1997 Album Releases

1997

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Jun 16

Radiohead - OK Computer

94

critic score

(11)

93

user score

(3,698)

Sep 23

Björk - Homogenic

95

critic score

(8)

91

user score

(1,910)

Aug 14

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F♯ A♯ ∞

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

84

critic score

(4)

89

user score

(874)

Mar 25

Daft Punk - Homework

80

critic score

(7)

79

user score

(798)

Feb 25

Elliott Smith - Either/Or

88

critic score

(6)

88

user score

(734)

Jun 24

Ween - The Mollusk

77

critic score

(4)

86

user score

(595)

Nov 18

Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West

The Lonesome Crowded West

86

critic score

(7)

88

user score

(579)

Jun 16

Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space

Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space

82

critic score

(5)

85

user score

(563)

Sep 30

Portishead - Portishead

85

critic score

(7)

85

user score

(407)

Feb 10

79

critic score

(6)

80

user score

(362)

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

(355)

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)

85

user score

(345)

Oct 28

Deftones - Around the Fur

79

critic score

(2)

82

user score

(338)

Oct 14

Green Day - Nimrod

70

critic score

(8)

76

user score

(330)

May 20

Foo Fighters - The Colour & the Shape

The Colour & the Shape

69

critic score

(6)

77

user score

(323)

Oct 7

Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope

The Velvet Rope

74

critic score

(5)

86

user score

(298)

Sep 16

Mariah Carey - Butterfly

68

critic score

(5)

84

user score

(292)

Sep 23

Stereolab - Dots and Loops

84

critic score

(6)

84

user score

(289)

Jun 30

The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land

The Fat of the Land

78

critic score

(7)

82

user score

(276)

Feb 3

David Bowie - Earthling

64

critic score

(5)

71

user score

(273)

Mar 3

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

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

The Boatman's Call

88

critic score

(7)

82

user score

(272)

Oct 21

Mogwai - Young Team

92

critic score

(4)

83

user score

(267)

Jan 28

Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On

Perfect From Now On

86

critic score

(8)

86

user score

(258)

Nov 18

Metallica - Reload

64

critic score

(4)

54

user score

(251)

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

(246)

Oct 6

Aphex Twin - Come to Daddy

76

critic score

(2)

80

user score

(239)

Nov 4

Jay-Z - In My Lifetime, Vol. 1

In My Lifetime, Vol. 1

74

critic score

(5)

71

user score

(234)

Feb 11

Erykah Badu - Baduizm

83

critic score

(4)

84

user score

(218)

Apr 8

Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out

87

critic score

(7)

84

user score

(216)

Sep 29

The Verve - Urban Hymns

83

critic score

(6)

82

user score

(215)

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Aug 21

Oasis - Be Here Now

65

critic score

(8)

66

user score

(207)

Apr 7

The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

Dig Your Own Hole

88

critic score

(7)

83

user score

(197)

Nov 1

Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess

Impossible Princess

73

critic score

(3)

81

user score

(191)

Jul 28

Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus

Funcrusher Plus

88

critic score

(5)

86

user score

(181)

Jun 17

Blink-182 - Dude Ranch

77

critic score

(3)

71

user score

(177)

Jun 3

Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever

Wu-Tang Forever

80

critic score

(5)

80

user score

(167)

Feb 11

Pavement - Brighten the Corners

Brighten the Corners

79

critic score

(6)

83

user score

(159)

May 26

Radiohead - Paranoid Android

Paranoid Android

96

user score

(150)

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

(137)

Aug 6

Cornelius - Fantasma

73

critic score

(5)

80

user score

(133)

Sep 30

Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind

Time Out of Mind

87

critic score

(7)

82

user score

(129)

May 19

Amon Tobin - Bricolage

90

critic score

(2)

84

user score

(122)

Jul 15

Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly

86

critic score

(5)

79

user score

(118)

Aug 25

Rammstein - Sehnsucht

62

critic score

(4)

76

user score

(118)

Jan 14

Sigur Rós - Von

73

critic score

(6)

66

user score

(115)

Aug 25

Radiohead - Karma Police

93

user score

(114)

Mar 3

78

critic score

(6)

65

user score

(104)

Jul 15

Misfits - Static Age

85

critic score

(4)

82

user score

(104)

Apr 17

Depeche Mode - Ultra

66

critic score

(6)

79

user score

(103)

Oct 21

Biosphere - Substrata

90

critic score

(1)

83

user score

(103)

Apr 28

Squarepusher - Hard Normal Daddy

Hard Normal Daddy

100

critic score

(1)

79

user score

(95)

Apr 8

Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind

Third Eye Blind

Third Eye Blind

78

critic score

(2)

79

user score

(91)

Oct 21

Grandaddy - Under The Western Freeway

Under The Western Freeway

85

critic score

(3)

82

user score

(87)

Dec 1

Racionais MC's - Sobrevivendo no Inferno

Sobrevivendo no Inferno

50

critic score

(1)

86

user score

(85)

Sep 15

60

critic score

(1)

96

user score

(83)

Jan 28

Mineral - The Power of Failing

The Power of Failing

83

critic score

(2)

77

user score

(76)

Feb 24

Autechre - Chiastic Slide

60

critic score

(1)

78

user score

(73)

Jul 8

Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk

Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk

90

critic score

(2)

86

user score

(72)

Nov 4

Shania Twain - Come on Over

81

critic score

(4)

81

user score

(72)

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)

84

user score

(71)

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