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Now That's What I Call Music! Volume 50

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  • Audio CD (19 Nov 2001)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Label: EMI/Virgin
  • ASIN: B00005S2RJ
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 27,321 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Disc: 1
1. Can't Get You Out Of My Head - Kylie Minogue
2. Uptown Girl - Westlife
3. Hey Baby - DJ Otzi
4. Mambo No. 5 - Bob The Builder
5. Chain Reaction - Steps
6. Let's Dance - Five
7. Take Me Home - Sophie Ellis-Bextor
8. Perfect Gentleman - Wyclef Jean
9. What would you do? - City High
10. If You Come Back - Blue
See all 22 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. Rapture - Iio
2. Starlight - Supermen Lovers / Mani Hoffman
3. Little L - Jamiroquai
4. Bootylicious - Destiny's Child
5. D12 - Purple Hills
6. Let Me Blow Ya Mind - Eve feat. Gwen Stefani
7. I'm A Slave 4 U - Britney Spears
8. One Night Stand - Mis-teeq
9. Family Affair - Mary J. Blige
10. Baby Come On Over - Samantha Mumba
See all 22 tracks on this disc

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Amazon.co.uk Review

Let the celebrations begin as Now That's What I Call Music has reached its 50th volume, a landmark that few other pop compilations can ever expect to reach. From back in the early 1980s, before CDs were even invented, a compilation emerged featuring current music by the original artists (a rare thing in those days) with a trendy-looking pig poking its head out on the glitzy cover. In 2001, Now 50 is a far cry from its shoulder-padded ancestor but the ideas and pop/crossover sensibility is exactly the same. CD1 runs like the four seasons with dance pop (such as Kylie's "Can't Get You Out of My Head") blossoming into hip-hop and R&B (City High's "What Would You Do?"), heating up with rock & indie (AAF's "Smooth Criminal") and then cooling off with a series of sweet ballads (Gabrielle's "Don't Need the Sun to Shine"). CD2 is fun all the way with a few big dance tunes such as Iio's "Rapture" and the Supermen Lover's "Starlight", followed by some of those lingering hip-hop/R&B numbers such as Eve's "Let Me Blow Your Mind" and Mary J Blige's "Family Affair". There really are too many great songs to mention as the Now people have outdone themselves in putting together one of the best pop line-ups ever, befitting of the age and stature of the old duchess, Now That's What I Call Music. --David Trueman

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars So Solid!, 21 Dec 2001
By A Customer
Well, 50 volumes now. And this 50th volume shows that the Now series has got back on top. Back on top from what? Well, let's face it, Now 48 and Now 49 were lacking that certain something, and both were a bit weak. No such problems here. Every track was a hit, and the ones that were lesser hits are widely agreed to be worthy of a place here. CD1 starts off, predictably with Kylie's amazing #1 smash. Next, surprisingly, Westlife get included, for the first time, although I can see why as it is by far and away their biggest hit, and continues the tradition of a missed big hit from early in the year included on the Xmas edition. We continue with the massive hits; DJ Otzi, Bob the Builder, Steps, Five, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, City High, Blue - number one the week this came out no less - Nelly Furtado, OPM, all back to back! We then get a few rock anthems from the likes of Wheatus and Sum 41, and blending into some warm ballads - kept fresh again, this time by Kate Winslet, whose What If had yet to be a Top 10 hit! The tracks are also blended more or less seamlessly, the track order is perfect. The only flaw on CD1 is that I hear Ellis-Bextor's Take Me Home has been edited. I can't see why this was done: there was enough time on the disc for it in full. Moving on to CD2: starting with some huge dance hits from Iio and Jamiroquai, then getting a stack of funky RnB from Destiny's Child and D12, continuing up to track 12, when we move well into a bit of pop from Louise and Geri Halliwell. We then get another series of dance, different to the "dance anthems" this disc started off with and more club style. The CD finishes with some funky rhythms from Groove Armada, the So Solid Crew and Afroman's huge hit. Only dissapointments for CD2, firstly that Samantha Mumba's once excellent Baby Come On Over is in original form here and the other is the same as CD1: great track, this time So Solid Crew's 21 Seconds, edited when it could have been in full. So a 5, despite these flaws, because of the top quality hits here. And perhaps the cover could have been better - the Now series is only 50 once...
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13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best now compilation ever!!!!!, 20 Nov 2001
By J. Ingram "jordanuk223" (England) - See all my reviews
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Now 50 is one of the best nows ever!!! A whopping 44 chart toppers of different types. CD 1 kicks off with a whole host of great pop tunes including the brilliant Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head and Blue - If You Come Back through to Jennifer Lopez - Ain't It Funny and Sophie Ellis-bextor - Take Me Home. There's also some dance thrown in too including Iio - Rapture and Supermen Lovers / Mani Hoffman - Starlight through to The Ones - Flawless and Daft Punk - Digital Love. Some garage is also thrown in with Mary J Blige and Family Affair and the amazing One Night Stand by Mis-teeq. Another factor that makes this Now better than the others is that there are no songs on there by artists that we have never heard of. There's some pretty good rock songs too including Alient Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal and soft rock like Wheatus - A Little Respect. All in all this CD has a great range of songs from a great range of artists. Go and buy it NOW!
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Now hit the big Five-O..., 28 Mar 2002
By A Customer
And what an album!

