1001 Albums Summary

Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone

★★★★★

3.5...this one holds up really well and is good easy listening.

Queens of the Stone Age by Queens Of The Stone Age

★★★★★

Really liked the production sound of this.

In It For The Money by Supergrass

★★★★★

Surpised there was a second Supergrass album. I liked it, although I liked the first one better.

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

★★★★★

I don't like Pink Floyd as much as others but its still a pretty solid album.

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) by Eurythmics

★★★★★

The only song I knew was Sweet Dreams...and that is the best song on the album.

Queen Of Denmark by John Grant

★★★★★

I can't tell if I enjoyed this or thought it was boring. Would give it one more listen.

Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra

★★★★★

Fun album but definitely too long.

The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem

★★★★★

This didn't age well.

Ill Communication by Beastie Boys

★★★★★

Its a lot of fun. Would probably be 4 stars if it was 40 minutes versus 60.

Closer by Joy Division

★★★★★

Have only really listened to Unknown Pleasures before but I enjoyed this. Certainly thanks to 'Rip it Up and Start Again.'

Make Yourself by Incubus

★★★★★

It's fine? Don't really know how it ended up on this list.

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley

★★★★★

I enjoy listening to Elvis for the historical angle but it is still enjoyable enough on its own.

Crime Of The Century by Supertramp

★★★★★

It was ok. Kind of boring and dragged.

Another Music In A Different Kitchen by Buzzcocks

★★★★★

I still think Singles Going Steady is the best Buzzcocks album, even if it is a compilation, but this album is awesome.

Bad Company by Bad Company

★★★★★

Was already in my other list.

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield

★★★★★

Really fun. I've listened to this a few times before.

The Renaissance by Q-Tip

★★★★★

It is fine as background music but I couldn't see myself ever listening to it again.

Bert Jansch by Bert Jansch

★★★★★

It's fine but kind of unmemorable.

Reign In Blood by Slayer

★★★★★

Probably a 3.5 but I do enjoy the album a fair bit.

Winter In America by Gil Scott-Heron

★★★★★

I've listened to gil Scott heron before but not this album. Decent.

Triangle by The Beau Brummels

★★★★★

Have literally never heard them before. Its ok.

Kimono My House by Sparks

★★★★★

I weirdly remembering reading about and hearing this album a while ago. I actually kind of like it, in a novelty kind of way.

Beautiful Freak by Eels

★★★★★

I feel like I should have heard of Eels before but I can't really recall them. Maybe the name is familair. Kind of nice laid back album though.

Vanishing Point by Primal Scream

★★★★★

I can see why it made the list but I don't know how often I would revisit it.

The Colour Of Spring by Talk Talk

★★★★★

Based on the description I thought I would like this much more than I did but its boring.

Purple Rain by Prince

★★★★★

Listened to before in other list.

High Violet by The National

★★★★★

Not unlistenable but very boring.

Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin

★★★★★

Finally a Led Zeppelin one. Classic.

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

★★★★★

Great easy music to put on.

Definitely Maybe by Oasis

★★★★★

Not a huge fan of Oasis but it is ok I guess.

Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth

★★★★★

Just recently read the like Gordon book. More of a 3.5 but will definitely listen to more.

Dig Your Own Hole by The Chemical Brothers

★★★★★

Not my kind of music. I could see it being ok live.

A Walk Across The Rooftops by The Blue Nile

★★★★★

Haven't heard of them before. I didn't like it as much as I thought I would based off the description but it was ok.

Lady In Satin by Billie Holiday

★★★★★

Listening to this while wandering around Seoul forest was an interesting experience.

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast

★★★★★

Sounds very dated and far far far too long...maybe it's just not my thing...

The Who Sell Out by The Who

★★★★★

Not my favourite who album but I enjoyed it.

The Visitors by ABBA

★★★★★

Not for me.

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite by Maxwell

★★★★★

Not a fan. Obnoxious and annoying.

Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes

★★★★★

Boring hipster stuff.

OK by Talvin Singh

★★★★★

Very different but I like it though.

The Wildest! by Louis Prima

★★★★★

Kind of cool mix of genres.

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

★★★★★

Not too bad, some ok songs.

If I Could Only Remember My Name by David Crosby

★★★★★

It's fine but I can't see myself really listening again.

Marcus Garvey by Burning Spear

★★★★★

Listened to this one a few times before.

En-Tact by The Shamen

★★★★★

Not my style.

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury by The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

★★★★★

I actually didn't mind it that much but I can't see myself really listening ever again.

Maggot Brain by Funkadelic

★★★★★

A bit too jammy at parts but still some good funk

Graceland by Paul Simon

★★★★★

Maybe a 3.5, I actually liked this much mroe than I thought I would. very 80's in parts though.

The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

★★★★★

Really funk mix of funk, soul and old school hip hop.

Horses by Patti Smith

★★★★★

Listened to quite a few times before. Great early proto punk album.

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

★★★★★

Not my favorite Dylan album but close to it.

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

★★★★★

Its gone down a bit for me over the years but it is a great sounding album production wise.

Disraeli Gears by Cream

★★★★★

Amazing 60s rock album

The Slider by T. Rex

★★★★★

I've listened to TREX before but not this album. Definitely will listen again.

Private Dancer by Tina Turner

★★★★★

Not for me

Music From The Penguin Cafe by Penguin Cafe Orchestra

★★★★★

I had no idea what this was but I enjoyed it.

Suzanne Vega by Suzanne Vega

★★★★★

Never heard of Suzanne Vega. Didn't love it.

The Lexicon Of Love by ABC

★★★★★

I'm getting a bit more into new wave but this is a bit too poppy.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles

★★★★★

Surprised this is the first beatles album to come up.

m b v by My Bloody Valentine

★★★★★

Couldn't really get into it much.

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

★★★★★

Cool funk album.

Parallel Lines by Blondie

★★★★★

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

★★★★★

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson

★★★★★

Smash by The Offspring

★★★★★

Dig Me Out by Sleater-Kinney

★★★★★

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

★★★★★

Debut by Björk

★★★★★

The Man Machine by Kraftwerk

★★★★★

Phaedra by Tangerine Dream

★★★★★

Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós

★★★★★

White Blood Cells by The White Stripes

★★★★★

New Forms by Roni Size

★★★★★

NEU! 75 by Neu!

