1001 Albums Summary

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

★★★★★

The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd

★★★★★

4 stars

Solid Air by John Martyn

★★★★★

Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

★★★★★

Hotel California by Eagles

★★★★★

Heartattack And Vine by Tom Waits

★★★★★

Your New Favourite Band by The Hives

★★★★★

Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

★★★★★

Peggy Suicide by Julian Cope

★★★★★

Rapture by Anita Baker

★★★★★

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

★★★★★

1984 by Van Halen

★★★★★

Truth by Jeff Beck

★★★★★

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits

★★★★★

Master Of Puppets by Metallica

★★★★★

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus

★★★★★

C'est Chic by CHIC

★★★★★

The Healer by John Lee Hooker

★★★★★

Timeless by Goldie

★★★★★

Private Dancer by Tina Turner

★★★★★

Rating only for Private Dancer. Song goes hard.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay

★★★★★

Modern Life Is Rubbish by Blur

★★★★★

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

★★★★★

Very high 3. Not my thing but there's a couple bangers.

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

★★★★★

Rum Sodomy & The Lash by The Pogues

★★★★★

"And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" Is up there my favourite new song heard so far.

White Blood Cells by The White Stripes

★★★★★

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith

★★★★★

Bluesbreakers by John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

★★★★★

Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou Harris

★★★★★

Blur by Blur

★★★★★

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 by George Michael

★★★★★

Electric Prunes by The Electric Prunes

★★★★★

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell

★★★★★

Hysteria by Def Leppard

★★★★★

Woodface by Crowded House

★★★★★

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

★★★★★

Vincebus Eruptum by Blue Cheer

★★★★★

Emergency On Planet Earth by Jamiroquai

★★★★★

Achtung Baby by U2

★★★★★

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

★★★★★

Songs From A Room by Leonard Cohen

★★★★★

Only album so far I've listened to twice. Very good.

Sheet Music by 10cc

★★★★★

Life's Too Good by The Sugarcubes

★★★★★

Caught me off guard. Really enjoyed this.

Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin

★★★★★

Roxy Music by Roxy Music

★★★★★

With The Beatles by Beatles

★★★★★

Not my favourite Beatles album but still quality obviously.

Beyond Skin by Nitin Sawhney

★★★★★

The Sun Rises In The East by Jeru The Damaja

★★★★★

Sister by Sonic Youth

★★★★★

In Rainbows by Radiohead

★★★★★

Homework by Daft Punk

★★★★★

Disraeli Gears by Cream

★★★★★

Kings Of The Wild Frontier by Adam & The Ants

★★★★★

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

★★★★★

Remain In Light by Talking Heads

★★★★★

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow

★★★★★

If I Should Fall From Grace With God by The Pogues

★★★★★

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

★★★★★

Made In Japan by Deep Purple

★★★★★

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens

★★★★★

Can't Buy A Thrill by Steely Dan

★★★★★

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis

★★★★★

Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

★★★★★

Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth

★★★★★

The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest

★★★★★

Dance Mania by Tito Puente

★★★★★

Rocks by Aerosmith

★★★★★

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

★★★★★

Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues

★★★★★

The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground

★★★★★

Boston by Boston

★★★★★

Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand

★★★★★

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

★★★★★

Debut by Björk

★★★★★

Vivid by Living Colour

★★★★★

And that's only for "Cult of Personality"

Will The Circle Be Unbroken by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

★★★★★

The Stranger by Billy Joel

★★★★★

Just bangers.

Too Rye Ay by Dexys Midnight Runners

★★★★★

An extra star of Eileen.

