Editing 1997 in music (section)

===January – March===
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! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
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| rowspan="22" style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a; textcolor:#000;" | '''J<br>A<br>N<br />U<br />A<br />R<br />Y'''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|7
| ''[[Six of Hearts (EP)|Six of Hearts]]'' || [[Kenny G]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Enjoy Incubus]]'' || [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |10
| ''[[The Best and the Rest]]'' || [[Savatage]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Firefly (TNT album)|Firefly]]'' || [[TNT (Norwegian band)|TNT]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|14
| ''[[Justuss]]'' || [[Snow (musician)|Snow]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live Stages]]'' || [[Vertical Horizon]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Rhyme & Reason (soundtrack)|Rhyme & Reason]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|20
| ''[[Homework (Daft Punk album)|Homework]]'' || [[Daft Punk]] || UK
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|21
| ''[[Dragon Attack: A Tribute to Queen]]'' || Various Artists || Tribute
|-
| ''[[Vivir (album)|Vivir]]'' || [[Enrique Iglesias]] ||-
|-
| ''Slick Shoes EP'' || [[Slick Shoes]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Soft Effects]]'' || [[Spoon]] || EP
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|23
| ''[[Clumsy (Our Lady Peace album)|Clumsy]]'' || [[Our Lady Peace]] || Canada
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|27
| ''[[Glow (Reef album)|Glow]]'' || [[Reef (band)|Reef]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|28
| ''[[11 Transistor]]'' || [[Lazlo Bane]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Full Sentence]]'' || [[Pigeonhed]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gridlock'd (soundtrack)|Gridlock'd]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy]]'' || [[Pat Boone]] || Covers CD
|-
| ''[[Lie to Me (album)|Lie to Me]]'' || [[Jonny Lang]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Perfect from Now On]]'' || [[Built to Spill]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Uptown Saturday Night (album)|Uptown Saturday Night]]'' || [[Camp Lo]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[Come My Fanatics...]]'' || [[Electric Wizard]] ||<ref name="ra-archive">{{cite web|url=http://www.riseaboverecords.com:80/electricwizard/fanatics.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010306174421/http://www.riseaboverecords.com/electricwizard/fanatics.html |title=Electric Wizard – "Come My Fanatics" |access-date=6 June 2017 |archive-date=March 6, 2001 |publisher=[[Rise Above Records]] |url-status = dead}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="52" style="text-align:center; background:thistle; textcolor:#000;"| '''F<br />E<br />B<br />R<br />U<br />A<br />R<br />Y'''
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|3
| ''[[C'est pour vivre (album)|C'est pour vivre]]'' || [[Celine Dion]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Earthling (David Bowie album)|Earthling]]'' || [[David Bowie]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sex Style]]'' || [[Kool Keith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[White on Blonde]]'' || [[Texas (band)|Texas]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|4
| ''[[Bombs & Butterflies]]'' || [[Widespread Panic]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Handsome (Handsome album)|Handsome]]'' || [[Handsome (band)|Handsome]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Ixnay on the Hombre]]'' || [[The Offspring]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Freak Show (album)|Freak Show]]'' || [[Silverchair]] || Sophomore
|-
| ''[[Love Travels]]'' || [[Kathy Mattea]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Old Friends from Young Years]]'' || [[Papa Roach]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Tony Bennett on Holiday]]'' || [[Tony Bennett]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|7
| ''[[SubUrbia (film)|SubUrbia]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[True Believer (Troy Cassar-Daley album)|True Believer]]'' || [[Troy Cassar-Daley]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|10
| ''[[Blur (Blur album)|Blur]]'' || [[Blur (band)|Blur]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Short Album About Love]]'' || [[The Divine Comedy (band)|The Divine Comedy]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="13" style="text-align:center;"|11
| ''[[Baduizm]]'' || [[Erykah Badu]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Beautiful World (Big Head Todd album)|Beautiful World]]'' || [[Big Head Todd and the Monsters]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Brighten the Corners]]'' || [[Pavement (band)|Pavement]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Built to Last (Sick of It All album)|Built to Last]]'' || [[Sick of It All]] ||-
|-
| ''[[City (Strapping Young Lad album)|City]]'' || [[Strapping Young Lad]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Coal Chamber (album)|Coal Chamber]]'' || [[Coal Chamber]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Dangerous Ground (soundtrack)|Dangerous Ground (Music from the Original Motion Picture)]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Eight Arms to Hold You]]'' || [[Veruca Salt (band)|Veruca Salt]] ||-
|-