★★★★★

Fever To Tell by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

★★★★★

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash

★★★★★

Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins

★★★★★

For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music

★★★★★

American Idiot by Green Day

★★★★★

Infected by The The

★★★★★

Post Orgasmic Chill by Skunk Anansie

★★★★★

Arise by Sepultura

★★★★★

The Joshua Tree by U2

★★★★★

The White Album by Beatles

★★★★★

Sail Away by Randy Newman

★★★★★

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers

★★★★★

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

★★★★★

Whatever by Aimee Mann

★★★★★

Electric Prunes by The Electric Prunes

★★★★★

3.5

Melodrama by Lorde

★★★★★

1989 by Taylor Swift

★★★★★

Damaged by Black Flag

★★★★★

Zombie by Fela Kuti

★★★★★

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers

★★★★★

Happy Trails by Quicksilver Messenger Service

★★★★★

Southern Rock Opera by Drive-By Truckers

★★★★★

Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield

★★★★★

Pornography by The Cure

★★★★★

Live At The Regal by B.B. King

★★★★★

Rum Sodomy & The Lash by The Pogues

★★★★★

Timeless by Goldie

★★★★★

The Idiot by Iggy Pop

★★★★★

Paul Simon by Paul Simon

★★★★★

Achtung Baby by U2

★★★★★

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry by Billy Bragg

★★★★★

Music From Big Pink by The Band

★★★★★

Remain In Light by Talking Heads

★★★★★

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band

★★★★★

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

★★★★★

John Barleycorn Must Die by Traffic

★★★★★

This Is Hardcore by Pulp

★★★★★

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

★★★★★

Penthouse And Pavement by Heaven 17

★★★★★

Coles Corner by Richard Hawley

★★★★★

Peggy Suicide by Julian Cope

★★★★★

Brown Sugar by D'Angelo

★★★★★

Sweet Baby James by James Taylor

★★★★★

The Chronic by Dr. Dre

★★★★★

The Fat Of The Land by The Prodigy

★★★★★

Cut by The Slits

★★★★★

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

★★★★★

Ocean Rain by Echo And The Bunnymen

★★★★★

Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds

★★★★★

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

★★★★★

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

★★★★★

Smile by Brian Wilson

★★★★★

Bandwagonesque by Teenage Fanclub

★★★★★

Young Americans by David Bowie

★★★★★

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

★★★★★

21 by Adele

★★★★★

The La's by The La's

★★★★★

Heroes by David Bowie

★★★★★

Fear and Whiskey by Mekons

★★★★★

A Girl Called Dusty by Dusty Springfield

★★★★★

Tres Hombres by ZZ Top

★★★★★

OK Computer by Radiohead

★★★★★

Entertainment by Gang Of Four

★★★★★

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin

★★★★★

Soul Mining by The The

★★★★★

Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt

★★★★★

Murmur by R.E.M.

