1001 Albums Summary

The Next Day by David Bowie

Didn't like the energy that much

The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest

Low dynamic range, the songs all tend to blend together. Some songs have really good lyrical flow, especially Show Business & Vibes and Stuff.

Music For The Jilted Generation by The Prodigy

Modern Life Is Rubbish by Blur

Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone

Don't Call Me N*gger, Whitey had some amazing guitar work. I Want to Take You Higher is very groovy, goes on for quite a while, yet still left me wanting more. Everyday People had a strong rhythm, the horns section bouncing around was fun and the vocals had a strong soul feel to it, almost like a James Brown song. The instrumentation throughout is superb and the positive, upbeat message found in each song is a real breath of fresh air that isn't really seen in music these days.

Drunk by Thundercat

It gets 2 stars because the album art is cool. The music was derivative and forgettable, except for the tracks that had other featured artists.

Amnesiac by Radiohead

This one took a few listens to grow on me. Overall, the instrumentation is very atmospheric, the vocals go from soothing to grating. I enjoyed the opening track, nice and laid back. Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors was haunting, robotic and strange, yet oddly enough may have been my favorite song on the album. I Might Be Wrong was the most cohesive song on the album.

The White Album by Beatles

Revolution 9 is the most Yoko Ono thing ever. The rest of the album is damn near perfect.

Sound Affects by The Jam

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins

Darkdancer by Les Rythmes Digitales

Turned it off halfway through. I guess this qualifies as music since it's got rhythm and melody (sometimes), but it sounds like something that would be blared at 4 in the morning at Gitmo as a means of some type of psychological torture.

Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco

It's pretty good for "quiet is the new loud" indie alternative, but it's really borrowing a lot from Elliott Smith. I'd much rather just go listen to him.

We Are Family by Sister Sledge

Beautiful Freak by Eels

Maggot Brain by Funkadelic

Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin

Very bluesy, lots of high energy

Disintegration by The Cure

Sad white people music

Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan

Siembra by Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

At Mister Kelly's by Sarah Vaughan

O.G. Original Gangster by Ice T

Surfer Rosa by Pixies

Modern Kosmology by Jane Weaver

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69) by Ministry

Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin

The Predator by Ice Cube

Gorillaz by Gorillaz

Rising Above Bedlam by Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

Blood And Chocolate by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Oracular Spectacular by MGMT

The Joshua Tree by U2

The Who Sell Out by The Who

Happy Trails by Quicksilver Messenger Service

Immigrés by Youssou N'Dour

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

NEU! 75 by Neu!

Sounds like the soundtrack to a movie that I would fall asleep halfway through.

Brothers by The Black Keys

Dirty by Sonic Youth

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

Chemtrails Over The Country Club by Lana Del Rey

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers

There are a few diamonds, but they're buried in a lot of rough.

Queens of the Stone Age by Queens Of The Stone Age

All Mod Cons by The Jam

Revolver by Beatles

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo by MC Solaar

Kenya by Machito

Antichrist Superstar by Marilyn Manson

Joan Baez by Joan Baez

In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert) by Bob Dylan

It's telling that the first playlist recommended under this album on Spotify is a playlist of covers of Dylan songs. He's a hell of a songwriter, but one and a half hours of Dylan is decidedly too much Dylan.

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

Teenager Of The Year by Frank Black

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Ten by Pearl Jam

All Things Must Pass by George Harrison

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 by George Michael

Tago Mago by Can

Zombie by Fela Kuti

Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

Face to Face by The Kinks

This is the worst Beatles album I've ever heard

London Calling by The Clash

Master Of Puppets by Metallica

Reign In Blood by Slayer

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche by Koffi Olomide

Street Life by The Crusaders

Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

Step In The Arena by Gang Starr

Bongo Rock by Incredible Bongo Band

Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads

Disco for people with anxiety

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts by Brian Eno

Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams

A Northern Soul by The Verve

The Score by Fugees

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

Whatever by Aimee Mann

Everything Must Go by Manic Street Preachers

Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan

Billion Dollar Babies by Alice Cooper

Abbey Road by Beatles

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens

Reggatta De Blanc by The Police

Planet Rock: The Album by Afrika Bambaataa

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

Different Class by Pulp

You could get pretty much the same thing from an earlier album.

