1001 Albums Summary

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

Still fresh after more than 30 years. Some great and recognisable samples.

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Incredible album, a couple of well known tracks but it's far too short.

Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock

One of the greats. Watermelon Man is a masterpiece.

Moving Pictures by Rush

Everybody knows and loves Tom Sawyer and the album just gets better and better from there.

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield

Cheap Thrills by Big Brother & The Holding Company

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield

The Infotainment Scan by The Fall

Queens of the Stone Age by Queens Of The Stone Age

Grace by Jeff Buckley

Revolver by Beatles

Tarkus by Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Stardust by Willie Nelson

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim by Frank Sinatra

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

Kilimanjaro by The Teardrop Explodes

Live! by Fela Kuti

Safe As Milk by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

Calenture by The Triffids

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg by Jerry Lee Lewis

Country Life by Roxy Music

You Are The Quarry by Morrissey

Synchronicity by The Police

With The Beatles by Beatles

Club Classics Vol. One by Soul II Soul

The Man Machine by Kraftwerk

Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan

Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Loveless by My Bloody Valentine

Beautiful Freak by Eels

In Rainbows by Radiohead

Brutal Youth by Elvis Costello

Berlin by Lou Reed

Liquid Swords by GZA

The Modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers

Meat Puppets II by Meat Puppets

Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

Shaft by Isaac Hayes

The Madcap Laughs by Syd Barrett

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits

Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan

Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes

Time Out Of Mind by Bob Dylan

3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis

Idlewild by Everything But The Girl

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen

Street Life by The Crusaders

Walking Wounded by Everything But The Girl

The Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips

It's Too Late to Stop Now by Van Morrison

BEYONCÉ by Beyoncé

Natty Dread by Bob Marley & The Wailers

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

En-Tact by The Shamen

Seventh Tree by Goldfrapp

The Clash by The Clash

In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson

The Rolling Stones by The Rolling Stones

On The Beach by Neil Young

Highway to Hell by AC/DC

Boston by Boston

Low by David Bowie

Selling England By The Pound by Genesis

Eagles by Eagles

Tom Tom Club by Tom Tom Club

(What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

Viva Hate by Morrissey

Stankonia by OutKast

The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow

Fever To Tell by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Vulgar Display Of Power by Pantera

Opus Dei by Laibach

Is This It by The Strokes

Coat Of Many Colors by Dolly Parton

Tank Battles by Dagmar Krause

The Fat Of The Land by The Prodigy

After The Gold Rush by Neil Young

Traffic by Traffic

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone

Africa Brasil by Jorge Ben Jor

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space by Spiritualized

John Prine by John Prine

Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Third by Portishead

Tonight's The Night by Neil Young

1989 by Taylor Swift

Gasoline Alley by Rod Stewart

Hunting High And Low by a-ha

Sweet Baby James by James Taylor

Here's Little Richard by Little Richard

Dog Man Star by Suede

Foxbase Alpha by Saint Etienne

Kid A by Radiohead

Off The Wall by Michael Jackson

Mama's Gun by Erykah Badu

Make Yourself by Incubus

Parachutes by Coldplay

Scream, Dracula, Scream by Rocket From The Crypt

Forever Changes by Love

This Year's Model by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

São Paulo Confessions by Suba

Scott 4 by Scott Walker

Gold by Ryan Adams

Harvest by Neil Young

So Much For The City by The Thrills

Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear

Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes

Actually by Pet Shop Boys

Brothers by The Black Keys

War by U2

A Girl Called Dusty by Dusty Springfield

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley

Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash

Djam Leelii by Baaba Maal

Unhalfbricking by Fairport Convention

Blue by Joni Mitchell

Pretenders by Pretenders

L'Eau Rouge by The Young Gods

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

Here, My Dear by Marvin Gaye

GREY Area by Little Simz

Rage Against The Machine by Rage Against The Machine

Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens

461 Ocean Boulevard by Eric Clapton

Peggy Suicide by Julian Cope

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco

Suicide by Suicide

Hail To the Thief by Radiohead

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry by Billy Bragg

Rubber Soul by Beatles

Queen Of Denmark by John Grant

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

Smash by The Offspring

Yank Crime by Drive Like Jehu

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

The Nightfly by Donald Fagen

Konnichiwa by Skepta

The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem

So by Peter Gabriel

La Revancha Del Tango by Gotan Project

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

Shake Your Money Maker by The Black Crowes

Vincebus Eruptum by Blue Cheer

The Coral by The Coral

Paul Simon by Paul Simon

The Doors by The Doors

Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz

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

Diamond Life by Sade

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

Screamadelica by Primal Scream

Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy

Treasure by Cocteau Twins

The Predator by Ice Cube

School's Out by Alice Cooper

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

Odessa by Bee Gees

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

Superunknown by Soundgarden

Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

Kenya by Machito

Closer by Joy Division

Amnesiac by Radiohead

James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown

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

Surfer Rosa by Pixies

Ctrl by SZA

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge by Mudhoney

Justified by Justin Timberlake

The Atomic Mr Basie by Count Basie & His Orchestra

At Budokan by Cheap Trick

Trafalgar by Bee Gees

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

Live At The Regal by B.B. King

Marquee Moon by Television

Copper Blue by Sugar

Ellington at Newport by Duke Ellington

The La's by The La's

Fuzzy by Grant Lee Buffalo

Queen II by Queen

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

Songs Of Love And Hate by Leonard Cohen

Dig Your Own Hole by The Chemical Brothers

21 by Adele

White Blood Cells by The White Stripes

Music Has The Right To Children by Boards of Canada

Odelay by Beck

For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music

Beyond Skin by Nitin Sawhney

Something Else By The Kinks by The Kinks

My Generation by The Who

Millions Now Living Will Never Die by Tortoise

Only By The Night by Kings of Leon

Graceland by Paul Simon

Heroes by David Bowie

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

Power In Numbers by Jurassic 5

Channel Orange by Frank Ocean

Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

Soul Mining by The The

White Light by Gene Clark

The White Album by Beatles

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

White Light / White Heat by The Velvet Underground

Billion Dollar Babies by Alice Cooper

Fear Of A Black Planet by Public Enemy

Microshift by Hookworms

Blackstar by David Bowie

Psychocandy by The Jesus And Mary Chain

Frank by Amy Winehouse

Sound Affects by The Jam

Modern Life Is Rubbish by Blur

Play by Moby

Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welch

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

Medúlla by Björk

Hotel California by Eagles

It's A Shame About Ray by The Lemonheads

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

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

There's A Riot Goin' On by Sly & The Family Stone

World Clique by Deee-Lite

Cross by Justice

Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones

Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt

Ten by Pearl Jam

Mothership Connection by Parliament

Ace of Spades by Motörhead

Deloused in the Comatorium by The Mars Volta

Cupid & Psyche 85 by Scritti Politti

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

The Genius Of Ray Charles by Ray Charles

Felt Mountain by Goldfrapp

There's No Place Like America Today by Curtis Mayfield

Tellin’ Stories by The Charlatans

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground

3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

Moss Side Story by Barry Adamson

Moby Grape by Moby Grape

Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black by Public Enemy

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle by Bill Callahan

Life Thru A Lens by Robbie Williams

What's Going On by Marvin Gaye

Rain Dogs by Tom Waits

Kings Of The Wild Frontier by Adam & The Ants

Tapestry by Carole King

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

Mama Said Knock You Out by LL Cool J

Fun House by The Stooges

The College Dropout by Kanye West

Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart

Since I Left You by The Avalanches

Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin

Fuzzy Logic by Super Furry Animals

Dub Housing by Pere Ubu

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches by Happy Mondays

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

Who's Next by The Who

Bad Company by Bad Company

Femi Kuti by Femi Kuti

Remain In Light by Talking Heads

What's That Noise? by Coldcut

Music by Madonna

Take Me Apart by Kelela

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

Peter Gabriel by Peter Gabriel

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles

New Boots And Panties by Ian Dury

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

Giant Steps by The Boo Radleys

Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin

All Hail the Queen by Queen Latifah

A Little Deeper by Ms. Dynamite

Abraxas by Santana

Sheet Music by 10cc

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd

If I Should Fall From Grace With God by The Pogues

Nixon by Lambchop

Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.

Bandwagonesque by Teenage Fanclub

1999 by Prince

Emergency On Planet Earth by Jamiroquai

A Night At The Opera by Queen

Gorillaz by Gorillaz

Damaged by Black Flag

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

Back to Mystery City by Hanoi Rocks

Doolittle by Pixies

A Short Album About Love by The Divine Comedy

Be by Common

LP1 by FKA twigs

Among The Living by Anthrax

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins

Nilsson Schmilsson by Harry Nilsson

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

Throwing Muses by Throwing Muses

Dirt by Alice In Chains

Teenager Of The Year by Frank Black

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

American Idiot by Green Day

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

I Should Coco by Supergrass

Drunk by Thundercat

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

Want Two by Rufus Wainwright

Blood, Sweat & Tears by Blood, Sweat & Tears

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

Chore of Enchantment by Giant Sand

The Dreaming by Kate Bush

The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden

Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters

Tuesday Night Music Club by Sheryl Crow

Paris 1919 by John Cale

Hard Again by Muddy Waters

Melodrama by Lorde

Killing Joke by Killing Joke

Behaviour by Pet Shop Boys

The Cars by The Cars

Blood And Chocolate by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

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

Oracular Spectacular by MGMT

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Modern Kosmology by Jane Weaver

Butterfly by Mariah Carey

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake

Punishing Kiss by Ute Lemper

Pink Moon by Nick Drake

1984 by Van Halen

Strange Cargo III by William Orbit

Boy In Da Corner by Dizzee Rascal

Floodland by Sisters Of Mercy

The Wildest! by Louis Prima

Scott 2 by Scott Walker

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

Back In Black by AC/DC

Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell

Slanted And Enchanted by Pavement

Warehouse: Songs And Stories by Hüsker Dü

Tres Hombres by ZZ Top

Fire Of Love by The Gun Club

Welcome to the Afterfuture by Mike Ladd

This Is Fats Domino by Fats Domino

Two Dancers by Wild Beasts

Fever Ray by Fever Ray

Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses

Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music by Ray Charles

Your New Favourite Band by The Hives

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

Vulnicura by Björk

Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand

Hypnotised by The Undertones

All Things Must Pass by George Harrison

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession by Laura Nyro

Document by R.E.M.

Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis

Phrenology by The Roots

Like A Prayer by Madonna

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

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

Another Green World by Brian Eno

Follow The Leader by Korn

Rio by Duran Duran