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1997 Folk Album Releases
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Feb 25
Elliott Smith
Either/Or
82
critic score
(9)
89
user score
(2,992)
Sep 30
Bob Dylan
Time Out of Mind
85
critic score
(9)
81
user score
(318)
Aug 25
Jim O'Rourke
Bad Timing
80
critic score
(4)
83
user score
(77)
May 20
Smog
Red Apple Falls
85
critic score
(2)
81
user score
(76)
Apr 1
Songs: Ohia
Songs: Ohia
75
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(75)
Jun 10
The Mountain Goats
Full Force Galesburg
50
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(39)
Nov 22
Sixpence None the Richer
Sixpence None the Richer
50
critic score
(2)
75
user score
(36)
Jun 24
Ween
Mutilated Lips
91
user score
(34)
Sep 4
Rita Lee
Santa Rita de Sampa
80
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(29)
Jan 1
Lhasa De Sela
La Llorona
80
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(28)
Feb 25
Elliott Smith
Say Yes
97
user score
(27)
Sep 30
Loreena McKennitt
The Book of Secrets
75
critic score
(3)
78
user score
(25)
Jan 1
Current 93
Horsey
78
user score
(19)
1997
Swans
Children of God/World of Skin
70
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(17)
Oct 21
Lullaby for the Working Class
I Never Even Asked for Light
90
critic score
(2)
83
user score
(15)
May 26
Ben Harper
The Will to Live
68
critic score
(4)
80
user score
(14)
Oct 20
The Corrs
Talk on Corners
80
critic score
(1)
67
user score
(13)
Apr 7
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
Barafundle
82
critic score
(6)
78
user score
(13)
Dec 1
Songs: Ohia
Hecla & Griper
61
critic score
(3)
67
user score
(12)
Apr 22
Louise Attaque
Louise Attaque
76
user score
(11)
Jan 1
Zé Ramalho
Antologia Acústica
78
user score
(8)
Oct 21
Will Oldham
Joya
78
critic score
(3)
81
user score
(8)
Sep 23
John Fahey & Cul De Sac
The Epiphany of Glenn Jones
60
critic score
(1)
72
user score
(8)
Aug 14
Junoon
Azadi
62
user score
(7)
1997
Stephan Micus
The Garden of Mirrors
76
user score
(6)
1997
Hungry Ghosts
Hungry Ghosts
75
user score
(4)
1997
Les Cowboys Fringants
12 Grandes Chansons
70
user score
(3)
Oct 21
Various Artists
American Primitive, Vol. 1: Raw Pre-War Gospel (1926-36)
90
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(2)
Nov 18
Dave Van Ronk
Live at Sir George Williams University
79
user score
(2)
Dec 1
Mononc' Serge
Chante 97
67
user score
(2)
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May 20
John Zorn
New Traditions in East Asian Bar Bands
90
critic score
(1)
67
user score
(2)
Apr 5
Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble Of Shadows
The Inexperienced Spiral Traveller (aus dem Schoß der Hölle ward geboren die Totensonne)
61
user score
(1)
Apr 5
The Paradise Motel
Left Over Life to Kill
65
user score
(1)
Sep 25
Yaşar Kurt
Göndermeler
77
user score
(1)
1997
Düş Sokağı Sakinleri
Yaşadıkça
82
user score
(1)
Sep 23
Joan Baez
Gone from Danger
70
critic score
(2)
50
user score
(1)
Apr 9
Deniz Seki
Hiç Kimse Değilim
95
user score
(1)
1997
Silver Fins
Hollywood
80
user score
(1)
May 15
Liu Fang
Chinese Traditional Pipa Music
75
user score
(1)
Jul 1
Min Xiao-Fen
Spring, River, Flower, Moon, Night
Apr 22
Wei Li
Classical Chinese Folksongs & Opera
Jan 1
Jandek
I Woke Up
80
critic score
(1)
1997
Ezginin Günlüğü
Hürriyete Doğru
1997
The Rhythm Rats
I Believe I'll Go Back Home
1997
Across The Border
Crusty Folk Music For Smelly People
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