| ''I Like It When You Die'' || [[Anal Cunt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Paco... Drop the Chicken]]'' || [[Salmon (band)|Salmon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Show World]]'' || [[Redd Kross]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sweet Homewrecker]]'' || [[Thrush Hermit]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Unchained Melody: The Early Years]]'' || [[LeAnn Rimes]] || Recorded 1994–96
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|17
| ''[[Oxygene 7-13]]'' || [[Jean Michel Jarre]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Attack of the Grey Lantern]]'' || [[Mansun]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Live at the Wireless (Ash album)|Live at the Wireless]]'' || [[Ash (band)|Ash]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|18
| ''[[Lost Highway (soundtrack)|Lost Highway]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Payable on Death Live]]'' || [[P.O.D.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Petra Praise 2: We Need Jesus]]'' || [[Petra (band)|Petra]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Secret Samadhi]]'' || [[Live (band)|Live]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Terra Incognita (Chris Whitley album)|Terra Incognita]]'' || [[Chris Whitley]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|24
| ''[[Women in Technology (album)|Women in Technology]]'' || [[White Town]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Orblivion]]'' || [[The Orb]] ||-
|-
| ''[['Til Death Do Us Unite]]'' || [[Sodom (band)|Sodom]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="10" style="text-align:center;"|25
| ''[[The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum]]'' || [[L7 (band)|L7]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Becoming X]]'' || [[Sneaker Pimps]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Booty Call (soundtrack)|Booty Call]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Either/Or (album)|Either/Or]]'' || [[Elliott Smith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Goodbye Ellston Avenue]]'' || [[Pinhead Gunpowder]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Marcy Playground (album)|Marcy Playground]]'' || [[Marcy Playground]] ||-
|-
| ''Maximum Abduction'' || [[Hypocrisy (band)|Hypocrisy]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Slush (album)|Slush]]'' || [[OP8]] ||-
|-
| ''[[...Somewhere More Familiar]]'' || [[Sister Hazel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Whiplash (album)|Whiplash]]'' || [[James (band)|James]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[All Wound Up... (album)|All Wound Up...]]'' || [[Godsmack]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Best of Gloria Estefan]]'' || [[Gloria Estefan]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Kingdom of Madness (Edguy album)|Kingdom of Madness]]'' || [[Edguy]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="83" style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98; textcolor:#000;"|'''M<br />A<br />R<br />C<br />H'''
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|3
| ''[[10 (Wet Wet Wet album)|10]]'' || [[Wet Wet Wet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Boatman's Call]]'' || [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Electro Glide in Blue]]'' || [[Apollo 440]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pop (U2 album)|Pop]]'' || [[U2]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|4
| ''[[Dan Bern (album)|Dan Bern]]'' || [[Dan Bern]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Darkside (Necrophobic album)|Darkside]]'' || [[Necrophobic]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Goldfly (album)|Goldfly]]'' || [[Guster]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Healing Game]]'' || [[Van Morrison]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Soul Assassins, Chapter I]]'' || [[Soul Assassins]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|7
| ''[[From the Gecko]]'' || [[The Slip (band)|The Slip]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|10
| ''[[Extinct Instinct]]'' || [[Threshold (band)|Threshold]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Still Waters (Bee Gees album)|Still Waters]]'' || [[Bee Gees]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="16" style="text-align:center;"|11
| ''[[Before You Were Punk]]'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[City of Industry (film)|City of Industry Soundtrack]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World]]'' || [[Chet Atkins]] and [[Tommy Emmanuel]] || Collaboration between American guitarist Chet Atkins and Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel
|-
| ''[[Disciplined Breakdown]]'' || [[Collective Soul]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dutch Harbor – Where the Sea Breaks Its Back]]'' || [[Boxhead Ensemble]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Fake Can Be Just as Good]]'' || [[Blonde Redhead]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Human (Christine Glass album)|Human]]'' || [[Christine Glass]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Let's Face It]]'' || [[The Mighty Mighty Bosstones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Like Swimming]]'' || [[Morphine (band)|Morphine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live at Hammersmith '79]]'' || [[Ted Nugent]] || Live 1979
|-
| ''[[Lula Divinia]]'' || [[Shiner (band)|Shiner]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Message for Albert]]'' || [[Five for Fighting]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Touch (1997 film)|Music from the Motion Picture Touch]]'' || [[Dave Grohl]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Rapture (Bradley Joseph album)|Rapture]]'' || [[Bradley Joseph]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Untouchable (Scarface album)|The Untouchable]]'' || [[Scarface (rapper)|Scarface]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Violent Demise: The Last Days]]'' || [[Body Count (band)|Body Count]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|17
