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1997 Rock Album Releases
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May 21
Radiohead
OK Computer
94
critic score
(13)
94
user score
(13K)
Aug 14
Godspeed You Black Emperor!
F♯ A♯ ∞
92
critic score
(3)
90
user score
(2,780)
Nov 18
Modest Mouse
The Lonesome Crowded West
86
critic score
(7)
88
user score
(1,820)
Jun 24
Ween
The Mollusk
77
critic score
(4)
86
user score
(1,814)
Jun 16
Spiritualized®
Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
89
critic score
(8)
85
user score
(1,453)
May 20
Foo Fighters
The Colour and the Shape
69
critic score
(8)
78
user score
(1,412)
Feb 10
Blur
Blur
75
critic score
(11)
80
user score
(1,255)
Oct 14
Green Day
nimrod.
68
critic score
(9)
79
user score
(1,085)
Sep 23
Stereolab
Dots and Loops
83
critic score
(8)
85
user score
(996)
Apr 22
Yo La Tengo
I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
91
critic score
(7)
84
user score
(933)
Nov 18
Metallica
Reload
62
critic score
(7)
55
user score
(838)
Jan 28
Built to Spill
Perfect From Now On
86
critic score
(8)
86
user score
(811)
Feb 3
David Bowie
Earthling
69
critic score
(11)
73
user score
(702)
Oct 21
Mogwai
Young Team
90
critic score
(5)
82
user score
(549)
Apr 8
Third Eye Blind
Third Eye Blind
79
critic score
(3)
81
user score
(542)
Sep 29
The Verve
Urban Hymns
87
critic score
(8)
81
user score
(541)
Feb 11
Pavement
Brighten the Corners
72
critic score
(7)
81
user score
(483)
Apr 8
Sleater-Kinney
Dig Me Out
86
critic score
(6)
83
user score
(469)
May 26
Radiohead
Paranoid Android
97
user score
(459)
Apr 17
Depeche Mode
Ultra
71
critic score
(8)
79
user score
(332)
Aug 25
Radiohead
Karma Police
95
user score
(320)
Sep 30
Bob Dylan
Time Out of Mind
85
critic score
(9)
81
user score
(316)
Apr 15
Ground-Zero
Consume Red
90
critic score
(1)
84
user score
(264)
Jun 14
Sigur Rós
Von
66
critic score
(6)
65
user score
(259)
1997
Radiohead
Let Down / Karma Police
98
user score
(240)
Jan 1
Duster
Transmission, Flux
79
user score
(223)
Oct 21
Grandaddy
Under The Western Freeway
85
critic score
(3)
81
user score
(221)
Aug 18
Foo Fighters
Everlong
97
user score
(220)
Mar 3
U2
Pop
72
critic score
(9)
63
user score
(208)
Dec 1
Radiohead
Lucky
93
user score
(165)
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Jun 3
Faith No More
Album of the Year
60
critic score
(6)
73
user score
(165)
Jun 24
Ween
Ocean Man
96
user score
(164)
May 5
Paul McCartney
Flaming Pie
70
critic score
(7)
78
user score
(146)
Sep 23
Dream Theater
Falling into Infinity
60
critic score
(1)
65
user score
(145)
Aug 25
Super Furry Animals
Radiator
86
critic score
(6)
78
user score
(140)
Jun 16
The Verve
Bitter Sweet Symphony
94
user score
(128)
Mar 18
Ben Folds Five
Whatever and Ever Amen
79
critic score
(9)
81
user score
(124)
Jul 8
Primus
Brown Album
57
critic score
(3)
70
user score
(122)
Oct 28
The Flaming Lips
Zaireeka
79
critic score
(7)
77
user score
(118)
Jul 7
Primal Scream
Vanishing Point
89
critic score
(7)
77
user score
(110)
Sep 29
The Rolling Stones
Bridges to Babylon
61
critic score
(6)
54
user score
(107)
Apr 7
Blur
Song 2
90
user score
(103)
Sep 1
Genesis
Calling All Stations
38
critic score
(3)
33
user score
(95)
Mar 17
The Dismemberment Plan
The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified
80
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(95)
Feb 3
Silverchair
Freak Show
61
critic score
(6)
72
user score
(92)
Feb 25
Marcy Playground
Marcy Playground
67
critic score
(4)
75
user score
(91)
Aug 26
Creed
My Own Prison
80
critic score
(1)
57
user score
(86)
Jul 8
Smash Mouth
Fush Yu Mang
80
critic score
(2)
66
user score
(86)
May 13
Modest Mouse
The Fruit That Ate Itself
59
critic score
(3)
71
user score
(82)
Sep 15
Ornatos Violeta
Cão!
83
user score
(79)
May 20
Weezer
Pink Triangle
85
user score
(74)
Nov 24
Yes
Open Your Eyes
49
critic score
(2)
39
user score
(70)
Mar 18
Aerosmith
Nine Lives
61
critic score
(7)
60
user score
(69)
Sep 23
Chumbawamba
Tubthumper
73
critic score
(4)
69
user score
(68)
Sep 22
The Hives
Barely Legal
70
critic score
(2)
71
user score
(68)
Nov 12
Robert Wyatt
Shleep
87
critic score
(4)
79
user score
(64)
Jan 20
Blur
Beetlebum
93
user score
(62)
Jul 29
Harvey Danger
Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?
61
critic score
(4)
76
user score
(62)
Mar 25
Dinosaur Jr.
Hand It Over
70
critic score
(5)
68
user score
(60)
Jun 24
Mötley Crüe
Generation Swine
59
critic score
(4)
32
user score
(60)
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