Since its inauguration in the early 1980s, the Now That's What I Call Music compilations have provided a constant barometer of the tastes of the British music-buying public. As such, Now 46 is no exception, with a great cross section of chart topping tracks. On the pop front, there are such luminaries as S-Club 7, Steps, Britney Spears, Kylie and Gabrielle to provide some great summery sounds. Meanwhile, on the rock front, Coldplay, Richard Ashcroft and The Bloodhound Gang are on hand to show the diversity of people's preferences. On the dance side of things, there's a good spread of the two contemporary passions on the club floor: trance and two-step. Trance is represented by Darude's "Sandstorm", along with York's revamping of Chris Rea's "On The Beach". On a two-step tip, there are essential cuts from MJ Cole, MC Neat & DJ Luck and the awesome stylings of The B15 Project on the superb "Girls Like Us". All in all, for a pop music fan, this is an essential purchase. --Helen Marquis
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Two very long and indescribably beautiful traditional Chinese/Taiwanese Buddhist chants. Singing augmented by refelective keyboards which heighten the restful nature of the music. A completely relaxing and fulfilling experience.
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Hipper students of 1980s pop might like to pretend that Joy Division and The Smiths had a monopoly on melancholia, but for the older, more suave miserabilist, nothing could match the stylised desolation of Roxy Music's last album. Avalon was recorded in the wake of the band's first number one hit--a version of John Lennon's "Jealous Guy"--and although that song isn't on here, its tortured shadow looms large over "While My Heart Is Still Beating", the title track, and the unlikely Balearic anthem "More Than This". If time has been kind to Bryan Ferry's crumpled Armani chic, it hasn't exactly been vicious to his back catalogue: Avalon sounds even more sumptuous now that the CD age has caught up with Rhett Davis' pristine production. --Peter Paphides
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