1001 Albums Summary

(What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis

Seriously just not for me

Under Construction by Missy Elliott

Much more fun and consistent than I gave it credit for

Smash by The Offspring

fun, would have loooved this at 14

Calenture by The Triffids

Blinder by the Hour is the standout for me

Third by Portishead

Better than I remembered

Sunshine Superman by Donovan

Clearly influential but not for me

Murmur by R.E.M.

really excellent

Screamadelica by Primal Scream

long

Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy

Exactly why I came to this list: an album I would have never listened to, and will never listen to again

xx by The xx

Funny that their big song is The Intro

Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors

Too fiddly for me

Mermaid Avenue by Billy Bragg

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra

Gris Gris by Dr. John

Pornography by The Cure

American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash

System Of A Down by System Of A Down

Inspiration Information by Shuggie Otis

Killing Joke by Killing Joke

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

Natty Dread by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash

Leftism by Leftfield

Parklife by Blur

Fever To Tell by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Being There by Wilco

Kenza by Khaled

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen

Rapture by Anita Baker

This Year's Model by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Lady In Satin by Billie Holiday

Moon Safari by Air

Live! by Fela Kuti

Machine Head by Deep Purple

Welcome To The Pleasuredome by Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

...And Justice For All by Metallica

Greetings From L.A. by Tim Buckley

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens

Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys

Young Americans by David Bowie

Guitar Town by Steve Earle

Tidal by Fiona Apple

When I Was Born For The 7th Time by Cornershop

At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters

Blue Lines by Massive Attack

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69) by Ministry

The Atomic Mr Basie by Count Basie & His Orchestra

The Undertones by The Undertones

The Sun Rises In The East by Jeru The Damaja

Since I Left You by The Avalanches

Dare! by The Human League

All That You Can't Leave Behind by U2

Palo Congo by Sabu

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain by Pavement

Blackstar by David Bowie

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert) by Bob Dylan

Want Two by Rufus Wainwright

Arise by Sepultura

Aqualung by Jethro Tull

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears by The Mamas & The Papas

Rust In Peace by Megadeth

Let England Shake by PJ Harvey

Revolver by Beatles

The White Album by Beatles

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis

London Calling by The Clash

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

Paul Simon by Paul Simon

Pretenders by Pretenders

Electric Prunes by The Electric Prunes

Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand

Mama's Gun by Erykah Badu

The Blueprint by JAY Z

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles

Made In Japan by Deep Purple

Tago Mago by Can

Hysteria by Def Leppard

Solid Air by John Martyn

Here's Little Richard by Little Richard

The Specials by The Specials

Strange Cargo III by William Orbit

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan

Loveless by My Bloody Valentine

Behaviour by Pet Shop Boys

A Northern Soul by The Verve

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus

Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix

Clandestino by Manu Chao

A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets

Viva Hate by Morrissey

Chelsea Girl by Nico

Cheap Thrills by Big Brother & The Holding Company

Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz

Parachutes by Coldplay

Odelay by Beck

Disintegration by The Cure

Heroes by David Bowie

The Score by Fugees

Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone

Off The Wall by Michael Jackson

Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

Buena Vista Social Club by Buena Vista Social Club

Elephant Mountain by The Youngbloods

No Other by Gene Clark

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.

