1001 Albums Summary

Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes

Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden

Heavy metal is not my thing usually, but I liked the raw production and punk influence in parts. Even some of the more Proggy sounds weren’t too sickening. Enjoyed it on the whole, especially all the singing about running, nice to hear of such a healthy bunch of lads.

Ill Communication by Beastie Boys

Really loved revisiting this. There’s a great, eclectic mix of funky hip hop, raucous punk and really evocative lyricism and vocal delivery. As an album we’re getting our moneys worth for sure.

James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown

The highlight on this album is the orchestra /band, they sound sharp and I bet this gig was amazing. It’s also charming to hear Brown before his funk period, there’s almost an innocence to the record in hindsight.

Off The Wall by Michael Jackson

There’s 10 songs on this album and 5 are about dancing, 4 about girls and one about work. Still, good album. Before the… unpleasantness…

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

Ramones by Ramones

Right, not much to say about this album apart from the fact it laid down the blueprint of punk as it is still recognised today. Still sounds fresh, still punches, superb.

Blue by Joni Mitchell

Machine Head by Deep Purple

Lots of noodling guitars and blues-y riffs. Not bad, certainly better than Smoke on the Water suggests.

Hunting High And Low by a-ha

Sounds exactly like a pastiche of the genre and time it was released. I tried to get in to it but it sounds like Flight of the Conchords ripping 80s European electronic pop, though not funny.

Rid Of Me by PJ Harvey

You've Come a Long Way Baby by Fatboy Slim

Still bangs, sounds fresh and his ear for a sample is near unparalleled

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space by Spiritualized

Hearts And Bones by Paul Simon

Talk Talk Talk by The Psychedelic Furs

Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan

Hot Shots II by The Beta Band

Harvest by Neil Young

Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós

So sleepy now

Timeless by Goldie

So sleepy now

What's Going On by Marvin Gaye

In its historical, socio-political context I understand how this was an important record, but it doesn’t really seem to deviate from a single musical motif the entire album.

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

Sounds exactly as you’d expect.

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi

Bummed by Happy Mondays

Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock

Come Find Yourself by Fun Lovin' Criminals

A real sense of place and time with this one; funky psych guitairs, vinyl scratching, gravel voiced rapping; all very evocative of NYC in the late 80s/90s. A surprising diversity of approach and songwriting. Not all of it lands but still holds up well.

Mama's Gun by Erykah Badu

Drunk by Thundercat

Funnier than I was expecting, real wit in the songwriting.

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

A rap album.

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by The Incredible String Band

Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart

The College Dropout by Kanye West

Faith by George Michael

Exit Planet Dust by The Chemical Brothers

m b v by My Bloody Valentine

It’s a shoegaze album. But a critically acclaimed shoegaze album. Make of that what you will.

Station To Station by David Bowie

Yes, drugs are bad. But on the other hand; Station to Station by David Bowie.

I Against I by Bad Brains

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses

It’s one of the greatest albums of all time, if not the greatest.

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) by Eurythmics

Pink Moon by Nick Drake

Darker and more stripped back than some of his other offerings, but great guitar led, introspective, thoughtful folk

Alien Lanes by Guided By Voices

Pleasantly surprised by this record. Great lo-fi indie reminiscent of British indie in its unpolished era, with hints of Neutral Milk Hotel (before the… unpleasantness….). Was a bit put off initially by the sheer number of tracks but the album never drags. Definitely one to revisit.

Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

Pretenders by Pretenders

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

The Healer by John Lee Hooker

Blues album that never really kicks out of second gear, some flashes of brilliance, before the… unpleasantness… Might be a bit unfair because he was 76 when it was recorded, but there we are.

Get Rich Or Die Tryin' by 50 Cent

Nope.

Like Water For Chocolate by Common

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears

Mothership Connection by Parliament

Cheap Thrills by Big Brother & The Holding Company

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

All time classic.

A Night At The Opera by Queen

Africa Brasil by Jorge Ben Jor

Sounds like listening to City of God (before the… unpleasantness…) playing in the other room. Never quite hooks enough to make you sit down and watch the film, maybe because you saw it in Uni and think you remember the ending, but then BAM, they’re at the door with the pizza and you’re thinking I didn’t order pizza, what’s going on here. Then you realise it must have been an online order delivered to you in error, meaning they can’t take it back, so you basically have a free pizza. So you think maybe you’ll sit down and watch City of God after all. And do you know what? You quite enjoy it. That’s what this album is like.

