Now That's What I Call Music! 52

Now Thats What I Call Music 52 is a two disk compilation album realeased in the summer of 2002. Weirdly, the case and design of the CD packaging and inserts dont really seem very summery and remind me of winter more than anything. The white background and silvery bits with gold text just seem cold and icy, whereas other Now summer albums are orangy and have summery colours. Looking at the track listing, it does not immedietly fill me with excitment, lots of songs by bands that arnt really my cup of tea, S Club Juniors, Liverty X and Britney Spears for example, but there are some decent songs on there. One of my favourite is "Blurry" by Puddle of Mud which is a ...  Read the complete review

Now 52 features a lot of the tracks that remind people of the 2002 summer. Released in July of that year, it features a lot of the tracks which remained popular throughout the summer. Having said that, it seems to have been a rather weak summer if these hits are anything to go by, and in my view, this Now compilation seems one of the weaker offerings from the team. There are a few good tracks, but most of them, although, decent enough, just aren't 'great' enough to be a 'Best Of' selection for that time slot. Disc 1 starts off with Ronan Keating's If Tomorrow Never Comes and Liberty X's Just A Little. A decent start, but nothing special. The confusion then ...  Read the complete review

Having now owned this for a while, I can give a fair judgement on the second instalment of the Now Series for 2002. I also have Now 53, will possibly do an opinion on that later. Now 52 is a reasonable CD. That sums it up pretty much. Now getting into more depth, lets take a look at each of the CD’s. CD One starts off with Ronan’s #1, “If Tomorrow Never Comes”. It is a nice ballad, not something I would buy or listen to much though. So generally I skip to track two, the fabulous Liberty X #1 hit, “Just A Little”. It really is a fantastic pop/r&b song, which most people seem to like. Now all of a sudden, we have George ...  Read the complete review