Top 84 Music Albums of 1997
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1997-LUAKA BOP
Produced By DAVID BYRNE, JOE GALDO & MORCHEEBA
1. Fuzzy Freaky
2. Miss America
3. A Soft Seduction
4. Dance On Vaseline
5. Gates Of Paradise
6. Amnesia
7. You Don’t Know Me
8. Daddy Go Down
9. Finite=Alright
10. Wicked Little Doll
11. Burnt By The Sun
12. The Civil Wars
13. Untitled
14. They Are In Love
When David Byrne walked away from Talking Heads in 1991, he embarked on a career of so-so world albums, weird soundtracks and collaborations with the hardly pop friendly Brian Eno. Those who have waited patiently for Byrne to return to his Talking Heads style of sound must not have gotten the memo: in the midst of all of the strange records he’s put out in the last 20 years, there was once a gem called Feelings. Released in 1997, Feelings is a stunning album: and more fun than anything he’s recorded solo in 20 years combined. Byrne uses more conventional instrumentation, more rock driven songs, some world beats and a string section to come up with what is easily his most accessible solo album.
Feelings is loaded with highlights. “Fuzzy Freaky” and “Miss America” are a potent 1-2 punch. “Dance On Vaseline” is Byrne doing Heads-like dance music. And oddities like “Daddy Go Down” and the string quartet driven “Burnt By The Sun” will surprisingly stay in your head. It took Byrne years to go down this road, and he hasn’t embraced this type of music since. But Feelings is a forgotten gem of an album. It’s Byrne doing what he actually does best: moving your feet, making you laugh a little, and making quirkiness an art form. [First added to this chart: 10/30/2012]
Produced By DAVID BYRNE, JOE GALDO & MORCHEEBA
1. Fuzzy Freaky
2. Miss America
3. A Soft Seduction
4. Dance On Vaseline
5. Gates Of Paradise
6. Amnesia
7. You Don’t Know Me
8. Daddy Go Down
9. Finite=Alright
10. Wicked Little Doll
11. Burnt By The Sun
12. The Civil Wars
13. Untitled
14. They Are In Love
When David Byrne walked away from Talking Heads in 1991, he embarked on a career of so-so world albums, weird soundtracks and collaborations with the hardly pop friendly Brian Eno. Those who have waited patiently for Byrne to return to his Talking Heads style of sound must not have gotten the memo: in the midst of all of the strange records he’s put out in the last 20 years, there was once a gem called Feelings. Released in 1997, Feelings is a stunning album: and more fun than anything he’s recorded solo in 20 years combined. Byrne uses more conventional instrumentation, more rock driven songs, some world beats and a string section to come up with what is easily his most accessible solo album.
Feelings is loaded with highlights. “Fuzzy Freaky” and “Miss America” are a potent 1-2 punch. “Dance On Vaseline” is Byrne doing Heads-like dance music. And oddities like “Daddy Go Down” and the string quartet driven “Burnt By The Sun” will surprisingly stay in your head. It took Byrne years to go down this road, and he hasn’t embraced this type of music since. But Feelings is a forgotten gem of an album. It’s Byrne doing what he actually does best: moving your feet, making you laugh a little, and making quirkiness an art form. [First added to this chart: 10/30/2012]
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1997 – REPRISE
Produced By LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM & ELLIOT SCHEINER
1. The Chain
2. Dreams
3. Everywhere
4. Rhiannon
5. I’m So Afraid
6. Temporary One
7. Bleed To Love Her
8. Big Love
9. Landslide
10. Say You Love Me
11. My Little Demon
12. Silver Springs
13. You Make Loving Fun
14. Sweet Girl
15. Go Your Own Way
16.Tusk
17. Don’t Stop
The classic (most successful) lineup of Fleetwood Mac had not released an album since 1987’s Tango In The Night, when they got together for a live MTV special called The Dance. The album is important, as it marked the last album to feature both McVie’s, Mick Fleetwood, Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. This was the last full album with the band for Christine McVie, who left a year later. She did return, but there were no more albums. She died in 2022. The Dance is mostly a greatest hits live set, which was to be expected…but there are some nice surprises and a few new songs from the solo work of McVie, Nicks and Buckingham. It also includes the lesser known “I’m So Afraid”, and the best outtake ever, Nicks’ “Silver Springs” from Rumours.
The Dance has become the most important live document from this lineup. It was recorded in just one night (with some overdubs), and there is a companion DVD to go along with it. The band is really on for this, and they have enough great songs here to make this a pretty terrific show. They seem to be having a good and very energetic night. Buckingham’s guitar is perfect (along with his banjo on “Say You Love Me”), and Nicks sings as magnificently as ever. And of course “Silver Springs” makes it all worthwhile. Fleetwood Mac has been though a lot of changes and a lot of turmoil that continues to this day, but when this lineup was on, they were as good as it gets. And they were definitely on top of their game on The Dance. A wonderful live set. [First added to this chart: 02/25/2024]
Produced By LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM & ELLIOT SCHEINER
1. The Chain
2. Dreams
3. Everywhere
4. Rhiannon
5. I’m So Afraid
6. Temporary One
7. Bleed To Love Her
8. Big Love
9. Landslide
10. Say You Love Me
11. My Little Demon
12. Silver Springs
13. You Make Loving Fun
14. Sweet Girl
15. Go Your Own Way
16.Tusk
17. Don’t Stop
The classic (most successful) lineup of Fleetwood Mac had not released an album since 1987’s Tango In The Night, when they got together for a live MTV special called The Dance. The album is important, as it marked the last album to feature both McVie’s, Mick Fleetwood, Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. This was the last full album with the band for Christine McVie, who left a year later. She did return, but there were no more albums. She died in 2022. The Dance is mostly a greatest hits live set, which was to be expected…but there are some nice surprises and a few new songs from the solo work of McVie, Nicks and Buckingham. It also includes the lesser known “I’m So Afraid”, and the best outtake ever, Nicks’ “Silver Springs” from Rumours.
The Dance has become the most important live document from this lineup. It was recorded in just one night (with some overdubs), and there is a companion DVD to go along with it. The band is really on for this, and they have enough great songs here to make this a pretty terrific show. They seem to be having a good and very energetic night. Buckingham’s guitar is perfect (along with his banjo on “Say You Love Me”), and Nicks sings as magnificently as ever. And of course “Silver Springs” makes it all worthwhile. Fleetwood Mac has been though a lot of changes and a lot of turmoil that continues to this day, but when this lineup was on, they were as good as it gets. And they were definitely on top of their game on The Dance. A wonderful live set. [First added to this chart: 02/25/2024]
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Top 84 Music Albums of 1997 composition
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| Spiritualized® | 1 | 1% | |
| The Prodigy | 1 | 1% | |
| Modest Mouse | 1 | 1% | |
| Bob Marley | 1 | 1% | |
| Everclear | 1 | 1% | |
| Björk | 1 | 1% | |
| Veruca Salt | 1 | 1% | |
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54 | 64% | |
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15 | 18% | |
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4 | 5% | |
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4 | 5% | |
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3 | 4% | |
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