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I used to buy the NOW cd's when I was young. I stopped buying them about 8 years ago, as the selection of songs were always aimed at the early teen's in my opinion. I purchased NOW 63 on a recommendation from a friend, and it has been one of the best purchases this year. The music suits all ages, there are many more songs that everyone nows than previous years, when a lot of songs were mixed in that most people hadn't heard of, especially on the 2nd disks. The line up starts with Corinne Bailey Rae's great catchy song "Put your records on". it continues with the likes of Pussycat Dolls, the Black Eyed Peas,Simon Webb and even Chico. The full line up is listed below. I highly recommend you buy this whether you are in your teens or even your 40's there's songs for everyone. Once you start to play it, you'll be up and about dancing around, and humming or singing along. The only things you won't be doing are being unhappy and pressing stop. Disc One 1. Put Your Records On - Corinne Bailey Rae 2. Beep - Pussycat Dolls Feat. Will.i.am 3. My Humps - Black Eyed Peas 4. No Tomorrow - Orson 5. Boys Will Be Boys - The Ordinary Boys 6. Thunder In My Heart Again - Meck Feat. Leo Sayer 7. Say Say Say (Waiting 4 U) - Hi-Tack 8. You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) - Dead Or Alive 9. It's Chico Time - Chico 10. That's My Goal - Shayne Ward 11. Ugly - Sugababes 12. No Worries - Simon Webbe 13. All Time Love - Will Young 14. Because Of You - Kelly Clarkson 15. Amazing - Westlife 16. Hang Up - Andy Abraham 17. I Wanna Hold You - McFly 18. Ticket Outta Loserville - Son Of Dork 19. One More Night Alone - Friday Hill 20. A Night To Remember - Liberty X 21. If It's Lovin' That You Want - Rihanna 22. Woman In Love - Liz McClarnon 23. See The Day - Girls Aloud Disc Two 1. JCB Song - Nizlopi 2. Nature's Law - Embrace 3. Advertising Space - Robbie Williams 4. Talk - Coldplay 5. Analogue (All I Want) - A-Ha 6. Sewn-The Feeling 7. Break The Night With Colour - Richard Ashcroft 8. Sleep-Texas 9. The Modern Way - Kaiser Chiefs 10. All Because Of You - U2 11. Sugar, We're Goin Down - Fall Out Boy 12. Ride A White Horse - Goldfrapp 13. Dirty Harry - Gorillaz 14. Bounce, Shake, Move, Stop! - M.V.P. 15. I'll Be Ready - Sunblock 16. Incredible - The Shapeshifters 17. You Got The Love - The Source Feat. Candi Staton 18. Grow - Kubb 19. Heartbeats - Jose GonzalezRead full review
Disc: 1 1. Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancin' 2. Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie 3. Girls Aloud - Something Kinda Ooooh 4. The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger 5. Amy Winehouse - Rehab 6. James Morrison - Wonderful World 7. Robbie Williams - Lovelight 8. Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man 9. Justin Timberlake feat. Timbaland - SexyBack 10. Nelly Furtado feat. Timbaland - Promiscuous 11. Beyoncé - Deja Vu 12. Chamillionaire feat. Krayzie Bone - Ridin' 13. Bob Sinclar & Cutee B feat. Dollarman, Big Ali & Makedah - Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now) 14. Fedde Le Grande - Put Your Hands Up For Detroit 15. Fergie - London Bridge 16. The Pussycat Dolls - I Don't Need A Man 17. Ne-Yo - Sexy Love 18. Cassie - Me & U 19. Lemar - It's Not That Easy 20. Rihanna - Unfaithful 21. Westlife - The Rose 22. Gabriella & Troy - Breaking Free Disc: 2 1. Razorlight - America 2. Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars 3. Paolo Nutini - Last Request 4. Keane - Nothing In My Way 5. The Feeling - Never Be Lonely 6. Kasabian - Empire 7. The Killers - When You Were Young 8. P!nk - U + Ur Hand 9. Lily Allen - LDN 10. All Saints - Rock Steady 11. Simon Webbe - Coming Around Again 12. Jamelia - Something About You 13. Bodyrox feat. Luciana - Yeah Yeah 14. David Guetta vs The Egg - Love Don’t Let Me Go (Walking Away) 15. Cascada - Everytime We Touch 16. Michael Gray feat. Shelly Poole - Borderline 17. BeatFreakz - SuperFreak 18. El Chombo - Chacarron 19. Gnarls Barkley - Smiley Faces 20. McFly - Star Girl 21. Matt Willis - Hey Kid 22. David Hasselhoff - Jump In My Car 23. Meat Loaf - It's All Coming Back To Me NowRead full review
I love a variety of music, so normally i'm quite impressed with the Now thats what I call music CDs. Number 63 has been no let down. There are great new songs such as: * Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On * Pussycat Dolls feat will.i.am – Beep * Shayne Ward - That’s My Goal And some older songs such as: * Black Eyed Peas - My Humps * JCB Song - Nizlopi * Advertising Space - Robbie Williams and songs by artists such as, Coldplay, Girls aloud, Kaiser Chiefs, U2, Andy Abraham, McFly, Will Young and many more. I can assure you that you will find something you like on this CD.
If you've felt as I have that the NOW collections had lost the plot and catered only to teenage girls, read the track list very hard. True, there's some mindless pop on there (hence no 5 star rating) but there are also some very strong tracks on there. Nearly every music taste is catered for and the selections from each area are superb. The first track is the stunning debut single from Corrine Bailey Rae. This song is going to be remembered throughout the year with its upbeat summery feel. The Pussycat Dolls while not my personal favourite are a strong representation of current urban music. The awesome Orson feature as do the extraordinary Ordinary Boys. The stonking return of disco in the form of Meck and Leo Sayer is welcome as is the retro-ness of Dead or Alive. I could go on but it would take a long time to pick out the highlights of this double album as there are so many. Established greats like Texas, U2 and The Black Eyed Peas are shoulder to shoulder with great new talent like Kubb, Nizlopi and Fall Out Boy. This is a fine album and a return to excellence for the Now series.Read full review
Every good chain has the odd weak link, and I have to say that No 63 may prove to be the Now series weakest. The trend towards making the collection so full of Radio 2 playlist material means that it has become more appropriate for Mothers or Fathers Day presents, rather than for the kids to buy as their Easter egg. Of course there is the odd exception - you probably won't hear Wogan playing Son of Dork - but the fact that eight of the tracks owe their success in the charts to TV talent or reality shows, and another eight cover or sample old hits of the 70s/80s indicate the likely audience for much of it. There was a time when I felt there was too much dance and new rock included - now there's hardly any. As far as topicality goes only seven tracks were still in the Top 40 on release date, much lower than usual, and quite a few were hits before even Now 62 came out. Just five No 1s are included, not counting the exhumed Dead Or Alive oldie, though this will partly be because the dreary Shayne Ward and Nizlopi songs hogged the position for longer than is normal these days. It has to be said that most of the tracks did achieve the Top Ten, so the collection continues to serve its remit of refelcting the pop chart. It's just that, even more than usual, the best tracks are on albums that many people will already have and the rest would five years ago barely have qualified as album fillers.Read full review