1001 Albums Summary

Queen II by Queen

Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

Favorite Tracks: Girlfriend in a Coma, Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before

Blackstar by David Bowie

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel

Surprised I liked it as much as I did.

Joan Armatrading by Joan Armatrading

Favorite Tracks: Down To Zero Join The Boys Somebody Who Loves You Felt like back half of the record saved this for me. There was a lull from tracks 2-5.

Debut by Björk

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

L.A. Woman by The Doors

I can understand why the Doors are influential, but I feel like a lot of the bands influenced by the Doors did this style of music better than the Doors.

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches by Happy Mondays

Ingenue by k.d. lang

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

Elephant by The White Stripes

Suicide by Suicide

Talk Talk Talk by The Psychedelic Furs

Playing With Fire by Spacemen 3

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

Trans Europe Express by Kraftwerk

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) by Eurythmics

Back to Mystery City by Hanoi Rocks

The Next Day by David Bowie

All Directions by The Temptations

Spiderland by Slint

Clandestino by Manu Chao

Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes

The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

Olympia 64 by Jacques Brel

Ambient 1/Music For Airports by Brian Eno

My Generation by The Who

Station To Station by David Bowie

Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

More Specials by The Specials

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding

All That You Can't Leave Behind by U2

Countdown To Ecstasy by Steely Dan

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession by Laura Nyro

Mothership Connection by Parliament

Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Darkdancer by Les Rythmes Digitales

Heaux Tales by Jazmine Sullivan

The World is a Ghetto by War

Liquid Swords by GZA

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

Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

The Slider by T. Rex

Forever Changes by Love

Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin

Mott by Mott The Hoople

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

OK Computer by Radiohead

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry by Billy Bragg

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

The Stooges by The Stooges

Live At Leeds by The Who

Electric Warrior by T. Rex

In Our Heads by Hot Chip

Scissor Sisters by Scissor Sisters

Electric by The Cult

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis

American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash

The Healer by John Lee Hooker

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

What's Going On by Marvin Gaye

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

This Nation’s Saving Grace by The Fall

Zombie by Fela Kuti

Pink Moon by Nick Drake

Frank by Amy Winehouse

Van Halen by Van Halen

A Wizard, A True Star by Todd Rundgren

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus

Closer by Joy Division

Stardust by Willie Nelson

Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg by Jerry Lee Lewis

Melody A.M. by Röyksopp

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses

Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Aja by Steely Dan

Water From An Ancient Well by Abdullah Ibrahim

Nothing's Shocking by Jane's Addiction

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake by Small Faces

Garbage by Garbage

Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes

Abbey Road by Beatles

Cheap Thrills by Big Brother & The Holding Company

Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio

Blue by Joni Mitchell

The White Album by Beatles

Eliminator by ZZ Top

Crocodiles by Echo And The Bunnymen

Da Capo by Love

3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers

This Is Fats Domino by Fats Domino

Metallica by Metallica

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell

Paul Simon by Paul Simon

Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz

Here, My Dear by Marvin Gaye

Parachutes by Coldplay

Sheet Music by 10cc

1984 by Van Halen

7/10

Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses

American Pie by Don McLean

Deloused in the Comatorium by The Mars Volta

The Yes Album by Yes

xx by The xx

At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters

Whatever by Aimee Mann

Lazer Guided Melodies by Spiritualized

Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

Blood And Chocolate by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Rock 'N Soul by Solomon Burke

Remain In Light by Talking Heads

Sea Change by Beck

Chemtrails Over The Country Club by Lana Del Rey

Sunshine Superman by Donovan

Stripped by Christina Aguilera

Nevermind by Nirvana

Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

Back To Black by Amy Winehouse

Urban Hymns by The Verve

Achtung Baby by U2

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

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

Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welch

London Calling by The Clash

Boston by Boston

Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan

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

White Blood Cells by The White Stripes

The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd

Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan

Be by Common

Hotel California by Eagles

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads

The Band by The Band

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

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

Paris 1919 by John Cale

Future Days by Can

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

Green by R.E.M.

