1001 Albums Summary

1999 by Prince

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

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band

Whipping Post is still the stand-out hit. And it's not hard to see why!

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones

Beauty And The Beat by The Go-Go's

A great 80s time capsule.

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

Butterfly by Mariah Carey

An excellent album if not out of step with most of everything on this list.

Dummy by Portishead

Elastica by Elastica

Actually by Pet Shop Boys

Heaux Tales by Jazmine Sullivan

The entire enterprise justs comes off shallow...

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

Duck Rock by Malcolm McLaren

...Baby One More Time by Britney Spears

Queen II by Queen

Machine Gun Etiquette by The Damned

Opus Dei by Laibach

Bongo Rock by Incredible Bongo Band

Dance Mania by Tito Puente

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield

Your New Favourite Band by The Hives

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin

Before And After Science by Brian Eno

Elvis Is Back by Elvis Presley

Teen Dream by Beach House

Fun House by The Stooges

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room by Dwight Yoakam

Autobahn by Kraftwerk

Skylarking by XTC

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake

Third/Sister Lovers by Big Star

Remedy by Basement Jaxx

Beach Samba by Astrud Gilberto

Dust by Screaming Trees

Cross by Justice

Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

The Lexicon Of Love by ABC

Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix

Machine Head by Deep Purple

Cloud Nine by The Temptations

Atomizer by Big Black

Wild Wood by Paul Weller

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

Buena Vista Social Club by Buena Vista Social Club

Amnesiac by Radiohead

Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees

Kenya by Machito

Something Else By The Kinks by The Kinks

Forever Changes by Love

At San Quentin by Johnny Cash

One World by John Martyn

Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

Imagine by John Lennon

Is This It by The Strokes

Fuzzy Logic by Super Furry Animals

The Chronic by Dr. Dre

Off The Wall by Michael Jackson

Headquarters by The Monkees

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Crocodiles by Echo And The Bunnymen

Reign In Blood by Slayer

The Dreaming by Kate Bush

Shaft by Isaac Hayes

La Revancha Del Tango by Gotan Project

Eliminator by ZZ Top

I'm Your Man by Leonard Cohen

3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers

Trans Europe Express by Kraftwerk

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got by Sinead O'Connor

Exit Planet Dust by The Chemical Brothers

First Band On The Moon by The Cardigans

Ace of Spades by Motörhead

Smash by The Offspring

L.A. Woman by The Doors

Ramones by Ramones

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

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars by David Bowie

All Mod Cons by The Jam

461 Ocean Boulevard by Eric Clapton

Urban Hymns by The Verve

New Forms by Roni Size

Just... no.

Fishscale by Ghostface Killah

Bluesbreakers by John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

Remain In Light by Talking Heads

Basket of Light by Pentangle

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret by Soft Cell

Younger Than Yesterday by The Byrds

Hard Again by Muddy Waters

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith

The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

Toys In The Attic by Aerosmith

Ray Of Light by Madonna

Faust IV by Faust

Hail To the Thief by Radiohead

The White Album by Beatles

Honky Tonk Heroes by Waylon Jennings

Electric Prunes by The Electric Prunes

Bad Company by Bad Company

Fever Ray by Fever Ray

Rock 'N Soul by Solomon Burke

In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra

Vanishing Point by Primal Scream

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

Club Classics Vol. One by Soul II Soul

The Last Broadcast by Doves

All Hope Is Gone by Slipknot

Ctrl by SZA

Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden

Protection by Massive Attack

Emperor Tomato Ketchup by Stereolab

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

Live At The Witch Trials by The Fall

Tapestry by Carole King

The Contino Sessions by Death In Vegas

Debut by Björk

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

Come Away With Me by Norah Jones

Ragged Glory by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy

A Short Album About Love by The Divine Comedy

The Real Thing by Faith No More

Harvest by Neil Young

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

Tonight's The Night by Neil Young

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

Tidal by Fiona Apple

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen

Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs

The Modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers

Dirt by Alice In Chains

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Vauxhall And I by Morrissey

Oar by Alexander 'Skip' Spence

The Doors by The Doors

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

Dry by PJ Harvey

Inspiration Information by Shuggie Otis

Queen Of Denmark by John Grant

Here's Little Richard by Little Richard

Kid A by Radiohead

Teenager Of The Year by Frank Black

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens

The Clash by The Clash

The Specials by The Specials

Microshift by Hookworms

Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.

