1001 Albums Summary

Berlin by Lou Reed

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

Amazing. So many hits. Love this album.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins

The Cars by The Cars

System Of A Down by System Of A Down

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

L.A. Woman by The Doors

Make Yourself by Incubus

Dear Science by TV On The Radio

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

A Night At The Opera by Queen

James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown

Marcus Garvey by Burning Spear

Street Life by The Crusaders

Grace by Jeff Buckley

Junkyard by The Birthday Party

The Real Thing by Faith No More

Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

This Year's Model by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Face to Face by The Kinks

The Atomic Mr Basie by Count Basie & His Orchestra

Vento De Maio by Elis Regina

The Sounds Of India by Ravi Shankar

Pink Flag by Wire

The Yes Album by Yes

Kid A by Radiohead

Dog Man Star by Suede

Low by David Bowie

Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter

The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd

Autobahn by Kraftwerk

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

E.V.O.L. by Sonic Youth

It's A Shame About Ray by The Lemonheads

Roger the Engineer by The Yardbirds

Melodrama by Lorde

Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys

Teenager Of The Year by Frank Black

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band

Toys In The Attic by Aerosmith

Locust Abortion Technician by Butthole Surfers

At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters

The Coral by The Coral

Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós

American Idiot by Green Day

The Boatman's Call by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Deserter's Songs by Mercury Rev

Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan

Document by R.E.M.

Let It Be by The Replacements

Is This It by The Strokes

Moondance by Van Morrison

At Budokan by Cheap Trick

Screamadelica by Primal Scream

Like A Prayer by Madonna

Another Green World by Brian Eno

Illmatic by Nas

Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre

The Predator by Ice Cube

Imperial Bedroom by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes

The Sun Rises In The East by Jeru The Damaja

Scott 2 by Scott Walker

Jack Takes the Floor by Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Metallica by Metallica

Darklands by The Jesus And Mary Chain

Connected by Stereo MC's

If You're Feeling Sinister by Belle & Sebastian

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators by The 13th Floor Elevators

Heartattack And Vine by Tom Waits

Very by Pet Shop Boys

Back In Black by AC/DC

Truth And Soul by Fishbone

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

Technique by New Order

Giant Steps by The Boo Radleys

Pearl by Janis Joplin

Rings Around The World by Super Furry Animals

Arc Of A Diver by Steve Winwood

Van Halen by Van Halen

Pacific Ocean Blue by Dennis Wilson

Goodbye And Hello by Tim Buckley

Vanishing Point by Primal Scream

Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins

Wild Wood by Paul Weller

Blue by Joni Mitchell

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain by Pavement

Transformer by Lou Reed

Being There by Wilco

Out of Step by Minor Threat

Country Life by Roxy Music

Modern Life Is Rubbish by Blur

Boy In Da Corner by Dizzee Rascal

Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

I'm Your Man by Leonard Cohen

Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton

Madman Across The Water by Elton John

John Barleycorn Must Die by Traffic

Elastica by Elastica

Risque by CHIC

Unhalfbricking by Fairport Convention

Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden

American Beauty by Grateful Dead

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 by George Michael

Behaviour by Pet Shop Boys

Rubber Soul by Beatles

Too Rye Ay by Dexys Midnight Runners

Central Reservation by Beth Orton

Welcome To The Pleasuredome by Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Hotel California by Eagles

xx by The xx

Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones

Who's Next by The Who

Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix

Dirt by Alice In Chains

Southern Rock Opera by Drive-By Truckers

Headquarters by The Monkees

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby by Terence Trent D'Arby

Aqualung by Jethro Tull

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

Like Water For Chocolate by Common

From Elvis In Memphis by Elvis Presley

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts by Brian Eno

Pretenders by Pretenders

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got by Sinead O'Connor

Fifth Dimension by The Byrds

Queen Of Denmark by John Grant

The Bends by Radiohead

Tellin’ Stories by The Charlatans

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Destroyer by KISS

Sound Affects by The Jam

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) by Eurythmics

Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses

Ocean Rain by Echo And The Bunnymen

Blue Lines by Massive Attack

Stankonia by OutKast

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers

2112 by Rush

Repeater by Fugazi

Crazysexycool by TLC

Exit Planet Dust by The Chemical Brothers

The Who Sell Out by The Who

Welcome to the Afterfuture by Mike Ladd

Happy Sad by Tim Buckley

The Blueprint by JAY Z

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

NEU! 75 by Neu!

