1001 Albums Summary

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins

Blur by Blur

Gentlemen by The Afghan Whigs

Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin

Darklands by The Jesus And Mary Chain

Roger the Engineer by The Yardbirds

Some lovely guitar licks and a general sound that seems way ahead of its time.

Let's Stay Together by Al Green

Some lovely, undeniably beautiful songs, but as an entire album tends to feel a bit monotonous.

Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones

Great stuff, I'm generally already a Stones person, and had never until now fully listened to this record. A bit all over the place and certainly not my fav Stones record, but still lots to hang onto.

All Things Must Pass by George Harrison

I already recently fully got into this record, so listening to this was a breeze. Incredibly captivating from start to finish, which is saying a lot, considering this is nearly two hours of music. Beautiful melodies, often excellent production, will surely be revisited many times in the future.

Vulnicura by Björk

Bjork isn't one of my go to artists, so I was a bit skeptical about this, but the production here is gorgeous, with beautiful string arrangements regularly pierced by nasty club beats. Bjork's pain in the lyrics is highly palpable, resulting in a great break up record.

New Boots And Panties by Ian Dury

Highly education listen for me, had no idea Ian was Baxter Dury's dad, and there's so much innovation going on here, it's crazy how many lines you can draw from this to stuff I love and regularly listen to in the present day. Not saying it's all front to back enjoyable and without potential skips, but there's plenty here musically and, especially, lyrically to hang onto.

The Last Of The True Believers by Nanci Griffith

Gorillaz by Gorillaz

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys

More Specials by The Specials

Pacific Ocean Blue by Dennis Wilson

Picture Book by Simply Red

Disraeli Gears by Cream

The Atomic Mr Basie by Count Basie & His Orchestra

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

We Are Family by Sister Sledge

Channel Orange by Frank Ocean

Either Or by Elliott Smith

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

Honky Tonk Masquerade by Joe Ely

Dance Mania by Tito Puente

American Idiot by Green Day

Ramones by Ramones

Closer by Joy Division

Beautiful Freak by Eels

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield

Brothers by The Black Keys

good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar

Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt

Live At The Harlem Square Club by Sam Cooke

Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós

Moondance by Van Morrison

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

Slayed? by Slade

Bandwagonesque by Teenage Fanclub

Done By The Forces Of Nature by Jungle Brothers

Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake

The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe

Permission to Land by The Darkness

There are a bunch of instances on this list where it seems like an entire record has been included due entirely to the success and/or quality of one lead singe. I know The Darkness are a band that are self-aware enough and generally a fun listen, and while this is not the most egregious example of this practice (Simply Red? Really?), you can 100% die in peace having never heard this record or The Darkness' music at all.

Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder

Nighthawks At The Diner by Tom Waits

Ten by Pearl Jam

Rubber Soul by Beatles

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley

The Age Of The Understatement by The Last Shadow Puppets

Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast by Badly Drawn Boy

When I Was Born For The 7th Time by Cornershop

Pretenders by Pretenders

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

Revolver by Beatles

21 by Adele

Psychocandy by The Jesus And Mary Chain

Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen

Dog Man Star by Suede

Different Class by Pulp

Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Emergency On Planet Earth by Jamiroquai

I'm Your Man by Leonard Cohen

Very by Pet Shop Boys

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

Kings Of The Wild Frontier by Adam & The Ants

Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio

One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic

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

25 by Adele

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake

Savane by Ali Farka Touré

Chirping Crickets by Buddy Holly & The Crickets

Boston by Boston

Back In Black by AC/DC

Among The Living by Anthrax

New Forms by Roni Size

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Document by R.E.M.

Celebrity Skin by Hole

Master Of Puppets by Metallica

John Barleycorn Must Die by Traffic

The Bones Of What You Believe by CHVRCHES

She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper

The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd

Fishscale by Ghostface Killah

Blue Lines by Massive Attack

Rip It Up by Orange Juice

Black Holes and Revelations by Muse

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

Virgin Suicides by Air

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie

Get Rich Or Die Tryin' by 50 Cent

Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast

This Nation’s Saving Grace by The Fall

Midnight Ride by Paul Revere & The Raiders

Dub Housing by Pere Ubu

Parallel Lines by Blondie

Highway to Hell by AC/DC

At Mister Kelly's by Sarah Vaughan

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

Live At The Witch Trials by The Fall

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

Madman Across The Water by Elton John

Tigermilk by Belle & Sebastian

Who's Next by The Who

The White Album by Beatles