1989 by Taylor Swift

All Mod Cons by The Jam

Tuesday Night Music Club by Sheryl Crow

Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

I'm Your Man by Leonard Cohen

Henry's Dream by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Songs Of Love And Hate by Leonard Cohen

Ten by Pearl Jam

Manassas by Stephen Stills

Life Thru A Lens by Robbie Williams

Modern Kosmology by Jane Weaver

Feast of Wire by Calexico

Definitely Maybe by Oasis

Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde by The Pharcyde

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

Berlin by Lou Reed

Live / Dead by Grateful Dead

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche by Koffi Olomide

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

Live At The Harlem Square Club by Sam Cooke

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

Double Nickels On The Dime by Minutemen

It has interesting riffs and melody for what would be considered punk. But this genre is not my favorite and I cant give a 43 song album more than a 3 (even if most songs are sub 2 minutes)

Djam Leelii by Baaba Maal

The Doors by The Doors

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

Had reservations, but actually liked this one. 3.4/5

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith

The Sensual World by Kate Bush

Fishscale by Ghostface Killah

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith

The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem

Revolver by Beatles

Destroy Rock & Roll by Mylo

Not great but decent background music to do mindless work to.

Off The Wall by Michael Jackson

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret by Soft Cell

Peter Gabriel by Peter Gabriel

Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes

Young Americans by David Bowie

Underwater Moonlight by The Soft Boys

Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone

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

Pink Flag by Wire

Beauty And The Beat by The Go-Go's

Music From Big Pink by The Band

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

A Date With The Everly Brothers by The Everly Brothers

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

The Wildest! by Louis Prima

Bad by Michael Jackson

You Are The Quarry by Morrissey

Moondance by Van Morrison

Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys

Surfer Rosa by Pixies

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

This stinks, it blows my mind that the guy who I watch perform in the heat at 3 in the afternoon at mid tier jam fests has an album on this list. How many albums does Keller Williams have on here while were at it!

Dr. Octagonecologyst by Dr. Octagon

The Grand Tour by George Jones

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Guero by Beck

Cafe Bleu by The Style Council

Disintegration by The Cure

Happy Sad by Tim Buckley

A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay

Can't Buy A Thrill by Steely Dan

Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder

Thriller by Michael Jackson

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones

C'est Chic by CHIC

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

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

Dookie by Green Day

When I Was Born For The 7th Time by Cornershop

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

Rio by Duran Duran

Supa Dupa Fly by Missy Elliott

Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell

Bubble And Scrape by Sebadoh

Natty Dread by Bob Marley & The Wailers

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

Survivor by Destiny's Child

Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix

Blue Lines by Massive Attack

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water by Limp Bizkit

This album is awful, but should be in this list because I don't think you can explain music at the turn of the millennium without this horrible piece of art.

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

Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits

Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth

After The Gold Rush by Neil Young

Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco

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

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

Dust by Screaming Trees

Rattus Norvegicus by The Stranglers

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

We Are Family by Sister Sledge

Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush

Seventh Tree by Goldfrapp

Youth And Young Manhood by Kings of Leon

Melodrama by Lorde

Imagine by John Lennon

Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg

New York Dolls by New York Dolls

The Atomic Mr Basie by Count Basie & His Orchestra

Highway to Hell by AC/DC

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes

Like A Prayer by Madonna

Live At The Witch Trials by The Fall

The Specials by The Specials

James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown

The Clash by The Clash

Risque by CHIC

The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

The message is a good track but this album is so 80's corny hiphop that I can't get into it at all.