Bad by Michael Jackson

Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park

Sister by Sonic Youth

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

Slipknot by Slipknot

Go Girl Crazy by The Dictators

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

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by The Incredible String Band

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire

Thriller by Michael Jackson

Parachutes by Coldplay

Germfree Adolescents by X-Ray Spex

The Joshua Tree by U2

Djam Leelii by Baaba Maal

If I Could Only Remember My Name by David Crosby

american dream by LCD Soundsystem

Gris Gris by Dr. John

Mermaid Avenue by Billy Bragg

Doolittle by Pixies

The Sensual World by Kate Bush

Abbey Road by Beatles

Me Against The World by 2Pac

The College Dropout by Kanye West

Hejira by Joni Mitchell

Highway to Hell by AC/DC

Risque by CHIC

A Seat at the Table by Solange

Hypnotised by The Undertones

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry by Billy Bragg

Let England Shake by PJ Harvey

Gentlemen by The Afghan Whigs

The Stooges by The Stooges

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space by Spiritualized

Revolver by Beatles

The Band by The Band

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

Blur by Blur

Lam Toro by Baaba Maal

Back to Mystery City by Hanoi Rocks

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

Since I Left You by The Avalanches

Rid Of Me by PJ Harvey

Africa Brasil by Jorge Ben Jor

Honky Tonk Masquerade by Joe Ely

Take Me Apart by Kelela

Smokers Delight by Nightmares On Wax

New York Dolls by New York Dolls

Pyromania by Def Leppard

Run-D.M.C. by Run-D.M.C.

Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

GREY Area by Little Simz

Welcome To The Pleasuredome by Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Low-Life by New Order

Bossanova by Pixies

Green Onions by Booker T. & The MG's

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley

Blood And Chocolate by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Electric Warrior by T. Rex

Haunted Dancehall by The Sabres Of Paradise

Again... why was this EVER added to this list. This is not inspired (if not equally unlistenable) as something by Schoenberg.

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

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

Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin

Le Tigre by Le Tigre

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

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash

Third by Portishead

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus by Spirit

Live At Leeds by The Who

Vivid by Living Colour

The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe

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

Astral Weeks by Van Morrison

Highly Evolved by The Vines

Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield

Devil Without A Cause by Kid Rock

Nilsson Schmilsson by Harry Nilsson

The Genius Of Ray Charles by Ray Charles

Nothing's Shocking by Jane's Addiction

Supa Dupa Fly by Missy Elliott

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding

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

#1 Record by Big Star

Disintegration by The Cure

Brothers by The Black Keys

Fear Of A Black Planet by Public Enemy

Melodrama by Lorde

Fuzzy by Grant Lee Buffalo

Pink Moon by Nick Drake

Life's Too Good by The Sugarcubes

Tommy by The Who

Live! by Fela Kuti

The Fat Of The Land by The Prodigy

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen by The Residents

Cypress Hill by Cypress Hill

At Mister Kelly's by Sarah Vaughan

Stardust by Willie Nelson

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

Rage Against The Machine by Rage Against The Machine

In Rainbows by Radiohead

Ellington at Newport by Duke Ellington

(What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis

Play by Moby

Fly Or Die by N.E.R.D

Broken English by Marianne Faithfull

Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou Harris

War by U2

White Ladder by David Gray

1989 by Taylor Swift

Medúlla by Björk

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned by Liars

Chirping Crickets by Buddy Holly & The Crickets

The Sun Rises In The East by Jeru The Damaja

Oedipus Schmoedipus by Barry Adamson

Violator by Depeche Mode

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane

Histoire De Melody Nelson by Serge Gainsbourg

The Age Of The Understatement by The Last Shadow Puppets

Pink Flag by Wire

Coat Of Many Colors by Dolly Parton

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk

Eternally Yours by The Saints

The Bends by Radiohead

Rum Sodomy & The Lash by The Pogues

I See You by The xx

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) by Eurythmics

E.V.O.L. by Sonic Youth

From Elvis In Memphis by Elvis Presley

Soul Mining by The The

69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields

Anything good about this album is buried under hubris and volume.

