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: 5 hours ago).
"I think making such a big deal about OK Computer only takes away from the great music they made after. This is a great album but unlike a lot of 90s bands Radiohead didn't try to ride this any further. From here on out they became a genre all their own." Reply
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ProfessorSquid | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +45 votes (45 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1997
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"145th best album of all time is a bit of an insult. This beautiful, timeless, life-changing masterpiece deserves to be far higher. Every single track is sublime; from the elegant, sweeping brilliance of "Joga" and "Bachelorette" to the more electronic stompers like "5 Years" and "Pluto". I can't ..." [+] Reply
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1997
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"Mr. Smith really had an unmatched ear for melody and harmony. This record is mostly just very quiet and subdued, but further listens reveal just some of the best written melodies. I just love it." Reply
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Mercury | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1997
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"On this album, Isaac Brock manages to sound more pissed off than any punk or metal singer could ever dream of. He's sick of seeing patches of forest being destroyed to build yet another subdivision, sick of seeing Walmart after Walmart putting mom and pop stores out of business, sick of all the p..." [+] Reply
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"Fun fact: The story behind the album title is that the first side starts in the key of F#, and the second side stars in the key of A#, with the infinite loop at the end... F♯A♯∞!" Reply
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koner1 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +18 votes (18 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1997
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"When you combine Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd and The Velvet Underground, this is your result: ZOMGEGNIUARGBRVBARGQR[GH3TYH37THQGIVFBNYGAVBVPGHSOWHYDIDNTIDISCOVERTHISSOONERBGYUVF0PVTJEUGVBBNVZJFHTYHVNFHGHUVUBB it's good." Reply
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HazeyTwilight | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +15 votes (15 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1997
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"It combines indie and noise rock in a really awesome way. The combination of experimentation with traditional indie music leads to a fantastic sound. There are some great moments with the string sections and the guitar played in reverse on "Unstrustable/Part 2 (About Someone Else)". The lyricism ..." [+] Reply
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slurpdurp | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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5,963
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"Britpop's softer and most eloquent side. A songbook for the disenfranchised, Urban Hymns is beautiful from start to finish, capturing the disgruntled tinge of its contemporaries and presenting it in a conversational and delicate attire. It's a flawed masterpiece, too long and too soft for its own..." [+] Reply
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DeusExMackia | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Dave's 2nd album is more elaborately fleshed out both musically and lyrically. This album really bridged a shift in style from the 1st album to the rest of their output. (i felt subsequent albums just haven't been as good, and i just found out that dave grohl created most of the songs of the 2nd ..." [+] Reply
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paladisiac | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (4 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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1997
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"I remember when Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds toured this album. Theyopened with Into My Arms and Cave had a terrible time with the first line "I don' t believe in an interventionist god" it took him 4 or 5 gos to get through it and ages to complete the song. Had seen him live a number of times but..." [+] Reply
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1997
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 1 of 100
Best Albums of 1997 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Various Artists | 18 | 2% | |
| Delirious? | 3 | 0% | |
| Mogwai | 3 | 0% | |
| Grateful Dead | 3 | 0% | |
| Squarepusher | 3 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 3 | 0% | |
| Erykah Badu | 2 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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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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22 | 2% | |
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