Reggatta De Blanc by The Police

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

Sweet Baby James by James Taylor

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

2112 by Rush

Roger the Engineer by The Yardbirds

Eagles by Eagles

The Bends by Radiohead

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

The Cars by The Cars

Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós

Le Tigre by Le Tigre

Who's Next by The Who

The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe

Chicago Transit Authority by Chicago

Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams

School's Out by Alice Cooper

Blunderbuss by Jack White

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

The Last Broadcast by Doves

Medúlla by Björk

Truth by Jeff Beck

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos

If I Should Fall From Grace With God by The Pogues

The College Dropout by Kanye West

Snivilisation by Orbital

Queens of the Stone Age by Queens Of The Stone Age

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

The Man Machine by Kraftwerk

Lost Souls by Doves

White Light / White Heat by The Velvet Underground

Here Come The Warm Jets by Brian Eno

Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand

Maggot Brain by Funkadelic

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire

Street Life by The Crusaders

Songs From A Room by Leonard Cohen

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens

Crime Of The Century by Supertramp

Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees

Myths Of The Near Future by Klaxons

Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple

Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra

Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.

Disraeli Gears by Cream

Ray Of Light by Madonna

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

On The Beach by Neil Young

Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock

Shadowland by k.d. lang

Chore of Enchantment by Giant Sand

Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash

Ill Communication by Beastie Boys

Third by Portishead

Will The Circle Be Unbroken by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Fun House by The Stooges

Garageland threatened exile from the group.

Blur by Blur

Machine Head by Deep Purple

Modern Life Is Rubbish by Blur

Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues

Two Dancers by Wild Beasts

Rage Against The Machine by Rage Against The Machine

Dirt by Alice In Chains

American Idiot by Green Day

Phrenology by The Roots

Architecture And Morality by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra

Vulgar Display Of Power by Pantera

1999 by Prince

Maxinquaye by Tricky

The Chronic by Dr. Dre

Purple Rain by Prince

Gorillaz by Gorillaz

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder

High Violet by The National

Power In Numbers by Jurassic 5

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel

Brutal Youth by Elvis Costello

Hysteria by Def Leppard

Kick Out The Jams (Live) by MC5

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

Live At The Regal by B.B. King

Tago Mago by Can

The first half smacks. Not a real huge fan of the ambient noise second half.

Marquee Moon by Television

Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou Harris

Play by Moby

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin

Highly Evolved by The Vines

Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins

War by U2

The Slim Shady LP by Eminem

I don't think there is an album on this list that has aged more poorly than this one.

Let It Be by The Replacements

You've Come a Long Way Baby by Fatboy Slim

Funeral by Arcade Fire

Low-Life by New Order

Beach Samba by Astrud Gilberto

Smile by Brian Wilson

Rid Of Me by PJ Harvey

Either Or by Elliott Smith

Colour By Numbers by Culture Club

Porcupine by Echo And The Bunnymen

Music For The Jilted Generation by The Prodigy

The Trinity Session by Cowboy Junkies

90 by 808 State

At San Quentin by Johnny Cash

Bluesbreakers by John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

The Colour Of Spring by Talk Talk

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

Jack Takes the Floor by Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Moon Safari by Air

Joan Baez by Joan Baez

Back In Black by AC/DC

The Age Of The Understatement by The Last Shadow Puppets

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk

Infected by The The

Superunknown by Soundgarden

Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt

LP1 by FKA twigs

Walking Wounded by Everything But The Girl

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

The Score by Fugees

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson

Deserter's Songs by Mercury Rev

Dig Me Out by Sleater-Kinney

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by The Incredible String Band

Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone

Homework by Daft Punk

Its fine. Its just not really my bag.

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads

461 Ocean Boulevard by Eric Clapton

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

Woodface by Crowded House

Liege And Lief by Fairport Convention

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

Oar by Alexander 'Skip' Spence

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

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast by Badly Drawn Boy

Parallel Lines by Blondie

evermore by Taylor Swift

Bandwagonesque by Teenage Fanclub

Mermaid Avenue by Billy Bragg

Third/Sister Lovers by Big Star

A Seat at the Table by Solange

Being There by Wilco

Dry by PJ Harvey

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles

Doolittle by Pixies

Buffalo Springfield Again by Buffalo Springfield

The Visitors by ABBA

In Rainbows by Radiohead