1997 Album Releases

1997

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May 21

Radiohead - OK Computer

94

critic score

(10)

93

user score

(4,927)

Sep 23

Björk - Homogenic

95

critic score

(8)

91

user score

(2,495)

Aug 14

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F♯ A♯ ∞

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

84

critic score

(4)

89

user score

(1,124)

Mar 25

Daft Punk - Homework

80

critic score

(7)

78

user score

(1,086)

Feb 25

Elliott Smith - Either/Or

88

critic score

(6)

88

user score

(1,040)

Jun 24

Ween - The Mollusk

77

critic score

(4)

85

user score

(760)

Nov 18

Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West

The Lonesome Crowded West

86

critic score

(7)

87

user score

(743)

Jun 16

Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space

Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space

85

critic score

(6)

85

user score

(693)

Oct 28

Deftones - Around the Fur

79

critic score

(2)

82

user score

(549)

Sep 30

Portishead - Portishead

85

critic score

(7)

84

user score

(516)

Feb 10

79

critic score

(6)

80

user score

(482)

Oct 7

Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope

The Velvet Rope

74

critic score

(5)

87

user score

(474)

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

(470)

Oct 14

Green Day - Nimrod

70

critic score

(8)

76

user score

(452)

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

(442)

May 20

Foo Fighters - The Colour & the Shape

The Colour & the Shape

69

critic score

(6)

78

user score

(437)

Sep 16

Mariah Carey - Butterfly

70

critic score

(5)

85

user score

(416)

Sep 23

Stereolab - Dots and Loops

84

critic score

(6)

85

user score

(378)

Jun 30

The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land

The Fat of the Land

78

critic score

(7)

82

user score

(364)

Feb 3

David Bowie - Earthling

66

critic score

(6)

71

user score

(363)

Jul 24

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

宇宙日本世田谷 [Uchū Nippon Setagaya]

86

user score

(354)

Feb 11

Erykah Badu - Baduizm

85

critic score

(5)

85

user score

(347)

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

(343)

Jan 28

Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On

Perfect From Now On

86

critic score

(8)

85

user score

(342)

Oct 6

Aphex Twin - Come to Daddy

76

critic score

(2)

80

user score

(324)

Nov 4

Jay-Z - In My Lifetime, Vol. 1

In My Lifetime, Vol. 1

74

critic score

(5)

72

user score

(322)

Nov 18

Metallica - Reload

64

critic score

(4)

54

user score

(318)

Oct 21

Mogwai - Young Team

92

critic score

(4)

83

user score

(309)

Aug 21

Oasis - Be Here Now

68

critic score

(8)

65

user score

(282)

Sep 29

The Verve - Urban Hymns

82

critic score

(6)

82

user score

(274)

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Apr 8

Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out

87

critic score

(7)

84

user score

(271)

Apr 7

The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

Dig Your Own Hole

88

critic score

(7)

83

user score

(246)

Nov 1

Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess

Impossible Princess

73

critic score

(3)

82

user score

(246)

Jun 3

Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever

Wu-Tang Forever

80

critic score

(5)

80

user score

(230)

Jun 17

Blink-182 - Dude Ranch

77

critic score

(3)

71

user score

(221)

Feb 11

Pavement - Brighten the Corners

Brighten the Corners

79

critic score

(6)

82

user score

(217)

Jul 28

Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus

Funcrusher Plus

88

critic score

(5)

86

user score

(200)

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

(200)

May 26

Radiohead - Paranoid Android

Paranoid Android

96

user score

(194)

Aug 6

Cornelius - Fantasma

73

critic score

(5)

80

user score

(185)

Sep 30

Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind

Time Out of Mind

87

critic score

(7)

82

user score

(170)

Jul 15

Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly

86

critic score

(5)

80

user score

(164)

Apr 8

Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind

Third Eye Blind

Third Eye Blind

78

critic score

(2)

79

user score

(158)

Aug 25

Rammstein - Sehnsucht

62

critic score

(4)

75

user score

(157)

May 19

Amon Tobin - Bricolage

90

critic score

(2)

84

user score

(148)

Aug 25

Radiohead - Karma Police

94

user score

(148)

Jul 15

Misfits - Static Age

85

critic score

(4)

83

user score

(146)

Jan 14

Sigur Rós - Von

73

critic score

(6)

67

user score

(135)

Apr 17

Depeche Mode - Ultra

67

critic score

(5)

79

user score

(132)

Oct 21

Biosphere - Substrata

90

critic score

(1)

83

user score

(130)

Mar 3

78

critic score

(6)

64

user score

(128)

Apr 28

Squarepusher - Hard Normal Daddy

Hard Normal Daddy

100

critic score

(1)

80

user score

(128)

Sep 15

60

critic score

(1)

97

user score

(127)

Dec 1

Racionais MC's - Sobrevivendo no Inferno

Sobrevivendo no Inferno

50

critic score

(1)

89

user score

(127)

Jul 1

Limp Bizkit - Three Dollar Bill, Yall$

Three Dollar Bill, Yall$

80

critic score

(1)

56

user score

(115)

Oct 21

Grandaddy - Under The Western Freeway

Under The Western Freeway

85

critic score

(3)

81

user score

(115)

Dec 8

Björk - Bachelorette

50

critic score

(1)

96

user score

(110)

Jan 28

Mineral - The Power of Failing

The Power of Failing

83

critic score

(2)

78

user score

(105)

Feb 24

Autechre - Chiastic Slide

60

critic score

(1)

78

user score

(100)

Nov 4

Shania Twain - Come on Over

80

critic score

(5)

82

user score

(100)

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