Let's Stay Together by Al Green

Butterfly by Mariah Carey

Disclaimer: I am not an R&B fan, never listened to this album before. This album feels really representative of the time it came out. I was pretty young, but I seem to remember a lot of music on the pop stations around that time having this style of late '90s R&B. Now, again, I'm no expert on R&B, so I can't really say whether Mariah started the wave or just rode it, but this does scratch a certain nostalgic itch for me.

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables by Dead Kennedys

I love how Dead Kennedys pull off being so blunt & direct, while also being so tongue-in-cheek at the same time.

War by U2

Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre

White Blood Cells by The White Stripes

Fever To Tell by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.

White Ladder by David Gray

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

Green Onions by Booker T. & The MG's

Rapture by Anita Baker

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

Tidal by Fiona Apple

Bad by Michael Jackson

Shadowland by k.d. lang

Dire Straits by Dire Straits

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast

Ray Of Light by Madonna

xx by The xx

Rubber Soul by Beatles

Peter Gabriel by Peter Gabriel

Dirt by Alice In Chains

Only By The Night by Kings of Leon

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd

m b v by My Bloody Valentine

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

C'est Chic by CHIC

Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes

She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper

Dookie by Green Day

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

You've Come a Long Way Baby by Fatboy Slim

Thriller by Michael Jackson

Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters

The Coral by The Coral

Odelay by Beck

Os Mutantes by Os Mutantes

Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart

1989 by Taylor Swift

Metallica by Metallica

The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe

Kala by M.I.A.

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley

Jazz Samba by Stan Getz

When I listen to Sam Getz's music, I always imagine it playing over a montage of a young couple's first date in the city at night.

The Visitors by ABBA

Berlin by Lou Reed

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

These guys make The Cure sound like Katy Perry. What a snoozefest.

Grace by Jeff Buckley

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

Central Reservation by Beth Orton

Movies by Holger Czukay

Homework by Daft Punk

Great background music.

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode

Southern Rock Opera by Drive-By Truckers

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash

Coles Corner by Richard Hawley

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits

Happy Sad by Tim Buckley

I See You by The xx

The Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

Melodrama by Lorde

Heavy Weather by Weather Report

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus by Spirit

Nevermind by Nirvana

The Wildest! by Louis Prima

Trans Europe Express by Kraftwerk

Document by R.E.M.

Remain In Light by Talking Heads

Bone Machine by Tom Waits

Rio by Duran Duran

Water From An Ancient Well by Abdullah Ibrahim

Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses

Africa Brasil by Jorge Ben Jor

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith

What's Going On by Marvin Gaye

Be by Common

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm by A Tribe Called Quest

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Graceland by Paul Simon

Cupid & Psyche 85 by Scritti Politti

Basket of Light by Pentangle

Stripped by Christina Aguilera

My Generation by The Who

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain by Pavement

Penance Soiree by The Icarus Line

At Budokan by Cheap Trick

3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers

Dear Science by TV On The Radio

Colour By Numbers by Culture Club

Giant Steps by The Boo Radleys

Definitely one of the albums on this list that isn't good or memorable, but really nails the vibe of a certain point in time. It's got this DIY edginess that's very evocative of '90s alternative, but doesnt really do muck for me bsides give a hit of nostalgia.

Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park

One of the most influential albums of the early '00s. If you listen to any top modern rock list today in 2024, you'll be able to see the massive influence Linkin Park still has on music.

