NOW - Yearbook 1997

Step back into one of the most exciting years in pop history – a time when boundary-pushing alternative anthems, flawless dancefloor fillers, global megastars and fresh faces all collided on the charts. NOW - Yearbook 1997 celebrates an unforgettable year of hits with 43 massive tracks across a 3-LP set pressed on gorgeous green vinyl.

LP1 kicks off in style, with the stunning jazz-drenched ballad from legend George Michael, ‘Older’, before Natalie Imbruglia's huge debut single ‘Torn’. The Cardigans had a #2 smash with ‘Lovefool’ and Hanson hit the US & UK #1 with ‘MMMBop’. ‘Barbie Girl’ from Aqua and the Spice Girls’ anthemic ‘Spice Up Your Life’ were both #1s, and Boyzone’s ‘Picture Of You’ was a huge hit and featured in the film ‘Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie’. Eurovision glory happened for the UK in 1997, and winners Katrina And The Waves with ‘Love Shine A Light’ close the first side…while over on the other, a second George Michael classic from his ‘Older’ album, the beautiful ‘You Have Been Loved’, opens ahead of another contemporary masterpiece ‘Secret Garden’ from Bruce Springsteen. Texas scored a UK top 5 with ‘Say What You Want’, and Sheryl Crow had a top 10 hit with ‘A Change Would Do You Good’. Paul McCartney’s ‘Young Boy’ is next before ‘Ready To Go’ which gave Republica a Top 20 chart debut, and closing the first LP, Robbie Williams’ ‘Old Before I Die’, which became his second smash as a solo artist.

LP2 kicks off with Radiohead’s defining ‘Paranoid Android’, ahead of Kula Shaker’s hit cover of ‘Hush’, and alt-pop from Embrace (‘All You Good Good People’), The Charlatans (‘North Country Boy’) and The Seahorses (‘Love Is The Law’) before the side closes with Oasis’s huge #1 ‘D’You Know What I Mean?’ – the lead single from their third album ‘Be Here Now’… Flip the LP over and discover some of 1997’s dancefloor gold – opening with the club juggernaut and #1 ‘Professional Widow’ from Tori Amos, remixed for single release by Armand Van Helden, along with Olive’s UK #1 ‘You’re Not Alone’ and the huge ’97 ‘Now Voyager’ remix of ‘You Got The Love’ from The Source feat. Candi Staton. En Vogue’s powerful ‘Don’t Let Go (Love)’ is up next, ahead of ‘I Wanna Be The Only One’, a #1 for Eternal feat. Bebe Winans. LP2 finishes with pure pop gems from 911 with ‘Bodyshakin’, Backstreet Boys with ‘Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)’ and Steps with their debut hit ‘5, 6, 7, 8’.

The final LP opens with Pet Shop Boys’ and their brilliant version of the musical classic ‘Somewhere’, ahead of the genre-blending #1 ‘Your Woman’ from White Town, and the atmospheric ‘Out Of My Mind’ from Duran Duran. Suede’s plaintive ‘Saturday Night’ leads into three of the years’ electronic dance music highlights: Orbital provided the theme to the remake of ‘The Saint’, Moby with his re-imagining of the classic film-series theme: ‘James Bond Theme (Moby’s Re-Version)’ and The Chemical Brothers with the massive ’Block Rockin’ Beats’ completing the side…Turn the LP over for the final side featuring the debut from All Saints with ‘I Know Where It’s At’, and fabulous dance-pop from Whitney Houston with ‘Step By Step’, and both Ultra Naté and Dannii Minogue enjoyed euphoric hits with ‘Free’ and ‘All I Wanna Do’. Pan-European smash ‘Encore Une Fois’ from Sash! is followed by Ricky Martin’s global success ‘María’… but the final word on the collection goes to Elton John. His superb ‘Something About The Way You Look Tonight’ was one half of the biggest selling single of – not only 1997 – but of all time and ends the collection on a perfect pop high.

NOW – Yearbook 1997: A celebration of the diversity and creativity in the charts of a truly magical year in pop.

