No surprises with the Now HMV album - exactly the kind of songs I was expecting tbh.

 

I’m not overly fussed with it but have ordered just because HMV is such an iconic brand - hopefully it does well in the compilation charts for a few weeks.

It will do well because it’s a limited edition album. I think it’s one of those ‘once it’s gone, it’s gone’ albums

The sheer volume of new releases that the Now team are putting out is truly excessive and to the point of ridiculous. This week they’re teasing something “Disco” related and it feels just so unnecessary;

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All I would be interested in purchasing at this point is a series of the Yearbook volumes that we are anticipating since the release of 1983 last month.

According to Amazon it’s ‘NOW Boogie Nights - Disco Classics’ out on 17th September

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09CRSG4XY/ref=...mRMRCGQnhjh9h24

Edited August 17, 20213 yr by gavindeejay

Shame the original version of "You Sexy Thing" has never appeared on a numbered NOW. Both it’s appearances on 9 and 38 were the 80s mix

I guess we can pretty much figure out what’s coming next which has been done to death in so many years;

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If anyone cares, here it is…

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Amazon Description:

NOW That’s What I Call Disney returns! Enjoy 80 songs of magical music from your favourite films, including timeless classics Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King & Cinderella. This 4CD compilation also features brand new additions from recent Disney blockbusters; ‘Frozen 2’, ‘Aladdin’, ‘Coco’ and ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ – plus 2 tracks from the smash hit series ‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’, including ‘I Think I Kinda, You Know’ featuring Olivia Rodrigo. NOW That’s what I Call Disney is a fabulously fun compilation for the whole family to sing-along with!

 

 

CD 1

 

1. Into The Unknown - Frozen 2

2. Remember Me (Ernesto De La Cruz) - Coco

3. Circle Of Life/ Nants' Ingonyama - The Lion King

4. Beauty And The Beast - Beauty And The Beast

5. Reflection – Mulan

6. Trip A Little Light Fantastic – Mary Poppins Returns

7. Prince Ali – Aladdin

8. You've Got A Friend In Me - Toy Story

9. Under The Sea - The Little Mermaid

10. You're Welcome - Moana

11. Breaking Free - High School Musical

12. Hakuna Matata - The Lion King

13. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - Mary Poppins

14. What's This? - The Nightmare Before Christmas

15. Be Our Guest - Beauty And The Beast

16. A Whole New World - Aladdin

17. Can You Feel The Love Tonight - The Lion King

18. I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away - Toy Story 4

19. The Best Of Both Worlds - Hannah Montana

20. I Think I Kinda, You Know - High School Musical: The Musical: The Series

 

 

CD 2

 

1. Let It Go - Frozen

2. Born To Be Brave - High School Musical: The Musical: The Series

3. Kiss The Girl - The Little Mermaid

4. Un Poco Loco - Coco

5. I Just Can't Wait To Be King - The Lion King

6. The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers - Winnie The Pooh And The Blustery Day

7. Heigh-Ho - Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs

8. Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo - Cinderella

9. Trust In Me - The Jungle Book

10. Baby Mine - Dumbo

11. Let's Go Fly A Kite - Mary Poppins

12. When She Loved Me - Toy Story 2

13. Belle - Beauty And The Beast

14. Colors Of The Wind - Pocahontas

15. That's How You Know - Enchanted

16. Speechless - Aladdin

17. A Star Is Born - Hercules

18. I See The Light - Tangled

19. When We're Human - The Princess And The Frog

20. Circle Of Life - The Lion King

 

 

CD 3

 

1. The Bare Necessities - The Jungle Book

2. A Spoonful Of Sugar - Mary Poppins

3. Whistle While You Work - Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs

4. Cruella De Vil - 101 Dalmatians

5. Bella Notte - Lady And The Tramp

6. They Live In You - The Lion King

7. When Will My Life Begin? - Tangled

8. Just Around The Riverbend - Pocahontas

9. One Jump Ahead - Aladdin

10. I Won't Say (I'm In Love) - Hercules

11. Part Of Your World - The Little Mermaid

12. The Place Where Lost Things Go - Mary Poppins Returns

13. We Belong Together - Toy Story 3

14. Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride - Lilo & Stitch

15. Lava - Lava

16. Zero To Hero - Hercules

17. Rotten To The Core - Descendants

18. Evermore - Beauty And The Beast

19. I'll Try - Return To Never Land

20. Man Or Muppet - The Muppets

 

