Top Albums of 1997
Rank▼ All Time Rank▼ Artist▼ Album▼ Genres▼
1
8
 Radiohead OK Computer Alternative Rock, Art Rock
2
165
 Daft Punk Homework French House
3
189
 Björk Homogenic Art Pop, Electronic, Progressive Pop
4
232
 The Chemical Brothers Dig Your Own Hole Big Beat
5
241
 Spiritualized Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space Neo-Psychedelia, Space Rock
6
253
 Elliott Smith Either/Or Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
7
267
 Bob Dylan Time Out of Mind Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
8
275
 The Verve Urban Hymns Britpop
9
410
 Buena Vista Social Club Buena Vista Social Club Afro-Cuban Jazz, Bolero, Son Cubano
10
423
 Yo La Tengo I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One Indie Rock, Noise Pop
11
437
 Sleater-Kinney Dig Me Out Indie Rock, Punk Rock
12
448
 Missy Misdemeanor Elliott Supa Dupa Fly Pop Rap
13
479
 Erykah Badu Baduizm Neo-Soul
14
500
 The Prodigy The Fat of the Land Big Beat
15
544
 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds The Boatman's Call Singer/Songwriter
16
675
 Blur Blur Indie Rock
17
724
 Roni Size / Reprazent New Forms Jazzstep
18
744
 The Notorious B.I.G. Life After Death Gangsta Rap
19
750
 Portishead Portishead Trip Hop
20
814
 Mogwai Young Team Post-Rock
21
870
 Modest Mouse The Lonesome Crowded West Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock
22
978
 Godspeed You! Black Emperor F♯A♯∞ Post-Rock
23
1078
 Built to Spill Perfect from Now On Indie Rock
24
1109
 Cornershop When I Was Born for the 7th Time Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Indietronica
25
1128
 Janet Jackson The Velvet Rope Contemporary R&B, Pop
26
1325
 Supergrass In It for the Money Britpop
27
1344
 Foo Fighters The Colour and the Shape Post-Grunge
28
1380
 Ben Folds Five Whatever and Ever Amen Piano Rock
29
1431
 Super Furry Animals Radiator Alternative Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
30
1536
 Shania Twain Come On Over Country Pop
31
1723
 Sizzla Black Woman & Child Ragga, Roots Reggae
32
1788
 The Flaming Lips Zaireeka Experimental Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
33
1841
 Carl Craig More Songs About Food and Revolutionary Art Detroit Techno
34
1848
 David Holmes Let's Get Killed Breakbeat, Trip Hop
35
1976
 Pavement Brighten the Corners Indie Rock
36
2030
 Primal Scream Vanishing Point Alternative Dance
37
2208
 Sarah McLachlan Surfacing Singer/Songwriter
38
2266
 Steve Earle El Corazon Alt-Country, Americana, Country Rock, Singer/Songwriter
39
2285
 Wyclef Jean The Carnival Pop Rap
40
2289
 Company Flow Funcrusher Plus Abstract Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop
41
2425
 Deftones Around the Fur Nu Metal
42
2447
 Robert Wyatt Shleep Canterbury Scene, Singer/Songwriter
43
2475
 Photek Modus Operandi Atmospheric Drum and Bass
44
2554
 Wu-Tang Clan Wu-Tang Forever Hardcore Hip Hop
45
2572
 Stereolab Dots and Loops Art Pop, Electronic
46
2790
 Oasis Be Here Now Britpop
47
2887
 Mansun Attack of the Grey Lantern Britpop

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Ron Sexsmith Other Songs Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Paul McCartney Flaming Pie Pop Rock
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci Barafundle Psychedelic Folk, Psychedelic Pop
The Charlatans Tellin' Stories Britpop
Laika Sounds of the Satellites Dream Pop, Trip Hop
The Dandy Warhols ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down Alternative Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
Rubén González Introducing... Afro-Cuban Jazz, Danzón
Teenage Fanclub Songs from Northern Britain Jangle Pop, Power Pop
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan En Concert à Paris Qawwali
Squarepusher Hard Normal Daddy Drill and Bass
Mouse on Mars Autoditacker IDM
U2 Pop Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
Cornelius Fantasma Indietronica, Shibuya-kei
Whiskeytown Stranger's Almanac Alt-Country, Americana
Arto Lindsay Noon Chill Art Pop
Robbie Williams Life Thru a Lens Britpop
Grandaddy Under the Western Freeway Indie Rock
Tindersticks Curtains Chamber Pop
Mariah Carey Butterfly Contemporary R&B, Pop
Jurassic 5 EP/LP/CD Jazz Rap
Finley Quaye Maverick a Strike Reggae
The Jayhawks Sound of Lies Alt-Country
Depeche Mode Ultra Alternative Rock, Synthpop
Texas White on Blonde Pop Rock
Susana Baca Susana Baca Música Criolla Peruana
Luke Slater Freek Funk IDM, Techno
Ani DiFranco Living in Clip Alternative Singer/Songwriter
David S. Ware Godspelized Spiritual Jazz
Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions Blues Rock, Hard Rock
Various Artists Talvin Singh Presents Anokha: Soundz of the Asian Underground Drum and Bass
Charlie Haden with Pat Metheny Beyond the Missouri Sky Jazz
Labradford Mi Media Naranja Post-Rock
Common One Day It'll All Make Sense Conscious Hip Hop
The Divine Comedy A Short Album About Love Chamber Pop
Smog Red Apple Falls Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Emperor Anthems to the Welkins at Dusk Symphonic Black Metal
Bentley Rhythm Ace Bentley Rhythm Ace Big Beat
Patti Smith Peace and Noise Art Rock