Throwback Thursday v. 3 - 1997

This week's edition of Throwback Thursday turns the clock back a decade to 1997.

Musically, a wierd year. Michael Huthence died; Biggie was shot and killed. Dinosaur, Jr and the Gin Blossoms broke up, but the Shins, Death Cab and Switchfoot all began. Oasis released their third album, a massively huge selling record, and The Monkees reunited for two sold out shows at Wembley Arena in London. U2 popped Pop and Radiohead released the most important album of the last ten years (at least). Spiritualized tripped us out, Portishead rolled the joints and Bob Dylan smoked everyone with his Grammy Award Winning classic, Time Out Of Mind. Beck dropped Odelay, Erykah Badu dropped a brilliant debut, the Buena Vista Social Club rocked us to new worlds and Chumbwamba and Ben Folds became modern rock /Top 40superstars. Crazy, heh?

Here's some of the records that came out that year:
R U Still Down? (Remember Me) - 2Pac
Baduizm - Erykah Badu
Odelay - Beck
Whatever and Ever Amen - Ben Folds Five
Homogenic - Björk
Blur - Blur
Earthling - David Bowie
When Disaster Strikes - Busta Rhymes
Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
Feelings - David Byrne
The Virginian - Neko Case
Dig Your Own Hole - Chemical Brothers
Tubthumping - Chumbawamba
When I Was Born For The 7th Time - Cornershop
My Own Prison - Creed
Homework - Daft Punk
Dr. Dre Presents...The Aftermath - Dr. Dre
Time Out Of Mind - Bob Dylan
So Much for the Afterglow - Everclear
The Dance - Fleetwood Mac
The Colour and the Shape - Foo Fighters
nimrod - Green Day
Mag Earwhig! - Guided by Voices
The Will To Live - Ben Harper
The Velvet Rope - Janet Jackson
Lie to Me - Jonny Lang
Pup Tent - Luna
Marcy Playground - Marcy Playground
Flaming Pie - Paul McCartney
Surfacing - Sarah McLachlan
Reload - Metallica
The Boatman's Call - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Be Here Now - Oasis
Brighten The Corners - Pavement
Billy Breathes - Phish
Dummy - Portishead
Vanishing Point - Primal Scream
The Fat Of The Land - Prodigy
It's All About The Family - Puff Daddy
OK Computer - Radiohead
Bridges To Babylon - Rolling Stones
Freak Show - Silverchair
Dig Me Out - Sleater-Kinney
Fush Yu Mang -Smash Mouth
Either/Or - Elliott Smith
Becoming X - Sneaker Pimps
Spiceworld - The Spice Girls
Ladies And Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space - Spritualized
Dots and Loops - Stereolab
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind
Curtains - Tindersticks
Pop - U2
Urban Hymns - The Verve
The Mollusk - Ween
Bombs & Butterflies - Widespread Panic
WU Tang Forever - Wu Tang Clan
I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One - Yo La Tengo

Some personal faves:

Beetlebum - Blur
Cold Irons Bound - Bob Dylan
Brimful of Asha - Cornershop
Dos Gardenias - Buena Vista Social Club
Trainspotting - Primal Scream
It's All About The Benjamins - Puff Daddy & The Family w/ The Notorious B.I.G. and Lil' Kim
We're An American Band - Yo La Tengo
Ladies & Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space - Spiritualized


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