Dec 21 2022
Dr. Octagonecologyst
Dr. OctagonDeltron 3030 is the better Automator project, but this was a fun listen.
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Dec 19 2022
Darkdancer
Les Rythmes DigitalesThis was hard to get through. Some tracks start promissing enough but don't ever develop into something enjoyable for me. Guess I know why most electronic music was so repellent to me when I was younger, if this is what was available at the time.
1
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Aug 25 2022
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast4
Aug 26 2022
Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush4
Aug 28 2022
James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown4
Aug 29 2022
The Lexicon Of Love
ABC4
Aug 30 2022
A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse
Faces3
Sep 01 2022
The Pleasure Principle
Gary Numan4
Sep 02 2022
The Cars
The Cars4
Sep 03 2022
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode4
Sep 04 2022
Pelican West
Haircut 1002
Sep 05 2022
Rapture
Anita Baker2
Sep 06 2022
KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka4
Sep 07 2022
The Blueprint
JAY Z4
Sep 08 2022
Rust In Peace
Megadeth4
Sep 09 2022
Eternally Yours
The Saints3
Sep 10 2022
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths5
Sep 11 2022
21
Adele3
Sep 12 2022
Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu4
Sep 13 2022
Stankonia
OutKast5
Sep 14 2022
Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra3
Sep 15 2022
Bryter Layter
Nick Drake3
Sep 16 2022
Talking Book
Stevie Wonder4
Sep 17 2022
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds4
Sep 18 2022
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters3
Sep 19 2022
Veckatimest
Grizzly Bear2
Sep 20 2022
The Last Broadcast
Doves3
Sep 21 2022
Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche
Koffi Olomide2
Sep 23 2022
A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay3
Sep 24 2022
Too Rye Ay
Dexys Midnight Runners5
Sep 25 2022
Funeral
Arcade Firedoesn't do much to me, gave it a couple of spins over the years. Wake Up is awesome, though.
3
Sep 26 2022
Highway to Hell
AC/DC3
Sep 27 2022
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd5
Sep 28 2022
Rattus Norvegicus
The Stranglers4
Sep 29 2022
Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths3
Sep 30 2022
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Raekwon4
Oct 01 2022
A Hard Day's Night
Beatles3
Oct 02 2022
Dare!
The Human LeagueHave a soft spot for this brand of synth-pop. I know in good conscience this could be left out of a 1001 albums list, but Don't You Want Me is just perfect so this gets a 4 from me.
4
Oct 03 2022
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.4
Oct 04 2022
Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones3
Oct 05 2022
Da Capo
Lovevery limited patience for this kind of psychodelic rock, the jam in the end was my favorite part by far
2
Oct 06 2022
Achtung Baby
U23
Oct 07 2022
Rock Bottom
Robert Wyatt2
Oct 08 2022
Roger the Engineer
The Yardbirds4
Oct 09 2022
The Dreaming
Kate Bush3
Oct 10 2022
Hms Fable
Shack2
Oct 11 2022
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar5
Oct 12 2022
Garbage
Garbage4
Oct 13 2022
Hunky Dory
David Bowie4
Oct 14 2022
Pink Flag
Wire3
Oct 15 2022
The Beach Boys Today!
The Beach Boys3
Oct 16 2022
Take Me Apart
Kelela4
Oct 17 2022
evermore
Taylor Swift2
Oct 18 2022
Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós3
Oct 19 2022
Sweet Baby James
James Taylor4
Oct 20 2022
Document
R.E.M.4
Oct 21 2022
Sex Packets
Digital Underground2
Oct 22 2022
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur3
Oct 23 2022
The Rising
Bruce Springsteen1
Oct 24 2022
Definitely Maybe
Oasis3
Oct 25 2022
The Clash
The Clash3
Oct 26 2022
Live!
