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Genre: Rock
Release Date: 07/27/1999
Run Time: 72:40

Yes, the title of the Now That's What I Call Music series is corny, but the compilations are undeniably entertaining and even useful. For instance, Now, Vol. 2 contains 18 tracks, almost all of them hits from 1998 and 1999 (Sublime's 1996 hit "What I Got" being the major exception to the rule). The only thing tying these songs together is that they shared space on the charts and airwaves, but that's enough -- it's a terrific time capsule, at the very least, capturing what American pop radio sounded like in the late '90s. Besides, there are some great singles here -- Britney Spears' "Baby One More Time...," the New Radicals' "You Get What You Give," U2's "The Sweetest Thing," Sheryl Crow's "My Favorite Mistake," Fatboy Slim's "Praise You," Garbage's "I Think I'm Paranoid," Spice Girls' "Goodbye," Everclear's "Father of Mine," Jay Z's "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)," Baz Luhrmann's "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)," and Robbie Williams' "Millennium." If you're keeping track, you'll notice that the above songs take up over half of the record, and that makes the disc a real bargain. The remaining songs might not be as good, but they are decent, representative tunes from 1999 and help make Now That's What I Call Music, Vol. 2 an entertaining snapshot of a fleeting era in pop music history.

~Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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U2 - Performer
The 45 King & Louie - Producer
Cake - Performer
Sheryl Crow - Performer
R. Kelly - Producer
R. Kelly - Performer
Timmy Allen - Producer
Brian Eno - Producer
Daniel Lanois - Producer
Steve Lillywhite - Producer
Matt Rowe - Producer
Richard Stannard - Producer
The 45 King - Producer
Everclear - Performer
Garbage - Producer
Garbage - Performer
Sublime - Performer
Semisonic - Performer
Jay-Z - Performer
Backstreet Boys - Performer
Spice Girls - Performer
Fatboy Slim - Producer
Fatboy Slim - Performer
Robbie Williams - Performer
98° - Performer
Max Martin - Producer
Baz Luhrmann - Performer
Britney Spears - Performer
The New Radicals - Performer
Lee Perry - Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
Mark Martin - Producer
Steve Hall - Mastering
Rami - Producer
Quindon Tarver - Performer

*NSYNC
    *NSYNC / CD / 1998
MTV Party to Go
    Various Artists / CD / 1999
Teen Riot
    Various Artists / CD / 2000
Platinum Hits 2000
    Various Artists / CD / 2000
So Tight
    Vi3 / CD / 2002

Release Date: 07/27/1999
Genre: rock
Run Time: 72:40