1001 Albums Summary

Lemonade by Beyoncé

All Hail West Texas by The Mountain Goats

Rough around the edges but so classic.

In Between Dreams by Jack Johnson

too saccharine for a full album listen, but not bad vibes 3 stars

An Empty Bliss Beyond This World by The Caretaker

5 stars for the effect of the concept mainly, the project as a whole.

Transatlanticism by Death Cab for Cutie

4 - didn't get into this one when i first heard it

Poesía Básica by Extrechinato y Tu

The Best of The Hot 5 & Hot 7 Recordings by Louis Armstrong

Couldn't find the best of. Listened to a sample of the full record. Some cool stuff on there for sure.

We Like It Here by Snarky Puppy

Fly by Yoko Ono

Mouth Sounds by Neil Cicierega

DNF. An achievement in production or something. I just couldn't get into it all. I assume that you had to be there.

Currents by Tame Impala

Shattered my worldview as a teenager that listened to purely EDM and videogame remixes. Still a solid album but no longer mind-melting.

Are You Shpongled? by Shpongle

Interesting at times. This is what people think I mean when I say I listen to ambient. Not high enough.

Songs Of A Lost World by The Cure

The Animal Years by Josh Ritter

2

El Circo by Maldita Vecindad Y Los Hijos Del 5to. Patio

3

Gotcha! Gotcha! Gotcha! by Gotcha!

A Live One by Phish

I dig this more than I thought I would. Not as noodle-y and navelgazey as I imagined Phish to be. But still kinda noodley and navelgazey.

I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One by Yo La Tengo

Frosting On The Beater by The Posies

pretty cool.

Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera by Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera

Some cool tracks.

Sing To God by Cardiacs

Nonagon Infinity by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Foundational getting-work-done-in-university album for me

All Hour Cymbals by Yeasayer

Cleopatra by The Lumineers

Repetition by Unwound

3

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel

Foundational high school memories.

Que c'est triste Venise by Charles Aznavour

Take It From The Man by The Brian Jonestown Massacre

Gordon by Barenaked Ladies

Nail by Scraping Foetus off the Wheel

Brand New Eyes by Paramore

Alexisonfire by Alexisonfire

Cor-Crane Secret by Polvo

3

Exile On Coldharbour Lane by Alabama 3

2 - maybe I should give up on the user albums

Discovery by Daft Punk

Lots of standout tracks, but more mid tracks than I remember. Still 4 stars.

A Charlie Brown Christmas by Vince Guaraldi Trio

5

How to Operate With a Blown Mind by Lo Fidelity Allstars

2- It turns out that the guy who wrote the original list did actually have good taste.

Quebec by Ween

Loss by Mull Historical Society

Give Up by The Postal Service

Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You by Big Thief

Deltron 3030 by Deltron 3030

California by Mr. Bungle

Lahai by Sampha

3.5stars, not my genre but cool stuff.

Maestro by Kaizers Orchestra

3

Stretch 2 by Arca

Really cool stuff. Not my favorite but super interesting production.

Highway Prayers by Billy Strings

Wildflowers by Tom Petty

Not super interesting to me

Being Funny In A Foreign Language by The 1975

Tomorrow Belongs To Me by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman by John Coltrane

Choirs Of The Eye by Kayo Dot

Very cool. Interesting albums like this are why I keep listening to this list.

Watch Out! by Alexisonfire

Harbor Lights by Bruce Hornsby

The Grass Is Blue by Dolly Parton

Nuyorican Soul by Nuyorican Soul

One Time for All Time by 65daysofstatic

I Had a Dream That You Were Mine by Hamilton Leithauser

Witness by Modern Life Is War

Nearer My God by Foxing

Angel Dust by Faith No More

A Salty Dog by Procol Harum

Get To Heaven by Everything Everything

Latin Mass by Os Mundi

Modern Vampires of the City by Vampire Weekend

Kinda indie cringe but hey it still works for me.

Revolution by Q65

Meh

When It Falls by Zero 7

3

Don't Throw Stones by THE SPORTS

Odyssey Number Five by Powderfinger

Blink-182 by blink-182

WORRY by Jeff Rosenstock

Really enjoyed this one back in the day. Still great but the novelty has faded a bit.

I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning by Bright Eyes

McDonald and Giles by Ian McDonald

Carolina Confessions by The Marcus King Band

The Hypnogogue by The Church

Set Yourself On Fire by Stars

Please Don't Take Me Back by Martha

The Decline by NOFX

Hall of the Mountain King by Savatage

The mountain king is jacked

Get Rich Or Die Ryan by Spose

Your coworker's favorite rapper?

L'autre... by Mylène Farmer

Stormcock by Roy Harper

Savage Sinusoid by Igorrr

Dancing In The Dragon's Jaws by Bruce Cockburn

Romance by Fontaines D.C.

