RANKING ANUAL 1997

The Verve Pipe

01	THE FRESHMEN THE VERVE PIPE Villains
02	NEVER SAY NEVER THAT DOG Retret Form The Sun
03	SONG 2 BLUR Blur
04	SEMI-CHARMED LIFE THIRD EYE BLIND Third Eye Blind
05	BITTERSWEET SYMPHONY THE VERVE Urban Hymns
06	WHEN YOU’RE GONE THE CRANBERRIES To The Faithful Departed
07	SUMMERTIME THE SUNDAYS Static And Silence
08	WALKING ON THE SUN SMASH MOUTH Fush Yu Mang
09	YOUR WOMAN WHITE TOWN Women In Technology
10	EYE THE SMASHING PUMPKINS Lost Highway Soundtrack
11	FLY SUGAR RAY Floored
12	THE IMPRESSION THAT I GET THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES Let’s Face It
13	STARING AT THE SUN U2 Pop
14	TURN MY HEAD LIVE Secret Samadhi
15	SANTERIA SUBLIME Sublime
16	6 UNDERGROUND SNEAKER PIMPS Becoming X/the Saint Soundtrack
17	THE DIFFERENCE THE WALLFLOWERS Bringing Down The Horse
18	SWALLOW BABY RUBY Salt Peter
19	EVERYTHING TO EVERYONE EVERCLEAR So Much For The After Glow
20	TUBTHUMPING CHUMBAWAMBA Tubthumper
21	BUILDING A MISTERY SARAH MCLACHLAN Surfacing
22	IF YOU COULD ONLY SEE TONIC Lemon Parade
23	FIRE WATER BURN BLOODHOUND GANG One Fierce Beer Coaster
24	THE NEW POLLUTION BECK Odelay
25	BEAUTIFUL ONES SUEDE Coming Up
26	WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME? MONACO Music For Pleasure
27	ALMA MATTERS MORRISSEY Maladjusted
28	CRIMINAL FIONA APPLE Tidal
29	LET DOWN RADIOHEAD Ok Computer
30	PRECIOUS DECLARATION COLLECTIVE SOUL Disciplined Breakdown
31	DREAM FOREST FOR THE TREES Forest For The Trees
32	I DON’T WANT TO WAIT PAULA COLE This Fire
33	BITCH MEREDITH BROOKS Blurring The Edges
34	GOVINDA KULA SHAKER K
35	HOLE IN MY SOUL AEROSMITH Nine Lives
36	BREATHE PRODIGY The Fat Of The Land
37	TOUCH, PEEL AND STAND DAYS OF THE NEW Days Of The New
38	MONKEY WRENCH FOO FIGHTERS The Colour And The Shape
39	DROP DEAD GORGEUS REPUBLICA Republica
40	COME ON EILEEN SAVE FERRIS It Means Everything
41	KARMA POLICE RADIOHEAD Ok Computer
42	SUPERMAN’S DEAD OUR LADY PEACE Clumsy
43	COME DOWN TOAD THE WET SPROCKET Coil
44	NOT AN ADDICT K’S CHOICE Paradise In Me
45	YOU’RE NOT ALONE OLIVE Extra Virgin
46	LADY PICTURE SHOW STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Tiny Music… Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop
47	GONE AWAY THE OFFSPRING Xnay On The Hombre
48	SICK AND BEAUTIFUL ARTIFICIAL JOY CLUB Melt
49	VOLCANO GIRLS VERUCA SALT Eight Arms To Hold You
50	TRANSISTOR 311 Transistor
51	TO YOU I BESTOW MUNDY Jelly Legs/romeo + Juliet Soundtrack
52	GIANT NUT Fantanicity
53	FOUR LEFT CLOVER ABRA MOORE Strangest Places
54	IT’S NO GOOD DEPECHE MODE Ultra
55	I WILL SURVIVE CAKE Fashion Nugget
56	MOUTH BUSH Razorblade Suitcase/an American Werewolfin Paris Soundtrack
57	THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE MARILYN MANSON Antichrist Superstar
58	MY OWN PRISON CREED My Own Prison
59	SHE’S A STAR JAMES Whiplash
