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AdvertDetailsReleased: 23rd July 2012

Origin: United Kingdom

Label: Sony Music Entertainment / EMI / Universal

Format: Double CD, Digital Download

Duration: 2:37:20 (157 minutes 20 seconds)

Tracks: 44

#1’s: 12

Chart Peak: #1 (13 weeks)

Sales: TBC

Tracklisting1. Fun feat. Janelle Monáe – We Are Young 4:11 {1}

2. Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe 3:14 {1}

3. Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa – Payphone 3:52 {1}

4. Flo Rida – Whistle 3:44 {2}

5. Coldplay & Rihanna – Princess Of China 3:37 {4}

6. Rudimental feat. John Newman – Feel The Love 4:27 {1}

7. Nicki Minaj – Starships 3:30 {2}

8. Rihanna – Where Have You Been 4:02 {6}

9. Rita Ora feat. Tinie Tempah – R.I.P. 3:47 {1}

10. Conor Maynard – Can’t Say No 3:13 {2}

11. Justin Bieber – Boyfriend 2:52 {2}

12. Ed Sheeran – Small Bump 4:18 {25}

13. D’Banj – Oliver Twist 3:54 {9}

14. Stooshe – Black Heart 3:28 {4}

15. Katy Perry – Part Of Me 3:35 {1}

16. Marina & The Diamonds – Primadonna 3:40 {11}

17. Paloma Faith – Picking Up The Pieces 3:34 {7}

18. Train – Drive By 3:20 {6}

19. Cover Drive – Sparks 2:56 {4}

20. Jason Mraz – I Won’t Give Up 3:17 {13}

21. Alex Clare – Too Close 3:44 {4}

22. Emeli Sandé – My Kind Of Love 3:19 {17}

23. will.i.am feat. Eva Simons – This Is Love 4:07 {1}

24. Cheryl – Call My Name 3:29 {1}

25. DJ Fresh feat. Rita Ora – Hot Right Now 3:00 {1}

26. Tulisa – Young 3:35 {1}

27. David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj – Turn Me On 3:21 {8}

28. Calvin Harris feat. Ne-Yo – Let’s Go 3:46 {2}

29. Usher – Scream 3:55 {5}

30. Jessie J feat. David Guetta – LaserLight 3:29 {5}

31. Chris Brown – Turn Up The Music 3:48 {1}

32. The Wanted – Chasing The Sun 3:14 {2}

33. The Saturdays – 30 Days 3:05 {7}

34. Loreen – Euphoria 2:59 {3}

35. Swedish House Mafia – Greyhound 3:36 {13}

36. Azealia Banks feat. Lazy Jay – 212 3:23 {12}

37. Plan B – iLL Manors 3:47 {6}

38. B.o.B. – So Good 3:33 {7}

39. Sway – Level Up 2:53 {8}

40. Taio Cruz – There She Goes 3:29 {12}

41. Labrinth – Express Yourself 4:04 {12}

42. Scissor Sisters – Only The Horses 3:42 {12}

43. Lawson – When She Was Mine 3:38 {4}

44. Gary Barlow & The Commonwealth Band – Sing 4:01 {1}

 

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: Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe (4 weeks)

Lowest Charting Track: Ed Sheeran – Small Bump {25}

Longest Song: Rudimental feat. John Newman – Feel The Love 4:27

Shortest Song: Justin Bieber – Boyfriend 2:52

Edited Tracks: Unknown

Unedited Tracks: Unknown

Inlay Mistakes: None

Other Facts: None

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Now 82 Rate

Edited May 6, 20187 yr by awardinary

Andrew's ReviewNow That’s What I Call Music! 82 aka Now 82 was released in the Summer of 2012 and contained 44 tracks with 12 UK #1 singles. It was the volume that gave series debuts to host of future stars including Fun, Carly Rae Jepsen, Rudimental, Rita Ora, Conor Maynard, Paloma Faith and Lawson.

 

The final cut featured most of the notable hits of the era, but there were some omissions. A lot of mainstream electronic music was left out of this volume including hits from Avicii, Sub Focus, Far East Movement, LMFAO and Skrillex. There was also no room for the likes of John Legend, Olly Murs, Lana Del Rey, Nelly Furtado and Jennifer Lopez to name a few others.

 

This volume would though be the only one in the series to feature music from D’Banj, Alex Clare (as a lead artist), Tulisa (as a solo artist), Loreen, Azealia Banks, Sway and Gary Barlow & The Commonwealth Band.

 

Artwork Rating: 2/10 Awful

Well I don’t know what they were thinking of when the drew up the blueprints for this design. A few wavy banners caught in the winds? It’s just very unattractive and I don’t know what they were going for here, if it had any connection with the upcoming London Olympics that year, but it’s one of the poorest designs in the whole series.

 

Disc 1 Favourite: Rudimental feat. John Newman – Feel The Love

The first time hearing from both of these artists, and it was a match made in heaven. Rudimental bringing commercial drum and bass to the masses and new British singer John Newman gaining appeal which would go on to get him more hits in the future, along with attention from other major dance producers too.

 

Disc 2 Favourite: David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj – Turn Me On

It’s got to be my favourite song from his album Nothing But The Beat And probably my favourite Nicki Minaj feature on any song. I heard this many months before it peaked and recall how much I wanted it to be a huge hit and make it onto one of these compilations, and I was so glad it did!