Teen Dream by Beach House

Station To Station by David Bowie

Gasoline Alley by Rod Stewart

Another Green World by Brian Eno

Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

Destroy Rock & Roll by Mylo

Oracular Spectacular by MGMT

In It For The Money by Supergrass

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes

Antichrist Superstar by Marilyn Manson

Mask by Bauhaus

The Rising by Bruce Springsteen

Abbey Road by Beatles

Liege And Lief by Fairport Convention

Steve McQueen by Prefab Sprout

Violator by Depeche Mode

Back In Black by AC/DC

Surfer Rosa by Pixies

If You're Feeling Sinister by Belle & Sebastian

James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown

Life Thru A Lens by Robbie Williams

Everything Must Go by Manic Street Preachers

Rattus Norvegicus by The Stranglers

A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay

Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos

Savane by Ali Farka Touré

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm by A Tribe Called Quest

Southern Rock Opera by Drive-By Truckers

Suede by Suede

Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk

A Walk Across The Rooftops by The Blue Nile

Dear Science by TV On The Radio

The Predator by Ice Cube

Casanova by The Divine Comedy

Definitely Maybe by Oasis

Scum by Napalm Death

Woodface by Crowded House

If I Could Only Remember My Name by David Crosby

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys

The Rise & Fall by Madness

Ananda Shankar by Ananda Shankar

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

You've Come a Long Way Baby by Fatboy Slim

Done By The Forces Of Nature by Jungle Brothers

L'Eau Rouge by The Young Gods

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake by Small Faces

Synchronicity by The Police

Every Picture Tells A Story by Rod Stewart

Marquee Moon by Television

Closer by Joy Division

Live At Leeds by The Who

The Colour Of Spring by Talk Talk

Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield

Treasure by Cocteau Twins

Vento De Maio by Elis Regina

Djam Leelii by Baaba Maal

Exit Planet Dust by The Chemical Brothers

Pelican West by Haircut 100

Who's Next by The Who

Disraeli Gears by Cream

Bitches Brew by Miles Davis

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits

Superunknown by Soundgarden

Wild Wood by Paul Weller

Nighthawks At The Diner by Tom Waits

Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin

Apocalypse Dudes by Turbonegro

Kilimanjaro by The Teardrop Explodes

Hard Again by Muddy Waters

The Yes Album by Yes

Exile In Guyville by Liz Phair

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry by Billy Bragg

Dust by Screaming Trees

Boston by Boston

The Notorious Byrd Brothers by The Byrds

3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of... by Arrested Development

Repeater by Fugazi

The Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips

Destroyer by KISS

The Sounds Of India by Ravi Shankar

At Mister Kelly's by Sarah Vaughan

Zombie by Fela Kuti

She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper

Fromohio by fIREHOSE

Idlewild by Everything But The Girl

The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground

The Stooges by The Stooges

Too Rye Ay by Dexys Midnight Runners

Blue by Joni Mitchell

Rocks by Aerosmith

Van Halen by Van Halen

Groovin' by The Young Rascals

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly

Dire Straits by Dire Straits

Queen Of Denmark by John Grant

Be by Common

The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem

Rising Above Bedlam by Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

Beyond Skin by Nitin Sawhney

1989 by Taylor Swift

Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder

Tigermilk by Belle & Sebastian

Paris 1919 by John Cale

Eliminator by ZZ Top

Central Reservation by Beth Orton

Fragile by Yes

Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane

Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple

Smokers Delight by Nightmares On Wax

Music From Big Pink by The Band

The Man Who by Travis

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

Ramones by Ramones

Follow The Leader by Korn

Grace by Jeff Buckley

Highway to Hell by AC/DC

Queen II by Queen

Scream, Dracula, Scream by Rocket From The Crypt

Pink Moon by Nick Drake

Modern Kosmology by Jane Weaver

Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

Ambient 1/Music For Airports by Brian Eno

Night Life by Ray Price

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith

Live Through This by Hole

At Budokan by Cheap Trick

American Beauty by Grateful Dead

Close To You by Carpenters

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music by Ray Charles

Beauty And The Beat by The Go-Go's

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road by Lucinda Williams

Orbital 2 by Orbital

Celebrity Skin by Hole

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band

Maxinquaye by Tricky

The Healer by John Lee Hooker

Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear

From Elvis In Memphis by Elvis Presley

Maverick A Strike by Finley Quaye

Pearl by Janis Joplin

Bad Company by Bad Company

Kala by M.I.A.

Hypnotised by The Undertones

Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden

Psychocandy by The Jesus And Mary Chain

Butterfly by Mariah Carey

Giant Steps by The Boo Radleys

Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

Dig Me Out by Sleater-Kinney

In Utero by Nirvana

Urban Hymns by The Verve

One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic

Thriller by Michael Jackson

Triangle by The Beau Brummels

Go Girl Crazy by The Dictators

Life's Too Good by The Sugarcubes

Armed Forces by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

We Are Family by Sister Sledge

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars by David Bowie

Close To The Edge by Yes

Melodrama by Lorde

Like A Prayer by Madonna

Channel Orange by Frank Ocean

Tical by Method Man

Vivid by Living Colour

Deserter's Songs by Mercury Rev

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Hejira by Joni Mitchell

Aja by Steely Dan

Horses by Patti Smith

Coat Of Many Colors by Dolly Parton

Rubber Soul by Beatles

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

The Renaissance by Q-Tip

1984 by Van Halen

The Nightfly by Donald Fagen

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

evermore by Taylor Swift

Private Dancer by Tina Turner

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

The Pleasure Principle by Gary Numan

Phrenology by The Roots

Actually by Pet Shop Boys

NEU! 75 by Neu!

