Here's some of my favorite/recommended music for this year. Clicking on the ALBUM COVER or ALBUM NAME will take you to a place to purchase that particular CD.

Ben Folds Five - "Whatever And Ever Amen" - 550/Sony

Bjork - "Homogenic" - EastWest/EEG

Catherine Wheel - "Adam and Eve" - Mercury

Core - "Not Your Size" - Sol 3

Collective Soul - "Disciplined Breakdown" - Atlantic

Coward - "Coward" - Elektra

The Dambuilders - "Against The Stars" - EastWest/EEG

Jack Drag - "Unisex Hardware" - Devil's Weed/Hep-Cat

Everclear - "So Much For The Afterglow" - Capitol

Firewater - "Get Off The Cross (We Need The Wood For The Fire)" - Jetset

The Folk Implosion - "Dare To Be Stupid" - The Communion Label

Jesus Jones "Already" Food/Virgin (import only)

The Mommyheads - "The Mommyheads" - Geffen

Odds - "Nest" - Sire/EEG

Radiohead - "OK Computer" - Capitol

Sense Field "Building" Revelation

Thin Lizard Dawn - "Thin Lizard Dawn" - RCA/BMG

The Tories - "Wonderful Life" - N2K Encoded

Jen Trynin - "Gun Shy Trigger Happy" - Squint/Warner Bros.

Whirlpool - "Liquid Glass" - Revelation

Other noteworthy albums of 1997:

Cake Like - "Bruiser Queen" - Vapor

Depeche Mode - "Home" - Mute/Reprise

Dubstar - "Goodbye" - Polydor

Duran Duran - "Medazzaland" - Capitol

Erasure - "Cowboy" - Warner Bros. More similar to their older albums.

Gene - "Drawn To The Deeper End" - Polydor Moody Smiths-esque pop band.

Jonathan Fire Eater - "Wolf Songs For Lambs" - Dreamworks

Letters To Cleo - "Go" - Revolution/Warner Bros.

Little Red Rocket - "Who Did You Pay" - Tim Kerr

Luna - "Pup Tent" - Elektra

Papa Fritas - "Helioself" - Minty Fresh Pop! Pop! Pop! Fun music.

The Powerstation - "Living In Fear" - Guardian

Pulsars - "Pulsars" - Almo Sounds Like 80's synth-pop? Then check this album out.

Radio Iodine - "Tiny Warnings" - Universal

The Seahorses - "Do It Yourself" - Geffen Features John Squire from The Stone Roses.

Sister Machine Gun - "Metropolis" - TVT

Skeleton Key - "Fantastic Spikes Through Ballons" - Capitol

Matthew Sweet - "Blue Sky On Mars" - Volcano (Zoo)/BMG

Thrush Hermit - "Sweet Homewrecker" - EEG Check it out.

Jeremy Toback - "Perfect Flux Thing" - RCA

Varnaline - "Varnaline" - Zero Hour

Mike Watt - "Contemplating The Engine Room" - Columbia

Best Soundtracks and Compilations of 1997

The London Suede - "Sci-fi Lullabies" (2 CD set) - Nude/Columbia

Moby - "I Like To Score" - Elektra/EEG

Various Artists - "Tibetian Freedom Concert" (3 CD live set) - Grand Royal/Capitol

Soundtrack - "Trainspotting" - Capitol

The Pixies - "Death To The Pixies" (2 CD set) - 4AD/Elektra/EEG

The Replacements - "Farewell Dinner" (2 CD set) - Reprise/Warner Bros.

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