Now That’s What I Call 40 Years: 1993-2003- Volume 2

Description

‘NOW That’s What I Call Music!’ is excited to celebrate our 40th anniversary, and we are proud to present four very special collector’s editions that together present 250 essential hits from the past 40 years on CD. The second of these is ‘NOW That’s What I Call 40 Years: Volume 2 – 1993-2003’. Looking back at 10 years of huge Pop hits, this special edition 3CD is housed in ‘hard-back-book’ packaging, including a 26-page booklet featuring a summary of the era, a track-by-track guide, a quiz, plus original singles and NOW artwork. 60 tracks that span 10 years of NOW releases, including tracks from all of the numbered ‘NOW That’s What I Call Music!’ albums from NOW 26 to NOW 54. CD 1 opens with the epic ‘I’d Do Anything For Love.’ from Meat Loaf, followed by more #1s from D:Ream, and the 15-week at-the-top ‘Love Is All Around’ by Wet Wet Wet. The collection includes dance anthems from Livin’ Joy and The Source feat. Candi Staton, R&B from All-4-One and Mark Morrison, Reggae from Dawn Penn, Rap from Coolio & L.V., as well as contemporary classics from The Pretenders with ‘I’ll Stand By You’, Radiohead’s ‘Street Spirit (Fade Out)’, ‘Angels’ from Robbie Williams and ‘He’s On The Phone’ from Saint Etienne – alongside massive pop hits from Corona and Whigfield. The mid-90s tracks include #1s from Oasis, Spice Girls, George Michael, and The Prodigy… and toward the end of the decade, pure-pop enjoyed a huge resurgence with Aqua, All Saints, Backstreet Boys, and Steps emerging to great success, along with a future Global superstar – Britney Spears. As the new Millennium arrived, floor-fillers from Sonique and Black Legend topped the charts, as did Craig David and Gabrielle. Hear’Say enjoyed a massive #1, ‘Pure & Simple’, after winning the ‘Popstars’ TV talent show. Timeless pop gold features from S Club, Girls Aloud, and ‘Can’t Get You Out Of My Head’, which became Kylie Minogue’s biggest hit thirteen years after her debut #1. Huge U.S. R&B tracks from Nelly & Kelly Rowland and Mary J. Blige are included before this volume concludes with the #1 ballad ‘If You’re Not The One’ from Daniel Bedingfield. ‘NOW That’s What I Call 40 Years’ – celebrating NOW’s legacy with Massive Pop Hits from the past 40 years.

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That) – Meat Loaf
2. Things Can Only Get Better – D:Ream
3. Moving On Up – M People
4. You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No) – Dawn Penn
5. Love Is All Around (From ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’) – Wet Wet Wet
6. I Swear – All-4-One
7. I’ll Stand By You – The Pretenders
8. 7 Seconds (Feat. Neneh Cherry) – Youssou N’Dour
9. The Rhythm of the Night – Corona
10. Saturday Night – Whigfield
11. Stay Another Day – East 17
12. Alright – Supergrass
13. Dreamer – Livin’ Joy
14. Gangsta’s Paradise – Coolio & L.V.
15. Spaceman – Babylon Zoo
16. Street Spirit (Fade Out) – Radiohead
17. Don’t Look Back in Anger – Oasis
18. He’s On the Phone – Saint Etienne
19. Return of the Mack – Mark Morrison
20. Wannabe – Spice Girls
Disc 2
1. Fastlove – George Michael
2. Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Deep Blue Something
3. Say What You Want – Texas
4. Virtual Insanity – Jamiroquai
5. Breathe – The Prodigy
6. You Got the Love (Feat. Candi Staton) – The Source
7. I Wanna Be the Only One (Feat. Bebe Winans) – Eterna
8. Mmmbop – Hanson
9. Tubthumping – Chumbawamba
10. Barbie Girl – Aqua
11. Never Ever – All Saints
12. Torn – Natalie Imbruglia
13. Angels – Robbie Williams
14. Feel It (Feat. Maya) – The Tamperer
15. Dreams – The Corrs
16. No Matter What – Boyzone
17. Praise You – Fatboy Slim
18. Believe – Cher
19. 9pm (Till I Come) – ATB
20. I Want It That Way – Backstreet Boys
Disc 3
1. …Baby One More Time – Britney Spears
2. Tragedy – Steps
3. Blue (Da Ba Dee) – Eiffel 65
4. Rise – Gabrielle
5. It Feels So Good – Sonique
6. You See the Trouble With Me – Black Legend
7. 7 Days – Craig David
8. Whole Again – Atomic Kitten
9. Pure & Simple – Hear’Say
10. All Rise – Blue
11. Don’t Stop Movin’ – S Club
12. Can’t Get You Out of My Head – Kylie Minogue
13. Family Affair – Mary J. Blige
14. Murder On the Dancefloor – Sophie Ellis-Bextor
15. Just a Little – Liberty X
16. The Ketchup Song – Las Ketchup
17. All the Things She Said – t.A.T.u.
18. Sound of the Underground – Girls Aloud
19. Dilemma – Nelly & Kelly Rowland
20. If You’re Not the One – Daniel Bedingfield