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26
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The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
June 16, 1997
Britpop
,
Chamber Pop
USER SCORE
94
384 ratings
Amazon
27
.
Nas - The Message
February 3, 1997
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
,
Boom Bap
,
Gangsta Rap
USER SCORE
94
84 ratings
Amazon
28
.
The Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize
April 1, 1997
Gangsta Rap
,
East Coast Hip Hop
USER SCORE
94
236 ratings
Amazon
29
.
Janet - Together Again
December 2, 1997
Dance-Pop
,
Garage House
,
Contemporary R&B
USER SCORE
94
118 ratings
Amazon
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30
.
The Dismemberment Plan - What Do You Want Me to Say? / Since You Died
November 1997
Post-Hardcore
,
Indie Rock
,
Power Pop
,
Emo-Pop
USER SCORE
94
26 ratings
Amazon
31
.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Into My Arms
January 27, 1997
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
94
41 ratings
Amazon
32
.
The Offspring - Gone Away
March 24, 1997
Alternative Rock
USER SCORE
94
37 ratings
Amazon
33
.
Buena Vista Social Club - Chan Chan
September 16, 1997
Afro-Cuban Jazz
,
Bolero
USER SCORE
94
33 ratings
Amazon
34
.
Fiona Apple - Never Is a Promise
December 12, 1997
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Pop
,
Chamber Pop
USER SCORE
94
72 ratings
Amazon
35
.
Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up
November 17, 1997
Big Beat
USER SCORE
94
119 ratings
Amazon
36
.
The Sundays - Life Goes On
1997
USER SCORE
94
34 ratings
Amazon
Spotify
37
.
Deftones - My Own Summer (Shove It)
December 22, 1997
Nu Metal
,
Alternative Metal
USER SCORE
93
294 ratings
Amazon
38
.
Fiona Apple - Sleep to Dream
April 14, 1997
Trip Hop
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Pop
,
Piano Rock
USER SCORE
93
100 ratings
Amazon
39
.
White Town - Your Woman
January 13, 1997
Trip Hop
,
Alternative Dance
,
Indietronica
USER SCORE
93
114 ratings
Amazon
40
.
Pixies - Debaser
July 21, 1997
Indie Rock
,
Alternative Rock
USER SCORE
93
77 ratings
Amazon
41
.
Nine Inch Nails - The Perfect Drug
May 13, 1997
Industrial Rock
USER SCORE
93
119 ratings
Amazon
42
.
Radiohead - Lucky
December 1997
Alternative Rock
,
Space Rock Revival
,
Art Rock
USER SCORE
93
368 ratings
Amazon
43
.
TOOL - H.
March 19, 1997
Alternative Metal
,
Progressive Metal
USER SCORE
93
83 ratings
Amazon
44
.
Portishead - All Mine
September 8, 1997
Trip Hop
,
Acid Jazz
,
Crime Jazz
USER SCORE
93
71 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
45
.
Rage Against the Machine - Vietnow
October 1997
Rap Metal
USER SCORE
93
53 ratings
Amazon
46
.
Sublime - Santeria
January 7, 1997
Pop Reggae
,
Alternative Rock
,
Third Wave Ska
USER SCORE
93
154 ratings
Amazon
47
.
The Notorious B.I.G. - Mo Money Mo Problems
July 11, 1997
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Pop Rap
USER SCORE
93
105 ratings
Amazon
48
.
Erykah Badu - Next Lifetime
June 2, 1997
Neo-Soul
,
Contemporary R&B
USER SCORE
93
33 ratings
Amazon
49
.
Makaveli - Hail Mary
February 11, 1997
Gangsta Rap
,
West Coast Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
USER SCORE
93
79 ratings
Amazon
50
.
Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life
June 17, 1997
Alternative Rock
,
Pop Rock
USER SCORE
93
146 ratings
Amazon
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