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The Best Indie Rock Albums of 1997 by User Score
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1
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Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
November 18th, 1997
USER SCORE
88
813 ratings
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2
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Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On
January 28th, 1997
USER SCORE
86
381 ratings
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3
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Motorpsycho - Angels and Daemons at Play
August 4th, 1997
USER SCORE
85
13 ratings
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4
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Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
April 22nd, 1997
USER SCORE
85
482 ratings
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5
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Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out
April 8th, 1997
USER SCORE
83
292 ratings
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6
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Helium - The Magic City
September 9th, 1997
USER SCORE
82
11 ratings
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7
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Pavement - Brighten the Corners
February 11th, 1997
USER SCORE
82
238 ratings
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8
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Grandaddy - Under The Western Freeway
October 21st, 1997
USER SCORE
81
127 ratings
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9
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Blur - Blur
February 10th, 1997
USER SCORE
80
535 ratings
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10
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Plumtree - Predicts The Future
USER SCORE
78
13 ratings
Amazon
11
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Guided By Voices - Mag Earwhig!
May 20th, 1997
USER SCORE
73
22 ratings
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12
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Modest Mouse - The Fruit That Ate Itself
May 13th, 1997
USER SCORE
71
44 ratings
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13
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Cornershop - When I Was Born for the 7th Time
September 8th, 1997
USER SCORE
70
23 ratings
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14
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Blonde Redhead - Fake Can Be Just as Good
March 11th, 1997
USER SCORE
70
29 ratings
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15
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The Hives - Barely Legal
September 22nd, 1997
USER SCORE
68
35 ratings
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16
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Polvo - Shapes
September 23rd, 1997
USER SCORE
66
10 ratings
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17
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Destroyer - Ideas For Songs
January 1st, 1997
USER SCORE
62
15 ratings
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18
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Morrissey - Maladjusted
August 11th, 1997
USER SCORE
59
41 ratings
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