1001 Albums Summary

Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone

Typical instrumental-focused 60's rock. Very enjoyable, but very light on the lyrics for my particular taste.

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley

So weird to think this was the debut album... Full of classics, some "borrowed", definitely a must-hear.

Here's Little Richard by Little Richard

1999 by Prince

Classic Prince, amazing, musical and sexy.

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

Enjoyable listen, nice mix of styles

Parachutes by Coldplay

Not a fan of Coldplay. I guess ok.

Imagine by John Lennon

Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors

A bit too experimental and a-musical to my ears.

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

Stunning. Love it.

At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters

Amazing

Marquee Moon by Television

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins

The Sensual World by Kate Bush

Younger Than Yesterday by The Byrds

21 by Adele

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Gris Gris by Dr. John

Yank Crime by Drive Like Jehu

Blue by Joni Mitchell

Zombie by Fela Kuti

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets

Something Else By The Kinks by The Kinks

Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre

In Utero by Nirvana

Natty Dread by Bob Marley & The Wailers

The Chronic by Dr. Dre

I See You by The xx

Only By The Night by Kings of Leon

xx by The xx

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen

Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes

Tank Battles by Dagmar Krause

So weird, but in the best way possible. Can see why it would not be everyone's cup of tea.

Hypnotised by The Undertones

With The Beatles by Beatles

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park

Welcome To The Pleasuredome by Frankie Goes To Hollywood

4.5

Tellin’ Stories by The Charlatans

3.5

3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul

3.5

Who's Next by The Who

Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret by Soft Cell

Maybe this was groundbreaking in the 80's but it does not hold up....

Triangle by The Beau Brummels

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos

Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues

You've Come a Long Way Baby by Fatboy Slim

4.7

At San Quentin by Johnny Cash

4.5

Foxbase Alpha by Saint Etienne

S&M by Metallica

Beauty And The Beat by The Go-Go's

Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan

I just hate Dylan....

Dirty by Sonic Youth

Homework by Daft Punk

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

The World is a Ghetto by War

Live! by Fela Kuti

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde by The Pharcyde

3.5

Peggy Suicide by Julian Cope

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield

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

Club Classics Vol. One by Soul II Soul

Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth

2.5

Rain Dogs by Tom Waits

Tommy by The Who

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

Jazz Samba by Stan Getz

Doolittle by Pixies

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

The Cars by The Cars

The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe

Cafe Bleu by The Style Council

3.5

Stephen Stills by Stephen Stills

The Nightfly by Donald Fagen

3.3

Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Young Americans by David Bowie

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

Bert Jansch by Bert Jansch

Roxy Music by Roxy Music

Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens

Bluesbreakers by John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

Hejira by Joni Mitchell

Millions Now Living Will Never Die by Tortoise

Blur by Blur

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

Opus Dei by Laibach

3.5

Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

Station To Station by David Bowie

Chicago Transit Authority by Chicago

Exile In Guyville by Liz Phair

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room by Dwight Yoakam

Fear Of A Black Planet by Public Enemy

3.5

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

Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies

3.5

The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground

3.5

Dub Housing by Pere Ubu

3.5

Ramones by Ramones

3.5

Ten by Pearl Jam

3.5

Whatever by Aimee Mann

Dummy by Portishead

Electric by The Cult

1989 by Taylor Swift

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen

4.5

BEYONCÉ by Beyoncé

A Night At The Opera by Queen

Youth And Young Manhood by Kings of Leon

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

Pearl by Janis Joplin

Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes

3.5

Cloud Nine by The Temptations

Definitely Maybe by Oasis

The Slim Shady LP by Eminem

Garbage by Garbage

Hot Shots II by The Beta Band

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

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

Live At The Regal by B.B. King

Pink Moon by Nick Drake

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby by Girls Against Boys

american dream by LCD Soundsystem

Killing Joke by Killing Joke

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

Ellington at Newport by Duke Ellington

Le Tigre by Le Tigre

One World by John Martyn

Street Signs by Ozomatli

Melodrama by Lorde

Vulgar Display Of Power by Pantera

Raw Power by The Stooges

Sign 'O' The Times by Prince

American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash

Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz

Odessa by Bee Gees

Stankonia by OutKast

In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson

Now I Got Worry by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Connected by Stereo MC's

Fragile by Yes

Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.

Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós

Protection by Massive Attack

Buffalo Springfield Again by Buffalo Springfield

Street Life by The Crusaders

Liquid Swords by GZA

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

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground

Shaft by Isaac Hayes

Scott 4 by Scott Walker

Tapestry by Carole King

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

Low-Life by New Order

Rock 'N Soul by Solomon Burke

Funeral by Arcade Fire

(What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow

Elephant by The White Stripes

Vanishing Point by Primal Scream

Life's Too Good by The Sugarcubes

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

4.5

Coat Of Many Colors by Dolly Parton

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted by Ice Cube

Kilimanjaro by The Teardrop Explodes

One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses

Either Or by Elliott Smith

The Stranger by Billy Joel

Real Life by Magazine

OK by Talvin Singh

Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin

Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone

Frank by Amy Winehouse

Live At The Harlem Square Club by Sam Cooke

Dear Science by TV On The Radio

Maggot Brain by Funkadelic

Brothers by The Black Keys

Close To The Edge by Yes

Behaviour by Pet Shop Boys

Bossanova by Pixies

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk

Moving Pictures by Rush

You Are The Quarry by Morrissey

Second Toughest In The Infants by Underworld

Green by R.E.M.

Power In Numbers by Jurassic 5

On The Beach by Neil Young

Disintegration by The Cure

The Only Ones by The Only Ones

Sound Affects by The Jam

Dirt by Alice In Chains

Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live) by Motörhead

Teenager Of The Year by Frank Black

Elvis Is Back by Elvis Presley

Urban Hymns by The Verve

Eagles by Eagles

3.5

More Specials by The Specials

2.5

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

Mermaid Avenue by Billy Bragg

Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

If I Should Fall From Grace With God by The Pogues

American Gothic by David Ackles

White Blood Cells by The White Stripes

Hunting High And Low by a-ha

Amnesiac by Radiohead

Parallel Lines by Blondie

Buena Vista Social Club by Buena Vista Social Club

All That You Can't Leave Behind by U2

War by U2

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Queen II by Queen

After The Gold Rush by Neil Young

California by American Music Club

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin

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

Black Holes and Revelations by Muse

Konnichiwa by Skepta

Moss Side Story by Barry Adamson

New Forms by Roni Size

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix

Traffic by Traffic

Scott 2 by Scott Walker

Djam Leelii by Baaba Maal

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis

Porcupine by Echo And The Bunnymen

John Barleycorn Must Die by Traffic

The Genius Of Ray Charles by Ray Charles

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

Will The Circle Be Unbroken by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Peter Gabriel by Peter Gabriel

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake by Small Faces

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

Crime Of The Century by Supertramp

Murder Ballads by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Alien Lanes by Guided By Voices

