Now That's What I Call Music! 17

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 2, 2004)
• Original Release Date: 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Now Hits Collections
• ASIN: B00063F8CQ
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (86 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,887 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Let's Get It Started - Black Eyed Peas

2. Lean Back - Terror Squad

3. Goodies - Ciara

4. I Like That - Houston

5. Ch-Check it Out - Beastie Boys

6. My Place - Nelly

7. Sunshine - Lil Flip

8. You & Me - J-Kwon

9. Why? - Jadakiss

10. Locked Up - Akon

11. Baby It's You - JoJo

12. Angels - Jessica Simpson

13. One Thing - Finger Eleven

14. Dare You To Move - Switchfoot

15. Cold - Crossfade

16. Pieces Of Me - Ashlee Simpson

17. Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand

18. 1985 - Bowling For Soup

19. Here For The Party - Gretchen Wilson

20. Days Go By - Keith Urban

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as bad as people say, but still not 5 stars, November 17, 2004

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Mr. Stanley M. Schmidt "boymitch" (Rockford, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Now That's What I Call Music! 17 (Audio CD)

Whether you like it or not, THIS is what we are listening too and buying. Half of this album is rap/hip-hop, two country, and the rest is a mix of pop, alternative and "today's rock". Here's my take on the playlist:

1. Let's Get It Started: 5/5. I don't know why I like this, but it's HOT. I'm really sad it didn't do better on the Hot 100, peaking in the Top 20 and falling. It's got a catchy beat and lyrics. You can really tell the Peas had fun with this record.

2. Lean Back: 5/5. I bought the CD mainly for this song. I'm not a rapper or R&B fanatic, but I love this song. The drubbing bass line hooked me!

3. Goodies: 3/5. An overplayed and simple song. The lyrics are 3rd grade, but I do like the appearance of Petey Pablo.

4. I Like That: 4/5. A great hip-hop song. It has a great hook, bass line and makes you want to move.

5. Ch-Check It Out: 2/5. Why can't the Beastie Boys just give it up? They were good about 20 years ago.

6. My Place: 4/5. A mellow R&B knockout. So close to 5 stars.

7. Sunshine: 3/5. Another song like Goodies. Too simple and way overplayed.

8. You & Me: 1/5. I loved J-Kwon's Tipsy, but this one is dismal.

9. Why?: 1/5. I didn't like this at all. This sounds like they recorded a session of Romper Room and put music to it.

10. Locked Up: 3/5. Still trying to figure this one out. I didn't love it, but I didn't hate it.

11. Baby It's You: 4/5. A nice follow up for JoJo. It's catchy, but the lyrics are only fair.

12. Angels: 1/5. Jessica assassinates this Robbie William's classic. If you want to hear what a '65 Chevy with a bad wheel bearing sounds like, listen to this song.

13. One Thing: 4/5. A nice slice of alternative music. Good lyrics and song structure. Nice melody too!

14. Dare You To Move: 4/5. Nice follow up to Meant To Live. This band has great potential.

15. Cold: 4/5. I liked this song! It's a heavy metal/alternative hit that has a place here.

16. Pieces of Me: 4/5. Ashlee's first hit. A bit old for this group, but none the less, a good song.

17. Take Me Out: 5/5. Could be the surprise sleeper on the CD. I LOVED it when I first heard it. It reminded me of days gone by :)

18. 1985: 5/5. I was born in 1970, so this song has a special meaning to me. Springsteen and Madonna were on the radio when I was a kid!!

19. Here For The Party: 3/5. Not a big country fan, but this song isn't terrible. It doesn't have the catch Redneck Woman did, but should do well.

20. Days Go By: 3/5. Take it or leave it.

Hope this was helpful to you! Eventhough this isn't a blockbuster release, it saved me a bunch of money by not having to buy individual CDs from every artist!

16 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This CD Explains the Problem With Commercial Music, December 14, 2004

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E.G. Hardsworth (The Dock of the Bay) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Now That's What I Call Music! 17 (Audio CD)

I bought a NOW CD about 4 years ago. That was the last one I bought. It was fairly good, too. Since then, I have began a renaissance in my musical tastes and no longer favor repetitive music without much diversity. One of the few songs I would actually enjoy on this CD are Franz Ferdinand's "Take Me Out." It's unusual, but definetly a song one can recognize ten years from now. Not many are going to remember Nelly, from Chingy to JZ. There was a time rap music was cool for me, but that was almost 10 years ago, since then only a few songs a year attract me, but after that I can't hear the difference between one rap song from another. It unfortunatly has become too mainstream and copy-cat.

I will also note Blacked Eyed Peas being a stand out on the CD. Clearly, the others would be considered filler for most other CD's. Kids ages 12-18 may think this is the best now, but just wait ten years from now (or maybe even 1 year!) and they'll hardly remember some of these artists.

Thank goodness I grew up in the mid to late 80's so I could be exposed to music that still was diverse in it's ways. Back in the early 90's I detested 80's music, now I can't seem to love it more. For me, 50's, 60's & 70's was my classic music, the "golden oldies". Today, 80's is classic to kids growing up. Thank goodness kids today can appreciate at least part of the cleverness the 80's music had to offer.

Well, anyway, kids.. I'm only 22, but boy, music has changed soooo much even since I've grown up. Please, don't buy this CD. This is stuff you can listen to on the radio over and over again. Please ask mom and pop what kind of music they listened to. Who knows, you may like it!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Don't Dislike Me [...], January 21, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Now That's What I Call Music! 17 (Audio CD)

1. Black Eyed Peas:Let's Get it Started- Like it, don't love it, it's sort of overplayed. 4/5
2.Terror Squad feat. Fat Joe & Remy: Lean Back- I'm not a big fan of rap but I like when they say "Lean Back"2/5
3.Ciara feat. Petey Pablo:Goodies- I only like when Ciara sings 3/5
4. Houston feat. Chingy, Nate Dogg and 1-20:I Like That- I dunno why I like this song!?
5.Beastie Boys: Ch-Check It Out-I HATE this song!! 0/5
6. Nelly feat. Jaheim: My Place- CHEESY!!! 2/5
7. Lil' Flip Feat. Lea: My Place- Same as My Place
8. J-KWON: You&Me- Dumb 2/5
9.Jadakiss Feat. Anthony Hamilton:Why- Aaarrrrggggg!! So many ?'s 1/5
10.Akon feat. Styles P: Locked Up-OK 2/5
11. JoJo: Baby it's You- Average, I still like Leave(Get Out) better 2/5
12. Jessica Simpson: Angels-Could she get any more ditzier?? I hate when she screams!! 1/5
13. Finger Eleven:One Thing- Like it 3/5
14. Switchfoot: Dare You To Move- Good 3/5
15. Crossfade:Cold- It Grows on You
16. Ashlee Simpson:Pieces of Me- WAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY OVERPLAYED!! 1/5
17. Franz Ferdinand: Take Me Out- GOD, I LOVE THIS SONG 5/5!!!!
18. Bowling for Soup: 1985-Love the lyrics 5/5!!!!
19. Gretchen Wilson: Here for the Party-Gretchen was there for the party but no one else was!!! [...] 0/5
20. Keith Urban: Days Go By- Well Duh Days go by, are you a friggin' retard??? Opps,you are!!!!! [...]FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 0/5

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