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Highest Rated Albums of 1997

Year

1997
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Genre

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  - Alt-Country
  - Alternative Dance
  - Alternative Rock
  - Americana
  - Art Pop
  - Art Rock
  - Britpop
  - Country
  - Electronic
  - Folk
  - Hip Hop
  - Indie Pop
- - Indie Rock
  - Neo-Psychedelia
  - Pop
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  - Pop Rock
  - Post-Grunge
  - Power Pop
  - Psychedelic
  - Punk
  - Punk Rock
  - R&B
  - Rock
  - Singer-Songwriter

1. Robert Wyatt - Shleep

November 12, 1997

Singer-Songwriter

Score

100

2. Soundgarden - A-Sides

November 4, 1997

Score

100

Source →

Amazon

3. Roni Size & Reprazent - New Forms

October 28, 1997

Drum and Bass

Score

100

4. The Flaming Lips - Zaireeka

October 28, 1997

Alternative Rock

Score

100

Source →

Amazon

5. Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope

October 7, 1997

R&B

Score

100

6. Suede - Sci-Fi Lullabies

October 6, 1997

Britpop

Score

100

Source →

Amazon

Spotify

7. Portishead - Portishead

September 30, 1997

Trip Hop

Score

100

8. Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind

September 30, 1997

Singer-Songwriter

Score

100

9. Björk - Homogenic

September 23, 1997

Art Pop

Score

100

10. Stereolab - Dots and Loops

September 23, 1997

Art Pop

Score

100

11. Tonio K - Olé

September 23, 1997

Score

100

12. Dubstar - Goodbye

September 16, 1997

Score

100

Source →

Amazon

13. Jen Trynin - Gun Shy, Trigger Happy

August 12, 1997

Score

100

14. Neal Coty - Chance and Circumstance

August 5, 1997

Score

100

Source →

Amazon

15. Luna - Pup Tent

July 29, 1997

Score

100

16. Belle & Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter Jane

July 28, 1997

Score

100

Source →

Amazon

17. Primal Scream - Vanishing Point

July 7, 1997

Alternative Dance

Score

100

18. Wyclef Jean - The Carnival

June 24, 1997

Hip Hop

Score

100

19. Ron Sexsmith - Other Songs

June 17, 1997

Score

100

20. Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever

June 3, 1997

Hip Hop

Score

100

21. Arto Lindsay - Mundo Civilizado

May 20, 1997

Score

100

Source →

Amazon

22. Guided By Voices - Mag Earwhig!

May 20, 1997

Indie Rock

Score

100

23. Lee Ann Womack - Lee Ann Womack

May 13, 1997

Score

100

Source →

Amazon

24. Kenickie - At The Club

May 12, 1997

Britpop

Score

100

Source →

Amazon

25. Mark Eitzel - West

May 6, 1997

Singer-Songwriter

Score

100

NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Entertainment Weekly awarded albums throughout 1997.

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