60	NOTHING LASTS FOREVER ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN Evergreen
61	A LONG DECEMBER COUNTING CROWS Recovering The Satellites
62	SWEET SURRENDER SARAH MCLACHLAN Surfacing
63	ELEGANTLY WASTED INXS Elegantly Wasted
64	SEX AND CANDY MARCY PLAYGROUND Marcy Playground
65	CRASH INTO ME DAVE MATTHEWS BAND Crash
66	ALL MINE PORTISHEAD Portishead
67	NAKED EYE LUSCIOUS JACKSON Fever In Fever Out
68	PUSH MATCHBOX 20 Yourself Or Someone Like You
69	LONG LONG TIME LOVE SPIT LOVE Trysome Eatone
70	AFRAID MOTLEY CRUE Generation Swine
71	EVERLONG FOO FIGHTERS The Colour And The Shape
72	WIDE OPEN SPACE MANSUN Attack Of The Grey Lantern
73	DISCOTHEQUE U2 Pop
74	BRIMFUL OF ASHA CORNERSHOP When I Was Born For The 7th Time
75	YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME JEWEL Pieces Of You
76	BITTER JILL SOBULE Happy Town
77	TUNNEL SONG THE PULSARS Pulsars
78	CRAZY TIMES JARS OF CLAY Much Afraid
79	WHERE YOU GET LOVE MATTHEW SWEET Blue Sky On Mars
80	DON’T GO AWAY OASIS Be Here Now
81	SUGAR WATER CIBO MATTO Super Relax
82	I’M INSANE STAR 69 Eating February
83	ON A TUESDAY LINOLEUM Dissent
84	WRONG NUMBER THE CURE Galore
85	OUTTASITE (OUTTA MIND) WILCO Being There
86	LAKINI’S JUICE LIVE Secret Samadhi
87	THE END IS THE BEGINNING IS THE END THE SMASHING PUMPKINS Batman & Robin Soundtrack
88	ABUSE ME SILVERCHAIR Freak Show
89	FEMALE OF THE SPECIES SPACE Spiders
90	SUGAR CANE SPACE MONKEYS The Daddy Of Them All
91	GIVE DISHWALLA Pet Your Friends
92	HITCHIN’ A RIDE GREEN DAY Nimrod
93	2 WICKY HOOVERPHONIC A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular
94	MORE THAN THIS 10 000 MANIACS Love Among The Ruins
95	I AM, I FEEL ALISHA’S ATTIC Alisha Rules The World
96	SELL OUT REEL BIG FISH Turn The Radio Off
97	MEDICINE (BABY COME BACK) ORBIT Libido Speedway
98	ON AND ON LONGPIGS The Sun Is Often Oit
99	SAY WHAT YOU WANT TEXAS White On Blonde
100	RED TREBLE CHARGER Maybe It’s Me
101	DAMMIT BLINK 182 Dude Ranch
102	BLACK EYE FLUFFY Black Eye
103	LORRAINE’S CAR CAKE LIKE Bruiser Queen
104	MR. BLUE JUNKSTER Junkster
105	DRAWER SUMMERCAMP Pure Juice
106	AROUND THE WORLD DAFT PUNK Homework
107	BELIEVE GUS GUS Polydistortion
108	THAT’S WHEN I REACH FOR MY REVOLVER MOBY Animal Rights
109	HELLO HELLO TALK SHOW Talk Show
110	LAST CUP OF SORROW FAITH NO MORE Album Of The Year
111	BLOCK ROCKIN’ BEATS THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS Dig Your Own Hole
112	NUMBER ONE CRUSH GARBAGE Romeo + Juliet Soundtrack
113	HEDONISM (JUST BECAUSE YOU FEEL GOOD) SKUNK ANANSIE Stoosh
114	LOVE IS THE LAW THE SEAHORSES Do It Yourself
115	I WANT TO BE THERE (WHEN YOU COME) ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN Evergreen
116	PRISIONER 311 Transistor
117	LITTLE WONDER DAVID BOWIE Earthling
118	TEMPTATION THE TEA PARTY Transmission
119	THE PERFECT DRUG NINE INCH NAILS Lost Highway Soundtrack
120	TRUST MEGADETH Cryptic Writings