1001 Albums Summary

Guero by Beck

Great album. Second only to Odelay in Beck’s catalog.

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden

L.A. Woman by The Doors

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg by Jerry Lee Lewis

Murmur by R.E.M.

Harvest by Neil Young

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie

Justified by Justin Timberlake

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles

Van Halen by Van Halen

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Illmatic by Nas

New York Dolls by New York Dolls

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen

Movies by Holger Czukay

Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins

Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues

Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou Harris

Porcupine by Echo And The Bunnymen

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

Penthouse And Pavement by Heaven 17

Bad by Michael Jackson

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

Gold by Ryan Adams

GREY Area by Little Simz

She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

1984 by Van Halen

Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes

No Other by Gene Clark

World Clique by Deee-Lite

Trans Europe Express by Kraftwerk

Side 1 was repetitive and boring. Side 2 was pretty good.

Live! by Fela Kuti

Side 1 was repetitive and boring. Side 2 was pretty good.

On The Beach by Neil Young

Parklife by Blur

The Bends by Radiohead

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

Vulgar Display Of Power by Pantera

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Imagine by John Lennon

Master Of Puppets by Metallica

Bluesbreakers by John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

Back In Black by AC/DC

Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart

Slanted And Enchanted by Pavement

Chelsea Girl by Nico

Highway to Hell by AC/DC

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground

Shake Your Money Maker by The Black Crowes

Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys

Too Rye Ay by Dexys Midnight Runners

Public Image: First Issue by Public Image Ltd.

The Wildest! by Louis Prima

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash

Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welch

Crocodiles by Echo And The Bunnymen

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

Fever To Tell by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Elephant by The White Stripes

Tom Tom Club by Tom Tom Club

Nevermind by Nirvana

Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan

Solid Air by John Martyn

Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Aqualung by Jethro Tull

American Beauty by Grateful Dead

One World by John Martyn

Parachutes by Coldplay

Rhythm Nation 1814 by Janet Jackson

Fuzzy by Grant Lee Buffalo

Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

Casanova by The Divine Comedy

Paris 1919 by John Cale

I’ll bet he thought “Andalucia, when can I see ya?” was a really clever line. He was wrong. 3 because it’s not actively bad, just boring.

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

Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain by Pavement

Can’t sing. Can’t play. Can’t write. Can’t produce. They weren’t signed to a major label for a reason (or several).

Green by R.E.M.

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

Electric Warrior by T. Rex

Blue Lines by Massive Attack

Dr. Octagonecologyst by Dr. Octagon

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

A Short Album About Love by The Divine Comedy

My god what utter rubbish. If you’d like to hear some actually successful chamber pop, do yourself a favor and go listen to Rufus Wainwright’s “Want One”. This album, on the other hand, should be consigned to the dustbin of history.

Honky Tonk Masquerade by Joe Ely

In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson

The Chronic by Dr. Dre

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

Penance Soiree by The Icarus Line

I can’t decide it this is a mediocre example of music of its era and it aged badly or if it was bad 20 years ago. Given that there’s still music from this era that I listen to, I suspect it was always bad.

Liquid Swords by GZA

Surfer Rosa by Pixies

Cut by The Slits

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk

Warehouse: Songs And Stories by Hüsker Dü

It wasn’t bad… but it WAS boring, which in many ways is even worse.

The Lexicon Of Love by ABC

Had some good moments, more interesting than I expected from the other user reviews.

Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder

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

Immigrés by Youssou N'Dour

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

Here's Little Richard by Little Richard

Raw Power by The Stooges

Second Toughest In The Infants by Underworld

Interesting but too long

Foxbase Alpha by Saint Etienne

Sooooooo long

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder

The White Room by The KLF

Finally, a 90s EDM album that doesn’t undermine itself by going on for 2 hours.

Nick Of Time by Bonnie Raitt

Held back a bit by the 80s production

Back To Black by Amy Winehouse

Station To Station by David Bowie

Black Monk Time by The Monks

At first I expected this to be boring garage rock but as the album progressed, I couldn’t have been more wrong. These guys pulled in unusual instrumentation (banjo!), unusual influences (German folk music - yodeling!), irreverent and sometimes humorous lyrics. They were off on their own and way ahead of their time.

