Now 63 is great. It gets a lot of hate, but it's got some great tracks on it -

"Ugly" "Because of You" "Sewn" "No Tomorrow" "Ride a White Horse" "Dirty Harry" to name just a few. 2002 was a disappointing year for Nows, 53 being the best of a fairly dull bunch.

 

As for Now 100, this was always going to be the biggest Now in ages regardless of its content.

Edited July 23, 20186 yr by andeeeeyhart

19. The KLF - 3am Eternal

Most of the predictions there seem fine to me, except this one- didn't KLF delete their entire back catalogue?

Most of the predictions there seem fine to me, except this one- didn't KLF delete their entire back catalogue?

Not too sure. If they can’t get the rights to that one, it’ll most likely be the Clash or Enigma who get the NOW 19 slot

Hi everyone! New member here. :)

 

Kudos to NOW for reaching the milestone 100th numbered album! Its tracklist looks fine. In fact, I was surprised when one of the classic tracks on CD 2 is S Club 7's Reach (NOW 46, 2000) - that is one of my favourite S Club songs, and even one of the songs that defined my younger years.

 

I remember the first NOW album that I owned. And no, it's not a numbered one. It's a spin-off release - NOW That's What I Call Music! 25 Years, a 3-disc special they released back in 2008; I owned a copy of it the following year. I love most of its songs, and I even had CD 3 on heavy rotation! Ah, those were the days... :rolleyes:

 

Now, here are my predictions for the upcoming NOW That's What I Call NOW album. Along the way, I will also reveal my personal votes for the recently-concluded NOW 100 Awards; these tracks are marked in underline. The tracks in bold text are CD 1 Track 1 of their respective NOW albums.

 

CD 1 (NOW 1 - 20)

01. Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart [voted Best Song of the 80s]

02. Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

03. Tina Turner - What's Love Got to Do with It

04. Pointer Sisters - Jump (for My Love)

05. Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F

06. Nik Kershaw - When a Heart Beats

07. Chris de Burgh - The Lady in Red

08. Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died in Your Arms

09. Europe - The Final Countdown

10. Heart - Alone

11. Pet Shop Boys - Always on My Mind

12. Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now

13. The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother

14. Sam Brown - Stop

15. Natalie Cole - Miss You Like Crazy

16. Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting

17. Adamski - Killer

18. DNA & Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner

19. Oleta Adams - Get Here

20. Salt N Pepa - Let's Talk About Sex

 

CD 2 (NOW 21 - 40)

21. Simply Red - Stars

22. CeCe Peniston - Finally

23. Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart

24. Snow - Informer

25. 4 Non Blondes - What's Up

26. Haddaway - What is Love

27. Ace of Base - The Sign

28. All-4-One - I Swear

29. The Cranberries - Zombie

30. Boyzone - Love Me for a Reason

31. Seal - Kiss from a Rose

32. Shaggy - Boombastic

33. Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger

34. Robert Miles - Children

35. Sheryl Crow - If It Makes You Happy

36. No Doubt - Don't Speak

37. The Cardigans - Lovefool

38. Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life

39. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn [voted Best Song of 90s and NOW Years]

40. Badiel, Skinner & Lightning Seeds - Three Lions '98 (aka Football's Coming Home) [yes everyone, kindly check your NOW collections, apparently England's favourite track during the recently-concluded World Cup is on a NOW album!]

