1001 Albums Summary

A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay

Stop after the hits

Doolittle by Pixies

I have heard so much good about this album, and cannot figure out why. I find it really bad.

Ellington at Newport by Duke Ellington

Aja by Steely Dan

Disraeli Gears by Cream

Nice blues rock

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

Good, but not great. Stevie Wonder has made better albums.

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens

Decent, but more odd than good.

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

Metallica by Metallica

Stardust by Willie Nelson

Soft country classic

Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys

Groundbreaking.

Reign In Blood by Slayer

A classic trash metal album.

In Rainbows by Radiohead

Garbage by Garbage

Nice electro pop/rock

Hotel California by Eagles

Country rock at its best

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water by Limp Bizkit

Da Capo by Love

A Girl Called Dusty by Dusty Springfield

Hard Again by Muddy Waters

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche by Koffi Olomide

Nice, but a bit generic.

Mermaid Avenue by Billy Bragg

Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds

Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin

After The Gold Rush by Neil Young

Kollaps by Einstürzende Neubauten

Innovative, but probably best heard live.

Marquee Moon by Television

Nice pop/rock

Mama's Gun by Erykah Badu

Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival

All Mod Cons by The Jam

The Specials by The Specials

Darklands by The Jesus And Mary Chain

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins

A bit long.

The Bends by Radiohead

Rock Radiohead is best Radiohead.

Nowhere by Ride

Nilsson Schmilsson by Harry Nilsson

1999 by Prince

Take Me Apart by Kelela

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

Djam Leelii by Baaba Maal

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

American Beauty by Grateful Dead

Scream, Dracula, Scream by Rocket From The Crypt

Welcome To The Pleasuredome by Frankie Goes To Hollywood

The Yes Album by Yes

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

At Budokan by Cheap Trick

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

White Light / White Heat by The Velvet Underground

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Now I Got Worry by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Untitled (Black Is) by SAULT

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis

Low-Life by New Order

Roger the Engineer by The Yardbirds

Go Girl Crazy by The Dictators

Want One by Rufus Wainwright

Ramones by Ramones

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Fromohio by fIREHOSE

A Night At The Opera by Queen

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding

Here's Little Richard by Little Richard

L.A. Woman by The Doors

The Contino Sessions by Death In Vegas

The Coral by The Coral

21 by Adele

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

Tidal by Fiona Apple

Scum by Napalm Death

2112 by Rush

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted by Ice Cube

Gorillaz by Gorillaz

Suzanne Vega by Suzanne Vega

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake

Eliminator by ZZ Top

The Last Of The True Believers by Nanci Griffith

White Light by Gene Clark

In It For The Money by Supergrass

Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues

Abbey Road by Beatles

The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden

Slipknot by Slipknot

Ritual De Lo Habitual by Jane's Addiction

Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs

Cross by Justice

Black Holes and Revelations by Muse

Countdown To Ecstasy by Steely Dan

Strange Cargo III by William Orbit

One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic

Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin

The Healer by John Lee Hooker

I Against I by Bad Brains

Vulgar Display Of Power by Pantera

Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden

Africa Brasil by Jorge Ben Jor

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus

Femi Kuti by Femi Kuti

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

Grace by Jeff Buckley

Bossanova by Pixies

The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett

Warehouse: Songs And Stories by Hüsker Dü

Murmur by R.E.M.

Dirt by Alice In Chains

Greetings From L.A. by Tim Buckley

Faith by George Michael

Highway to Hell by AC/DC

Mothership Connection by Parliament

Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson

25 by Adele

All Hope Is Gone by Slipknot

Being There by Wilco

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg by Jerry Lee Lewis

Nevermind by Nirvana

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession by Laura Nyro

Queen Of Denmark by John Grant

Murder Ballads by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Abraxas by Santana

