1001 Albums Summary

Live At The Regal by B.B. King

Electric Warrior by T. Rex

Kenya by Machito

Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan

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

Live! by Fela Kuti

Maggot Brain by Funkadelic

Rapture by Anita Baker

american dream by LCD Soundsystem

Truth by Jeff Beck

A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash

Ragged Glory by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Phaedra by Tangerine Dream

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches by Happy Mondays

Definitely Maybe by Oasis

Debut by Björk

Harvest by Neil Young

John Prine by John Prine

Nevermind by Nirvana

The Visitors by ABBA

Rage Against The Machine by Rage Against The Machine

Too Rye Ay by Dexys Midnight Runners

The Notorious Byrd Brothers by The Byrds

Melodrama by Lorde

Microshift by Hookworms

Violator by Depeche Mode

The Genius Of Ray Charles by Ray Charles

3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde by The Pharcyde

Gris Gris by Dr. John

Antichrist Superstar by Marilyn Manson

Suede by Suede

Young Americans by David Bowie

Pornography by The Cure

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield

Songs Of Love And Hate by Leonard Cohen

Screamadelica by Primal Scream

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

The Sensual World by Kate Bush

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 by George Michael

Moss Side Story by Barry Adamson

Buena Vista Social Club by Buena Vista Social Club

Who's Next by The Who

Surfer Rosa by Pixies

Hysteria by Def Leppard

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast

Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin

New Wave by The Auteurs

Let It Be by The Replacements

Fun House by The Stooges

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables by Dead Kennedys

Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix

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

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain by Pavement

Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues

Shake Your Money Maker by The Black Crowes

The Modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers

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

Dub Housing by Pere Ubu

Eagles by Eagles

White Ladder by David Gray

Chelsea Girl by Nico

Teen Dream by Beach House

At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters

Chicago Transit Authority by Chicago

Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space by Spiritualized

In Utero by Nirvana

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins

Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees

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

Trans Europe Express by Kraftwerk

São Paulo Confessions by Suba

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding

Deloused in the Comatorium by The Mars Volta

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo by MC Solaar

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

Elastica by Elastica

Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

Urban Hymns by The Verve

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

Bright Flight by Silver Jews

At Budokan by Cheap Trick

Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter

Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones

Beauty And The Beat by The Go-Go's

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

Stardust by Willie Nelson

Pink Flag by Wire

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco

Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens

Let England Shake by PJ Harvey

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

Technique by New Order

Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg by Jerry Lee Lewis

Tago Mago by Can

Rings Around The World by Super Furry Animals

Play by Moby

Underwater Moonlight by The Soft Boys

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

Tuesday Night Music Club by Sheryl Crow

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

Hypnotised by The Undertones

Street Life by The Crusaders

Modern Kosmology by Jane Weaver

Water From An Ancient Well by Abdullah Ibrahim

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim by Frank Sinatra

Aja by Steely Dan

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

Spiderland by Slint

Hunting High And Low by a-ha

Broken English by Marianne Faithfull

Triangle by The Beau Brummels

Sex Packets by Digital Underground

Thriller by Michael Jackson

Inspiration Information by Shuggie Otis

Paul Simon by Paul Simon

Ace of Spades by Motörhead

Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes

Good Old Boys by Randy Newman

A Seat at the Table by Solange

Marquee Moon by Television

E.V.O.L. by Sonic Youth

Nighthawks At The Diner by Tom Waits

Sea Change by Beck

This Is Hardcore by Pulp

Freak Out! by The Mothers Of Invention

Illmatic by Nas

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson

The Age Of The Understatement by The Last Shadow Puppets

Butterfly by Mariah Carey

Dance Mania by Tito Puente

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

90 by 808 State

The Lexicon Of Love by ABC

Darklands by The Jesus And Mary Chain

Time Out Of Mind by Bob Dylan

Elephant by The White Stripes

A Night At The Opera by Queen

Safe As Milk by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

Pump by Aerosmith

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Homework by Daft Punk

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

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

The Wall by Pink Floyd

Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds

Remain In Light by Talking Heads

The Predator by Ice Cube

Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan

In Rainbows by Radiohead

The Atomic Mr Basie by Count Basie & His Orchestra

Bluesbreakers by John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

Brown Sugar by D'Angelo

Slipknot by Slipknot

Fishscale by Ghostface Killah

Music For The Jilted Generation by The Prodigy

Stankonia by OutKast

Rust In Peace by Megadeth

Face to Face by The Kinks

New Boots And Panties by Ian Dury

Fire Of Love by The Gun Club

Fromohio by fIREHOSE

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

Astral Weeks by Van Morrison

Kimono My House by Sparks

Queen II by Queen

I’ve rated this higher than I expected for a couple of interesting tracks towards the latter part of the album, the lead guitar is preventing this ever going beyond a 2 though

Coles Corner by Richard Hawley

In It For The Money by Supergrass

Clandestino by Manu Chao

Diamond Life by Sade

Mott by Mott The Hoople

Yank Crime by Drive Like Jehu

Moondance by Van Morrison

American Pie by Don McLean

Country Life by Roxy Music

Now I Got Worry by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Peter Gabriel by Peter Gabriel

Horses by Patti Smith

Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

Metallica by Metallica

Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welch

Untitled (Black Is) by SAULT

Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones

The Slim Shady LP by Eminem

Strange Cargo III by William Orbit

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Blue by Joni Mitchell

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

NEU! 75 by Neu!

