Top-rated albums of 1997

Listed below are the top-rated albums of 1997 as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

21.

Rant In E-Minor 
Live

 Bill Hicks

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Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

7 charts

Rank Score:

16

Rank in 1997:

705

Rank in 1990s:

6,674

Overall Rank:

41,865

Average Rating:

 80 (14 votes)

Comments:

0

22.

BBC Sessions 
Live

 Led Zeppelin

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Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

65 charts

Rank Score:

311

Rank in 1997:

70

Rank in 1990s:

783

Overall Rank:

4,496

Average Rating:

 80 (204 votes)

Comments:

8

23.

Fantasma 

 コーネリアス [Cornelius]

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Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

117 charts

Rank Score:

841

Rank in 1997:

36

Rank in 1990s:

361

Overall Rank:

1,982

Average Rating:

 80 (119 votes)

Comments:

4

24.

First Rays Of The New Rising Sun 

 Jimi Hendrix

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Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

33 charts

Rank Score:

164

Rank in 1997:

129

Rank in 1990s:

1,273

Overall Rank:

7,618

Average Rating:

 80 (89 votes)

Comments:

2

25.

Mogwai Young Team 

 Mogwai

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Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

356 charts

Rank Score:

1,868

Rank in 1997:

19

Rank in 1990s:

185

Overall Rank:

965

Average Rating:

 80 (461 votes)

Comments:

14

26.

Buena Vista Social Club 

 Buena Vista Social Club

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Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

373 charts

Rank Score:

2,607

Rank in 1997:

15

Rank in 1990s:

117

Overall Rank:

693

Average Rating:

 80 (451 votes)

Comments:

25

27.

The Pet Sounds Sessions 
Compilation

 The Beach Boys

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Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

5 charts

Rank Score:

10

Rank in 1997:

908

Rank in 1990s:

8,520

Overall Rank:

53,557

Average Rating:

 80 (62 votes)

Comments:

3

28.

Bricolage 

 Amon Tobin

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Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

127 charts

Rank Score:

687

Rank in 1997:

39

Rank in 1990s:

416

Overall Rank:

2,338

Average Rating:

 79 (147 votes)

Comments:

8

29.

Dots And Loops 

 Stereolab

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Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

221 charts

Rank Score:

1,977

Rank in 1997:

18

Rank in 1990s:

172

Overall Rank:

910

Average Rating:

 79 (239 votes)

Comments:

5

30.

L'École Du Micro D'Argent 

 IAM

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Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

316

Rank in 1997:

69

Rank in 1990s:

773

Overall Rank:

4,444

Average Rating:

 79 (40 votes)

Comments:

0

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The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV

where:
av = mean average rating an album has currently received.
n = number of ratings an album has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an album to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for an album (currently 72/100).