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music by Ray Charles

★★★★★

Face to Face by The Kinks

★★★★★

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads

★★★★★

Double Nickels On The Dime by Minutemen

★★★★★

Fragile by Yes

★★★★★

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk

★★★★★

Beautiful Freak by Eels

★★★★★

Selling England By The Pound by Genesis

★★★★★

The Contino Sessions by Death In Vegas

★★★★★

Damaged by Black Flag

★★★★★

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry by Billy Bragg

★★★★★

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black by Public Enemy

★★★★★

Beauty And The Beat by The Go-Go's

★★★★★

Untitled (Black Is) by SAULT

★★★★★

British Steel by Judas Priest

★★★★★

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin

★★★★★

Exit Planet Dust by The Chemical Brothers

★★★★★

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground

★★★★★

Dig Your Own Hole by The Chemical Brothers

★★★★★

...And Justice For All by Metallica

★★★★★

Our Aim Is To Satisfy by Red Snapper

★★★★★

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

★★★★★

Good but still a Christmas Album, so a 1.

Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos

★★★★★

Let England Shake by PJ Harvey

★★★★★

Need to listen to again

Bad Company by Bad Company

★★★★★

La Revancha Del Tango by Gotan Project

★★★★★

Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters

★★★★★

Might bey favourite Foo's album

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire

★★★★★

Actually pretty good.

Either Or by Elliott Smith

★★★★★

Rage Against The Machine by Rage Against The Machine

★★★★★

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield

★★★★★

Drunk by Thundercat

★★★★★

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder

★★★★★

Spiderland by Slint

★★★★★

Street Life by The Crusaders

★★★★★

Horses by Patti Smith

★★★★★

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

★★★★★

Here Come The Warm Jets by Brian Eno

★★★★★

All Directions by The Temptations

★★★★★

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde by The Pharcyde

★★★★★

Countdown To Ecstasy by Steely Dan

★★★★★

Underwater Moonlight by The Soft Boys

★★★★★

Too long.

Autobahn by Kraftwerk

★★★★★

Copper Blue by Sugar

★★★★★

Protection by Massive Attack

★★★★★

Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park

★★★★★

Holds up. Still goes H A R D.

Liege And Lief by Fairport Convention

★★★★★

Maxinquaye by Tricky

★★★★★

Urban Hymns by The Verve

★★★★★

Pyromania by Def Leppard

★★★★★

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim by Frank Sinatra

★★★★★

Gentlemen by The Afghan Whigs

★★★★★

Paris 1919 by John Cale

★★★★★

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

★★★★★

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield

★★★★★

Windmills of your Mind is the standout.

Trans Europe Express by Kraftwerk

★★★★★

Dub Housing by Pere Ubu

★★★★★

Hejira by Joni Mitchell

★★★★★

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

★★★★★

Live! by Fela Kuti

★★★★★

Madman Across The Water by Elton John

★★★★★

Quiet Life by Japan

★★★★★

Follow The Leader by Korn

★★★★★

Inspiration Information by Shuggie Otis

★★★★★

New York Dolls by New York Dolls

★★★★★

Hard Again by Muddy Waters

★★★★★

Everything Must Go by Manic Street Preachers

★★★★★

Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio

★★★★★

Cypress Hill by Cypress Hill

★★★★★

The Wall by Pink Floyd

★★★★★

Guero by Beck

★★★★★

The Man Who by Travis

★★★★★

Antichrist Superstar by Marilyn Manson

★★★★★

Konnichiwa by Skepta

★★★★★

Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.