Fela Kuti5
Oct 27 2022
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers2
Oct 28 2022
Master Of Puppets
Metallica5
Oct 29 2022
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan4
Oct 30 2022
25
Adele2
Oct 31 2022
Paul Simon
Paul Simon3
Nov 01 2022
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel4
Nov 02 2022
Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix4
Nov 03 2022
Autobahn
Kraftwerk4
Nov 04 2022
Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young3
Nov 05 2022
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin5
Nov 06 2022
Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf5
Nov 07 2022
Dig Your Own Hole
The Chemical BrothersA bit overly long, but enjoyable throughout.
4
Nov 08 2022
Blue
Joni Mitchell5
Nov 09 2022
Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Adam & The Ants4
Nov 10 2022
Hot Fuss
The Killers3
Nov 11 2022
At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters3
Nov 12 2022
The Healer
John Lee Hooker2
Nov 13 2022
Debut
Björk3
Nov 14 2022
Central Reservation
Beth Orton3
Nov 15 2022
Live At Leeds
The Who5
Nov 16 2022
The Poet
Bobby Womack2
Nov 18 2022
This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions4
Nov 19 2022
This Is Hardcore
Pulp4
Nov 20 2022
Isn't Anything
My Bloody Valentine2
Nov 21 2022
E.V.O.L.
Sonic Youth3
Nov 22 2022
Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple4
Nov 23 2022
The Only Ones
The Only Ones3
Nov 24 2022
Boston
Boston5
Nov 25 2022
Tres Hombres
ZZ Top3
Nov 26 2022
Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone4
Nov 27 2022
All Hail the Queen
Queen Latifah2
Nov 28 2022
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club5
Nov 29 2022
Loveless
My Bloody Valentine3
Nov 30 2022
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel5
Dec 01 2022
Van Halen
Van Halen4
Dec 02 2022
Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod StewartLike CCR, but less good
2
Dec 03 2022
Power In Numbers
Jurassic 53
Dec 04 2022
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy5
Dec 05 2022
The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden4
Dec 06 2022
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan5
Dec 07 2022
Phrenology
The RootsA puzzling inclusion, there's at least 3 Roots albums that would make more sense in the list than this. It's a fine album on its own, but I fail to see it as "1001 albums" material.
3
Dec 08 2022
Moss Side Story
Barry AdamsonI probably discovered this too late, could be something I would have enjoyed some years back but doesn't do too much for me nowadays.
2
Dec 09 2022
Palo Congo
Sabu3
Dec 10 2022
Tommy
The Who4
Dec 11 2022
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding CompanyNot consistently good, but when it's good, it's very good. Piece of My Heart+Side B bump it up to a 4 for me.
4
Dec 12 2022
Innervisions
Stevie Wonder4
Dec 13 2022
The White Album
BeatlesThe least good of the really good Beatles albums and the one I would probably leave out of my personal list if I was ever inclined to make one. Some of their best songs among some really forgettable tunes, unfortunately. There's an amazing single album in here somewhere, but the thing just drags a bit too much as a double album.
3
Dec 14 2022
Let It Be
The Replacements3
Dec 15 2022
Dig Me Out
Sleater-Kinney4
Dec 16 2022
Triangle
The Beau Brummels2
Dec 17 2022
Darklands
The Jesus And Mary Chain3
Dec 18 2022
Cloud Nine
The TemptationsA bit frontloaded, with nothing reaching the heights of tracks 1 and 3 afterwards. But besides the unimpressive version of Grapevine, it stays enjoyable overall.
3
Dec 19 2022
Darkdancer
Les Rythmes DigitalesThis was hard to get through. Some tracks start promissing enough but don't ever develop into something enjoyable for me. Guess I know why most electronic music was so repellent to me when I was younger, if this is what was available at the time.
1
Dec 20 2022
John Barleycorn Must Die
Traffic3
Dec 21 2022
Dr. Octagonecologyst
Dr. OctagonDeltron 3030 is the better Automator project, but this was a fun listen.
