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AdvertDetailsReleased: 21st July 2017

Origin: United Kingdom

Label: Sony Music Entertainment / Universal

Format: Double CD, Digital Download

Duration: 2:37:51 (157 minutes 51 seconds)

Tracks: 45

#1’s: 6

Chart Peak: #1 (14 weeks)

Sales: TBC (2x Platinum)

Tracklisting1. Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber – Despacito (Remix) 3:51 {1}

2. DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper & Lil Wayne – I'm The One 4:49 {1}

3. Calvin Harris fear. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean – Feels 3:44 {1}

4. Jonas Blue feat. William Singe – Mama 3:03 {4}

5. Clean Bandit feat. Zara Larsson – Symphony 3:33 {1}

6. Little Mix feat. Stormzy – Power 4:03 {6}

7. Liam Payne feat. Quavo – Strip That Down 3:24 {3}

8. The Chainsmokers & Coldplay – Something Just Like This 4:07 {2}

9. David Guetta feat. Justin Bieber – 2U 3:14 {5}

10. Harry Styles – Sign Of The Times 4:08 {1}

11. Shawn Mendes – There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back 3:20 {4}

12. Rita Ora – Your Song 3:02 {7}

13. Olly Murs and Louisa Johnson – Unpredictable 3:20 {32}

14. Bruno Mars – That's What I Like 3:26 {12}

15. Jason Derulo feat. Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign – Swalla 3:37 {6}

16. Katy Perry feat. Migos – Bon Appétit 3:48 {37}

17. Nick Jonas feat. Anne-Marie & Mike Posner – Remember I Told You 3:22 {DNC}

18. Lady Gaga – The Cure 3:30 {19}

19. Camila Cabello – Crying In The Club 3:37 {12}

20. Niall Horan – Slow Hands 3:09 {7}

21. Miley Cyrus – Malibu 3:52 {11}

22. Ariana Grande – One Last Time 3:18 {2}

23. French Montana feat. Swae Lee – Unforgettable 3:55 {3}

24. Sigala & Ella Eyre – Came Here For Love 3:23 {6}

25. Maggie Lindemann – Pretty Girl (Cheat Codes X CADE Remix) 3:14 {9}

26. The Weeknd – Rockin' 3:54 {26}

27. Little Mix feat. Machine Gun Kelly – No More Sad Songs 3:44 {15}

28. Jax Jones feat. Demi Lovato & Stefflon Don – Instruction 2:47 {13}

29. Cheat Codes feat. Demi Lovato – No Promises 3:44 {18}

30. Disciples – On My Mind 3:07 {15}

31. J Hus – Did You See 3:03 {9}

32. Kendrick Lamar – HUMBLE. 2:58 {6}

33. Future – Mask Off 3:25 {22}

34. Kygo & Ellie Goulding – First Time 3:14 {34}

35. Martin Garrix & Troye Sivan – There For You 3:41 {40}

36. Rudimental feat. James Arthur – Sun Comes Up 3:53 {6}

37. Hailee Steinfeld – Most Girls 3:25 {34}

38. Selena Gomez – Bad Liar 3:34 {23}

39. NEIKED feat. MIMI – Call Me 3:03 {55}

40. RAYE – The Line 3:20 {65}

41. Fifth Harmony feat. Gucci Mane – Down 2:45 {47}

42. HAIM – Want You Back 3:34 {56}

43. JP Cooper – Passport Home 3:01 {DNC}

44. Take That – Giants 3:55 {13}

45. Artists For Grenfell – Bridge Over Troubled Water 3:55 {1}

 

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: Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber – Despacito (Remix) (11 Weeks)

Lowest Charting Track: Nick Jonas feat. Anne-Marie & Mike Posner – Remember I Told You / JP Cooper – Passport Home {DNC}

Longest Song: DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper & Lil Wayne – I'm The One 4:49

Shortest Song: Fifth Harmony feat. Gucci Mane – Down 2:45

Edited Tracks: Unknown

Unedited Tracks: Unknown

Inlay Mistakes: None

Other Facts: None

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Andrew's ReviewNow That’s What I Call Music! 97 or Now 97 was released in the Summer of 2017 and featured 45 tracks with 6 UK #1 singles. It contained hits from early 2017 and songs to mark the start of the Summer. It became the first volume in the series to feature music from Luis Fonsi, DJ Khaled, Liam Payne (as a solo artist), Harry Styles (as a solo artist), Camila Cabello (as a solo artist), J Hus, RAYE (as a lead artist) and HAIM (as a lead artist).

 

Due to Ed Sheeran being included on the previous volume, Now 96, it was a big omission to still not see Shape Of You get included despite its mammoth success. Drake was also overlooked along with omissions from Charlie Puth, Captain SKA, Imagine Dragons, Major Lazer, ZAYN and others.

 

So far this is the only volume in the series to feature Luis Fonsi, French Montana (as a lead artist), Maggie Lindemann, Kendrick Lamar and Future.

 

Artwork Rating: 7/10 Very Good

The setting of an island is always a good idea for a Summer themed volume, and the sunny palm trees, coupled with overhead planes and water boats made it the perfect holiday themed cover. It lacks something of a unique quality though, but it is still a very good design and very vibrant.

