Tylky

I'm really hoping this to be true. So many big songs that didn't make the original Yearbooks, let's hope we get the "oddballs" and such on these final chapters. Also, hard agree on Roxette - Fading Like A Flower. Both it and the Dancing DJs remix are absolutely stellar.

I agree with all of this. I don't know if Samantha Janus is trying to repress her early years (now Samantha Womack) but I'm aware the song isn't on streaming either. It saddens me that the Extra has been cheapened like this. I stand by what I say, when I say that the 90's Yearbooks are sadly weaker than the other decades. NTWICM, we get it, yes you can now put these big names on your albums, but their songs were so minor at the time that they come across as unrecognisable today. Another thing for me, is how underrepresented the dance anthems of this year have been. Yes, Disc 2 on the main was quite decent, but for two tracks (The Prodigy and Moby) they couldn't even get the versions that were played on the radio at the time. Instead we get the original 3 minute version of Charly, and some 2006 remix of Go. But on the Extra (and I note how they keep highlighting this in their emails promoting the Extra like it's a good thing) it has like, 3 proper dance tracks and that's it. It's not reflective of the UK at the time at all. EDIT: Just checked Spotify, turns out 'A Message To Your Heart' is now on there! That's good to know!

Noticed that. It's good they rectified it before release! Have you had a chance to listen to it yet? What do you think of it? I'll listen to it when I find the time and put together my thoughts!

I've just logged in for the first time in awhile, and I must say... these are cracking mate! The sequencing, the parallel universe if NOW didn't have licensing issues... it's brilliant! I really want to listen to each one of these and rediscover any secret gems that I would have otherwise forgotten about! Thank you!

2007 on the whole was very strong for the numbered Nows. Any rehashes will be relatively minor. The Millennium '06-'07 was the same; they had to dig a bit deeper for more obscure tracks.

They're probably on their Christmas holidays now. Probably won't see anything until the second Thursday in January (8th). Have a good Christmas!

It would feel more complete if they did 1985-1989 The Final Chapter. Yearbook 1975 is a possibilty, but then so is Yearbook 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1999.

That was the '87 remix which fared better than the original in 1982. I imagine this is the original from 1982 here. On the whole, I really like this Vaults tracklist. A lot here I don't even know about so can't wait to discover. The two highlights (and the only really recognisable ones to me, sans 'Valerie') are The Go-Go's - Vacation and The Waitresses - I Know What Boys Like. Underrated bangers. On the topic of Now Yearbook 1991 Extra, I'm so glad I'm not the only one who feels that The Simpsons being missed is a huge missed opportunity. Granted, they were produced by Michael Jackson and his team, I feel it wouldn't have costed NOW as much to licence due to them these days being considered a novelty of its time, rather than the MJ-produced side of it. You never see them in MJ's best songs collections anywhere at all! Still hurting about the lack of them, Iron Maiden and Enigma being missed. The Stonk being missed kind of makes sense since it's a charity song, but then again the Yearbooks have represented charity songs in the past so I can't really justify them missing that track. Same applies to Mr Blobby on NOW Yearbook 1993 or its Extra. To a lesser extent, the Teletubbies on Yearbook 1997 and its Extra too. (Though I did hear Scott Mills play them on Radio 2 the other day as 'On this day in history', but they struggled to play the full thing because people in the studio including Scott himself couldn't stand playing the thing in the first place, claiming its very much a song of its time lmao)

No Enigma either, or even maybe just a sniff of Iron Maiden's 'Bring Your Daughter...'. Also yes, the inclusion of anything David Sylvian is absolutely baffling. The 90's Yearbooks so far to me, feel weak comparatively to the 70's and 80's Yearbooks. It saddens me because the 90's is my favourite decade and NOW just struggles with licensing issues for this decade. Heck, Moby's 'Go' on Yearbook 1991 was some kind of 2006 remix which sounded nothing like the original. That threw me off an otherwise amazing disc.

The 60’s one looks really good! Proper classic Rock & Roll on Disc 3 which I’m in love with. sigh Guess I’ll have to add this one to the collection - I’m running out of space!

It was a big hit in January/February 2022, and shown up on Now 111, but Disney songs are often hit or miss in being represented on numbered Nows. Golden is one of those, still too big, but could also be akin to Kate Bush and Running Up That Hill in 2022. Made big by Netflix but won’t make it on a compilation due to being too big. Could have made Now 112 or Now 113 otherwise. I am gutted it didn’t make it, as it was the biggest smash over the last 3 months. But hey ho, this is what Now is all about!

