1001 Albums Summary

Kid A by Radiohead

Coat Of Many Colors by Dolly Parton

Not my kinda music, however this album conveys a sense of melancholy and yearning brilliantly

Document by R.E.M.

Didn't know that I actually knew some of these songs. Can see the influence R.E.M. have had on rock & indie since.

Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies

Can see how it influenced a lot of rock/indie since

Disraeli Gears by Cream

Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand

Master Of Puppets by Metallica

Underwater Moonlight by The Soft Boys

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret by Soft Cell

Infected by The The

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band

Jazz Samba by Stan Getz

good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar

Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix

Autobahn by Kraftwerk

My Generation by The Who

Moon Safari by Air

Viva Hate by Morrissey

Hms Fable by Shack

Fragile by Yes

Surfer Rosa by Pixies

Blue Lines by Massive Attack

Inspiration Information by Shuggie Otis

Songs The Lord Taught Us by The Cramps

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music by Ray Charles

The Cars by The Cars

In Utero by Nirvana

Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Joan Baez by Joan Baez

Low-Life by New Order

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith

1984 by Van Halen

New Forms by Roni Size

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

Tommy by The Who

Murmur by R.E.M.

Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio

Life's Too Good by The Sugarcubes

Paul Simon by Paul Simon

GREY Area by Little Simz

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash

1999 by Prince

Chirping Crickets by Buddy Holly & The Crickets

Scum by Napalm Death

Paris 1919 by John Cale

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson

Gorillaz by Gorillaz

Actually by Pet Shop Boys

Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple

No Other by Gene Clark

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

Siembra by Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

Synchronicity by The Police

Blue by Joni Mitchell

All Things Must Pass by George Harrison

The Slim Shady LP by Eminem

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens

Wild Wood by Paul Weller

Before And After Science by Brian Eno

The Man Machine by Kraftwerk

25 by Adele

Bad Company by Bad Company

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

The Notorious Byrd Brothers by The Byrds

Bug by Dinosaur Jr.

Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra

The Fat Of The Land by The Prodigy

Abbey Road by Beatles

All Hail the Queen by Queen Latifah

Your Arsenal by Morrissey

The Next Day by David Bowie

Live! by Fela Kuti

After The Gold Rush by Neil Young

With The Beatles by Beatles

Blackstar by David Bowie

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

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

Justified by Justin Timberlake

Histoire De Melody Nelson by Serge Gainsbourg

Black Holes and Revelations by Muse

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis

Forever Changes by Love

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black by Public Enemy

Superunknown by Soundgarden

Buena Vista Social Club by Buena Vista Social Club

Second Toughest In The Infants by Underworld

Honky Tonk Heroes by Waylon Jennings

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

The Wildest! by Louis Prima

Either Or by Elliott Smith

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession by Laura Nyro

One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic

Marquee Moon by Television

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens

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

Tellin’ Stories by The Charlatans

Third/Sister Lovers by Big Star

Violator by Depeche Mode

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

Coles Corner by Richard Hawley

If I Should Fall From Grace With God by The Pogues

Jack Takes the Floor by Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Be by Common

Dire Straits by Dire Straits

Tanto Tempo by Bebel Gilberto

Ace of Spades by Motörhead

Fly Or Die by N.E.R.D

Here's Little Richard by Little Richard

Stankonia by OutKast

Basket of Light by Pentangle

Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters

Young Americans by David Bowie

Tidal by Fiona Apple

Debut by Björk

Sulk by The Associates

Isn't Anything by My Bloody Valentine

A Seat at the Table by Solange

Heroes by David Bowie

Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane

Kala by M.I.A.

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield

American Beauty by Grateful Dead

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

Elephant by The White Stripes

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

Play by Moby

Warehouse: Songs And Stories by Hüsker Dü

At San Quentin by Johnny Cash

xx by The xx

Back To Black by Amy Winehouse

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

Happy Sad by Tim Buckley

Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

Dig Me Out by Sleater-Kinney

Machine Gun Etiquette by The Damned

Savane by Ali Farka Touré

Hotel California by Eagles

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

Peter Gabriel by Peter Gabriel

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Dookie by Green Day

Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen

Will The Circle Be Unbroken by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

The Modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis

Ramones by Ramones

The Yes Album by Yes

Wonderful Rainbow by Lightning Bolt

Hunting High And Low by a-ha

Horses by Patti Smith

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective

Calenture by The Triffids

Live At Leeds by The Who

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival

This Is Fats Domino by Fats Domino

Shadowland by k.d. lang

Fun House by The Stooges

Giant Steps by The Boo Radleys

The White Album by Beatles

My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello

The Specials by The Specials

Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) by Loretta Lynn

The Lexicon Of Love by ABC

Van Halen by Van Halen

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin

Abraxas by Santana

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road by Lucinda Williams

Electric Prunes by The Electric Prunes

L.A. Woman by The Doors

Purple Rain by Prince

Bongo Rock by Incredible Bongo Band

Electric Music For The Mind And Body by Country Joe & The Fish

Nevermind by Nirvana

Live At The Harlem Square Club by Sam Cooke

Dirt by Alice In Chains

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield

21 by Adele

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor by Lupe Fiasco

Parallel Lines by Blondie

Cloud Nine by The Temptations

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

Call of the Valley by Shivkumar Sharma

Here Are the Sonics by The Sonics

Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

Group Sex by Circle Jerks

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space by Spiritualized

The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

A Night At The Opera by Queen

Heaux Tales by Jazmine Sullivan

Vivid by Living Colour

Smile by Brian Wilson

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers

In Rainbows by Radiohead

Konnichiwa by Skepta

Manassas by Stephen Stills

E.V.O.L. by Sonic Youth

Different Class by Pulp

At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters

Microshift by Hookworms

Caetano Veloso by Caetano Veloso

Every Picture Tells A Story by Rod Stewart

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

Low by David Bowie

Tical by Method Man

Being There by Wilco

Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre

Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder

A Girl Called Dusty by Dusty Springfield

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

Street Signs by Ozomatli

Go Girl Crazy by The Dictators

Machine Head by Deep Purple

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche by Koffi Olomide

Back to Mystery City by Hanoi Rocks

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite by Maxwell

Sign 'O' The Times by Prince

I Should Coco by Supergrass

Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones

Decent music, song about sleeping with underage people though

The Undertones by The Undertones

Ill Communication by Beastie Boys

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes

Your New Favourite Band by The Hives

Spiderland by Slint

Penance Soiree by The Icarus Line

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

Reggatta De Blanc by The Police

Remain In Light by Talking Heads

3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul

The Clash by The Clash

Music From Big Pink by The Band

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned by Liars

Djam Leelii by Baaba Maal

Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Ready To Die by The Notorious B.I.G.

Clandestino by Manu Chao

Exit Planet Dust by The Chemical Brothers

Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes

The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest

Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

OK by Talvin Singh

Urban Hymns by The Verve

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

Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.

Highway to Hell by AC/DC

On The Beach by Neil Young

Let's Stay Together by Al Green

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco

Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan

California by American Music Club

Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós

Copper Blue by Sugar

Green by R.E.M.

New York Dolls by New York Dolls

So by Peter Gabriel

Station To Station by David Bowie

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode

Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi

I See You by The xx

Songs Of Love And Hate by Leonard Cohen

Here Come The Warm Jets by Brian Eno

Suzanne Vega by Suzanne Vega

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow

The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem

American Idiot by Green Day

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

Joan Armatrading by Joan Armatrading

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush

London Calling by The Clash

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

1989 by Taylor Swift

Blur by Blur

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

Graceland by Paul Simon

Entertainment by Gang Of Four

S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things

Diamond Life by Sade

The Slider by T. Rex

Rhythm Nation 1814 by Janet Jackson

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

Zombie by Fela Kuti

Natty Dread by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Grievous Angel by Gram Parsons

Want One by Rufus Wainwright

One World by John Martyn

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground

Oracular Spectacular by MGMT

Damaged by Black Flag

Fishscale by Ghostface Killah

The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

Is This It by The Strokes

The World is a Ghetto by War

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake

Rocks by Aerosmith

Pornography by The Cure

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses

Imagine by John Lennon

(What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis

In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

Crime Of The Century by Supertramp

Femi Kuti by Femi Kuti

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen

Stripped by Christina Aguilera

Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Gasoline Alley by Rod Stewart

Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin

The Good, The Bad & The Queen by The Good, The Bad & The Queen

We Are Family by Sister Sledge