My Eight Favorite Albums Of 1997
By: Marvin J Markus
1997 is possibly my favorite single year for music ever. For some reason or another many of the albums that I consider to be among the best albums ever recorded were released in 1997. In this article you will read about my favorite eight albums.
Some of these seven are almost universally acclaimed like Radiohead's incredible OK Computer. Others have been panned by most like Oasis' Be Here Now. Still others are largely unknown to the public at large such as Primal Scream's brilliant Vanishing Point.
The eight albums will not be in a particular order as I've found it hard enough to cut it down to just eight, much less putting them into some sort of arbitrary order.
Without further ado are my eight favorite albums of 1997.
1. Radiohead - OK Computer.
Any list of best albums from 1997 that doesn't include Radiohead's OK Computer is pretty easily dismissed as garbage. It's as simple as that really. OK Computer is one of the greatest albums ever. It's basically flawless.
It revolutionized the way many people listen to music in the first place. It's filled with so many brilliant songs that songs that would normally be the highlight of a great album such as "Subterranean Homesick Alien" are mostly ignored by people who talk about the album.
Songs like "Paranoid Android," "Let Down," "Karma Police," "No Surprises," & "Exit Music (For a Film)" still sound just as incredible today as they did 11 years ago.
2. Ween - The Mollusk
No, Ween is not a "joke band." If you listen to The Mollusk and still think they are a "joke band" then you need your ears examined. This is a fantastic album.
Ween can play almost any style of music known to man convincingly. But Ween doesn't just mimic different styles (see: 12 Country Greats and many of their songs), they make any style they try their own.
They also create songs that are of no genre known to this world such as "Mutilated Lips" which is one of my all time favorite Ween songs.
Weird? Sure. A joke? No. No, not really. At least not in the Weird Al sort of way.
If you've never given Ween a real honest listen, I implore you to listen to them with an open mind. They are one of the best bands in the world. Incredible songwriting, amazing singing, brilliant ideas, insane production, and awesome musicianship are all part of what makes Ween great. And this may be their greatest album (of many great ones.)
3. Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space.
This album is so good and so epic, it's just absolutely mind blowing. It's sad to me to know that more people haven't heard this album. It's an absolute stunner. Possibly not only one of my favorite 7 albums of 1997 but of all time. It's that good.
It's one of the most psychedelic albums I've ever heard, and I make an effort to listen to a lot of psychedelic music. If you like music that trips you out but not in a flimsy sort of superficial way, then this is for you. This is deep soulful music. The type of music that will pull your heart out of your chest. No, not in some schmaltzy Hollywood way. It's so much more than that.
Marvin J. Markus enjoys writing about music at: http://www.MusicByDay.com
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