It’s been a fierce competition for your compilation dollar over the past decade… ‘So Fresh’ vs ‘NOW’. The Universal/Sony camp vs the EMI/Warner team. The pendulum always swang in either direction depending on your penchant for pop – or indeed depending on which duo of mega-labels was experiencing the most chart success at the time.
But with EMI now being purchased by Universal globally (and the two labels set to combine from early 2013), could this retrospective look back at the past decade spell the end of the road for the fabulous ‘NOW’ compilation franchise here in Australia?
Whether it is or isn’t, there’s no denying that this two disc set is stacked with some superb pop gems from the recent (Emeli Sandé and Professor Green’s ‘Read All About It’, Ricki-Lee’s ‘Do It Like That’ and David Guetta/Sia’s ‘Titanium’) to some of the more vintage tunes of the past decade (Jamelia’s ‘Superstar’, Robbie Williams’ ‘Feel’, The Veronicas’ ‘4Ever’, Missy Elliot’s ‘4 My People’ etc etc).
There are 44 tunes to choose from across the double disc set and like its ‘Hits Of Summer 2013′ counterpart, ’10 Years Of Hits’ will drop at Aussie retail on Friday December 07.
CD 1
1 DAVID GUETTA FEAT. SIA – TITANIUM
2 KATY PERRY – FIREWORK
3 FLO RIDA – GOOD FEELING
4 DIZZEE RASCAL & ARMAND VAN HELDEN – BONKERS
5 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA VS. TINIE TEMPAH – MIAMI 2 IBIZA
6 N.E.R.D. – SHE WANTS TO MOVE
7 THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS – GALVANIZE
8 MISSY ELLIOTT – 4 MY PEOPLE (BASEMENT JAXX REMIX)
9 GORILLAZ – FEEL GOOD INC.
10 CHIDDY BANG – OPPOSITE OF ADULTS
11 360 FEAT. GOSSLING – BOYS LIKE YOU
12 GNARLS BARKLEY – CRAZY
13 B.O.B FEAT. HAYLEY WILLIAMS – AIRPLANES
14 SEAN PAUL – GET BUSY
15 RICKI-LEE – DO IT LIKE THAT
16 JAMELIA – SUPERSTAR
17 BENNY BENASSI FEAT. GARY GO – CINEMA
18 SNEAKY SOUND SYSTEM – I LOVE IT
19 GOLDFRAPP – OOH LA LA
20 ADRIAN LUX – TEENAGE CRIME
21 LILY ALLEN – THE FEAR
22 JASON DERULO – WHATCHA SAY
23 EMPIRE OF THE SUN – WALKING ON A DREAM
CD 2
1 BRUNO MARS – JUST THE WAY YOU ARE
2 ROBBIE WILLIAMS – FEEL
3 PROFESSOR GREEN FEAT. EMELI SANDE – READ ALL ABOUT IT
4 CHRISTINA PERRI – JAR OF HEARTS
5 ANGUS & JULIA STONE – BIG JET PLANE
6 JASON MRAZ – I’M YOURS
7 GABRIELLA CILMI – SWEET ABOUT ME
8 MICHAEL BUBLE – HAVEN’T MET YOU YET
9 KT TUNSTALL – SUDDENLY I SEE
10 CEE LO GREEN – FORGET YOU
11 ESKIMO JOE – BLACK FINGERNAILS, RED WINE
12 YOUTH GROUP – FOREVER YOUNG
13 EVERMORE – LIGHT SURROUNDING YOU
14 BIRDS OF TOKYO – PLANS
15 JET – SEVENTEEN
16 THE VERONICAS – 4EVER
17 THE LAST GOODNIGHT – PICTURES OF YOU
18 SIMPLE PLAN – PERFECT
19 NICKELBACK – SOMEDAY
20 MOBY – WE ARE ALL MADE OF STARS
21 STARSAILOR – FOUR TO THE FLOOR (THIN WHITE DUKE MIX)