★★★★★

Made In Japan by Deep Purple

★★★★★

Mothership Connection by Parliament

★★★★★

Billion Dollar Babies by Alice Cooper

★★★★★

The Dreaming by Kate Bush

★★★★★

Clandestino by Manu Chao

★★★★★

Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos

★★★★★

Rocks by Aerosmith

★★★★★

Pearl by Janis Joplin

★★★★★

Dub Housing by Pere Ubu

★★★★★

Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues

★★★★★

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

★★★★★

Electric Warrior by T. Rex

★★★★★

Countdown To Ecstasy by Steely Dan

★★★★★

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

★★★★★

My Generation by The Who

★★★★★

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen

★★★★★

A Seat at the Table by Solange

★★★★★

O.G. Original Gangster by Ice T

★★★★★

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys

★★★★★

Lam Toro by Baaba Maal

★★★★★

Woodface by Crowded House

★★★★★

Stardust by Willie Nelson

★★★★★

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

★★★★★

Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz

★★★★★

Wild Gift by X

★★★★★

Abraxas by Santana

★★★★★

Being There by Wilco

★★★★★

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes

★★★★★

London Calling by The Clash

★★★★★

Toys In The Attic by Aerosmith

★★★★★

Vespertine by Björk

★★★★★

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live) by Motörhead

★★★★★

Ramones by Ramones

★★★★★

Nothing's Shocking by Jane's Addiction

★★★★★

Coat Of Many Colors by Dolly Parton

★★★★★

All Directions by The Temptations

★★★★★

Follow The Leader by Korn

★★★★★

Femi Kuti by Femi Kuti

★★★★★

Goo by Sonic Youth

★★★★★

Pump by Aerosmith

★★★★★

Oracular Spectacular by MGMT

★★★★★

The Rise & Fall by Madness

★★★★★

Loveless by My Bloody Valentine

★★★★★

461 Ocean Boulevard by Eric Clapton

★★★★★

Eternally Yours by The Saints

★★★★★

The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow

★★★★★

In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra

★★★★★

Haunted Dancehall by The Sabres Of Paradise

★★★★★

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

★★★★★

Low by David Bowie

★★★★★

Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys

★★★★★

The Yes Album by Yes

★★★★★

Tanto Tempo by Bebel Gilberto

★★★★★

One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic

★★★★★

Fisherman's Blues by The Waterboys

★★★★★

Sex Packets by Digital Underground

★★★★★

Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple

★★★★★

S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things

★★★★★

Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock

★★★★★

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

★★★★★

Nevermind by Nirvana

★★★★★

Fromohio by fIREHOSE

★★★★★

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

★★★★★

Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies

★★★★★

Third by Portishead

★★★★★

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra

★★★★★

Clube Da Esquina by Milton Nascimento

★★★★★

Let It Be by The Replacements

★★★★★

Deloused in the Comatorium by The Mars Volta

★★★★★

Maxinquaye by Tricky

★★★★★

White Ladder by David Gray

★★★★★

Low-Life by New Order

★★★★★

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

★★★★★

Black Holes and Revelations by Muse

★★★★★

Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs

★★★★★

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival

★★★★★

Boy In Da Corner by Dizzee Rascal

★★★★★

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

★★★★★

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road by Lucinda Williams

★★★★★

Atomizer by Big Black

★★★★★

2112 by Rush

★★★★★

Mask by Bauhaus

★★★★★

Hunting High And Low by a-ha

★★★★★

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

★★★★★

Solid Air by John Martyn

★★★★★

Vulgar Display Of Power by Pantera

★★★★★

Parachutes by Coldplay

★★★★★

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads

★★★★★

There's No Place Like America Today by Curtis Mayfield

★★★★★

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

★★★★★

Fuzzy Logic by Super Furry Animals

★★★★★

Sound Affects by The Jam

★★★★★

Sea Change by Beck

★★★★★

Among The Living by Anthrax

★★★★★

Something Else By The Kinks by The Kinks

★★★★★

Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton

★★★★★

I See A Darkness by Bonnie "Prince" Billy

★★★★★

Space Ritual by Hawkwind

★★★★★

The Last Broadcast by Doves

★★★★★

Paris 1919 by John Cale

★★★★★

Your Arsenal by Morrissey

★★★★★

From Elvis In Memphis by Elvis Presley

★★★★★

Untitled (Black Is) by SAULT

★★★★★

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels by Dexys Midnight Runners

★★★★★

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge by Mudhoney

★★★★★

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

★★★★★

Rust In Peace by Megadeth

★★★★★

Be by Common

★★★★★

Modern Kosmology by Jane Weaver

★★★★★

Tidal by Fiona Apple

★★★★★

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

★★★★★

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret by Soft Cell

★★★★★

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis

★★★★★

Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake

★★★★★

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo by The Byrds

★★★★★

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith

★★★★★

Suicide by Suicide

★★★★★

We Are Family by Sister Sledge

★★★★★

Songs Of Love And Hate by Leonard Cohen

★★★★★

The Age Of The Understatement by The Last Shadow Puppets

★★★★★

Here's Little Richard by Little Richard

★★★★★

The Grand Tour by George Jones

★★★★★

Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin

★★★★★

Tommy by The Who

★★★★★

At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters

★★★★★

Synchronicity by The Police

★★★★★

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles

★★★★★

São Paulo Confessions by Suba

★★★★★

Odessa by Bee Gees

★★★★★

The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails

★★★★★

Rapture by Anita Baker

★★★★★

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight by Richard Thompson

★★★★★

The Atomic Mr Basie by Count Basie & His Orchestra

★★★★★

Selling England By The Pound by Genesis

★★★★★

Underwater Moonlight by The Soft Boys

★★★★★

Group Sex by Circle Jerks

★★★★★

Thriller by Michael Jackson

★★★★★

Fuzzy by Grant Lee Buffalo

★★★★★

Miriam Makeba by Miriam Makeba

★★★★★

The Infotainment Scan by The Fall

★★★★★

The Stranger by Billy Joel

★★★★★

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

★★★★★

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

★★★★★

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

★★★★★

Legalize It by Peter Tosh

★★★★★

Document by R.E.M.

