1001 Albums Summary

Another classic album, one that admittedly I'd never listened to in its entirety. Half Moon is a great song I'd somehow never heard before. Her voice wasn't the greatest, but she's got the blues spirit and vibe to her like no other.

Pretty chill.

Knew about the ballads but not the faster-paced songs with synthesizer, almost Yes-ish. Sir Duke is a classic. I almost feel like I shouldn't be listening to this at work... Waaaay more songs than I thought this album had! 4 sides! How in the world have I never heard Pastime Paradise? No idea Gangsta's Paradise took from another song.

Where the Streets have No Name, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, and With or Without You is a U2 all-timer first 3 songs. After that actually the songs are kinda just okay though...

Different from the other albums so far, I like it. "Check the Rhime" is the most famous song but not nearly my favourite from the album.

Very relaxing to listen to. Good work music.

Have this album on both CD and vinyl. Classic. Hells Bells is such a great opener. Banger after banger. 5/5.

Another one I have on vinyl. Sweet Emotion is still one of the best bass lines of all time.

Ugh. I've never "got" Radiohead. At least this album doesn't have Creep. Some songs are fine, but overall just kinda "bleh" Electioneering is the song I've enjoyed the most, Climbing up the Walls as well.

Pretty chill.

What a fun listen. Funky as hell. A mix of fun fast-paced songs and slow songs for makin' it.

Some great 80s rock. TIL The Cult did a cover of Born to be Wild... Not huge on it. Good finish.

Great start with Block Rockin' Beats. Coming out of the gate strong. What movie do I know this from? Where Do I Begin is delightfully different.

I have never heard of this band, album, or genre before. Let's go. It's almost like Prog-Funk or Prog-Blues. Nice to listen to. Sound mixing is cool, almost as if it's more modern than 1971. Aumg is a weird one. Peking O as well.

Other than Rehab I've never actually listened to an Amy Winehouse song... Really sounds like an old timey lounge singer.

Solidly enjoyable. Sounds older than 1989, almost mid-Beatles-y. Don't Stop is an interesting one, almost sounds like the music is played backwards.

It's interesting. Is that... harpsichord? Some of these are really weird experimental and some are pretty normal-sounding background score.

Good working music.

I've always enjoyed rock bands with female vocalists. It's a good sound. Chrissie Hynde is a legend.

Weirdly some of the "songs" in the album playlist are just the spoken introductions to the song. Nice to listen to some jazz while working.

I feel like I'm on some sort of drug (or should be) during these. 4 (long) songs on the whole album is crazy.

Classic album. More songs than I thought - 4 sides? Some of these songs could be from the mid-late 90s. Did I just hear a backing orchestra on a punk album? I forgot Train in Vain is on this album. Hit me like a truck on the last song.

Some of these songs could easily be from the late 80s/early 90s. What a weird cover of Comfortably Numb... That is not a song I'd have imagined an upbeat version to. Really enjoyed Better Luck and Music is the Victim.

I've never heard of this band and I'm not sure why, they were around a long time and sound like they influenced 90s punk a bit. This first song actually kinda sounds like a Counting Crows song sped up and more distortion. Ice Cold Ice almost sounds REM-y. Very long for a punk album.

Having this album right after London Calling is funny because the album art from it is inspired by this one. I didn't realize Blue Suede Shoes was literally the first song on his first album. Also didn't realize he did Tutti Frutti.

Never actually listened to Kendrick Lamar before, let's go. I'm enjoying this more than the Wu Tang Clan album recently. Like the background music better. The sound effects in u were cool.

Blister in the Sun is from the EARLY EIGHTIES??? Not big on the guy's voice overall.

Classic album. The interactions with the crowd are great.

Enjoyable listen at work. None of the big songs I know of. Ends with Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata?

I love David Bowie but this one is.... weird.

I've known Nina Simone from Sinnerman, nice voice. Sweet lounge singer energy.

Enjoyable light indie song. Cause a Rockslide was an interesting one.

I recognize Railing from somewhere. Not necessarily good work music, feels like I'm on coke. Giving me restless leg syndrome. The songs are a bit too long each. Kinda got bored before finishing.