The New Tango by Astor Piazzolla

Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple

The College Dropout by Kanye West

1999 by Prince

Come Away With Me by Norah Jones

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

I'm Your Man by Leonard Cohen

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying by Megadeth

Master Of Puppets by Metallica

White Light / White Heat by The Velvet Underground

Live Through This by Hole

My Generation by The Who

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra

Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou Harris

Machine Head by Deep Purple

Boy In Da Corner by Dizzee Rascal

The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem

Dare! by The Human League

Heartattack And Vine by Tom Waits

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash

Rum Sodomy & The Lash by The Pogues

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos

The La's by The La's

Crocodiles by Echo And The Bunnymen

Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Mothership Connection by Parliament

High Violet by The National

Me Against The World by 2Pac

Beautiful Freak by Eels

Wonderful Rainbow by Lightning Bolt

Oar by Alexander 'Skip' Spence

Vivid by Living Colour

Odelay by Beck

Billion Dollar Babies by Alice Cooper

Ray Of Light by Madonna

Playing With Fire by Spacemen 3

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel

Gorillaz by Gorillaz

The Rolling Stones by The Rolling Stones

Supa Dupa Fly by Missy Elliott

C'est Chic by CHIC

Greetings From L.A. by Tim Buckley

Almost got a mark for the music - but the lyrics are such a negative any redeeming qualities of this album are lost. Not feeling guilty about stopping this listen halfway through

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses

Africa Brasil by Jorge Ben Jor

Back In Black by AC/DC

Black Holes and Revelations by Muse

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

Parklife by Blur

The Doors by The Doors

Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective

Moon Safari by Air

Vento De Maio by Elis Regina

Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush

Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz

Despite being a well known name, I had next to no knowledge of Lenny Kravitz’s music & had no idea what to expect. Just felt incredibly generic & didn’t keep my attention at all

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith

The Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips

Every Picture Tells A Story by Rod Stewart

Seems fine - nothing catching my ear though - simply soft rock background music

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge by Mudhoney

So Much For The City by The Thrills

Oof - an album from the years I’d discovered my own taste in music, somehow ‘So Much For The City’ has been completely wiped from my memory. Seeing the album cover instantly brought back the chorus from Big Sur & Santa Cruz, delivering a wave of nostalgia. As the first track started, the rose tinted spectacles quickly crashed to the floor. In my mind this album had come before the downfall of indie; this was going to be on a parallel with The Coral, in reality it was much closer to The Kooks; perhaps proto-landfill-indie. How this obtained a place amongst the 1001 albums is a mystery.

The Bones Of What You Believe by CHVRCHES

Is This It by The Strokes

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

Younger Than Yesterday by The Byrds

Could appreciate its significance and tell the influence it had, but in itself, didn’t do a lot for me.

Blur by Blur

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins

Maxinquaye by Tricky

Eliminator by ZZ Top

Can't Buy A Thrill by Steely Dan

Legalize It by Peter Tosh

Scream, Dracula, Scream by Rocket From The Crypt

Always feel I should like Rocket from the Crypt, from a surface listen it seems like it’s in my wheelhouse. But it never clicks, high energy but a little paint by numbers.

Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

Cafe Bleu by The Style Council

Survivor by Destiny's Child

2112 by Rush

Oh good, a self-indulgent 20 minute opening track. Inspired by Ayn Rand? Perfect… I’m committing myself to listening to every album on this list, most of them multiple times in the day. 2112 only needed to be heard once.

Ten by Pearl Jam

A Short Album About Love by The Divine Comedy

O.G. Original Gangster by Ice T

The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden

Rip It Up by Orange Juice

Abraxas by Santana

Remedy by Basement Jaxx

The Clash by The Clash

Fly Or Die by N.E.R.D

Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors

Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads

Bubble And Scrape by Sebadoh

World Clique by Deee-Lite

Here's Little Richard by Little Richard

Bug by Dinosaur Jr.

Fever Ray by Fever Ray

Live At The Harlem Square Club by Sam Cooke

Dire Straits by Dire Straits

Henry's Dream by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Tom Tom Club by Tom Tom Club

Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock

Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi

Actually by Pet Shop Boys

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Le Tigre by Le Tigre

Justified by Justin Timberlake