I don’t care if they’re random, they’re better songs than most of what’s in the charts.

I don’t care if they’re random, they’re better songs than most of what’s in the charts.

But they didn’t have to ignore Joel Corry. H&H was released closer to 106 than Bed was to 108. Central Cee has two hits and never got included and Bieber has lots of solo hits which never got included. Lack of urban on there too hence why CJ is missing

As we've learnt many a time with the NOW series, they're not being ignored they will probably be on the next one

As we've learnt many a time with the NOW series, they're not being ignored they will probably be on the next one

Joel Corry should definitely be on 109

I have concluded that Justin has chosen not to licence his solo material to the compilation series anymore as they wouldn’t ignore his recent hits if they were allowed to include them. I guess we will just have to rely on features from now on. Also, those of you who claimed Ed would licence his recent hit just because it wasn’t a #1 have also been shown that this isn’t always the case.

NOW 108 is now available to pre-order on iTunes but for some reason, NOW 8, like NOW 7 isn’t

I’ve only just noticed Rag N Bone Man isn’t on there, I’m guessing it may make the next one with his album being released next month.

I do feel that a lot of the songs for NOW 108 were picked out of the hat such as Passenger, The Killers, JLo and Gaga

 

Passenger and The Killers had big albums at least so warrant their inclusion that way, while 911 has become iconic due to the 'Chromatica II into 911' memes - if only they'd sewn the two tracks together for the single edit!

 

J.Lo's inclusion I don't really understand, but it's a nice part of that 'veteran pop stars' section on Disc 2.

 

I have concluded that Justin has chosen not to licence his solo material to the compilation series anymore as they wouldn’t ignore his recent hits if they were allowed to include them. I guess we will just have to rely on features from now on. Also, those of you who claimed Ed would licence his recent hit just because it wasn’t a #1 have also been shown that this isn’t always the case.

 

What I don't really get is how Bravo in Germany managed to get both Afterglow and Justin's Lonely on their latest release, it must be a UK only licensing thing with these artists.

 

Interestingly, another German compilation called The Dome has Sza's Good Days, so again I'm not sure why that wasn't available to NOW.

Passenger and The Killers had big albums at least so warrant their inclusion that way, while 911 has become iconic due to the 'Chromatica II into 911' memes - if only they'd sewn the two tracks together for the single edit!

The Killers album was released back in May which means MOSW should’ve been included on 106 as part of the songs which were from hit albums

Edited March 12, 20214 yr by Hadji

The Killers album was released back in May which means MOSW should’ve been included on 106 as part of the songs which were from hit albums

 

Actually the album came out in August and that’s when MOSW charted top 100. So it is late but who cares? It’s a great track.

Actually the album came out in August and that’s when MOSW charted top 100. So it is late but who cares? It’s a great track.

They sometimes intend on including songs before the album gets released. NOW 107 would’ve been a better placing for the song

NOW 12" 80s due for release on 16th April https://www.amazon.co.uk/NOW-Thats-What-Cal...s/dp/B08Y5KRQ8P

NOW 12" 80s tracklist

 

CD 1

 

1. Queen - Radio Ga Ga

2. Duran Duran - The Reflex

3. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes

4. Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)

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

6. Bananarama - Love In The First Degree

7. Limahl - Never Ending Story

8. Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder - Together In Electric Dreams

9. Soft Cell - Torch

10. Heaven 17 - Temptation

11. Nena - 99 Red Balloons

12. The Specials - Ghost Town

 

CD 2

 

1. New Order - Blue Monday

2. Visage - Fade To Grey

3. Howard Jones - New Song

4. A-Ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV

5. Tears For Fears - Shout

6. Kon Kan - I Beg Your Pardon

7. Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance

8. Scritti Politti - Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)

9. Ultravox - Love's Great Adventure

10. Propaganda - Duel

11. Yello - The Race

 

CD 3

 

1. Irene Cara - Flashdance...What A Feeling

2. Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)