The Pleasure Principle by Gary Numan

Power In Numbers by Jurassic 5

Miriam Makeba by Miriam Makeba

Destroyer by KISS

Van Halen by Van Halen

Sound Affects by The Jam

Da Capo by Love

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road by Lucinda Williams

Bright Flight by Silver Jews

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix

Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads

Clandestino by Manu Chao

A Little Deeper by Ms. Dynamite

This was not a bad album. But it simply doesn't belong on this list.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive by Merle Haggard

Kick Out The Jams (Live) by MC5

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson

Can't Buy A Thrill by Steely Dan

Everything Must Go by Manic Street Preachers

xx by The xx

Synchronicity by The Police

Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre

Ys by Joanna Newsom

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode

m b v by My Bloody Valentine

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus

Nevermind by Nirvana

Two Dancers by Wild Beasts

All Hail the Queen by Queen Latifah

3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul

Meat Puppets II by Meat Puppets

Here, My Dear by Marvin Gaye

Underwater Moonlight by The Soft Boys

Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin

Peter Gabriel 3 by Peter Gabriel

Penthouse And Pavement by Heaven 17

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones

James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers

You Are The Quarry by Morrissey

Beautiful Freak by Eels

The Blueprint by JAY Z

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

Devotional Songs by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight by Richard Thompson

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels by Dexys Midnight Runners

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

Transformer by Lou Reed

Time Out Of Mind by Bob Dylan

Joan Baez by Joan Baez

Like Water For Chocolate by Common

So by Peter Gabriel

OK by Talvin Singh

Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt

Ill Communication by Beastie Boys

Fire Of Love by The Gun Club

The Poet by Bobby Womack

Stephen Stills by Stephen Stills

Blue Lines by Massive Attack

We're Only In It For The Money by The Mothers Of Invention

Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos

Homework by Daft Punk

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge by Mudhoney

Solid Air by John Martyn

Dire Straits by Dire Straits

Odelay by Beck

Zombie by Fela Kuti

Out of Step by Minor Threat

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg

Selling England By The Pound by Genesis

1984 by Van Halen

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Black Monk Time by The Monks

The Madcap Laughs by Syd Barrett

Live At The Harlem Square Club by Sam Cooke

Modern Life Is Rubbish by Blur

Rapture by Anita Baker

Foxbase Alpha by Saint Etienne

Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand

Walking Wounded by Everything But The Girl

Hot Shots II by The Beta Band

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo by Devo

Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone

Graceland by Paul Simon

The Rising by Bruce Springsteen

World Clique by Deee-Lite

Moby Grape by Moby Grape

Master Of Puppets by Metallica

Roger the Engineer by The Yardbirds

Kilimanjaro by The Teardrop Explodes

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

Parallel Lines by Blondie

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

Vento De Maio by Elis Regina

Picture Book by Simply Red

Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder

This is one of the best albums of all time.

Millions Now Living Will Never Die by Tortoise

Sincere by Mj Cole

Definitely Maybe by Oasis

Marcus Garvey by Burning Spear

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis

Natty Dread by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Music From Big Pink by The Band

Groovin' by The Young Rascals

Every Picture Tells A Story by Rod Stewart

Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.

Frank by Amy Winehouse

Phaedra by Tangerine Dream

Queens of the Stone Age by Queens Of The Stone Age

...And Justice For All by Metallica

Liquid Swords by GZA

That's The Way Of The World by Earth, Wind & Fire

Peter Gabriel by Peter Gabriel

Logical Progression by LTJ Bukem

Raw Power by The Stooges

The Next Day by David Bowie

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith

Nowhere by Ride

1977 by Ash

São Paulo Confessions by Suba

You're Living All Over Me by Dinosaur Jr.