★★★★★

You've Come a Long Way Baby by Fatboy Slim

★★★★★

Teen Dream by Beach House

★★★★★

3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul

★★★★★

Faust IV by Faust

★★★★★

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

★★★★★

Palo Congo by Sabu

★★★★★

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses

★★★★★

Green Onions by Booker T. & The MG's

★★★★★

The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden

★★★★★

Sister by Sonic Youth

★★★★★

...And Justice For All by Metallica

★★★★★

Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter

★★★★★

The Madcap Laughs by Syd Barrett

★★★★★

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

★★★★★

GREY Area by Little Simz

★★★★★

Technique by New Order

★★★★★

All Things Must Pass by George Harrison

★★★★★

Younger Than Yesterday by The Byrds

★★★★★

The Cars by The Cars

★★★★★

Celebrity Skin by Hole

★★★★★

Real Life by Magazine

★★★★★

L.A. Woman by The Doors

★★★★★

Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan

★★★★★

Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors

★★★★★

The Next Day by David Bowie

★★★★★

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

★★★★★

Get Rich Or Die Tryin' by 50 Cent

★★★★★

Heaux Tales by Jazmine Sullivan

★★★★★

Bright Flight by Silver Jews

★★★★★

Homework by Daft Punk

★★★★★

Maverick A Strike by Finley Quaye

★★★★★

The Band by The Band

★★★★★

Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park

★★★★★

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

★★★★★

I Should Coco by Supergrass

★★★★★

Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder

★★★★★

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space by Spiritualized

★★★★★

Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes

★★★★★

Kenza by Khaled

★★★★★

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

★★★★★

25 by Adele

★★★★★

Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi

★★★★★

Signing Off by UB40

★★★★★

Elephant by The White Stripes

★★★★★

All Hail the Queen by Queen Latifah

★★★★★

Ready To Die by The Notorious B.I.G.

★★★★★

Hysteria by Def Leppard

★★★★★

Gorillaz by Gorillaz

★★★★★

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche by Koffi Olomide

★★★★★

Fire Of Love by The Gun Club

★★★★★

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

★★★★★

Madman Across The Water by Elton John

★★★★★

Olympia 64 by Jacques Brel

★★★★★

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

★★★★★

The Man Who by Travis

★★★★★

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You by Aretha Franklin

★★★★★

The Healer by John Lee Hooker

★★★★★

Machine Head by Deep Purple

★★★★★

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen

★★★★★

Duck Rock by Malcolm McLaren

★★★★★

Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

★★★★★

Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand

★★★★★

C'est Chic by CHIC

★★★★★

Hail To the Thief by Radiohead

★★★★★

Giant Steps by The Boo Radleys

★★★★★

Cypress Hill by Cypress Hill

★★★★★

Rio by Duran Duran

★★★★★

Germfree Adolescents by X-Ray Spex

★★★★★

Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden

★★★★★

Ingenue by k.d. lang

★★★★★

Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

★★★★★

Parklife by Blur

★★★★★

Want Two by Rufus Wainwright

★★★★★

Forever Changes by Love

★★★★★

A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets

★★★★★

With The Beatles by Beatles

★★★★★

Marquee Moon by Television

★★★★★

The Modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers

★★★★★

Medúlla by Björk

★★★★★

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow

★★★★★

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

★★★★★

Moss Side Story by Barry Adamson

★★★★★

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

★★★★★

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones

★★★★★

Groovin' by The Young Rascals

★★★★★

Butterfly by Mariah Carey

★★★★★

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder

★★★★★

Born To Be With You by Dion

★★★★★

Brothers by The Black Keys

★★★★★

The Predator by Ice Cube

★★★★★

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

★★★★★

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

★★★★★

Chicago Transit Authority by Chicago

★★★★★

The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett

★★★★★

Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell

★★★★★

Da Capo by Love

★★★★★

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

★★★★★

Doolittle by Pixies

★★★★★

Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan

★★★★★

The Gilded Palace Of Sin by The Flying Burrito Brothers

★★★★★