Best Albums of 1997

Listed below are the best albums of 1997 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 4 hours ago).
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1997 year summaryThe best artists of 1997 were Radiohead, Björk, Elliott Smith, Modest Mouse, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Spiritualized®, Built To Spill, The Verve, Foo Fighters and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
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"Other than a few tracks here and there on his other albums, this is the only Wyclef Jean solo work that is worth listening to. Please trust me; I went through a Wyclef Jean phase in high school while others were having their pop punk phases, and I listened to most of his discography. It has not a..."  [+]  Reply
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"This album is humanity on a good day: little ado on variations of stuff, and then at the end they just throw a party with mariachi music and shit. Jim O'Rourke is a genius"  Reply
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"One of two worthwhile albums by Matt Good. His biting reflections of society meld well with his cutting hooks. Underneath it all, he has a strong sense for melody. Good, but not great."  Reply
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"Great album. Best 10 songs average is 92,8/100 and the album can get great 95/100. It's the third-best Aerosmith album for me. Best an full-scoring song is "Hole in my soul". Closely followed by "Falling in love" and "Full circle" both 95/100 and next "Nine lives", "Taste of india", "Pink" and "F..."  [+]  Reply
- Eastwood | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"An unexpected album. Food for the party. Really worth a listen just for 'All I Want to Do Is Rock' and 'Tied to the 90's'. Me wonders why they changed their ways so fast afterwards."  Reply
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"It's a shame that this album's reputation precedes it, because it's really not a bad record at all. It's a little generic and uninspired in moments, but there are some genuinely pretty good songs in here (The Dividing Line, Calling All Stations, One Man's Fool, Uncertain Weather, etc.) and by my ..."  [+]  Reply
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