4
Dec 22 2022
Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
The Byrds3
Dec 23 2022
The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles3
Dec 24 2022
Diamond Life
Sade2
Dec 25 2022
Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix4
Dec 26 2022
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists3
Dec 27 2022
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie5
Dec 28 2022
Graceland
Paul Simon3
Dec 29 2022
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic5
Dec 30 2022
Live At The Regal
B.B. King3
Dec 31 2022
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
Badly Drawn Boy2
Jan 01 2023
Foxbase Alpha
Saint Etienne1
Jan 02 2023
Cut
The Slits3
Jan 03 2023
Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake4
Jan 04 2023
Heaux Tales
Jazmine SullivanCall it lowered expectations because of the ratings, but I believe this album is very underrated over here. I found it to be pretty tight concept album that doesn't overstay its welcome, a very nice find.
4
Jan 05 2023
The ArchAndroid
Janelle Monáe5
Jan 06 2023
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin5
Jan 07 2023
Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones3
Jan 08 2023
Pornography
The Cure4
Jan 09 2023
Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
Maxwell2
Jan 10 2023
Remain In Light
Talking Heads3
Jan 11 2023
Forever Changes
Love4
Jan 12 2023
Mermaid Avenue
Billy Bragg4
Jan 13 2023
Beyond Skin
Nitin SawhneyI hesitate quite a bit between a 2 (questionable choice) and 3 (reasonable choice) for this. It's certainly not my cup of tea, but ultimately I believe it has a distinct enough sound palette to be a worthwhile entry to the list.
3
Jan 14 2023
Deloused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta4
Jan 15 2023
Sail Away
Randy Newman3
Jan 17 2023
It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads4
Jan 18 2023
The Scream
Siouxsie And The Banshees3
Jan 19 2023
Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes5
Jan 20 2023
Olympia 64
Jacques Brel4
Jan 21 2023
Heroes
David Bowie3
Jan 22 2023
Blackstar
David Bowie4
Jan 23 2023
Time Out Of Mind
Bob Dylan4
Jan 24 2023
Berlin
Lou Reed5
Jan 25 2023
Illmatic
Nas5
Jan 26 2023
Kimono My House
Sparks3
Jan 27 2023
Dire Straits
Dire Straits2
Jan 28 2023
Revolver
Beatles5
Jan 29 2023
Ramones
Ramones3
Jan 30 2023
Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The MachineRevolutionary in many ways, one of the greatest debut albums ever.
5
Feb 01 2023
Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth4
Feb 02 2023
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers3
Feb 03 2023
The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett4
Feb 04 2023
Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela4
Feb 05 2023
Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears4
Feb 06 2023
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John4
Feb 07 2023
The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers3
Feb 08 2023
Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy3
Feb 09 2023
The Infotainment Scan
The Fall2
Feb 10 2023
Metallica
MetallicaNo reason to have this instead of Ride the Lightning on such a list.
2
Feb 11 2023
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath4
Feb 12 2023
Wonderful Rainbow
Lightning BoltThis is one of the albums that is very clear-cut for my rating system. Will I ever listen to it again? Very likely no. Do I think this was a worthwhile listen and that other should go through the same experience? Yes, thus this earns my 3 as "I understand why this was listed, even though it's not my thing.".
3
Feb 13 2023
The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails4
Feb 14 2023
Wild Wood
Paul Weller2
Feb 15 2023
Murmur
R.E.M.4
Feb 16 2023
Whatever
Aimee MannI was excited to see an Aimee Mann album on this list, but I must admit I was a bit puzzled by the choice itself. I'd say any one of her next three releases would have been a better choice, especially Bachelor No. 2. This remains a very good album, but I'd struggle to justify its inclusion in such a limited format list. Since I do believe Aimee Mann is more than worthy of a nod, I'm giving this a 3, but it would surely be upgraded to 4/5 if a more relevant album of hers was selected. If you enjoyed this at all, I would recommend digging deeper into her discography, as there's certainly more good stuff to be found, even better stuff for a good portion of her career!
3
Feb 17 2023
Out of Step
Minor Threat3
Feb 19 2023
If You're Feeling Sinister
Belle & Sebastian3
Feb 20 2023
Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield3
Feb 21 2023
1989
Taylor SwiftShake it Off and Bad Blood are as bad as Style and Wildest Dreams are good. Very uneven for sure but I can understand its inclusion in such a list. There are better pop albums to represent the 2010s, but it's hard to ignore its impact overall.
