Best Albums of 1997

Listed below are the best albums of 1997 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 59,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 3 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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Arkology 
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"How am I just hearing this? It’s stunning. It’s ... hard to explain. Shitty “review”. But I’ll try to be back later when I’ve digested it a couple dozen times. First takenis that it’s an utterly immersive and emotional metal album like none I’ve heard."  Reply
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"Emergency & I was an improvement but this is still a fantastic effort. The songs could use more variety although the incredible amount of personality throughout this album more than makes up for it. It's fun, humorous, and quite hectic at times."  Reply
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"Some of the music is a little of its time, and there is a heavy debt to the original which, in places, comes off as a little heavy-handed, but this is an album full of melodic hooks and charming electronica. Excellent."  Reply
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