Now That's What I Call Music! 5

Now Music | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 14, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000051XVR
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (129 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,195 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars NOW go buy it!, November 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Now That's What I Call Music! 5 (Audio CD)

NOW 3 had a bunch of songs and bands that I never heard of, and NOW 4 was heavily on the pop side with very little rock (thanks for at least putting "All the small things" in there). NOW 2 was a little too much on rock in my opinion. That being said, NOW 5 has a great balance of pop (N'sync, 98 degrees, ect.)and rock (three doors down, nine days). The only thing I would do to this CD was give it a couple of rap songs (incomplete instead of thong song?????). But, since i know that the CD is aimed toward kids as well as adults, I can live with what they give us. I woudl also like to say that if I could, I would rate this CD a 4.5, not just a 4.OVERALL: NOW 5 is a good CD with a nice balance of pop and rock and is worth your money. Go buy it.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I WOULD have loved it-three months ago!, November 27, 2000

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Michelle (Indiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Now That's What I Call Music! 5 (Audio CD)

The idea of putting out a mix of music by great artists is of course a good one. However, this CD faces the same problem as many of the other NOW collections. By the time the CD is available in the stores, many of the "hip" songs are extremely overplayed. Either I own them on their original CD's, or I am so sick of them I can't handle hearing them one more time! This may not apply to everyone, but I've had this problem every time I've bought a NOW CD, even when I've done it right when they come out. This isn't a problem that can easily be solved, because obviously it takes a while to put a CD like this together, but before you buy this CD because it has has popular music, I would recommend looking at the list of songs and asking yourself how many you already have on other CD's and how many of the other ones you still WANT on CD!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of Variety!, May 16, 2001

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Kristen (SoCal, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Now That's What I Call Music! 5 (Audio CD)

I was actually surprised to see *Nsync on this compilation because they were on the Totally Hits Series before. But "It's Gonna Be Me" is a great way to start off the CD. I was happy to see Britney Spears' "Lucky", Destiny's Child's "Jumpin' Jumpin'", BBMak's "Back Here", Jessica Simpson's "I Think I'm In Love", and Bon Jovi's "It's My Life" on this CD as well. There are some really good songs on here that are worth getting NOW! 5 for. The ones I just listed are the best in my mind. It's also great to see one of music's greatest Pop/R&B singers on NOW! 5: Janet Jackson and her song "Doesn't Really Matter". The song kicks butt and you can't help dancing to it. I am sorry to say that there are two songs on this CD that are tired and somewhat annoying to me: Nine Days "Story Of A Girl" and 3 Doors Down "Kryptonite". But given the fact that there are songs I don't particularly care for, Now! 5 still gets 5 stars because of the variety of music it provides us with; ranging from Pop to R&B to Hip-Hop to Rock.