3
Feb 22 2023
Tuesday Night Music Club
Sheryl Crow3
Feb 23 2023
Tragic Songs of Life
The Louvin Brothers2
Feb 24 2023
The Wall
Pink Floyd4
Feb 25 2023
Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins5
Feb 26 2023
Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings4
Feb 27 2023
Rattlesnakes
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions4
Feb 28 2023
Dookie
Green Day4
Mar 01 2023
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones3
Mar 02 2023
Hypnotised
The Undertones3
Mar 03 2023
The Bends
Radiohead3
Mar 04 2023
Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock4
Mar 05 2023
Goo
Sonic Youth3
Mar 07 2023
Nevermind
Nirvana5
Mar 08 2023
Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan4
Mar 09 2023
Bone Machine
Tom Waits2
Mar 10 2023
Oxygène
Jean-Michel Jarre5
Mar 11 2023
Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen4
Mar 12 2023
Aqualung
Jethro Tull4
Mar 13 2023
Music in Exile
Songhoy Blues3
Mar 14 2023
At Budokan
Cheap Trick1
Mar 15 2023
Ocean Rain
Echo And The Bunnymen3
Mar 16 2023
Fire Of Love
The Gun Club3
Mar 17 2023
Armed Forces
Elvis Costello & The Attractions3
Mar 18 2023
Woodface
Crowded House2
Mar 19 2023
Come Away With Me
Norah Jones2
Mar 20 2023
If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues4
Mar 21 2023
Automatic For The People
R.E.M.3
Mar 23 2023
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground5
Mar 24 2023
New Wave
The Auteurs4
Mar 25 2023
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin4
Mar 26 2023
Sound Affects
The Jam3
Mar 28 2023
Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan3
Mar 29 2023
Bummed
Happy Mondays2
Mar 30 2023
White Ladder
David Gray2
Mar 31 2023
Maxinquaye
Tricky4
Apr 02 2023
All Mod Cons
The Jam4
Apr 04 2023
Close To The Edge
Yes5
Apr 05 2023
Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton3
Apr 06 2023
Oracular Spectacular
MGMT3
Apr 07 2023
Parallel Lines
Blondie4
Apr 08 2023
American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash4
Apr 09 2023
Ill Communication
Beastie Boys5
Apr 10 2023
You're Living All Over Me
Dinosaur Jr.4
Apr 11 2023
Superunknown
Soundgarden4
Apr 12 2023
Blue Lines
Massive Attack4
Apr 13 2023
On The Beach
Neil Young3
Apr 14 2023
At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan3
Apr 15 2023
It's Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs3
Apr 16 2023
Zombie
Fela Kuti5
Apr 17 2023
The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips5
Apr 18 2023
Moondance
Van Morrison3
Apr 19 2023
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith4
Apr 20 2023
Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
Loretta Lynn3
Apr 22 2023
Frank
Amy Winehouse2
Apr 23 2023
The Age Of The Understatement
The Last Shadow Puppets2
Apr 24 2023
Transformer
Lou Reed4
Apr 25 2023
Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem2
Apr 26 2023
The Nightfly
Donald Fagen3
Apr 27 2023
Vivid
Living Colour3
Apr 28 2023
Gris Gris
Dr. John5
Apr 29 2023
Face to Face
The Kinks3
May 01 2023
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys5
May 02 2023
Either Or
Elliott Smith3
May 03 2023
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding5
May 04 2023
Shalimar
Rahul Dev Burman1
May 05 2023
One World
John Martyn2
May 06 2023
3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul4
May 07 2023
Brothers
The Black Keys2
May 08 2023
Paranoid
Black Sabbath5
May 09 2023
Horses
Patti Smith4
May 12 2023
Music From Big Pink
The Band3
May 13 2023
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone AgeA fine record, but without a doubt a bad choice for a QOTSA album on such a list.