Disco Eras one is a wasted one. No big names as mentioned and a lot of these are already on the Yearbooks. If anyone wanted this they could have just recreated the track list themselves with tracks from the Yearbook on a computer.

I’m majorly upset that The Simpsons didn’t make it. Whilst they were produced by Michael Jackson in an era that makes his music non-licensable, I thought they had a sliver of a chance due to the label they’re currently on. Gutted that they and the following didn’t make it: Queen - BoRhap/These Are The Days/Innuendo Enigma - Sadness Part I Bryan Adams - Everything I Do Right Said Fred - I’m Too Sexy 2 Unlimited - Get Ready For This Also, the inconsistency. The Prodigy are here (gladly) with Charly but not on ‘92 with Everybody In The Place. Also ‘93 with One Love. Though, this gives me hope for Firestarter, Breathe and No Good.

I know it’s a bit off-topic but have you heard of iBroadcast? You use their app to upload your MP3s and then you can stream them on the go on your phone. Back on topic: I feel like they’re going to struggle with Yearbook 1991, due to an array of licensing issues stemming from big hits from Bryan Adams and The Simpsons all the way down to rave songs and their sampling issues. It might be a Yearbook 1993 all over again. I have felt that the 90’s Yearbooks have been weaker than the 80’s ones, but I guess we’ll have to wait and see.

This feels like another filler compilation. I’ll give this one a miss, and await the next one.

I would love to see KC & The Sunshine Band on there with ‘Shake Shake Shake (Shake Your Booty)’. A Top 40 hit sure but would be perfect for the Extra as it’s a very memorable song.

Seems they’re covering dance classics from that era. Seems okay, but I think all those artists mentioned have appeared on other NOW albums.

I’d like to see a 70’s Yearbook next. I honestly don’t mind which, but they do need to bring the attention back to the 70’s, even if for one year. I’m curious, and this may seem a while out if it does happen but, do you think they’ll do the 60’s? It could really make the Yearbook collection worth something if they expand into that decade.

Agreed. There were big dance numbers that year and a lot were missed. Such a shame. I don’t understand NOWs obsession with Suzanne Vega, or David Sylvian for that matter.

I’ve bought ‘97 and saw the tracklist for this one and I have to say, this year is a weak year for the Yearbook series. Does anyone else feel this way? What are the major omissions from these releases and what could be the reason? I understand that these releases individually are somewhat affordable but at the moment it feels like NOW are reaching into their bargain bin of licensing and slapping any old cheap track on here. P.S. I’m specifically upset about the Teletubbies not making the cut.

This week's chart comes a little early as I'll be absent all of tomorrow (Monday). So, this is the one we've all been waiting for! (Me, Myself & I). Time for the Christmas Top 20 and the Christmas No.1! Who will claim the spot? Feeder took it to 5 weeks at No.1 last week but will they keep going for a sixth week and be crowned Christmas No.1? Stay tuned to find out! http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/126s/77535930.jpghttp://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/126s/35843665.pnghttp://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/126s/33141405.pnghttp://a3.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music/v4/94/ae/9f/94ae9ff1-deb5-3a55-4199-1492e975e4d4/cover.170x170-75.jpghttp://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/126s/49819307.png :no1: Hot Action Cop - Fever For The Flava - [19-5-3-4-2-2-3-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-2-1] (16 weeks) QAURo0rwt6g #2 Feeder - Buck Rogers - [11-5-3-2-3-3-2-1-1-1-1-1-2] (13 weeks) #3 The Prodigy - Omen - [13-10-7-7-6-7-4-3-4-3-4-4-3] (13 weeks) #4 Tujamo & Plastik Funk feat. Sneakbo - Dr Who! - [12-14-11-9-8-6-5-5-4] (9 weeks) #5 Spice Girls - Holler - [20-20-8-8-6-6-5-5-3-3-5] (11 weeks) #6 Tall Paul - Rock Da House 2006 - [12-12-9-9-20-10-8-8-7-13-9-7-6] (13 weeks) #7 Tenacious D - Explosivo - [8-7] (2 weeks) #8 The Offspring - Special Delivery - [16-17-16-16-13-16-12-10-9-7-6-9-8] (13 weeks) #9 Enigma - Return To Innocence - [17-18-17-17-14-17-13-16-18-18-12-10-9] (13 weeks) #10 Reel Big Fish - Good Thing - [17-10-5-6-9-9-40[x]18-25[x]11-10] (11 weeks) #11 Chicane feat. Bryan Adams - Don't Give Up [20-19-18-18-15-19-15-12-11-9-15-13-11] (13 weeks) #12 All Saints - Lady Marmalade - [17-15-12] (3 weeks) #13 Beats International - Won't Talk About It - [18-16-13] (3 weeks) #14 En Vogue - Don't Let Go (Love) - [20-17-14] (3 weeks) #15 Morrissey - Irish Blood, English Heart - [17-22[x]18-14-13-28[x]18-15] (8 weeks) #16 The Black Mighty Orchestra - Ocean Beach (Cybophonia Cinematic Remix) - [18-23[x]20-16] (4 weeks) #17 Staxx - Joy '97 [17] (1 week) L4pmYyIWMQg #18 Kelly Llorenna - Nobody Like You - [6-7-6-6-5-9-7-7-6-12-8-6-18] (13 weeks) #19 Agnes - I Need You Now - [19] (1 week) E-uUwQf2cZE #20 Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy - [20] (1 week) 1PgAqncGXE4 DROP OUTS #29 X-Press 2 feat. David Byrne - Lazy - [20-19-19-16-20-30[x]20-23[x]16-14-29] (11 weeks) #174 Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby - [17-21[x]14-12-174] (5 weeks) #243 StoneBridge feat. Therese - Put 'Em High - [19-243] (2 weeks) Tylky's Random 5! (5 tracks randomly selected from my own iTunes library) #1 Kenichi Tokoi - Blue Star ...for Casinopolis (Sonic Adventure Digi-Log Conversation, 1999) Q0blWY6TKyk #2 R. Kelly - Your Body's Callin' (Now That's What I Call Music! 28, 1994) BzVZmt_TdR8 #3 Johnny Preston - Running Bear (Dreamboats & Petticoats 3, --) E3meEmDpaDU #4 Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now (Now That's What I Call Music! 1988, 1988) w6Q3mHyzn78 #5 Alicia Keys - Fallin' (Hits 51, 2001) Urdlvw0SSEc

Gutted about Love Generation. Then again, it only peaked at No.12 in the Official Charts. Shocked at it's 17 week chart run though, impressive! That song just holds loads of teenage memories for me. Happy to see KT Tunstall and Mylo vs. Miami Sound Machine within the Top 10. Goldfrapp are great but Ooh La La was way overplayed back then due to its use in a car advert I think? 'Biology' is a bit of a guilty pleasure, admittedly. Kelly Clarkson at the top does seem predictable. Ah well, on to the next one! (I hope?)

Well, thanks for the comment JollySaintG, from last week. Appreciate it! So following on, Feeder is still hanging on for a fifth week at the top. Beating Andrew W.K.'s record run at the top! But will the track last? After all, it's battle for the Christmas No.1 next week! http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/126s/35843665.pnghttp://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/126s/77535930.jpghttp://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/126s/87910983.pnghttp://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/126s/33141405.pnghttp://a3.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music/v4/94/ae/9f/94ae9ff1-deb5-3a55-4199-1492e975e4d4/cover.170x170-75.jpg :no1: Feeder - Buck Rogers - [11-5-3-2-3-3-2-1-1-1-1-1] (12 weeks) COy_JKXtzvE #2 Hot Action Cop - Fever For The Flava - [19-5-3-4-2-2-3-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-2] (15 weeks) #3 Spice Girls - Holler - [20-20-8-8-6-6-5-5-3-3] (10 weeks) #4 The Prodigy - Omen - [13-10-7-7-6-7-4-3-4-3-4-4] (12 weeks) #5 Tujamo & Plastik Funk feat. Sneakbo - Dr Who! - [12-14-11-9-8-6-5-5] (8 weeks) #6 Kelly Llorenna - Nobody Like You - [6-7-6-6-5-9-7-7-6-12-8-6] (12 weeks) #7 Tall Paul - Rock Da House 2006 - [12-12-9-9-20-10-8-8-7-13-9-7] (12 weeks) #8 Tenacious D - Explosivo - [8] (1 week) hkfR8lm0elQ #9 The Offspring - Special Delivery - [16-17-16-16-13-16-12-10-9-7-6-9] (12 weeks) #10 Enigma - Return To Innocence - [17-18-17-17-14-17-13-16-18-18-12-10] (12 weeks) #11 Reel Big Fish - Good Thing - [17-10-5-6-9-9-40[x]18-25[x]11] (10 weeks) #12 Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby - [17-21[x]14-12] (4 weeks) #13 Chicane feat. Bryan Adams - Don't Give Up [20-19-18-18-15-19-15-12-11-9-15-13] (12 weeks) #14 X-Press 2 feat. David Byrne - Lazy - [20-19-19-16-20-30[x]20-23[x]16-14] (10 weeks) #15 All Saints - Lady Marmalade - [17-15] (2 weeks) #16 Beats International - Won't Talk About It - [18-16] (2 weeks) #17 En Vogue - Don't Let Go (Love) - [20-17] (2 weeks) #18 Morrissey - Irish Blood, English Heart - [17-22[x]18-14-13-28[x]18] (7 weeks) #19 StoneBridge feat. Therese - Put 'Em High - [19] (1 week) 21ChkFiX1j4 #20 The Black Mighty Orchestra - Ocean Beach (Cybophonia Cinematic Remix) - [18-23[x]20] (3 weeks) DROP OUTS #26 Game Freak & Jun'ichi Masuda – Battle! (Gym Leader) - [16-15-10-26] (4 weeks) #29 Sum 41 - Nothing On My Back - [14-15-8-8-4-4-3-4-17-17-11-29] (12 weeks) #32 Andrew W.K. - Party Hard - [18-11-11-2-1-1-1-1-4-4-7-5-5-5-3-4-13-32] (18 weeks) #39 Milk Inc. - Walk On Water - [5-6-5-5-9-21[x]17-13-12-10-19-39] (12 weeks) #85 Watergate - Heart Of Asia - [18-22[x]7-85] (4 weeks) Tylky's Random 5! (5 tracks randomly selected from my own iTunes library) #1 Calvin Harris - I Created Disco (I Created Disco, 2007) wgtSgWkPyyg #2 Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) (Now That's What I Call Music! 26, 1993) 9X_ViIPA-Gc #3 Jun'ichi Masuda, Go Ichinose & GAME FREAK - Title Screen (Pokémon FireRed & Pokémon LeafGreen: Super Music Collection, 2004) FQdDYrG51lM #4 Reel Big Fish - She Has A Girlfriend Now (Turn The Radio Off, 1996) JldhbtTZDRw #5 Haddaway - Rock My Heart (Now That's What I Call Music! 28, 1994) 6BdnVwqXXWU

I can see why no one comments here. Same songs, different week. Songs that have no current relevance to anyone's tastes. But, I shall keep going, regardless! Keeping it real at 4 weeks is Feeder's 'Buck Rogers'! Matching Andrew W.K.'s record of 4 weeks at the top spot. But could they wind up rivalling Sonic Boom Six by keeping it at the top for a fifth week next week? Stay tuned(!) http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/126s/35843665.pnghttp://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/126s/77535930.jpghttp://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/126s/87910983.pnghttp://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/126s/33141405.pnghttp://a3.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music/v4/94/ae/9f/94ae9ff1-deb5-3a55-4199-1492e975e4d4/cover.170x170-75.jpg :no1: Feeder - Buck Rogers - [11-5-3-2-3-3-2-1-1-1-1] (11 weeks) COy_JKXtzvE #2 Hot Action Cop - Fever For The Flava - [19-5-3-4-2-2-3-1-1-1-2-2-2-2] (14 weeks) #3 Spice Girls - Holler - [20-20-8-8-6-6-5-5-3] (9 weeks) #4 The Prodigy - Omen - [13-10-7-7-6-7-4-3-4-3-4] (11 weeks) #5 Tujamo & Plastik Funk feat. Sneakbo - Dr Who! - [12-14-11-9-8-6-5] (7 weeks) #6 The Offspring - Special Delivery - [16-17-16-16-13-16-12-10-9-7-6] (11 weeks) #7 Watergate - Heart Of Asia - [18-22[x]7] (3 weeks) #8 Kelly Llorenna - Nobody Like You - [6-7-6-6-5-9-7-7-6-12-8] (11 weeks) #9 Tall Paul - Rock Da House 2006 - [12-12-9-9-20-10-8-8-7-13-9] (11 weeks) #10 Game Freak & Jun'ichi Masuda – Battle! (Gym Leader) - [16-15-10] (3 weeks) #11 Sum 41 - Nothing On My Back - [14-15-8-8-4-4-3-4-17-17-11] (11 weeks) #12 Enigma - Return To Innocence - [17-18-17-17-14-17-13-16-18-18-12] (11 weeks) #13 Andrew W.K. - Party Hard - [18-11-11-2-1-1-1-1-4-4-7-5-5-5-3-4-13] (17 weeks) #14 Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby - [17-21[x]14] (3 weeks) #15 Chicane feat. Bryan Adams - Don't Give Up [20-19-18-18-15-19-15-12-11-9-15] (11 weeks) #16 X-Press 2 feat. David Byrne - Lazy - [20-19-19-16-20-30[x]20-23[x]16] (9 weeks) #17 All Saints - Lady Marmalade - [17] (1 week) #18 Beats International - Won't Talk About It - [18] (1 week) #19 Milk Inc. - Walk On Water - [5-6-5-5-9-21[x]17-13-12-10-19] (11 weeks) #20 En Vogue - Don't Let Go (Love) - [20] (1 week) DROP OUTS #24 Jive Jones – Me, Myself & I - [14-11-24] (3 weeks) #29 Yutaka Minobe - CUT SCENE 5 - [15-15-14-29] (4 weeks) #31 Beastie Boys - Song For The Man - [16-31] (2 weeks) #34 Feeder - Seven Days In The Sun - [19-19-34] (3 weeks) #35 Box Car Racer - I Feel So - [14-11-10-8-35] (5 weeks) #92 A - Nothing - [20-20-92] (3 weeks) Tylky's Random 5! (5 tracks randomly selected from my own iTunes library) #1 Jet Harris - Scarlett O'Hara (Dreamboats & Petticoats 5 - Coffee Bars and Candy, --) H2ePG1LWGIM #2 Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall In Love (Dreamboats & Petticoats 5 - Coffee Bars and Candy, --) 2sAHiR0rkJg #3 Tommy Tallarico - The Cauldron (Tales of Knighthood: Sonic and the Black Knight Original Soundtrax, 2007) hud1tDhhXUE #4 GAME FREAK & Go Ichinose - The Dreamyard (Pokémon Black & Pokémon White: Super Music Collection, 2010) FjhHufRVQBk #5 Jordin Sparks - Battlefield (Now That's What I Call Music! 73, 2009) suPlYwJ3YvM

Disc 1 04 Sugababes - Push The Button 08 Robbie Williams - Tripping 03 Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes - Don't Cha 06 Daniel Powter - Bad Day 07 David Gray - The One I Love 06 Kelly Clarkson - Since You Been Gone 01 Will Young - Switch It On 07 Girls Aloud - Biology 02 McFly - I'll Be OK 10 Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot 10 Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To? 10 KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See 10 t.A.Tu - All About Us 03 Hilary Duff - Wake Up 02 Rachel Stevens - I Said Never Again (But Here We Are) 02 Liberty X - Song 4 Lovers 00 Friday Hill - Baby Goodbye 08 Simon Webbe - Lay Your Hands 07 Mariah Carey - We Belong Together 00 Elton John - Electricity 10 Katie Melua - Nine Million Bicycles -01 Westlife - You Raise Me Up Disc 2 08 Gorillaz - DARE 08 Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl 10 Kanye West - Diamonds From Sierra Leone 09 Coldplay - Fix You 09 Oasis - The Importance Of Being Idle 07 The Black Eyed Peas - Don't Lie 10 Pharrell feat. Gwen Stefani - Can I Have It Like That 08 Goldfrapp - Ooh La La 10 Mylo vs Miami Sound Machine - Doctor Pressure 11 Bob Sinclar feat. Gary 'Nesta' Pine - Love Generation 06 Daddy Yankee - Gasolina 07 Rihanna - Pon Da Replay 04 Amarie - 1 Thing 00 Akon - Belly Dancer (Bananza) 10 Mattafix - Big City Life 08 Damian 'JR Gong' Marley - Welcome To Jamrock 04 Depeche Mode - Precious 03 U2 - City Of Blinding Lights 08 The Magic Numbers - Love Me Like You 07 Texas - Getaway 05 Bon Jovi - Have A Nice Day 'Love Generation' was a tune that I've grown up with for years. In late 2005 I really got into dance music and this song was on many club compilations! Still gives me nostalgia chills every time it comes up on my iPod! :lol: The Magic Numbers were massively underrated too. Good for them for having two tunes in the NOW series!