Yeessss some New Wave... Don't You Want Me is still a banger.

Sam Cooke - taken way too early Sounds like it would have been a party to be there live

"Do It Again" is such a classic. Some good ol' dad rock.

Yeeeessssssssssss Listening to More Than a Feeling at work in the morning brings me back. This album is just banger after banger. The beginning of Foreplay/Long Time goes so hard.

Pretty fun A good mix of 80s New Wave, rock, pop

This came out the same year as Happy Together by the Turtles which is insane. The headphone sound effects are cool. I generally like Are You Experienced better as an album but this one is more... weird (in a good way).

Starlight is still a great song. Whoa Assassin goes hard and came out of nowhere. Knights of Cydonia also goes hard. Shoutout Guitar Hero 3.

Shoutout Steve for his favourite biopic. Surprisingly few known hits on this one, just Stir it Up.

Ugh. The Bends is better than a usual Radiohead song. Too many of these are just boring and drone on. Just is good as well.

Oh hell yeah. Seven Nation Army will be timeless. The sound is so dirty and it works so well. Ball and Biscuit is a great blues-based rock song. Very Led Zeppelin.

Very clean sound for a live album. Shocking that it's their only live album with the full lineup. Nearly 15-minute version of My Generation? That's the stuff...

Never heard of this one. Pretty enjoyable to listen to. Has Anybody Here Seen Hank sounds like a Bob Dylan song. The celtic-y songs with fiddle are nice.

Very quick-paced. Fun but not good for restless leg syndrome. A few songs now are almost prog-y. And now we have country?

Oh baby. Top 3 Rush album. I forgot how good Witch Hunt is. Forgotten amongst Tom Sawyer, YYZ, Limelight, etc.

Not my favourite U2 album but still good. Mysterious Ways - great song.

RIP Lemmy. Coming out strong with Ace of Spades. The Who live album was surprising how clean it was. This is... not clean. But it works for Motorhead.

Great New Wave. Personal Jesus is such a great song. Enjoy the Silence is a great one too.

A great acoustic album. Welfare mothers is dirtier than I expected (sound-wise), for an otherwise light/acoustic album.

Interesting. Funky but with African sounds?

Sound like a band from before the late 90s. Weird. Goddess on a Highway is a good song.

Solid to listen to but nothing catchy yet. It Was a Good Day is catchy now.

Another Bob Marley album this quickly after the last one? Also fewer songs I recognize than I expected. Still pretty chill to listen to while working.

A classic 90s punk album. Longview is a great song, I might like it better than Basket Case.

Very chill.

This is interesting, sounds like the background music in the restaurant of an all-inclusive resort. A Banda Parade - now we have marching band music? Lol Pretty chill, some songs are almost classic Disney-esque.

Liking the bass riff right off the top. Really enjoying the sound, and the bass lines. Kinda New Wave-y but a bit of 60s Beatles sound to some of the songs too.

Keep the Customer Satisfied is a fun song. For such a famous album I thought I'd recognize more songs. Baby Driver is fun too.

Very enjoyable classic late 60s rock. Driving is very Beatles-y. She's Bought a Hat Like Princess Marina is VERY Beatles-y.

Usually love Talking Heads but haven't been huge on this one aside from Psycho Killer.

May be one of the earliest albums I listened to. Black Magic Woman and Oye Como Va for the bass lines! Sorry Steve, Carlos Santana's playing style is nice to listen to, even if it's a one-trick pony.

Banger of an album. I completely forgot about Jesus of Suburbia somehow, and that it's 9 mins long.

I know Time to Pretend, should have realized it was MGMT. I know Electric Feel too! Kids - good memories.

TIL Bjork was in a band before going solo. Almost like a mix between the B-52s and other 80s New Wave/Rock.

Comes in so hard with Custard Pie. Kashmir is still so epic.

Fun album in general. Miss Jackson is obviously the song I know best here.

Just okay

It's actually been a long time since I've listened to Blitzkrieg Bop. After the last one it's nice having an album where all songs are around 2 mins or shorter. A lot of the sounds really sound similar to each other.

Love Gin & Juice so much.

