Rihanna feat. Drake – Work {2}

4. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz – Thrift Shop {1}

5. JLS feat. Dev – She Makes Me Wanna {1}

6. Blue – Too Close {1}

7. Five – Keep On Movin' {1}

8. Take That – Never Forget {1}

9. The Corrs – Breathless {1}

10. Blondie – Maria {1}

11. Busted – Crashed The Wedding {1}

12. Avril Lavigne – Complicated {3}

13. Jamiroquai – Deeper Underground {1}

14. The Prodigy – Firestarter {1}

15. Nero – Promises {1}

16. Daft Punk – One More Time {2}

17. Lady Gaga feat. Beyoncé – Telephone {1}

18. Alexandra Burke feat. Flo Rida – Bad Boys {1}

19. Holly Valance – Kiss Kiss {1}

20. Kevin Lyttle – Turn Me On {2}

21. Blu Cantrell feat. Sean Paul – Breathe {1}

22. Jennifer Lopez – Love Don't Cost A Thing {1}

23. Christina Aguilera – Genie In A Bottle {1}

24. Ed Sheeran – Shape Of You {1}

 

Disc 2

1. Elvis vs. JXL – A Little Less Conversation {1}

2. Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake – 4 Minutes {1}

3. Usher feat. Lil' Jon & Ludacris – Yeah {1}

4. Destiny's Child – Independent Woman Part 1 {1}

5. Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx – Gold Digger {2}

6. Eminem – The Real Slim Shady {1}

7. D-12 – My Band {2}

8. TLC – No Scrubs {3}

9. Pras Michel feat. Ol' Dirty bast*rd & Mya – Ghetto Superstar (That Is What You Are) {2}

10. Jay-Z – Hard Knock Life {2}

11. Puff Daddy & Faith Evans feat. 112 – I'll Be Missing You {1}

12. The Fugees – Killing Me Softly {1}

13. Beyoncé – If I Were A Boy {1}

14. Ja Rule feat. R. Kelly & Ashanti – Wonderful {1}

15. Mario Winans feat. Enya & P. Diddy – I Don't Wanna Know {1}

16. Pussycat Dolls – Stickwitu {1}

17. Spice Girls – 2 Become 1 {1}

18. All Saints – Black Coffee {1}

19. Boyz II Men – End Of The Road {1}

20. Mariah Carey – Without You {1}

21. Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You {1}

22. Celine Dion – My Heart Will Go On {1}

23. Leona Lewis – Run {1}

 

Disc 3

1. Westlife – World Of Our Own {1}

2. One Direction – Perfect {2}

3. A1 – Same Old Brand New You {1}

4. Another Level – Freak Me {1}

5. B*Witched – Rollercoaster {1}

6. Girls Aloud – Long Hot Summer {7}

7. Britney Spears – (You Drive Me) Crazy {5}

8. Ricky Martin – Livin La Vida Loca {1}

9. Baha Men – Who Let The Dogs Out {2}

10. Shaggy feat. Rayvon – Angel {1}

11. Will Smith – Men In Black {1}

12. Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor {1}

13. Blur – Song 2 {2}

14. My Chemical Romance – Welcome To The Black Parade {1}

15. Muse – Supermassive Black Hole {4}

16. Oasis – All Around The World {1}

17. Kings Of Leon – Use Somebody {2}

18. The Killers – Mr Brightside {10}

19. The Darkness – I Believe In A Thing Called Love {2}

20. The Offspring – Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) {1}

21. P!nk – Just Like A Pill {1}

22. Evanescence – Bring Me To Life {1}

23. Michael Jackson – Earth Song {1}

24. Bryan Adams – (Everything I Do) I Do It For You {1}

Even though people have been so negative towards Now 100 it's already nearly outsold Now 99's weekly sales according to the OCC:-

 

The 100th edition of NOW That’s What I Call Music is on course for a bumper sales week, with 105,000 copies sold in its first three days on sale.

 

The figure means the landmark NOW 100 album is set to claim the UK’s fastest-selling album of 2018 so far, a title currently held by its predecessor, Now 99, which sold 115,000 in its opening week back in March.

 

Released last Friday (July 20), Now 100 features the latest hits of the moment plus a selection of popular tracks from the last 35 years, since the first NOW was released in 1983. View the tracklisting in full here.

 

OfficialCharts.com recently looked at the opening track of every NOW album, which is meant to reflect the biggest single of its period. Do you agree? Before Now 1, compilation albums were very different in the UK.

 

NOW 100 has sold in 3 days 10,000 copies less of what NOW 99 sold in a whole week. Wasn’t expecting those massive sales due to the disappointing tracklist