Just finished Now 120, it certainly felt very brief, and there's a lot of censoring. Denial Is A River is almost unlistenable with all the (admittedly necessary) edits made. I like the clean version of Messy though.

It did feel like there were more big hits than usual, thanks to the five No.1s I guess, and the fact that the current huge No.1 is here, albeit track 6 on Disc 2 as they had no idea how big it would become when putting this together.

Of the non-charting additions, of which there are many, some songs pleasantly surprised me: Stereophonics - decent, Confidence Man - banger and intriguing choice for a filler as it's hardly Radio 2 aimed, Marshmello and Jonas Brothers - good and easily would have been a big hit in 2017/18, Elton and Brandi - love this, great album closer and a classic sounding duet. But some were really eh, like the Tina Turner song - I really like her music generally but don't like this track at all, and OneRepublic - not been keen on much they have done in recent years and this didn't warrant a place on here.

Overall, the album flowed ok, but parts of each disc felt weak and skippable. I will take the majority of Disc 1 and a handful of songs from Disc 2 and run.

Disc 1 has space for 3 more songs and disc 2 has space for 1 more song and if they wanna use fillers, use the r1 and 1xtra playlists, the dance chart and the 41-100 part of the top 100

Edited April 10Apr 10 by Hadji

Now 120 only sold 2 copies away from 9k to reach number 1. It would’ve probably sold a bit more if they didn’t put their prices up for this one. Watch Now 121 get priced at £12 when that’s released. In my opinion, £11 would be the most reasonable price for a numbered Now

Edited April 14Apr 14 by Hadji

Now Pop! due for release on 23rd May

Unexpected diversion to get a proper modern spin-off for once but not sure I get who the audience is for this when 95% of these were on recent numbered Now albums, which cuts off the core audience.

And young pop fans are unlikely to buy the CD. So not sure how many buyers are left realistically.

The vinyl is a nice draw though, I might conisder it when it goes down in the inevitable sale later in the year.

£13 for a double disc spin-off is a rip off. Should be £10 or £11

Edited April 17Apr 17 by Hadji

I'm surprised that chose Gracie's Close To You instead of I Love You, I'm Sorry or That's So True.

2 hours ago, IdentFan101 said:

I'm surprised that chose Gracie's Close To You instead of I Love You, I'm Sorry or That's So True.

It’s nice that they included a song of hers which hasn’t appeared on the numbered series than a song that has appeared on the numbered series. 4 songs on the album which haven’t appeared on a numbered Now; 5 if you include Alex Warren as the version of Carry You Home that appears is the solo version instead of the Ella Henderson version that appears on Now 119

19 minutes ago, Hadji said:

It’s nice that they included a song of hers which hasn’t appeared on the numbered series than a song that has appeared on the numbered series. 4 songs on the album which haven’t appeared on a numbered Now; 5 if you include Alex Warren as the version of Carry You Home that appears is the solo version instead of the Ella Henderson version that appears on Now 119

I count 5... Gracie Abrams, Conan Gray, Madison Beer, Karol G and as you pointed out, Alex Warren's solo version.

27 minutes ago, Hadji said:

It’s nice that they included a song of hers which hasn’t appeared on the numbered series than a song that has appeared on the numbered series. 4 songs on the album which haven’t appeared on a numbered Now; 5 if you include Alex Warren as the version of Carry You Home that appears is the solo version instead of the Ella Henderson version that appears on Now 119

They should've went with Boy's a liar Pt. 2 since that hasn't appeared on a numbered series.

Their next spin-off is an eras album full of album tracks and it’s being released on 30th May

It's... different, I'll give you that.

I just hope they release another vault in June in between extra 1989 and the next yearbook which will most likely be 70s

Does now summer album come out round June to

How else can Now rinse the 80s? Pick off album tracks of course! The only surprise is that it took so long.

I guess I'll buy it as I don't own many of those albums so hopefully will find some interesting tracks.

I approve of 'Ants Invasion' as the Adam and the Ants pick

'The Things That Dreams Are Made Of' also stands out to me, not only because I love Dare, but due to being a part of Richard X's 'Finest Dreams' mash-up.

I do enjoy that new wave era so will have to give this a go

1 hour ago, Dj Cheeky magpie said:

Does now summer album come out round June to

We don’t need another pointless summer spin-off but if they were to release one, I hope it doesn’t clash with the next yearbook. They should release it a week before or a week after the next yearbook

1 hour ago, gooddelta said:

How else can Now rinse the 80s? Pick off album tracks of course! The only surprise is that it took so long.

I guess I'll buy it as I don't own many of those albums so hopefully will find some interesting tracks.

The only songs I know are the Bananarama song and the Police song which was later remixed by Different Gear and appeared on Now 46

It’s a nice touch to include their original version of Young At Heart, even though it’s not very good compared to the cover.

The Thompson Twins song that appears on the album is also on vault 1984