Like New Wave/rock. I'm digging it.

Oh hell yes. Gettin' fired up at work. Take the Power Back has such a great bass line. Fistful of Steel has a great guitar riff I'd never heard before.

Very weird. I recognize his voice from a bunch of movie/TV songs and stuff.

Kinda weird, can't really tell what genre it's supposed to be. Holy hell this is a long album.

Every time Hello starts I want to go "is it me you're looking for?" I've heard Send My Love before, no clue it was Adele.

Teen Spirit is obviously great but the opening riff for In Bloom goes hard. Lithium just makes me think of the Seattle Kraken now.

Pretty relaxing to listen to mid-day.

Some songs are good and fast. Some are just kind of messy.

Pretty fun and enjoyable.

Love hard rock bands with female vocalists I know Maps for sure

Orchestra!?! I like the transition into a more modern rap/club song. Oh hey I know Tightrope. Come Alive is like an alt rock song. Oooh Clair de Lune appearance in Say You'll Go!

This sounds like much more recent than 1993.

Very dirty 60s rock, I like the sound. Makes me want to protest Vietnam. I know Kick Out the Jams. Great song. Come Together starts like a Who song. Punk before Punk existed. And then the album finishes off with a psychedelic song.

Legendary album. Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam is a... weird one. Lol @ Free Bird and the Sweet Home Alabama bit.

Funky, love it. Living for the City sounds like a song to open a musical. Higher Ground! Weird without the Flea slap bass opener.

13 and a half minute opening song?? Coming in after 3 and a half minutes with some heavy guitar. And now it sounds like Primus?? Now it sounds kind of Pink Floyd-y. Now bellydance music? Weird overall.

I feel like I need to be at a Vietnam protest. I think Green River is in GTA San Andreas?

So many of these songs sound like they could have been written for a musical, which I guess is the point. They make fun of I'm in Love With my Car in Bohemian Rhapsody but it's a pretty legit song.

Very slow songs so far. The Murder Mystery is the first song I've actually quite liked so far.

Oh hey Take Five, I know this one. Generally chill, though I may be lulled into a coma in my current state.

Short album - just 6 songs. (deluxe edition quite a lot longer at 30) Already like it better than the last Velvet Underground album on here.

What an opening Immigrant Song is. So many of these songs I rarely hear, like Out on the Tiles, but are great.

What a classic.

Miracle Man sounds like Mick Jagger singing.

Oh this is like PUNK punk... Zero songs longer than 2 minutes, wow haha.

I did not expect this music based off the album cover. Coming out strong. Another album with mostly shorter songs.

Liking the bass lines.

My first owned album! Bat out of Hell comes out first like a bat out of hell. Eagerly awaiting Paradise by the Dashboard Light. More ballads than I remembered, but still rock opera-sounding.

Very upbeat, almost funk-y, but not quite. Fun.

I like her voice.

Predictably weird.

This is more proof of what I've always said. It's a pretty solid pop album, but why do people treat it like it's the most transcendent and influential musical album ever? It's pretty good.

Surprising, I don't recognize any of these songs.

Great New Wave/Pop album. Somehow I never actually knew Hungry Like the Wolf and Rio were on the same album.

I knew Alice Cooper was from the 70s but 1972 is earlier than I expected given his style. Gutter Cat vs. the Jets is an odd one. Like West Side Story with random Sci-Fi mixed in.

Loving the vibe. Love the vocals too.

It's almost like funky music with Talking Heads vocals? Ohhhh the guy was a producer for Talking Heads, that makes sense. And now the second song sounds Beatles-y? Okay Kings Lead Hat (an anagram for Talking Heads) is VERY Talking Heads.

Plainsong sounds so familiar to me. Was it in a movie? - YES, the fight scene in Ant-Man!

Enjoyable

Metallica + orchestra?? I'm intrigued. This is a masterpiece.

Loving the background beat in Ghetto Musick. This album is ridiculously long.

A couple hit songs but the supporting tracklist actually isn't as good as I would have expected.

Maybe my favourite era of REM. "Would a depressed person make this?! No!" "...I compared it to Avatar" Orange Crush is such a banger.