Joan Armatrading by Joan Armatrading

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy

Pelican West by Haircut 100

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis

The Rolling Stones by The Rolling Stones

Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg

Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones

The Specials by The Specials

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

Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

The Man Machine by Kraftwerk

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

She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper

Basket of Light by Pentangle

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin

Boston by Boston

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

Props to whoever can make it through this

Berlin by Lou Reed

The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden

Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys

C'est Chic by CHIC

A Girl Called Dusty by Dusty Springfield

Larks' Tongues In Aspic by King Crimson

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake

Music From Big Pink by The Band

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

Goodbye And Hello by Tim Buckley

Seventh Tree by Goldfrapp

Sail Away by Randy Newman

The Fat Of The Land by The Prodigy

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith

Rio by Duran Duran

Channel Orange by Frank Ocean

Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield

3.5

Dookie by Green Day

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

Remain In Light by Talking Heads

Rage Against The Machine by Rage Against The Machine

Chirping Crickets by Buddy Holly & The Crickets

Deloused in the Comatorium by The Mars Volta

Supa Dupa Fly by Missy Elliott

3.7

Permission to Land by The Darkness

Wimpy theatre kid rock

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads

3.5

Reggatta De Blanc by The Police

Blunderbuss by Jack White

Spiderland by Slint

2.5

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens

3.5

Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters

2.5

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode

Blackstar by David Bowie

Superfuzz Bigmuff by Mudhoney

2.5

Sea Change by Beck

2.5

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

Phaedra by Tangerine Dream

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road by Lucinda Williams

Cross by Justice

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding

Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple

Master Of Puppets by Metallica

The Modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers

At Mister Kelly's by Sarah Vaughan

Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock

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

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

3.5

Raw Like Sushi by Neneh Cherry

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith

Moondance by Van Morrison

3.5

Nilsson Schmilsson by Harry Nilsson

White Ladder by David Gray

Face to Face by The Kinks

Abbey Road by Beatles

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

Let England Shake by PJ Harvey

A Date With The Everly Brothers by The Everly Brothers

Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin

3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers

If I Could Only Remember My Name by David Crosby

Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos

Time Out Of Mind by Bob Dylan

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

Crocodiles by Echo And The Bunnymen

The Beach Boys Today! by The Beach Boys

Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan

Hail To the Thief by Radiohead

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles

Nick Of Time by Bonnie Raitt

Black Metal by Venom

In Our Heads by Hot Chip

Achtung Baby by U2

Night Life by Ray Price

Grace by Jeff Buckley

Mothership Connection by Parliament

Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix

The Idiot by Iggy Pop

James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown

Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees

Let It Be by The Replacements

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes by TV On The Radio

Live At Leeds by The Who

Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan

Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

Play by Moby

Mask by Bauhaus

Brutal Youth by Elvis Costello

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel

Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin

Histoire De Melody Nelson by Serge Gainsbourg

Beach Samba by Astrud Gilberto

Boring

Gasoline Alley by Rod Stewart

Off The Wall by Michael Jackson

GI by Germs

Style over substance

Feast of Wire by Calexico

All Directions by The Temptations

Chore of Enchantment by Giant Sand

Hot Fuss by The Killers

Calenture by The Triffids

Odelay by Beck

School's Out by Alice Cooper

Scissor Sisters by Scissor Sisters

Document by R.E.M.

Heartattack And Vine by Tom Waits

The Madcap Laughs by Syd Barrett

Olympia 64 by Jacques Brel

Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake

Better Living Through Chemistry by Fatboy Slim

2.5

Heavy Weather by Weather Report

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

Da Capo by Love

2.5

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music by Ray Charles

The Slider by T. Rex

Dare! by The Human League

1 catchy song does not a good album make

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

The Bones Of What You Believe by CHVRCHES

Group Sex by Circle Jerks

1.5

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim by Frank Sinatra

So by Peter Gabriel

Dust by Screaming Trees

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water by Limp Bizkit

If Nu-Metal had to have some representation of this list, this was a poor choice.....

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

A Short Album About Love by The Divine Comedy

Destroy Rock & Roll by Mylo

Very by Pet Shop Boys

Hard Again by Muddy Waters

Drunk by Thundercat

Sister by Sonic Youth

Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo by The Byrds

Rust In Peace by Megadeth

Is This It by The Strokes

Eliminator by ZZ Top

Can't Buy A Thrill by Steely Dan

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast

Reign In Blood by Slayer

Justified by Justin Timberlake

Has undeniable bangers, you can really tell he wanted to be the next Michael Jackson but uffff ALL the songs could have been 40 seconds shorter... They all trail off and repeat the same thing for FAR too long, also "Right for me" is atrocious.

