Now That's What I Call Music! 85

I love this album, I think it is better than Now 84 and last summer's Now 82 and probably on par with Now 83. My favourite songs have to be:Disc 1Passenger - Let Her GoJustin Timberlake - MirrorsNaughty Boy feat. Sam Smith - La La LaJohn Newman - Love Me AgainP!nk feat. Lily Allen - True LoveTaylor Swift - 22The Wanted - Walks Like RihannaBruno Mars - TreasureNelly - Hey PorscheParamore - Still Into YouImagine Dragons - RadioactiveGabz - Lighters (The One)Disc 2Rudimental feat. Ella Eyre - Waiting All NightDavid Guetta feat. Ne-Yo & Akon - Play HardArmin van Buuren feat. Revor Guthrie - This Is What It Feels LikeChase & Status feat. Louis M^ttrs - Lost & Not FoundWiley feat. Angel & Tinchy Stryder - Lights OnDizzee Rasacal feat. Robbie Williams - Goin' CrazyPSY - Gentleman (As much as I want to hate it, it's just too catchy)The 1975 - ChocolateUnion J - Carry YouCharlie Brown - On My WayMichael Buble - It's A Beautiful DayThen there are a few songs i'm not too keen onDisc 1Robin Thicke feat. Pharrell - Blurred LinesJason Derulo - The Other SideDemi Lovato - Heart AttackSelena Gomez - Come & Get ItDisc 2Jessie J feat. Big Sean & Dizzee Rascal - Wildwill.i.am feat. Justin Bieber - #thatPowerBreach - JackBut other than that it's a fantastic album with so many recent chart hits, but there are also quite a fair few songs missing...Bruno Mars - When I Was Your Man - I was near certain this song was going to be included, but the reason it missed out was because of his more recent hit 'Treasure' (which I can't complain too much about because I prefer it) but it was however included on the 'Now That's What I Call 30 Years' album released earlier in the year.Macklemore - Thrift Shop - Should really have been on Now 84 and I thought they were going to include it on here until I recently found out that Macklemore does not allow his songs to be included on this as well as other compilation albums.Mackelmore - Can't Hold Us - Would have suited this album as it's newer than 'Thrift Shop' but again it's a Macklemore song so sadly, it couldn't be included.Lawson feat. B.o.B - Brokenhearted - Can't believe this song missed out, maybe it will appear on Now 86.Taylor Swift feat. Ed Sheeran - Everything Has Changed - The fact her previous single '22' was included is a bit of an indication that this song will be saved for Now 86.Avicii feat. Aloe Blacc - Wake Me Up (current No.1) - A really great tune and again the NOW series fail to get the song that reaches No. 1 the Sunday one day before the release date in the UK on the latest album, looks like it will again have to settle for a place on Now 86.will.i.am - Bang Bang - There are 2 main reason's as to why this song missed out, Not only is his previous single '#thatPower' included instead it's also a movie soundtrack like Adele's 'Skyfall' (Which failed to make Now 83), It still may make Now 86 though, we'll have to wait and see.2 Chainz feat. Wiz Khalifa - We Own It (Fast & Furious) - Again, it's another movie soundtrack, I've also never known 2 Chainz to appear on a NOW album.Wretch 32 feat. Shakka - Blackout - Really shocked to see this song miss out, this 3 previous top 10 hits Traktor, Unorthodox and No. 1 single Don't Go all appeared on Now 78, 79 and 80 and this song reached a decent No. 6 but somehow failed to make the cut. Weird.Stooshe - Slip - Same for this song, it charted a lot higher than previous single 'waterfalls' which was included on Now 83, and all their other songs have appeared on NOW albums. Again, weird.Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know - I have never known the Arctic Monkeys to appear on a NOW album, so I just knew this song wasn't going to be on this one.Then there are the surprise inclusions that I wasn't really expecting..Paramore - Still Into You - Never known Paramore to appear on a Now album however lead singer Hayley Williams did appear on Now 77 as a featured artist on B.o.B's single 'Airplanes' but this is the first appearance on a NOW from the band itself. The new compiler Jenny Fisher may just have something to do with it.The 1975 - Chocolate - Only peaked at #19 (The lowest charting single on here) a good few months back, however I am glad it was included as it's a great indie song, sort of see is as a filler track.Apart from that this album is pretty much spot on, It has 44 tracks the same as the last 2 summer albums 79 and 82 which is pretty much what I was expecting, and all the number 1's since Now 84 are included. Every song has peaked within the top 20 (just like Now 84) and despite the fact it doesn't have the current No. 1 but I think it's done very well to include a lot of new songs that were yet to chart when the track listing was revealed, which was one of the things I didn't like about Now 82, was when the track listing for that album was revealed, every song had already entered the charts so it felt rather dated. This album has done very well by putting in loads of recent hits, sort of reminds me of Now 76 3 years ago when they missed out a lot of old songs and put in a lot of new ones, this is in my opinion one the best and strongest NOW's yet, and there's a great mix of genre's to keep you listening throughout the rest of the summer, so if you are into the recent chart scene, buy this album, you won't be disappointed!

Bought to add to my collection very happy

I normally collect the Now CDs as they come out as you are normally guaranteed some current and good tracks on one CD collection. This is no exception as this has plenty of hits that have reached the higher end of the charts in recent months. It is difficult to write a review for music as music tastes are so subjective but this CD is a great addition to any chart CD collection. Of course, there will always be some tracks you love, some you are not too fussed either way, some you don't like at all (you can judge for yourself which category each track belongs to), but I think this CD is better than some of the more recent editions and I haven't found myself skipping over any tracks. A very decent effort from Now that is well worth a listen this summer.

A+

It’s a cd works fine

I only recently started putting reviews on products, (been an Amazon customer since 2002), and I've realised that with things like CD compilations, if you don't already know what you're getting, it was a bit dumb to buy it in the first place.With the 'Now' CDs this is especially true, so all my reviews for these will be 5*, because I know the songs before I purchase, love some of them, like others & can't stand some.These are brilliant albums if you want to keep up to date with the latest pop tracks and are always easy to listen to, with the swear words cut on the more edgy ones so kids can listen as well.So if you read the track listings and like them, then buy it, if you don't then don't. Simple.

I always buy the 'Now' albums because they contain about 40% of the Chart songs I've liked that season and it works out cheaper to just buy this album rather than buy each of those songs individually. Usually I'll check out the albums associated with the artist but most of them aren't as good as their reigning single. There's a fair few decent hits on this and it's better than some previous 'Now' albums released but there's still (as always) a disproportionate amount of urban hits compared to light, fun, pop songs which everyone knows. There seems to be an ongoing trend with old hits being re-released too (I can only assume this is because they know this year's X Factor single before everyone else or that there is an artist about to bring out some cover of it). A good collection for a 'Now' album with lots of hits but still contains a few too many 'misses'.

although awaiting my cd what I do know is the songs on here are awesome ..which Is why I bought it ! gutted that they didn't put any karmin on this cd and I do think there are a few other great songs that perhaps could have been included no matter still sounds great and yes I am amongst the fans of collecting most the now cds used to always get a now cd when every Christmas many years back I mean it was a family tradition when we were younger mum and dad always got us the yearly pop star annual and a now tape ..or cd lol and now I buy the now cd if the songs are good