The Doors by The Doors

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits

LP1 by FKA twigs

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo by Devo

Rum Sodomy & The Lash by The Pogues

Hearts And Bones by Paul Simon

Bad by Michael Jackson

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith

A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay

Stardust by Willie Nelson

Ctrl by SZA

Brutal Youth by Elvis Costello

Purple Rain by Prince

Dummy by Portishead

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live) by Motörhead

Parachutes by Coldplay

Africa Brasil by Jorge Ben Jor

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Dookie by Green Day

Kick Out The Jams (Live) by MC5

Be by Common

Music For The Jilted Generation by The Prodigy

Funeral by Arcade Fire

Elvis Is Back by Elvis Presley

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back by Public Enemy

Eternally Yours by The Saints

Os Mutantes by Os Mutantes

Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake

Blur by Blur

Something/Anything? by Todd Rundgren

Eagles by Eagles

The College Dropout by Kanye West

Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan

S&M by Metallica

La Revancha Del Tango by Gotan Project

White Light by Gene Clark

Fuzzy Logic by Super Furry Animals

Nilsson Schmilsson by Harry Nilsson

Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.

Remedy by Basement Jaxx

Dare! by The Human League

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Time Out Of Mind by Bob Dylan

Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart

Disraeli Gears by Cream

The Infotainment Scan by The Fall

Beauty And The Beat by The Go-Go's

The Poet by Bobby Womack

L'Eau Rouge by The Young Gods

Take Me Apart by Kelela

Kala by M.I.A.

Deloused in the Comatorium by The Mars Volta

The Fat Of The Land by The Prodigy

Calenture by The Triffids

Shaka Zulu by Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Selling England By The Pound by Genesis

Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

You've Come a Long Way Baby by Fatboy Slim

Beautiful Freak by Eels

Here, My Dear by Marvin Gaye

Brothers by The Black Keys

The Man Machine by Kraftwerk

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

Tarkus by Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Leftism by Leftfield

Odelay by Beck

Different Class by Pulp

For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music

A Girl Called Dusty by Dusty Springfield

Triangle by The Beau Brummels

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

Fuzzy by Grant Lee Buffalo

Bongo Rock by Incredible Bongo Band

Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welch

Station To Station by David Bowie

Close To The Edge by Yes

Superunknown by Soundgarden

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo by MC Solaar

In It For The Money by Supergrass

Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio

GREY Area by Little Simz

Shake Your Money Maker by The Black Crowes

Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder

The Undertones by The Undertones

I Should Coco by Supergrass

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast by Badly Drawn Boy

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys

Mott by Mott The Hoople

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Harvest by Neil Young

Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) by Loretta Lynn

Want Two by Rufus Wainwright

Sweet Baby James by James Taylor

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

The Visitors by ABBA

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted by Ice Cube

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones

Le Tigre by Le Tigre

Emergency On Planet Earth by Jamiroquai

Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

Mask by Bauhaus

Queens of the Stone Age by Queens Of The Stone Age

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins

Nothing's Shocking by Jane's Addiction

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

Orbital 2 by Orbital

Call of the Valley by Shivkumar Sharma

A Northern Soul by The Verve

Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple

Thriller by Michael Jackson

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music by Ray Charles

Songs The Lord Taught Us by The Cramps

Bug by Dinosaur Jr.

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

Armed Forces by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Surfer Rosa by Pixies

Colour By Numbers by Culture Club

Horses by Patti Smith

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen

Countdown To Ecstasy by Steely Dan

The Grand Tour by George Jones

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

Graceland by Paul Simon

Electric Warrior by T. Rex

Antichrist Superstar by Marilyn Manson

The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers

Beyond Skin by Nitin Sawhney

Something Else By The Kinks by The Kinks

Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone

I Against I by Bad Brains

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles

The Clash by The Clash

Buena Vista Social Club by Buena Vista Social Club

The Slider by T. Rex

Punishing Kiss by Ute Lemper

Teen Dream by Beach House

More Specials by The Specials

Heroes by David Bowie

Tigermilk by Belle & Sebastian

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Apocalypse Dudes by Turbonegro

Psychocandy by The Jesus And Mary Chain

Gorillaz by Gorillaz

Pornography by The Cure

The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails

Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road by Lucinda Williams

Paul Simon by Paul Simon

At San Quentin by Johnny Cash

Elephant by The White Stripes

Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

Germfree Adolescents by X-Ray Spex

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea by PJ Harvey

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco

Hms Fable by Shack

Zombie by Fela Kuti

Natty Dread by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Black Holes and Revelations by Muse

The Idiot by Iggy Pop

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis

Off The Wall by Michael Jackson

The Healer by John Lee Hooker

Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground

Buffalo Springfield Again by Buffalo Springfield

Immigrés by Youssou N'Dour

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret by Soft Cell

Untitled (Black Is) by SAULT

This Is Hardcore by Pulp

Gold by Ryan Adams

Picture Book by Simply Red

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) by Simple Minds

Born In The U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen

Cheap Thrills by Big Brother & The Holding Company

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

Music Has The Right To Children by Boards of Canada

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos

The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground

Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears

Let England Shake by PJ Harvey

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

Crime Of The Century by Supertramp

Moon Safari by Air

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

New Boots And Panties by Ian Dury

Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols by Sex Pistols

Real Life by Magazine

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Strange Cargo III by William Orbit

