⇦ 1996

1998 ⇨

The Best Music of 1997

Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 1997. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.

For a list of the top artists who made their debut recording in 1997, check out this list.

Albums (?)		Wikipedia
Ben Folds Five	Whatever and Ever Amen	☆
Björk	Homogenic	☆
Blink-182	Dude Ranch	☆
Blur	Blur	☆
Bob Dylan	Time Out Of Mind	☆
Boyz II Men	Evolution	☆
Buena Vista Social Club	Buena Vista Social Club	☆
Built to Spill	Perfect From Now On	☆
Chumbawamba	Tubthumper	☆
Crystal Method	Vegas	☆
Daft Punk	Homework	☆
Deceased	Fearless Undead Machines	☆
Depeche Mode	Ultra	☆
Diana Krall	Love Scenes	☆
Elliott Smith	Either/Or	☆
Erykah Badu	Baduizm	☆
Everclear	So Much for the Afterglow	☆
Foo Fighters	The Colour and the Shape	☆
Godspeed You! Black Emperor	F♯ A♯ ∞	☆
Green Day	Nimrod	☆
Incubus	S.C.I.E.N.C.E.	☆
James Horner	Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture	☆
Janet Jackson	The Velvet Rope	☆
Jay-Z	In My Lifetime, Vol. 1	☆
Kylie Minogue	Impossible Princess	☆
Maná	Sueños Líquidos	☆
Mariah Carey	Butterfly	☆
Missy Elliott	Supa Dupa Fly	☆
Modest Mouse	The Lonesome Crowded West	☆
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds	The Boatman's Call	☆
Nobuo Uematsu	Final Fantasy VII: Original Soundtrack	☆
Notorious B.I.G.	Life After Death	☆
NSYNC	'N Sync	☆
Oasis	Be Here Now	☆
of Montreal	Cherry Peel	☆
Old 97's	Too Far to Care	☆
Paul McCartney	Flaming Pie	☆
Portishead	Portishead	☆
Primus	The Brown Album	☆
Radiohead	OK Computer	☆
Robbie Williams	Life thru a Lens	☆
Sarah McLachlan	Surfacing	☆
Savage Garden	Savage Garden	☆
Shania Twain	Come On Over	☆
Sixpence None the Richer	Sixpence None the Richer	☆
Sleater-Kinney	Dig Me Out	☆
Spice Girls	Spiceworld	☆
Spiritualized	Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space	☆
Stereolab	Dots and Loops	☆
The Chemical Brothers	Dig Your Own Hole	☆
The Offspring	Ixnay on the Hombre	☆
The Prodigy	The Fat of the Land	☆
The Verve	Urban Hymns	☆
Third Eye Blind	Third Eye Blind	☆
Usher	My Way	☆
Ween	The Mollusk	☆
Whiskeytown	Strangers Almanac	☆
Will Smith	Big Willie Style	☆
Wu-Tang Clan	Wu-Tang Forever	☆
Wyclef Jean	The Carnival	☆
Yo La Tengo	I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One	☆