 

CD 3 (NOW 41 - 60)

41. Robbie Williams - Millennium

42. Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away

43. Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way

44. Steps - Tragedy

45. Craig David - Fill Me In

46. Samantha Mumba - Gotta Tell You

47. NSYNC - It's Gonna Be Me

48. S Club 7 - Never Had a Dream Come True

49. Atomic Kitten - Eternal Flame

50. Westlife - Uptown Girl

51. Nickelback - How You Remind Me

52. Kylie Minogue - Love at First Sight

53. Blue - One Love

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

55. R. Kelly - Ignition (remix)

56. The Black Eyed Peas - Where is the Love

57. Britney Spears - Toxic

58. Keane - Everybody's Changing

59. Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved

60. Nelly feat. Tim McGraw - Over and Over

 

CD 4 (NOW 61 - 80)

61. Rob Thomas - Lonely No More

62. Sugababes - Push the Button

63. Kelly Clarkson - Because of You

64. Lily Allen - Smile

65. Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars

66. The Fray - How to Save a Life

67. Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend

68. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love

69. Girls Aloud - Call the Shots

70. Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me

71. The Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved [voted Favourite NOW Album; my first numbered NOW! :D ]

72. James Morrison & Nelly Furtado - Broken Strings

73. Lady Gaga - Poker Face

74. La Roux - Bulletproof

75. Owl City - Fireflies

76. Diana Vickers - Once

77. Katy Perry - Firework

78. Bruno Mars - Grenade [voted NOW Best Male]

79. Adele - Someone Like You

80. Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris - We Found Love

 

CD 5 (NOW 81 - 100)

81. David Guetta feat. Sia - Titanium

82. DJ Fresh feat. Rita Ora - Hot Right Now

83. Little Mix - Wings [voted NOW Best Group]

84. Bastille - Pompeii

85. Demi Lovato - Heart Attack

86. Avicii - Wake Me Up

87. 5 Seconds of Summer - She Looks So Perfect

88. Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne - Rather Be

89. Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj - Bang Bang

90. Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud

91. Aston Merrygold - Get Stupid

92. Sam Smith - Writing's on the Wall

93. Coldplay - Hymn for the Weekend

94. Calum Scott - Dancing on My Own

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

96. Rag'n'Bone Man - Human

97. Jonas Blue feat. William Singe - Mama

98. Camila Cabello feat. Young Thug - Havana

99. Taylor Swift - ...Ready for It? [voted NOW Best Female]

100. Anne-Marie - 2002

 

Other NOW 100 Awards votes

Best song of the 00s: Mark Ronson & Amy Winehouse - Valerie (NOW 68, 2007)

Best song of the 10s: Katy Perry - Roar (NOW 86, 2013)

Best collaboration: Sugababes v Girls Aloud - Walk This Way (NOW 66, 2007)

 

Constructive criticisms of my prediction list are very welcome. Cheers, everyone!

 

Ken

Edited July 24, 20186 yr by Ken A.

Now 63 is great. It gets a lot of hate, but it's got some great tracks on it -

"Ugly" "Because of You" "Sewn" "No Tomorrow" "Ride a White Horse" "Dirty Harry" to name just a few. 2002 was a disappointing year for Nows, 53 being the best of a fairly dull bunch.

 

As for Now 100, this was always going to be the biggest Now in ages regardless of its content.

 

Now 62 is worse I think, only two dance songs on it (with 'Love On my Mind' and 'Jacques Your Body' omitted).

 

Of the 80s ones, Now 12 isn't great I think.

Edited July 24, 20186 yr by The Snake

Now 62 is worse I think, only two dance songs on it (with 'Love On my Mind' and 'Jacques Your Body' omitted).

 

Of the 80s ones, Now 12 isn't great I think.

 

Erm, Now 62 is amazing tho?

 

Push The Button, Tripping, Since U Been Gone, Biology, I Predict A Riot, Suddenly I See, We Belong Together, Hollaback Girl, Fix You and The Inportance Of Being Idle to name just a few? It’s not the be all and end all of there isn’t much dance.

there is a fair bit of filler on Now 62 though; Friday Hill anyone? Also David Gray and as high as track five too.

 

I wouldn't put it amongst the worst though as it's made up by quite a few great songs as you mentioned. Some more dance would've been nice but late 2005 didn't exactly have a load of dance hits.

I would agree there does seem to be alot of random filler on Now 62 which is a shame as I loved the music back in 2005 but there was too many omissions. To be fair that David Gray song was a big airplay hit at the time as well as a Top 10 single, even though it's not really stood the test of time today it was a hit at the time of release.