 

Disc 1 Favourite: Clean Bandit feat. Zara Larsson – Symphony

Probably the best song from Clean Bandit’s back catalogue, it was the last really good song released from them and went on to become Zara Larsson’s biggest hut to date.

 

Disc 2 Favourite: Sigala & Ella Eyre – Came Here For Love

Most of the second disc in this volume hasn’t aged too well in time, and there’s not a lot I choose to come back to these days, but I’ve chosen another solid hit from Sigala to be the standout from this disc.

 

Disc 3 Tracklist:

(A concept of what a third disc might look like if other hits from the era were used)

 

1. Ed Sheeran – Shape Of You 3:53 {1}

2. Drake – Passionfruit 4:58 {3}

3. Major Lazer, Travis Scott & Camila Cabello feat. Quavo – Know No Better 3:45 {15}

4. Calvin Harris feat. Young Thug, Pharrell Williams & Ariana Grande – Heatstroke 3:49 {25}

5. KYLE feat. Lil Yachty – iSpy 3:47 {33}

6. Childish Gambino – Redbone 5:26 {51}

7. Lana Del Rey feat. The Weeknd – Lust For Life 4:24 {38}

8. Kesha – Praying 3:50 {30}

9. Imagine Dragons – Thunder 3:07 {20}

10. Paramore – Hard Times 3:02 {34}

11. Stargate feat. P!nk & Sia – Waterfall 3:20 {47}

12. Fall Out Boy – Young And Menace 3:43 {67}

13. George Ezra – Don’t Matter Now 2:56 {66}

14. Charlie Puth – Attention 3:28 {9}

15. 5 After Midnight – Up In Here 3:21 {51}

16. The Vamps feat. Martin Jensen – Middle Of The Night 2:54 {44}

17. John Gibbons – P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) 3:15 {48}

18. INDIIA feat. Whitney Phillips – Out Of Love 3:26 {60}

19. Wizkid feat. Drake – Come Closer 3:31 {58}

20. Kid Ink feat. Ty Dolla $ign – F With U 2:59 {52}

21. Zayn feat. PARTYNEXTDOOR – Still Got Time 3:08 {24}

22. G-Eazy & Kehlani – Good Life 3:45 {53}

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Total time: 1:19:47

 

Overall Rating: 5/10 Poor

Perhaps I’m being too critical given what was available to choose from during this time period, but definitely having the most talked about song of the moment by Ed Sheeran excluded for a second time (following its eligibility for Now 96) meant that this volume just lacked that spark, and there aren’t too many fond memories of this era for me, however, it is a better score given than the last volume.

 

Andrew's Best 5 (as of March 2022)

1. Clean Bandit feat. Zara Larsson – Symphony

2. Sigala & Ella Eyre – Came Here For Love

3. Cheat Codes feat. Demi Lovato – No Promises

4. The Chainsmokers & Coldplay – Something Just Like This

5. Calvin Harris fear. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean – Feels

 

Andrew's Worst 5 (as of March 2022)

1. Artists For Grenfell – Bridge Over Troubled Water

2. J Hus – Did You See

3. Fifth Harmony feat. Gucci Mane – Down

4. Nick Jonas feat. Anne-Marie & Mike Posner – Remember I Told You

5. NEIKED feat. MIMI – Call Me

Other OmissionsCaptain SKA – Liar Liar {4}

Drake – Signs {14}

Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger {25}

Liv’n’g – Smile For Bradley {28}

The Black Eyed Peas – Where Is The Love? {42}

Calvin Harris feat. Future & Khalid – Rollin’ {43}

Samantha Harvey – Forgive Forget {48}

DJ Khaled feat. Drake – To The Max {49}

Andra Day – Rise Up {61}

Beyoncé – Die With You {62}

Kasabian – You’re In Love With A Psycho {62}

Foo Fighters – Run {64}

James Arthur – Can I Be Him? {69}

Bryson Teller – Run Me Dry {70}

Jay-Z – 4:44 {73}

My Top 5:-

 

1. The Chainsmokers feat. Coldplay - Something Just Like This

2. Disciples - On My Mind

3. Calvin Harris feat. Pharrell and Katy Perry - Feels

4. Rudimental feat. James Arthur - Sun Comes Up

5. Clean Bandit feat. Zara Larrson - Symphony

Not a great album in my opinion. Disappointing after a string of fantastic summer editions. Disc 1 far ahead of Disc 2. Disc 2 is only good as far as track 8, then the rest is filler.

 

My top 7:

Symphony

Something Just Like This

On My Mind

Instruction

No Promises

Feels

Power

My top 5 are:

1. DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper & Lil Wayne – I'm The One

2. Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber – Despacito (Remix)

3. The Chainsmokers & Coldplay - Something Just Like This

4. Little Mix feat. Stormzy - Power

5. Kendrick Lamar - HUMBLE.

Artwork: 8/10

Fav Disc 1: Malibu (Miley Cyrus)

Fav Disc 2: Rockin’ (The Weeknd)

Rating: 6/10

 

2017 wasn’t the best year.

Artwork: 7/10

Disc 1: Clean Bandit feat. Zara Larsson - Symphony

Disc 2: Little Mix feat. Machine Gun Kelly - No More Sad Songs

Rating: 7/10