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

Channel Orange by Frank Ocean

Apocalypse Dudes by Turbonegro

The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails

Low by David Bowie

Queen II by Queen

Two Dancers by Wild Beasts

White Light / White Heat by The Velvet Underground

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

Tapestry by Carole King

Rust In Peace by Megadeth

Joan Armatrading by Joan Armatrading

Liquid Swords by GZA

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle by Bill Callahan

A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay

Exile In Guyville by Liz Phair

British Steel by Judas Priest

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys

The New Tango by Astor Piazzolla

25 by Adele

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

Truth And Soul by Fishbone

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire

The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix

Viva Hate by Morrissey

Parklife by Blur

Electric Warrior by T. Rex

Sign 'O' The Times by Prince

Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

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

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

Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi

Great Value Springsteen, but still really well done.

Ellington at Newport by Duke Ellington

Third by Soft Machine

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

Influential, but very dated.

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel

Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou Harris

Nighthawks At The Diner by Tom Waits

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by The Incredible String Band

Kid A by Radiohead

Marquee Moon by Television

Just listen to the Talking Heads instead.

Feast of Wire by Calexico

1977 by Ash

Caetano Veloso by Caetano Veloso

...And Justice For All by Metallica

The Cars by The Cars

Blackstar by David Bowie

Bitches Brew by Miles Davis

Here's Little Richard by Little Richard

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

Live At Leeds by The Who

The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem

Peter Gabriel 3 by Peter Gabriel

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water by Limp Bizkit

I don't care what anyone says, Limp Bizkit is a ton of fun. Are they high art? Absolutely not, they're goofy as shit, and thats the main part of their appeal. If you dont understand that, you can kiss my Chicolate Starfish.

Chirping Crickets by Buddy Holly & The Crickets

Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

Queen Of Denmark by John Grant

Loveless by My Bloody Valentine

Pornography by The Cure

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

Obviously give it up to Aretha Franklin for the amazing vocals, but my man Tommy Cogbill on bass elevated this.

Eagles by Eagles

Pink Moon by Nick Drake

Kings Of The Wild Frontier by Adam & The Ants

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

The Stranger by Billy Joel

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

Gasoline Alley by Rod Stewart

Guitar Town by Steve Earle

Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens

This Year's Model by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Blunderbuss by Jack White

Hard Again by Muddy Waters

Toys In The Attic by Aerosmith

Music From Big Pink by The Band

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

Rip It Up by Orange Juice

If you told me this was that this album was a Weird Al-style spoof of 80s music in general and Tears For Fears specifically, I would 100% believe you with absolutely zero hesitation. This whole album screams 80s and feels like a total knock-off of every interesting band from that era. That typically means one of two things: the album was insanely influential, or is just super derivative. The fact that the most noteworthy piece of trivia for this album, the only fun fact that could be scrounged up for the wikipedia page intro, is the album's inclusion on this list tells me that it's likely the latter.

Hearts And Bones by Paul Simon

Nowhere by Ride

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

Diamond Life by Sade

Copper Blue by Sugar

Play by Moby

Coat Of Many Colors by Dolly Parton

American Idiot by Green Day

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band

Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth

Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio

Don't get me wrong, this is a great record, but it's really restricted by only being a 3-piece jazz group. There's only so many bass solos you can do before stuff starts getting boring.

Penthouse And Pavement by Heaven 17

Moving Pictures by Rush

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

If I Could Only Remember My Name by David Crosby

Moss Side Story by Barry Adamson

Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

Violator by Depeche Mode

Phaedra by Tangerine Dream

Double Nickels On The Dime by Minutemen

Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg by Jerry Lee Lewis

Cheap Thrills by Big Brother & The Holding Company

Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits

Medúlla by Björk

Live / Dead by Grateful Dead

James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown

Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession by Laura Nyro

Dust by Screaming Trees

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Illmatic by Nas

Roger the Engineer by The Yardbirds

Mothership Connection by Parliament

Pump by Aerosmith

Who's Next by The Who

Street Signs by Ozomatli

Station To Station by David Bowie

I did not expect to like this album nearly as much as I did.

