Now 100 was always going to be a big seller based on the novelty of it. Doesn’t change the fact it’s the worst one ever.

did people really expect this to do badly? it was always going to sell well just for being NOW 100.

Now 100 was always going to be a big seller based on the novelty of it. Doesn’t change the fact it’s the worst one ever.

 

Now 52 says hello to you :D

I see your Now 52 and raise you Now 59

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}

 

Very good, but I would add New Order - Blue Monday, Van Halen - Jump, Madonna - Into The Groove, Paul Hardcastle - 19 and Black Box - Ride On Time from the 80s omissions!

Edited July 24, 20186 yr by The Snake

A question for anyone who got one of the tote bags. I ended up with 2 - both are blue with the HMV logo on the top tight and the main Now logo in the centre.

 

But I have seen a few listed on ebay which are coloured black or white, same Now logo but with the pig where the HMV logo is on mine. Were these given out somewhere else or are they the ones that HMV gave out instore?

 

 

I see your Now 52 and raise you Now 59

 

Neither are stellar but nor do they ruin the concept of the series.

I see your Now 52 and raise you Now 59

Bitch. Leave 59 out of this :angry:

A question for anyone who got one of the tote bags. I ended up with 2 - both are blue with the HMV logo on the top tight and the main Now logo in the centre.

 

But I have seen a few listed on ebay which are coloured black or white, same Now logo but with the pig where the HMV logo is on mine. Were these given out somewhere else or are they the ones that HMV gave out instore?

 

Mine has the HMV logo - maybe they were part of an early run?

Bitch. Leave 59 out of this :angry:

 

I was about to say that has 'Love Machine' and 'Obviously' on it, and I will hear no ill spoken!

Edited July 23, 20187 yr by ThePensmith

Now 63 is easily the worst for me, packed full of weaker singles from reality show rejects.

 

I adore Now 52, but then I was obsessed with the Clubland style chart dance that they packed a lot of that album with.

What do these tote bags look like then? :o

I was about to say that has 'Love Machine' and 'Obviously' on it, and I will hear no ill spoken!

 

There are a few good tracks on Now 59 don’t get me wrong, but for me there’s more tracks I don’t like than there are ones I do plus both discs have piss poor openings from Blue and Daniel Beddingfield.

59 is iconic just simply for Blue opening with such a terrible song :’)

What do these tote bags look like then? :o

 

Here you go Andrew: https://twitter.com/russty_russ/status/1020...3076391936?s=19

Here you go Andrew: https://twitter.com/russty_russ/status/1020...3076391936?s=19

Thanks Alex! :D

There are a few good tracks on Now 59 don’t get me wrong, but for me there’s more tracks I don’t like than there are ones I do plus both discs have piss poor openings from Blue and Daniel Beddingfield.

 

OK, a heavily misguided error on the compiler's part re: Blue and Daniel Bedingfield. However I would argue that both of them were pre-release exclusives and were expected to do a lot better, so they couldn't have foreseen their underperformance. Certainly in Blue's case as it was their farewell single and expected to be a number one thus.

 

52 is worse because they had the song of that summer from Liberty X ("Just A Little") at their disposal and they still thought Ronan Keating was the sensible option! Not to mention the amount of flops there were (Omero Mumba, hello to you).

What do these tote bags look like then? :o

 

Black one on ebay at the moment!

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Classic-80s-Logo...ksid=m570.l1313

 

Cream one on ebay at the moment!

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Classic-80s-Logo...ksid=m570.l1313

 

Those are both from the same seller but others have listed them too.

Edited July 23, 20186 yr by Shaky Fan

Ronan Keating opening Now 52 automatically makes it one of the worst :kink: not to mention the mostly poor disc 2 (though I still have never heard the Omero Mumba track as it isn't on YouTube OR Spotify :lol:) though some credit must be given to the set for all the clubland tracks on disc 1.

 

Aside: Ronan Keating really was the shitstain on the Now series. I'd have hated on him on Buzzjack so much if it were a thing back then (and I was my age). Dull beyond belief.

59 is iconic just simply for Blue opening with such a terrible song :’)

Eric Prydz should’ve opened the album and one of the best songs was Busted’s final single