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Albums First Released in 1997

Guitar bands and electronic acts shared the centre in 1997, while albums from Cuba, neo soul and trip hop reached wide audiences. Notable albums first released in 1997 include OK Computer by Radiohead, Buena Vista Social Club by Buena Vista Social Club, Either/Or by Elliott Smith and Baduizm by Erykah Badu.

The year connected very different kinds of revival and change: Buena Vista Social Club brought older Cuban musicians to a global audience, Erykah Badu updated soul, Elliott Smith wrote intimate songs and Radiohead examined technology and isolation through rock.

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Our Pick of the Year: OK Computer by Radiohead

OK Computer used guitar music to examine travel, work, technology and isolation. Paranoid Android, Karma Police and No Surprises move between complex arrangements and simple melodies, while the sequencing gives the album a continuous unease. It became a reference point for ambitious rock at the end of the 1990s.

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