In amongst all the thought pieces and debate, I had to share this piece Bob Stanley (of Saint Etienne, and a Now fan who wrote the introductory sleeve notes in 100. Now 68 is his favourite apparently) wrote in The Guardian this weekend just gone - it kind of ties in to what you were saying Gavin: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jul/...at-i-call-music

 

He's spot on, in so far as what they stand for, when they're really good, is being time capsules for what was popular at that time. Daphne & Celeste sharing album space with Tom Jones on Now 45? Absolutely!

Edited July 24, 20186 yr by ThePensmith

The David Gray song was a big hit, perhaps track 5 was a little out of place but it wasn’t exactly a big flop. Now 62 actually does a great job of covering late 2005. The only real omissions being Madonna and Arctic Monkeys.

Now 68 is a good choice, the second half of 2007, which this album represents, is probably my favourite six-month period for music since late 1998:

 

Rule The World

Bleeding Love

Song 4 Mutya

With Every Heartbeat

About You Now

Big Girls Don't Cry

 

All on the same album <3

 

And Believe Again by Delta Goodrem, my third favourite song of all-time, came out in this period too.

Wow that article gives up by the second half doesn’t it?

 

It goes through each individual Now until around the 60s where it skips loads out!

Also David Gray and as high as track five too.

 

That David Gray track is OK, but its no 'Please Forgive Me' (which is my favourite of his, as it is his most interesting single I think, it even has a sort of drum and bass type beat :o ).

Hi everyone! New member here. :)

 

Kudos to NOW for reaching the milestone 100th numbered album! Its tracklist looks fine. In fact, I was surprised when one of the classic tracks on CD 2 is S Club 7's Reach (NOW 46, 2000) - that is one of my favourite S Club songs, and even one of the songs that defined my younger years.

 

I remember the first NOW album that I owned. And no, it's not a numbered one. It's a spin-off release - NOW That's What I Call Music! 25 Years, a 3-disc special they released back in 2008; I owned a copy of it the following year. I love most of its songs, and I even had CD 3 on heavy rotation! Ah, those were the days... :rolleyes:

 

Now, here are my predictions for the upcoming NOW That's What I Call NOW album. Along the way, I will also reveal my personal votes for the recently-concluded NOW 100 Awards; these tracks are marked in underline. The tracks in bold text are CD 1 Track 1 of their respective NOW albums.

 

CD 1 (NOW 1 - 20)

01. Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart [voted Best Song of the 80s]

02. Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

03. Tina Turner - What's Love Got to Do with It

04. Pointer Sisters - Jump (for My Love)

05. Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F

06. Nik Kershaw - When a Heart Beats

07. Chris de Burgh - The Lady in Red

08. Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died in Your Arms

09. Europe - The Final Countdown

10. Heart - Alone

11. Pet Shop Boys - Always on My Mind

12. Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now

13. The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother

14. Sam Brown - Stop

15. Natalie Cole - Miss You Like Crazy

16. Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting

17. Adamski - Killer

18. DNA & Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner

19. Oleta Adams - Get Here

20. Salt N Pepa - Let's Talk About Sex

 

CD 2 (NOW 21 - 40)

21. Simply Red - Stars

22. CeCe Peniston - Finally

23. Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart

24. Snow - Informer

25. 4 Non Blondes - What's Up

26. Haddaway - What is Love

27. Ace of Base - The Sign

28. All-4-One - I Swear

29. The Cranberries - Zombie

30. Boyzone - Love Me for a Reason

31. Seal - Kiss from a Rose

32. Shaggy - Boombastic

33. Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger

34. Robert Miles - Children

35. Sheryl Crow - If It Makes You Happy

36. No Doubt - Don't Speak

37. The Cardigans - Lovefool

38. Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life

39. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn [voted Best Song of 90s and NOW Years]

40. Badiel, Skinner & Lightning Seeds - Three Lions '98 (aka Football's Coming Home) [yes everyone, kindly check your NOW collections, apparently England's favourite track during the recently-concluded World Cup is on a NOW album!]

