Now That's What I Call Music (Nostalgia)

[AshtrayHeart]

I’m listening to Now 15 reissue now, Call me a flop Cure fan but I’ve never been able to tell the difference between the album version and single mix of Lullaby, I’m assuming the vocals are slightly clearer in the single mix?

 

[Eric Generic]

I’m listening to Now 15 reissue now, Call me a flop Cure fan but I’ve never been able to tell the difference between the album version and single mix of Lullaby, I’m assuming the vocals are slightly clearer in the single mix?

I assumed it was just shorter, but then I seem to be even more of a flop fan!

 

[nlgbbbblth]

I’m listening to Now 15 reissue now, Call me a flop Cure fan but I’ve never been able to tell the difference between the album version and single mix of Lullaby, I’m assuming the vocals are slightly clearer in the single mix?

Quite hard to tell them apart especially when listening to both on CD. The difference is more pronounced if I compare the 7" with my Disintegration picture disc.

Love Song (Remix) another one that's almost identical with the album version.

 

[vivalaradio]

The drums are completely different for a start!

 

[nlgbbbblth]

NOW The 80s:USA out on August 11th....

https://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/now-the-80s-usa/

Just spent the afternoon playing the four CDs and am now on the first LP of the vinyl set. Nicely compiled - could have done with some track (rather than artist) substitutions but there's enough fresh stuff here to warrant the purchase. A lot of it takes me back to watching MT USA for three hours on Sunday afternoons (appropriately enough) between 1984-1987.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MT-USA

 

[Dynamo]

Mic The Snare (a YouTuber who I absolutely love) did a video yesterday about the NOW series. He does talk a little bit about the UK editions but mainly focuses on the most recent US installments as a way to comment on what represents pop music in 2023.

 

[manloveuk]

Another cab off the ranks...

NOW is proud to present the next instalment in our ongoing Millennium series - NOW - Millennium 2002 - 2003. 30 tracks across 2 LPs pressed in vibrant blue and white vinyl - with LP 1 representing 2002 and LP 2 showcasing the best of 2003.

George Michael takes us back to the year 2002 with his Top 10 hit ‘Freeek!’ (which includes samples from Aaliyah’s No.5 hit ‘Try Again’ and Q-Tips’ ‘Breathe And Stop’), followed by the JXL remixed Elvis Presley track ‘A Little Less Conversation’, which reached #1 in 13 countries! Girls Aloud made their debut and had the Christmas #1… Neighbours star Holly Valance’s #1 debut single ‘Kiss Kiss’ appears alongside floor-filler ‘Murder On The Dancefloor’ and Avril Lavigne with her Grammy-nominated track ‘Complicated’. Flipping to side B with Top 10 hits from Robbie Williams and Coldplay, followed by the certified platinum single from Oasis ‘Stop Crying Your Heart Out’. Nelly & Kelly Rowland and Mary J. Blige give us massive R&B hits before Céline Dion’s powerhouse vocals finalise 2002 for us with the stellar track ‘A New Day Has Come’. But we don’t stop there…

Heading into 2003 on LP 2 with #1s from Elton John, Will Young and Christina Aguilera, plus Kylie Minogue with her 7th UK #1 single ‘Slow’. Huge hits from the US by The Black Eyed Peas, 50 Cent and Justin Timberlake follow along with the years’ floor-filling favourite from Junior Senior. The diversity of genres in the charts of the early noughties is highlighted by Evanescence who took their debut single ‘Bring Me To Life’ to #1, Unforgettable hits from Electric Six with ‘Danger! High Voltage and t.A.T.u’s #1 smash ‘All The Things She Said’ feature along with alt-rock classics from R.E.M. with ‘Bad Day’ and Radiohead’s ‘There, There’ before closing the collection with Pop excellence from Dido and her Brit Award-winning single ‘White Flag’, and Katie Melua’s debut ‘The Closest Thing To Crazy’.