The College Dropout by Kanye West

The Slim Shady LP by Eminem

Thriller by Michael Jackson

Medúlla by Björk

In Utero by Nirvana

All Directions by The Temptations

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

The Joshua Tree by U2

Who's Next by The Who

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

Berlin by Lou Reed

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

Everything Must Go by Manic Street Preachers

There's No Place Like America Today by Curtis Mayfield

The Sounds Of India by Ravi Shankar

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

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

California by American Music Club

At Mister Kelly's by Sarah Vaughan

Feast of Wire by Calexico

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes

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

Wtf

Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt

American Idiot by Green Day

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter

This Is Fats Domino by Fats Domino

Highly Evolved by The Vines

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

Nixon by Lambchop

Funeral by Arcade Fire

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

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

The Atomic Mr Basie by Count Basie & His Orchestra

Step In The Arena by Gang Starr

Chris by Christine and the Queens

Power In Numbers by Jurassic 5

Live At Leeds by The Who

Synchronicity by The Police

The Who Sell Out by The Who

The Real Thing by Faith No More

Definitely Maybe by Oasis

S&M by Metallica

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Urban Hymns by The Verve

The Dreaming by Kate Bush

Chirping Crickets by Buddy Holly & The Crickets

The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails

Germfree Adolescents by X-Ray Spex

The Wildest! by Louis Prima

Cheap Thrills by Big Brother & The Holding Company

Odelay by Beck

Moving Pictures by Rush

Yank Crime by Drive Like Jehu

Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder

Another Green World by Brian Eno

Sister by Sonic Youth

Queen II by Queen

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo by MC Solaar

Dummy by Portishead

Mott by Mott The Hoople

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

The Score by Fugees

Movies by Holger Czukay

All Things Must Pass by George Harrison

Destroyer by KISS

Pretenders by Pretenders

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

Aqualung by Jethro Tull

Arrival by ABBA

The Clash by The Clash

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

Ananda Shankar by Ananda Shankar

Porcupine by Echo And The Bunnymen

The Renaissance by Q-Tip

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen

I Should Coco by Supergrass

Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees

Live Through This by Hole

Made In Japan by Deep Purple

Oracular Spectacular by MGMT

Cloud Nine by The Temptations

New Forms by Roni Size

Tellin’ Stories by The Charlatans

Youth And Young Manhood by Kings of Leon

Paul Simon by Paul Simon

Different Class by Pulp

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

British Steel by Judas Priest

Le Tigre by Le Tigre

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts by Brian Eno

The Bones Of What You Believe by CHVRCHES

Done By The Forces Of Nature by Jungle Brothers

Reggatta De Blanc by The Police

Elephant by The White Stripes

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder

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

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

We Are Family by Sister Sledge

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight by Richard Thompson

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins

Machine Head by Deep Purple

Solid Air by John Martyn

...And Justice For All by Metallica

Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx by Raekwon

Electric by The Cult

Viva Hate by Morrissey

The Doors by The Doors

Beauty And The Beat by The Go-Go's

New Boots And Panties by Ian Dury

Group Sex by Circle Jerks

Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes

Coat Of Many Colors by Dolly Parton

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

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers

Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio

Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder

La Revancha Del Tango by Gotan Project

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music by Ray Charles

The Age Of The Understatement by The Last Shadow Puppets

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

Dig Me Out by Sleater-Kinney

Moss Side Story by Barry Adamson

Close To The Edge by Yes

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

Achtung Baby by U2

The White Album by Beatles

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra

Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake

Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

Whatever by Aimee Mann

Ace of Spades by Motörhead

She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper

Ten by Pearl Jam

Emperor Tomato Ketchup by Stereolab

Arular by M.I.A.

Parallel Lines by Blondie

Pearl by Janis Joplin

Natty Dread by Bob Marley & The Wailers

...Baby One More Time by Britney Spears

Bone Machine by Tom Waits

Beyond Skin by Nitin Sawhney

Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.

The Genius Of Ray Charles by Ray Charles

Illmatic by Nas

Justified by Justin Timberlake

Revolver by Beatles

Chore of Enchantment by Giant Sand

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

White Blood Cells by The White Stripes

Jack Takes the Floor by Ramblin' Jack Elliott

A Date With The Everly Brothers by The Everly Brothers

Grievous Angel by Gram Parsons

Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies

Tres Hombres by ZZ Top

Buffalo Springfield Again by Buffalo Springfield

Music Has The Right To Children by Boards of Canada

Green Onions by Booker T. & The MG's

Disintegration by The Cure

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie

Soul Mining by The The

Cupid & Psyche 85 by Scritti Politti

The Poet by Bobby Womack

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith

Live At The Harlem Square Club by Sam Cooke

Dig Your Own Hole by The Chemical Brothers

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield

Risque by CHIC

Shake Your Money Maker by The Black Crowes

What's Going On by Marvin Gaye

Get Rich Or Die Tryin' by 50 Cent

Hot Shots II by The Beta Band

If I Should Fall From Grace With God by The Pogues

London Calling by The Clash

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen

Psychocandy by The Jesus And Mary Chain

Nothing's Shocking by Jane's Addiction

Mask by Bauhaus

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis

The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd

The Only Ones by The Only Ones

Entertainment by Gang Of Four

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde by The Pharcyde

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

Dookie by Green Day

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

Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.

Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane

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

Tapestry by Carole King

Debut by Björk

Boy In Da Corner by Dizzee Rascal

Parklife by Blur

Diamond Life by Sade

The Rise & Fall by Madness

Shalimar by Rahul Dev Burman

Smile by Brian Wilson

The Blueprint by JAY Z

Better Living Through Chemistry by Fatboy Slim

Jazz Samba by Stan Getz

Smokers Delight by Nightmares On Wax

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel

In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson

Zombie by Fela Kuti

Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes

This Nation’s Saving Grace by The Fall

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

Aha Shake Heartbreak by Kings of Leon

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles

Rubber Soul by Beatles

Transformer by Lou Reed

Skylarking by XTC

Maxinquaye by Tricky

Harvest by Neil Young

OK Computer by Radiohead

Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters

Play by Moby

The United States Of America by The United States Of America

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

xx by The xx

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Back to Basics by Christina Aguilera

