Basman: 1997 Best Year In Music?

NorwichScene 03.07.13	Good year but its so hard to judge which year has been the best for music
pissbore 03.07.13	the thing is, 1997 isn't 1984
fish. 03.07.13	Best album of all time was released in 1997 and you haven't even included it
demigod93 03.07.13	Yes because 7 whats the best one fish?
rapideyemovement 03.07.13	Agreed.
johnnydeking29 03.07.13	Whilst 97 rules, 99 is the best imo
AliW1993 03.07.13	Not sure it was the best year ever but it was certainly a great one. Props for 5 and 12.
ExcentrifugalForz 03.07.13	Not the best year but pretty impressive. 89' or 06' for me.
Riviere 03.07.13	1994 bro
omnipanzer 03.07.13	Not sure it was the best but it was damned good... I'm pretty damned biased though.
foxblood 03.07.13	every year in the 90's was the best year ever
TheBigLebowski 03.07.13	'94
slagun 03.07.13	nah probably not
SmersH 03.07.13	these absolute statements are just silly... great stuff but does it really matter what year? yeah 5, btw!
Lakes 03.07.13	missing mountain goats
jmnewcomer18 03.07.13	12-15 is the shit
derho 03.07.13	1967, 1976, 1984, 1991
jmnewcomer18 03.07.13	1999 was the shit too.
derho 03.07.13	Yeah but not quite as strikingly full of perfect ones IMO. 1967 is probably the best in terms of number of "classics" but eh 1976 obv the year punk exploded but there's a weir periphery where 75 and 77 have some really good ones that barely missed it 1984 - let it be, zen arcade, double nickels? Yeah 1991 - loveless, spiderland, laughing stock, screamadelica - prolly my personal choice
jmnewcomer18 03.07.13	1999 had Filter - Title Of Record and Incubus - Make Yourself, which are two of my all time favorite albums.
laughingman22 03.07.13	96 94
SupercolliderMusic 03.07.13	I'm impressed you included 20. Good list overall. I can see where you are coming from.
dammets 03.07.13	94 had final fantasy 6, earthbound, super metroid, doom 2, system shock oh wait
zakalwe 03.07.13	During the course of 1997 I owned on CD or tape 1, 2, 4, 11 14-20 and also the greatest album of all time 5 and one of the greatest in 2. With this I also had Pavement, Brighten the Corners and Primal Screams Vanishing Point which are both exceptional. Since then I picked up 12 and GSYBE F# A# (infinity)which is why 97 is the greatest year in music imo.
johnnydeking29 03.07.13	1999 - Agaetis Byrjun, Judgement, Pale Folklore, Still Life, Times of Grace etcetcetc
fish. 03.07.13	"whats the best one fish?" godspeed gotta follow the crowd
Atari 03.07.13	some good stuff but not the best year for music ;)
combustion07 03.07.13	Nah
demigod93 03.07.13	oh right how is F#A# not here damn also "every year in the 90's was the best year ever " [2]
zakalwe 03.07.13	There was some absolute bilge throughout the decade but yeah the 90s were the days.
YankeeDudel 03.07.13	these lists are always really dumb
zakalwe 03.07.13	Not if you wear rose tinted specs are nostalgic as fuck and refuse to move with the times. Me.
YankeeDudel 03.07.13	its not even about that. its how people can claim a year for music is the best based off of just the most popular albums when there are thousands released every year thus making it stupid to claim one year is better than another.
zakalwe 03.07.13	Fair point well made, but I think comparatively 2002 was shit.
johnnydeking29 03.07.13	2002 was cool: Second Stage Turbine Blade, Oceanic, El Cielo, Worship and Tribute, Illusion of Safety
YankeeDudel 03.07.13	Going off this formula 2002 had popular albums by Interpol, Wilco, Flaming Lips, QOTSA, Sigur Ros, Agalloch, Boards of Canada, Porcupine Tree, Broken Social Scene, Johnny Cash, Isis, Godspeed, Morton Feldman, Bohren & der club of Gore, Arcturus, Olvier Messiaen, McLusky, Opeth, Songs: Ohia, Immolation, The Mountain Goats, Max Richter, Carissa's Wierd, The Mountain Goats, Tom Waits, Jay Munly, The Notwist, Sonic Youth, Tenhi, And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Our Dead, Woven Hand, Reverend Bizarre, Echolyn, Iron and Wine, Mastodon, Philip Glass, Dredg, Boris, Dark Tranquility, 16 Horsepower, Empyrium, Today is the Day, Anour Brahem, Murcof, Mourning Beloveth, Naked City, Mum, RJD2, Beck, The Cinematic Orchestra, Meshuggah, El-P, Low, Amon Amarth, Hot Snakes, Destroyer 666, Taake, Oxbow, Down, Sofia Gubaidulina, Oneida, The 90 Day Men, Something Like Elvis, 35007, Amon Tobin, Dalek, Six Organs of Admittance, The Books, Medeski Martin and Wood, Forseti, Tomasz Stanko, !T.O.O.H.!, Infest, Mono, The Black Keys, City of Caterpillar, Hopesfall, High on Fire, Derek Bailey, Killswitch Engage, Buckethead, Sol Invictus, Arcana, Arvo Part, Stick Men with Ray Guns, The Walkmen, Black Dice, Melvins, Johann Johannsson, People Under the Stairs, Loscil, Xiu Xiu, Shining, Hidria Spacefolk, The Flower Kings, Circle, and Coil So how was that bad again?
zakalwe 03.07.13	Fuck me good list. 2002 was the best year for music!
HillaryClitTounge 03.07.13	where is Big Willie Style?
aidanwm 03.07.13	1997 was the best year for music agreed
YoYoMancuso 03.07.13	6 7 and 8 rule buttz
demigod93 03.07.13	yoyo check 9
oltnabrick 03.07.13	Nattens Madrigal and Absolutego get on them