Cupid & Psyche 85 by Scritti Politti

Document by R.E.M.

After all the years I’ve listened to REM I’d never actually listened to this in its entirety. I will definitely be doing so again. Early enough to have that rawness to it it, but late enough to sound distinctly assured.

Arc Of A Diver by Steve Winwood

Nice voice and opens with an ok track, before the… unpleasantness… Cheesy, radio-friendly soft rock/pop. Mad to think this guy was in Traffic.

OK Computer by Radiohead

1984 by Van Halen

This is unpleasant

Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits

Bonkers, but wicked.

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

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle by Bill Callahan

The Score by Fugees

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

Jazz

Clube Da Esquina by Milton Nascimento

Blackstar by David Bowie

L'Eau Rouge by The Young Gods

Walking Wounded by Everything But The Girl

Forgotten how rave-y this album was. So evocative of the 90s jungle scene in Bristol, as it matured into something beyond warehouses. Before the… unpleasantness… Hard recommend and got 2 spins today, one immediately after the other.

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus

Jazz

At Mister Kelly's by Sarah Vaughan

Jazz

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

Mad to think that it sounded like this BEFORE the drugs. And… unpleasantness… Still, clearly important if not particularly enlightening in this day and age.

Roxy Music by Roxy Music

Mad to think that it sounded like this BEFORE the drugs. And… unpleasantness… Still, clearly important if not particularly enlightening in this day and age.

The Band by The Band

Third/Sister Lovers by Big Star

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay

Dear Science by TV On The Radio

Live At The Harlem Square Club by Sam Cooke

Always thought of Cooke as more of a crooner, but this set bangs at times. Great backing band, unmistakable charisma and a virtuoso performance. I’m a convert!

The Age Of The Understatement by The Last Shadow Puppets

So Much For The City by The Thrills

The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem

Tragic Songs of Life by The Louvin Brothers

Future Days by Can

Illmatic by Nas

Elephant Mountain by The Youngbloods

From Elvis In Memphis by Elvis Presley

A Little Deeper by Ms. Dynamite

Stankonia by OutKast

The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding

Throwing Muses by Throwing Muses

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

Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane

Live At Leeds by The Who

The Lexicon Of Love by ABC

Grace by Jeff Buckley

Rain Dogs by Tom Waits

Underwater Moonlight by The Soft Boys

Smash by The Offspring

Ananda Shankar by Ananda Shankar

Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg by Jerry Lee Lewis

Just a load of repetitive noise from a piano-bashing nonce.

Movies by Holger Czukay

Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

Forgot how awesome this record is. Hits are hidden among soulful and sweet and sonically luscious tracks. Absolute solid gold.

Feast of Wire by Calexico

Celebrity Skin by Hole

I understand why he blew his brains out now.

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

Synchronicity by The Police

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret by Soft Cell

Fragile by Yes

Kid A by Radiohead

Low-Life by New Order

Bluesbreakers by John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

Eagles by Eagles

Blunderbuss by Jack White

Here Come The Warm Jets by Brian Eno

C'est Chic by CHIC

Gentlemen by The Afghan Whigs

Protection by Massive Attack

The Who Sell Out by The Who

Since I Left You by The Avalanches

Live At The Witch Trials by The Fall

Second Toughest In The Infants by Underworld

Thriller by Michael Jackson

American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash

Abraxas by Santana

Heroes to Zeros by The Beta Band

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

Pitiful self-pitying jangle fest from a racist. I know the 80s were bleak but there’s no excuse for this.

