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AdvertDetailsReleased: 14th July 1997

Origin: United Kingdom

Label: Virgin / EMI / Polygram

Format: Double CD & Double Cassette

Duration: 2:38:14 (158 minutes 14 seconds)

Tracks: 41

#1’s: 4

Chart Peak: #1 (4 weeks)

Sales: 590,000 (2x Platinum)

Tracklisting1. Hanson – MMMBop 3:59 {1}

2. Eternal feat. Bebe Winans – I Wanna Be The Only One 3:31 {1}

3. The Cardigans – Lovefool 3:14 {2}

4. No Doubt – Just A Girl 3:29 {3}

5. Sash! feat. Rodriguez – Ecuador 3:33 {2}

6. No Mercy – Where Do You Go 4:18 {2}

7. Spice Girls – Who Do You Think You Are 3:44 {1}

8. Ultra Naté – Free 3:51 {4}

9. Rosie Gaines – Closer Than Close 3:43 {4}

10. George Michael – Star People (Forthright Edit) 4:22 {2}

11. En Vogue – Don't Let Go (Love) 4:02 {5}

12. Shola Ama – You Might Need Somebody 3:48 {4}

13. Coolio feat. 40 Thevz – C U When U Get There 3:41 {3}

14. Warren G feat. Ron Isley – Smokin' Me Out 3:06 {14}

15. R. Kelly – I Believe I Can Fly 3:15 {1}

16. Damage – Wonderful Tonight 4:04 {3}

17. 911 – The Journey 4:36 {3}

18. Boyzone – Isn't It A Wonder 3:45 {2}

19. Backstreet Boys – Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) 3:42 {2}

20. N-Tyce – Hey DJ! (Play That Song) 3:14 {20}

21. Foxy Brown feat. Jay-Z – I'll Be 2:29 {9}

22. Wet Wet Wet – If I Never See You Again 3:49 {3}

23. U2 – Staring At The Sun 4:37 {3}

24. The Verve – Bittersweet Symphony 4:35 {2}

25. The Seahorses – Love Is The Law 3:40 {3}

26. Ocean Colour Scene – 100 Mile High City 3:04 {4}

27. Robbie Williams – Old Before I Die 3:51 {2}

28. Cast – Guiding Star 3:57 {9}

29. Paul McCartney – Young Boy 3:54 {19}

30. Sheryl Crow – A Change Would Do You Good 3:50 {8}

31. Radiohead – Paranoid Android 6:23 {3}

32. Texas – Halo 4:04 {10}

33. Supergrass – Sun Hits The Sky 3:40 {10}

34. James – Waltzing Along 3:33 {23}

35. Blur – On Your Own 4:22 {5}

36. Fun Lovin' Criminals – Scooby Snacks 3:02 {12}

37. Orbital – The Saint 4:33 {3}

38. Brainbug – Nightmare 3:26 {11}

39. The Course – Ain't Nobody 3:27 {8}

40. Todd Terry feat. Martha Wash and Jocelyn Brown – Something Goin' On 3:34 {5}

41. Diddy – Give Me Love 3:27 {23}

 

Key

Tracks highlighted red were official UK #1’s.

Tracks with an asterisk (*) next to their title have also been included in special releases from the series.

The track duration has been highlighted cyan.

Bracketed numbers refer to highest chart position reached.

Miscellaneous FactsTrack Most Weeks At #1: Spice Girls – Who Do You Think You Are / R. Kelly – I Believe I Can Fly / Hanson – MMMBop (3 weeks)

Lowest Charting Track: James – Waltzing Along / Diddy – Give Me Love {23}

Longest Song: Radiohead – Paranoid Android 6:23

Shortest Song: Foxy Brown feat. Jay-Z – I'll Be 2:29

Edited Tracks: Unknown

Unedited Tracks: Unknown

Inlay Mistakes: None

Other Facts: N/A

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Now 37 Rate

Edited April 23, 20178 yr by awardinary

Andrew's ReviewNow That's What I Call Music! 37 aka Now 37 tells the story of summer in 1997. Many of the artists selected to feature had made an appearance in the series previously, but it was the first time we heard from Hanson, The Cardigans, Ultra Nate, Shola Ama, Warren G, The Verve and Fun Lovin' Criminals. It was also the first appearance from Jay Z (later named Jay-Z), albeit as a featured artist.

 

Onto the omissions, and with 4 #1's making the cut out of a possible 8, it meant that we missed out on having Michael Jackson – Blood On The Dancefloor, Gary Barlow – Love Won't Wait, Olive – You're Not Alone and Puff Daddy & Faith Evans – I'll Be Missing You which was a tribute to the late Notorious B.I.G. Other noteworthy hits to be overlooked included the timeless classic Time To Say Goodbye performed by Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli, and a #2 hit that year. As well as the theme tune to one of the most iconic 90's TV shows F.R.I.E.N.D.S. was The Rembrants – I'll Be There For You, a Top 10 hit in May 1997. Also excluded (in place of other singles from the same artist) was the #2 Richard III by Supergrass. Also absent was the iconic 2 minute anthem by Blur – Song 2, a #2 hit in April 1997. One other to add to this list was the #3 pop song Bodyshakin' by 911.

 

As always there were some one hit wonders placed on this volume, and they were from No Mercy, Rosie Gaines, N-Tyce, Foxy Brown, The Seahorses, Brainbug, The Course and Diddy.

 

Artwork Rating: 7/10 Very Good

Quite like the colours used in this design. The gold and bronze working well together and reflections of the logo from every angle. Very shiny design.

 

Disc 1 Favourite: R. Kelly – I Believe I Can Fly

A childhood favourite I have to say. This song has never lost its appeal to me, and the soulful lyrics just work really well. Of course, it will never not remind me of the movie Space Jam each time I hear it. R. Kelly's greatest work.

 

Disc 2 Favourite: The Verve – Bittersweet Symphony

An iconic piece of music which received much attention both in its commercial use and sampled in other tracks later on. For me, this is very melodic and a song I often come back to for it's enjoyment.

 

Overall Rating: 7/10 Very Good

This is a very good volume for me. It was just before I began collecting the series but I had heard many of the songs at the time and the quality is there. I like that there is very much a broad selection of genres found within this volume too, but what often stands out from this year in music was the heavy use of indie and Brit-pop found in the charts. A couple of additions might have bumped up the overall rating.

 

Andrew's Best 5 (as of April 2017)

1. R. Kelly – I Believe I Can Fly

2. En Vogue – Don't Let Go (Love)

3. Ultra Nate – Free

4. Sash! feat. Rodriguez – Ecuador

5. The Verve – Bittersweet Symphony

 

Andrew's Worst 5 (as of April 2017)

1. Foxy Brown feat. Jay Z – I'll Be

2. Warren G feat. Ron Isley – Smokin' Me Out

3. James – Waltzing Along

4. Supergrass – Sun Hits The Sky

5. N-Tyce – Hey DJ! (Play That Song)

Edited April 19, 20178 yr by award♀nary

another one of my fave now albums, so many good tracks! voted Ocean Colour Scene & No Doubt. Also love Todd Terry, Eternal, Seahorses, Fun Lovin Criminals

Nothing stands out on disc 1 but voted for Ecuador.

Best songs on disc 2: Bittersweet Symphony,Paranoid Android and Nightmare.

A classic 90s Now (and probably my second favourite ever). Some great tunes, I voted Lovefool and Bittersweet Symphony.

I remember seeing a photo of this album appearing in an episode of Fun House [1997], when they were showing the prizes in the Fun House and one of them included CD tokens.

 

 

Favourites:

 

MmmBop (guilty pleasure)

I Wanna Be The Only One

Lovefool

Just A Girl

Ecuador

Free

Closer Than Close

Star People

Don't Let Go (Love)

I Believe I Can Fly

Hey DJ (Play That Song)

I'll Be

Staring At The Sun

Bittersweet Symphony

Love Is The Law

Hundred Mile High City

Old Before I Die

Guiding Star

Paranoid Android (My favourite Radiohead song)

Sun Hits The Sky

Waltzing Along

On Your Own

Scooby Snacks (Dat Pulp Fiction sample in the opening "Everybody stay cool, this is a robbery! Any of you f**king pricks move and I'll execute every motherf**kin' last one of ya!")

The Saint

Nightmare

Ain't Nobody

Something Going On

Give Me Love

 

Artwork:

Love it! Very glorious gold, saying look at me! Buy me! 8/10.

 

CD 1: A VERY strong disc. My fave has to be the brilliant Ultra Naté - Free, an essential 90s anthem that always perks me up! Shout outs to Rosie Gaines, Coolio & Ecuador too, all tracks I return to semi-regulary. Some big pop songs kicking off the album, Lovefool was the Rate winner. The big blot of this disc is I Believe I Can Fly :puke2: genuinely one of the worst songs ever! Or I should say, least fave.

 

CD 2: Not a patch on the first disc. Bittersweet Symphony the CLEAR best track here. Not a lot else to mention, Nightmare is an interesting & unique addition but overall a poor side.

 

Overall: Combining both discs I'll rank this as a 7/10.

Disc 1 faves (could easily pick more than five) :

 

1. En Vogue – Don't Let Go (Love)

2. N-Tyce – Hey DJ! (Play That Song)

3. No Mercy – Where Do You Go

4. Spice Girls – Who Do You Think You Are

5. George Michael – Star People (Forthright Edit)

 

 

Disc 2 faves (slim pickings as usual) :

 

1. Todd Terry feat. Martha Wash and Jocelyn Brown – Something Goin' On

 

 

Disc 1 faves:

1. En Vogue - Don't Let Go (Love)

2. R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly

3. Eternal feat. Bebe Winans - I Wanna Be the Only One

4. No Doubt - Just A Girl

5. Spice Girls - Who Do You Think You Are

6. Foxy Brown feat. Jay-Z - I'll Be

 

Disc 2 faves:

1. Diddy - Give Me Love (By default! Terrible disc 2, they used all the good ones on disc 1)