Best albums of 1997
A guitar band made an album about computers and dread. Two French kids made one about house music. Both are still being argued over, and hip-hop lost its biggest star two weeks before his own record arrived. A year that keeps getting reassessed upward.
According to Riffiter listeners, the best album of 1997 is The Fat of the Land by The Prodigy, rated 4.6/5 by 15 listeners.
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Build a list or tier of your ownBest albums of 1997 by genre
The genres that carried the period here, each with what listeners rate highest inside it.
Best Rock albums of 1997
658 albums from 1997
Best Pop albums of 1997
346 albums from 1997
Best Electronic albums of 1997
314 albums from 1997
Best Classical albums of 1997
313 albums from 1997
Best Jazz albums of 1997
298 albums from 1997
The artists of 1997
Everyone who put a record out then, ordered by how listeners rate their catalog rather than by that one release.
1997, month by month
Not everything that came out, just where the weight fell. Some months carried a year; some were quiet and worth knowing about.
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FAQ
- What are the best albums of 1997?
- On Riffiter, the highest-rated album of 1997 is The Fat of the Land by The Prodigy (4.6/5). The ranking below orders the year's releases by community rating.
- How is the 1997 ranking decided?
- By Riffiter listeners. Each album's community rating sets its place. Until a release has enough ratings, its popularity stands in, and the order shifts as more people rate.
- Does the best-of-1997 list change?
- Yes. It's built from live community ratings, so the order updates as people rate 1997 releases. The page refreshes a few times a day.