Dry by PJ Harvey

Harvest by Neil Young

The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett

Scissor Sisters by Scissor Sisters

L.A. Woman by The Doors

2112 by Rush

Music From The Penguin Cafe by Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Highway to Hell by AC/DC

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Parachutes by Coldplay

I never understood the Coldplay hate. I'm not a fan of their newer bubblegum style, but their first few albums were amazing.

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel

Le Tigre by Le Tigre

Green by R.E.M.

Synchronicity by The Police

Repeater by Fugazi

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

Manassas by Stephen Stills

At San Quentin by Johnny Cash

Funeral by Arcade Fire

In Rainbows by Radiohead

Lam Toro by Baaba Maal

Made In Japan by Deep Purple

Frank by Amy Winehouse

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

Faith by George Michael

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes

I was just talking to a coworker of mine about how weird The Velvet Underground is and how I can't imagine why people consider them so influential. Then I put this shitshow on and totally got it.

Smash by The Offspring

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Electric Prunes by The Electric Prunes

The Sun Rises In The East by Jeru The Damaja

Kimono My House by Sparks

Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden

It's nuts how different this album is from their later albums—even Number of the Best 2 years later. It's good for what it is—an early metal album heavily influenced by the hard rock of the 70s (I could've even mistaken some of these songs for Deep Purple tracks), but as an Iron Maiden album, it's not their best outing.

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith

American Pie by Don McLean

Everybody Loves Me, Baby felt weird in the middle of all that, but I understand why the tone was so upbeat—it would've sounded super whiny if it matched the tone of everything else. Nevertheless, it detracted from the overall groove of a pretty good album.

Hypnotised by The Undertones

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned by Liars

All Directions by The Temptations

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

Sweet Baby James by James Taylor

Nixon by Lambchop

Orbital 2 by Orbital

Inspiration Information by Shuggie Otis

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground

This was not an enjoyable listen.

Mama Said Knock You Out by LL Cool J

A little too long.

BEYONCÉ by Beyoncé

I am not the target demographic. It was fine, just not for me.

Younger Than Yesterday by The Byrds

Cafe Bleu by The Style Council

Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin

The Lexicon Of Love by ABC

Scott 2 by Scott Walker

The Age Of The Understatement by The Last Shadow Puppets

Arc Of A Diver by Steve Winwood

Beauty And The Beat by The Go-Go's

Heroes to Zeros by The Beta Band

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin

Imagine by John Lennon

Let's Get Killed by David Holmes

System Of A Down by System Of A Down

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts by The Adverts

So by Peter Gabriel

Quintessential dad rock

Dig Your Own Hole by The Chemical Brothers

Call of the Valley by Shivkumar Sharma

Third by Portishead

The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

Stephen Stills by Stephen Stills

The Rise & Fall by Madness

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones

Savane by Ali Farka Touré

The World is a Ghetto by War

Destroy Rock & Roll by Mylo

Next by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

Kollaps by Einstürzende Neubauten

Grievous Angel by Gram Parsons

Country Life by Roxy Music

Songs Of Love And Hate by Leonard Cohen

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk

Hot Fuss by The Killers

Paris 1919 by John Cale

Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles

Later Beatles >>>> Early Beatles I'm sure this got people going back in the day, but it doesn't do much for me today.

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder

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

Moondance by Van Morrison

I had no idea this dude was Irish.

Sea Change by Beck

Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield

I like how towards the end of the first track, he just starts listing off all of the instruments his keyboard can play.

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space by Spiritualized

Public Image: First Issue by Public Image Ltd.

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

The Sounds Of India by Ravi Shankar

Apple Venus Volume 1 by XTC

Jack Takes the Floor by Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Imperial Bedroom by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Boy In Da Corner by Dizzee Rascal

Definitely Maybe by Oasis

Faust IV by Faust

Smile by Brian Wilson

Wild Wood by Paul Weller

New Wave by The Auteurs

Microshift by Hookworms

Closer by Joy Division

The Undertones by The Undertones

Olympia 64 by Jacques Brel