Countdown To Ecstasy by Steely Dan

Why is Steely Dan

Dummy by Portishead

Live At Leeds by The Who

I don’t usually like live rock albums, but the original LP of this one is tight. (The expanded editions you can find on streaming are overlong with too much banter.)

21 by Adele

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

Entertainment by Gang Of Four

Has a good funky groove but it’s all very samey

Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

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

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles

Talking Timbuktu by Ali Farka Touré

Felt Mountain by Goldfrapp

The Band by The Band

Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins

Guitar Town by Steve Earle

American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash

Tapestry by Carole King

I have to be in the right mood, but when I am, this one is absolutely killer. One of the greatest songwriters of the 20th century.

Back to Mystery City by Hanoi Rocks

The Renaissance by Q-Tip

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

Dub Housing by Pere Ubu

Highly Evolved by The Vines

Mott by Mott The Hoople

Marquee Moon by Television

Punishing Kiss by Ute Lemper

Strange Cargo III by William Orbit

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

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde by The Pharcyde

Tical by Method Man

All Mod Cons by The Jam

Fine, but repetitive and boring.

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

Chicago Transit Authority by Chicago

Stankonia by OutKast

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

Teen Dream by Beach House

Midnight Ride by Paul Revere & The Raiders

Vivid by Living Colour

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake

Supa Dupa Fly by Missy Elliott

Giant Steps by The Boo Radleys

We Are Family by Sister Sledge

The Atomic Mr Basie by Count Basie & His Orchestra

1977 by Ash

Here, My Dear by Marvin Gaye

Me Against The World by 2Pac

Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell

Steve McQueen by Prefab Sprout

Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz

Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.

Hearts And Bones by Paul Simon

Disraeli Gears by Cream

Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear

Nilsson Schmilsson by Harry Nilsson

The Grand Tour by George Jones

Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós

I Should Coco by Supergrass

Virgin Suicides by Air

Abraxas by Santana

Honky Tonk Heroes by Waylon Jennings

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers

You're Living All Over Me by Dinosaur Jr.

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley

Was he whitewashing black artists? Yes. Were they often better? Yes. But this is still historically important and very listenable.

Definitely Maybe by Oasis

When I Was Born For The 7th Time by Cornershop

Club Classics Vol. One by Soul II Soul

Music From The Penguin Cafe by Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Either Or by Elliott Smith

Sulk by The Associates

If you’ve ever wondered what it would sound like if David Bowie were half as talented and twice as pretentious, well, wonder no more.

The La's by The La's

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

Another Music In A Different Kitchen by Buzzcocks

Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix

Ace of Spades by Motörhead

Urban Hymns by The Verve

One great song does not an album make.

2112 by Rush

In Rainbows by Radiohead

Parallel Lines by Blondie

Chemtrails Over The Country Club by Lana Del Rey

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash

At Budokan by Cheap Trick

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson

Pyromania by Def Leppard

My Generation by The Who

My Generation is a banger but there’s a lot of filler here.

Transformer by Lou Reed

Bowie’s production is good, but the lyrics are just so vapid I can’t do any better than a 3 here.

Yeezus by Kanye West

It starts strong but kind of trails off at the end.

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

Dry by PJ Harvey

Be by Common

Dare! by The Human League

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

I like Arcade Fire but this one doesn’t quite get there for me. Would do 3 1/2 if we had half stars.

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

A couple of bangers but there’s some filler too IMO

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

Lyrically, it’s a 5. Musically, it’s a 3. We’ll split the difference at 4.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

Melodrama by Lorde

Modern Life Is Rubbish by Blur

Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

Honestly kinda boring? A couple bangers but lots of filler.

White Light by Gene Clark

The Joshua Tree by U2

Document by R.E.M.

Synchronicity by The Police

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx by Raekwon

Maggot Brain by Funkadelic

Blood And Chocolate by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

I’ve never been a big Elvis Costello fan and this didn’t change my mind.

Berlin by Lou Reed

Electric Prunes by The Electric Prunes