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

Blackstar by David Bowie

If I Could Only Remember My Name by David Crosby

Rage Against The Machine by Rage Against The Machine

Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy

Madman Across The Water by Elton John

James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

Melodrama by Lorde

Brothers by The Black Keys

Fly Or Die by N.E.R.D

(What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis

The Beach Boys Today! by The Beach Boys

Fragile by Yes

Smash by The Offspring

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

Snivilisation by Orbital

Crazysexycool by TLC

Honky Tonk Masquerade by Joe Ely

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

Stephen Stills by Stephen Stills

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis

Killing Joke by Killing Joke

Elastica by Elastica

Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell

The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe

3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul

Beach Samba by Astrud Gilberto

New Wave by The Auteurs

The Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips

Hunting High And Low by a-ha

Beautiful Freak by Eels

Roots by Sepultura

Night Life by Ray Price

Selling England By The Pound by Genesis

Rum Sodomy & The Lash by The Pogues

Moon Safari by Air

I Am a Bird Now by Antony and the Johnsons

Shleep by Robert Wyatt

Slanted And Enchanted by Pavement

Odessa by Bee Gees

Dirty by Sonic Youth

Van Halen by Van Halen

Destroy Rock & Roll by Mylo

Kimono My House by Sparks

So Much For The City by The Thrills

Either Or by Elliott Smith

Copper Blue by Sugar

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen

Let's Stay Together by Al Green

Very by Pet Shop Boys

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

Ambient 1/Music For Airports by Brian Eno

Yeezus by Kanye West

Vanishing Point by Primal Scream

Rid Of Me by PJ Harvey

american dream by LCD Soundsystem

The Grand Tour by George Jones

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

OK by Talvin Singh

Bright Flight by Silver Jews

Timeless by Goldie

Actually by Pet Shop Boys

Rhythm Nation 1814 by Janet Jackson

Dust by Screaming Trees

The Undertones by The Undertones

Hejira by Joni Mitchell

Astral Weeks by Van Morrison

Sign 'O' The Times by Prince

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

Duck Rock by Malcolm McLaren

Sulk by The Associates

Here, My Dear by Marvin Gaye

Let England Shake by PJ Harvey

Kenza by Khaled

Graceland by Paul Simon

Wonderful Rainbow by Lightning Bolt

Tonight's The Night by Neil Young

My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes by TV On The Radio

Green by R.E.M.

If You're Feeling Sinister by Belle & Sebastian

São Paulo Confessions by Suba

O.G. Original Gangster by Ice T

Sex Packets by Digital Underground

Ragged Glory by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space by Spiritualized

Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre

Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Tanto Tempo by Bebel Gilberto

The Colour Of Spring by Talk Talk

Shaka Zulu by Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz

Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra

When I Was Born For The 7th Time by Cornershop

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash

Back In Black by AC/DC

The Trinity Session by Cowboy Junkies

The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu

Private Dancer by Tina Turner

High Violet by The National

Purple Rain by Prince

Elvis Is Back by Elvis Presley

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

Shadowland by k.d. lang

Songs Of Love And Hate by Leonard Cohen

Document by R.E.M.

Konnichiwa by Skepta

Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

Music From The Penguin Cafe by Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Fire Of Love by The Gun Club

Clandestino by Manu Chao

Gentlemen by The Afghan Whigs

One World by John Martyn

Steve McQueen by Prefab Sprout

Second Toughest In The Infants by Underworld

The Next Day by David Bowie

Homework by Daft Punk

It's Too Late to Stop Now by Van Morrison

Our Aim Is To Satisfy by Red Snapper

Architecture And Morality by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

Histoire De Melody Nelson by Serge Gainsbourg

Orbital 2 by Orbital

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell

Sunshine Superman by Donovan

Ray Of Light by Madonna

Lady In Satin by Billie Holiday

The Last Broadcast by Doves

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band

The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow

Fisherman's Blues by The Waterboys

Come Away With Me by Norah Jones

Brutal Youth by Elvis Costello

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

Parachutes by Coldplay

Dire Straits by Dire Straits

The Cars by The Cars

Young Americans by David Bowie

Imperial Bedroom by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

A Little Deeper by Ms. Dynamite

The Rolling Stones by The Rolling Stones

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches by Happy Mondays

Modern Life Is Rubbish by Blur

Scissor Sisters by Scissor Sisters

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

Pornography by The Cure

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live) by Motörhead

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley

GREY Area by Little Simz

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

Shaft by Isaac Hayes

Sound Affects by The Jam

Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield

Devil Without A Cause by Kid Rock

461 Ocean Boulevard by Eric Clapton

Crime Of The Century by Supertramp

Ctrl by SZA

Welcome to the Afterfuture by Mike Ladd

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim by Frank Sinatra

Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton

En-Tact by The Shamen

Off The Wall by Michael Jackson

Electric Prunes by The Electric Prunes

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

Pump by Aerosmith

Your New Favourite Band by The Hives

Music by Madonna

Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós

Pink Moon by Nick Drake

Gasoline Alley by Rod Stewart

Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones

You've Come a Long Way Baby by Fatboy Slim

Vauxhall And I by Morrissey

Life Thru A Lens by Robbie Williams

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

This Year's Model by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

The World is a Ghetto by War

Giant Steps by The Boo Radleys

Wild Gift by X

Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix