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Highest Rated Albums of 1997

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Genre

All
- All
- Alt-Country
- Alternative Rock
- Art Rock
- Britpop
- Contemporary R&B
- Country
- East Coast Hip Hop
- Electronic
- Folk
- Gangsta Rap
- Hip Hop
- Indie Pop
- Indie Rock
- Pop
- Pop Rap
- Pop Rock
- Power Pop
- Psychedelic
- Punk
- R&B
- Rock
- Singer-Songwriter
- Trip Hop

1997

1. Kenickie - At The Club

May 12, 1997

Britpop

Score

100

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2. Belle and Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter Jane

July 28, 1997

Chamber Pop

Score

100

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Amazon

3. Chris Whitley - Terra Incognita

February 18, 1997

Score

100

4. Dubstar - Goodbye

September 16, 1997

Score

100

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Amazon

5. Neal Coty - Chance and Circumstance

August 5, 1997

Score

100

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Amazon

6. Julie Miller - Blue Pony

April 15, 1997

Score

100

7. Lee Ann Womack - Lee Ann Womack

May 13, 1997

Score

100

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Amazon

8. Tonio K - Olé

September 23, 1997

Score

100

9. Jen Trynin - Gun Shy, Trigger Happy

August 12, 1997

Score

100

10. Pigeonhed - The Full Sentence

January 28, 1997

Score

100

11. Luna - Pup Tent

July 29, 1997

Score

100

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

May 5, 1997

Alternative Rock

Score

100

13. The Frogs - Starjob

May 1, 1997

Score

100

14. Ron Sexsmith - Other Songs

June 17, 1997

Score

100

15. Morphine - Like Swimming

March 11, 1997

Alternative Rock

Score

100

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Amazon

16. Arto Lindsay - Mundo Civilizado

May 20, 1997

Score

100

Source →

Amazon

17. Mark Eitzel - West

May 6, 1997

Singer-Songwriter

Score

100

18. Robert Wyatt - Shleep

November 12, 1997

Singer-Songwriter

Score

100

19. Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope

October 7, 1997

Contemporary R&B

Score

100

20. INXS - Elegantly Wasted

April 4, 1997

Pop Rock

Score

100

21. Guided By Voices - Mag Earwhig!

May 20, 1997

Indie Rock

Score

100

22. Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever

June 3, 1997

East Coast Hip Hop

Score

100

23. Stereolab - Dots and Loops

September 23, 1997

Art Pop

Score

100

24. Erykah Badu - Baduizm

February 11, 1997

Neo-Soul

Score

100

25. Wyclef Jean - The Carnival

June 24, 1997

Hip Hop

Score

100

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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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