This is a bit of a reach and a personal niche, but it’s somewhat intriguing. As I age, I tend to look back at records from my life and see what they represent in my own personal music taste.

In an even more specific niche, I feel an odd need to list off great albums from 1997, my birth year. Yes, on the grand scheme of society, I’m still relatively young and have scarcely produced anything rememberable in any form.

The late 1990s brought an end to a lot of transcendent genres in the music industry, but became a standpoint for the further birthplace of newer genres. Anyway, here are some records from 1997 that I find to be worthwhile in the musical landscape.

If you’re interested in buying or listening to any of the albums listed, click on the title of one for a direct link to Amazon.