It’s the 30th anniversary of the “Now That’s What I Call Music” album series – but how well do you know this particular slice of musical history?
Just to be clear, we’re talking about the UK album series only. As a helpful guide, the first was in November 1983, the most recent one is Now 86, and Now 50 came out in November 2001. There have consistently been three Nows a year since 1992 – before that it varied between 1, 2 and 3 a year.
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1. Which Now album is this?
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Now 3
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Now 8
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Now XIII
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Now 22
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Now That’s What I Call Music XIIIReleased in November 1988. Also, apparently the Now guys have an aversion to writing the number 13.
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2. How about this?
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Now That’s What I Call Music (the original one)
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Now 4
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Now 11
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Now 18
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It’s Now That’s What I Call Music 4Released in November 1984.
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3. Test your David Sneddon knowledge:
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Now 55
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Now 61
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Now 68
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Now 73
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Now That’s What I Call Music 55Released July 2003. Has the distinction of featuring both S Club and S Club 8.
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4. Which one had “Dancing Queen” and “Ebeneezer Goode”?
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Now 7
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Now 12
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Now 17
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Now 23
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Now That’s What I Call Music 23Released in November 1992. (“Dancing Queen” was re-released to coincide with ABBA’s “Gold” greatest hits compilation.)
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5. Which one marked the return of “mopey indie boys whining about girls” to the charts?
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Now 52
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Now 60
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Now 67
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Now 74
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Now That’s What I Call Music 60Released March 2005. To this date, it remains unclear what you were waiting for.
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6. Which one featured solid gold dancefloor classics, and Phil Collins?
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Now 33
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Now 38
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Now 44
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Now 51
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Now That’s What I Call Music 44Released November 1999 – the last Now of the 20th century. Really strong track selection. Except for Phil Collins.
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7. Where in the series does this eclectic collection come?
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Now 24
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Now 31
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Now 38
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Now 46
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Now That’s What I Call Music 31Released July 1995. Still can’t believe all these songs came out around the same time.
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8. And this one which features a lot of… well, featuring?
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Now 79
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Now 82
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Now 84
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Now 86
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Now That’s What I Call Music 84Released March 2013. Almost, but not quite, the most recent Now.
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9. Which one was especially strong on the “Don’t Stop Believin'” front?
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Now 70
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Now 75
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Now 80
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Now 85
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Now That’s What I Call Music 75Released March 2010, at the height of what historians will look back on as “the Glee era”.
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10. From Robyn to Nickelback in one album. Oh, Now, how you taunt us.
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Now 57
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Now 62
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Now 69
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Now 76
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Now That’s What I Call Music 69Released March 2008. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, and it had a Nickelback song in it what was even worse.
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11. Which one had hit after hit after depressing anthem of alienation after hit?
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Now 39
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Now 44
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Now 49
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Now 53
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Now That’s What I Call Music 39Released April 1998. Also featured: The Verve’s “Lucky Man”, “It’s Like That” by Run-D.M.C. vs. Jason Nevins, Steps’ “5,6,7,8”, Wildchild’s “Renegade Master ‘98” and both “Angels” AND “Let Me Entertain You” from Robbie Williams. We think there’s a strong argument that this is the greatest Now ever.
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