Looking back at the NOW That's What I Call Music! series Ben and Ed look at the albums, the stats and the history behind the worlds most popular music compilation series. Taking a look a 6 albums in an episode every week, picking one song each from the albums. Listen to all the music from each episode on Spotify search Ben and Ed Present. A Best Specialist Music Programme Nominee at the
HBA Awards 2019!
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Looking back at the NOW That's What I Call Music! series Ben and Ed look at the albums, the stats and the history behind the worlds most popular music compilation series. Taking a look a 6 albums in an episode every week, picking one song each from the albums. Listen to all the music from each episode on Spotify search Ben and Ed Present. A Best Specialist Music Programme Nominee at the
HBA Awards 2019!
We pick back up on the numbered series looking at albums 102 to 104. We see a new live music venture from the people behind the Now brand plus the re-releases keep coming with new CD versions of 2 to 4.
In this bonus episode, not content with just discussing at the numbered series albums, Ben and Ed try out the NOW That’s What I Call Music! board game and compare their choices with the selections made on the NOW That’s What I Call A NOW album.
NOW makes it to a century of albums and we discuss the reflective feel of NOW 97-101. We also see many established acts returning with old songs, marking certain topical events around the time of each release.
Family connections, a new voiceover for the advert and artists from Guam all feature across NOW 91-96. Plus Ben talks about brackets (parenthesis) again.
A pleasing resurgence of the mighty saxophone is prominent in this episode, where we also see a record label change. Plus novelty is prevalent courtesy of former paintballing tv stars and an Aussie omnivorous mammal.
We bid au revoir to the final original format, the cassette, and welcome in the download. We are joined in the NOW series for the first time by a Bajan artist. Plus Ed asks what time is it?
In this episode we see the return of the TV talent show star, and act begin their unbeaten record breaking run of appearances. Listen to find out who they are, plus our choices from the early 00’s albums.
We herald in a new millennium and see how NOW fairs in a world with new technology and new genres. Plus novelty reigns supreme throughout these albums, but where are they now?
The NOW brand expanded out into new continents and countries including the good ol’ U S of A in 1998, which we explore in this episode. Plus Ben has two choices from Danish artists!
We progress into the mid-90s in this episode, ushering in Britpop as well as saying goodbye to the old, in with the new. Some songs also prove that one appearance in the series just isn’t enough.
NOW always depicts popular songs of the time but not all these songs stand the test of time, and we see many one hit wonders during these releases. Plus the NOW CD loses a few pounds!
During this episode we see the NOW That's What I Call Music series start to look like what we know and love today as a major rebrand occurs. We talk through early 90s favourites and also see Robbie Williams’ first Now appearance.
Part two on our journey through NOW That's What I Call Music and we start to see the first spinoffs from the main series. Plus we talk the future format 'CD'.
Looking back at the NOW That's What I Call Music! series Ben and Ed look at the albums, the stats and the history behind the worlds most popular music compilation series. Taking a look a 6 albums in an episode every week, picking one song each from the albums. Listen to all the music from each episode on Spotify search Ben and Ed Present. A Best Specialist Music Programme Nominee at the
HBA Awards 2019!