Pretty chill.

Surprising amount of Led Zeppelin samples in this album.

Fantastic grunge album.

Cinnamon Girl is the only song I know off the top of my head, but may know some others too. Very different vibe from the previous Soundgarden album.

Pretty chill, some cool synth parts.

It's too bad they're such shitty people because it's such a classic punk album.

6 songs?? Shortest album yet. They're longer songs at least. Oh wow this is definitely different than other albums on this list. Honestly it sounds exactly like the style of Indian/South Asian music but I can't tell if it's good or not.

Kind of grungy psychedelic? I like Medication. Like Motorhead too.

Pretty solid 90s punk-ish album. The Debt Collector is like oompha... Now a ballad? Weird combo of songs.

Classic. Starts with a banger in Come Together. Love Something too. This album has an unreal tracklist. God I love Here Comes the Sun.

Solid grungy album.

Kinda reminds me of The Cure.

This almost sounds like early U2 at some points, and then some late 90s alternative as well.

Kind of reminds me of REM in a way?

I always mix up the riffs for Gimme All Your Lovin' and Sharp Dressed Man. This album has a lot of their big hits, wow.

Funky, but with almost 60's-style synth. 11mins in and still just instrumental? Well this music is definitely different from "Rockit"...

I didn't actually know Genesis was around as early as 1974, I think of them as a late-70s/80s band. A surprising amount of 80s synth for the early/mid 70s. Counting Out Time almost sounds Beatles-y.

Well then how violent. A 1-minute interlude of graphic sex audio lol, bit awkward at work.

I know Yellow but some of these other songs are heavier than I expected from Coldplay.

Liking the samples used. Really like the early-90s style of rapping.

I've always found Bruce Springsteen fine overall but never as spectacular as boomer guys seem to.

Almost sounds like a Bond singer.

Very relaxing.

Back to back old country eh. Also relaxing to listen to. Classic country blows modern country out of the water.

On a run of relaxing-to-listen-to albums lately. I'll be honest it's an enjoyable listen but I don't see exactly why it's "one of the most important and influential in popular music".

Now here's a classic album. Some really weird songs in here between the bangers. And now I'm in Apocalypse Now.

Wow, childhood throwback. Trying to imagine how weird this album would have seemed in the 70s. ROCK LOBSTER! It irritates me I keep hearing the shortened version on the radio.

Never would have guessed this was from 1970. Wow, he died at just 26. Very pleasant listen. Now it's gotten jazzy?

Classic album with two bangers right off the start. OH that's where the line from the Natalie Portman rap came from!

Never heard of this but so far sounds like some Canadian 90s folk alt-rock, like the Corner Gas theme song. (Liverpool, ah close enough) Really liking it.

Liking Stolen Car. Almost Sarah Harmer/McLachlan esque. Nice but again, don't really get why it's a "MUST LISTEN". Starting to get a little bored.

Love New Order but never gave Joy Division a big listen before. Liking that it's more rock-adjacent. Wow, they only did 2 albums? Ian Curtis died at only 23??? I like the bass playing in a lot of this.

Lol love the spoken word parts at the beginning and end of a fast-paced punk album. Oh hell yeah.

Only ever heard Time After Time and Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, never the rest of the album. Now I associate Time After Time with Parks and Rec. It is a very good ballad. He's so Unusual is out of left field, it sounds like it's from a musical from the 50s. Yeah Yeah sounds like a B52s song.

Oh baby. Children of the Damned has a Fear of the Dark/Dance of Death vibe and I like it. The Number of the Beast is still one of the best metal songs ever. Hallowed be thy Name is a GREAT closer.

Interesting, the first song sounds familiar... Am I listening to church music?

The Jazz Flute (in Fred Armisen's voice) makes it almost sound Jethro Tull-y, but mixed with Chicago. I like the bass lines.

One of the best prog rock albums of all time.

Very Blues-y. All of the Jim Morrison-era Doors albums coming within a 4-year period is pretty crazy. The only actual favourite Doors song of mine on this album is Riders on the Storm, weird considering it's usually one of the most well-known albums.

Another album by this guy eh.