Arrival by ABBA

Marquee Moon by Television

Here Are the Sonics by The Sonics

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail by Buck Owens

Raw Like Sushi by Neneh Cherry

Back To Black by Amy Winehouse

Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush

When I Was Born For The 7th Time by Cornershop

Scream, Dracula, Scream by Rocket From The Crypt

Legalize It by Peter Tosh

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

Shaft by Isaac Hayes

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus

Bandwagonesque by Teenage Fanclub

Play by Moby

C'est Chic by CHIC

Tidal by Fiona Apple

Club Classics Vol. One by Soul II Soul

Coat Of Many Colors by Dolly Parton

Street Signs by Ozomatli

A Walk Across The Rooftops by The Blue Nile

Copper Blue by Sugar

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

The Wall by Pink Floyd

Pink Moon by Nick Drake

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

High Violet by The National

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by The Incredible String Band

This album’s being on this list and lauded by so many people I respect makes me feel like it’s a big joke and I’m not in on it. I wish there are a 0/5, because 1 feels too generous.

Joan Armatrading by Joan Armatrading

The Modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers

No Other by Gene Clark

Bossanova by Pixies

Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder

Spiderland by Slint

Cloud Nine by The Temptations

The White Album by Beatles

Loveless by My Bloody Valentine

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding

The Contino Sessions by Death In Vegas

Yank Crime by Drive Like Jehu

Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi

Hail To the Thief by Radiohead

1984 by Van Halen

The Genius Of Ray Charles by Ray Charles

Happy Trails by Quicksilver Messenger Service

Entertainment by Gang Of Four

The Wildest! by Louis Prima

Goo by Sonic Youth

Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.

Revolver by Beatles

Hejira by Joni Mitchell

Ace of Spades by Motörhead

School's Out by Alice Cooper

Rocks by Aerosmith

London Calling by The Clash

At Mister Kelly's by Sarah Vaughan

Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix

1999 by Prince

Protection by Massive Attack

On The Beach by Neil Young

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel

Chemtrails Over The Country Club by Lana Del Rey

If I Should Fall From Grace With God by The Pogues

Your Arsenal by Morrissey

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

Vespertine by Björk

Maxinquaye by Tricky

Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire

Modern Kosmology by Jane Weaver

In Utero by Nirvana

Winter In America by Gil Scott-Heron

Abbey Road by Beatles

Moving Pictures by Rush

Ritual De Lo Habitual by Jane's Addiction

Joan Baez by Joan Baez

Tical by Method Man

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson

My Generation by The Who

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash

Tres Hombres by ZZ Top

Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan

Cafe Bleu by The Style Council

This is honestly up there with The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter for bad albums on this list for me. It thinks it's good, that's what bugs me. It's lazy lounge music sung by pretentious jazzy twats who just have to have an accent in the album title. I tried a few songs, skipped to the "hits" on the album, cleaned up the puke on the floor and had to pull out. Would be a zero if I could. Hard pass.

Femi Kuti by Femi Kuti

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

B-52's by The B-52's

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

Slanted And Enchanted by Pavement

Imagine by John Lennon

Dry by PJ Harvey

69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields

Diamond Life by Sade

American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash

Songs Of Love And Hate by Leonard Cohen

In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

Achtung Baby by U2

Chicago Transit Authority by Chicago

With The Beatles by Beatles

Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock

Tonight's The Night by Neil Young

Live! by Fela Kuti

Cross by Justice

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder

Ray Of Light by Madonna

This album is very much of the time. It's Madonna's attempt at reinventing herself for the time, but it mostly falls flat, with a couple of songs where she hits the mark.

Brown Sugar by D'Angelo

This album fucks

Bert Jansch by Bert Jansch

Definitely Maybe by Oasis

I've never really "gotten" Oasis, sure it's not easy to write a popular song, but these guys write such paint-by-numbers songs that I feel like most of the mystique is in their terrible attitudes and haircuts. This was more of the same. Don't hate it, but watching a kettle boil might be just as entertaining.

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession by Laura Nyro

Sounds like Carole King or Joni Mitchell but with none of the talent or charm.

Devil Without A Cause by Kid Rock

What a terrible day to have ears

Space Ritual by Hawkwind

Not bad but not super strong either. Some great elements, so others not so much

Infected by The The

Guy sounds like Mick Jagger but with none of the charm. Album is pretty ok, not terrible, not great.

There's No Place Like America Today by Curtis Mayfield

White Blood Cells by The White Stripes

Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective

That's The Way Of The World by Earth, Wind & Fire

Fun House by The Stooges