Customer Reviews
fsdfsa - By: Mr. A. Shepherd, 12 Jun 2004 
music is just so bad today compared to the 1990's i cant stand this album i bought this album listened to it once & never listened to it agian.
Spring is HERE! - By: tmg_spiceboy@hotmail.com, 05 May 2002 
So Spring is here & as usual we have a new offering from the Now series. A little earlier this year, presumably timed to coincide with the Easter holidays. And very welcome it is too. CD1 starts off with arguably the biggest hit of 2002 so far (that they decided to include), Enrique Iglesias's big ballad Hero. We then proceed with the latest from Blue, an update of their album track Fly By (or should it be All Rise?), Ali G & Shaggy's marvellous massive film tie-in Me Julie, then Daniel Bedingfield with his rather old but still played hit Gotta Get Thru This, Princess Aaliyah with her fabulous RnB anthem More Than A Woman, Robbie & Nicole's festive offering, the brand new R Kelly smooch-along, & then on to S Club 7 with Have You Ever, which is as their Christmas ballad, is a bit out of place here, although such Christmas leftovers are often hard to place, so it shouldn't be griped about too much. Then onto an array of female 'divas'; Britney, Sophie, Kylie & female vocal lead DB Boulevard & Lasgo with their respective dance anthems. Good to see the Lasgo track here, keeping the disc fresh, as their hit Something is still hanging around. Next we have the god-awful PPK with ResuRection - WHY?, I ask? More Euro-cheese this time from DJ Aligator & his "Project", then onto the glorious True Love Never Dies by Flip & Fill with the vocal talents of Kelly Llorenna. The disc finishes off with some good pop hits from acts who all appear to be on the verge of losing their record deal or have already lost it. 2001's already past-it Popstars winners Hear'say's seasonal hit Everybody, Steps wannabes the Allstars with their excellent interpretation of Bucks Fizz's classic Land of Make Believe, then onto mum-to-be Victoria Beckham with the criminally under-rated A Mind Of Its Own, & then Steps themselves with their finale from December, the absolutely terrible (for want of more explicit words) Words Are Not Enough. The disc finishes with Geri 'diva' Halliwell & the wonderful Calling, & lastly & without doubt least Rik Waller with his beyond belief awful cover of I Will Always Love You. Whitney must/would be crying. Moving on to the second disc, & it starts off rather badly. First Stereophonics with their extremely over-rated & dull festive smash Handbags & Gladrags. Next we have quite possibly the worst & without doubt most over-rated hit of 2002 which I would like personally to disappear off the face of the earth, Nickelback's utter tripe How You Remind Me. Then some crappy nu-metalin the shape of the Alien Ant Farm, who obviously don't have any good original material, & then more vomit-inducing nu-metal by Sum 41 with In Too Deep. Quite why that is on here I don't know. Then we move on to the land of hope & glory as far as this disc is concerned: RnB/Dance central with the likes of Puretone with their great hit Addicted To Bass, then the excellent grooves of Christina Milian's AM To PM, Ja Rule'sin my opinion terrible overplayed & over-rated hit Always On Time with gues singer Ashanti, City High's Caramel follow up to their 2001 smash, Beverley Knight's breakthrough but rather boring comeback hit Should Woulda Coulda, Sam Mumba's lovely Xmas hit Lately, & then the boring-as-watching-paint-dry noises of the Backstreet Boys & their "hit" Drowning. Ugh. Thankfully we move on to nicer ground with Mary J & Dance For Me, but then it's back on awful noise territory with Afroman & his awful new hit Crazy Rap. Then some nicer stuff: the pop gem from Princess Superstar, Bad Babysitter, then the average hit from More Fire Crew, Oi!, then dance soul from Goldtrix's It's Love, & one which was released some time after the disc itself's release, X-Press 2's Lazy, which has been a very fresh hit. The disc finishes off badly with an array of insipid dance; Jakatta, the Chemical Brothers, Lange & Dreamcatcher. In conclusion, Side 1 is almost perfect while Side 2 is a bit iffyin parts. I would recommend this disc, especially as there are no dodgy edits or versions this time around.
A little slip at quality control this time? - By: , 28 Apr 2002 There are compilations, & there are the "Now" compilations. Usually it's the definitive of all British quarterly chart compilations, but unusually "Now 51" is a little exposedin places. No Will & no Gareth for example - & you can't ignore the Pop Idol phenomenon, love it or hate it - we have to settle for Rik Waller here unfortunately. S Club devotees miss out on "You"in favour of the older "Have You Ever", whilst some of the dance tracks on CD2 are too muchin the way of filler compared to the usual high standards of the "Now" series. In its favour are the exquisite "Murder on the Dancefloor", "Shoulda Woulda Coulda" & the irresistible "Lazy"; however it could be argued that there has been a little slipin the quality control department this time, with more obscure dance numbers on CD2 & 2nd division pop fodder from Allstars, Geri & Posh - allin all though, "Now" CDs are a must-have for chart completists & nevertheless we'll eagerly await the next one this summer...
croos over deluxe of hits - By: , 28 Mar 2002 
Like I have mentionedin previous encounters of this series, Now 51 really does set the standards. While herein USA Now reaches for Now 9 installment with only 18 tracks, Britain storms to huge value. However; the numeorus cover versions seem to be endless which to my mind certainly opens the door to a whole new wave of writers to be discovered.
Somethin Stupid is a good version though I hope you fans out there reading this can start encouraging artists to come up with their own songs. Of course following the baby boomers has created a difficult gap to fill for today's generation.Just look at the stars that have come & gone to confirm that.
Now series historically has always covered the times though hopefully by Now 52 we will see more originality like the hilarious Afroman succeedin doing last year as a prime example.
Very good - could do better - By: Andy, 26 Mar 2002 The Now compilation albums always go down well at where I work (we always stick something on to listen to as we stack shelves 'oh so happily.' This one is no different, thoughin my opinion it isn't as good as the last two.
The album starts with Enrique Iglesias' 'Hero,' which I thought was a bit bland & didn't deserve to be at number one for so long. However, the rest of CD1 picks up with a mixture of fun pop & great club tracks, ranging from Kyie Minogue's sizzling 'In Your Eyes,' to Robbie & Nicole Kidman's great take on 'Somethin' Stupid,' to the groovin' DB Boulevard's 'Point of View.'
However, it is then let down with a few forgettable hits such as Geri's boring 'Calling,' which are especially highlighted due to the lack of Will Young's, Mis-Teeq's & other recent singles.
Things pick up for CD2 however, full of R 'n' B, nu metal, a sprinkling of pop, which certainly went down well - Nickleback, Sterophonics, Sum 41 (and the rest!) make this part easily as entertaining, if not more than the previous one.
Allin all definately worth the buy, but then Now albums very rarely aren't.
