1001 Albums Summary

Abbey Road by Beatles

Starting off with what will probably be the best album of the entire list.

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground

Ellington at Newport by Duke Ellington

Document by R.E.M.

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis

The Fat Of The Land by The Prodigy

S&M by Metallica

With very few exceptions (Bleeding Me being one), the orchestra make the songs worse. James' singing in Master of Puppets is terrible.

The Joshua Tree by U2

London Calling by The Clash

We Are Family by Sister Sledge

Album started off strong but the quality quickly faded.

Here Are the Sonics by The Sonics

Always loud, never interesting. Thankfully short.

Odelay by Beck

This is the higher end of a three.

I Should Coco by Supergrass

Another album where the one famous song isn't best

Survivor by Destiny's Child

Never-ending. Who thought a double album for a singles-oriented girl group was a good idea?

Tigermilk by Belle & Sebastian

S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things

Muck.

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

All My Friends is an amazing song. Still not sure if I really like Sounds of Silver or if it's annoying. Rest of the album is forgettable.

This Year's Model by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Electric Prunes by The Electric Prunes

Another boring 60s album from a band I've never heard of.

Green Onions by Booker T. & The MG's

Reggatta De Blanc by The Police

Hard Again by Muddy Waters

Very repetitive.

Ramones by Ramones

So many of the songs sound the same. But they're all lovely.

In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra

Would have preferred some Wee Daniel

The Specials by The Specials

Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

Dylan's best album.

Highway to Hell by AC/DC

Hadn't listened to this in 10 years. Was enjoying the first few tracks before I remembered that I don't listen to AC/DC because all their songs sound the same and are about the same things. Piss off/10.

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Mostly a bunch of songs I don't know and don't care about.

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

Fun instrumentation but nobody in the band can sing.

Celebrity Skin by Hole

Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park

More iconic songs than I expected.

1984 by Van Halen

Raw Power by The Stooges

Marcus Garvey by Burning Spear

Locust Abortion Technician by Butthole Surfers

Central Reservation by Beth Orton

Tapestry by Carole King

Boston by Boston

American Pie by Don McLean

Ugh, Americans

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned by Liars

Why is this album included. Didn't chart, not popular, not good. No signs of being a cult classic.

Thriller by Michael Jackson

Weird mix of iconic and filler.

Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes

Live At The Harlem Square Club by Sam Cooke

Parallel Lines by Blondie

Tago Mago by Can

I hadn't listened to this album in years.

The Visitors by ABBA

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

A Night At The Opera by Queen

Most overrated band in history do an OK album.

OK Computer by Radiohead

Shalimar by Rahul Dev Burman

Why is this included?

Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits

Nilsson Schmilsson by Harry Nilsson

Debut by Björk

Your New Favourite Band by The Hives

Fishscale by Ghostface Killah

Can't Buy A Thrill by Steely Dan

War by U2

Two great songs and a bunch of filler.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

The Genius Of Ray Charles by Ray Charles

If I Should Fall From Grace With God by The Pogues

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen

Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Starts off extremely strong but side two drags so much.

The Atomic Mr Basie by Count Basie & His Orchestra

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels by Dexys Midnight Runners

More Specials by The Specials

Leftism by Leftfield

Hot Fuss by The Killers

Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane

The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

Tuesday Night Music Club by Sheryl Crow

The Colour Of Spring by Talk Talk

Elephant by The White Stripes

Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

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

Deloused in the Comatorium by The Mars Volta

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Crime Of The Century by Supertramp

Live At Leeds by The Who

Metallica by Metallica

Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix

A Girl Called Dusty by Dusty Springfield

Pretenders by Pretenders

The Sounds Of India by Ravi Shankar

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake

Graceland by Paul Simon

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

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

Sail Away by Randy Newman

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins

Absolutely awful.

Ys by Joanna Newsom

Guero by Beck

Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.

D by White Denim

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield

Hot Shots II by The Beta Band

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

Sara is a beautiful song.

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

Let It Be by The Replacements

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

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

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears

Stardust by Willie Nelson

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel

Go Girl Crazy by The Dictators

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

Who's Next by The Who

I do not like The Who.