Bittersweet Symphony still goes way harder than it ever has a right to. The Rolling People kinda sounds like a modern-day U2 song. Space and Time sounds VERY U2-y.

Wow... 5 total songs? Pretty blues-y/jazzy.

A good mix of dance-y songs and ballads. Oh hey, Paul McCartney! Thriller - Beat It - Billie Jean is one hell of a back-to-back-to-back.

Funky WE WANT THE FUNK! I'd actually forgotten this was George Clinton's band.

Pretty relaxing

Not my favourite Who album but some good songs

Great set of songs. Recognize one from Guardians of the Galaxy. It Ain't That Easy is a pretty typical blues-based classic rock song. Kinda surprising for Bowie.

Interesting, kind of a mix of modern indie rock with New Wave?

Voice almost sounds like Louis Armstrong. King Louie! Very relaxing jazz, great bass lines. Love the scatting.

I'M TELLIN Y'ALL IT'S SABOTAGE. I've heard Sure Shot a lot in TV/movies. Definitely wasn't expecting some experimental violin(?) instrumental. Now Mongolian Throat singing?

The very open of the album has a very 80s synth line. I've never heard of them but I'm liking it so far, very 80s. It's almost like modern pop vocals with 80s instrumentals. Not a bad combo.

Country. At least it's older country.

Right off the top like how dirty and distorted it is. Sounds more like some rock today than 80s. Oh hey the song from The World's End!

The fact that Genesis produced both Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins is nuts. This album has 2/3 Peter Gabriel songs I know lol (Sledgehammer and In Your Eyes). Actually that's a lie I know Big Time.

A little on the nose...

A little slow. I can tell the singing is good but it's kinda like the Eurovision songs I tend to skip.

Sounds like music you'd hear on an episode of Narcos. Decently relaxing at least. Some good piano playing.

Like very lively jazz.

It's like Indian electronic? And now orchestra? Okay the repetition starts to get a bit annoying after a while.

Pretty relaxing. Huh, didn't know Paul Simon did Blues songs.

Also pretty chill.

Hell yeah. Still catches me up when I hear a vocalist who isn't Bruce Dickinson.

Good indie album. Wake Up makes me think of Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Great scene.

I like the Blues-y "It's So Hard". Ah yes, the Paul McCartney diss track.

Great Punk album - absolutely flying through the songs.

Wow and I thought the songs on the last one were short... Lol one song was literally 5 seconds. Almost like a hybrid of punk and death metal. Not a fan of the vocals, like the instrumentals though.

Chill.

Surprised this is the Black Sabbath album that made this list. Still rocks though. Wow a ballad... Daaamn Supernaut comes in hot. Snowblind is a banger too.

Holy crap this is a long album. This sounds like some GTA San Andreas style rap. Does Midnight sample both When the Levee Breaks and Black Sabbath? Body Count being half heavy metal song is awesome.

I love all the Punk/rock lately. Almost delves into some New Wave sounds.

I'd always associated these songs with just "Janis Joplin", not this band name. Great bluesy rock.

Oh hey I have a tshirt of this album cover. Love in an Elevator is a banger.

Oh hey I Wanna Be Your Dog. Always thought this was a Rolling Stones song lol. I always forget how old Iggy Pop is. We Will Fall is a really big swing in music style from the previous song.

Ha, have this one on vinyl. Money for Nothing and Walk of Life is a great back-to-back. Love the bass line in One World.

Despite Heart Shaped Box this tends to be my more forgotten Nirvana album.

First song I associate with Wayne's World 2. Just a solid classic rock album.

Nice beat and singing. The last song sounds like an old Jazz recording.

With the album title I didn't expect it to start off so jazzy.

Huge album. Way more instrumental songs than I remembered. Everyone just remembers Pinball Wizard. I still like the Overture and Underture though.

Oh yeah let's get sexy today. Everyone knows Gaye's singing but the backing instrumentals are great.

Love rock music with a female vocalist. Very dirty distortion, grungy.

The shift from the slower Beetlebum to the famously fast Song 2 is wild. And then a country ballad right after... Theme from Retro is weird.

Good working music with the steady beat.

