1001 Albums Summary

Station To Station by David Bowie

Let's Stay Together by Al Green

Document by R.E.M.

Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell

Woodface by Crowded House

Ace of Spades by Motörhead

Da Capo by Love

The Rising by Bruce Springsteen

Bossanova by Pixies

Clandestino by Manu Chao

Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane

Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys

1989 by Taylor Swift

Beach Samba by Astrud Gilberto

Nilsson Schmilsson by Harry Nilsson

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

Darklands by The Jesus And Mary Chain

London Calling by The Clash

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

Safe As Milk by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

BEYONCÉ by Beyoncé

Queen Of Denmark by John Grant

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones

Dirt by Alice In Chains

Maggot Brain by Funkadelic

90 by 808 State

Sounds like half a dozen budgies in a tumble dryer

Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake

Live Through This by Hole

Bandwagonesque by Teenage Fanclub

Elephant Mountain by The Youngbloods

Penthouse And Pavement by Heaven 17

We Are Family by Sister Sledge

The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett

Raw Like Sushi by Neneh Cherry

Suicide by Suicide

Graceland by Paul Simon

New Forms by Roni Size

The trouble with drum & bass albums is you listen to them for an hour but the Powerpuff Girls episode never starts.

Olympia 64 by Jacques Brel

(What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis

New Wave by The Auteurs

I got Oasis before this, so that's the pound shop Beatles followed by cut price Donovan

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

Locust Abortion Technician by Butthole Surfers

System Of A Down by System Of A Down

Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees

Vincebus Eruptum by Blue Cheer

Fever To Tell by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Planet Rock: The Album by Afrika Bambaataa

Ray Of Light by Madonna

Club Classics Vol. One by Soul II Soul

The Genius Of Ray Charles by Ray Charles

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts by The Adverts

In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson

Dookie by Green Day

It's fine.

Millions Now Living Will Never Die by Tortoise

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

Mermaid Avenue by Billy Bragg

Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre

Future Days by Can

Tigermilk by Belle & Sebastian

A Walk Across The Rooftops by The Blue Nile

Life Thru A Lens by Robbie Williams

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles

Africa Brasil by Jorge Ben Jor

Country Life by Roxy Music

Electric Prunes by The Electric Prunes

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

Truth by Jeff Beck

The Boatman's Call by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Before And After Science by Brian Eno

Diamond Life by Sade

Low-Life by New Order

Savane by Ali Farka Touré

Roger the Engineer by The Yardbirds

The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones

The Yes Album by Yes

Tres Hombres by ZZ Top

The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd

Channel Orange by Frank Ocean

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

Vespertine by Björk

Heartattack And Vine by Tom Waits

Chirping Crickets by Buddy Holly & The Crickets

Broken English by Marianne Faithfull

Sea Change by Beck

3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul

White Blood Cells by The White Stripes

american dream by LCD Soundsystem

The Band by The Band

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears

Warehouse: Songs And Stories by Hüsker Dü

Bad by Michael Jackson

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

Aha Shake Heartbreak by Kings of Leon

Antichrist Superstar by Marilyn Manson

Ellington at Newport by Duke Ellington

Is This It by The Strokes

Fun House by The Stooges

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos

Achtung Baby by U2

Here, My Dear by Marvin Gaye

Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) by Loretta Lynn

L.A. Woman by The Doors

L'Eau Rouge by The Young Gods

Live! by Fela Kuti

When an album is an hour long, has only 5 tracks, and one of those tracks is literally called "drum solo," you know you're in for a treat.

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin

Homework by Daft Punk

The Stooges by The Stooges

Disintegration by The Cure

Darkdancer by Les Rythmes Digitales

Reign In Blood by Slayer

Debut by Björk

Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart

The Atomic Mr Basie by Count Basie & His Orchestra

The La's by The La's

The Rolling Stones by The Rolling Stones

Moondance by Van Morrison

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Superfuzz Bigmuff by Mudhoney

Buffalo Springfield Again by Buffalo Springfield

Electric Warrior by T. Rex

Marquee Moon by Television

Quiet Life by Japan

Melodrama by Lorde

Sound Affects by The Jam

Foxbase Alpha by Saint Etienne

Remain In Light by Talking Heads

Fragile by Yes

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

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space by Spiritualized

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) by The Kinks

Repeater by Fugazi

Crime Of The Century by Supertramp

Roxy Music by Roxy Music

Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones

American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash

Every Picture Tells A Story by Rod Stewart

Mothership Connection by Parliament

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches by Happy Mondays

On The Beach by Neil Young

I was feeling good so I was going to give this a charitable 3, then that harmonica came in on Ambulance Blues like a stoned K K Slider giving it MEEEE MEEEE OHHHH MEEEE and it soured the whole thing

This Is Hardcore by Pulp

Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden

Hot Fuss by The Killers

So these are the lads who did "I've got ham but I'm not a hamster"?

Take Me Apart by Kelela

Illmatic by Nas

Connected by Stereo MC's

The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest

Destroy Rock & Roll by Mylo

Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone

Make Yourself by Incubus

Parachutes by Coldplay

Imagine by John Lennon

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Hunting High And Low by a-ha

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers

I often get the chili peppers mixed up with rocky horror - you know, RHCP/RHPS - which is daft, cos one is a load of silly, over-sexualised nonsense with good tunes and a faint undertone of cringe, while the other... Also, I don't care what anyone says, I still enjoy this album. NING NANG NING NONG NING NANG NING NONG NING NANG

Superunknown by Soundgarden

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) by Eurythmics

Microshift by Hookworms

More like 1,001 wrong'uns you must hear before you die. Like you, I'd never heard of this band before, but if you'd like to make your own Hookworms song, it's easy enough to program: if (vocalsound == vowel) { pitch.change; }

Aja by Steely Dan

Strange Cargo III by William Orbit

...And Justice For All by Metallica

Dig Your Own Hole by The Chemical Brothers

Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo by Devo

Van Halen by Van Halen

Reggatta De Blanc by The Police

The Madcap Laughs by Syd Barrett

Life's Too Good by The Sugarcubes

Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone

The Wildest! by Louis Prima

The College Dropout by Kanye West

Whatever by Aimee Mann

This sounds like the kind of music the women in Friends would listen to

Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

No Other by Gene Clark

Trafalgar by Bee Gees

Joan Baez by Joan Baez

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens

Exile In Guyville by Liz Phair

Guitar Town by Steve Earle

This is the first time I've rated one of these albums midway through the first track but fuck me, that's dire. What did we do to the author of 1001 albums to make him hurt us like this?