The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem

Would be a one if it didn't have Stan.

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

Nothing stood out

Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles

There is actually a lot of filler on this album.

American Idiot by Green Day

Why does this album have two 10-minute songs?

Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock

Calenture by The Triffids

Goodbye And Hello by Tim Buckley

Orbital 2 by Orbital

Boring trance

Violator by Depeche Mode

(What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis

Oasis' second best album. There's actually a lot of filler in this, listening back again (Hello, Cast No Shadow). The Swamp Song is a stupid idea.

Actually by Pet Shop Boys

Almost a 4.

Here Come The Warm Jets by Brian Eno

The Renaissance by Q-Tip

A very generous two.

Black Holes and Revelations by Muse

The College Dropout by Kanye West

1989 by Taylor Swift

Style is an excellent song, Blank Space is cool, Shake It Off is alright. Everything else is filler.

Buffalo Springfield Again by Buffalo Springfield

Beach Samba by Astrud Gilberto

Nice but nothing memorable

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith

The Band by The Band

Winter In America by Gil Scott-Heron

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

Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

Is This It by The Strokes

Vivid by Living Colour

For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music

The Clash by The Clash

Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

Stankonia by OutKast

All Things Must Pass by George Harrison

The best Beatles solo album.

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys

Their second last good album.

Africa Brasil by Jorge Ben Jor

Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone

Rio by Duran Duran

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo by The Byrds

Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg

Tres Hombres by ZZ Top

Amnesiac by Radiohead

The Next Day by David Bowie

Absurd that this is included.

Let's Stay Together by Al Green

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

A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets

Parts of this album were 0/5 and parts were 4/5. An interesting listen.

Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues

Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters

Life's Too Good by The Sugarcubes

Homework by Daft Punk

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music by Ray Charles

Blackstar by David Bowie

Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell

Pacific Ocean Blue by Dennis Wilson

New Boots And Panties by Ian Dury

Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Madman Across The Water by Elton John

Bongo Rock by Incredible Bongo Band

Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys

Electric by The Cult

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

Jazz Samba by Stan Getz

Achtung Baby by U2

461 Ocean Boulevard by Eric Clapton

69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

White Blood Cells by The White Stripes

Younger Than Yesterday by The Byrds

Happy Sad by Tim Buckley

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses

Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple

Oracular Spectacular by MGMT

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret by Soft Cell

Here, My Dear by Marvin Gaye

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche by Koffi Olomide

Fragile by Yes

Illmatic by Nas

Suicide by Suicide

White Light / White Heat by The Velvet Underground

Throwing Muses by Throwing Muses

21 by Adele

The Man Machine by Kraftwerk

John Prine by John Prine

Tonight's The Night by Neil Young

Porcupine by Echo And The Bunnymen

The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails

Cheap Thrills by Big Brother & The Holding Company

Yank Crime by Drive Like Jehu

The Bones Of What You Believe by CHVRCHES

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco

Blunderbuss by Jack White

Off The Wall by Michael Jackson

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

Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

Fisherman's Blues by The Waterboys

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Power In Numbers by Jurassic 5

Henry's Dream by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Another Music In A Different Kitchen by Buzzcocks

Live / Dead by Grateful Dead

Rock 'N Soul by Solomon Burke

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

Mask by Bauhaus

System Of A Down by System Of A Down

Teenager Of The Year by Frank Black

Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin

Smash by The Offspring

Chirping Crickets by Buddy Holly & The Crickets

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra

Green by R.E.M.

Disintegration by The Cure

Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder

The Last Broadcast by Doves

Close To The Edge by Yes

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra

Moon Safari by Air

Rip It Up by Orange Juice

Bug by Dinosaur Jr.

Larks' Tongues In Aspic by King Crimson

Very odd choice. I would have this as the 5th best Crimson album.

Play by Moby

Superunknown by Soundgarden

Group Sex by Circle Jerks

Gets a star for being so short.

Smokers Delight by Nightmares On Wax

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

Blue Lines by Massive Attack

Brilliant British dance album of the month.

Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies

Playing With Fire by Spacemen 3

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

Fly Or Die by N.E.R.D

In Rainbows by Radiohead

Rage Against The Machine by Rage Against The Machine

Savane by Ali Farka Touré

Definitely Maybe by Oasis

Better than Morning Glory.

Dummy by Portishead

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

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire

Our Aim Is To Satisfy by Red Snapper

Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins

Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin

I really dislike Robert Plant's voice. Stairway is amazing but most of the rest of the album is a slog. I'm happy that I recognised Sandy Denny immediately.

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim by Frank Sinatra

Felt Mountain by Goldfrapp

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul

Night Life by Ray Price

Blue by Joni Mitchell

She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper

The Doors by The Doors

Disraeli Gears by Cream

Face to Face by The Kinks

L'Eau Rouge by The Young Gods

Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix

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

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg by Jerry Lee Lewis

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding

Devil Without A Cause by Kid Rock

Back To Black by Amy Winehouse

Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan

Dub Housing by Pere Ubu

Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Lost Souls by Doves

En-Tact by The Shamen

Queen Of Denmark by John Grant

Funeral by Arcade Fire

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder

Clube Da Esquina by Milton Nascimento

Solid Air by John Martyn

Private Dancer by Tina Turner

Grace by Jeff Buckley

The Chronic by Dr. Dre

Music From Big Pink by The Band

Diamond Life by Sade

Hejira by Joni Mitchell

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden

Mott by Mott The Hoople

McCartney by Paul McCartney

I understand the historical significance of the album but it's so barebones and boring.

2112 by Rush

Gorillaz by Gorillaz

Harvest by Neil Young

I'm Your Man by Leonard Cohen

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain by Pavement

It's A Shame About Ray by The Lemonheads

3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers

Tidal by Fiona Apple

Rubber Soul by Beatles

Vulnicura by Björk

If You're Feeling Sinister by Belle & Sebastian

The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith

Songs The Lord Taught Us by The Cramps

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast by Badly Drawn Boy

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash

Paul Simon by Paul Simon

Street Life by The Crusaders

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

The Stooges by The Stooges

Blur by Blur

There's No Place Like America Today by Curtis Mayfield

Before And After Science by Brian Eno

Berlin by Lou Reed

Movies by Holger Czukay

Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones

The Bends by Radiohead

Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds

In Utero by Nirvana

Cypress Hill by Cypress Hill

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis

Walking Wounded by Everything But The Girl

Oedipus Schmoedipus by Barry Adamson

Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush

The Slim Shady LP by Eminem

Talk Talk Talk by The Psychedelic Furs

Sign 'O' The Times by Prince

Teen Dream by Beach House

At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches by Happy Mondays

Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

Ace of Spades by Motörhead

Purple Rain by Prince

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

Step In The Arena by Gang Starr

Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz

Manassas by Stephen Stills

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

Cloud Nine by The Temptations

Legalize It by Peter Tosh

Sister by Sonic Youth

One World by John Martyn

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

Dire Straits by Dire Straits

C'est Chic by CHIC

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

Peggy Suicide by Julian Cope

Murmur by R.E.M.

Imagine by John Lennon

A very inconsistent album but still Lennon's second best. Oh Yoko! is strangely touching.

Feast of Wire by Calexico

Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone

Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear

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

Mothership Connection by Parliament

Sound Affects by The Jam

The Madcap Laughs by Syd Barrett

Behaviour by Pet Shop Boys

Beauty And The Beat by The Go-Go's

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes

Butterfly by Mariah Carey

Loveless by My Bloody Valentine

Machine Gun Etiquette by The Damned

From Elvis In Memphis by Elvis Presley

A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) by Eurythmics

Odessa by Bee Gees

Rust In Peace by Megadeth

The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads

Suzanne Vega by Suzanne Vega

Rum Sodomy & The Lash by The Pogues

Destroy Rock & Roll by Mylo

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast

NEU! 75 by Neu!

