Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 by desh79

The year I turned 18, but alas, failed to come of age. I still haven't really grown up, come to think of it.

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• (Created: 01/02/2017 17:05).
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Final Fantasy VII Original Soundtrack 
Soundtrack

 植松 伸夫 [Nobuo Uematsu]

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FF7 (or, as I prefer to call it, the Citizen Kane of video games) is an old game by now, but to me, the - by contemporary standards - primitive graphics and glitchy MIDI sounds are what make up part of the game's charm. The soundtrack is one of the greatest works of the 20th century if you ask me, but that's probably just me. [First added to this chart: 05/17/2017]

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

28 charts

Rank Score:

241

Rank in 1997:

90

Rank in 1990s:

931

Overall Rank:

5,518

Average Rating:

 77 (41 votes)

Comments:

5

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OK Computer 

 Radiohead

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Now here's a work that is more universally acclaimed as one of the all-time greatest, and rightly so. So much has been written about its prophetic qualities, how it more or less foresaw the algorhythm-driven digital hellscape we all inhabit these days, and much more eloquently than I ever could hope to, that I will spare you any more pseudophilosophical ramblings thereof.

I will, however, add this: for a 17-year old who had spent the previous two years in Britpop narcolepsy, this was an utter revelation. Rock and electronic music can actually mix? Whaaaa? [First added to this chart: 05/17/2017]

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

4,336 charts

Rank Score:

76,659

Rank in 1997:

1

Rank in 1990s:

1

Overall Rank:

1

Average Rating:

 92 (5,498 votes)

Comments:

842

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Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space 

 Spiritualized

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Yes, the title track draws from Pachelbel's Canon in D Major, but so does basically every piece of music that's halfway good or decent. As someone who underwent his first major painful teenage separation when this came out, I salute this album, and then some. [First added to this chart: 05/17/2017]

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

738 charts

Rank Score:

7,190

Rank in 1997:

5

Rank in 1990s:

48

Overall Rank:

241

Average Rating:

 82 (931 votes)

Comments:

64

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Urban Hymns 

 The Verve

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Another side effect of the Oasis/Britpop hype was The Verve becoming, for a short while and in the UK at least, absolutely massive. Walking into a McDonald's in Cambridge, and hearing "Sonnet" playing on the loudspeakers, was the moment I realised that the kind of music I liked to listen to had finally crossed over into the mainstream proper, which was nice while it lasted. [First added to this chart: 05/17/2017]

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

805 charts

Rank Score:

6,007

Rank in 1997:

8

Rank in 1990s:

57

Overall Rank:

298

Average Rating:

 77 (1,080 votes)

Comments:

67

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F♯ A♯ ∞ (LP Version) 

 Godspeed You! Black Emperor

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An album I only discovered relatively late (roundabout 2004, the same time I first came upon the immortal Lift Your Skinny Fists), and I definitely regret that my 18-year old self didn't listen to this. [First added to this chart: 05/17/2017]

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

577 charts

Rank Score:

6,086

Rank in 1997:

7

Rank in 1990s:

55

Overall Rank:

295

Average Rating:

 84 (733 votes)

Comments:

47

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Radiator 

 Super Furry Animals

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Music that immediately sparks flashbacks to nightly Tomb Raider 2 and Resident Evil sessions, I salute you. [First added to this chart: 05/17/2017]

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

116 charts

Rank Score:

567

Rank in 1997:

43

Rank in 1990s:

486

Overall Rank:

2,731

Average Rating:

 77 (159 votes)

Comments:

3

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Princess Mononoke 
Soundtrack

 譲 久石 [Joe Hisaishi]

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Miyazaki-Hisaishi is as fine a director/composer pairing you're likely to encounter in all of cinema (and, yes, that includes Leone/Morricone and Hitchcock/Herrmann). Mononoke-Hime - at the time the biggest film EVER in Japan, lest we forget - is Miyazaki's magnum opus, and ultimately Hisaishi's as well. [First added to this chart: 05/17/2017]

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

159

Rank in 1997:

139

Rank in 1990s:

1,308

Overall Rank:

7,815

Average Rating:

 79 (32 votes)

Comments:

1

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Whiplash 

 James

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Not in the top 200 for the year? Not even close to the top 100? Oh man. This was one of the highlights of the Britpop era! Tomorrow, Waltzing Along and She's a Star (the latter a top ten hit, no less) are some of the best songs in James's repertoire. I wonder if the cover - which, diplomatically put, is a matter of taste - may have something to do with its low ranking. [First added to this chart: 01/12/2018]

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

81

Rank in 1997:

239

Rank in 1990s:

2,334

Overall Rank:

13,977

Average Rating:

 70 (29 votes)

Comments:

2

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Homogenic 

 Björk

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Firmly established Bjork as one of the definitive artists of the decade. And isn't the Michel Gondry-directed video to Bachelorette absolutely incredible? [First added to this chart: 05/17/2017]

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

1,080 charts

Rank Score:

13,787

Rank in 1997:

2

Rank in 1990s:

17

Overall Rank:

93

Average Rating:

 84 (1,352 votes)

Comments:

101

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The Fat Of The Land 

 The Prodigy

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Experience was their "Rave acts can make albums too!"-album. Jilted Generation was the "Rave acts can be political and sorta kinda make concept albums!"-album. This? It's the "Let's cross the Atlantic and MAKE LOADSAMONEY"-album. In a way it should have been the final Prodigy album, but alas. A genuinely good album in parts (Breathe, Mindfields, Narayan are superb tracks) but already hints that there won't be very much of interest coming in the future, as it unfortunately proved to be. [First added to this chart: 05/17/2017]

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

502 charts

Rank Score:

3,478

Rank in 1997:

13

Rank in 1990s:

93

Overall Rank:

521

Average Rating:

 77 (692 votes)

Comments:

30

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Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 composition

Artist	Albums	%
Primal Scream	2	2%
Suede	1	1%
Tindersticks	1	1%
The Seahorses	1	1%
The Prodigy	1	1%
Mansun	1	1%
Depeche Mode	1	1%
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Country	Albums	%
	45	45%
	28	28%
	7	7%
	5	5%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	2	2%
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