3xLP - Green Coloured Vinyl

4xCD - Deluxe Booklet

4xCD

CD1:
1. George Michael - Older
2. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
3. Texas – Say What You Want
4. Hanson - MMMBop
5. Aqua - Barbie Girl
6. Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life
7. Boyzone - Picture Of You
8. Louise - Arms Around the World
9. 911 - Bodyshakin'
10. Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's Back)
11. Steps - 5, 6, 7, 8
12. Ricky Martin - María (Pablo Flores Spanglish Radio Edit)
13. Elton John - Something About The Way You Look Tonight
14. Eternal feat. Bebe Winans - I Wanna Be the Only One
15. All Saints – I Know Where It's At
16. En Vogue - Don't Let Go (Love)
17. Gabrielle - Walk On By
18. Duran Duran - Out Of My Mind
19. White Town - Your Woman
20. Pet Shop Boys – Somewhere

CD2:
1. George Michael - You Have Been Loved
2. Bruce Springsteen - Secret Garden
3. Paul McCartney - Young Boy
4. Sheryl Crow - A Change Would Do You Good
5. Meredith Brooks - Bitch
6. Robbie Williams - Old Before I Die
7. Paula Cole - Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?
8. The Brand New Heavies – You’ve Got A Friend
9. Jamiroquai - Alright
10. Tina Moore - Never Gonna Let You Go (Kelly G. Bump-N-Go Vocal Mix)
11. Whitney Houston - Step by Step
12. Lutricia McNeal - Ain't That Just The Way
13. Finley Quaye - Even After All
14. Ginuwine - When Doves Cry
15. LL COOL J - Ain't Nobody
16. Coolio feat. 40 Thevz – C U When U Get There
17. Mary J. Blige - Everything
18. Shola Ama - You Might Need Somebody
19. Damage - Wonderful Tonight

CD3:
1. Radiohead - Paranoid Android
2. Oasis – D'You Know What I Mean?
3. The Seahorses - Love Is The Law
4. The Charlatans - North Country Boy
5. Supergrass - Richard III
6. Ocean Colour Scene - Hundred Mile High City
7. Cast - Free Me
8. Kula Shaker - Hush
9. Embrace - All You Good Good People
10. Echo & The Bunnymen – Nothing Lasts Forever
11. James - She's A Star
12. The Cardigans - Lovefool
13. Republica - Ready to Go
14. The Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats
15. Moby - James Bond Theme (Moby’s Re-Version)
16. Orbital – The Saint
17. Smoke City - Underwater Love
18. The Lightning Seeds - You Showed Me
19. Suede – Saturday Night

CD4:
1. Tori Amos - Professional Widow (Armand Van Helden's Star Trunk Mix)
2. Lisa Stansfield vs. The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - People Hold On
3. Olive - You're Not Alone
4. The Source feat. Candi Staton - You Got The Love
5. Blue Boy - Remember Me
6. Ultra Nate - Free
7. Dannii Minogue - All I Wanna Do
8. Sash! - Encore Une Fois
9. Dario G – Sunchyme
10. Katrina And The Waves - Love Shine a Light
11. Céline Dion - The Reason
12. Backstreet Boys - Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)
13. Gary Barlow - Love Won't Wait
14. Gina G - Fresh
15. No Mercy - Where Do You Go
16. N-Trance feat. Rod Stewart - Da Ya Think I'm Sexy
17. Five - Slam Dunk (Da Funk)
18. East 17 – Hey Child
19. Wet Wet Wet - If I Never See You Again
20. Spice Girls - Too Much
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LP1 Side A:
1. George Michael - Older
2. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
3. The Cardigans - Lovefool
4. Hanson - MMMBop
5. Aqua - Barbie Girl
6. Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life
7. Boyzone - Picture Of You
8. Katrina And The Waves - Love Shine a Light

LP1 Side B:
1. George Michael - You Have Been Loved
2. Bruce Springsteen - Secret Garden
3. Texas – Say What You Want
4. Sheryl Crow - A Change Would Do You Good
5. Paul McCartney - Young Boy
6. Republica - Ready to Go
7. Robbie Williams - Old Before I Die

LP2 Side A:
1. Radiohead - Paranoid Android
2. Kula Shaker - Hush
3. Embrace - All You Good Good People
4. The Charlatans - North Country Boy
5. The Seahorses - Love Is The Law
6. Oasis – D'You Know What I Mean?

LP2 Side B:
1. Tori Amos - Professional Widow (Armand Van Helden's Star Trunk Mix)
2. Olive - You're Not Alone
3. The Source feat. Candi Staton - You Got The Love
4. En Vogue - Don't Let Go (Love)
5. Eternal feat. Bebe Winans - I Wanna Be the Only One
6. 911 - Bodyshakin'
7. Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's Back)
8. Steps - 5, 6, 7, 8

LP3 Side A:
1. Pet Shop Boys – Somewhere
2. White Town - Your Woman
3. Duran Duran - Out Of My Mind
4. Suede – Saturday Night
5. Orbital – The Saint
6. Moby - James Bond Theme (Moby’s Re-Version)
7. The Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats

LP3 Side B:
1. All Saints – I Know Where It's At
2. Whitney Houston - Step by Step
3. Ultra Nate - Free
4. Dannii Minogue - All I Wanna Do
5. Sash! - Encore Une Fois
6. Ricky Martin - María
7. Elton John - Something About The Way You Look Tonight