1001 Albums Summary

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow

Sick drums, funky beat, hypnotic mix

Stankonia by OutKast

Classic, holds up

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

Like a post Beatles revival

Here's Little Richard by Little Richard

A wop bop a loo bop a lop bam boom

Definitely Maybe by Oasis

Still classic

The Atomic Mr Basie by Count Basie & His Orchestra

It's got a great beat and you can dance to it

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

Weird from start to finish

Since I Left You by The Avalanches

Funky, jazzy, disco, pop, trance, EDM all rolled into one.

Aja by Steely Dan

Classic easy listening edition

The Yes Album by Yes

Grooves hard

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room by Dwight Yoakam

Not my bag but a solid album nonetheless.

Truth by Jeff Beck

Very surprised - every track. Roundly solid rock but a roller coaster from track to track. Only downside is it doesn't feel like an album as much as a grab bag of tracks.

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin

Audio zen

Take Me Apart by Kelela

Nice sound but didn't engage

Disraeli Gears by Cream

Plenty groovy but doesn't rock as hard as I remember.

Violator by Depeche Mode

Masterful journey. Ranks up with dark side - maybe just below.

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash

Outstanding as always. Defines the genre.

Alien Lanes by Guided By Voices

So odd

Da Capo by Love

All around groovy

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin

Always amazing

Shadowland by k.d. lang

Great album but not my jam

Moondance by Van Morrison

Classy. Best lazy summer afternoon album.

John Barleycorn Must Die by Traffic

Amazing album set. Added to the regular rotation.

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

A classic

Scott 4 by Scott Walker

Growing on me

Ocean Rain by Echo And The Bunnymen

Pretty awful

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits

Fantastic

The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow

Chill all the way through.

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music by Ray Charles

Delicious

Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder

Fantastic record

Penance Soiree by The Icarus Line

Hard rocking metal

At Budokan by Cheap Trick

Epic

Who's Next by The Who

Amazing as always

Tonight's The Night by Neil Young

Classic, great grooving

I See A Darkness by Bonnie "Prince" Billy

Chillaxing

Bone Machine by Tom Waits

To weird

Mermaid Avenue by Billy Bragg

Surprisingly serene

Chirping Crickets by Buddy Holly & The Crickets

Classic rocking out

The Lexicon Of Love by ABC

Hidden gem

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

Fantastic

Countdown To Ecstasy by Steely Dan

Classic Steely Dan

White Ladder by David Gray

Smooth like Skippy

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 by George Michael

Incredible

Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

Classic

Happy Sad by Tim Buckley

Oddly mesmerizing

OK by Talvin Singh

Oddly mesmerizing

Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter

Tranquil but odd

Abbey Road by Beatles

Gets better every time

A Night At The Opera by Queen

Epic

Fragile by Yes

Kooky

Wild Wood by Paul Weller

Decent rock

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury by The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

Still topical

A Walk Across The Rooftops by The Blue Nile

Very Peter Gabriel

Play by Moby

Defined the genre

Heavy Weather by Weather Report

Unexpected

Exile In Guyville by Liz Phair

Sedate. Odd.

Made In Japan by Deep Purple

Very groovy

Billion Dollar Babies by Alice Cooper

Fantastic

Back In Black by AC/DC

Classic

Teenager Of The Year by Frank Black

Rocky

Zombie by Fela Kuti

Funky

Closer by Joy Division

Not the Doors

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode

Mass Depeche

If I Could Only Remember My Name by David Crosby

Chill

The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden

Not my kind of rock

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

One of the best

Brothers by The Black Keys

Tight from top to bottom

Tres Hombres by ZZ Top

Inconsistent

Disintegration by The Cure

Classic

Sea Change by Beck

Sedate

Fisherman's Blues by The Waterboys

Dylan meets Dave Matthews

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

Still got it

Bug by Dinosaur Jr.

Grungy

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Always amazing

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel

Classic

Moss Side Story by Barry Adamson

Wierd

Master Of Puppets by Metallica

Heavy

Astral Weeks by Van Morrison

Not my favorite

Ctrl by SZA

Sizzles

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

A groove

Caetano Veloso by Caetano Veloso

Surprisingly fun

Heaux Tales by Jazmine Sullivan

Great album

Tanto Tempo by Bebel Gilberto

Solid groove

Virgin Suicides by Air

Seductive

One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic

Just what it says

In Rainbows by Radiohead

Entrancing

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding

All the originals

Superfuzz Bigmuff by Mudhoney

Messy, doesn't develop

Achtung Baby by U2

Classic

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts by The Adverts

Not the Clash

Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden

Rockin'

Want Two by Rufus Wainwright

Meh

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

Amazing

São Paulo Confessions by Suba

Odd. Jazzy.

Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake

Sedate

Devil Without A Cause by Kid Rock

Classic, before crazy

American Pie by Don McLean

Great as always

Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos

Classic

Arise by Sepultura

Not my kind of rock

The Slim Shady LP by Eminem

Classic

Horses by Patti Smith

Unexpected

Club Classics Vol. One by Soul II Soul

Great collection

The Rising by Bruce Springsteen

Just jovial

Siembra by Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

Unexpected

A Date With The Everly Brothers by The Everly Brothers

Classic

Roger the Engineer by The Yardbirds

Curious

xx by The xx

Chill

Fun House by The Stooges

Rocky and raw

Giant Steps by The Boo Radleys

Catchy

Darkdancer by Les Rythmes Digitales

Funky remixed beats

Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin

Classic

Kenya by Machito

Jazzy

Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield

Jazzy

Aqualung by Jethro Tull

Classic

Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

Nostalgic

Sign 'O' The Times by Prince

Incredible

Black Monk Time by The Monks

Quirky

First Band On The Moon by The Cardigans

Fun

25 by Adele

Still haunting

Rio by Duran Duran

Amazing as always

Low by David Bowie

Incredible

Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits

Odd

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd

Classic and wierd

Machine Head by Deep Purple

Amazing

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Definitive unplugged

Vespertine by Björk

Bjorkey

Kala by M.I.A.

Chill

Chicago Transit Authority by Chicago

Grooving hard

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Rockin'

Eliminator by ZZ Top

Amazing

Walking Wounded by Everything But The Girl

Chill

Songs From A Room by Leonard Cohen

Sedate

Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone

Funky

Phrenology by The Roots

All the rock

Surfer Rosa by Pixies

Still amazing

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite by Maxwell

Smooth and funky

At San Quentin by Johnny Cash

Amazing

Amnesiac by Radiohead

En-trancing

The Beach Boys Today! by The Beach Boys

Classic

Pretenders by Pretenders

Raw Power by The Stooges

Liege And Lief by Fairport Convention

Like a 60s Ren faire