1001 Albums Summary

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads

3.5 out of 5. A grower for sure. 3 or 4 very good tracks, including the classic Psycho Killer.

Murmur by R.E.M.

Where has this album been all my life? Can’t believe I’ve never listened to it. Genuinely excellent tunes - I usually need to listen to an album a few times to get into it, but this was instantly enjoyable.

Aja by Steely Dan

Easy to listen to…perhaps too easy.

Your New Favourite Band by The Hives

The College Dropout by Kanye West

Thriller by Michael Jackson

Stone cold classic

Casanova by The Divine Comedy

Urban Hymns by The Verve

The Bends by Radiohead

Ramones by Ramones

Wild Gift by X

A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

One World by John Martyn

Suicide by Suicide

Hard Again by Muddy Waters

You're Living All Over Me by Dinosaur Jr.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

Germfree Adolescents by X-Ray Spex

Hms Fable by Shack

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses

Slanted And Enchanted by Pavement

Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin

Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

Abbey Road by Beatles

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

If I Could Only Remember My Name by David Crosby

Solid Air by John Martyn

Truth And Soul by Fishbone

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) by Eurythmics

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

All Things Must Pass by George Harrison

Fun House by The Stooges

Back To Black by Amy Winehouse

Woodface by Crowded House

Here's Little Richard by Little Richard

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding

The White Album by Beatles

Hypnotised by The Undertones

Stardust by Willie Nelson

Kimono My House by Sparks

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears

Back In Black by AC/DC

E.V.O.L. by Sonic Youth

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse by Faces

Harvest by Neil Young

Fever To Tell by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Kid A by Radiohead

At Budokan by Cheap Trick

Strangely enjoyable

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash

Nilsson Schmilsson by Harry Nilsson

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

Femi Kuti by Femi Kuti

Too Rye Ay by Dexys Midnight Runners

American Idiot by Green Day

Peter Gabriel by Peter Gabriel

Pieces Of The Sky by Emmylou Harris

Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder

My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello

The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground

Pearl by Janis Joplin

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

The La's by The La's

Heroes by David Bowie

Heroes saved it from a 2

Pretenders by Pretenders

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones

The Lexicon Of Love by ABC

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd

The Slider by T. Rex

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

Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues

Fisherman's Blues by The Waterboys

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle by Throbbing Gristle

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

What's Going On by Marvin Gaye

Double Nickels On The Dime by Minutemen

Come Find Yourself by Fun Lovin' Criminals

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

The Last Broadcast by Doves

The Sensual World by Kate Bush

Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

The Stranger by Billy Joel

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels by Dexys Midnight Runners

The Joshua Tree by U2

Rubber Soul by Beatles

So by Peter Gabriel

Giant Steps by The Boo Radleys

I Should Coco by Supergrass

Close To You by Carpenters

Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan

Rocks by Aerosmith

Pornography by The Cure

White Ladder by David Gray

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel

Moon Safari by Air

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

Live At The Harlem Square Club by Sam Cooke

Like A Prayer by Madonna

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

Young Americans by David Bowie

Technique by New Order

Diamond Life by Sade

Foxbase Alpha by Saint Etienne

Arrival by ABBA

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

Frank by Amy Winehouse

Remain In Light by Talking Heads

Funeral by Arcade Fire

xx by The xx

The Colour Of Spring by Talk Talk

Pelican West by Haircut 100

Music From Big Pink by The Band

Immigrés by Youssou N'Dour

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

Elephant by The White Stripes

Is This It by The Strokes

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones

A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets

If You're Feeling Sinister by Belle & Sebastian

Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan

Your Dad’s favourite band. The soundtrack of a Saturday afternoon at your man’s house in the 80s. The Bella Pasta houseband. Either utterly in offensive, or offensively bland. I can’t decide.

L.A. Woman by The Doors

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

So Much For The City by The Thrills

Parklife by Blur

Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

Very by Pet Shop Boys

Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix

This Nation’s Saving Grace by The Fall

We Are Family by Sister Sledge

Different Class by Pulp

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

McCartney by Paul McCartney

Goo by Sonic Youth

Document by R.E.M.

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

Doolittle by Pixies

1999 by Prince

Country Life by Roxy Music

Steve McQueen by Prefab Sprout

Disraeli Gears by Cream

The Pleasure Principle by Gary Numan

Actually by Pet Shop Boys

This Year's Model by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Disintegration by The Cure

Happy Sad by Tim Buckley

Off The Wall by Michael Jackson

Bert Jansch by Bert Jansch

First Band On The Moon by The Cardigans

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel

Dire Straits by Dire Straits

Hot Fuss by The Killers

Grace by Jeff Buckley

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads

Rum Sodomy & The Lash by The Pogues

Arc Of A Diver by Steve Winwood

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

Eagles by Eagles

Mott by Mott The Hoople

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

Group Sex by Circle Jerks

Music From The Penguin Cafe by Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight by Richard Thompson

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles

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

Nevermind by Nirvana

Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones

In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson

White Light / White Heat by The Velvet Underground

The White Room by The KLF

Dummy by Portishead

Definitely Maybe by Oasis

For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music

Parallel Lines by Blondie

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies

American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash

Soul Mining by The The

What a record!

Blue by Joni Mitchell

Vauxhall And I by Morrissey

Kilimanjaro by The Teardrop Explodes

The Modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie

Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

One of the top 5 live albums of all time, along with Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club, Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison & the GOAT Stop Making Sense by Talking Heads…not sure what the fifth would be.

Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin

In It For The Money by Supergrass

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins

The Coral by The Coral

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Chris by Christine and the Queens

The Man Who by Travis

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground

Can't Buy A Thrill by Steely Dan

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

Parachutes by Coldplay

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

Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush

Tom Tom Club by Tom Tom Club

Viva Hate by Morrissey

Let England Shake by PJ Harvey

Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell

At San Quentin by Johnny Cash

Bug by Dinosaur Jr.

Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

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

Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone

Dog Man Star by Suede

Violator by Depeche Mode

Tellin’ Stories by The Charlatans

Lost Souls by Doves

Green by R.E.M.

Dare! by The Human League

Roxy Music by Roxy Music

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Liege And Lief by Fairport Convention

White Blood Cells by The White Stripes

Transformer by Lou Reed

Bad Company by Bad Company

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles

Cloud Nine by The Temptations

Station To Station by David Bowie

Aha Shake Heartbreak by Kings of Leon

Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

The Age Of The Understatement by The Last Shadow Puppets

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

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

Let's Stay Together by Al Green

The Libertines by The Libertines

In Utero by Nirvana

Youth And Young Manhood by Kings of Leon

(What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis

Astral Weeks by Van Morrison

Surfer Rosa by Pixies

Revolver by Beatles