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins

I was just listening to this album this morning and wondering when it might show up on the list! Not a huge coincidence as I listen to this one a lot. If everyone was told they could only have one album, this would be my pick. It's not the best-written album in the world ("in the eyes of the jackal I say kaboom"?) but it is my favourite. I first heard it when I was in my early 20s, reading through the early Anne Rice vampire novels - an excellent pairing, by the way - so it'll always take me back to those days. I needed a new heel for my shoe, so I decided to go to Morganville which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So, I tied an onion to my belt which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel. And in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em...

The Sensual World by Kate Bush

Gold by Ryan Adams

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

Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós

Ambient 1/Music For Airports by Brian Eno

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley

In Utero by Nirvana

Hail To the Thief by Radiohead

NEU! 75 by Neu!

I really enjoyed that, even though it was a bit bipolar, with the first few tracks being all floaty, ambient tunes, almost hypnotically peaceful, followed by - surprise! - we're a punk band now

Fuzzy Logic by Super Furry Animals

Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

How did a band with maybe two good songs end up with about seven albums on here?

Smokers Delight by Nightmares On Wax

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

Fire Of Love by The Gun Club

Tragic Songs of Life by The Louvin Brothers

Snivilisation by Orbital

It's not the worst album on here, but it's hardly essential. I forgot it was on a couple of times

Off The Wall by Michael Jackson

Ill Communication by Beastie Boys

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge by Mudhoney

Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin

Live At The Witch Trials by The Fall

Felt Mountain by Goldfrapp

Dance Mania by Tito Puente

Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan

I'm sure it's very good, but I just can't stand his *heyeeeaaahdiot wind* voice

Kollaps by Einstürzende Neubauten

Is it safe?

Movies by Holger Czukay

Can't Buy A Thrill by Steely Dan

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins

Cowboy cosplay music. When you think about it, this is kind of like a band nowadays writing songs about the second world war.

Definitely Maybe by Oasis

Konnichiwa by Skepta

Man put me off my morning bowl of PussyOs, fam

Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg

The Man Who by Travis

Situated firmly on the border between Blandly Inoffensive and Offensively Bland.

1977 by Ash

Kid A by Radiohead

I like hearing a band experiment musically, but none of the resulting songs really did anything for me, good or bad

Be by Common

You've Come a Long Way Baby by Fatboy Slim

I thought that was okay. I thought that was okay. I thought that was okay okay okay okay okay kay kay kay kay kay kay kay k k k k k k k kkkkkkkkkkk

Pieces Of The Sky by Emmylou Harris

I gave more than one star to a country album. The world's gone topsy-turvy

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars by David Bowie

Throwing Muses by Throwing Muses

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

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson

What is it with all the cowboy cosplay?

Survivor by Destiny's Child

High Violet by The National

Fifth Dimension by The Byrds

Highway to Hell by AC/DC

Guy sounds like Tina Turner. Tempted to give it an extra star for this line: "she had the body of Venus with arms"

The Trinity Session by Cowboy Junkies

This album gave me anaemia

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts by Brian Eno

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Ingenue by k.d. lang

Space Ritual by Hawkwind

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses

OK Computer by Radiohead

Let's Get Killed by David Holmes

Rum Sodomy & The Lash by The Pogues

Brothers by The Black Keys

Floodland by Sisters Of Mercy

Devil Without A Cause by Kid Rock

Basket of Light by Pentangle

I liked that. Gentle, Wicker Man vibe

Tidal by Fiona Apple

Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams

GREY Area by Little Simz

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

I blame the Dude

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis

One for the "I don't usually like [insert genre] but I liked this" pile.

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire

Funeral by Arcade Fire

Two AF albums in a row! I'm in danger of becoming bored AF

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

Maverick A Strike by Finley Quaye

The Modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers

At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters

Out of Step by Minor Threat

I might have liked this if I'd heard it when I was younger, but now it just made me say "stop shouting at me, ya wee prick" as I turned down the volume. Old age, man. At least the album was short. Under 22 minutes. If I were a fan I'd feel short-changed.

Butterfly by Mariah Carey

Cypress Hill by Cypress Hill

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg by Jerry Lee Lewis

Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz

Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast by Badly Drawn Boy

The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu

Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.

Vauxhall And I by Morrissey

Stephen Stills by Stephen Stills

American Idiot by Green Day

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash

Manassas by Stephen Stills

One Stephen Stills album in a week is tolerable; two feels like malice.

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

Considered a protest vote based on Mozza's ugly politics, but I can't betray the soundtrack to my soft and mopey teenage years

Moon Safari by Air

Air's music seems perfectly pitched to trigger no emotions at all. It's like lounge music for cybermen.

Peggy Suicide by Julian Cope

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

Coles Corner by Richard Hawley

Wholly unnecessary album

Play by Moby

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd

Cloud Nine by The Temptations

Dub Housing by Pere Ubu

It's A Shame About Ray by The Lemonheads

Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.

Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens

More Specials by The Specials

Idlewild by Everything But The Girl

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin

I'm nearly 50 and this is too middle-aged-man rock for me. I guess I could give it an extra star for making me feel younger, relatively speaking.

Two Dancers by Wild Beasts

One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow

This reminds me of that time my little brother got an electric piano for his birthday, which had a setting that made each key sound like a different shitty drum sample, and that's all he did the whole day

Purple Rain by Prince

Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors

Who Killed...... The Zutons? by The Zutons

Sign 'O' The Times by Prince

Atomizer by Big Black

Everything Must Go by Manic Street Preachers

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

Live At Leeds by The Who

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground

The Sounds Of India by Ravi Shankar

The Wall by Pink Floyd

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Bongo Rock by Incredible Bongo Band

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

Nowhere by Ride

The band for people who feel that the Smiths were "a bit rowdy"

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

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

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder

Parklife by Blur

British Steel by Judas Priest

Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan

Damn. I saw that album cover and for a moment I thought Tom Baker had made a record. But no, it's Dylan again, the man with the most irritating voice in music. That long, piercing harmonica on Pledging My Time all but guaranteed a one-star review before I'd even heard the rest. Having said that, I'd like this album a lot more if you could cut out Dylan's vocals and that flipping mouth organ of his. Let's pretend any of this matters at all and add an extra star to the review, for the band.

The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

En-Tact by The Shamen

You know, that irritated me a little less than I thought it was going to. I could just leave it on in the background and pretend I was on hold to the motivational poster factory.

First Band On The Moon by The Cardigans

With The Beatles by Beatles

Nothing to scream about.

Treasure by Cocteau Twins

The Stranger by Billy Joel

Synchronicity by The Police

ACAB includes this lot

Caetano Veloso by Caetano Veloso

The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails

When I Was Born For The 7th Time by Cornershop

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

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

Jack Takes the Floor by Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Fred Neil by Fred Neil

Young Americans by David Bowie

Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive by Merle Haggard

Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi

The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow

Chicago Transit Authority by Chicago

Actually by Pet Shop Boys

I used to really like this album, and there are some great tunes on it, but it sounds so dated now, its electronic drums plastic and hollow. Some albums I wish could get a remake, like they do with video games these days

The Only Ones by The Only Ones

Surfer Rosa by Pixies

Rip It Up by Orange Juice

Penance Soiree by The Icarus Line

War by U2

Sail Away by Randy Newman

I didn't expect to like this album. I thought it would be twee and corny but it has depth. I mean, wade through a few 80s/90s electronica records and you'll give extra points to any album just for using actual instruments, but I wasn't expecting to shed a little tear on the bus to work

The Poet by Bobby Womack

Another day, another selection from the 990 Albums You Can Happily Go To Your Grave Having Never Heard.

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies

I can imagine the guy from Belle and Sebastian listening to this album and thinking, "aw yeah, I'm having that" to almost every song

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

White Ladder by David Gray

The Fat Of The Land by The Prodigy

One of those albums that contains almost everything I usually dislike in music and yet I love it

Live At The Harlem Square Club by Sam Cooke

Chris by Christine and the Queens

School's Out by Alice Cooper

I thought I'd enjoy that. Did not expect it to be a 5-star though

Moving Pictures by Rush

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

Bummed by Happy Mondays

Different Class by Pulp

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

Rust In Peace by Megadeth

World Clique by Deee-Lite

My Generation by The Who

Fear Of A Black Planet by Public Enemy

A Seat at the Table by Solange

Tapestry by Carole King

Buena Vista Social Club by Buena Vista Social Club

Queens of the Stone Age by Queens Of The Stone Age

I'll say this for all the old hair metal bands that come up on this list, at least their lead singers gave it some. This guy's voice goes up to a seven on a good day. That's not to say it can't be good, like on You Would Know, where the dialled-back guitar works with the vocal rather than against. Some of the guitar noodling and electronic bleepery seems almost wilfully irritating at times, but there's still some stuff to enjoy here.

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Low by David Bowie

Black Metal by Venom

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie

"Time fell wanking to the floor"? What does that mean? It's a quotation. A quotation? What from? It isn't Milton and I'm pretty sure it can't be Wordsworth. It's Bowie. Oh. And is this David Bowie too: "My body disgusts, damp grease wafts sweat balls from sweat balls and thigh fungus"?

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

Tank Battles by Dagmar Krause

The Notorious Byrd Brothers by The Byrds

Chemtrails Over The Country Club by Lana Del Rey

At times it was like listening to Tori Amos having an asthma attack but I didn't hate it like I thought I was going to. Could have done with fewer 'downside of fame' moans though.

Green Onions by Booker T. & The MG's

O.G. Original Gangster by Ice T

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band by John Lennon

The thing that surprised me was how weak a singer he was

Beautiful Freak by Eels

Another Music In A Different Kitchen by Buzzcocks

Boston by Boston

So by Peter Gabriel

Was nearly a generous 3, then he started banging on about birds

The White Album by Beatles

Greetings From L.A. by Tim Buckley

Some albums would benefit from an instrumental version

Vulnicura by Björk

I fully support opportunities for women in the traditionally male-dominated space of being an unsettling little weirdo in the name of art

Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio

Jazz is okay, but I prefer music. Top Tip: if listening with ear buds, take the left one out to enjoy the piano and drums without the bass rattling away at random like a fly trying to find a path through a pane of glass.

Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt

Copper Blue by Sugar

A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

Now I Got Worry by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Feast of Wire by Calexico

Abbey Road by Beatles

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake by Small Faces

Lost Souls by Doves

Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter

Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel

The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden

Germfree Adolescents by X-Ray Spex

Pearl by Janis Joplin

Frank by Amy Winehouse

The Cars by The Cars

A Wizard, A True Star by Todd Rundgren

Listening to this, I got the feeling he could have made a better album but chose not to

Countdown To Ecstasy by Steely Dan

Skylarking by XTC

3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers

3 + 3 = 3 (stars)

1984 by Van Halen

Not my kind of metal - bit too synthy in places - but I'll give it an extra star because I've just binge watched the first ten seasons of Supernatural which had raised my tolerance for all things classic rock

Among The Living by Anthrax

Revolver by Beatles

Another Green World by Brian Eno

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live) by Motörhead

Hey Motorhead, play that one that goes *hums the riff to Ace of Spades* Motorhead: yeah, you're gonna have to narrow it down

Dire Straits by Dire Straits

Suede by Suede

Chelsea Girl by Nico

Shadowland by k.d. lang

She's very good at singing a style of music I really don't enjoy

Autobahn by Kraftwerk

I don't drive, but I might put this on next time I'm playing Euro Truck Sim 2, see if it enhances the experience

Murmur by R.E.M.

Hotel California by Eagles

I'm with the Dude on this one

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus by Spirit

Elephant by The White Stripes

White Light by Gene Clark

I don't like Bob Dylan, why would I like someone doing Dylan karaoke?

Let England Shake by PJ Harvey

I Should Coco by Supergrass

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

Pornography by The Cure

Dear Science by TV On The Radio

Myths Of The Near Future by Klaxons

So Much For The City by The Thrills

Sheet Music by 10cc

Django Django by Django Django

Murder Ballads by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Back In Black by AC/DC

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

G. Love And Special Sauce by G. Love & Special Sauce

Here's Little Richard by Little Richard

Follow The Leader by Korn

Deloused in the Comatorium by The Mars Volta

I knew nothing about this band. Reading the album name and track listing, I thought it would be, I don't know... smarter?

Trio by Dolly Parton

This was the Marvel Avengers team-up of its day

Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins

Blood, Sweat & Tears by Blood, Sweat & Tears

Toys In The Attic by Aerosmith

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

I usually hate Dylan, but that wasn't terrible. He kept his warbling to a minimum at least

The Man Machine by Kraftwerk

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

Suzanne Vega by Suzanne Vega

Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton

This reminds me of the hamster I had for a week when I was a kid, in that I did not care for it

Phaedra by Tangerine Dream

Technique by New Order

It feels mean to mark a band down because the lead singer can't carry a tune, when I'm such a fan of Belle and Sebastian, but here we are

I See You by The xx

The Healer by John Lee Hooker

Sunshine Hit Me by The Bees

Hot Shots II by The Beta Band

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned by Liars

Considering it mostly sounded like a stoner playing bongos over a ZX Spectrum loading noise, I didn't entirely hate that

Want One by Rufus Wainwright

Selling England By The Pound by Genesis

Grace by Jeff Buckley

Siembra by Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo by MC Solaar

Oedipus Schmoedipus by Barry Adamson

From the other reviews on here, I was expecting some sort of hellishly unlistenable soundscape, but that wasn't too bad. At least it was trying something. It would have scored higher but one of my least favourite things in music is a horny Jarvis Cocker

All Mod Cons by The Jam

Destroyer by KISS

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black by Public Enemy

Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welch

Yeezus by Kanye West

Inspiration Information by Shuggie Otis

Tom Tom Club by Tom Tom Club

Southern Rock Opera by Drive-By Truckers

Reminds me of the time a skinhead walked into my shop - full gear, bovver boots and bomber jacket, and I thought uh-oh, then I saw a badge at his lapel saying, skinheads against racism. That made me relax, but imagine picking a look that needed a disclaimer. It's like a southern rock parody of System of a Down. Rock for a bit, then read out screeds of political history. The South will rise again! But, but, not in a racist way, you understand. Anyway, this next song is about a racist politician - which we're against, by the way, just to be clear. Yeehaw. In conclusion, Skynyrd, Alabama, and Skynyrd again. Thanks for coming to our TED talk y'all

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding

Tommy by The Who

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle by Bill Callahan

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators by The 13th Floor Elevators

The Visitors by ABBA

Too Rye Ay by Dexys Midnight Runners

Lazer Guided Melodies by Spiritualized

A good album to put on while reading a book, as it's too barely-there to ever be an intrusion on your concentration. Not unpleasant background sound

The Beach Boys Today! by The Beach Boys

Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight by Richard Thompson

The Age Of The Understatement by The Last Shadow Puppets

Honky Tonk Heroes by Waylon Jennings

Not my kind of music at all, but I'll give it an extra star for "the devil made me do it the first time - the second time I done it on my own"

John Prine by John Prine

Was not expecting to rate a country album this high, but good lyrics are good lyrics

São Paulo Confessions by Suba

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads

How many Talking Heads albums are on this list?? So far, at least four too many

The Dreaming by Kate Bush

Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room by Dwight Yoakam

Picture Book by Simply Red

Very by Pet Shop Boys

Fun tunes, good sense of humour in the lyrics, this did keep veering into 2 star territory at times, sounding like Carter USM produced by Stock, Aitken, and Waterman, but my previous album was Simply Red so this one gets an extra point just for not being that.

The Coral by The Coral

Emperor Tomato Ketchup by Stereolab

Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

S&M by Metallica

Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses

Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

Will The Circle Be Unbroken by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Would have been one hour long without all the tedious chat between the tunes. Some of these albums really test my decision to listen to every record on the list. I mean, how do you even make a miserable version of Keep on the Sunny Side?

Arular by M.I.A.

Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes

Stankonia by OutKast

For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music

Want Two by Rufus Wainwright

Fun fact: Wainwright's Agnus Dei is just Bridge Over Troubled Water played backwards

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen by The Residents

I liked what they were trying to achieve, but can't say I liked listening to it.

Odelay by Beck

Clube Da Esquina by Milton Nascimento

Nixon by Lambchop

Something/Anything? by Todd Rundgren

Pink Flag by Wire

Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix

Blood And Chocolate by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

The Pleasure Principle by Gary Numan

The Who Sell Out by The Who

Henry's Dream by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

What's Going On by Marvin Gaye

Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes

Got through this one by singing Simultaneous by Chef over the first eight and half minutes of By the Time I Get to Phoenix

Songs Of Love And Hate by Leonard Cohen

What's That Noise? by Coldcut

Central Reservation by Beth Orton

Back to Basics by Christina Aguilera

"My name's Nicholas Nada and I just want to say, Christina, that track you made with all those clips of your fans kissing your ass made me cringe so hard it gave me osteoporosis."

From Elvis In Memphis by Elvis Presley

All Things Must Pass by George Harrison

Music For The Jilted Generation by The Prodigy

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band

In the time it takes for him to say You Don't Love Me Anymore, she's moved out, met someone else, married, and had a kid.

Fuzzy by Grant Lee Buffalo

Remedy by Basement Jaxx

Oar by Alexander 'Skip' Spence

At first, I wondered why he hadn't practiced the songs before the recording rather than during, then I read about how it was made after he'd had a stay in a mental hospital, was intended as a demo but released as an album, and it all feels grubby and exploitative

American Pie by Don McLean

I once sang American Pie at karaoke and got three rounds of applause. Not because I was any good, but because they kept thinking I was finished. That song really knows how to outstay its welcome. In the end, I just handed back the mic and shuffled awkwardly offstage. Bye bye, miss American Pie

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast

...Baby One More Time by Britney Spears

Doolittle by Pixies

Screamadelica by Primal Scream

Fever Ray by Fever Ray

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor by Lupe Fiasco

Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz

I'm Your Man by Leonard Cohen

Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand

Calenture by The Triffids

I only knew this band from a reference in a Courtney Barnett song ("and in the taxi home, I'll sing you a Triffids song"). Having heard them now, I think I'll wait and take the next cab instead.

Pictures At An Exhibition by Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Djam Leelii by Baaba Maal

Your Arsenal by Morrissey

Astral Weeks by Van Morrison

Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes

Shleep by Robert Wyatt

Gris Gris by Dr. John

Happy Trails by Quicksilver Messenger Service

Slipknot by Slipknot

Like a wind turbine, I'm a huge metal fan, but I didn't enjoy this at all

Vulgar Display Of Power by Pantera

I've somehow never heard any Pantera before (I didn't even know any of the Thundercats had solo careers) but I quite enjoyed that.

Supa Dupa Fly by Missy Elliott

California by American Music Club

Colour By Numbers by Culture Club

The Bends by Radiohead

m b v by My Bloody Valentine

Music Bland & Vague

Dry by PJ Harvey

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits

The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers

S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things

Billion Dollar Babies by Alice Cooper

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk

Jazz is one of those things where fans get so into it that I'm left feeling I'm missing something. It must be me, right, if people can be so obsessed they could reel off every band member for each recording of every song while I'm sat there going, meh? I did wonder how I knew the tune for Bemsha Swing, then I remembered it was used for F.U. by the chili peppers - so that's an embarrassing admission of my own cultural touchstones, I suppose

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession by Laura Nyro

Kilimanjaro by The Teardrop Explodes

Cheap Thrills by Big Brother & The Holding Company

Sex Packets by Digital Underground

Behaviour by Pet Shop Boys

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got by Sinead O'Connor

Kick Out The Jams (Live) by MC5

I'd say a live album wasn't the best intro to a band, but that's the debut they put out.

Casanova by The Divine Comedy

Being There by Wilco

Metallica by Metallica

Third/Sister Lovers by Big Star

The Scream by Siouxsie And The Banshees

Headquarters by The Monkees

Born In The U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen

Not my kind of music, but I'll give it an extra point for the lyrics being a stealthy bit of social commentary dressed up as good-old-boy patriotism. "This next song is called, 'I am an American! (and it's a bit shit, to be honest)"

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby by Girls Against Boys

Oracular Spectacular by MGMT

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Punishing Kiss by Ute Lemper

A Punishing Listen

Sulk by The Associates

Scum by Napalm Death

Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

Don't Stand Me Down by Dexys Midnight Runners

I enjoyed the music but there was too much talking. You didn't enjoy the talking bits? They just didn't add anything to the songs. You felt they were only talking for the sake of talking? Yeah, like it was all a bit of a gimmick - you know what I mean?

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

New Boots And Panties by Ian Dury

Pretenders by Pretenders

Paris 1919 by John Cale

Deserter's Songs by Mercury Rev

Close To The Edge by Yes

Welcome To The Pleasuredome by Frankie Goes To Hollywood

This band gets an extra point for having the best licensed game on the ZX Spectrum.

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

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

The Last Of The True Believers by Nanci Griffith

Public Image: First Issue by Public Image Ltd.

Tago Mago by Can

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted by Ice Cube

Street Signs by Ozomatli

Logical Progression by LTJ Bukem

Logical Progression: 1) press play 2) roll eyes 3) press stop

All Hope Is Gone by Slipknot

Welcome to my Controversial Artists list, Slipknot! One star for their self-titled album and now this. Maybe it's because the previous album from this site was hours of generic drum & bass that sounded like a space dolphin giving a drum machine diarrhoea that's making me more predisposed towards any actual humans playing actual instruments.

The Libertines by The Libertines

Close To You by Carpenters

Happy Sad by Tim Buckley

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

Nick Of Time by Bonnie Raitt

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

Stardust by Willie Nelson

Eliminator by ZZ Top

Junkyard by The Birthday Party

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake

Street Life by The Crusaders

For star rating, press "one"

Coat Of Many Colors by Dolly Parton

Amnesiac by Radiohead

Hms Fable by Shack

Go Girl Crazy by The Dictators

Devotional Songs by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

It's Too Late to Stop Now by Van Morrison

Arc Of A Diver by Steve Winwood

Get Rich Or Die Tryin' by 50 Cent

Zombie by Fela Kuti

The Joshua Tree by U2

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

The Nightfly by Donald Fagen

Cut by The Slits

Tanto Tempo by Bebel Gilberto

Hejira by Joni Mitchell

#1 Record by Big Star

Rage Against The Machine by Rage Against The Machine

If I Should Fall From Grace With God by The Pogues

I had to skip Fairytale of New York. I used to really like it until one Christmas it got stuck in my head so badly I wasn't rid of it until - I kid you not - March the next year. I would wake up with it playing in my brain; it was absolute torture.

Freak Out! by The Mothers Of Invention

Apocalypse Dudes by Turbonegro

Started off sounding fun but got old really quickly

Under Construction by Missy Elliott

Midnight Ride by Paul Revere & The Raiders

Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy

Tical by Method Man

A Little Deeper by Ms. Dynamite

Ys by Joanna Newsom

Tonight's The Night by Neil Young

Beats me how this guy seems to occupy half the list in some form or another

Phrenology by The Roots

Urban Hymns by The Verve

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

Miriam Makeba by Miriam Makeba

Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits

The Contino Sessions by Death In Vegas

Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou Harris

You're Living All Over Me by Dinosaur Jr.

Garage Rock as heard from three garages away. So rough, it's jarring when one of the tracks ends on something as studio-based as a fadeout. Each song should only end when the drummer drops a stick again or when their mom tells them to pack it in because she needs to phone her sister

xx by The xx

Just do a cover of Wicked Game, you cowards

Sister by Sonic Youth

Giant Steps by The Boo Radleys

The New Tango by Astor Piazzolla

Has a cosy, Sunday afternoon TV theme kind of vibe. "Next on ITV7, it's another dangerous case for Detective Milonga in It Takes Two... To Murder"

Imperial Bedroom by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Goodbye And Hello by Tim Buckley

LP1 by FKA twigs

Sincere by Mj Cole

Would have got my two-star "not my kind of thing but I see why others might like it" rating, but no one needs two full hours of this

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

The Sun Rises In The East by Jeru The Damaja

Here Come The Warm Jets by Brian Eno

Le Tigre by Le Tigre

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

Chore of Enchantment by Giant Sand

The Lexicon Of Love by ABC

Mama Said Knock You Out by LL Cool J

Gasoline Alley by Rod Stewart

69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields

It's fun, too long, witty, unevenly sung, heartfelt, and too damn long. It's the weirdest thing, a three-star five-star album

Crocodiles by Echo And The Bunnymen

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music by Ray Charles

Born To Be With You by Dion

Step In The Arena by Gang Starr

The White Room by The KLF

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx by Raekwon

White Light / White Heat by The Velvet Underground

Pink Moon by Nick Drake

Fromohio by fIREHOSE

3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of... by Arrested Development

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen

Talking Timbuktu by Ali Farka Touré

Rio by Duran Duran

Call of the Valley by Shivkumar Sharma

Groovin' by The Young Rascals

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

evermore by Taylor Swift

Maxinquaye by Tricky

Your New Favourite Band by The Hives

Compilation albums on here giving Alan Partridge vibes. "What's your favourite Beatles album then?" "Tough one. I think I'd have to say... The Best of The Beatles"

Marcus Garvey by Burning Spear

Haunted Dancehall by The Sabres Of Paradise

Rid Of Me by PJ Harvey

One to listen to with headphones if you want to hear it at all, but worth the effort

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain by Pavement

Private Dancer by Tina Turner

The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe

Ragged Glory by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Ffs, this guy again?

A Northern Soul by The Verve

This Year's Model by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Live / Dead by Grateful Dead

Songs The Lord Taught Us by The Cramps

Some of the albums on here make me a little sad as I think I would have loved them if I'd heard them when I was 15. Now this just sounds like yer basic rock & roll with a Halloween accent :(

All Directions by The Temptations

Wonderful Rainbow by Lightning Bolt

The Next Day by David Bowie

Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush

I Am a Bird Now by Antony and the Johnsons

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco

Rattus Norvegicus by The Stranglers

Hearts And Bones by Paul Simon

Blunderbuss by Jack White

Histoire De Melody Nelson by Serge Gainsbourg

Another album which would have scored higher if it was an instrumental

Rubber Soul by Beatles

Steve McQueen by Prefab Sprout

Green by R.E.M.

Berlin by Lou Reed

Tuesday Night Music Club by Sheryl Crow

Ocean Rain by Echo And The Bunnymen

Beyond Skin by Nitin Sawhney

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

Third by Soft Machine

American Beauty by Grateful Dead

The Real Thing by Faith No More

Faust IV by Faust

Seventh Tree by Goldfrapp

The Predator by Ice Cube

Abraxas by Santana

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by The Incredible String Band

This is a terrible/brilliant album and I'm really glad I listened to it. I'd love to hear it sung by someone who can hit and hold the right notes though

The Bones Of What You Believe by CHVRCHES

Isn't Anything by My Bloody Valentine

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode

Honky Tonk Masquerade by Joe Ely

Even in a set of over a thousand albums, there's no excuse for more than one with "honky tonk" in the title, so I went into this with low expectations and even those were dashed.

Shalimar by Rahul Dev Burman

Come Find Yourself by Fun Lovin' Criminals

Scott 2 by Scott Walker

Tarkus by Emerson, Lake & Palmer

If You're Feeling Sinister by Belle & Sebastian

Hypnotised by The Undertones

Stripped by Christina Aguilera

Bright Flight by Silver Jews

Ananda Shankar by Ananda Shankar

Veered dangerously close to Pan Pipe Moods territory at times but I do enjoy a sitar

Alien Lanes by Guided By Voices

Some interesting ideas for songs. Looking forward to hearing when it's finished

Ramones by Ramones

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde by The Pharcyde

Metal Box by Public Image Ltd.

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche by Koffi Olomide

Smile by Brian Wilson

Immigrés by Youssou N'Dour

Orbital 2 by Orbital

Tellin’ Stories by The Charlatans

In Rainbows by Radiohead

Good Old Boys by Randy Newman

Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park

In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra

This Nation’s Saving Grace by The Fall

Post Orgasmic Chill by Skunk Anansie

Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Better Living Through Chemistry by Fatboy Slim

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

Protection by Massive Attack

Modern Life Is Rubbish by Blur

Trans Europe Express by Kraftwerk

The United States Of America by The United States Of America

Almost aggressively trippy in places, but I dig it, man.

Rock 'N Soul by Solomon Burke

Triangle by The Beau Brummels

Infected by The The

Before listening: I only knew this one as "the album I kept seeing while looking for They Might be Giants records in the 90s" so it's quite fun to actually get to listen to it. After: I might have really liked this if I'd heard it when it was out, as it reminds me of the early, more-political Beautiful South songs I used to enjoy back then. Music hasn't aged well, though, and never managed to escape the 80s' gravitational pull. Two and a half stars, rounded up because I'm in a good mood.