Oracular Spectacular by MGMT

Happy Sad by Tim Buckley

Sex Packets by Digital Underground

Apple Venus Volume 1 by XTC

Life Thru A Lens by Robbie Williams

Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake

Pump by Aerosmith

Entertainment by Gang Of Four

Made In Japan by Deep Purple

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

It's Too Late to Stop Now by Van Morrison

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos

NEU! 75 by Neu!

The Undertones by The Undertones

Tigermilk by Belle & Sebastian

Third by Soft Machine

Aha Shake Heartbreak by Kings of Leon

Vulnicura by Björk

Public Image: First Issue by Public Image Ltd.

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

When I Was Born For The 7th Time by Cornershop

A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears

Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins

Shake Your Money Maker by The Black Crowes

Celebrity Skin by Hole

The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails

Billion Dollar Babies by Alice Cooper

Face to Face by The Kinks

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

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim by Frank Sinatra

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads

I See A Darkness by Bonnie "Prince" Billy

Guitar Town by Steve Earle

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live) by Motörhead

Only cause this is ANOTHER live album...

The Renaissance by Q-Tip

The Predator by Ice Cube

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

Quiet Life by Japan

Modern Kosmology by Jane Weaver

Mott by Mott The Hoople

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd

Tanto Tempo by Bebel Gilberto

Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

Unhalfbricking by Fairport Convention

Berlin by Lou Reed

Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz

Here Are the Sonics by The Sonics

Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes

Pacific Ocean Blue by Dennis Wilson

Another Green World by Brian Eno

The Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips

American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash

Crazysexycool by TLC

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

The Gilded Palace Of Sin by The Flying Burrito Brothers

Want One by Rufus Wainwright

The Bones Of What You Believe by CHVRCHES

My Generation by The Who

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

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie

Let It Be by The Replacements

Chicago Transit Authority by Chicago

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Lazer Guided Melodies by Spiritualized

The Man Who by Travis

Songs From A Room by Leonard Cohen

The Rise & Fall by Madness

25 by Adele

Murder Ballads by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Suicide by Suicide

Chelsea Girl by Nico

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes

Nighthawks At The Diner by Tom Waits

Sunshine Hit Me by The Bees

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

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx by Raekwon

Coles Corner by Richard Hawley

Henry's Dream by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

The Cars by The Cars

Imperial Bedroom by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Real Life by Magazine

Tuesday Night Music Club by Sheryl Crow

Slayed? by Slade

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

Giant Steps by The Boo Radleys

The Score by Fugees

Permission to Land by The Darkness

California by American Music Club

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

Clube Da Esquina by Milton Nascimento

In Our Heads by Hot Chip

Sign 'O' The Times by Prince

Let's Stay Together by Al Green

Signing Off by UB40

Live Through This by Hole

Heavy Weather by Weather Report

This Year's Model by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music

Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton

Fromohio by fIREHOSE

The Healer by John Lee Hooker

Eagles by Eagles

Drunk by Thundercat

You've Come a Long Way Baby by Fatboy Slim

Tellin’ Stories by The Charlatans

Chore of Enchantment by Giant Sand

Porcupine by Echo And The Bunnymen

Abraxas by Santana

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted by Ice Cube

The Rolling Stones by The Rolling Stones

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band by John Lennon

Destroy Rock & Roll by Mylo

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo by MC Solaar

Goo by Sonic Youth

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

Tical by Method Man

Street Signs by Ozomatli

16 Lovers Lane by The Go-Betweens

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down by The Dandy Warhols

Dear Science by TV On The Radio

Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music by Ray Charles

Space Ritual by Hawkwind

90 by 808 State

Loveless by My Bloody Valentine

Achtung Baby by U2

Dub Housing by Pere Ubu

Sail Away by Randy Newman

What's Going On by Marvin Gaye

Survivor by Destiny's Child

Group Sex by Circle Jerks

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell

Tank Battles by Dagmar Krause

Yank Crime by Drive Like Jehu

Low by David Bowie

Moss Side Story by Barry Adamson

Suede by Suede

Better Living Through Chemistry by Fatboy Slim

The Atomic Mr Basie by Count Basie & His Orchestra

The Infotainment Scan by The Fall

Hot Fuss by The Killers

21 by Adele