NOW Yearbook Extra 1997 – a must-have 60-track 3CD collection out July 3rd, continuing our celebration of an incredible year in pop!

CD1 kicks off with huge hits from George Michael with Star People 97, and Pet Shop Boys A Red Letter Day. Sheryl Crows Bond theme Tomorrow Never Dies is up next ahead of Rosie Gaines club classic Closer Than Close. LL COOL Js slick Phenomenon leads into a golden run of ’90s pop – Spice Girls with their #1 Comic Relief single Who Do You Think You Are, Hansons Wheres The Love and 911s Party People… Friday Night. The disc continues with the Backstreet Boys global smash As Long As You Love Me (#3 UK), and Boyzones Isnt It A Wonder. Unforgettable tracks from Kavana, Louise, Dannii Minogue, Eternal and Lighthouse Family feature ahead of a trio of reggae-pop hits from Simply Red, UB40, and Shaggy & Marshas version of Piece Of My Heart which closes the disc.

CD2 begins with Radioheads timeless Karma Police, from their #1 album OK Computer, setting the tone for a diverse journey through late 90s alt/indie pop. Electronic follow with Second Nature, before more top tracks from Suede, Robbie Williams and Ash. Supergrass keep the energy high with their top 10 smash Sun Hits The Sky before Paul Weller and The Lightning Seeds. Republicas Drop Dead Gorgeous is a great indie-pop gem, as are No Cheap Thrill from Suzanne Vega and Alishas Attics Indestructible. Reverence from the hugely successful album of the same name from Faithless leads into the experimental electronic sounds of Orbitals Satan and Apollo 440 with Aint TalkinBout Dub. Three of the eras newer rock artists complete the disc: Reef with Come Back Brighter and Faith No More with Ashes To Ashes, before Terrorvision wraps up with the anthemic Easy.

CD3 opens with Whitney Houstons I Believe In You And Me before Toni Braxtons fourth UK top 10 single, the irresistibly smooth I Dont Want To, ahead of Jon Bon Jovis solo hit Midnight In Chelsea. A stellar a run of 1997 pop is up next featuring ABCs Stranger Things, Mark Owens Clemetine the Take That stars second top 5 solo single – Sean Maguires infectious Todays The Day, Cathy Denis superb version of Waterloo Sunset and a second appearance from the Spice Girls with Mama. UK R&B follows from Damage with their top 10 Love Guaranteed and Shola Amas Youre The One I Love plus massive US R&B stars En Vogue with the funky top 20 Whatever and the ballad Dont Leave Me by Blackstreet. Latin-flavoured pop from Gina G with Ti Amo and No Mercy with Please Dont Go lead into a final run of 97s pop hits including North & Souths smash Im A Man Not A Boy, and ballads from OTT (Let Me In), Backstreet Boys (Anywhere For You) and Boyzone (Baby Can I Hold You) before we close this disc and the collection, with a big hit cover of Yesterday by Wet Wet Wet, the single released ahead of the groups #2 album: 10.

NOW Yearbook Extra 1997 60 tracks celebrating the depth, style and sound of a truly iconic year for Pop out August 8th.