| ''[[The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified]]'' || [[The Dismemberment Plan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Future of War]]'' || [[Atari Teenage Riot]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="10" style="text-align:center;"|18
| ''[[Aftertaste (album)|Aftertaste]]'' || [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Euphoria (Leftover Salmon album)|Euphoria]]'' || [[Leftover Salmon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Grosse Point Blank|Grosse Point Blank (Original Soundtrack)]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Happy Town (album)|Happy Town]]'' || [[Jill Sobule]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Made in America (EP)|Made in America]]'' || [[Aerosmith]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Nine Lives (Aerosmith album)|Nine Lives]]'' || [[Aerosmith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Selena (soundtrack)|Selena]]'' || [[Selena]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Songs in the Key of Springfield]]'' || [[The Simpsons]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stealing Second]]'' || [[Chris Thile]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Whatever and Ever Amen]]'' || [[Ben Folds Five]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|20
| ''[[Blizzard Beasts]]'' || [[Immortal (band)|Immortal]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|21
| ''[[In This Room]]'' || [[The Third and the Mortal|The 3rd and the Mortal]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|23
| ''[[Sóknardalr]]'' || [[Windir]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|24
| ''[[Aquí]]'' || [[Julieta Venegas]] ||-
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music! 36'' (UK series) || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Saturday Teenage Kick]]'' || [[Tom Holkenborg|Junkie XL]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Skyscraping]]'' || [[ABC (band)|ABC]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Solid (U.D.O. album)|Solid]]'' || [[U.D.O.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Some Things Never Change]]'' || [[Supertramp]] ||-
|-
| ''[[White Trash Hell]]'' || [[Everclear (band)|Everclear]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="24" style="text-align:center;"|25
| ''[[Blue Sky on Mars]]'' || [[Matthew Sweet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Buffalo Club (album)|The Buffalo Club]]'' || [[The Buffalo Club]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Carnival of Chaos]]'' || [[GWAR]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Chocolate Supa Highway]]'' || [[Michael Franti|Spearhead]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Come In and Burn]]'' || [[Rollins Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dust Bunnies (album)|Dust Bunnies]]'' || [[Bettie Serveert]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Everything I Touch Runs Wild]]'' || [[Lori Carson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Everything You Want (Ray J album)|Everything You Want]]'' || [[Ray J]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Hand It Over]]'' || [[Dinosaur Jr.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hear in the Now Frontier]]'' || [[Queensrÿche]] ||-
|-
| ''Homework'' || Daft Punk || US
|-
| ''[[Life After Death]]'' || [[The Notorious B.I.G.]] || Sophomore
|-
| ''[[Livin' or Dyin']]'' || [[Jack Ingram]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mingus Plays Piano]]'' || [[Charles Mingus]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The More Things Change...]]'' || [[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]] || Sophomore
|-
| ''[[Must've Been High]]'' || [[The Supersuckers|Supersuckers]] ||-
|-
| ''Natty Dread'' || [[Charlie Hunter]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nowhere (1997 film)|Nowhere: Music from the Gregg Araki Movie]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[One More Time (Real McCoy album)|One More Time]]'' || [[Real McCoy (band)|Real McCoy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[R&B Transmogrification]]'' || [[Quasi (band)|Quasi]] ||-
|-
| ''[[So Long So Wrong]]'' || [[Alison Krauss]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Take a Look Over Your Shoulder]]'' || [[Warren G]] ||-
|-
| ''[[That Old Feeling (film)|That Old Feeling (Music from the Motion Picture)]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Then: The Earlier Years]]'' || [[They Might Be Giants]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|26
| ''[[Aquarium (Aqua album)|Aquarium]]'' || [[Aqua (band)|Aqua]] || Denmark
|-
| ''[[The Fawn (album)|The Fawn]]'' || [[The Sea and Cake]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Restless Heart (Whitesnake album)|Restless Heart]]'' || [[Whitesnake]] || Japan
|-
| ''[[Wild & Mild]]'' || [[Tokio (band)|Tokio]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|27
| ''Kolme'' || [[Apulanta]] || Finland
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|31
| ''[[Cowboy (album)|Cowboy]]'' || [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]] || UK
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[Wild Orchid (album)|Wild Orchid]]'' || [[Wild Orchid (band)|Wild Orchid]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Space Avenue]]'' || [[Waltari]] || Finland
|-
| ''[[Blue Roses from the Moons]]'' || [[Nanci Griffith]] ||-
|-
|}