1001 Albums Summary

Heroes by David Bowie

Title track easily the standout.

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits

Never listened to this before and DS never really apprised to me in the 80s. Too AOR. But enjoyed it more than I thought I would, with the exception of the big hits which (a) are overplayed and (b) don’t really fit in with the rest of the album with its laid-back sound

Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan

One of my all time favourite albums. Bought it around 1979 and still play it regularly.

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

The Band by The Band

Top quality all the way through. Not a well song on the album and some absolute classics.

Roger the Engineer by The Yardbirds

Mix of blues and 60s psychedelia. Preferred the former. Latter sounded quite dated, yet also reminiscent of more modern bands clearly influenced by it.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay

Bit dull.

A Date With The Everly Brothers by The Everly Brothers

Trans Europe Express by Kraftwerk

I know it is very influential, but I found it a bit ponderous.

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry by Billy Bragg

Felt Mountain by Goldfrapp

Used to listen to this a lot when it came out

Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton

In It For The Money by Supergrass

Fear Of A Black Planet by Public Enemy

Debut by Björk

The Rolling Stones by The Rolling Stones

Great tunes but did they rip off Black American artists, or bring them to attention? Rock n roll.

Bright Flight by Silver Jews

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches by Happy Mondays

Let England Shake by PJ Harvey

Machine Gun Etiquette by The Damned

3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul

Aja by Steely Dan

Superfuzz Bigmuff by Mudhoney

Remain In Light by Talking Heads

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) by Lynyrd Skynyrd

The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow

Surfer Rosa by Pixies

Frank by Amy Winehouse

Rage Against The Machine by Rage Against The Machine

Another Green World by Brian Eno

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

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Central Reservation by Beth Orton

My Generation by The Who

The World is a Ghetto by War

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

Homework by Daft Punk

From Elvis In Memphis by Elvis Presley

Brothers by The Black Keys

Graceland by Paul Simon

Ace of Spades by Motörhead

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake

Teen Dream by Beach House

The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd

Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

Violator by Depeche Mode

Goo by Sonic Youth

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

Chelsea Girl by Nico

Whatever by Aimee Mann

Penance Soiree by The Icarus Line

Back To Black by Amy Winehouse

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Pearl by Janis Joplin

The Stooges by The Stooges

25 by Adele

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

Slayed? by Slade

Planet Rock: The Album by Afrika Bambaataa

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

Slanted And Enchanted by Pavement

Melody A.M. by Röyksopp

Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

Alien Lanes by Guided By Voices

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley

Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin

The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett

The Clash by The Clash

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra

Electric Music For The Mind And Body by Country Joe & The Fish

Ingenue by k.d. lang

Mask by Bauhaus

Cafe Bleu by The Style Council

Pelican West by Haircut 100

Eagles by Eagles

Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes

Eliminator by ZZ Top

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor by Lupe Fiasco

Lost Souls by Doves

The Cars by The Cars

Jack Takes the Floor by Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

Southern Rock Opera by Drive-By Truckers

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music by Ray Charles

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus

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

3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers

Pump by Aerosmith

A Walk Across The Rooftops by The Blue Nile

Your Arsenal by Morrissey

Fun House by The Stooges

Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg

This Nation’s Saving Grace by The Fall

Revolver by Beatles

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow

Harvest by Neil Young

Bandwagonesque by Teenage Fanclub

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) by The Kinks

Nevermind by Nirvana

American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash

Shadowland by k.d. lang

En-Tact by The Shamen

At Mister Kelly's by Sarah Vaughan

Music From Big Pink by The Band

If I Should Fall From Grace With God by The Pogues

Disraeli Gears by Cream

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

Heartattack And Vine by Tom Waits

Damaged by Black Flag