Now 23

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 7, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000ILYYI0
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,671 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. London Bridge Fergie

2. Promiscuous Nelly Furtado

3. Buttonz The Pussycat Dolls

4. SexyBack Justin Timberlake Featuring Timbaland

5. Ain't No Other Man Christina Aguilera

6. Deja Vu Jay-Z; Beyoncé

7. Do It To It Cherish

8. Bossy Featuring Too $hort Kelis featuring Too $hort

9. Pullin' Me Back Chingy

10. S.E.X. Lyfe Jennings, LaLa Brown

11. Sexy Love Ne-Yo

12. Unfaithful Rihanna

13. Too Little Too Late JoJo

14. I Can't Hate You Anymore Nick Lachey

15. These Walls Teddy Geiger

16. A Public Affair Jessica Simpson

Editorial Reviews

Now That's What I Call Music! 23 or Now 23 is The top-selling Pop Music compilation series in the world. Compilations of the biggest hits and the hottest artists!.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Number 23: Strong Summer Pop, But Weak August Rock, November 26, 2006

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Person "qazwsx34651" (across the street) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Now 23 (Audio CD)

The successful Now series has dished out yet another (not suprisingly) volume to their series, Volume 23.

It's obvious most of these songs here charted from June to ...say August. Well wake up old folks, it's almost December! There are some very good selections, and bring the hits a bit more than the last edition. There's the biggest artists of the summer/fall, there's Furtado, Fergie, PCD, Timberlake, Aguilera, Cherish, Ne-Yo, Rihanna, Nickelback, and Hinder. Obviously the hip-hop section is the strongest here. A smooth rock song is missing, Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars" would've done better here and could've dropped the minor hit by Ok Go. And since The Fray, Akon, and Danity Kane haven't been picked up on NOW radar yet you'll probably get something from them in 24.

There's no latin artist here, maybe Shakira can whip up a Hips Don't Lie part two before 24 selections come out.

The rock section seems the weakest with only two actual "big hits", Hinder and Nickelback. The Lachey, Geiger, and Ok Go tracks I've never heard of, at least not on the radio. Again, songs from Snow Patrol and The Fray would've done excellent and looking at it, it would've made the playlist flow a bit better.

For randomness, there's an oddly placed 80's vibe Jessica Simpson song. An yet another country token.

This NOW is pretty good, not the best in the series, but a slight improvement over the last two or three series. The only two things that hold this down are the weak rock section and the fact that this playlist is a bit outdated. The whole point of me buying NOW albums is to collect new songs. The newest on here is Lips of an Angel and I've had that since August.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Couple Of Real Hits And A Bunch of Misses, but better than the previous two, December 12, 2006

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Luis D. Vargas (Ponce, Puerto Rico) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Now 23 (Audio CD)

Ok here's how I rate these songs:
1.) Fergie; London Bridge: Overrated: 3 of 5
2.) Nelly Furtado: Promiscuous: Nice song, sounds nothing like here previous work: 5 of 5
3.) PCD: Buttons: Nice song: 4 of 5
4.) JT: SexyBack: Good: 5 of 5
5.) Christina Aguilera: Good, but not her best: 4 of 5
6.) Beyonce: Deja vu: Alright song but it gets tiring fast: 4 of 5
7.) Cherish: Do It to it: wack: 2 of 5
8.) Kelis: Bossy: nothing near good of milkshake: 2 of 5
9.) Chingy: Pullin Me Back: is wack: 1 of 5
10.) Lyfe Jennings: S.E.X.: w.a.c.k.: 1 of 5
11.) Ne-Yo: Sexy Love: nice song, it kind of sounds like Human Nature by Michael Jackson: 5 of 5
12.) Rihanna: Unfaithful: she does not have the voice to sing slow songs: 3 of 5
13.) JoJo: Too Little Too Late: alrigh song: 4 of 5
14.) Nick Lachey: I Can't Hate You Anymore: alright song but get over it: 4 of 5
15.) Teddy Geiger: These Walls: more cheese from this you outta (not) know artist: 1 of 5
16.) Jessica Simpson: A Public Affair: more like a cheesy copy of Holiday: 2 of 5
17: OK GO: Here It Goes Again: it's here because of the goofy treadmill video: 3 of 5
18.) Hinder: lips Of An Angel: it tries to sound like an 80's power ballad until the way the singer says "sweet", it brings it back to earlier this decade (Dude, Where's My Car), and the song is a bit overrated: 3 of 5
19.) Nickelback: Far Away: you can't go wrong with Nickelback: 5 of 5
20.) Kenny Chesney: Summertime: I reckon is ok for a country song, but what is it doing in a pop album? 1 of 5

