1001 Albums Summary

Parachutes by Coldplay

★★★★★

Coldplay has an iconic sound, distinct from anyone else I’ve ever listened to. Sonically distinct, curious message in their lyrics. Puts me in a thoughtful mood.

Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone

★★★★★

Crime Of The Century by Supertramp

★★★★★

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

★★★★★

Madman Across The Water by Elton John

★★★★★

Let's Stay Together by Al Green

★★★★★

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin

★★★★★

Revolver by Beatles

★★★★★

Channel Orange by Frank Ocean

★★★★★

Purple Rain by Prince

★★★★★

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles

★★★★★

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder

★★★★★

Queens of the Stone Age by Queens Of The Stone Age

★★★★★

Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

★★★★★

Triangle by The Beau Brummels

★★★★★

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones

★★★★★

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

★★★★★

Violator by Depeche Mode

★★★★★

Picture Book by Simply Red

★★★★★

Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple

★★★★★

Suicide by Suicide

★★★★★

Hard to listen to… so depressing. The X-ray notes said they were ‘confrontational performers’. And I can understand they must have been to be able to create this kind of sound without ending it all immediately afterward.

Call of the Valley by Shivkumar Sharma

★★★★★

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

★★★★★

Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden

★★★★★

Different Class by Pulp

★★★★★

Tigermilk by Belle & Sebastian

★★★★★

Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys

★★★★★

John Barleycorn Must Die by Traffic

★★★★★

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

★★★★★

The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd

★★★★★

Melody A.M. by Röyksopp

★★★★★

Suzanne Vega by Suzanne Vega

★★★★★

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

★★★★★

The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe

★★★★★

Suede by Suede

★★★★★

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

★★★★★

Black Holes and Revelations by Muse

★★★★★

Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz

★★★★★

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding

★★★★★

John Prine by John Prine

★★★★★

Blue Lines by Massive Attack

★★★★★

1984 by Van Halen

★★★★★

Shaft by Isaac Hayes

★★★★★

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

★★★★★

Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos

★★★★★

Ill Communication by Beastie Boys

★★★★★

Coles Corner by Richard Hawley

★★★★★

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson

★★★★★

Electric by The Cult

★★★★★

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

★★★★★

Fragile by Yes

★★★★★

Love this sound, but Roundabout is really the best of the bunch.

Grace by Jeff Buckley

★★★★★

So Much For The City by The Thrills

★★★★★

It was like nails on a chalkboard.

Like Water For Chocolate by Common

★★★★★

The driving beat was just… monotonous. The rhymes were good, but just too much sameness.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra

★★★★★

Entertainment by Gang Of Four

★★★★★

Punk’s not my thing - just doesn’t flow, makes me edgy. But maybe that’s the point. This album was at least consistent and made me pay attention. I can appreciate the musicians’ artistry. This sound can’t be easy to reproduce consistently.

The White Album by Beatles

★★★★★

I had never listened to the White Album before. Iconic. But I’m still not a Beatles fan.

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

★★★★★

You Are The Quarry by Morrissey

★★★★★

You're Living All Over Me by Dinosaur Jr.

★★★★★

Peggy Suicide by Julian Cope

★★★★★

Play by Moby

★★★★★

Close To The Edge by Yes

★★★★★

Boring

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle by Bill Callahan

★★★★★

Very inspired but not inspiring.

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

★★★★★

Never heard most of these songs before, but Hendrix’s sound is so identifiable. Was he high all the time…?

Junkyard by The Birthday Party

★★★★★

Noise. Just noise.

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers

★★★★★

Live At The Regal by B.B. King

★★★★★

Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

★★★★★

Nice rhythms, reminiscent of The Cars.

Can't Buy A Thrill by Steely Dan

★★★★★

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos

★★★★★

Opus Dei by Laibach

★★★★★

I was prepared not to like this album, but it grew on me as background noise…

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash

★★★★★

What a delightful classic rock album! Transports me to the 70’s with nearly every song, but I heard a few tunes that surprised and delighted me. Excellent!

Back to Basics by Christina Aguilera

★★★★★

Young Americans by David Bowie

★★★★★

Best track is Fame. The rest are sorta meh…

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

★★★★★

Interesting late ‘80s feel.

Brothers by The Black Keys

★★★★★

Amnesiac by Radiohead

★★★★★

Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters

★★★★★

C'est Chic by CHIC

★★★★★

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

★★★★★

Here Come The Warm Jets by Brian Eno

★★★★★

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith

★★★★★

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

★★★★★

Synchronicity by The Police

★★★★★

Djam Leelii by Baaba Maal

★★★★★

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire

★★★★★

Bandwagonesque by Teenage Fanclub

★★★★★

Group Sex by Circle Jerks

★★★★★

On The Beach by Neil Young

★★★★★

Peter Gabriel 3 by Peter Gabriel

★★★★★

Highway to Hell by AC/DC

★★★★★

The Stooges by The Stooges

★★★★★

Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder

★★★★★

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69) by Ministry

★★★★★

The Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips

★★★★★

Melodrama by Lorde

★★★★★

Ocean Rain by Echo And The Bunnymen

★★★★★

Berlin by Lou Reed

★★★★★

21 by Adele

★★★★★

Eagles by Eagles

★★★★★

The hits are timeless. The rest…. Not so much.

