Top-rated albums of 1997

Listed below are the top-rated albums of 1997 as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

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OK Computer

Radiohead

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

4,338 charts

Rank Score:

76,267

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Average Rating:

92 (5,510 votes)

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844

F♯ A♯ ∞ (LP Version)

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

578 charts

Rank Score:

6,078

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293

Average Rating:

84 (734 votes)

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Homogenic

Björk

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

1,083 charts

Rank Score:

13,726

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Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

956 charts

Rank Score:

11,518

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131

Average Rating:

84 (1,124 votes)

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The Lonesome Crowded West

Modest Mouse

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

712 charts

Rank Score:

9,101

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Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

548 charts

Rank Score:

6,330

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Overall Rank:

279

Average Rating:

84 (617 votes)

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The Mollusk

Ween

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

357 charts

Rank Score:

3,530

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510

Average Rating:

83 (488 votes)

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Experience Hendrix: The Best Of Jimi Hendrix
Compilation

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

161

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Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

739 charts

Rank Score:

7,193

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Overall Rank:

240

Average Rating:

82 (934 votes)

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10.

The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings
Live compilation

John Coltrane

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

14 charts

Rank Score:

206

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The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV

where:
av = mean average rating an album has currently received.
n = number of ratings an album has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an album to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for an album (currently 72/100).

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