 

Disc 3 Tracklist:

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

 

1. John Legend – Ordinary People 4:41 {4}

2. Usher – Climax 3:52 {4}

3. Dot Rotten feat. TMS – Overload 3:05 {15}

4. Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull – Dance Again 3:57 {11}

5. LMFAO – Sorry For Party Rocking 3:23 {23}

6. DJ Fresh feat. Dizzee Rascal – The Power 2:47 {6}

7. Skrillex feat. Sirah – Bangarang 3:35 {24}

8. Matrix & Futurebound feat. Luke Bingham – All I Know 3:15 {29}

9. Sub Focus feat. Alice Gold – Out Of The Blue 3:18 {23}

10. Sebastian Ingrosso & Alesso feat. Ryan Tedder – Calling (Lose My Mind) 3:25 {19}

11. Avicii – Silhouettes 3:31 {22}

12. Alexandra Burke – Let It Go 3:24 {33}

13. Jason Derulo – Breathing 3:54 {25}

14. Far East Movement feat. Justin Bieber – Live My Life 3:59 {7}

15. Professor Green feat. Ruth Anne – Remedy 3:15 {18}

16. Breathe Carolina – Blackout 3:30 {21}

17. Alex Day – Lady Godiva 2:26 {15}

18. Olly Murs – Oh My Goodness 3:07 {13}

19. Kylie Minogue – Timebomb 2:57 {31}

20. The Vaccines – If You Wanna 2:54 {35}

21. Lady Antebellum – Need You Now 3:56 {15}

22. Lana Del Rey – Blue Jeans 3:29 {32}

23. Muse – Survival 4:17 {22}

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Total time: 1:19:57

 

Overall Rating: 7/10 Very Good

I was very pleased with this volume, despite its horrendous artwork. The quality is clearly visible in the majority of songs being Top 20 hits, and the fact that the majority of available disc space was used to ensure maximum quality and quantity. There isn’t a great deal I would change in terms of omissions, but I guess that goes to prove how much music was in the charts during this summer. It was a good year of music overall, and this volume epitomises that.

 

Andrew's Best 5 (as of April 2018)

1. David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj – Turn Me On

2. Calvin Harris feat. Ne-Yo – Let’s Go

3. Rudimental feat. John Newman – Feel The Love

4. DJ Fresh feat. Rita Ora – Hot Right Now

5. Azealia Banks feat. Lazy Jay – 212

 

Andrew's Worst 5 (as of April 2018)

1. Ed Sheeran – Small Bump

2. B.o.B. – So Good

3. Jason Mraz – I Won’t Give Up

4. Taio Cruz – There She Goes

5. Justin Bieber – Boyfriend

Other OmissionsPrecision Tunes – Payphone {9}

Nelly Furtado – Big Hoops (Bigger The Better) {14}

Adam Lambert – Never Close Our Eyes {17}

Pitbull – Back In Time {21}

Train – Hey Soul Sister {25}

The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition {26}

Gavin Degraw – I Don’t Wanna Be {27}

Linkin Park – Burn It Down {27}

Trey Songz – Heart Attack {28}

Skepta – Make Peace Not War {29}

Stereophonics – Dakota {29}

Justin Bieber feat. Big Sean – As Long As You Love Me {30}

Justin Bieber feat. Ludacris – All Around The World {30}

Blur – Under The Westway {34}

Justin Bieber – Die In Your Arms {34}

The Fray – How To Save A Life {34}

Train – Drops Of Jupiter {34}

Aiden Grimshaw – Is This Love {35}

Dappy – I’m Coming (Tarzan Part 2) {35}

Kings Of Leon – Use Somebody {35}

Wretch 32 feat. Ed Sheeran – Hush Little Baby {35}

B Traits feat. Elisabeth Troy – Fever {36}

Martin Solveig – The Night Out {36}

Wheatus – Teenage Dirtbag {36}

Ben Howard – Only Love {37}

Jay-Z & Kanye West feat. Frank Ocean & The-Dream – No Church In The Wild {37}

The Vaccines – No Hope {37}

Whistle – Can You Blow My {38}

Beyoncé – End Of Time {39}

Flux Pavilion feat. Example – Daydreamer {39}

Justin Bieber – Turn To You {39}

Tyler James – Higher Love {39}

Jason Mraz – I’m Yours {40}

Kelly Clarkson – Dark Side {40}

Not the best Now by any means, but here's my Top 5:-

 

1) Swedish House Mafia - Greyhound

2) Rudimental feat. John Newman - Feel The Love

3) Coldplay & Rihanna - Princess Of China

4) Calvin Harris & Ne-Yo - Let's Go

5) David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj - Turn Me On

I've been reading this forum a while but this thread made we want to join!

 

This is my favourite Now CD. So many great hits and one of the few if only Now CDs where I don't mind every track and I can listen to the CD time and time again without getting bored. I don't know if anyone else can relate?

 

My favourite five tracks: Princess Of China; We Are Young; Feel The Love; Oliver Twist & Hot Right Now

Only two I don't like but can tolerate a listen: Small Bump & Laserlight

Disc One

1. Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa – Payphone 3:52 {1}

2. Coldplay & Rihanna – Princess Of China 3:37 {4}

3. Rita Ora feat. Tinie Tempah – R.I.P. 3:47 {1}

4. Train – Drive By 3:20 {6}

 

Disc Two

1. David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj – Turn Me On 3:21 {8}

2. Usher – Scream 3:55 {5}

3. DJ Fresh feat. Rita Ora – Hot Right Now 3:00 {1}

4. Calvin Harris feat. Ne-Yo – Let’s Go 3:46 {2}

5. will.i.am feat. Eva Simons – This Is Love 4:07 {1}

 

Artwork: 6/10

I preferred bubbles to ribbons

 

Overall: 6/10

Despite there being lots of great songs on both discs, there's also a fair few songs I have never gone back to either.

 

Climax, Dance Again, Bangarang, Calling (Lose My Mind), Silhouettes, Live My Life, Need You Now, Big Hoops (Bigger The Better), Back In Time, As Long As You Love Me, and Dark Side all should've been included I think.