Fear of a Blank Planet by Porcupine Tree

Live in San Francisco by Thee Oh Sees

Psychic Warfare by Clutch

2

From The Lions Mouth by The Sound

Real Life by Joan As Police Woman

One Life by Malibu

Souvlaki by Slowdive

We Rock Hard by Freestylers

I Need to Start a Garden by Haley Heynderickx

Moa Anbessa by Getatchew Mekurya

Milo Goes to College by Descendents

Misplaced Childhood by Marillion

Keep It like a Secret by Built To Spill

Hand. Cannot. Erase. by Steven Wilson

3 stars

Human Racing by Nik Kershaw

Stage Four by Touché Amoré

Not a genre I've gotten into yet

Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? by of Montreal

Alive 2007 by Daft Punk

Uncovered by Zamilska

London 0 Hull 4 by The Housemartins

Crimson by Edge Of Sanity

I dig it. I think I'm finally appreciating metal.

City Of Evil by Avenged Sevenfold

3

Sound Awake by Karnivool

Slip by Quicksand

Friend by Rozi Plain

Magnolia Electric Co. by Songs: Ohia

Really like this one. Can't believe I hadn't heard it

Wincing The Night Away by The Shins

Espaloian by Itoiz

Inside by Bo Burnham

More effective as a film.

Discosis by Bran Van 3000

Blue Is The Colour by The Beautiful South

2

Psychic by DARKSIDE

Diary by Sunny Day Real Estate

Pushin' Against a Stone by Valerie June

2

Moffou by Salif Keita

Nia by Blackalicious

3

Not Animal by Margot & The Nuclear So And So's

3

Stella by Yello

The General Electric by Shihad

Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit by Courtney Barnett

Y Ahora Qué? by Reincidentes

No Balance Palace by Kashmir

Grace And Danger by John Martyn

Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven by Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Night Drive by Chromatics

Shack-man by Medeski, Martin & Wood

Transient by Gaelle

Last Splash by The Breeders

My Brain Hurts by Screeching Weasel

The Lioness by Songs: Ohia

Check Your Head by Beastie Boys

Canciones 1989-2013 by Extremoduro

Crack the Skye by Mastodon

3

Chuck by Sum 41

Metallic K.O. by The Stooges

The Simple Plan by August is Falling

What If Leaving Is a Loving Thing by Sahara Hotnights

Silence Yourself by Savages

LUX by ROSALÍA

Oceanic by ISIS

Peasant by Richard Dawson

RENAISSANCE by Beyoncé

This Is the Day...This Is the Hour...This Is This! by Pop Will Eat Itself

For All Happy Endings by David & The Citizens

Ocean Avenue by Yellowcard

Forced Witness by Alex Cameron

Thank Christ for the Bomb by The Groundhogs

Almoraima by Paco de Lucía

Come On Come On by Mary Chapin Carpenter

Speak & Spell by Depeche Mode

News at 11 by Cat System Corp.

Pop by GAS

Chocolate Synthesizer by Boredoms

The Shape Of Punk To Come by Refused

To Be Kind by Swans

Blizzard Of Ozz by Ozzy Osbourne

Geography by Tom Misch

A Day At The Races by Queen

Thunder And Consolation by New Model Army

Mekanik destruktiw kommandoh by Magma

TRON: Legacy by Daft Punk

Imaginal Disk by Magdalena Bay

Desire, I Want To Turn Into You by Caroline Polachek

Has A Good Home by Final Fantasy

L'Heptade by Harmonium

"Awaken, My Love!" by Childish Gambino

Version 2.0 by Garbage

Whipped Cream & Other Delights by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

Z by My Morning Jacket

Singles by Future Islands

2

The Colour And The Shape by Foo Fighters

Modal Soul by Nujabes

Reachin' by Digable Planets

The Empyrean by John Frusciante

Fear Inoculum by TOOL

Pulse by Pink Floyd

Paid In Full by Eric B. & Rakim

Holy Diver by Dio

Spanish Train And Other Stories by Chris de Burgh

The Beautiful Letdown by Switchfoot

Erratic Cinematic by Gerry Cinnamon

The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me by Brand New

The Sunset Tree by The Mountain Goats

Had listened to this here and there for years but I think it finally clicked

Shallow Bed by Dry the River

Clarity by Jimmy Eat World

Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus

Animals by Pink Floyd

Flower Boy by Tyler, The Creator

Sparkle In The Finish by The Ike Reilly Assassination

Music for 18 Musicians by Steve Reich

World's End Fruit Basket by Ikd-sj

Confident Music for Confident People by Confidence Man

Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge by My Chemical Romance

Squeezing Out Sparks by Graham Parker

Zuckerzeit by Cluster

Sunbather by Deafheaven

It feels like I like this one in spite of the screamo, not because of it. Not sure if that will change with time and exposure.

Only God Was Above Us by Vampire Weekend

Frengers: Not Quite Friends But Not Quite Strangers by Mew

King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown by King Tubby

Elk-Lake Serenade by Hayden

Dogrel by Fontaines D.C.

Symbolic by Death

Didn't totally hate it

How To Be A Human Being by Glass Animals