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield

McCartney by Paul McCartney

Liege And Lief by Fairport Convention

I'm such a hypocrite. I'm always complaining about country albums being like cowboy cosplay and yet I still have a soft spot for this sort of twiddly-diddly ren faire bullshit

A Date With The Everly Brothers by The Everly Brothers

They're not getting a second date, that's for sure

Kings Of The Wild Frontier by Adam & The Ants

Closer by Joy Division

Blue by Joni Mitchell

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen

Virgin Suicides by Air

Gorillaz by Gorillaz

Black Monk Time by The Monks

The Specials by The Specials

Vento De Maio by Elis Regina

Double Nickels On The Dime by Minutemen

Femi Kuti by Femi Kuti

Blue Lines by Massive Attack

Duck Rock by Malcolm McLaren

The Idiot by Iggy Pop

Arise by Sepultura

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road by Lucinda Williams

Concrete and borbdwarr

D by White Denim

If I Could Only Remember My Name by David Crosby

21 by Adele

Cross by Justice

The Undertones by The Undertones

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

Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs

There's No Place Like America Today by Curtis Mayfield

Fishscale by Ghostface Killah

Paul Simon by Paul Simon

Opus Dei by Laibach

Emergency On Planet Earth by Jamiroquai

Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Grievous Angel by Gram Parsons

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret by Soft Cell

Madman Across The Water by Elton John

Something Else By The Kinks by The Kinks

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

New York Dolls by New York Dolls

My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello

Bad Company by Bad Company

Functional rock. The musical equivalent of a midlife crisis where you buy a magazine about motorbikes, spend a Sunday afternoon comparing the gas mileage of each model, then sigh, shake your head, and place the magazine into the appropriate recycling bin

Heavy Weather by Weather Report

Feels like I've been on hold so long I've forgotten why I was phoning

Goo by Sonic Youth

The Chronic by Dr. Dre

Master Of Puppets by Metallica

You Are The Quarry by Morrissey

How Can Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel (When it's All I've Been Banging On About Since 1982)?

Fear and Whiskey by Mekons

The Slider by T. Rex

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

Thriller by Michael Jackson

Viva Hate by Morrissey

Real Life by Magazine

Garbage by Garbage

John Barleycorn Must Die by Traffic

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

The Colour Of Spring by Talk Talk

Natty Dread by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Ready To Die by The Notorious B.I.G.

Either Or by Elliott Smith

Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine by Cee Lo Green

Blackstar by David Bowie

Blur by Blur

The Infotainment Scan by The Fall

Back to Mystery City by Hanoi Rocks

The Doors by The Doors

Since I Left You by The Avalanches

Meat Puppets II by Meat Puppets

Jazz Samba by Stan Getz

Music by Madonna

Whose idea was it to take the voice of one of the most famous pop stars of all time and put it through the Electrogargle 2000?

Kimono My House by Sparks

Winter In America by Gil Scott-Heron

Time Out Of Mind by Bob Dylan

Melody A.M. by Röyksopp

Justified by Justin Timberlake

This album made me feel like I was being groomed

Apple Venus Volume 1 by XTC

Violator by Depeche Mode

Pyromania by Def Leppard

Yeah, it's shallow and cheesy, but if I'd had a skinful in the Solid and walked into the Cathouse while they were playing something off this I'd be well into it. Five star party music, but I'm listening on my way to work so it gets three. Tough break, DL, bad timing

Come Away With Me by Norah Jones

Peter Gabriel 3 by Peter Gabriel

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) by Simple Minds

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis

Psychocandy by The Jesus And Mary Chain

Feels like I've just nipped out of the student union for a cigarette

Legalize It by Peter Tosh

All That You Can't Leave Behind by U2

Nighthawks At The Diner by Tom Waits

Black Holes and Revelations by Muse

FRED: its time to find out who this so-called "muse" really is! (Everyone gasped as the mask is removed, to reveal...) SHAGGY: U2?!

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite by Maxwell

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

Like Water For Chocolate by Common

Scott 4 by Scott Walker

Our Aim Is To Satisfy by Red Snapper

A Girl Called Dusty by Dusty Springfield

Signing Off by UB40

Spiderland by Slint

Eternally Yours by The Saints

Brown Sugar by D'Angelo

Yank Crime by Drive Like Jehu

Welcome to the Afterfuture by Mike Ladd

25 by Adele

Dust by Screaming Trees

Pump by Aerosmith

Pelican West by Haircut 100

Dirty by Sonic Youth

Live At The Regal by B.B. King

The Grand Tour by George Jones

Music Has The Right To Children by Boards of Canada

Bitches Brew by Miles Davis

Moby Grape by Moby Grape

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

Odessa by Bee Gees

Dig Me Out by Sleater-Kinney

The Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips

Next by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

Pacific Ocean Blue by Dennis Wilson

Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

The Slim Shady LP by Eminem

Lam Toro by Baaba Maal

Bert Jansch by Bert Jansch

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith

Done By The Forces Of Nature by Jungle Brothers

Sweet Baby James by James Taylor

Damaged by Black Flag

Heaux Tales by Jazmine Sullivan

Bone Machine by Tom Waits

Parallel Lines by Blondie

Machine Head by Deep Purple

Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin

Os Mutantes by Os Mutantes

Forever Changes by Love

Gentlemen by The Afghan Whigs

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield

Unhalfbricking by Fairport Convention

Soul Mining by The The

Playing With Fire by Spacemen 3

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes by TV On The Radio

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

I feel like this is a treasured family heirloom someone has brought into a pawn shop, and I'm the surly guy behind the counter, shrugging and saying, "three stars, that's as high as I can go."

Music From Big Pink by The Band

Rain Dogs by Tom Waits

Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

Traffic by Traffic

Bubble And Scrape by Sebadoh

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys

Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix

Rocks by Aerosmith

Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple

In It For The Money by Supergrass

Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder

Guero by Beck

An easy five star. I bought this one when it came out, then the remix album, then tracked down all the weird chiptune mixes and b-sides

Risque by CHIC

Roots by Sepultura

Moss Side Story by Barry Adamson

Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

Timeless by Goldie

Two hours?! Why are D&B albums always so flipping long? It's not some operatic concept album, it's a drum machine having a frantic wank

