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1997 Indie Rock Album Releases
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Nov 18
Modest Mouse
The Lonesome Crowded West
86
critic score
(7)
88
user score
(1,835)
Feb 10
Blur
Blur
75
critic score
(11)
80
user score
(1,267)
Apr 22
Yo La Tengo
I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
91
critic score
(7)
84
user score
(940)
Jan 28
Built to Spill
Perfect From Now On
86
critic score
(8)
86
user score
(812)
Feb 11
Pavement
Brighten the Corners
72
critic score
(7)
82
user score
(484)
Apr 8
Sleater-Kinney
Dig Me Out
86
critic score
(6)
83
user score
(473)
Jan 1
Duster
Transmission, Flux
79
user score
(227)
Oct 21
Grandaddy
Under The Western Freeway
85
critic score
(3)
81
user score
(220)
Apr 7
Blur
Song 2
90
user score
(104)
Mar 17
The Dismemberment Plan
The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified
80
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(95)
May 13
Modest Mouse
The Fruit That Ate Itself
59
critic score
(3)
71
user score
(82)
Apr 1
Songs: Ohia
Songs: Ohia
75
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(75)
Sep 22
The Hives
Barely Legal
70
critic score
(2)
71
user score
(68)
Jan 20
Blur
Beetlebum
93
user score
(63)
Nov
Death Cab for Cutie
You Can Play These Songs with Chords
58
critic score
(3)
67
user score
(54)
Aug 11
Morrissey
Maladjusted
63
critic score
(7)
62
user score
(53)
Aug 26
John Frusciante
Smile From The Streets You Hold
30
critic score
(2)
57
user score
(48)
Mar 11
Blonde Redhead
Fake Can Be Just as Good
70
critic score
(2)
72
user score
(46)
Jul 21
Pixies
Debaser
95
user score
(42)
Sep 8
Cornershop
When I Was Born for the 7th Time
83
critic score
(6)
68
user score
(40)
Oct 7
Acetone
Acetone
69
critic score
(4)
80
user score
(38)
Aug 25
Aerial M
Aerial M
80
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(38)
May 20
Guided by Voices
Mag Earwhig!
82
critic score
(5)
77
user score
(35)
1997
Plumtree
Predicts The Future
40
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(34)
Oct 7
Low
Songs for a Dead Pilot
72
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(29)
Jan 1
Starflyer 59
Americana
80
critic score
(1)
85
user score
(28)
Nov 6
Number Girl
School Girl Bye Bye
80
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(27)
Jul 7
Lowercase
Kill the Lights
76
user score
(25)
Jun 6
Joan of Arc
A Portable Model Of...
60
critic score
(1)
68
user score
(24)
Apr 1
Mew
A Triumph for Man
70
user score
(24)
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Nov 3
Movietone
Day and Night
75
critic score
(3)
75
user score
(21)
Jun 16
Blur
On Your Own
50
critic score
(1)
85
user score
(21)
Jan 1
Destroyer
Ideas For Songs
71
critic score
(1)
60
user score
(20)
Sep 23
Polvo
Shapes
66
critic score
(4)
68
user score
(20)
Dec 7
The Weakerthans
Fallow
80
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(20)
Aug 4
Motorpsycho
Angels and Daemons at Play
85
user score
(20)
Apr 28
Karate
In Place of Real Insight
65
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(19)
Jul 8
The American Analog Set
From Our Living Room to Yours
90
critic score
(1)
83
user score
(16)
Sep 9
Helium
The Magic City
86
critic score
(4)
83
user score
(16)
Sep 9
Cursive
Such Blinding Stars For Starving Eyes
60
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(16)
Sep 26
Julie Doiron
Loneliest in the Morning
72
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(15)
Jul 25
The Beta Band
Champion Versions
85
user score
(14)
Sep 2
Superchunk
Indoor Living
78
critic score
(5)
80
user score
(14)
Dec 2
Smart Went Crazy
Con Art
81
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(14)
Dec 1
Songs: Ohia
Hecla & Griper
61
critic score
(3)
67
user score
(12)
1997
Valium Aggelein
Dweller on the Threshold
79
user score
(12)
1997
Love, Claire
Love, Claire
75
user score
(11)
Jun 1
Beulah
Handsome Western States
72
critic score
(3)
74
user score
(11)
Feb 18
The Delgados
Domestiques
80
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(9)
Sep
Strictly Ballroom
Hide Here Forever
84
user score
(8)
Sep 8
Morrissey
Suedehead: The Best of Morrissey
90
critic score
(1)
91
user score
(7)
Apr 29
The Folk Implosion
Dare to Be Surprised
74
critic score
(3)
78
user score
(6)
1997
Dianogah
As Seen From Above
67
user score
(6)
Mar
Leetzsche(이상은)
Lonely and Funny Store
89
user score
(5)
Sep 23
Free Kitten
Sentimental Education
58
user score
(5)
Sep 30
Longstocking
Once Upon a Time Called Now
79
user score
(5)
1997
Duster
On The Air
79
user score
(5)
Mar 10
Агата Кристи [Agatha Christie]
Ураган
76
user score
(4)
Jul 15
The Glands
Double Thriller
80
critic score
(2)
73
user score
(4)
Jul 10
The For Carnation
Promised Works
75
critic score
(3)
81
user score
(4)
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