1997 Album Releases

1997

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May 21

Radiohead - OK Computer

94

critic score

(10)

94

user score

(8,180)

Sep 23

Björk - Homogenic

91

critic score

(10)

91

user score

(3,818)

Aug 14

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F♯ A♯ ∞

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

84

critic score

(4)

90

user score

(1,882)

Feb 25

Elliott Smith - Either/Or

86

critic score

(7)

89

user score

(1,742)

Jan 20

Daft Punk - Homework

80

critic score

(7)

78

user score

(1,669)

Oct 28

Deftones - Around the Fur

79

critic score

(2)

84

user score

(1,557)

Jun 24

Ween - The Mollusk

77

critic score

(4)

86

user score

(1,195)

Nov 18

Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West

The Lonesome Crowded West

86

critic score

(7)

88

user score

(1,171)

Jun 16

Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space

Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space

89

critic score

(8)

85

user score

(988)

Oct 7

Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope

The Velvet Rope

74

critic score

(5)

87

user score

(782)

Feb 10

80

critic score

(8)

80

user score

(769)

Sep 30

Portishead - Portishead

87

critic score

(8)

84

user score

(768)

May 20

Foo Fighters - The Colour & the Shape

The Colour & the Shape

62

critic score

(5)

78

user score

(744)

Mar 25

The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death

The Notorious B.I.G.

Life After Death

79

critic score

(6)

84

user score

(735)

Oct 14

Green Day - Nimrod

70

critic score

(8)

78

user score

(708)

Apr 22

Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One

I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One

91

critic score

(7)

84

user score

(623)

Sep 23

Stereolab - Dots and Loops

84

critic score

(6)

84

user score

(599)

Jul 24

Fishmans - 宇宙日本世田谷 [Uchū Nippon Setagaya]

宇宙日本世田谷 [Uchū Nippon Setagaya]

87

user score

(584)

Jun 30

The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land

The Fat of the Land

78

critic score

(7)

82

user score

(574)

Sep 16

Mariah Carey - Butterfly

70

critic score

(5)

85

user score

(562)

Jan 28

Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On

Perfect From Now On

86

critic score

(8)

86

user score

(550)

Feb 3

David Bowie - Earthling

70

critic score

(8)

73

user score

(531)

Oct 6

Aphex Twin - Come to Daddy

76

critic score

(2)

80

user score

(526)

Feb 11

Erykah Badu - Baduizm

85

critic score

(5)

86

user score

(512)

Nov 18

Metallica - Reload

59

critic score

(5)

54

user score

(501)

Nov 4

Jay-Z - In My Lifetime, Vol. 1

In My Lifetime, Vol. 1

74

critic score

(5)

73

user score

(459)

Mar 3

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

The Boatman's Call

87

critic score

(6)

82

user score

(449)

Aug 21

Oasis - Be Here Now

75

critic score

(10)

66

user score

(416)

Oct 21

Mogwai - Young Team

92

critic score

(4)

83

user score

(396)

Sep 29

The Verve - Urban Hymns

87

critic score

(8)

81

user score

(376)

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Apr 8

Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out

87

critic score

(7)

83

user score

(349)

Sep 16

Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club

Buena Vista Social Club

Buena Vista Social Club

88

critic score

(3)

85

user score

(327)

Feb 11

Pavement - Brighten the Corners

Brighten the Corners

72

critic score

(7)

81

user score

(323)

Jun 17

Blink-182 - Dude Ranch

77

critic score

(3)

71

user score

(322)

Apr 7

The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

Dig Your Own Hole

88

critic score

(7)

83

user score

(321)

Nov 1

Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess

Impossible Princess

67

critic score

(5)

82

user score

(316)

Jun 3

Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever

Wu-Tang Forever

81

critic score

(7)

80

user score

(311)

May 26

Radiohead - Paranoid Android

Paranoid Android

97

user score

(293)

Apr 8

Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind

Third Eye Blind

Third Eye Blind

79

critic score

(3)

79

user score

(288)

Aug 25

Rammstein - Sehnsucht

62

critic score

(4)

77

user score

(260)

Jul 28

Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus

Funcrusher Plus

88

critic score

(5)

86

user score

(255)

Aug 6

Cornelius - Fantasma

73

critic score

(5)

81

user score

(254)

Dec 1

Racionais MC's - Sobrevivendo no Inferno

Sobrevivendo no Inferno

50

critic score

(1)

89

user score

(239)

Jul 15

Misfits - Static Age

85

critic score

(4)

83

user score

(231)

Sep 30

Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind

Time Out of Mind

86

critic score

(8)

81

user score

(230)

Jul 15

Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly

85

critic score

(6)

79

user score

(228)

May 19

Amon Tobin - Bricolage

90

critic score

(2)

84

user score

(212)

Apr 17

Depeche Mode - Ultra

70

critic score

(6)

78

user score

(202)

Aug 25

Radiohead - Karma Police

95

user score

(201)

Jul 1

Limp Bizkit - Three Dollar Bill, Yall$

Three Dollar Bill, Yall$

70

critic score

(1)

57

user score

(194)

Apr 28

Squarepusher - Hard Normal Daddy

Hard Normal Daddy

100

critic score

(1)

81

user score

(193)

Jun 14

Sigur Rós - Von

73

critic score

(6)

65

user score

(184)

Sep 15

60

critic score

(1)

97

user score

(178)

Oct 21

Biosphere - Substrata

90

critic score

(1)

83

user score

(173)

Mar 3

75

critic score

(7)

63

user score

(168)

Oct 21

Grandaddy - Under The Western Freeway

Under The Western Freeway

85

critic score

(3)

81

user score

(157)

Dec 8

Björk - Bachelorette

50

critic score

(1)

97

user score

(151)

Sep 26

Shiro Sagisu - The End of Evangelion

The End of Evangelion

90

user score

(150)

Sep 8

Christoph de Babalon - If You're Into It, I'm Out of It

Christoph de Babalon

If You're Into It, I'm Out of It

90

critic score

(3)

80

user score

(144)

1997

Radiohead - Let Down / Karma Police

Let Down / Karma Police

97

user score

(141)

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