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Now That's What I Call Britain

Various Artists Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (21 May 2012)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Label: NOW
  • ASIN: B007RX3320
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 13,642 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Elgar: Land of Hope and Glory - Arr. from "Pomp and Circumstance" March No.1The Royal Choral Society 5:52£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen  2. Arne: Rule BritanniaDella Jones 4:47£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  3. Monk: Abide With MeBruce Blyth 4:20£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen  4. Traditional: Auld Lang SyneRoyal Scots Dragoon Guards 3:56£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  5. The Dam Busters MarchCentral Band Of The Royal Air Force 3:52£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  6. Traditional: Amazing Grace 2007 (Album Version)Royal Scots Dragoon Guards 4:57£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen  7. Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op.36 "Enigma" - 9. Nimrod (Adagio)BBC Concert Orchestra 4:07£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  8. Benedictus (Morse Theme)Choir of New College, Oxford 4:02£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen  9. Williams: Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer (Album Version)Fron Male Voice Choir 2:48£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen10. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on GreensleevesAcademy of St. Martin in the Fields 4:24£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen11. Elgar: "Pomp and Circumstance," Op.39: March, No.4 in GBBC Concert Orchestra 4:54£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen12. Parry: The Procession Of The Bride (The Introit) - I Was GladThe Choir Of Westminster Abbey 5:36£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen13. Alford: Colonel BogeyThe Coldstream Guards Band 3:41£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen14. A Life On The Ocean WaveThe Band of H.M. Royal Marines 1:01£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen15. The British GrenadiersThe Coldstream Guards Band 2:42£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen16. Traditional: Scottish Medley (Album Version)Royal Scots Dragoon Guards 7:27£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen17. British Radio Classics (Medley)The Coldstream Guards Band 4:24£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen18. Handel: Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem No.1, HWV 258)The Royal Choral Society 5:06£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen19. Anonymous: God Save The QueenThe Royal Choral Society0:54£0.79  Buy MP3 


Disc 2:

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of DoverMantovani & His Orchestra 3:16£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  2. Traditional: I Vow To Thee, My CountryKatherine Jenkins 3:08£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  3. Jerusalem [feat. Alfie Boe]The Coldstream Guards Band 2:15£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  4. Race To The End (Chariots Of Fire) (Album Version)Laura Wright 3:09£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen  5. Mealor: Wherever You AreMilitary Wives 2:51£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  6. James: Land of my Fathers (Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau) (Short version)Bryn Terfel 2:11£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  7. Did I Make The Most Of Loving YouMary-Jess 4:14£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  8. Now Is The HourGracie Fields 3:06£0.69  Buy MP3 
Listen  9. We'll Meet AgainSailors, Soldiers & Airmen of Her Majesty's Forces 2:59£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen10. Release MeEngelbert Humperdinck 3:19£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen11. Summer HolidayCliff Richard 2:15Album Only
Listen12. It's Not Unusual (2nd Studio Version)Tom Jones 2:00£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen13. Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long Long Time)Elton John 4:41£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen14. You'll Never Walk Alone (2002 Remaster)Gerry & The Pacemakers 2:38Album Only
Listen15. The Air That I BreatheThe Hollies 4:12Album Only
Listen16. Something In The Air (Album Version)Thunderclap Newman 3:55£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen17. Streets Of LondonRalph McTell 4:07£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen18. You Don't Have To Say You Love MeDusty Springfield 2:48£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen19. DowntownPetula Clark 3:05£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen20. ShoutLulu And The Luvvers 2:52£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen21. Waterloo SunsetThe Kinks 3:14£0.89  Buy MP3 


Product Description

CD Description

A compilation album releases to commemorate the Queen's 2012 diamond jubilee, the two CD Now That's What I Call Britain includes anthems such as "Land Of Hope And Glory", "Jerusalem", "Rule Brittania" and "The National Anthem". Also featured are British hits including "Waterloo Sunset"', "Summer Holiday", "It's Not Unusual" and "You'll Never Walk Alone" and artists like Cliff Richard, Vera Lynn, Tom Jones, Katherine Jenkins, Engelbert Humperdinck, Military Wives and many more.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad... but weird 5 July 2012
Format:Audio CD
I found this collection to be very odd. There's no songs that I dislike, exactly, but I listened to this CD expecting one of two things: 1) a collection of tunes that make people think of Britain, or 2) a collection of popular hits by British artists.

What I got was a very peculiar mixture of the two. On one hand, you have patriotic classics like Rule Britannia and Jerusalem, on the other you have Summer Holiday and You Don't Have To Say You Love Me. Hymns and pop charts? Something doesn't seem quite right there, or maybe it's just me. It felt like they didn't have quite enough Auld Lang Syne and White Cliffs of Dover to make two CDs, so they added a few random bits onto the second CD to make it up. Personally, I think there are better collections around to celebrate the jubilee and Britain in general.
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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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The NOW compilers have spotted another golden opportunity for a topical compilation, so this will leave you wondering, cheap cash in or good effort?, when I saw the track lineup I actually lean towards the sentiment that this is a pretty good effort, the patriotic cover rather oddly doesn't actually feature the union jack flag outside the obvious choice of the red, white & blue colour scheme, but it does rather aptly display a picture of Queen Elizabeth II and other quintessential things that no doubt mark the atmosphere of Britain out to tourists such as military guards, rolling countryside & the characteristically red phone box all they are missing is a picture of a mini Austin Powers style. Of course those of us that live in Britain know that these are very cliched symbols of our nation nevertheless you do feel more than a trickle of patriotism from them.

So what tracks? It feels like there's a bit of overlap with Now Classical with the usual national anthems, and we have some rather well chosen and characteristically british traditional songs and theme tunes, along with just a couple of up to date classics such as the themes to Inspector Morse & Downton Abbey, CD2 goes for more of the pop side and I'm pleased to say they have decided to look right back through the old decades to find the real old vintage classics we have a quirky assortment which goes from Vera Lynn's World War II popular classics right through to 60's classics from the likes of Tom Jones, Gerry & The Pacemakers & Dusty Springfield. It's easy to feel that something like this can end up being cheesey and they couldn't get the Beatles but there's one thing this compilation does feel like and that's British which is obviously all you can ask of it, the icing on the cake might have been to put The Spice Girls on as well, it might be an obvious cash in for the jubilee but you can hardly fault it it does do what it says it will do. It sits along Now USA released only in that forementioned country which showcases patriotic country hits and the US national anthem. One thing you'll certainly notice is the emphasis on tradition as the majority of the tracks are much older all time classics with the newest entry being the theme from Downton Abbey.

NOW has been doing a lot more of these more themed compilations lately and whilst some have been very good, some such as NOW Love & NOW Running have ended being very wide of the mark and just including a lot of very generic and aimless tracks, but lately NOW Wedding & NOW Disney have been particularly good, NOW Classical was a bit hit & miss but still a worthy entry, and this is another one that is simply worth having as well.
So whilst there will be people who will call this out as a quick cash-in but it's certainly a perfectly timed and very apt one, this is one of the most interesting and unique compilations that NOW have ever offered, I'm not even sure which other compilation could possibly compile these tracks in such a way, whether you want to get in the spirit of the Jubilee or not I'd say this is a very good compilation just to diversify your music collection and for the cultural background that's interesting to explore, well done to the NOW compilers for keeping the themes in the populist arena.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great CD 2 Jan 2013
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
My son loved this CD - all the greats from this year. He'll be playing it a lot this year
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