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Songs (?)		Wikipedia
Alabama 3	Woke Up This Morning (Theme from The Sopranos)	☆
Aphex Twin	Come to Daddy	☆
Aqua	Barbie Girl	☆
Backstreet Boys	As Long as You Love Me	☆
Backstreet Boys	Everybody (Backstreet's Back)	☆
Belle and Sebastian	Lazy Line Painter Jane	☆
Ben Folds Five	Brick	☆
Björk	Bachelorette	☆
Bjork	Hunter	☆
Black Lab	Wash It Away	☆
Blink-182	Dammit	☆
Blue Meanies	Smash the Magnavox	☆
Blur	Song 2	☆
Blur	Beetlebum	☆
Brad	Circle and Line	☆
Buena Vista Social Club	Chan Chan	☆
Celine Dion	My Heart Will Go On	☆
Cherry Poppin' Daddies	Zoot Suit Riot	☆
Chumbawamba	Tubthumping	☆
Cornershop	Brimful of Asha	☆
Daft Punk	Around The World	☆
Daft Punk	Da Funk	☆
David Bowie	I'm Afraid of Americans	☆
Depeche Mode	It's No Good	☆
Eagle-Eye Cherry	Save Tonight	☆
Elliott Smith	Between the Bars	☆
Elliott Smith	Angeles	☆
Everclear	Father of Mine	☆
Foo Fighters	Everlong	☆
Foo Fighters	Monkey Wrench	☆
Foo Fighters	My Hero	☆
Forest For The Trees	Dream	☆
Godspeed You! Black Emperor	The Dead Flag Blues	☆
Green Day	Good Riddance (The Time Of Your Life)	☆
Green Day	Hitchin' A Ride	☆
Guided By Voices	I Am A Tree	☆
Hanson	MMMBop	☆
Harvey Danger	Flagpole Sitta	☆
Headstones	Smile and Wave	☆
Janet Jackson	Together Again	☆
K-Ci & JoJo	All My Life	☆
Kenny Wayne Shepherd	Blue on Black	☆
LeAnn Rimes	How Do I Live	☆
Lisa Loeb	I Do	☆
Marcy Playground	Sex and Candy	☆
Mariah Carey	Honey	☆
Mazinga Phaser	Diamond In Shrink Wrap	☆
Meredith Brooks	Bitch	☆
Metallica	Fuel	☆
Mighty Mighty Bosstones	The Impression That I Get	☆
Missy Elliott	The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)	☆
Natalie Imbruglia	Torn	☆
Nerf Herder	Buffy the Vampire Slayer Theme	☆
Next	Too Cloose	☆
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds	Into My Arms	☆
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds	(Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?	☆
Nightwish	Elvenpath	☆
Nine Inch Nails	The Perfect Drug	☆
Notorious B.I.G.	Hypnotize	☆
Notorious B.I.G. feat. 112	Sky's the Limit	☆
Notorious B.I.G. ft. Puff Daddy and Mase	Mo Money Mo Problems	☆
NSYNC	Tearin' Up My Heart	☆
Oasis	D'You Know What I Mean?	☆
Oasis	All Around the World	☆
Pavement	Stereo	☆
Pilfers	Climbing	☆
Primus	South Park Theme	☆
Puff Daddy feat. Faith Evans and 112	I'll Be Missing You	☆
Radiohead	Karma Police	☆
Radiohead	No Surprises	☆
Radiohead	Paranoid Android	☆
Radiohead	Exit Music (For A Film)	☆
Radiohead	Let Down	☆
Rammstein	Du Hast	☆
Rammstein	Engel	☆
Robbie Williams	Angels	☆
Robbie Williams	Let Me Entertain You	☆
Robyn	Show Me Love	☆
Sarah McLachlan	Angel	☆
Sarah McLachlan	Building a Mystery	☆
Sarah McLachlan	Adia	☆
Sarah McLachlan	Sweet Surrender	☆
Savage Garden	Truly Madly Deeply	☆
Savage Garden	I Want You	☆
Save Ferris	The World is New	☆
Shania Twain	You're Still The One	☆
Shania Twain	Man! I Feel Like A Woman	☆
Shania Twain	That Don't Impress Me Much	☆
Shania Twain	Come On Over	☆
Sister Hazel	All For You	☆
Sixpence None the Richer	Kiss Me	☆
Sixpence None the Richer	There She Goes	☆
Sleater-Kinney	Dig Me Out	☆
Smash Mouth	Walkin' On the Sun	☆
Smashing Pumpkins	The End is the Beginning is the End	☆
Spice Girls	Spice Up Your Life	☆
Spice Girls	Stop	☆
Sugar Ray	Fly	☆
The Chemical Brothers	Block Rockin' Beats	☆
The Chemical Brothers	Setting Sun	☆
The Offspring	All I Want	☆
The Offspring	Gone Away	☆
The Pietasters	Out All Night	☆
The Prodigy	Smack My Bitch Up	☆
The Verve	Bitter Sweet Symphony	☆
The Verve	The Drugs Don't Work	☆
Third Eye Blind	Semi-Charmed Life	☆
Third Eye Blind	Jumper	☆
Third Eye Blind	How's It Going to Be	☆
Trisha Yearwood	How Do I Live	☆
U2	Discothèque	☆
Usher	You Make Me Wanna…	☆
Ween	Ocean Man	☆
Will Smith	Men in Black	☆
Will Smith	Gettin' Jiggy wit It	☆
Will Smith	Miami	☆
Yo La Tengo	Sugarcube	☆
Yo La Tengo	Autumn Sweater	☆

⇦ 1996

1998 ⇨