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1997 Pop Album Releases
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Compilation
(4)
LP
(64)
Single
(26)
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Alternative Metal
(20)
Alternative Rock
(97)
Black Metal
(47)
Boom Bap
(21)
Britpop
(26)
Contemporary R&B
(22)
Death Metal
(20)
East Coast Hip Hop
(25)
Electronic
(95)
Experimental Rock
(20)
Folk
(28)
Gangsta Rap
(26)
Hardcore Punk
(29)
Hip Hop
(95)
Indie Rock
(45)
Metal
(153)
Pop
(99)
Pop Rock
(34)
Post-Hardcore
(27)
Psychedelic
(20)
Punk
(46)
R&B
(31)
Rock
(249)
Singer-Songwriter
(25)
West Coast Hip Hop
(32)
Sep 23
Björk
Homogenic
95
critic score
(8)
91
user score
(2,755)
Oct 7
Janet Jackson
The Velvet Rope
74
critic score
(5)
87
user score
(538)
Sep 16
Mariah Carey
Butterfly
70
critic score
(5)
85
user score
(439)
Sep 23
Stereolab
Dots and Loops
84
critic score
(6)
84
user score
(406)
Nov 1
Kylie Minogue
Impossible Princess
73
critic score
(3)
83
user score
(259)
Apr 8
Third Eye Blind
Third Eye Blind
79
critic score
(3)
79
user score
(203)
Apr 17
Depeche Mode
Ultra
67
critic score
(5)
78
user score
(153)
Mar 3
U2
Pop
78
critic score
(6)
63
user score
(142)
Sep 15
Björk
Jóga
60
critic score
(1)
97
user score
(142)
Dec 8
Björk
Bachelorette
50
critic score
(1)
97
user score
(119)
Nov 4
Shania Twain
Come on Over
73
critic score
(6)
82
user score
(108)
May 5
Paul McCartney
Flaming Pie
75
critic score
(3)
77
user score
(73)
Nov 4
Spice Girls
Spiceworld
63
critic score
(5)
73
user score
(59)
Mar 26
Aqua
Aquarium
48
critic score
(4)
51
user score
(56)
Nov 14
Celine Dion
Let's Talk About Love
53
critic score
(3)
60
user score
(49)
Feb 17
Björk
I Miss You
50
critic score
(1)
87
user score
(47)
Sep 1
Genesis
Calling All Stations
38
critic score
(3)
33
user score
(46)
Sep 26
Shiro Sagisu
Komm, Süsser Tod
93
user score
(40)
Sep 29
Robbie Williams
Life Thru a Lens
73
critic score
(3)
64
user score
(38)
May 20
Michael Jackson
Blood on the Dancefloor: HIStory in the Mix
48
critic score
(3)
64
user score
(37)
Nov 24
Yes
Open Your Eyes
49
critic score
(2)
44
user score
(35)
Jul 8
Smash Mouth
Fush Yu Mang
80
critic score
(2)
59
user score
(34)
Nov 24
Natalie Imbruglia
Left of the Middle
55
critic score
(4)
70
user score
(33)
May 14
Aqua
Barbie Girl
8
critic score
(1)
43
user score
(29)
Oct 17
Green Day
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
60
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(29)
Mar 4
Savage Garden
Savage Garden
80
critic score
(2)
68
user score
(27)
Apr 1
Cyndi Lauper
Sisters of Avalon
68
critic score
(3)
76
user score
(27)
Sep 16
Usher
My Way
80
critic score
(1)
69
user score
(27)
Aug 11
Backstreet Boys
Backstreet's Back
80
critic score
(1)
60
user score
(26)
Aug 11
Chumbawamba
Tubthumping
80
critic score
(1)
63
user score
(24)
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Apr 14
Fiona Apple
Sleep to Dream
90
user score
(21)
Sep 4
Rita Lee
Santa Rita de Sampa
80
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(19)
May 2
Prefab Sprout
Andromeda Heights
65
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(18)
1997
Fiona Apple
The First Taste
87
user score
(17)
Aug 19
Kara's Flowers
The Fourth World
66
critic score
(3)
80
user score
(17)
Sep 26
Travis
Good Feeling
76
critic score
(4)
67
user score
(17)
Jun 17
David Byrne
Feelings
72
critic score
(5)
70
user score
(16)
Aug 26
Mariah Carey
Honey
67
critic score
(2)
90
user score
(16)
Sep 22
Elton John
The Big Picture
50
critic score
(4)
49
user score
(16)
Nov 22
Sixpence None the Richer
Sixpence None the Richer
50
critic score
(2)
72
user score
(15)
Mar 21
Michael Jackson
Blood on the Dance Floor
50
critic score
(1)
85
user score
(14)
Apr 15
Hanson
MMMBop
76
critic score
(2)
64
user score
(14)
Jun 17
Third Eye Blind
Semi-Charmed Life
67
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(14)
Jul 24
Namie Amuro
Concentration 20
70
critic score
(1)
71
user score
(14)
Sep 2
Andrés Calamaro
Alta Suciedad
60
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(14)
Dec 1
Mariah Carey
Butterfly
50
critic score
(1)
91
user score
(14)
Feb 25
White Town
Women in Technology
81
critic score
(2)
60
user score
(13)
Apr 4
INXS
Elegantly Wasted
60
critic score
(4)
66
user score
(13)
Nov 24
All Saints
All Saints
56
critic score
(5)
80
user score
(13)
Jan 1
Sparks
Plagiarism
64
critic score
(2)
70
user score
(12)
Oct 14
Duran Duran
Medazzaland
62
critic score
(3)
54
user score
(12)
Feb 3
Texas
White on Blonde
80
critic score
(1)
69
user score
(11)
Dec 2
Janet Jackson
Together Again
40
critic score
(1)
91
user score
(11)
Jun 16
Charlie Brown Jr.
Transpiração Contínua Prolongada
57
user score
(10)
Sep 8
Dannii Minogue
Girl
80
critic score
(1)
62
user score
(10)
Sep 4
Alejandro Sanz
Más
80
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(9)
1997
Fiona Apple
Never Is a Promise
91
user score
(8)
Mar 24
Supertramp
Some Things Never Change
30
critic score
(2)
51
user score
(8)
Mar 31
Erasure
Cowboy
47
critic score
(2)
53
user score
(8)
Jun 30
Backstreet Boys
Everybody (Backstreet's Back)
84
user score
(8)
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