Best Albums of 1997

Listed below are the best albums of 1997 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 50,000 greatest album charts.

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1997 year summaryThe best artists of 1997 were Radiohead, Björk, Elliott Smith, Modest Mouse, Spiritualized, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Built To Spill, The Verve, Foo Fighters and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
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1997
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85,089
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1997
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14,752
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12,266
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9,742
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1997
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7,404
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1997
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6,754
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1997
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6,284
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6,199
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5,450
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4,817
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 1 of 100

Best Albums of 1997 composition

Country Albums %


United States 443 44%
United Kingdom 214 21%
Germany 35 4%
Canada 32 3%
Mixed Nationality 32 3%
Japan 22 2%
Sweden 21 2%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 912 91%
Yes 88 9%
Live? Albums %
No 975 98%
Yes 25 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 984 98%
Yes 16 2%
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