★★★★★

Eagles by Eagles

★★★★★

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake

★★★★★

Moondance by Van Morrison

★★★★★

Broken English by Marianne Faithfull

★★★★★

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast by Badly Drawn Boy

★★★★★

Low-Life by New Order

★★★★★

Mothership Connection by Parliament

★★★★★

Casanova by The Divine Comedy

★★★★★

The Libertines by The Libertines

★★★★★

The Slider by T. Rex

★★★★★

Paul Simon by Paul Simon

★★★★★

Cloud Nine by The Temptations

★★★★★

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins

★★★★★

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche by Koffi Olomide

★★★★★

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast

★★★★★

Machine Head by Deep Purple

★★★★★

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

★★★★★

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley

★★★★★

Murder Ballads by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

★★★★★

The Bones Of What You Believe by CHVRCHES

★★★★★

The Cars by The Cars

★★★★★

Purple Rain by Prince

★★★★★

Black Holes and Revelations by Muse

★★★★★

Tanto Tempo by Bebel Gilberto

★★★★★

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight by Richard Thompson

★★★★★

Buena Vista Social Club by Buena Vista Social Club

★★★★★

The Chronic by Dr. Dre

★★★★★

Sex Packets by Digital Underground

★★★★★

Psychocandy by The Jesus And Mary Chain

★★★★★

Younger Than Yesterday by The Byrds

★★★★★

Since I Left You by The Avalanches

★★★★★

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

★★★★★

Virgin Suicides by Air

★★★★★

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge by Mudhoney

★★★★★

1989 by Taylor Swift

★★★★★

Signing Off by UB40

★★★★★

Queens of the Stone Age by Queens Of The Stone Age

★★★★★

Faith by George Michael

★★★★★

Parallel Lines by Blondie

★★★★★

Tommy by The Who

★★★★★

Ctrl by SZA

★★★★★

Fear Of A Black Planet by Public Enemy

★★★★★

Floodland by Sisters Of Mercy

★★★★★

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

★★★★★

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

★★★★★

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis

★★★★★

Duck Rock by Malcolm McLaren

★★★★★

Closer by Joy Division

★★★★★

Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock

★★★★★

The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett

★★★★★

The La's by The La's

★★★★★

16 Lovers Lane by The Go-Betweens

★★★★★

Rain Dogs by Tom Waits

★★★★★

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

★★★★★

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

★★★★★

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash

★★★★★

Arrival by ABBA

★★★★★

Astral Weeks by Van Morrison

★★★★★

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

★★★★★

Fever To Tell by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

★★★★★

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

★★★★★

The Genius Of Ray Charles by Ray Charles

★★★★★

Leftism by Leftfield

★★★★★

Dire Straits by Dire Straits

★★★★★

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes

★★★★★

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

★★★★★

Goat'd

Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

★★★★★

Justified by Justin Timberlake

★★★★★

American Idiot by Green Day

★★★★★

Van Halen by Van Halen

★★★★★

Peter Gabriel by Peter Gabriel

★★★★★

Country Life by Roxy Music

★★★★★

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury by The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

★★★★★

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

★★★★★

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

★★★★★

Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple

★★★★★

Vento De Maio by Elis Regina

★★★★★

Electric by The Cult

★★★★★

1999 by Prince

★★★★★

Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan

★★★★★

Might be the best Dylan album

Faust IV by Faust

★★★★★

Smokers Delight by Nightmares On Wax

★★★★★

The Bends by Radiohead

★★★★★

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

★★★★★

Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens

★★★★★

Scum by Napalm Death

★★★★★

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

★★★★★

Dirty by Sonic Youth

★★★★★

Back In Black by AC/DC

★★★★★

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

★★★★★

Henry's Dream by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

★★★★★

Kenza by Khaled

★★★★★

Don't Stand Me Down by Dexys Midnight Runners

★★★★★

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson

★★★★★

Document by R.E.M.

★★★★★

3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers

★★★★★

Metal Box by Public Image Ltd.

★★★★★

Playing With Fire by Spacemen 3

★★★★★

One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic

★★★★★

Abbey Road by Beatles

★★★★★

Stripped by Christina Aguilera

★★★★★

Murmur by R.E.M.

