Now That's What I Call Music! Vol 60

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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0724387344525 Label: EMI/Virgin Manufacturer: EMI/Virgin Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: EMI/Virgin Release Date: 2005-03-21 Studio: EMI/Virgin
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Now - The 60th Edition Is Finally Upon Us (3.5 stars) Comment: The best of the best (although some may argue the worst of the worst) of the chart world arrives at us in the form of the 60th (has it really been around that long?) edition of the world-famous Now series and when its good, its very, very good but of course, when its bad... cd 1 starts off with the spectacular (if slightly old) What You Waiting For by Gwen, Sunset Strippers' Falling Stars and Kylie's christmas no2 I Believe In You. No1's from Mcfly (the cheese-tastic Comic relief single All About You) and Nelly feat. Tim Mcgraw with Over And Over follow with other chart-toppers on the album from Ciara with the awful Goodies and Girls Aloud with the cringing I'll Stand By You. (what will the Pretenders say, let alone neighbours). Top tracks from the likes of LL Cool j, Ashanti, The Lovefreekz, Soul Central, Scissor Sisters and Shapeshifters add to the overall decent quality of the opening disc with only Joss Stone, Verbalicious and Akon providing the unpleasantries (and i use that term loosely). CD2 kicks off with the oldie- but-goodie Vertigo by the never-ending (and i mean that in a good way) u2, the brilliant (and argubly the best track on the complilation) Somebody Told Me by The Killers, Stereophonics' storming Dakota (their first and so far, only no1 - who'd have phunk it?), Keane and Bloc party. Athlete's first apperarance on the album, Wires, The Doves comeback single-of-sorts Black And White Town, The Bravery's Honest Mistake and Feeder's Tumble And Fall round off the highlights of the second disc - but marks off for pairing them alongside Atomic Kitten, Brian McFadden, and, god help us all, Darius - but hey who am i to argue when the first-week sales figures roll in? Is This The Way To Amarillo brings an end to Easter 2005's annual pop conpendium with the best-selling single of the year and what a classic it is - so until next time, sha-la-la.. hmm on second thoughts maybe not. Customer Rating: Summary: NOW 60 Comment: The biggest hits of decrmber 2004 and the beging of the year 2005. With robbie williams, kylie minogue, McFly, U2 And so much more pop rock dance and rnb. With massive hits from JoJo and Akon along with 2 children in need songs "i'll stand by you" from girls aloud and "amarillo" from toni christie a perfect kids party cd Customer Rating: Summary: Now - helping to soothe exam revision? Comment: I don't know if this is a reliable indicator, but, while on the one hand I was of the opinion that this is one of the weaker "Now" collections, with rather too much emphasis on dance/club tracks and some execrable ballads (including the remake of "Father And Son", the only good thing about which was that it prompted me to search out my dusty copy of the Cat Stevens original), on the other hand this is one of the very few of my CDs that my AS-level-vintage son has commandered on a regular basis as revision break (and certainly not for the ballads). So, apart from the dance acts, there's a fair helping of both sugary and spicy pop, of aristocratic and apprentice-shop rock, of "crunk & b" (Ciara) and "charidee" (Tony Christie). But no recycled Elvis. The aim, as always, is to round up what has been in the pop charts over the last three months, and this it does admirably, including seven tracks that made No 1 and, on the release date, nine tracks that were still in the Top 40, which is quite an achievement these days. While it is probably true that most people will already own the albums which have spawned the best tracks, from the likes of U2, Gwen Stefani, Scissor Sisters and Chemical Brothers, I always think that the Now (and similar) series are useful as samplers of some lesser-known acts, which I might be tempted to investigate further (eg Athlete, Freefaller, Lucie Silvas). For that purpose, and the undeniable cost and room savings having 40 odd singles on one CD, this is ideal. Customer Rating: Summary: It sounds just like the last one! Comment: The NOW series is like toothpaste - once the current tube is spent up and redundant, people will just go out and buy another to replace it. Even the "indie" tripe sucks - all three members of Keane in particular need to shake hands on a no-more-records pact before exhaling copious amounts of oxygen. Back on my very first day of life, the Inspiral Carpets and KLF were still riding high in UK chart rankings. Nearly fifteen years later, acts such as Scissor Sisters and Elbow are taking their place. Has much really changed? Um... Well, at least KLF were trying to dupe the machine. "THEASE IS HOW IT FEELS TO BE LAOOOWWOAOWONLY" Customer Rating: Summary: 60 volumes, and still going strong Comment: It's hard to believe that the Now series has been going for 22 years, but here it is once again with the kind of quality compilation we've come to expect from Ashley Abram and co. When I first saw the tracklist, I was impressed with the quality and variety of music on offer here. Having given it two weeks' listening time, I can confirm it sounds as good as it looks! I also love the way the music is split down the middle: disc 1 for party moods, disc 2 for those heavier times. All in all, Now 60 manages to deliver something for everyone (or everything for someone). A few of my personal favourite tracks are Uniting Nations' "Out Of Touch", Sunset Strippers' "Falling Stars", Chemical Brothers' "Galvanise" and the brilliant "Somebody Told Me" from The Killers. This is really amazing stuff, managing to thoroughly squash the competition. If you haven't already, GO BUY IT!!! More Reviews