Best Albums of 1997

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Listed below are the best albums of 1997 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 57,000 greatest album charts.

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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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Turn On

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1997

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5 charts

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992.

Supertones Strike Back

The O. C. Supertones

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1997

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3 charts

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993.

Almost Invisible

SubArachnoid Space

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1997

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4 charts

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994.

Hidden Faces

Clan Of Xymox

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1997

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4 charts

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Zevulun / Issachar

John Zorn

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1997

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2 charts

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996.

Coal Chamber

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1997

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7 charts

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997.

How Bees Fly

Hazeldine

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1997

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3 charts

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998.

Sueños Líquidos

Maná

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1997

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16 charts

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999.

Straight On Till Morning

Blues Traveler

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1997

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5 charts

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Da Qui

Massimo Volume

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1997

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Best Albums of 1997 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	18	2%
Mogwai	3	0%
Squarepusher	3	0%
Grateful Dead	3	0%
Delirious?	3	0%
of Montreal	2	0%
John Fahey	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	441	44%
	215	22%
	36	4%
	33	3%
	33	3%
	23	2%
	22	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	914	91%
Yes	86	9%

Live?	Albums	%
No	969	97%
Yes	31	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	982	98%
Yes	18	2%

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Best Albums of the 1990s
1. OK Computer by Radiohead
2. Nevermind by Nirvana
3. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
4. The Bends by Radiohead
5. Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
6. Automatic For The People by R.E.M.
7. Ten by Pearl Jam
8. Grace by Jeff Buckley
9. Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins
10. In Utero by Nirvana
11. (What's The Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis
12. Dummy by Portishead
13. Illmatic by Nas
14. Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós
15. Weezer (Blue Album) by Weezer
16. Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins
17. Homogenic by Björk
18. Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan
19. Spiderland by Slint
20. Violator by Depeche Mode