60 Albums 1997

Here is another list of 60 favorite albums from my collection and this time the year of release is 1997. The year was another interesting mix of the various types of music that I'm drawn to and I have picked Radiohead as my favorite followed by Bob Dylan. I'm not sure I would have picked Radiohead as the top album if I was making the list back in late 1997. I really liked the album but I think it has really stood the test of time and is something that I come back to over and over. I always enjoy listening to it. It's also interesting that it is probably the commercial high point of Radiohead and they followed it up with a series of exciting but noncommercial albums since then. They continue to be one of my all time favorite bands.

It was wonderful to see Bob Dylan making great albums again and Time Out of Mind is one of my favorites . I recently looked at my collection to see which band or artist I had the most albums in my collection and it was Bob Dylan by far with over 30 albums. I think almost everything he's released is worth having.

The other album here I'll comment on is that 60's soul box set. I usually don't put box sets in my list of 60 but this was such a great collection. It was an essential addition even though I already had a lot of the songs. Six CDs of soulful bliss from the 60s.

Lots of old favorites reappear again along with some new additions to my collection of artist.

1. Radiohead - OK Computer
2. Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind
3. Various Artists - Beg, Scream & Shout: The Big Ol' Box of 60's Soul
4. The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Give It Back
5. Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
6. Steve Earle - El Corazon
7. Elliot Smith - Either/Or
8. Greg Brown - Slant 6 Mind
9. Chris Whitley - Living With The Law
10. Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
11. Pixes - Death to the Pixies
12. Built To Spill - Perfect From Now On
13. Whiskeytown - Stranger's Almanac
14. Calexico - Spoke
15. Oasis - Be Here Now
16. Lee 'Scratch' Perry - Arkology
17. Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing
18. Blur - Blur
19. Son Volt - Straightaways
20. Pavement - Brighten the Corners
21. Bob Marley - Dreams of Freedom: Ambient Translations in Dub
22. The Verve - Urban Hymns
23. The Walkabouts - Nighttown
24. Morphine - Like Swimming
25. David Bowie - Earthling
26. Jim White - The Mysterious Tale of How I Shouted Wrong-Eyed Jesus!
27. Guided By Voices - Mag Earwhig!
28. Tindersticks - Curtains
29. John Hiatt - Little Head
30. Galaxie 500 - Copenhagen
31. Teenage Fanclub - Songs From Northern Britain
32. Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
33. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call
34. Love Spit Love - Trysome Eatone
35. The Charlatans - Tellin' Stories
36. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
37. Richard Buckner - Devotion & Doubt
38. Paul McCartney - Flaming Pie
39. Portishead - Portishead
40. Tarnation - Mirador
41. The Jayhawks - Sound of Lies
42. Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Barafundle
43. Ani DiFranco - Living in Clip
44. Old 97's - Too Far To Care
45. Ray Wylie Hubbard - Dangerous Spirits
46. 16 Horsepower - Low Estate
47. Superchunk - Indoor Living
48. Dar Williams - End of Summer
49. Neko Case & Her Boyfriends - The Virginian
50. Super Furry Animals - Radiator
51. John Fogerty - Blue Moon Swamp
52. Robert Wyatt - Shleep
53. Bjork - Homogenic
54. Mogwai - Young Team
55. Primal Scream - Vanishing Point
56. Holly Golightly - Painted On
57. The Apples in Stereo - Tone Soul Evolution
58. The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
59. Freedy Johnston - Never Home
60. Daft Punk - Homework