Track Listing

1. It's Gonne Be Me - 'N Sync
2. Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche) - 98 Degrees
3. Jumpin' Jumpin' - Destiny's Child
4. Don't Think I'm Not - Kandi
5. I Think I'm In Love With You - Jessica Simpson
6. Faded - SoulDecision
7. Shake It Fast - Mystikal
8. Case of the Ex - Mya
9. Aaron's party (Come Get It) - Aaron Carter
10. Lucky - Britney Spears
11. Show Me The Meaning of Being Lonely - Backstreet Boys
12. Incomplete - Sisqo
13. I Wanna Be With You - Mandy Moore
14. Doesn't Really Matter - Janet
15. Back Here - BBMak
16. Absolutely (Story of a Girl) - Nine Days
17. Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down
18. Wonderful - Everclear
19. It's My Life - Bon Jovi

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15733 in Music
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 2000-11-14
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Amazon.com
The U.S. version of the Now That's What I Call Music series is often pegged as strictly kid stuff. There's no denying that many or most of the singles collected on volume 5 are beloved teen and preteen faves; even with a title cleanup, though, Mystikal's James Brown tribute "Shake It Fast" provides plenty of grownup kicks. As do Destiny's Child, Mya, and Kandi, whose delicious pop-R&B tracks trump the over-30 rock of Everclear's "Wonderful" and Bon Jovi's "It's My Life" for sheer radio wisdom. At the same time, the CD's reliance on cuts stamped from a small handful of templates suggests that a new mainstream revolution is just about due. Till then, the likes of "Don't Think I'm Not" and "Jumpin' Jumpin'" will do just fine. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews

NOW go buy it!
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.

Guilty pleasure

Most of these songs are (or were) WAY overplayed on the radio and having them on CD to listen to whenever I want is sort of a guilty pleasure, especially the tracks by Aaron Carter, NSYNC and Britney Spears. I hope that no one that I work with ever finds out I own this CD - I would be lashed 1000 times with a wet noodle.

My favorite songs are "It's My Life" by Bon Jovi, "Incomplete" by Sisqo, "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" by Nine Days, "Jumpin' Jumpin'" by Destiny's Child and "Kryptonite" by 3 Doors Down.

I do not like Jessica Simpson's blantant sampling rip-off and sugar coating of John Mellancamp's "Jack and Diane" and calling it "I Think I'm In Love With You". GAG!

This is a great collection for anyone with eclectic music styles like I have, it runs the gamut from bubblegum (Britney) to alternative (Nine Days) to R&B (Mya). The only question I have is where is the Christina Aguilera?

I WOULD have loved it-three months ago!
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!