Don't think I know any songs from this album oddly. Weird album. Not sure why it's the Prince one chosen.

Is this a whole album of ballads?

Nice to get some metal. I like that it's just a constant stream of songs with no stops in between. Keeps the energy up.

Oh hey the opening to Rock Band. Pretty great live album. I didn't realize there was originally a different version of I Want You to Want Me, I thought this was it the whole time. Oh hey I've heard Surrender in tons of movies and tv shows.

Good timing, I've had Heads Will Roll in my head for months. Love their energy.

3 pretty iconic Bob Marley songs in this album. The bass line in One Love always gets me. Great walking bass line.

A cool mix of 60s style rock but getting into the harder rock of the 80s.

Child in Time almost borders on Pink Floyd-esque. Oh this song was in Twister!

Hey GTA San Andreas memories. Solid grunge album.

I feel like I had this one recently... Maybe it was Funeral? Are Arcade Fire problematic? I like their music still.

This album really has most of their hits eh. The piano riff in Clocks always gets me. It's great.

Ha, first song I recognize from Fallout: New Vegas. Makes me feel like I should be watching an old timey Western. And El Paso transports me immediately back to Breaking Bad...

Never heard any of this before. Lots of long songs on this album. Wait is this the guy who sang Red Right Hand from Peaky Blinders? Enjoyable.

Some songs sound country and others sound Bob Dylan-y

I feel like I got this album recently? Trainspotting song. Hmm The Passenger sounds familiar too.

Oh wow I've never heard this version of I Heard it Through the Grapevine...

Holy I didn't realize how big this album is... Stan is a great song and always felt like it came from later in his career than this album.

I didn't realize this album was so massive... Independent Women - Survivor - Bootylicious is a crazy 1-2-3 punch.

What? This is fire. Soubour will be a repeated listen I can tell.

I definitely hear Neil Young in the first song. Really liking Cowboy Movie. I was expecting some country music but it's a solid blues rock song.

Basically every Fatboy Slim hit I know of are in here.

Very enjoyable.

Definitely not what I was expecting by the name. This sounds so 80s for something from 2012.

Is the one song using the opening to Moving in Stereo and bass line from Black Sabbath? Lovefool! I knew the style sounded familiar. Now Iron Man? Are these guys just big Black Sabbath fans?

I don't now why I didn't expect a mid-00s indie sound, I thought Flaming Lips was older.

Psychedelic. This seems very much like a go-between of early 60s rock and late-60s psychedelic rock.

It's alright

Wtf lol Honestly I'd be more feeling the background instrumental parts if it weren't for the vocals. Parts of this are actually kinda reminding me of The Wall.

I don't actually know if I've heard any other Kate Bush songs... Love the Irish Jig section of Jig of Life.

Some great bass playing on this album.

Very chill, good music to work to.

Throwback to Grade 8. Take Me Out still goes hard.

Love the irish folk/rock sound

A Knight's Tale! Some good bass playing on this album;

Wait what? Leonard Cohen with synthesizers? I actually really like the mix of sound.

Parts of this album actually remind me of The Wall by Pink Floyd.

I thought I only knew Walk on the Wild Side but I actually know quite a few of these. Solid album.

Great album. Love Blondie. Why say lot word when few word do trick?

Sounds Dolly Parton-y. Still beats modern country.

I like the British post-punk sound. Got some New Wave in there as well as some more traditional punk rock guitars.

More straight blues-y than I remember it being.

Ridiculously big album. It's alright.

One of their best albums. Amazing opening with the bass line in Around the World. Otherside - first RHCP song I heard! This album has some of my first forays into slap bass. I somehow forgot about Purple Stain, loved playing that.

Epic start with 21st century schizoid man. God damn a lot of these songs are long as hell.

Some of the songs are heavier than I thought for Jeff Buckley. One of the best Hallelujah covers.

Jazz flute!

Man what an album, most of their big hits all together. Why is Broken just playing Head over Heels?

Oh wow a really early Beatles album... Roll Over Beethoven, made famous by the dog movie of course. A lot of these other songs I know well from Across the Universe.

Much more chill than the previous album, and what I know of DMR.