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AdvertDetailsReleased: 30th March 2015

Origin: United Kingdom

Label: Sony Music Entertainment / EMI / Universal

Format: Double CD, Digital Download

Duration: 2:38:21 (158 minutes 21 seconds)

Tracks: 45

#1’s: 7

Chart Peak: #1 (9 weeks)

Sales: TBC (2x Platinum)

Tracklisting1. Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk 3:57 {1}

2. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud 4:35 {1}

3. Years & Years – King 3:30 {1}

4. Maroon 5 – Sugar 3:52 {7}

5. James Bay – Hold Back The River 3:54 {2}

6. Sam Smith – Like I Can 2:44 {9}

7. Olly Murs feat. Demi Lovato – Up 3:41 {4}

8. Meghan Trainor – Lips Are Movin 2:58 {2}

9. Jess Glynne – Hold My Hand 3:43 {1}

10. Sia – Elastic Heart 4:12 {10}

11. Ben Haenow – Something I Need 3:42 {1}

12. Take That – These Days 3:48 {1}

13. One Direction – Night Changes 3:41 {7}

14. Alesso feat. Tove Lo – Heroes (We Could Be) 3:27 {6}

15. Kelly Clarkson – Heartbeat Song 3:16 {7}

16. Calvin Harris feat. HAIM – Pray To God 3:49 {35}

17. David Guetta feat. Emeli Sandé – What I Did For Love 3:24 {6}

18. Usher feat. Juicy J – I Don’t Mind 4:07 {8}

19. Marlon Roudette – When The Beat Drops Out 3:20 {7}

20. Chris Brown X Tyga – Ayo 3:41 {6}

21. Fergie – L.A.LOVE (la la) 3:03 {3}

22. Tough Love – So Freakin’ Tight 2:41 {11}

23. Philip George – Wish You Were Mine 2:54 {2}

24. Avicii – The Nights 2:54 {6}

25. Calvin Harris feat. Ellie Goulding – Outside 3:44 {6}

26. David Guetta feat. Sam Martin – Dangerous 3:21 {5}

27. Flo Rida feat. Sage The Gemini & Lookas – GDFR 3:08 {3}

28. DJ Fresh feat. Ella Eyre – Gravity 3:10 {4}

29. Sigma feat. Labrinth – Higher 2:57 {12}

30. Tchami feat. Kaleem Taylor – Promesses 2:36 {7}

31. Blonde feat. Melissa Steel – I Loved You 3:02 {7}

32. Oliver Heldens feat. KStewart – Last All Night (Koala) 3:11 {5}

33. Wretch 32 – 6 Words 3:32 {8}

34. Charli XCX feat. Rita Ora – Doing It 3:43 {8}

35. Ne-Yo – Coming With You 4:19 {14}

36. Cheryl – I Don’t Care 3:58 {1}

37. Karen Harding – Say Something 3:35 {7}

38. Gorgon City feat. Jennifer Hudson – Go All Night 3:16 {14}

39. Alex Adair – Make Me Feel Better 3:15 {13}

40. Labrinth – Jealous 3:59 {7}

41. Ella Henderson – Yours 2:50 {16}

42. Rixton – Wait On Me 3:54 {12}

43. McBusted – Air Guitar 3:18 {12}

44. Florence + The Machine – What Kind Of Man 3:35 {37}

45. Sam Smith – Lay Me Down 3:39 {15}

 

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: Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk (7 weeks)

Lowest Charting Track: Florence + The Machine – What Kind Of Man {37}

Longest Song: Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud 4:35

Shortest Song: Tchami feat. Kaleem Taylor – Promesses 2:36

Edited Tracks: Unknown

Unedited Tracks: Unknown

Inlay Mistakes: None

Other Facts: None

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Now 90 Rate

Andrew's ReviewNow That’s What I Call Music! 90 or Now 90 was released in the Spring of 2015 and contained 45 tracks with 7 UK #1 singles. It would become the first volume in the series to feature hits from Years & Years (as a lead artist), James Bay, Ben Haenow, Philip George and Blonde.

 

The omissions from this era are very short in supply, the highest peaking omission was another hit for boyband Union J. Elsewhere Taylor Swift remained off the tracklisting again, and so did The Weeknd, Echosmith, Fifth Harmony, Disciples, Bakermat, LuvBug, Mumford & Sons and Axwell Λ Ingrosso along with a handful of others too.

 

This volume so far has been the only one to feature music from Alesso (as a lead artist), Marlon Roudette, Tough Love, Tchami, Karen Harding (as a lead artist), Alex Adair and McBusted.

 

Artwork Rating: 8/10 Extremely Good

This design is so effective, it’s great to see a splash of paint and the effects of the impact of colliding with the fresh white logo. I love the use of greens, reds, purples and blues. A true piece of art and really vibrant.

 

Disc 1 Favourite: Years & Years – King

The start of Years & Years was a highlight for me. I adored Desire which was unfortunately not selected for this volume, but this #1 single was another fantastic offering from this British artist.

 

Disc 2 Favourite: Philip George – Wish You Were Mine

A standout dance single from this era of high quality dance music. Not a UK #1 sadly but good enough to be the first track of Disc Two. May mistakenly be remembered as a one hit wonder but he returned to the charts again later in the year.

 

Disc 3 Tracklist:

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

 

1. Rihanna & Kanye West & Paul McCartney – FourFiveSeconds 3:08 {3}

2. Taylor Swift – Blank Space 3:51 {4}

3. Fifth Harmony – Bo$$ 2:51 {21}

4. Mike Mago & Dragonette – Outlines 3:04 {8}

5. Echosmith – Cool Kids 3:35 {17}

6. Union J – You Got It All 3:32 {2}

7. The Weeknd – Earned It 4:10 {4}

8. Mumford & Sons – Believe 3:41 {20}

9. Imagine Dragons – I Bet My Life 3:14 {27}

10. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – In The Heat Of The Moment 3:29 {26}

11. Bring Me The Horizon – Drown 3:41 {17}

12. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Good Girls 3:27 {25}

13. Madonna – Living For Love 3:38 {26}

14. Years & Years – Desire 3:26 {22}

15. LuvBug – Revive (Say Something) 3:38 {17}

16. Disciples – They Don’t Know 2:41 {24}

17. Hannah Wants & Chris Lorenzo – Rhymes 3:18 {13}

18. Kiesza – No Enemiesz 3:17 {30}

19. Bakermat – Teach Me 3:09 {22}

20. MNEK – The Rhythm 3:31 {38}

21. Axwell Λ Ingrosso – Something New 4:07 {22}

22. Kodaline – Honest 3:38 {39}

23. George Ezra – Listen To The Man 3:03 {41}

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Total time: 1:19:09

 

Overall Rating: 9/10 Amazing

Another pretty faultless volume with so many big hits from this era, making it harder for me to choose a good selection of songs to go on a Disc 3 tracklist (meaning I opted for a #41 flop single from George Ezra). A wonderful era of music and the last time before tropical dance music took over a lot of what charted. A great artwork design too. It’s hard to say what would be needed to make this the best volume of all time but you have to say based on its content that it is surely up there with the best volumes in the series.

 

Andrew's Best 5 (as of July 2018)

1. Philip George – Wish You Were Mine

2. Tchami feat. Kaleem Taylor – Promesses

3. Years & Years – King

4. Avicii – The Nights

5. Jess Glynne – Hold My Hand

 

Andrew's Worst 5 (as of July 2018)

1. Sam Smith – Lay Me Down

2. Cheryl – I Don’t Care

3. Fergie – L.A.LOVE (la la)

4. Rixton – Wait On Me

5. Florence + The Machine – What Kind Of Man

Other OmissionsWealdstone Raider – Got No Fans {5}

James Newton Howard – The Hanging Tree {14}

Kanye West feat. Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney – All Day {18}

Kanye West feat. Paul McCartney – Only One {28}

Selena Gomez – The Heart Wants What It Wants {30}

Beyoncé – 7/11 {33}

Ed Sheeran – Make It Rain {38}

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Disc 1: Jess Glynne - Hold My Hand <3

 

Disc 2: Florence + The Mahine - What Kind of Man

Disc One

1. James Bay – Hold Back The River 3:54 {2}

2. Alesso feat. Tove Lo – Heroes (We Could Be) 3:27 {6}

3. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud 4:35 {1}

4. Sia – Elastic Heart 4:12 {10}

5. Years & Years – King 3:30 {1}

6. Maroon 5 – Sugar 3:52 {7}

7. Marlon Roudette – When The Beat Drops Out 3:20 {7}

8. David Guetta feat. Emeli Sandé – What I Did For Love 3:24 {6}

9. Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk 3:57 {1}

10. Jess Glynne – Hold My Hand 3:43 {1}

 

Disc Two

1. Avicii – The Nights 2:54 {6}

2. Philip George – Wish You Were Mine 2:54 {2}

3. DJ Fresh feat. Ella Eyre – Gravity 3:10 {4}

4. Sigma feat. Labrinth – Higher 2:57 {12}

5. David Guetta feat. Sam Martin – Dangerous 3:21 {5}

6. Florence + The Machine – What Kind Of Man 3:35 {37}

7. Calvin Harris feat. Ellie Goulding – Outside 3:44 {6}

8. Gorgon City feat. Jennifer Hudson – Go All Night 3:16 {14}

9. Oliver Heldens feat. KStewart – Last All Night (Koala) 3:11 {5}

10. Blonde feat. Melissa Steel – I Loved You 3:02 {7}

 

Artwork: 7/10:

I like the paint, it doesn't feel very unique but it's nice for what it is. The gap at the top is very noticeable though. I think maybe more paint was needed at the top, or another reflection, or just something to get rid of that empty space.

 

Overall: 8/10

I remember this album missing a lot of hits, but apparently it doesn't? A handful of omissions for sure (Rihanna, Taylor, Echosmith, The Weeknd, ID, 5SOS, Bakermat, Axwell & Ingrosso, Kodaline, George Ezra, Selena Gomez) but are really understandable missing :lol: Oh well, a great Now album I guess

 

 

 

 

 

Not a bad volume, it does feature most of the hits of the era but not one I listen to often though.

 

Here's my Top 5:-

 

1) Oliver Heldens feat. KStewart - Last All Night (KOWALA)

2) Calvin Harris feat. Ellie Goulding - Outside

3) Philip George - Wish You Were Mine

4) David Guetta feat. Sam Martin - Dangerous

5) Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk

Edited July 5, 20187 yr by gavindeejay

disc one top five:

1. Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk

2. Calvin Harris feat. HAIM – Pray To God

3. Jess Glynne – Hold My Hand

4. Years & Years – King

5. Alesso feat. Tove Lo – Heroes (We Could Be)

 

disc two top five:

1. Alex Adair – Make Me Feel Better

2. Oliver Heldens feat. KStewart – Last All Night (Koala)

3. Philip George – Wish You Were Mine

4. Tchami feat. Kaleem Taylor – Promesses

5. David Guetta feat. Sam Martin – Dangerous

 

worst five:

1. One Direction – Night Changes

2. McBusted – Air Guitar

3. Ben Haenow – Something I Need

4. Kelly Clarkson – Heartbeat Song

5. Sam Smith – Lay Me Down

 

Would also put Thinking Out Loud here but it's not quite as bad as the five above, just really overplayed.

 

cover art: 7/10

overall: 7/10 [quite a few great songs but a lot of average too]

NOW 90 is okay, I do love the cover though. For me, there is too many ‘average ‘ songs especially at the end on disc 2 and many songs on disc 1. I struggled to choose a favourite single for a while whilst most albums are instant.

 

My top 5:

Oliver Heldens/Kstewart - Last All Night (Koala)

David Guetta/Emeli Sandé - What I Did For Love

Philip George - Wish You Were Mine

Fergie - LA Love (too catchy!)

David Guetta/Sam Martin - Dangerous