 

CD 3 (NOW 41 - 60)

41. Robbie Williams - Millennium

42. Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away

43. Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way

44. Steps - Tragedy

45. Craig David - Fill Me In

46. Samantha Mumba - Gotta Tell You

47. NSYNC - It's Gonna Be Me

48. S Club 7 - Never Had a Dream Come True

49. Atomic Kitten - Eternal Flame

50. Westlife - Uptown Girl

51. Nickelback - How You Remind Me

52. Kylie Minogue - Love at First Sight

53. Blue - One Love

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

55. R. Kelly - Ignition (remix)

56. The Black Eyed Peas - Where is the Love

57. Britney Spears - Toxic

58. Keane - Everybody's Changing

59. Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved

60. Nelly feat. Tim McGraw - Over and Over

 

CD 4 (NOW 61 - 80)

61. Rob Thomas - Lonely No More

62. Sugababes - Push the Button

63. Kelly Clarkson - Because of You

64. Lily Allen - Smile

65. Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars

66. The Fray - How to Save a Life

67. Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend

68. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love

69. Girls Aloud - Call the Shots

70. Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me

71. The Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved [voted Favourite NOW Album; my first numbered NOW! :D ]

72. James Morrison & Nelly Furtado - Broken Strings

73. Lady Gaga - Poker Face

74. La Roux - Bulletproof

75. Owl City - Fireflies

76. Diana Vickers - Once

77. Katy Perry - Firework

78. Bruno Mars - Grenade [voted NOW Best Male]

79. Adele - Someone Like You

80. Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris - We Found Love

 

CD 5 (NOW 81 - 100)

81. David Guetta feat. Sia - Titanium

82. DJ Fresh feat. Rita Ora - Hot Right Now

83. Little Mix - Wings [voted NOW Best Group]

84. Bastille - Pompeii

85. Demi Lovato - Heart Attack

86. Avicii - Wake Me Up

87. 5 Seconds of Summer - She Looks So Perfect

88. Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne - Rather Be

89. Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj - Bang Bang

90. Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud

91. Aston Merrygold - Get Stupid

92. Sam Smith - Writing's on the Wall

93. Coldplay - Hymn for the Weekend

94. Calum Scott - Dancing on My Own

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

96. Rag'n'Bone Man - Human

97. Jonas Blue feat. William Singe - Mama

98. Camila Cabello feat. Young Thug - Havana

99. Taylor Swift - ...Ready for It? [voted NOW Best Female]

100. Anne-Marie - 2002

 

Other NOW 100 Awards votes

Best song of the 00s: Mark Ronson & Amy Winehouse - Valerie (NOW 68, 2007)

Best song of the 10s: Katy Perry - Roar (NOW 86, 2013)

Best collaboration: Sugababes v Girls Aloud - Walk This Way (NOW 66, 2007)

 

Constructive criticisms of my prediction list are very welcome. Cheers, everyone!

 

Ken

Hello! Welcome to the forum!

 

Wasn't Britney voted "Best NOW Female" and "Best Song of the 90's"? Bon Jovi voted "Best Song Of the 80's" as well as Take That - Rule the World for "Best Song of the 00's" and Little Mix - Black Magic "Best Song Of the 10's"? :lol:

 

Or were you choosing songs that were nominated? :lol:

Hello! Welcome to the forum!

 

Wasn't Britney voted "Best NOW Female" and "Best Song of the 90's"? Bon Jovi voted "Best Song Of the 80's" as well as Take That - Rule the World for "Best Song of the 00's" and Little Mix - Black Magic "Best Song Of the 10's"? :lol:

 

Or were you choosing songs that were nominated? :lol:

 

Hi there,

 

Let me just clarify, the ones you mentioned are indeed the winners. The ones I mentioned in my post are the ones that I have voted for. :D

 

[...] Along the way, I will also reveal my personal votes for the recently-concluded NOW 100 Awards; [...]