 

CD 4

 

1. Mickey Mouse March - The Mickey Mouse Club

2. When You Wish Upon A Star - Pinocchio

3. A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes - Cinderella

4. Some Day My Prince Will Come - Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs

5. Once Upon A Dream - Sleeping Beauty

6. You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly! - Peter Pan

7. Give A Little Whistle - Pinocchio

8. He's A Tramp - Lady And The Tramp

9. Chim Chim Cher-ee - Mary Poppins

10. Yo, Ho! (A Pirate's Life For Me) - Pirates Of The Caribbean

11. He's A Pirate - Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl

12. The Unbirthday Song - Alice In Wonderland

13. Pink Elephants On Parade - Dumbo

14. Happy Working Song - Enchanted

15. Almost There - The Princess And The Frog

16. Scales And Arpeggios - The Aristocats

17. Little April Shower - Bambi

18. So This Is Love - Cinderella

19. It's A Small World - It's A Small World

20. Mickey Mouse Club Alma Mater - The Mickey Mouse Club TV Show

Another re-hash

It might not yet be time to think about the next volume, Now 110, but here’s a personal tracklisting made using recent and future hits.

 

Due to frequent issues licensing music by Ed Sheeran, I’ve purposely ignored those songs, which means, as it stands, there are no available #1 singles.

 

DISC 1

 

1. Elton John & Dua Lipa – Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)

2. ABBA – Don’t Shut Me Down

3. Little Mix – Love (Sweet Love)

4. Jesy Nelson feat. Nicki Minaj – Boys

5. Becky Hill & David Guetta – Remember

6. Joel Corry & Jax Jones feat. Charli XCX & Saweetie – OUT OUT

7. Rain Radio & DJ Craig Gorman – Talk About

8. Jonasu – Black Magic

9. David Guetta & Mistajam feat. John Newman – If You Really Love Me (How Will I Know)

10. The Weeknd – Take My Breath

11. The Kid LAROI feat. Justin Bieber – STAY

12. Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow – INDUSTRY BABY

13. Lizzo feat. Cardi B – Rumors

14. Doja Cat – Need To Know

15. KSI feat. Lil Wayne – Lose

16. Billie Eilish – Happier Than Ever

17. Olivia Rodrigo – traitor

18. Mimi Webb – Dumb Love

19. Shawn Mendes & Tainy – Summer Of Love

20. Maroon 5 feat. Megan Thee Stallion – Beautiful Mistakes

21. Bruno Mars, Anderson. Paak & Silk Sonic – Skate

22. Sigrid – Burning Bridges

23. Lorde – Solar Power

 

DISC 2

 

1. Becky Hill & Topic – My Heart Goes (La Di Da)

2. Anne-Marie & Little Mix – Kiss My (Uh Oh)

3. Sigala & Rita Ora – You For Me

4. PS1 feat. Alex Hosking – Life Goes On

5. MENTIS feat. Kate Wild – Excuses

6. Shouse – Love Tonight (David Guetta Remix)

7. Clean Bandit & Topic feat. Wes Nelson – Drive

8. Ella Henderson, House Gospel Choir & Just Kiddin – Risk It All

9. RAYE – Call On Me

10. Mabel – Let Them Know

11. WILLOW feat. Travis Barker – t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l

12. Doja Cat feat. The Weeknd – You Right

13. Normani feat. Cardi B – Wild Side

14. Dave feat. Stormzy – Clash

15. Pinkpanthress – Just For Me

16. Billie Eilish – NDA

17. Mimi Webb – 24/5

18. Dermot Kennedy – Better Days

19. Tom Grennan – Don’t Break The Heart

20. Sam Fender – Seventeen Going Under

21. Rag’n’Bone Man – Alone

22. Camilo Cabello – Don’t Go Yet

23. Tones & I – Fly Away

24. JLS – Eternal Love

 

Plenty of time still for more hits to be included between now and the end of November when the volume will likely be due it’s release.

I think if Abba makes it on, I think it’ll be last track CD 2. Can’t see it being in the first couple of tracks on CD 1.

I think if Abba makes it on, I think it’ll be last track CD 2. Can’t see it being in the first couple of tracks on CD 1.

 

 

Why not BOTH Abba tracks on?

