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Highest Rated Albums of 1997

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Genre

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

1997

1. Guided By Voices - Mag Earwhig!

May 20, 1997

Indie Rock

Score

100

2. Kenickie - At The Club

May 12, 1997

Britpop

Score

100

Source →

Amazon

3. Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever

June 3, 1997

Hip Hop

Score

100

4. Primal Scream - Vanishing Point

July 7, 1997

Alternative Dance

Score

100

5. Jen Trynin - Gun Shy, Trigger Happy

August 12, 1997

Score

100

6. Ron Sexsmith - Other Songs

June 17, 1997

Score

100

7. The Flaming Lips - Zaireeka

October 28, 1997

Alternative Rock

Score

100

Source →

Amazon

8. Portishead - Portishead

September 30, 1997

Trip Hop

Score

100

9. Erykah Badu - Baduizm

February 11, 1997

Neo-Soul

Score

100

10. Roni Size & Reprazent - New Forms

October 28, 1997

Drum and Bass

Score

100

11. The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole

April 7, 1997

Electronic

Score

100

12. The Minus 5 - The Lonesome Death of Buck McCoy

May 5, 1997

Alternative Rock

Score

100

13. Björk - Homogenic

September 23, 1997

Art Pop

Score

100

14. Robert Wyatt - Shleep

November 12, 1997

Singer-Songwriter

Score

100

15. Dubstar - Goodbye

September 16, 1997

Score

100

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Amazon

16. Belle & Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter Jane

July 28, 1997

Score

100

Source →

Amazon

17. Mark Eitzel - West

May 6, 1997

Singer-Songwriter

Score

100

18. Pigeonhed - The Full Sentence

January 28, 1997

Score

100

19. The Frogs - Starjob

May 1, 1997

Score

100

20. Wyclef Jean - The Carnival

June 24, 1997

Hip Hop

Score

100

21. Lee Ann Womack - Lee Ann Womack

May 13, 1997

Score

100

Source →

Amazon

22. Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope

October 7, 1997

R&B

Score

100

23. Redd Kross - Show World

February 11, 1997

Power Pop

Score

100

Source →

Amazon

Spotify

24. Neal Coty - Chance and Circumstance

August 5, 1997

Score

100

Source →

Amazon

25. Julie Miller - Blue Pony

April 15, 1997

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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