1001 Albums Summary

Zombie by Fela Kuti

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

Boring and misogynistic

C'est Chic by CHIC

Surfer Rosa by Pixies

From Elvis In Memphis by Elvis Presley

Myths Of The Near Future by Klaxons

Vespertine by Björk

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

Madman Across The Water by Elton John

Bob Dylan. 3 stars is too little

Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground

Miriam Makeba by Miriam Makeba

3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul

Odelay by Beck

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

Under Construction by Missy Elliott

Exile In Guyville by Liz Phair

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned by Liars

Ellington at Newport by Duke Ellington

Bad by Michael Jackson

Millions Now Living Will Never Die by Tortoise

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band by John Lennon

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

After The Gold Rush by Neil Young

Most annoying voice in pop culture before Sam Smith arrived to steal the crown. Extra star for that one song everyone knows

The Man Machine by Kraftwerk

Here, My Dear by Marvin Gaye

Parklife by Blur

Queens of the Stone Age by Queens Of The Stone Age

It's Too Late to Stop Now by Van Morrison

American Idiot by Green Day

Raw Like Sushi by Neneh Cherry

Would have been 5/5 but i had to take a star off for the last song being so outrageously misogynistic for no reason

Like Water For Chocolate by Common

Guero by Beck

She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper

Graceland by Paul Simon

Want One by Rufus Wainwright

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

The Clash by The Clash

Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band

Elephant by The White Stripes

Southern Rock Opera by Drive-By Truckers

Basket of Light by Pentangle

Nilsson Schmilsson by Harry Nilsson

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

Maxinquaye by Tricky

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

Slipknot by Slipknot

Blunderbuss by Jack White

Cheap Thrills by Big Brother & The Holding Company

Can't Buy A Thrill by Steely Dan

xx by The xx

Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

Freddie Mercury's voice is unlistenable. Brian May's beta vibes are rancid. I wish I could score it lower and tank the global rating

Reggatta De Blanc by The Police

Paul Simon by Paul Simon

Not his best but i love this petty little guy

Caetano Veloso by Caetano Veloso

Brazilian men are incapable of carrying a tune due to the inherent nasal quality of Brazilian Portuguese. Brazilian women are not afflicted in this way due to women's natural vocal superiority

The Last Of The True Believers by Nanci Griffith

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

Tres Hombres by ZZ Top

Casanova by The Divine Comedy

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

Planet Rock: The Album by Afrika Bambaataa

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

Low by David Bowie

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk

The Idiot by Iggy Pop

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

The Score by Fugees

Honky Tonk Masquerade by Joe Ely

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus

The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem

Why did we let this misogynist get famous

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel

Greatest of all time

Me Against The World by 2Pac

Microshift by Hookworms

Ingenue by k.d. lang

Abraxas by Santana

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

Here Are the Sonics by The Sonics

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire

Survivor by Destiny's Child

Shake Your Money Maker by The Black Crowes

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight by Richard Thompson

This was so bad lmfaoooo

Arise by Sepultura

Channel Orange by Frank Ocean

Mothership Connection by Parliament

Blue by Joni Mitchell

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald is a perfect singer with the voice of an angel but also whoever compiled the 1001 albums needs to get real about these 2 and 3+ hour compilations

The Joshua Tree by U2

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

Joan Armatrading by Joan Armatrading

21 by Adele

So by Peter Gabriel

Live At The Witch Trials by The Fall

Too Rye Ay by Dexys Midnight Runners

Absolute dogshit

Raw Power by The Stooges

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

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

THEE debut pop album of all time argue with the wall

16 Lovers Lane by The Go-Betweens

I got in a car accident while listening to this

Document by R.E.M.

Highway to Hell by AC/DC

Illmatic by Nas

All Things Must Pass by George Harrison

Love George but again with the 2+ hour long picks! Wtf!!

Third by Soft Machine

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles

The only way the Beatles could be better is if they were American women

Brothers by The Black Keys

Music Has The Right To Children by Boards of Canada

Bandwagonesque by Teenage Fanclub

Trafalgar by Bee Gees

Shite

Young Americans by David Bowie

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

The Trinity Session by Cowboy Junkies

Gorgeous voice. One star off for being Canadian

Transformer by Lou Reed

The Only Ones by The Only Ones

3.8

James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown

Disintegration by The Cure

Borink

Grievous Angel by Gram Parsons

Emmylou Harris!

New York Dolls by New York Dolls

The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra

L.A. Woman by The Doors

That should have been ME sucking Jim Morrison off in the recording booth

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

Snivilisation by Orbital

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

My traditional star off for misogyny

Aja by Steely Dan

Imagine by John Lennon

Through circumstances beyond my control I was stuck listening to this album on repeat and developed stockholm syndrome. 3 stars up from my initial 1 star assessment

Rings Around The World by Super Furry Animals

The Infotainment Scan by The Fall

Two Dancers by Wild Beasts

Is This It by The Strokes

Everybody wants to be The Strokes

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

DB slay

When I Was Born For The 7th Time by Cornershop

Nixon by Lambchop

LP1 by FKA twigs

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

Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush

Lady In Satin by Billie Holiday

Didn't showcase Ms Holiday's best but it was an excellent soundtrack to wandering around looking at Jacaranda trees in full and glorious bloom

The Bones Of What You Believe by CHVRCHES

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

:D!

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos

3.6

Don't Stand Me Down by Dexys Midnight Runners

I'm not listening to another fucking album from dexys goddamn midnight runners what crackhead put them on here i hate you i hate you so much

Like A Prayer by Madonna

Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

Aqualung by Jethro Tull

Ren faire Black sabbath cover band

Pyromania by Def Leppard

Really not worth listening to a whole album of these dudes

Mermaid Avenue by Billy Bragg

Stardust by Willie Nelson

Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio

Finally some good fucking food

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads

All Directions by The Temptations

Songs The Lord Taught Us by The Cramps

Munster-esque bops

Ill Communication by Beastie Boys

Moving Pictures by Rush

Scott 4 by Scott Walker

If Nick Cave and Elvis Costello teamed up to make something that sucks. Ahead of its time...

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys

The College Dropout by Kanye West

His peak I fear

Stankonia by OutKast

Eliminator by ZZ Top

Dear Science by TV On The Radio

Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin

I fucking love Led Zeppelin

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts by The Adverts

Achtung Baby by U2

Sorry to the great nation of Ireland but I think U2 is corny and mid

Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake

Sometimes you're a 27-year-old woman and sometimes you're a 14-year-old girl lying on her bed in a foreign country 12,000 miles away from everything she's ever known and loved, listening to Nick Drake for the first time. Anyway he's my favorite guitarist ever I think

Vulnicura by Björk

Love Björk but importantly on reflection I should have only given ZZ Top's Eliminator 4 stars

Metal Box by Public Image Ltd.

Eagles by Eagles

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

Perhaps thee album of all time, but Lindsey Buckingham is not seeing heaven for taking Silver Springs off

The Slim Shady LP by Eminem

What woman-hater put this asshole on here more than once

Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Look I like the Beastie Boys as much as the next but surely 3 albums out of 1001 is too many?

Wild Wood by Paul Weller

I would have liked this album more if someone else sang it

Phaedra by Tangerine Dream

Makes up for the 2 and 3 hour listens

Real Life by Magazine

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

Off The Wall by Michael Jackson

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

Medúlla by Björk

Easily her best work

Nick Of Time by Bonnie Raitt

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Easily her best work

Doolittle by Pixies

Garbage by Garbage

Kollaps by Einstürzende Neubauten

Challenging. I do understand why people hate them. Excellent beats, though.

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

Why are there multiple Arcade Fire albums on this list? All of them all sound the same -- surely one would have done

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

The more of the Cure I listen to the less I like them

Jazz Samba by Stan Getz

Gorgeous album

Destroyer by KISS

Fun party music everyone lighten up!

Tom Tom Club by Tom Tom Club

Street Life by The Crusaders

Abbey Road by Beatles