I think if Abba makes it on, I think it’ll be last track CD 2. Can’t see it being in the first couple of tracks on CD 1.

It seems logical to think, and perhaps that’s what will happen, I just can’t see many big name stories or chart successes leading the way for the opening tracks on either disc yet. Hopefully something big will chart in the next 8 weeks.

It seems logical to think, and perhaps that’s what will happen, I just can’t see many big name stories or chart successes leading the way for the opening tracks on either disc yet. Hopefully something big will chart in the next 8 weeks.

The version of "Livin' On A Prayer" which appears on NOW HMV is the NOW 9 edit. That's the second time it's been used

NOW Rock due for release on 5th November

 

CD 1

 

1. Queen - We Are The Champions

2. Def Leppard - Animal

3. Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name

4. Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger

5. Iron Maiden - Can I Play With Madness

6. Status Quo - Rockin' All Over The World

7. Bachman-Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

8. Electric Light Orchestra - Don't Bring Me Down

9. Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)

10. Rainbow - All Night Long

11. Toto - Hold The Line

12. Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time

13. The Police - Synchronicity II

14. Alice Cooper - Poison

15. Run-DMC vs Aerosmith - Walk This Way

16. Kiss - Crazy Crazy Nights

17. ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man

18. Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love

19. Heart - Barracuda

20. Pat Benatar - All Fired Up

 

CD 2

 

1. Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell

2. The Who - Baba O'Riley

3. Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water

4. Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper

5. Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar

6. Rod Stewart - Maggie May

7. Free - All Right Now

8. Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way

9. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama

10. Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild

11. The Kinks - You Really Got Me

12. The Animals - House Of The Rising Sun

13. The Troggs - Wild Thing

14. Faces - Pool Hall Richard

15. Chris Spedding - Motor Bikin'

16. Nazareth - This Fight Tonight

17. Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman

18. Santana - She's Not There

19. Gary Moore & Phil Lynott - Parisienne Walkways

 

CD 3

 

1. Wings - Jet

2. Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize

3. T Rex - 20th Century Boy

4. Golden Earring - Radar Love

5. Hawkwind - Silver Machine

6. Patti Smith Group - Because The Night

7. Blondie - One Way Or Another

8. The Knack - My Sharona

9. Billy Joel - You May Be Right

10. Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl

11. REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You

12. Huey Lewis & The News - The Power Of Love

13. The Power Station - Get It On (Bang A Gong)

14. Marillion - Incommunicado

15. Focus - Hocus Pocus

16. Faith No More - Epic

17. Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way

18. Spin Doctors - Two Princes

19. 4 Non Blondes - What's Up?

20. U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name

 

CD 4

 

1. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Fanfare For The Common Man

2. Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street

3. Boston - More Than A Feeling

4. Kansas - Cary On Wayward Son

5. Ram Jam - Black Betty

6. Motörhead & Girlschool - Please Don't Touch

7. Judas Priest - Breaking The Law

8. The Runaways - Cherry Bomb

9. Pretenders - Middle Of The Road

10. Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane

11. Poison - Nothin' But A Good Time

12. Night Ranger - Sister Christian

13. Tina Turner - Steamy Windows

14. Europe - The Final Countdown

15. Foreigner - Feels Like The First Time

16. Mr Mister - Kyrie

17. John Mellencamp - Jack & Diane

18. Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart

19. Far Corporation - Stairway To Heaven

20. Yes - Wonderous Stories

Edited September 29, 20213 yr by Hadji

When did the word “rock” only get used to describe classic rock music from the last century? Are we ignoring all forms of modern rock music or dismissing any other sub-genre of indie and alternative music as not befitting the genre?

NOW – Yearbook 1984 will be released on 29th October! I belatedly picked up the previous one on vinyl so I think I'll get this one too :heart:

 

Coming out on blue vinyl

 

LP 1 – Side A

1 George Michael - Careless Whisper

2 Duran Duran - The Reflex

3 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes

4 Nena - 99 Red Balloons

5 Eurythmics, Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart - Here Comes The Rain Again

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

7 Lionel Richie - Hello

LP 1 – Side B

1 Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

2 Kenny Loggins - Footloose (From "Footloose" Soundtrack)

3 Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters

4 Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder - Together In Electric Dreams

5 Limahl - Never Ending Story

6 Laura Branigan - Self Control

7 Elton John - Sad Songs (Say So Much)

 