2
May 14 2023
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses4
May 15 2023
Close To You
Carpenters2
May 16 2023
Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones4
May 17 2023
World Clique
Deee-Lite4
May 18 2023
Larks' Tongues In Aspic
King Crimson4
May 21 2023
Aladdin Sane
David Bowie3
May 22 2023
Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
Lupe Fiasco3
May 24 2023
Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder4
May 25 2023
Selling England By The Pound
Genesis4
May 26 2023
Colour By Numbers
Culture Club1
May 28 2023
She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper4
May 31 2023
Beautiful Freak
Eels4
Jun 01 2023
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Animal CollectiveNot my cup of tea at all, but I can understand its placement as a landmark of indie music of the time. Just wish it did more for me.
3
Jun 02 2023
High Violet
The National5
Jun 04 2023
Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves3
Jun 06 2023
Tapestry
Carole King5
Jun 10 2023
Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis4
Jun 11 2023
Vincebus Eruptum
Blue Cheer4
Jun 14 2023
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics3
Jun 15 2023
Here's Little Richard
Little Richard5
Jun 16 2023
Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses3
Jun 17 2023
Ten
Pearl Jam4
Jun 19 2023
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols2
Jun 20 2023
The Wildest!
Louis Prima4
Jun 22 2023
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Iron Butterfly2
Jun 25 2023
Kala
M.I.A.Doesn't start with the strongest impression, but once it gets going, it's downright infectious.
4
Jun 27 2023
The Bones Of What You Believe
CHVRCHESThe Mother We Share is amazing, but nothing quite compares to it. There are better 2010's synthpop/electropop picks for such a list, for sure.
2
Jun 28 2023
Maverick A Strike
Finley Quaye1
Jun 29 2023
Night Life
Ray Price3
Jun 30 2023
A Date With The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers1
Jul 01 2023
Raw Power
The Stooges3
Jul 03 2023
Post Orgasmic Chill
Skunk Anansie4
Jul 04 2023
Stardust
Willie Nelson3
Jul 05 2023
Country Life
Roxy Music3
Jul 06 2023
Doolittle
Pixies5
Jul 08 2023
Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens4
Jul 10 2023
Bright Flight
Silver Jews2
Jul 12 2023
The Band
The Band3
Jul 13 2023
Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel3
Jul 14 2023
Madman Across The Water
Elton John3
Jul 15 2023
Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis5
Jul 16 2023
The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow2
Jul 17 2023
London Calling
The Clash5
Jul 18 2023
Teen Dream
Beach House5
Jul 19 2023
Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk4
Jul 20 2023
Honky Tonk Masquerade
Joe Ely2
Jul 21 2023
Tago Mago
Can4
Jul 22 2023
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan4
Jul 25 2023
Abraxas
Santana5
Jul 26 2023
Meat Puppets II
Meat Puppets4
Jul 28 2023
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman4
Jul 29 2023
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus5
Aug 02 2023
A Wizard, A True Star
Todd Rundgren4
Aug 03 2023
The Grand Tour
George Jones3
Aug 05 2023
C'est Chic
CHIC5
Aug 08 2023
All Things Must Pass
George Harrison4
Aug 09 2023
Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega4
Aug 12 2023
Superfly
Curtis Mayfield5
Aug 15 2023
Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor5
Aug 21 2023
16 Lovers Lane
The Go-Betweens2
Aug 22 2023
Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival4
Aug 25 2023
Suede
Suede4
Aug 28 2023
Copper Blue
Sugar3
Sep 05 2023
Led Zeppelin III
Led ZeppelinThis is tough to rate. To me it's "lesser Zeppelin" but lesser Zeppelin is still very good. I'm just rating it low-ish because of the real state this occupies in a list with such a limited space. There at least 4, maybe 5 LZ albums I'd rate higher for the list.
2
Sep 26 2023
The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest5
Oct 06 2023
Purple Rain
Prince5
Oct 07 2023
Abbey Road
Beatles5
Oct 10 2023
Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs4
Oct 11 2023
A Night At The Opera
Queen5
Oct 19 2023
Seventh Tree
Goldfrapp3
Oct 27 2023
Yeezus
Kanye West3
Nov 08 2023
A Seat at the Table
Solange3
Nov 10 2023
The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks4
Nov 14 2023
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye5
Nov 16 2023
Since I Left You
The Avalanches5