NOW - Millennium 2002 – 2003; Celebrating the diversity and contemporary brilliance of post millennium Pop.

Released: 29th September

 

[AcerBenII]

 

[AcerBenII]

Pleased to see ATC, DJ Sammy and Stacie Orrico on there.

 

[Spiral]

Love it! So many songs that missed a chance to appear on the Numbered series finally make this series! Nice to see Dannii, P!nk, Delta Goodrem, Celine, Avril, and Dido!

I read the comments on the NOW Facebook Group and they're very bitter about this release, which is a shame - because this is such a lovely nostalgic collection, and that artwork is gorgeous! Reminds me of the NOW Dance 2002 cover.

 

[Mvnl]

That's not half bad. Freeek wouldn't be my choice for an opener but they probably wanted to go for a legacy act who sells to the people who otherwise don't care about 80% of the other tracks there.
Pretty good reflection of that time artist wise, largely with the right songs too. And no 'what is this 2001/2004 hit doing here' either (well apart from ATC which was a late 2000 hit here)

By the way, I don't know how they pick the colors, but as random as they seem the 00-01 one looks completely right between other releases from that era in my library

 

[Eric Generic]

Love it! So many songs that missed a chance to appear on the Numbered series finally make this series! Nice to see Dannii, P!nk, Delta Goodrem, Celine, Avril, and Dido!

I read the comments on the NOW Facebook Group and they're very bitter about this release, which is a shame - because this is such a lovely nostalgic collection, and that artwork is gorgeous! Reminds me of the NOW Dance 2002 cover.

Why would they be bitter about this....it looks like a more than decent summary of 2002/3.

 

[Spiral]

Why would they be bitter about this....it looks like a more than decent summary of 2002/3.

Because it's not the 80s and standards of music went down the drain. Can believe how elitist how people can be sometimes.

 

[AshtrayHeart]

Is it just me who thinks Sophie Ellis Bextor - Get Over You and Avril Lavigne - I'm With You would've made more sense than the chosen tracks to represent their year? Murder On the Dance Floor and Sk8er Boi both being Q4 releases from the previous year.

 

[OceanBlue]

I’d put it this way: if you have to choose one track to represent Sophie and Avril, which one would you choose, considering they are not in the prev compilation? I’m a huge I’m with you fa, but Sk8er boy was way more successful than the ballad, especially for GP. At least, I’m Italy.

 

[Mvnl]

Well Complicated is already there.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

I've another side project - Now USA Yearbooks.
Will start with 1983 and 1984.
4CDs for each year.
Anything that's featured on a Yearbook / Extra / my own Extra Plus is off limits.

 

[LPMA]

I've put on a random Now compilation and landed on Now 41 (UK). I was a little puzzled by the inclusion of Too Much as I was under the impression they mostly went with 'current' hits and Too Much was quite old by late 1998. Was this a regular occurrence?

 

[Eric Generic]

I've put on a random Now compilation and landed on Now 41 (UK). I was a little puzzled by the inclusion of Too Much as I was under the impression they mostly went with 'current' hits and Too Much was quite old by late 1998. Was this a regular occurrence?

It did tend to happen on the final NOW of the year. Even back in 1984, the last NOW that year (NOW4) had things like Doctor Doctor and Hello, which had been hits in Feb/March. I think it was a case of mopping up the hits that weren't included previously due to either another song by that act being included at the time, or just the timing had been out.

 

[heartmightmelt]

I've put on a random Now compilation and landed on Now 41 (UK). I was a little puzzled by the inclusion of Too Much as I was under the impression they mostly went with 'current' hits and Too Much was quite old by late 1998. Was this a regular occurrence?

They probably didn't want to not have a Spice Girls song on there for the Q4 album and "Goodbye" wasn't out yet. Although the Now series sometimes managed to bag upcoming singles there's absolutely no way that Virgin was gonna risk their Xmas #1 hat-trick if a significant portion of the sales of "Goodbye" were lost to a Now CD.