Best Albums of 1997
Explore the best albums of 1997, based on over 2 million album rankings across 60,000 charts.
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"Close your eyes, throw on some headphones, and float away..." Reply
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1997
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59,763
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"A wonderful record that defines her music career. She has a genre of her own." Reply
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1997
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12,458
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"I would love this record to get into the top 100 eventually. It certainly deserves it." Reply
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9999 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (5 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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1997
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"Fantastic album. It's a very raw and emotional album with consistent songwriting. The music is twangy and quirky but it's somewhat enjoyable once you get used to it. I would agree with many other people that it's a very long album and it drags on quite a bit, but the standout tracks make me forge..." [+] Reply
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1997
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7,307
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"Never clicked with me first time listening, but I just gave it a second chance... WOW! Might just have to bump this into my top 100!" Reply
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Patman360 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +9 votes (9 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1997
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6,326
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"My favorite record of all time. The first track is extremely misleading though- expect more blues and gospel and less psychedelic or post-rock." Reply
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1997
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6,146
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"Underrated band and underatted album. This band has serious talent." Reply
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mayonaise93 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1997
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5,868
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"I love this album, to call it a one-track album ? Have any of you people listened to it ? Bitter Sweet Symphony,Sonnet,The Rolling People, The Drugs don't work which is about his father dying of cancer and the drugs could not help him. Catching The Butterfly, Neon Wilderness, Space And Time, Weep..." [+] Reply
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1997
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5,515
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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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4,438
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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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3,935
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 1 of 100
Best Albums of 1997 composition
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| Various Artists | 18 | 2% | |
| Delirious? | 3 | 0% | |
| Mogwai | 3 | 0% | |
| Grateful Dead | 3 | 0% | |
| Jimi Hendrix | 3 | 0% | |
| Squarepusher | 3 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 3 | 0% | |
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436 | 44% | |
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219 | 22% | |
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38 | 4% | |
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34 | 3% | |
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33 | 3% | |
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22 | 2% | |
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22 | 2% | |
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Best Albums of 1997 chart changes
| Biggest climbers Biggest climbers in top 100 since last month |
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Up 25 from 105th to 80th |
Up 8 from 60th to 52nd |
Up 4 from 66th to 62nd |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 3 from 62nd to 65th |
Down 3 from 88th to 91st |
Down 2 from 39th to 41st |
| New entries New entries in top 100 since last month |
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Up 25 from 105th to 80th |
| Leavers Leavers from top 100 since last month |
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Down 1 from 100th to 101st |