The Clash by The Clash

The Renaissance by Q-Tip

She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper

Wild Gift by X

Vanishing Point by Primal Scream

Nevermind by Nirvana

Rings Around The World by Super Furry Animals

Disraeli Gears by Cream

Kenya by Machito

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

One World by John Martyn

Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones

A Night At The Opera by Queen

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

Youth And Young Manhood by Kings of Leon

Talk Talk Talk by The Psychedelic Furs

Back To Black by Amy Winehouse

Here Are the Sonics by The Sonics

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

The Score by Fugees

In Our Heads by Hot Chip

Bluesbreakers by John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder

Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan

Elvis Is Back by Elvis Presley

Shaka Zulu by Ladysmith Black Mambazo

At Budokan by Cheap Trick

There's A Riot Goin' On by Sly & The Family Stone

Truth And Soul by Fishbone

OK by Talvin Singh

Brutal Youth by Elvis Costello

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo by The Byrds

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin

Wild Wood by Paul Weller

Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds

Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos

Like A Prayer by Madonna

Eagles by Eagles

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water by Limp Bizkit

All Hail the Queen by Queen Latifah

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim by Frank Sinatra

Surprisingly maudlin

Faith by George Michael

Ctrl by SZA

Harvest by Neil Young

Porcupine by Echo And The Bunnymen

Ritual De Lo Habitual by Jane's Addiction

Water From An Ancient Well by Abdullah Ibrahim

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith

Palo Congo by Sabu

Made In Japan by Deep Purple

Points off for excessive soloing

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

James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown

Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield

Even guest vocals from the Tasmanian Devil couldn't save this one

Rapture by Anita Baker

Arrival by ABBA

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

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying by Megadeth

Scissor Sisters by Scissor Sisters

Celebrity Skin by Hole

Rhythm Nation 1814 by Janet Jackson

The World is a Ghetto by War

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles

At Mister Kelly's by Sarah Vaughan

Drunk by Thundercat

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry by Billy Bragg

Highly Evolved by The Vines

The Good, The Bad & The Queen by The Good, The Bad & The Queen

Queen II by Queen

Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear

The Blueprint by JAY Z

Hard Again by Muddy Waters

C'est Chic by CHIC

Killing Joke by Killing Joke

Aqualung by Jethro Tull

Solid Air by John Martyn

Larks' Tongues In Aspic by King Crimson

Peter Gabriel by Peter Gabriel

Permission to Land by The Darkness

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables by Dead Kennedys

Dummy by Portishead

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels by Dexys Midnight Runners

Of all the midnight runners on this list, Dexy's is one of them. I enjoyed this album, but it loses a star for that one song that begins with a load of squelchy mouth-sound whispering, like ASMR employed as an emetic.

I See A Darkness by Bonnie "Prince" Billy

461 Ocean Boulevard by Eric Clapton

Machine Gun Etiquette by The Damned

Heroes by David Bowie

Third by Portishead

Mask by Bauhaus

Power In Numbers by Jurassic 5

Smash by The Offspring

Teenage Head by Flamin' Groovies

Loveless by My Bloody Valentine

Kala by M.I.A.

Joan Armatrading by Joan Armatrading

Shake Your Money Maker by The Black Crowes

Exit Planet Dust by The Chemical Brothers

Horses by Patti Smith

Night Life by Ray Price

At San Quentin by Johnny Cash

Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

I Against I by Bad Brains

A Short Album About Love by The Divine Comedy

16 Lovers Lane by The Go-Betweens

Crazysexycool by TLC

Face to Face by The Kinks

Music From The Penguin Cafe by Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Mott by Mott The Hoople

Lady In Satin by Billie Holiday

Younger Than Yesterday by The Byrds

Raw Power by The Stooges

Hysteria by Def Leppard

Second Toughest In The Infants by Underworld

Vivid by Living Colour

Untitled (Black Is) by SAULT

Liquid Swords by GZA

Leftism by Leftfield

If I wanted to get a headache while listening to incessant beeping, I wouldn't keep replacing the batteries in my carbon monoxide detector

The Rise & Fall by Madness

Beauty And The Beat by The Go-Go's

After The Gold Rush by Neil Young

2112 by Rush

Medúlla by Björk

A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground

Group Sex by Circle Jerks

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman by John Zorn

Mama's Gun by Erykah Badu

Entertainment by Gang Of Four

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus

American Gothic by David Ackles

The Last Broadcast by Doves

Dare! by The Human League

Walking Wounded by Everything But The Girl

Teenager Of The Year by Frank Black

Cafe Bleu by The Style Council

Feels like listening to tracks from three separate albums on shuffle

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

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail by Buck Owens

Transformer by Lou Reed

Slayed? by Slade

Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters

Who's Next by The Who

Teen Dream by Beach House

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury by The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

E.V.O.L. by Sonic Youth

Sunshine Superman by Donovan

Dog Man Star by Suede

The Gilded Palace Of Sin by The Flying Burrito Brothers

That band name was writing some big cheques that the music had no intention of cashing

Slanted And Enchanted by Pavement

Underwater Moonlight by The Soft Boys

It's unusual for me to listen past the core tracks of the original release on an extended special edition, but I loved every minute of that. Gave me proto-TMBG vibes in several places which is an additional point from me every time

Let It Be by The Replacements

Songs From A Room by Leonard Cohen

Fisherman's Blues by The Waterboys

Dr. Octagonecologyst by Dr. Octagon

Shaft by Isaac Hayes

Kenza by Khaled

Modern Kosmology by Jane Weaver

Only By The Night by Kings of Leon

This Is Fats Domino by Fats Domino

Electric by The Cult

Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple

Cupid & Psyche 85 by Scritti Politti

Me Against The World by 2Pac

Fly Or Die by N.E.R.D

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Bug by Dinosaur Jr.

La Revancha Del Tango by Gotan Project

Scream, Dracula, Scream by Rocket From The Crypt

Nothing's Shocking by Jane's Addiction

Boy In Da Corner by Dizzee Rascal

Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth

I don't know why - because it feels like it should be My Kind of Music - but Sonic Youth has always left me cold. Nothing about it grabs me.

Heroes to Zeros by The Beta Band

Elastica by Elastica

Armed Forces by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 by George Michael

Just to add insult to injury, the chorus to Freedom '90 contains the world's first recorded rickroll

Ten by Pearl Jam

GI by Germs

1999 by Prince

Architecture And Morality by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell