Jacaranda 94.2 - Hit Play: Now 47

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NOW 47

Track Listing

1	Fergie - Big Girls Don’t Cry
2	Gwen Stefani - 4 In The Morning
3	Enrique Iglesias - Do You Know (Ping Pong Song)
4	Timbaland ft.Keri Hilson - The Way I Are
5	Rihanna - Umbrella
6	Justin Timberlake - Lovestoned/I Think She Knows
7	Maroon 5 - Makes Me Wonder
8	Daughtry - Home
9	Avril Lavigne - When You’re Gone
10	Plain White T’s - Hey There Delilah (Live at Abbey Road)
11	The Parlotones - Giant Mistake
12	Fall Out Boy - Thnks Fr Th Mmrs
13	Akon - Mama Africa
14	Loyiso - I Want You
15	Robin Thicke - Lost Without You
16	Katharine McPhee - Over It
17	Marcos Hernandez - Red Dress
18	David Guetta - Love Is Gone
19	Hilary Duff - Stranger
20	KT Tunstall - Hold On
21	Mika - Love Today

From up beat smash hits like Fall out Boy’s “Thnks fr th mmrs” (Thanks for the memories,) to another Avril Lavine signature power ballad “When you’re gone” and the Plain White T’s “Hey there Delilah.”

Review

Now 47 again offers a variety of music and artists (in typical NOW fashion), which means that there should be a song to suit almost every taste. From up beat smash hits like Fall out Boy’s “Thnks fr th mmrs” (Thanks for the memories,) to another Avril Lavine signature power ballad “When you’re gone” and the Plain White T’s “Hey there Delilah.”

One thing is for sure, they’ve got a lot of big names on this compilation. The album kicks off with the Black Eyed Peas’ Fergie, who follows up her hits “London Bridge” and “Fergalicious” with “Big Girls Don’t Cry”, the biggest hit of her solo career so far.

A song that will certainly get you dancing this summer if you’re out partying is David Guetta’s "Love Is Gone", the French DJ’s first single off the album Pop Life. It peaked at number 1 on the European and Brazilian Dance Charts as well as on the LCC Hot Dance Tracks chart. I think it is safe to say that this year, no new-year’s party will be complete without it.

The entrepreneurial Hilary Duff moves into a more established pop sound with her new dance friendly “Stranger”. It is the latest single off her album “Dignity” and reveals a relationship that is perfect to the public, but cold behind closed doors. The song was rumoured to be about Duff and her relationship with her ex-boyfriend, Joel Madden.

A pleasant surprise on the album was Robin Thicke’s “Lost without you” taken from the album The Evolution of Robin Thicke. I’m not quite sure if I like it yet, but it is nice to hear something that can’t be labelled in 5 seconds flat.

Here and there a few song choices are disappointing, but I will write it off as personal preference. I’ve never been a fan of Rihanna’s “Umbrella”, released in March/April this year: (I know everybody loves it, but I’ve heard her do better in her other singles released after “Umbrella”). Also, Mika’s “Love Today” has always been more Scissor Sisters than Mika to me. In my opinion, both artists have better tracks to offer this compilation.

All things considered, the album will be one of those that you listen to 10 years from now, and say: “Oooh, I remember this one!” Definitely something for future archives.