Best Album(s) of 1997

[ccfalzon]

flaming lips- zaireeka.
 elf power- when the red king comes

[eltee]

Originally posted by [username edited by p.c. moderator]:
 

I definitely overlooked Portishead's disk. [/b]

Ditto.
 
 An old Rolling Stone issue had Grohl and others pick favorites for this year. Bjork topped all lists.
 
 Hoya are those your personal faves or are you in journalistic mode?    (Never can figure out if these lists are to be personal or rated picks)
 
 Anyhow, I go the personal route. Otherwise, I'd go on for hours. Some of mine have been mentioned: Verve, Portishead, Foo, Whiskeytown, Radiohead, Pavement, Sundays...
 (Not best, but I listened for a few weeks: Blink, BFF)
 
 Toad The Wet Sprocket - Coil
 Elliot Smith - Either/Or
 Teenage Fanclub - Songs From Northern Britain
 Echo & the Bunnymen - Evergreen
 The Devlins - Waiting
 Offspring - Ixnay on the Hombre
 INXS - Elegantly Wasted
 Silverchair - Freak Show

[eltee]

Originally posted by Bags:
  Sleater-Kinney and Foo Fighters.  Shit, didn't realize "The Colour and The Shape" was 1997...I didn't get it until '99.  Then, I got it!

I had "Everlong" on a mix tape.   :p   Good driving song.

[ccfalzon]

Great call on Elliot and Teenage Fanclub. One of the greatest regrets of my concert going life was not going to see Elliot perform at Field Day in 2004. Then he decided to end it. What a waste.
 
 BTW if you're looking for a talented Elliot Smith protegee, check out Andrew Morgan. "Misadventures in Radiology" is an awesome disc. Legend has it that he recorded most of it while crashing on Elliot's couch, so the connection is there. Hoping he hits DC at some point soon.

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by frenchpiece:
  One of the greatest regrets of my concert going life was not going to see Elliot perform at Field Day in 2004. Then he decided to end it. What a waste.

Ditto. He turned up headlining the second stage during Blur, right?

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by El Sugartastic:
 Hoya are those your personal faves or are you in journalistic mode?     (Never can figure out if these lists are to be personal or rated picks)
 

i just went through iTunes and picked out my favorites from '97 ... the ratings were just a rough approximation of how i'd rank them all ... forgot about the teenage fanclub, good call ... but i willfully left off the elliott smith =)

[brennser]

how the hell can y'all remember what was released when? shit, I can barely remember what was released in 05, let alone 1997

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by brennser:
  how the hell can y'all remember what was released when?

I've had an excel spreadsheet of all the records I own for some time. I sorted by year.

[eltee]

Originally posted by frenchpiece:
  BTW if you're looking for a talented Elliot Smith protegee, check out Andrew Morgan. "Misadventures in Radiology" is an awesome disc. Legend has it that he recorded most of it while crashing on Elliot's couch, so the connection is there. Hoping he hits DC at some point soon.

I think I heard about him on MySpace...

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by brennser:
  how the hell can y'all remember what was released when? shit, I can barely remember what was released in 05, let alone 1997

iTunes ... i could also quickly find my favorite singer/songwriter tracks from 1995, or my favorite dream pop songs from 1991 =)

[eltee]

Originally posted by brennser:
  how the hell can y'all remember what was released when? shit, I can barely remember what was released in 05, let alone 1997

I try and remember some of the shows I attended and mixes I made; then look up from there. While a couple on my list are not the absolute "best of the best" they are per the time and bear mentioning.

[lionforce5]

Yeah color me stupid for forgetting Portishead and Homogenic.
 
 Also Takako Minekawa - Roomic Cube
 
 I was pretty disillusioned with rock that year.

[markie]

Or you can get itunes to display the year a record was released and then sort by year.
 
 Dandy Warhols: Come Down
 
 Brian Jonestown Massacre: Thank god for mental illness.

[godsshoeshine]

can't believe i forgot either/or
 at least it wasn't xo

[brennser]

gotcha - although not all my itunes music at work has a year tag
 
 

Originally posted by MTB-Markie:
  Or you can get itunes to display the year a record was released and then sort by year.
 
 Dandy Warhols: Come Down
 
 Brian Jonestown Massacre: Thank god for mental illness.