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: 8 hours ago).
"First two tracks are fantastic!" Reply
"This album is a perfect example of when lyrics end up carrying the heaviest load. Very much like Cheap Trick's best albums, the songwriting from Art Alexakis is so strong that really you could have played almost anything under it and it would still be a pretty killer album. Personally, songs like..." [+] Reply
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ShaneSpear | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Beautiful and timeless. My favourite album." Reply
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"This hurts my head in the best way." Reply
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teague | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"This is definitely an underrated classic. It follows a similar vein to These Days (IMO Bon Jovi's best and most mature album). Only criticism is it is probably 2 songs too long. Which ones to take off though, a hard decision. Favourite tracks Queen Of New Orleans, Janie (Don't Take Your Love To T..." [+] Reply
"All-Music generally gives reasonably positive reviews for most albums they cover however this album received a scathing write up claiming it was a pale imitation of TISM, They Might Be Giants and Prince among other things. Yeah I get it there are some juvenile sentiments sprinkled among the track..." [+] Reply
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Brad1770 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Like Load, it's been slammed by the purists. I applaud Metallica's attempt to change and grow. This album is inconsistent, but it's entirely listenable, with some pretty strong tracks. Way better than St. Anger." Reply
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junodog4 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (8 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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Best Albums of 1997 composition
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| Various Artists | 18 | 2% | |
| Mogwai | 3 | 0% | |
| Grateful Dead | 3 | 0% | |
| Squarepusher | 3 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 3 | 0% | |
| Delirious? | 3 | 0% | |
| John Denver | 2 | 0% | |
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438 | 44% | |
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221 | 22% | |
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37 | 4% | |
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33 | 3% | |
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33 | 3% | |
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