Now 31: That's What I Call Music

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 30, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony Legacy
• ASIN: B002935GK0
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,897 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

2009 release. Now That's What I Call Music is back with the 31st volume in this popular series that focuses on just the hits and only the hits! Affectionately known as 'Now', this is the most up-to-date compilation on the market, containing current and recent hits from chart topping artists like Black Eyed Peas, Lady GaGa, Flo Rida, Kid Cudi, Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, Kelly Clarkson, The Fray, The Ting Tings and many others. Celebrate life with music, NOW and forever!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of the better NOW albums, July 5, 2009

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Edgar Olivares "The Entity" (New York City, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Now 31: That's What I Call Music (Audio CD)

While this album features several familiar names there are a few new artists here as well such as Lady GaGa, Pitbull, 3OH!3, and Charice. Some of the tracks have been around for a few months while others are still relatively new. As with the previous two volumes, there's access to bonus content. A good sample from start to finish. Here are the peak positions on the Billboard Hot 100 for the tracks:

Boom Boom Pow-#1/ Right Round-#1
Poker Face-#1/ I Know You Want Me-#2
Blame It-#2/ Dead And Gone-#2
Day 'N' Nite-#3/ Kiss Me Thru The Phone-#3
Halo-#5/ Mad-#11/ Please Don't Leave Me-#18
Love Sex Magic-#10/ If U See Amy-#19
My Life Would Suck Without You-#1
Don't Trust Me-#7/ That's Not My Name-#52
You Found Me-#7/ If Today Was Your Last Day-#19 (this week)
I Run To You-#35,#5 Country (this week)
Note To God-#44 (this week)

TT 74:35

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Song Assortment!, September 12, 2009

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Michael J. Mandeville (Grand Rapids, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Now 31: That's What I Call Music (Audio CD)

As a DJ, I'm always looking for new singles, latest hits, Billboard tops, etc. The NOW compilation CDs usually do a great job of supplying me with some of the latest and greatest, and what's better is that they are the clean (or "radio edit") versions of the songs, so I can play them at many of the venues I DJ for without a worry. In the past, the NOW CDs usually give a few great songs, a couple good ones, a few headscratchers, and some country offerings. NOW 31 is probably my favorite compilation of the latest CDs they've released as there is not really one head-scratcher on the list and all of the songs are really great tunes from a Top 40 perspective. It's hard to stay on top of the releases, so songs like "Boom Boom Pow" "Halo" and "Mad" seem quite dated in comparison to some of the newer singles like "Don't Trust Me" "Calle Ocho" and "Day 'n' Night", especially since many of these songs get WAY too much radio play for their own good and so even if the song is good, most people get so sick of hearing it that by the time this disc is out they may be burnt out on a lot of the songs.

All in all, this is a great compilation of good Top 40 hits, and if you like clean versions or just prefer your songs sounding exactly like they do on the radio, then this is for you. I like that there are a couple songs on here like "If U See Amy" which are IMPOSSIBLE to find in "radio edit" form because the CD version isn't exactly "dirty" but they decided to make it a bit cleaner for the radio.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Now CD, July 3, 2009

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MiVida "MusicIsMyLife" (Tucson, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Now 31: That's What I Call Music (Audio CD)

This is the best NOW cd I have ever purchased. To bad I didn't see it here first, I could have saved a lot more getting it here. I actually love every song on this CD and usually with the NOW cd there's about 4 or 5 songs I dont care for! Love it! Get it!