An ongoing ranking and rating of my favorite albums of 1997. Items in bold are part of my personal CD collection.
THE TOP TEN
1. Bruce Dickinson ~ Accident Of Birth (9)
2. Savatage ~ The Wake Of Magellan (9)
3. ThirdEyeBlind ~ ThirdEyeBlind (8.6)
4. Sarah McLachlan ~ Surfacing (8.5)
5. Sammy Hagar ~ Marching To Mars (8.1)
6. Edwin McCain ~ Misguided Roses (8)
7. Genesis ~ …Calling All Stations… (8)
8. Megadeth ~ Cryptic Writings (8.0)
9. Foo Fighters ~ The Colour And The Shape (7.8)
10. Days Of The New ~ Days Of The New [1] (7.3)
THE REST: ALPHABETICAL BY RATING
Catherine Wheel ~ Adam & Eve (7.3)
Metallica ~ ReLoad (7.3)
The 69 Eyes ~ Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (7)
Big Wreck ~ In Loving Memory Of (7)
Creed ~ My Own Prison (7)
Dream Theater ~ Falling Into Infinity (7)
Faith No More ~ Album Of The Year (7.0)
Kenny Wayne Shepherd ~ Trouble Is… (7)
Kiss ~ Carnival Of Souls: The Final Sessions (7)
Night Ranger ~ Neverland (7)
Oasis ~ Be Here Now (7)
Radiohead ~ OK Computer (7.0)
Sevendust ~ Sevendust (7)
The Sundays ~ Static & Silence (6.8)
Aerosmith ~ Nine Lives (6.8)
Seven Mary Three ~ RockCrown (6.4)
Green Day ~ Nimrod (6.1)
Cry Of Love ~ Diamonds & Debris (6)
Flotsam And Jetsam ~ High (6)
Jonny Lang ~ Lie To Me (6)
Mötley Crüe ~ Generation Swine (6)
Toad The Wet Sprocket ~ Coil (6)
The Refreshments ~ The Bottle & Fresh Horses (5.3)
Sister Hazel ~ …Somewhere More Familiar (5.0)
21 Guns ~ Nothing’s Real (5)
Brad ~ Interiors (5)
Collective Soul ~ Disciplined Breakdown (5)
Danger Danger ~ Four The Hard Way (5)
John Norum ~ Worlds Away (5)
Judas Priest ~ Jugulator (5)
Paradise Lost ~ One Second (5)
Pat Benatar ~ Innamorata (5)
Queensrÿche ~ Hear In The Now Frontier (5)
Richard Marx ~ Flesh And Bone (5)
Sixpence None The Richer ~ Sixpence Nine The Richer (5)
W.A.S.P. ~ K.F.D. (5)
Whitesnake ~ Restless Heart (5)
Sugar Ray ~ Floored (5.0)
Smash Mouth ~ Fush You Mang (4.9)
Dokken ~ Shadowlife (4)
Glenn Tipton ~ Baptizm Of Fire (4)
Kip Winger ~ Another Way (4)
Saliva ~ Saliva (4)
Thunder ~ The Thrill Of It All (4)
Within Temptation ~ Enter (4)
Dog’s Eye View ~ Daisy (3)
Limp Bizkit ~ Three Dollar Bill, Yall$ (3)
Neal Schon ~ Electric World (3)
Cold ~ Cold (2)
Nuno ~ Schizophonic (1)
Reef ~ Glow (1)
CURRENTLY UNRATED
220 Volt ~ Lethal Illusion
38 Special ~ Resolution
Annihilator ~ Remains
Axel Rudi Pell ~ Magic
Baton Rouge ~ Baton Rouge
Blink-182 ~ Dude Ranch
Bonfire ~ Rebel Soul
Caroline’s Spine ~ Monsoon
Cheap Trick ~ Cheap Trick [2]
David Bowie ~ Eart HI I Ng
DGM ~ Change Direction
Edguy ~ Kingdom Of Madness
Elton John ~ The Big Picture
Fair Warning ~ Go!
Fates Warning ~ A Pleasant Shade Of Grey
Finger Eleven ~ Tip
Flaw ~ American Arrogance
Galactic Cowboys ~ The Horse That Bud Bought
Guster ~ Goldfly
HammerFall ~ Glory To The Brave
Hard Rain ~ Hard Rain
Impellitteri ~ Eye Of The Hurricane
Incubus ~ S.C.I.E.N.C.E.
Iron Savior ~ Iron Savior
Jackyl ~ Cut The Crap
Joe Lynn Turner ~ Under Cover
Kingdom Come ~ Master Seven
Lynyrd Skynyrd ~ Twenty
Marillion ~ This Strange Engine
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones ~ Let’s Face It
Morphine ~ Like Swimming
Nelson ~ The Silence Is Broken
The Offspring ~ Ixnay On The Hombre
Overkill ~ From The Underground And Below
Pat Boone ~ In A Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy
Pink Cream 69 ~ Food For Thought
Powerman 5000 ~ Mega!! Kung Fu Radio
Pretty Maids ~ Spooked
Psycho Motel ~ Welcome To The World
Raven ~ Everything Louder
Rick Springfield, Bob Marlette, Tim Pierce ~ Sahara Snow
Riot ~ Inishmore
The Rolling Stones ~ Bridges To Babylon
Royal Hunt ~ Paradox
Saga ~ Pleasure & The Pain
Saxon ~ Unleash The Beast
Shadows Fall ~ Somber Eyes To The Sky
Sinner ~ Judgement Day
Slaughter ~ Revolution
Steve Winwood ~ Junction Seven
Supertramp ~ Some Things Never Change
Switchfoot ~ The Legend Of Chin
The Tea Party ~ Transmission
Ten ~ The Robe
Terra Nova ~ Break Away
Testament ~ Demonic
Threshold ~ Extinct Instinct
TNT ~ Firefly
U2 ~ Pop
Vanden Plas ~ The God Thing
Y&T ~ Endangered Species
Yes ~ Open Your Eyes
Yngwie Malmsteen ~ Facing The Animal
[Last updated: 2021.01.09]
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