Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For?
2. Sunset Strippers - Falling Stars
3. Kylie Minogue - I Believe In You
4. McFly - All About You
5. Nelly feat. Tim McGraw - Over And Over
6. Lemar - If There’s Any Justice
7. Girls Aloud - I’ll Stand By You
8. Uniting Nations - Out Of Touch
9. Scissor Sisters - Filthy/Gorgeous
10. The Chemical Brothers - Galvanize
11. LL Cool J feat. 7 Aurelius - Hush
12. Ashanti - Only U
13. Ciara feat. Petey Pablo - Goodies
14. Akon - Locked Up
15. Joss Stone - Spoiled
16. Verbalicious - Don’t Play Nice
17. Shapeshifters - Back To Basics
18. Geri - Ride It
19. The Lovefreekz - Shine
20. Reflekt feat. Delline Bass - Need To Feel Loved
21. Soul Central feat. Kathy Brown - Strings Of Life (Stronger On My Own)
22. Styles & Breeze - Heartbeatz

Disc 2:

1. U2 - Vertigo
2. The Killers - Somebody Told Me
3. Stereophonics - Dakota
4. Keane - This Is The Last Time
5. Bloc Party - So Here We Are
6. Athlete - Wires
7. Robbie Williams - Misunderstood
8. Ronan Keating feat. Yusuf Islam - Father And Son
9. Darius - Live Twice
10. Daniel Bedingfield - Wrap My Words Around You
11. Lucie Silvas - Breathe In
12. Doves - Black And White Town
13. The Bravery - An Honest Mistake
14. Freefaller - Do This! Do That!
15. Thirteen Senses - Thru The Glass
16. Feeder - Tumble And Fall
17. Raghav feat. Frankey Maxx & Jucxi D - Angel Eyes
18. Jo Jo - Baby It’s You
19. Atomic Kitten - Cradle
20. Brian McFadden & Delta Goodrem - Almost Here
21. Tony Christie - (Is This The Way To) Amarillo

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3375 in Music
• Released on: 2005-03-21
• Number of discs: 2

Album Description
Now That's What I Call Music! Vol 60 is another double-CD triumph compiling the best music from the UK pop charts. Featured here is the perfect-pop of Gwen Stefani's "What You Waiting For?", Sunset Strippers' "Falling Stars", Kylie Minogue's "I Believe In You" and McFly's No. 1 spot-hogging "All About You". Indie highlights include The Killers' "Somebody Told Me", Sereophonics' "Dakota", Keane's "This Is The Last Time", Bloc Party's "So Here We Are" and Athlete's "Wires". Now: 60 and still packing in the best chart hits, dancefloor fillers and indie anthems around. --Paul Eisinger

Customer Reviews

Excellent, but not as a food garnish
Now albums are a must-buy for me, and once again I'm not left disappointed.

McFly's big new track kicks things off, the first 10 tracks are overshadowed by Gwen Stefani's "What You Waiting For", a masterpiece of pop music. I also think they could have put the newer Girls Aloud track, the gritty disco of "Wake Me Up" is a lot better than the lame "I'll Stand By You". Dance tracks from the Uniting Nations, the all-conquering Scissor Sisters and the quite brilliant "Galvanise", follow, the album twists into American R&B or, as the cool kids say, "Crunk N' B" (This is apparently where you get drunk and crazy at the same time. Like brunch, but with more beats and less bacon). Ciara and LL Cool J pop up here, it is a blessing that the nauseating Usher is cast aside. The laudable Verbalicious, appears with a song I really shouldn't like, but can't help tapping my toes to, then whoops someone put Geri Halliwell on it. Quick slap to whoever thought of that but then a big hug, because that's the only blemish on the first CD.

The second CD is pure genius, the Killers' track "Somebody Told Me" is one of the main standouts, dramatic rock at its best. The return of a rather different sounding Stereophonics is also welcomed, some cool indie tracks follow before smoothly returning to the pop arena, including that daft track by Darius, which to be fair isn't all that bad. Daniel Bedingfield continues the family trend of being obsessed with literature (These Words, Unwritten, Wrap My Words Around You, I rest my briefcase). Usually CD2 contains all the failing pop bands, but instead we have new light Lucie Silvas, old hands, the Doves and the shockingly underrated Feeder. Atomic Kitten make an appearance, but as its their last, I shall let them off with a stern look. Most bizarrely of all, Tony Christie features with classic "(Is This The Way To) Amarillo". I can only fathom this is because of either A) his successful greatest hits album and huge following by today's youth or B) Peter Kay's hysterical performance t'other night on Comic Relief.

What a marvellous album, I shall buy and listen over Easter, whils that odd rabbit goes around giving chocolate.

60 volumes, and still going strong
It's hard to believe that the Now series has been going for 22 years, but here it is once again with the kind of quality compilation we've come to expect from Ashley Abram and co.

When I first saw the tracklist, I was impressed with the quality and variety of music on offer here. Having given it two weeks' listening time, I can confirm it sounds as good as it looks! I also love the way the music is split down the middle: disc 1 for party moods, disc 2 for those heavier times.

All in all, Now 60 manages to deliver something for everyone (or everything for someone). A few of my personal favourite tracks are Uniting Nations' "Out Of Touch", Sunset Strippers' "Falling Stars", Chemical Brothers' "Galvanise" and the brilliant "Somebody Told Me" from The Killers. This is really amazing stuff, managing to thoroughly squash the competition. If you haven't already, GO BUY IT!!!

Now - helping to soothe exam revision?
I don't know if this is a reliable indicator, but, while on the one hand I was of the opinion that this is one of the weaker "Now" collections, with rather too much emphasis on dance/club tracks and some execrable ballads (including the remake of "Father And Son", the only good thing about which was that it prompted me to search out my dusty copy of the Cat Stevens original), on the other hand this is one of the very few of my CDs that my AS-level-vintage son has commandered on a regular basis as revision break (and certainly not for the ballads).

So, apart from the dance acts, there's a fair helping of both sugary and spicy pop, of aristocratic and apprentice-shop rock, of "crunk & b" (Ciara) and "charidee" (Tony Christie). But no recycled Elvis. The aim, as always, is to round up what has been in the pop charts over the last three months, and this it does admirably, including seven tracks that made No 1 and, on the release date, nine tracks that were still in the Top 40, which is quite an achievement these days.

While it is probably true that most people will already own the albums which have spawned the best tracks, from the likes of U2, Gwen Stefani, Scissor Sisters and Chemical Brothers, I always think that the Now (and similar) series are useful as samplers of some lesser-known acts, which I might be tempted to investigate further (eg Athlete, Freefaller, Lucie Silvas). For that purpose, and the undeniable cost and room savings having 40 odd singles on one CD, this is ideal.