LP 2 – Side A

1 Chaka Khan - I Feel For You

2 Grandmaster Flash & Grandmaster Melle-Mel - White Lines (Don’t Do It)

3 Deniece Williams - Let's Hear It For The Boy

4 The Pointer Sisters - Jump (For My Love)

5 Miami Sound Machine - Dr. Beat

6 Womack & Womack - Love Wars

7 The S.O.S Band - Just Be Good To Me

LP 2 – Side B

1 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax

2 Scritti Politti - Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)

3 New Order - Thieves Like Us

4 The Cure - The Caterpillar

5 David Sylvian - Red Guitar

6 Echo And The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon

7 Propaganda - Dr Mabuse

 

LP 3 – Side A

1 Duran Duran - The Wild Boys

2 Spandau Ballet - Only When You Leave

3 Alison Moyet - Love Resurrection

4 Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride

5 Nik Kershaw - The Riddle

6 Howard Jones – What Is Love?

7 Malcolm McLaren - Madam Butterfly (Un Bel Di Vedremo)

LP 3 – Side B

1 U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love)

2 The Police - King Of Pain

3 Simple Minds - Up On The Catwalk

4 ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin'

5 Billy Joel - An Innocent Man

6 The Cars - Drive

7 Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace

NOW Yearbook 1984 CD tracklist

 

CD 1

 

1. George Michael - Careless Whisper

2. Duran Duran - The Reflex

3. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes

4. Nena - 99 Red Balloons

5. Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again

6. Laura Branigan - Self Control

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

8. Lionel Richie - Hello

9. Sade - Your Love Is King

10. The Style Council - You're The Best Thing

11. Alison Moyet - Love Resurrection

12. Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok

13. Spandau Ballet - Only When You Leave

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

15. Limahl - Never Ending Story

16. Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride

17. Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters

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

19. Rufus - Ain't Nobody

 

CD 2

 

1. Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

2. Kenny Loggins - Footloose

3. Adam Ant - Apollo 9

4. Culture Club - The War Song

5. Bananarama - Robert De Niro's Waiting

6. Nik Kershaw - The Riddle

7. Howard Jones - What Is Love?

8. Thompson Twins - Doctor! Doctor!

9. Alphaville - Big In Japan

10. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Locomotion

11. Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes

12. Human League - The Lebanon

13. Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Come Home)

14. Propaganda - Doctor Mabuse

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

16. New Order - Thieves Like Us

17. The Cure - The Caterpillar

18. Swansway - Soul Train

19. David Sylvian - Red Guitar

20. Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon

 

CD 3

 

1. Chaka Khan - I Feel For You

2. Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel - White Lines (Don’t Do It)

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

4. Shannon - Let The Music Play

5. The Pointer Sisters - Jump (For My Love)

6. The S.O.S Band - Just Be Good To Me

7. Jocelyn Brown - Somebody Else's Guy

8. Womack & Womack - Love Wars

9. Michael Jackson - Farewell My Summer Love

10. Julia & Company - Breakin' Down (Sugar Samba)

11. Ollie & Jerry - Breakin'...There's No Stopping Us

12. Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me

13. Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy

14. Dead Or Alive - That's The Way (I Like It)

15. Evelyn Thomas - High Energy

16. Hazell Dean - Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)

17. Divine - You Think You're A Man

18. The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men

19. Miami Sound Machine - Doctor Beat

20. Shakatak - Down On The Street

 

CD 4

 

1. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax

2. Duran Duran - The Wild Boys

3. U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love)

4. The Police - King Of Pain

5. Simple Minds - Up On The Catwalk

6. ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin'

7. Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face

8. Malcolm McLaren - Madam Butterfly (Un Bel Di Vedremo)

9. China Crisis - Wishful Thinking

10. Carmel - More More More

11. Matt Bianco - Get Out Of Your Lazy Bed

12. Kim Wilde - The Second Time

13. Nick Heyward - Warning Sign

14. Jim Diamond - I Should Have Known Better

15. Elton John - Sad Songs (Say So Much)

16. Billy Joel - An Innocent Man

17. The Cars - Drive

18. Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace

19. Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?

Edited September 30, 20213 yr by Hadji

I really like the artwork / concept of the Yearbook releases, but I hope this isn’t a temporary thing and they actually go as far as the late 90s / early 00s (which I’m more likely to want to purchase!)

I hope they release NOW Yearbook 1985 before Xmas