Caetano Veloso by Caetano Veloso

Headquarters by The Monkees

Double Nickels On The Dime by Minutemen

Long but bearable, can see the influence on future artists

Paris 1919 by John Cale

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones

Stripped by Christina Aguilera

All Hail the Queen by Queen Latifah

3.5

Your Arsenal by Morrissey

This Is Hardcore by Pulp

Trafalgar by Bee Gees

Graceland by Paul Simon

Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand

Might have been groundbreaking at the time but somehow does not stand the test of time. Or maybe I am less nostalgic about it than other indie-rock of the time.

Tragic Songs of Life by The Louvin Brothers

Pyromania by Def Leppard

2.5

So Much For The City by The Thrills

Psychocandy by The Jesus And Mary Chain

2.7

Devotional Songs by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Stardust by Willie Nelson

Talking Timbuktu by Ali Farka Touré

3.5

Dire Straits by Dire Straits

Soul Mining by The The

Planet Rock: The Album by Afrika Bambaataa

The Last Of The True Believers by Nanci Griffith

1.5

Sunshine Superman by Donovan

Rocks by Aerosmith

Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt

Discount Syd Barrett. I get dreamy, psychedelic but this is belligerent.

1977 by Ash

Vulnicura by Björk

Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses

Our Aim Is To Satisfy by Red Snapper

Vespertine by Björk

Bad Company by Bad Company

2.5

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

Coles Corner by Richard Hawley

Made In Japan by Deep Purple

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

Call it performance art maybe, but half the time it wasn't music.

Next by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

Timeless by Goldie

3.5

S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things

2.7

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

Kenza by Khaled

2.5

Fromohio by fIREHOSE

2.7

There's No Place Like America Today by Curtis Mayfield

3.5

Vauxhall And I by Morrissey

When I Was Born For The 7th Time by Cornershop

Heroes by David Bowie

The Contino Sessions by Death In Vegas

2.5

Imperial Bedroom by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite by Maxwell

Dance Mania by Tito Puente

Midnight Ride by Paul Revere & The Raiders

2.3

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins

you really can have too much of a good thing

Cypress Hill by Cypress Hill

Everything Must Go by Manic Street Preachers

Os Mutantes by Os Mutantes

3.5

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

The White Room by The KLF

69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields

Absolutely not.... 3 hours?

American Idiot by Green Day

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury by The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

4.5

Live Through This by Hole

Idlewild by Everything But The Girl

The Grand Tour by George Jones

enough with the country!

Penance Soiree by The Icarus Line

2.5

Third by Portishead

Murmur by R.E.M.

Here Come The Warm Jets by Brian Eno

Blue Lines by Massive Attack

3.5

We Are Family by Sister Sledge

tooooo long and repetitive

Rid Of Me by PJ Harvey

The Trinity Session by Cowboy Junkies

...Baby One More Time by Britney Spears

This isn't on the list for Britney. This is here to showcase 90's swedish producing.

All Things Must Pass by George Harrison

Sheet Music by 10cc

2.5

Public Image: First Issue by Public Image Ltd.

I mean I get it, not an enjoyable listen though

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor by Lupe Fiasco

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra

Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Shaka Zulu by Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Queen Of Denmark by John Grant

McCartney by Paul McCartney

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Dry by PJ Harvey

A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay

Metal Box by Public Image Ltd.

I'm tired boss...

The Rising by Bruce Springsteen

With 4 albums already on the list, did they really need to add "the boss" at his most middle-aged dad self?

It's Too Late to Stop Now by Van Morrison

2.5

Roger the Engineer by The Yardbirds

Inspiration Information by Shuggie Otis

3.5

Fifth Dimension by The Byrds

The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails

2.5

New York Dolls by New York Dolls

Actually by Pet Shop Boys

2.5

L.A. Woman by The Doors

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

4.8 had to deduct something for "Rain", otherwise amazing album.

Paul Simon by Paul Simon