3. Sister Sledge - Lost In Music

4. Laura Branigan - Gloria

5. Diana Ross - Chain Reaction

6. Billy Joel - Tell Her About It

7. Modern Romance - High Life

8. Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes - (I've Had) The Time Of My Life

9. Five Star - Can't Wait Another Minute

10. Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)

11. Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night)

 

CD 4

 

1. Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters

2. Deniece Williams - Let's Hear It For The Boy

3. Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It

4. Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride

5. Altered Images - Don't Talk To Me About Love

6. Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)

7. Haircut 100 - Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)

8. Kim Wilde - You Came

9. Nick Kamen - Each Time You Break My Heart

10. Marilyn - Calling Your Name

11. Dollar - Hand Held In Black And White

12. Nik Kershaw - The Riddle

13. Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow

Done my Alternative Now 108 as always!

 

Sharing just ten with the real thing this time, although some of the official ones were on my Alternative Now 107.

 

 

I got my copy of Now 108 early today and they’ve stopped doing the artist biographies and images in the booklet. The write-ups have been getting shorter and less inspired over the years but it’s still quite a loss of one of the brand’s USPs :(

 

On the plus side, the track credits have returned.

I got my copy of Now 108 early today and they’ve stopped doing the artist biographies and images in the booklet. The write-ups have been getting shorter and less inspired over the years but it’s still quite a loss of one of the brand’s USPs :(

 

On the plus side, the track credits have returned.

How did you get it early? Amazon?

I got my copy of Now 108 early today and they’ve stopped doing the artist biographies and images in the booklet. The write-ups have been getting shorter and less inspired over the years but it’s still quite a loss of one of the brand’s USPs :(

 

On the plus side, the track credits have returned.

 

I guess it’s become too expensive to do the bios? None of them sold well last year but I’m pretty disappointed by this.

How did you get it early? Amazon?

 

It was on display in Asda late yesterday evening! I recall getting Now 42 a day early from Little Chef too back in 1999. And petrol stations that quite often have them on a display at the till put them out as soon as they come in too.

 

Although funnily enough they’ll still be registering a sale from me for this week as I’d forgotten that I’d pre-ordered it ages ago on Amazon and now it’s too late to cancel that order. I could send it back, but I won’t as I have a few birthdays coming up and I can give it to someone.

 

On that note, anyone who did order on Amazon, I got an email to say Autorip is available. I don’t think they’ve done that for quite a while? Although I could be wrong.

Edited March 26, 20214 yr by gooddelta

I guess it’s become too expensive to do the bios? None of them sold well last year but I’m pretty disappointed by this.

 

Yeah it’s a real shame. Was looking forward to see what they had to say about Steps and J.Lo, but seeing as the commentary used to normally be about a song’s peak chart position I guess they felt they have too many non-hits to comment on now.

 

I did wonder if they just can’t be bothered to maintain those long web pages with the artist credits on anymore, as the credits have also returned to the spin-offs.

 

Weird how many changes the series has been trying to make since Now 100, it does feel a bit ‘throw everything to the wall and see what sticks’ type approach, with the throwbacks, the artist names on the artwork, the loss of the bios, and just not really being clear what audience to target - sometimes it feels very Radio 2, other times it’s full of chart trap and grime etc. I think they must be in survival mode with the main numbered series. I guess it doesn’t help that there aren’t enough chart hits to fill two discs anymore, and licensing some artists has become harder, so they had to do something.

It was on display in Asda late yesterday evening! I recall getting Now 42 a day early from Little Chef too back in 1999. And petrol stations that quite often have them on a display at the till put them out as soon as they come in too.

 

Although funnily enough they’ll still be registering a sale from me for this week as I’d forgotten that I’d pre-ordered it ages ago on Amazon and now it’s too late to cancel that order. I could send it back, but I won’t as I have a few birthdays coming up and I can give it to someone.

 

On that note, anyone who did order on Amazon, I got an email to say Autorip is available. I don’t think they’ve done that for quite a while? Although I could be wrong.

I recall NOW 87 in 2014 being available 3 days early from my local service station