 

I believe I have casted my vote a day before the poll has closed.

 

Thanks for the warm welcome, btw.

Edited July 24, 20186 yr by Ken A.

Hi there,

 

Let me just clarify, the ones you mentioned are indeed the winners. The ones I mentioned in my post are the ones that I have voted for. :D

I believe I have casted my vote a day before the poll has closed.

 

Thanks for the warm welcome, btw.

 

Welcome! Buzzjack’s Now! thread was the reason I first joined here too (assuming the same goes for you :P), posting predictions for Now albums :’) And even before that I came to these threads as a guest just to see what other people thought of the Now albums!

 

I like your Now NOW prediction although it’s missing some Queen :kink:

 

92. Sam Smith - Writing's on the Wall

93. Coldplay - Hymn for the Weekend

94. Calum Scott - Dancing on My Own

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

96. Rag'n'Bone Man - Human

 

This run of songs would be a nightmare for me too tbh, Hymn For The Weekend is a fantastic song (albeit not Coldplay’s best) but doesn’t quite make up for being between two slogs :lol:

Welcome! Buzzjack’s Now! thread was the reason I first joined here too (assuming the same goes for you :P), posting predictions for Now albums :’) And even before that I came to these threads as a guest just to see what other people thought of the Now albums!

 

I like your Now NOW prediction although it’s missing some Queen :kink:

 

92. Sam Smith - Writing's on the Wall

93. Coldplay - Hymn for the Weekend

94. Calum Scott - Dancing on My Own

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

96. Rag'n'Bone Man - Human

 

This run of songs would be a nightmare for me too tbh, Hymn For The Weekend is a fantastic song (albeit not Coldplay’s best) but doesn’t quite make up for being between two slogs :lol:

 

Hi Dexton! Thanks for your honest reply, especially the nightmare one. I understand where you're coming from, owing from our different tastes in music, the apparent licensing issues for certain songs, and of course, the UK charts where the NOW team (i.e. Jenny Fisher et al) base their track list for every album they put out. :)

 

As for Queen (i.e. Freddie Mercury and company), I thought there was this thing going on that they should be CD 1 Track 1 if they were to appear on compilation albums, although I observed this isn't the case in some of the NOW albums they appeared in. If I were to pick a Queen track, though... well, I am actually torn between Radio Ga Ga (NOW 2, 1984), Bohemian Rhapsody (NOW 21, 1992) [mama, ooh...], and Too Much Love Will Kill You (NOW 33, 1996).

 

You are actually correct when you said that the NOW Music forum here is the reason why I entered here. :dance:

 

Here's part of what I said in the new members forum:

 

The reason I signed up for Buzzjack is that I saw by chance a dedicated forum for the NOW That's What I Call Music! compilation album series. I own some of these albums, and bought most of them (UK, US and Middle East editions) during my stay in Saudi Arabia, when I was still in high school. Some years back, I signed up for the original NOW Music Forums, but my membership remained pending until the site has been closed down.

Edited July 24, 20186 yr by Ken A.

Oops, I accidentally posted a duplicate of my post above (#437). My sincere apologies.

Edited July 24, 20186 yr by Ken A.

don't worry it happens (the double posting).

 

yeah, I think licensing issues will prevent them from getting any Queen (they only appear on comps if they are track 1 disc 1), unless they decide to go out of sync and make Bohemian Rhapsody (or Radio Ga Ga) track 1 disc 1, which would ruin the whole point of 100 songs from 100 NOWs. Having it be in chronological NOW order is more ideal than getting the rights to a Queen song that most people already own somehow anyway.

How well do you know Now That's What I Call Music?

 

Take the quiz here:- http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/v...ic-the-now-quiz

 

I had 10/12. :)