From: Randall Roberts <rroberts AT mvp.net>
Subject: best records of '97
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 09:45:52 -0600

hey doug...here they come...

Anthology of American Folk Music (Smithsonian Folkways)
Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments *Bait and Switch* (Anyway Records)
Amon Tobin *Bricolage* (Ninja Tune)
Matmos  *Matmos*  (Vague Terrain)
Belle and Sebastian *If You're Feeling Sinister* (The Enclave)
Yo La Tengo *I Can Hear...* (Matador)
Bob Dylan *Time Out of Mind* (Columbia)
Sleater Kinney  *Dig Me Out* (KRS)
Radiohead  *OK Computer* (Capital)
Arnold Dreyblatt *Animal Magnetism* (Tzadik)
Soundtrack *End of Violence* (some major label)
Verbena *Souls for Sale* (Merge)
OP8  *Slush* (Thirsty Ear)
Cornershop  *When I Was Born...* (Luaka Bop)
Third Eye Foundation  *Ghost*  (Merge)
Crescent *Electric Sound Construction* (Atavistic)
Handsome Family *Invisible Hands* (Carrot Top)