Kylie Minogue's worldwide smash hit (Can't Get You Outta My Head) starts us off, and it is the best choice for the year end Now, kicking off with dance pop! Westlife have their #1 smash (Uptown Girl) next, which, although old, is OK, as Now 44 had the likes of Britney, Steps and Shania Twain from the early part of the year, and Now 47 had the likes of the All Saints and Robbie Williams.

Next we get a bit of novelty with Bob The Builder and DJ Otzi. Pretty harmless, fun songs - but no highlights. My personal favourite on the album, is Steps' hit (Chain Reaction), which starts the way for a trio of great pop songs, followed by Five and Sophie Ellis Bextor. The likes of Blue, Wyclef, Nelly Futardo, Alien Ant Farm and City High make up the mid section of Disc One with popular songs - and all listenable. The good thing about these is that if you are a pop fan - the songs are catchy enough, a rock fan - the songs are rocky enough and so on. Wheatus and Travis round out the rock before J Lo, Emma Bunton, Gabrielle and friends end the disc with easy listening pop ballads.

CD2 starts with Iio's hit, not a favourite of mine, but not horrible. Destinys Child, Superman Lovers and D12 come up next, a weird start of varied songs to the disc. R&B/Pop kicks in for about 10 tracks with the likes of Eve and Gwen, Britney, Mis Teeq's excellent track, the fantastic Mary J Blige song, Samantha Mumba (the album version sadly, not the single version), Liberty, Louise and so on. The disc ends with a bunch of forgettable dance tracks thrown between N Trance's top track, and the amusing Afroman.

Overall a nice CD, but with bad editing in Sophie Ellis Bextor's track, and Samantha Mumba's album version, plus the fact that the album does tire rather quickly - and you only end up listening to about 20 of them a few months down the track.

But still a great Disc to have in your collection! Saved me heaps of $$$ instead of buying CD Singles!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Best for a while
while this series of "Now..." albums is usually a chance to hear all of the worst music that is out at the moment, this one is a bit better. Read more
Published on 12 Feb 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars A nice mixture of recent chart hits.
There are some very good pop songs but why wait till now to put a song by Five on a NOW album and Westlife, Uptown Girl was out in March time. Read more
Published on 24 Jan 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars Now 50 is sooooooooo good!
Now 50 is one of the best complations ever! If like me, you're into lots of different styles of music, then this is perfect. Read more
Published on 17 Jan 2002 by rachelb95@hotmail.com

5.0 out of 5 stars Check it for the latest favourite songs
Now CD's play all the latest favourite songs. It is just a cheap way of getting everything. It also shows of kewl music u might never have heard. Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2002 by franci1213@aol.com

5.0 out of 5 stars Best I've Gotten From Amazon.co.uk Yet!
When I was last in Europe I bought a copy of Now 47, the perfect soundtrack to my many trips I made there in 2000. Now I'm hooked! I import all my music now. Read more
Published on 25 Dec 2001

4.0 out of 5 stars A Pleasant Surprise
For one reason or another I always seem to get the new 'Now' whether I am given it or if I bought it. Now honestly I can say this was a pleasant surprise. Read more
Published on 24 Dec 2001 by Mr. T. Jaconelli

4.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant album, a surprise!
I've already owned several of the 95-97 Now! albums,so when I bought Now 49! I didn't like it because with the amount of novelty and dance into it. Read more
Published on 27 Nov 2001 by chris2ledger@aol.com

2.0 out of 5 stars standard
Once again,its time for another release in the 'now ....'series.Unfortunately i can't say that i was gobsmacked at the variety of songs that appear on this album. Read more
Published on 26 Nov 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars 50 not out for the hotest compilation series
The Now series comes up with another brilliant mix of the hotest singles and music styles around. From Kylie's Can't Get You Out Of My Head, to the indie sound of Travis with the... Read more
Published on 20 Nov 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Number 50! & Still the GREATEST!
Now enters its 50's volume and the results are still outstanding. NOW 50 has a very impressive tracklist ranging from Kylie Minogue, Liberty, Wyclef Jean, Sophie Ellis-Bextor... Read more
Published on 20 Nov 2001

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