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

★★★★★

Medúlla by Björk

★★★★★

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen

★★★★★

69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields

★★★★★

Something/Anything? by Todd Rundgren

★★★★★

Vulnicura by Björk

★★★★★

Horrible noises

Superunknown by Soundgarden

★★★★★

School's Out by Alice Cooper

★★★★★

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

★★★★★

Truth And Soul by Fishbone

★★★★★

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk

★★★★★

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room by Dwight Yoakam

★★★★★

Classic country at its best!

Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes

★★★★★

Moon Safari by Air

★★★★★

Great mood music. Very soothing and very retro.

Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs

★★★★★

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

★★★★★

This album has always felt like an American Opera to me. Classic. Meatloaf died too young!

Trafalgar by Bee Gees

★★★★★

The World is a Ghetto by War

★★★★★

Dire Straits by Dire Straits

★★★★★

Bad by Michael Jackson

★★★★★

Such iconic music, so classically MJ. So sad he’s gone so soon.

Arise by Sepultura

★★★★★

Death metal just ain’t right.

Buffalo Springfield Again by Buffalo Springfield

★★★★★

Crazysexycool by TLC

★★★★★

Jazz Samba by Stan Getz

★★★★★

Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan

★★★★★

Remedy by Basement Jaxx

★★★★★

I'm Your Man by Leonard Cohen

★★★★★

Elephant Mountain by The Youngbloods

★★★★★

Remain In Light by Talking Heads

★★★★★

The Slim Shady LP by Eminem

★★★★★

Disintegration by The Cure

★★★★★

American Beauty by Grateful Dead

★★★★★

Sound Affects by The Jam

★★★★★

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

★★★★★

Rio by Duran Duran

★★★★★

Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

★★★★★

I Should Coco by Supergrass

★★★★★

Oar by Alexander 'Skip' Spence

★★★★★

Kings Of The Wild Frontier by Adam & The Ants

★★★★★

Thriller by Michael Jackson

★★★★★

Pacific Ocean Blue by Dennis Wilson

★★★★★

Nothing's Shocking by Jane's Addiction

★★★★★

Sea Change by Beck

★★★★★

Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

★★★★★

Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin

★★★★★

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

★★★★★

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

★★★★★

I did not know Zappa did Jazz!

Modern Life Is Rubbish by Blur

★★★★★

Debut by Björk

★★★★★

Countdown To Ecstasy by Steely Dan

★★★★★

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

★★★★★

Made In Japan by Deep Purple

★★★★★

In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson

★★★★★

Pretenders by Pretenders

★★★★★

Calenture by The Triffids

★★★★★

The Doors by The Doors

★★★★★

The Pleasure Principle by Gary Numan

★★★★★

São Paulo Confessions by Suba

★★★★★

Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio

★★★★★

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield

★★★★★

White Light / White Heat by The Velvet Underground

★★★★★

This was almost painful to listen to.

