Weezer's Pinkerton won 1996. Let's see who wins 1997. Top-heavy year. Billboard chart-topping albums of 1997: No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom (cont. from 1995) Soundtrack - Gridlock'd LeAnn Rimes - Unchained Melody: The Early Years Live - Secret Samadhi Soundtrack - Private Parts U2 - Pop Scarface - The Untouchable Aerosmith - Nine Lives The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death Mary J. Blige - Share My World George Strait - Carrying Your Love With Me Spice Girls - Spice (cont. from 1996) Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever Bob Carlisle - Butterfly Kisses The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land Soundtrack - Men in Black Puff Daddy - No Way Out Bone Thugs n Harmony - The Art of War Fleetwood Mac - The Dance Master P - Ghetto D LeAnn Rimes - You Light Up My Life Mariah Carey - Butterfly Boyz II Men - Evolution Janet Jackson - Velvet Rope The Firm - The Firm Mase - Harlem World Barbara Steisand - Higher Ground Metallica - ReLoad Garth Brooks - Sevens Billboard chart-topping singles of 1997: Toni Braxton - Unbreak My Heart (cont. from 1996) Spice Girls - Wannabe (cont. from 1996) Puff Daddy feat. Mase - Can't Nobody Hold Me Down The Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize Hanson - MMMBop Puff Daddy and Faith - I'll Be Missing You The Notorious B.I.G. feat. Puff Daddy and Mase - Mo Money Mo Problems Mariah Carey - Honey Boyz II Men - 4 Seasons of Loneliness Elton John - Something About the Way You Look Tonight What are your top three albums for 1997? We will keep a running tally and eventually have some sort of bracket. For me it would be: 1. Radiohead - OK Computer 2. Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space 3. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape What are some of the forgotten gems from the year? What is overrated? What did you discover at a young age and what did you discover later? YEARS IN MUSIC • forum.chorus.fm
1. Bjork - Homogenic 2. Radiohead - OK Computer 3. The Divine Comedy - A Short Album About Love fucking great year!
This is one of those years where I might have to go with subjective "favorite" over the more logical "best" album of the year.
remainder of the top 20: 4. Elliott Smith - Either/Or 5. Oasis - Be Here Now 6. Promise Ring - Nothing Feels Good 7. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West 8. Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind 9. The Get Up Kids - Four Minute Mile 10. Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On 11. David Bowie - Earthling 12. Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk 13. Guided by Voices - Mag Earwig! 14. Deftones - Around the Fur 15. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F#A#∞ 16. The Hives - Barely Legal 17. Daft Punk - Homework 18. Jonathan Fire*Eater - Wolf Songs for Lambs 19. Mogwai - Young Team 20. The Verve - Urban Hymns honorable mentions: Catherine Wheel - Adam and Eve The Dandy Warhols - Come Down Death Cab for Cutie - You Can Play These Songs with Chords Dinosaur Jr. - Hand It Over Green Day - Nimrod Jay Z - In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 Ocean Colour Scene - Marchin’ Already Opeth - Morningrise Our Lady Peace - Clumsy Pavement - Brighten the Corners Superchunk - Indoor Living U2 - Pop The Weakerthans - Fallow Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One stuff to check out: Big Mike - Still Serious Bjork - Homogenic Del the Funky Homosapien - Future Development Depeche Mode - Ultra Erykah Badu - Baduizm George Strait - Carrying Your Love With Me Helium - The Magic City Mariah Carey - Butterfly Mase - Harlem World Master P - Ghetto D Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly Nick Cave - The Boatman’s Call The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land Puff Daddy - No Way Out Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out Smog - Red Apple Falls Supergrass - In It for the Money Teenage Fanclub - Songs from Northern Britain Ween - The Mollusk Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever
Hahaha, I mean I DO - but it's just particularly funny this year .... i would have a really hard time convincing just about ANYONE that my #1 this year is "better" than OK Computer. But again yeah the beauty of music being subjective!!
1. Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind 2. Radiohead - OK Computer 3. Everclear - So Much For The Afterglow 4. Savage Garden - Savage Garden 5. The Offspring - Ixnay On The Hombre 6. Green Day - Nimrod 7. Björk - Homogenic 8. Foo Fighters - The Shape and Colour 9. Blink-182 - Dude Ranch 10. Incubus - S.C.I.E.N.C.E. 11. Dispatch - Bang Bang 12. Blur - Blur 13. Daft Punk - Homework 14. The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death 15. Ben Harper - The Will To Live 16. Guster - Goldfly 17. The Dismemberment Plan - The Dismemberment Plan 18. Collective Soul - Disciplined Breakdown 19. Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen 20. Mogwai - Young Team
1. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West 2. Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind 3. Radiohead - OK Computer A fucking great year for singles. Natalie Imbruglia's cover of Torn rules and I won't hear any other opinions on the matter.
For people that like Run the Jewels, El-P released his first album with his group Company Flow this year.
Will post my list tomorrow I def still have some rankings to do. I can say without hesitation that I enjoy listening to both Around the Fur AND 3EB S/T more than OK Computer... but neither is my #1 lol
This year though for real..... I feel like I've been saying this for 4-5 weeks now but fuck it's good. Now that I'm looking through these, I COULD make an argument for easily 6-7 different albums being my fave of the year. Oh, formative years.
What a year 1. Missy Elliot - Supa Dupa Fly 2. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West 3. Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope 4. Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death 5. The Promise Ring - Nothing Feels Good 6. Blink 182 - Dude Ranch 7. Radiohead - OK Computer 8. Spice Girls - Spice World 9. Elliot Smith -Either/Or 10. Rainer Maria - Past Worn Searching