Different Class by Pulp

In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson

After The Gold Rush by Neil Young

Stephen Stills by Stephen Stills

Superfuzz Bigmuff by Mudhoney

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

Arrival by ABBA

Entertainment by Gang Of Four

Music by Madonna

Eagles by Eagles

Zombie by Fela Kuti

Come Away With Me by Norah Jones

Apocalypse Dudes by Turbonegro

Another Green World by Brian Eno

Welcome To The Pleasuredome by Frankie Goes To Hollywood

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band

Moving Pictures by Rush

All Directions by The Temptations

Django Django by Django Django

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones

Broken English by Marianne Faithfull

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie

Femi Kuti by Femi Kuti

Autobahn by Kraftwerk

Hearts And Bones by Paul Simon

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

Chelsea Girl by Nico

Bad Company by Bad Company

Honky Tonk Masquerade by Joe Ely

Greetings From L.A. by Tim Buckley

Like Water For Chocolate by Common

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

No Other by Gene Clark

The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers

Club Classics Vol. One by Soul II Soul

American Beauty by Grateful Dead

Emergency On Planet Earth by Jamiroquai

Kings Of The Wild Frontier by Adam & The Ants

Buena Vista Social Club by Buena Vista Social Club

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin

Clandestino by Manu Chao

Signing Off by UB40

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

Vauxhall And I by Morrissey

Slayed? by Slade

Dr. Octagonecologyst by Dr. Octagon

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

Picture Book by Simply Red

Ray Of Light by Madonna

#1 Record by Big Star

Opus Dei by Laibach

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus by Spirit

Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

Scream, Dracula, Scream by Rocket From The Crypt

Groovin' by The Young Rascals

New Forms by Roni Size

The Beach Boys Today! by The Beach Boys

Vanishing Point by Primal Scream

Aja by Steely Dan

Ritual De Lo Habitual by Jane's Addiction

Djam Leelii by Baaba Maal

Forever Changes by Love

Ingenue by k.d. lang

Microshift by Hookworms

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

Melodrama by Lorde

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry by Billy Bragg

Abraxas by Santana

Back In Black by AC/DC

Time Out Of Mind by Bob Dylan

Vulgar Display Of Power by Pantera

Sunshine Hit Me by The Bees

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

Fuzzy Logic by Super Furry Animals

The Undertones by The Undertones

Low-Life by New Order

Want One by Rufus Wainwright

Dirt by Alice In Chains

Rhythm Nation 1814 by Janet Jackson

Modern Life Is Rubbish by Blur

This Is Hardcore by Pulp

Siembra by Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

Repeater by Fugazi

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables by Dead Kennedys

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo by MC Solaar

Skylarking by XTC

Darklands by The Jesus And Mary Chain

E.V.O.L. by Sonic Youth

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

Selling England By The Pound by Genesis

Station To Station by David Bowie

Roots by Sepultura

Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space by Spiritualized

Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes

Melody A.M. by Röyksopp

Garbage by Garbage

New Wave by The Auteurs

Peter Gabriel by Peter Gabriel

American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash

Fever To Tell by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin

The La's by The La's

Murder Ballads by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Kollaps by Einstürzende Neubauten

Screamadelica by Primal Scream

The Notorious Byrd Brothers by The Byrds

Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden

Prowler isn't as good as the version on The Soundhouse Tapes but this is still one of Maiden's better albums.

Doolittle by Pixies

Olympia 64 by Jacques Brel

Black Monk Time by The Monks

Hysteria by Def Leppard

Rid Of Me by PJ Harvey

São Paulo Confessions by Suba

The Score by Fugees

Countdown To Ecstasy by Steely Dan

...And Justice For All by Metallica

Unhalfbricking by Fairport Convention

Who Knows Where the Time Goes is one of the most beautiful songs in existence. None of the rest of the album really stands out.

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

Vespertine by Björk

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits

Os Mutantes by Os Mutantes

Spiderland by Slint

Young Americans by David Bowie

Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan

Histoire De Melody Nelson by Serge Gainsbourg

Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

Tarkus by Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Title track is an epic that very clearly inspired every 90's JRPG boss fight soundtrack. The rest of the album is entirely forgettable.

Rain Dogs by Tom Waits

Transformer by Lou Reed

Pornography by The Cure

Close To You by Carpenters

James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

With The Beatles by Beatles

Arise by Sepultura

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos