Various Artists - Now, Vol. 77 (2010)

Track Listing
1. Only Girl (In the World)
2. Firework
3. Promise This
4. Club Can't Handle Me
5. Forget You
6. Dynamite
7. Written In the Stars
8. Cooler Than Me
9. Heartbeat
10. Dj Got Us Fallin' In Love
11. All Time Low
12. Please Don't Let Me Go
13. Pack Up
14. Hollywood
15. Get Outta My Way
16. Higher
17. Green Light
18. Beautiful Monster
19. Barbra Streisand
20. Miami 2 Ibiza
21. In My System
22. My Wicked Heart

1. Just the Way You Are
2. Airplanes
3. For the First Time
4. Shame
5. Make You Feel My Love
6. Slow
7. Impossible
8. Just a Dream
9. Let the Sunshine
10. Billionaire
11. Drummer Boy
12. Bang Bang Bang
13. Crossfire
14. The The Cave
15. Prayin'
16. 2012 (It Ain't the End)
17. Best Behaviour
18. What If
19. Broken Arrow
20. Ambitions
21. Party Girl
22. Katy On a Mission

Details
Number of CDs:	2
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
EAN:	5099990979026

Album Notes
Perhaps the most diverse of the three compilations released by the Now That's What I Call Music series in 2010, its 77th instalment features synth-led R&B (Taio Cruz, Flo Rida), grime (Tinie Tempah, Roll Deep), Hi-NRG pop (Kylie Minogue, Joe McElderry), alternative folk (Mumford & Sons), and dubstep (Katy B) among its impressive 44 tracks. Alongside huge number ones from both U.K. (the Wanted, Olly Murs, Cheryl Cole) and U.S. artists (Ne-Yo, Cee-Lo Green, Bruno Mars), this two-CD release also gathers some of the most unpredictable hits of the previous six months, including Adele's "Make You Feel My Love," which entered the Top Five two years after its original release, thanks to its use on The X-Factor, and Rumer's Karen Carpenter-esque "Slow," one of the few singles solely championed by Radio 2 to crossover to the mainstream. From the first disc, Eliza Doolittle's charming retro-jazz influenced "Pack Up," Duck Sauce's Boney M-sampling "Barbra Streisand," and Katy Perry's anthemic "Firework" are the highlights. While Mark Ronson's '80s-inspired "Bang Bang Bang," B.o.B.'s hip-hop/rock hybrid "Airplanes," and Shontelle's epic power ballad "Impossible" are the standouts from Disc Two. Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow's tedious duet "Shame," Alesha Dixon's chaotic "Drummer Boy," and Travie McCoy's highly irritating "Billionaire" provide the album's most skippable tracks. But while the rest of the compilation market struggles to compete with the pick-and-choose nature of iTunes, the genre-hopping and generous track list of its 77th compilation should ensure that the Now brand remains as strong as ever. ~ Jon O'Brien