★★★★★

Shake Your Money Maker by The Black Crowes

★★★★★

Surfer Rosa by Pixies

★★★★★

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

★★★★★

461 Ocean Boulevard by Eric Clapton

★★★★★

Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt

★★★★★

Superfuzz Bigmuff by Mudhoney

★★★★★

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

★★★★★

Natty Dread by Bob Marley & The Wailers

★★★★★

Chicago Transit Authority by Chicago

★★★★★

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water by Limp Bizkit

★★★★★

Bad by Michael Jackson

★★★★★

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones

★★★★★

Live At The Harlem Square Club by Sam Cooke

★★★★★

Let's Get Killed by David Holmes

★★★★★

Street Signs by Ozomatli

★★★★★

Diamond Life by Sade

★★★★★

In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson

★★★★★

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

★★★★★

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

★★★★★

Youth And Young Manhood by Kings of Leon

★★★★★

Tarkus by Emerson, Lake & Palmer

★★★★★

On The Beach by Neil Young

★★★★★

Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

★★★★★

Water From An Ancient Well by Abdullah Ibrahim

★★★★★

Arise by Sepultura

★★★★★

The Renaissance by Q-Tip

★★★★★

Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix

★★★★★

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

★★★★★

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

★★★★★

Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake

★★★★★

Dare! by The Human League

★★★★★

London Calling by The Clash

★★★★★

Parachutes by Coldplay

★★★★★

May cause drowsiness and dizziness; do not operate heavy machinery.

Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra

★★★★★

Safe As Milk by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

★★★★★

Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine by Cee Lo Green

★★★★★

The Last Of The True Believers by Nanci Griffith

★★★★★

Pretty good for a 80s country album. "Lookin' for the time" goes hard.

Play by Moby

★★★★★

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

★★★★★

Best Nirvana album. Fight me.

Marcus Garvey by Burning Spear

★★★★★

Graceland by Paul Simon

★★★★★

Calenture by The Triffids

★★★★★

The Slim Shady LP by Eminem

★★★★★

Jesus christ, I forgot how dark this was.

The College Dropout by Kanye West

★★★★★

Being There by Wilco

★★★★★

The World is a Ghetto by War

★★★★★

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan

★★★★★

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses

★★★★★

The White Album by Beatles

★★★★★

Atomizer by Big Black

★★★★★

Gris Gris by Dr. John

★★★★★

No idea what I just listened to.

Legalize It by Peter Tosh

★★★★★

The Yes Album by Yes

★★★★★

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

★★★★★

Wonderful Rainbow by Lightning Bolt

★★★★★

Arc Of A Diver by Steve Winwood

★★★★★

Rattus Norvegicus by The Stranglers

★★★★★

Here's Little Richard by Little Richard

★★★★★

Blue Lines by Massive Attack

★★★★★

Live At Leeds by The Who

★★★★★

A Wizard, A True Star by Todd Rundgren

★★★★★

Shaka Zulu by Ladysmith Black Mambazo

★★★★★

A 3*, so I can't be accused of being racist.

Pelican West by Haircut 100

★★★★★

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones

★★★★★

Green by R.E.M.

★★★★★

Devil Without A Cause by Kid Rock

★★★★★

At Mister Kelly's by Sarah Vaughan

★★★★★

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

★★★★★

Roots by Sepultura

★★★★★

No

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

★★★★★

In Our Heads by Hot Chip

★★★★★

Come Away With Me by Norah Jones

★★★★★

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers

★★★★★

Clube Da Esquina by Milton Nascimento

★★★★★

Nothing's Shocking by Jane's Addiction

★★★★★

Headquarters by The Monkees

★★★★★

"Randy Scouse Git" is a banger

Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone

★★★★★

She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper

★★★★★

Heaux Tales by Jazmine Sullivan

★★★★★

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

★★★★★

3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul

★★★★★

Abraxas by Santana

★★★★★

Power In Numbers by Jurassic 5

★★★★★

Rio by Duran Duran

★★★★★

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus by Spirit

★★★★★

Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield

★★★★★

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

★★★★★

25 by Adele

★★★★★

The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow

★★★★★

Go Girl Crazy by The Dictators

★★★★★

Different Class by Pulp

★★★★★

Station To Station by David Bowie

★★★★★

The Doors by The Doors

★★★★★

Jim Morrisons cultural significance is massively overrated but doesn't mean the music isn't good.

So Much For The City by The Thrills

★★★★★

Want Two by Rufus Wainwright

★★★★★

Reign In Blood by Slayer

★★★★★

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

★★★★★

NEU! 75 by Neu!

★★★★★

Winter In America by Gil Scott-Heron

★★★★★

Dummy by Portishead

★★★★★

This Is Fats Domino by Fats Domino

★★★★★

Fire Of Love by The Gun Club

★★★★★

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

★★★★★