Now That's What I Call Music Vol.66 - Various Artists > Reviews > Now That's What I Call Rubbish.

Author's product rating:   

Originality	Average
Lyrics	Thought-provoking
Quality and consistency of tracks	Mixed
How does it compare to the artist's other releases	Unmemorable
Value for Money	Satisfactory

Advantages:	Some good tunes, good cover design .
Disadvantages:	A big let down in comparison to other editions .

Recommend to potential buyers:

no

Full review

For as long as I can recall I have been purchasing tape casette's and CD's from the 'Now That's What I Call Music' series, and must have about 25-30 different albums now.

But for the first time in my life I have purchased a new 'Now' album and found myself to be thoroughly disappointed. I have listed the tracks below and as you can see there are some very good tunes there. As always, the 'Now' team have endeavoured to furnish their listeners with a broad cross section of music genre's, and with great success they have achieved this goal.

However, on previous editions they have only selected the very best and most popular tunes from each genre. On this double CD, they appear to have selected the first tune that came into their heads as so many excellent tunes from 2006/7 have been left out.

The cover design, as always, is not lacking. It's nice and colourful and aesthetically pleasing. The design of the case itself is a standard double CD holder.

This CD is probably still one of the better options available on the market and despite the fact that I personally regard this to be a letdown this time around, it still outstrips its competition in the market.

It is good value for money, but if I had checked the track list carefully before buying instead of blindly throwing my money across the counter I would have saved quite a lot of money by simply paying to download the tracks I like from the internet.

Disc 1

MIKA - Grace Kelly
Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby
Sugababes vs Girls Aloud - Walk This Way
Take That - Patience
Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around...Comes Around
Nelly Furtado - Say It Right
Beyonce - Irreplaceable
Kelis feat. Cee-Lo - Lil Star
Akon feat. Eminem - Smack That
Just Jack - Starz In Their Eyes
Calvin Harris - Acceptable In The 80's
Mason vs Princess Superstar - Perfect (Exceeder)
Booty Luv - Boogie 2Nite (Seamus Haji Big Love Edit)
Eric Prydz vs Floyd - Proper Education
Sharam - P.A.T.T. (Party All The Time)
Cascada - Truly Madly Deeply
Girls Aloud - I Think We're Alone Now
Seamus Haji - Last Night A DJ Saved My Life
Camille Jones vs Fedde Le Grand - The Creeps
Jamelia - Beware Of The Dog
Gwen Stefani - Wind It Up
Fergie feat. Ludacris - Glamorous
JoJo - Too Little, Too Late
Leona - A Moment Like This

Disc 2

The Fray - How To Save A Life
The View - Same Jeans
Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control
Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Catch You
Klaxons - Golden Skans
Fall Out Boy - This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race
The Killers - Read My Mind
U2 - Window In The Skies
Robbie Williams with Pet Shop Boys - She's Madonna
The Fratellis - Whistle For The Choir
The Ordinary Boys - I Luv U
Snow Patrol - Open Your Eyes
Razorlight - Before I Fall To Pieces
Scissor Sisters - She's My Man
The Feeling - Love It When You Call
McFly - Sorry's Not Good Enough
Lily Allen - Alfie
Jamie T - Calm Down Dearest
Sugababes - Easy
Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good
The Proclaimers feat. Brian Potter & Andy Pipkin - I'm Gonna Be (500 miles)