American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash

★★★★★

Aqualung by Jethro Tull

★★★★★

Nick Of Time by Bonnie Raitt

★★★★★

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

★★★★★

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive by Merle Haggard

★★★★★

My Generation by The Who

★★★★★

The Poet by Bobby Womack

★★★★★

Unhalfbricking by Fairport Convention

★★★★★

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis

★★★★★

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes by TV On The Radio

★★★★★

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

★★★★★

The Chronic by Dr. Dre

★★★★★

Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell

★★★★★

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

★★★★★

Fuzzy Logic by Super Furry Animals

★★★★★

Immigrés by Youssou N'Dour

★★★★★

Chirping Crickets by Buddy Holly & The Crickets

★★★★★

Back In Black by AC/DC

★★★★★

Tonight's The Night by Neil Young

★★★★★

Happy Trails by Quicksilver Messenger Service

★★★★★

Live / Dead by Grateful Dead

★★★★★

A Wizard, A True Star by Todd Rundgren

★★★★★

The Contino Sessions by Death In Vegas

★★★★★

American Idiot by Green Day

★★★★★

Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors

★★★★★

Bad Company by Bad Company

★★★★★

Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder

★★★★★

The Sun Rises In The East by Jeru The Damaja

★★★★★

Screamadelica by Primal Scream

★★★★★

Seventh Tree by Goldfrapp

★★★★★

More Specials by The Specials

★★★★★

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite by Maxwell

★★★★★

All That You Can't Leave Behind by U2

★★★★★

Garbage by Garbage

★★★★★

Honky Tonk Heroes by Waylon Jennings

★★★★★

Country Life by Roxy Music

★★★★★

Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

★★★★★

The Nightfly by Donald Fagen

★★★★★

Lam Toro by Baaba Maal

★★★★★

Porcupine by Echo And The Bunnymen

★★★★★

S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things

★★★★★

Close To You by Carpenters

★★★★★

Shleep by Robert Wyatt

★★★★★

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

★★★★★

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

★★★★★

The Trinity Session by Cowboy Junkies

★★★★★

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession by Laura Nyro

★★★★★

Blackstar by David Bowie

★★★★★

evermore by Taylor Swift

★★★★★

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim by Frank Sinatra

★★★★★

Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou Harris

★★★★★

Lazer Guided Melodies by Spiritualized

★★★★★

All Things Must Pass by George Harrison

★★★★★

Music For The Jilted Generation by The Prodigy

★★★★★

Master Of Puppets by Metallica

★★★★★

Sail Away by Randy Newman

★★★★★

Broken English by Marianne Faithfull

★★★★★

If You're Feeling Sinister by Belle & Sebastian

★★★★★

Tago Mago by Can

★★★★★

Bone Machine by Tom Waits

★★★★★

Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart

★★★★★

Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan

★★★★★

Elvis Is Back by Elvis Presley

★★★★★

Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock

★★★★★

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

★★★★★

Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

★★★★★

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

★★★★★

Something Else By The Kinks by The Kinks

★★★★★

3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers

★★★★★

Next by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

★★★★★

Basket of Light by Pentangle

★★★★★

Parklife by Blur

★★★★★

90 by 808 State

★★★★★

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

★★★★★

Foxbase Alpha by Saint Etienne

★★★★★

Youth And Young Manhood by Kings of Leon

★★★★★

Very by Pet Shop Boys

★★★★★

Murmur by R.E.M.

★★★★★

american dream by LCD Soundsystem

★★★★★

We Are Family by Sister Sledge

★★★★★

Guitar Town by Steve Earle

★★★★★

Post Orgasmic Chill by Skunk Anansie

★★★★★

The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett

★★★★★

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco

★★★★★

Kollaps by Einstürzende Neubauten

★★★★★

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

★★★★★

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin

★★★★★

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears

★★★★★

Shadowland by k.d. lang

★★★★★

Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies

★★★★★

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail by Buck Owens

★★★★★

Hejira by Joni Mitchell

★★★★★

Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin

★★★★★

Tom Tom Club by Tom Tom Club

★★★★★

Copper Blue by Sugar

★★★★★

A Short Album About Love by The Divine Comedy

★★★★★

Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre

★★★★★

16 Lovers Lane by The Go-Betweens

★★★★★

Songs The Lord Taught Us by The Cramps

★★★★★

The Undertones by The Undertones

★★★★★

Alien Lanes by Guided By Voices

★★★★★

L.A. Woman by The Doors

★★★★★

Life's Too Good by The Sugarcubes

★★★★★

Time Out Of Mind by Bob Dylan

★★★★★

Grievous Angel by Gram Parsons

★★★★★

Forever Changes by Love

★★★★★

Closer by Joy Division

★★★★★

Another Music In A Different Kitchen by Buzzcocks

★★★★★

Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes

★★★★★

Rain Dogs by Tom Waits

★★★★★

Chelsea Girl by Nico

★★★★★

Arular by M.I.A.

★★★★★

The Gilded Palace Of Sin by The Flying Burrito Brothers

★★★★★

Cypress Hill by Cypress Hill

★★★★★

Colour By Numbers by Culture Club

★★★★★

Heroes by David Bowie

★★★★★

Such talent… wasted ;(

A Northern Soul by The Verve

★★★★★

Germfree Adolescents by X-Ray Spex

★★★★★

Stripped by Christina Aguilera

★★★★★

Heartattack And Vine by Tom Waits

★★★★★

LP1 by FKA twigs

★★★★★

The Notorious Byrd Brothers by The Byrds

★★★★★

The Cars by The Cars

★★★★★

Rid Of Me by PJ Harvey

★★★★★

Skylarking by XTC

★★★★★

The Wildest! by Louis Prima

★★★★★

Solid Air by John Martyn

★★★★★

Dirty by Sonic Youth

★★★★★

Music From The Penguin Cafe by Penguin Cafe Orchestra

★★★★★

Brown Sugar by D'Angelo

★★★★★

New Forms by Roni Size

★★★★★

Truth by Jeff Beck

★★★★★

Justified by Justin Timberlake

★★★★★

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band by John Lennon

★★★★★

Hotel California by Eagles

★★★★★

Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix

★★★★★

Blood, Sweat & Tears by Blood, Sweat & Tears

★★★★★

White Ladder by David Gray

★★★★★

Manassas by Stephen Stills

★★★★★

Happy Sad by Tim Buckley

★★★★★

Night Life by Ray Price

★★★★★

Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton

★★★★★