Remain In Light by Talking Heads

The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

Purple Rain by Prince

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder

Walking Wounded by Everything But The Girl

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding

The Stranger by Billy Joel

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black by Public Enemy

Oar by Alexander 'Skip' Spence

Copper Blue by Sugar

Very by Pet Shop Boys

Tommy by The Who

The Last Of The True Believers by Nanci Griffith

Emergency On Planet Earth by Jamiroquai

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

The Dreaming by Kate Bush

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith

Mott by Mott The Hoople

Younger Than Yesterday by The Byrds

Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room by Dwight Yoakam

Gold by Ryan Adams

Diamond Life by Sade

Autobahn by Kraftwerk

Crime Of The Century by Supertramp

Manassas by Stephen Stills

C'est Chic by CHIC

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle by Throbbing Gristle

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson

The College Dropout by Kanye West

L.A. Woman by The Doors

Ace of Spades by Motörhead

BEYONCÉ by Beyoncé

John Prine by John Prine

Kings Of The Wild Frontier by Adam & The Ants

Imagine by John Lennon

1999 by Prince

New Wave by The Auteurs

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins

My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello

In Rainbows by Radiohead

There's A Riot Goin' On by Sly & The Family Stone

Warehouse: Songs And Stories by Hüsker Dü

Rock 'N Soul by Solomon Burke

Scott 2 by Scott Walker

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads

Mothership Connection by Parliament

Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton

Truth by Jeff Beck

A Date With The Everly Brothers by The Everly Brothers

3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

The Real Thing by Faith No More

Entertainment by Gang Of Four

Doolittle by Pixies

My Generation by The Who

Your New Favourite Band by The Hives

90 by 808 State

Will The Circle Be Unbroken by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Darklands by The Jesus And Mary Chain

Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush

Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones

The La's by The La's

Real Life by Magazine

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos

Shaka Zulu by Ladysmith Black Mambazo

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned by Liars

Tragic Songs of Life by The Louvin Brothers

Electric Warrior by T. Rex

A Seat at the Table by Solange

Penance Soiree by The Icarus Line

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen

The Grand Tour by George Jones

Stephen Stills by Stephen Stills

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water by Limp Bizkit

Arrival by ABBA

Elvis Is Back by Elvis Presley

Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welch

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle by Bill Callahan

All Hope Is Gone by Slipknot

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche by Koffi Olomide

All Directions by The Temptations

Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter

The Joshua Tree by U2

Blunderbuss by Jack White

Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz

Dookie by Green Day

Nowhere by Ride

Debut by Björk

Dirt by Alice In Chains

Can't Buy A Thrill by Steely Dan

Welcome to the Afterfuture by Mike Ladd

Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Here, My Dear by Marvin Gaye

Django Django by Django Django

Ragged Glory by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

Hot Fuss by The Killers

OK Computer by Radiohead

Happy Sad by Tim Buckley

Beach Samba by Astrud Gilberto

Protection by Massive Attack

Bone Machine by Tom Waits

Wonderful Rainbow by Lightning Bolt

Immigrés by Youssou N'Dour

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield

Peter Gabriel 3 by Peter Gabriel

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

Nilsson Schmilsson by Harry Nilsson

Fishscale by Ghostface Killah

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

Faith by George Michael

Remedy by Basement Jaxx

Bright Flight by Silver Jews

Space Ritual by Hawkwind

Ocean Rain by Echo And The Bunnymen

Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

Drunk by Thundercat

Germfree Adolescents by X-Ray Spex

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

Peter Gabriel by Peter Gabriel

Lost Souls by Doves

Justified by Justin Timberlake

I See A Darkness by Bonnie "Prince" Billy

Mama Said Knock You Out by LL Cool J

Third/Sister Lovers by Big Star

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby by Girls Against Boys

Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park

The New Tango by Astor Piazzolla

Low-Life by New Order

Technique by New Order

Headquarters by The Monkees

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

Shleep by Robert Wyatt

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley

Millions Now Living Will Never Die by Tortoise

Fuzzy Logic by Super Furry Animals

Music Has The Right To Children by Boards of Canada

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis

Ill Communication by Beastie Boys

Cut by The Slits

Chore of Enchantment by Giant Sand

In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra

Black Monk Time by The Monks

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space by Spiritualized

Post Orgasmic Chill by Skunk Anansie

Shaft by Isaac Hayes

Liquid Swords by GZA

The Rolling Stones by The Rolling Stones

The Man Machine by Kraftwerk

Bubble And Scrape by Sebadoh

The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest

OK by Talvin Singh

#1 Record by Big Star

Tapestry by Carole King

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge by Mudhoney

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight by Richard Thompson

Nevermind by Nirvana

At San Quentin by Johnny Cash