This collection os songs better than the previous two
62 of 100, 3 stars

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Audra's Review, November 12, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Now 23 (Audio CD)

1. Fergie- London Bridge
-This song is great!! It's got such a great beat, rhythm, and melody, even my mom was dancing to it!! In public!!(well, she was ABOUT TO; I would have NEVER allowed her to actually do it :-D) The lyrics are really catchy, but don't watch the music video, because then you really realize what they mean,........it's still a great song though!!

2. Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland- Promiscuous
- This song is great, until you find out what the word "promiscuous" means (if you don't already know). That kinda ruins the whole song. Otherwise, it's got a great beat, and you'll be singing the words to it in no time.

3. The Pussycat Dolls featuring Big Snoop Dogg- Buttons
- This song is ok, it's got a great beat, but the lyrics...UGH!! They're kinda gross, and definitly not creative.

4. Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland- SexyBack
- This song is going to be remebered for DECADES to come!! IT's sooo mcuh fun to dance and sing to!! (At the last dance i went to, when this song came on, you could barely hear the words because everyone was singing it!!)

5. Christina Aguilera- Ain't No Other Man
- This song is great! Catchy lyrics, great melody...however, it does become kinda annoying after awhile.

6. Beyonce featuring Jay-Z- Déjà Vu
- this song is great!! The lyrics and hte tune are catchy; if you can, watch the music video!! Great dancing and cosutmes.

7. Cherish featuring Sean Paul- of Youngbloodz- Do It To It
-this is deinitely a party dancing song: "bounce wit it, drop wit it, lean wit it,rock wit it, snap wit..." :-D) I love it.

8. Kelis featuring- Too $hort- Bossy
- Haven't really heard this one enough to judge it.

9. Chingy featuring Tyrese- Pullin' Me Back
- Pretty good, catchy lyrics.

10. Lyfe Jennings featuring Lala Brown- S.E.X.
- Haven't heard it enough to judge it.

11. Ne-Yo- Sexy Love
- This is a good one, don't know about the lyrics, but you'll definitely find yourself humming this one to yourself.

12. Rihanna- Unfaithful
- This song is SOOOO good; if you watch the music video, it tells a story. This is so much fun to sing.

13. JoJo- Too Little Too Late
- I HONESTLY do not understand why this song is so popular!! It's not that good, it's the kind of song i would imagine a little girl to like.... It's overplayed, and it's just like a lot of other songs.

14. Nick Lachey- I Can't Hate You Anymore
- Pretty good.

15. Teddy Geiger- These Walls
- Haven't heard it enough to judge it.

16. Jessica Simpson- A Public Affair
- :-D THis song cracks me up!! IT is SOO much fun to sing and dance to, and the music video is hilarious!! Jessica FINALLY put out a GOOD song .

17. Ok Go- Here It Goes Again
- This song is awesome!! It's the treadmill song, the one in which there are six treadmills and the bandmembers do all kinds of cool things on them!! THe song itself is great too!!

18. Hinder- Lips Of An Angel
- I love this song!! Great lyrics and melody.

19. Nickelback- Far Away
- This song is great!! Again, very catchy tune, you'll be singing this one in the shower.

20. Kenny Chesney- Summertime
- Haven't heard this song enough to juge it; in case you don't know though, it's country.