Top 100 Music Albums of 1997
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- Chart updated: 05/12/2025 20:15
- (Created: 05/11/2012 17:14).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 05/11/2012]
Year of Release:
1997
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Rank Score:
61,488
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[First added to this chart: 05/11/2012]
Year of Release:
1997
Appears in:
Rank Score:
4,513
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[First added to this chart: 05/11/2012]
Year of Release:
1997
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,247
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[First added to this chart: 05/11/2012]
Year of Release:
1997
Appears in:
Rank Score:
3,379
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[First added to this chart: 05/11/2012]
[First added to this chart: 05/11/2012]
Year of Release:
1997
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,756
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[First added to this chart: 05/11/2012]
Year of Release:
1997
Appears in:
Rank Score:
7,517
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[First added to this chart: 05/11/2012]
[First added to this chart: 05/11/2012]
Year of Release:
1997
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,273
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[First added to this chart: 05/11/2012]
Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Prodigy | 1 | 1% | |
| Usher | 1 | 1% | |
| Maná | 1 | 1% | |
| Mogwai | 1 | 1% | |
| Björk | 1 | 1% | |
| The Divine Comedy | 1 | 1% | |
| The Dandy Warhols | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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51 | 51% | |
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30 | 30% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 1 from 50th to 51stStatic Age by Misfits |
| Down 1 from 51st to 52ndI Can Hear The Heart Beating As One by Yo La Tengo |
| Down 1 from 52nd to 53rdSound Of Lies by The Jayhawks |
| New entries |
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| It Had To Happen by James McMurtry |
| Leavers |
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| Zaireeka by The Flaming Lips |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| 04/12/2026 08:57 |  Purplepash | 1,750 | 88/100 | |
| 01/21/2021 12:30 |  zwiebel | 189 | 86/100 | |
| 12/28/2020 04:31 | DJENNY | 4,336 | 100/100 | |
| 02/16/2017 21:25 |  phantom1305 | 290 | 92/100 | |
| 02/25/2014 18:58 | PauloPaz | 1,759 | 89/100 |
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lancashirearab 05/14/2012 17:18 | #42312
I got quite interested when I saw Modest Mouse so high, but then there was very little else that interested me. I hate giving low ratings, so I don't.
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