Now That's What I Call Music! 71

My opinion of the Now albums is generally pretty fixed - you usually can't go wrong with them. They depend entirely on what sort of few months it's been like in the world of music. If it's been good, with some great singles out and you don't fancy buying or downloading the songs and albums, then you can get them all in one place. The album has a fantastic blend of rock, R&B, dance and pop. This compilation has 45 songs on it, including: Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire Kid Rock - All Summer Long Jennifer Hudson - Spotlight The Saturdays - Up Coldplay - Viva La Vida Razorlight - Wire to ...  Read the complete review

The popular series of Now That's What I Call Music Compilation CDs has been running for many years now, and the sheer volume of music has risen to the point where you expect more than one 'Now' release per year. The most recent is Now 71, which features a lot of music from the back end of 2008. The compilations essentially gather together a selection of the most popular music from the time it covers, and arranges them in a double CD format, the second CD tening to be slightly less mainstream and more erring towards the dance/hip hop route, or perhaps exploring some more cult musioc as opposed to the generalised frontline chart and pop music. Now 71 ...  Read the complete review

Between the family we own pretty much all of the Now Cds, dating quite far back anyway. The Now Thats What I Call Music!... collection is a collection of CD albums released seasonally filled with all the hits from the past few months. Although people do not tend to get as excited about these because of downloads, YouTube and what have you, they are still something to have in the collection and can be treasured for years to come! Now: 71 was released towards the end of 2008, just in time for people to outstock the shops, as it is an ideal Christmas present! The cover is very attractive! Is is filled with presents of every colour to lure you closer, showing just ...  Read the complete review

This is the latest Now album, as I go to write my review. You can always rely on the Now albums to deliver a good mix of music, crossing different genres and spread over a couple of discs. They sell by the bucketload and this album is one of the stronger Now albums for some time. On this album: Disc one reads like a list of recent number ones! Ticking them off, Girls Aloud, Katy Perry, Pink, Kings Of Leon and Kid Rock. Infact, I do believe the compilers just looked at the chart stats and stuck the last five number ones on at the beginning to get the album off to a promising start . It has to to said, 'Sex On Fire' is a belter and even the Girls ...  Read the complete review

Having just reviewed one of the better now compilations I'm following it with one of my least favourite. I suppose the trouble with these albums is that if you don't like the chart music of the last three months then you will probably not like the version that they release. The 2 cd's have over 40 tracks on them but I am really struggling to find more than 10 or 15 that I really like. There will always be the fun songs I suppose but do we really need the Winners song buy Geraldine on something like this? I can't even say that they have gone for one particular genre of music on this album because there is a good mix (see track listing) but ...  Read the complete review