Boston by Boston

Nilsson Schmilsson by Harry Nilsson

We Are Family by Sister Sledge

Marquee Moon by Television

Cross by Justice

This Is Fats Domino by Fats Domino

Heroes by David Bowie

Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin

Aqualung by Jethro Tull

Rattus Norvegicus by The Stranglers

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley

Deloused in the Comatorium by The Mars Volta

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash

At San Quentin by Johnny Cash

Green Onions by Booker T. & The MG's

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder

A Walk Across The Rooftops by The Blue Nile

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive by Merle Haggard

Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan

Devotional Songs by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Rubber Soul by Beatles

Superfuzz Bigmuff by Mudhoney

Eternally Yours by The Saints

Brothers by The Black Keys

Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

Casanova by The Divine Comedy

Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones

Music From Big Pink by The Band

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk

Imperial Bedroom by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Hot Fuss by The Killers

Live! by Fela Kuti

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

Imagine by John Lennon

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith

Songs The Lord Taught Us by The Cramps

Modern Life Is Rubbish by Blur

Rhythm Nation 1814 by Janet Jackson

Odelay by Beck

Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy

Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs

Raw Power by The Stooges

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode

I was born in the decade this was made and I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t have liked this even then. Saying that, it’s a very evocative record that I’m sure makes sense for the soundtrack of a period drama about the 80s. Not for me, but I get why people dig it.

The Man Machine by Kraftwerk

Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters

Different Class by Pulp

Smokers Delight by Nightmares On Wax

Remain In Light by Talking Heads

Tigermilk by Belle & Sebastian

Tommy by The Who

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen

Kick Out The Jams (Live) by MC5

Blood And Chocolate by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Ten by Pearl Jam

Aja by Steely Dan

No Other by Gene Clark

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles

She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper

Da Capo by Love

Tapestry by Carole King

Trans Europe Express by Kraftwerk

Only By The Night by Kings of Leon

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel

Street Life by The Crusaders

Live At The Regal by B.B. King

Hotel California by Eagles

Kimono My House by Sparks

Crime Of The Century by Supertramp

Superunknown by Soundgarden

Killing Joke by Killing Joke

Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

Better Living Through Chemistry by Fatboy Slim

Wonderful Rainbow by Lightning Bolt

In Rainbows by Radiohead

Disintegration by The Cure

Paul Simon by Paul Simon

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

Rings Around The World by Super Furry Animals

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

New Forms by Roni Size

Can't Buy A Thrill by Steely Dan

Exile In Guyville by Liz Phair

Konnichiwa by Skepta

The Idiot by Iggy Pop

Coat Of Many Colors by Dolly Parton

Nixon by Lambchop

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

Abbey Road by Beatles

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Younger Than Yesterday by The Byrds

Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.

69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields

Shake Your Money Maker by The Black Crowes

Jack Takes the Floor by Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Heaux Tales by Jazmine Sullivan

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury by The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back by Public Enemy

All Directions by The Temptations

Technique by New Order

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

Beauty And The Beat by The Go-Go's

Junkyard by The Birthday Party

Group Sex by Circle Jerks

Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens

Vulgar Display Of Power by Pantera

Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin

Blue Lines by Massive Attack

Time Out Of Mind by Bob Dylan

The Wildest! by Louis Prima

Be by Common

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers

A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets

Definitely Maybe by Oasis

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert) by Bob Dylan

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche by Koffi Olomide

Here Are the Sonics by The Sonics

The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

Dummy by Portishead

White Blood Cells by The White Stripes

Chelsea Girl by Nico

Dire Straits by Dire Straits

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Scum by Napalm Death

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

Horses by Patti Smith

Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra

Architecture And Morality by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

Live / Dead by Grateful Dead

All Hope Is Gone by Slipknot

Transformer by Lou Reed

Rust In Peace by Megadeth

Highly Evolved by The Vines

Pearl by Janis Joplin

The Slim Shady LP by Eminem

Actually by Pet Shop Boys

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

...And Justice For All by Metallica

Power In Numbers by Jurassic 5

Signing Off by UB40

Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder

White Light / White Heat by The Velvet Underground

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

Rapture by Anita Baker

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

Parallel Lines by Blondie

Amnesiac by Radiohead

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Medúlla by Björk

Happy Sad by Tim Buckley

Is This It by The Strokes

White Light by Gene Clark

Beyond Skin by Nitin Sawhney

Jazz Samba by Stan Getz

Copper Blue by Sugar

Heartattack And Vine by Tom Waits

Master Of Puppets by Metallica

The Next Day by David Bowie

Me Against The World by 2Pac

461 Ocean Boulevard by Eric Clapton

Doolittle by Pixies

More Specials by The Specials

Something/Anything? by Todd Rundgren

The Clash by The Clash

21 by Adele

O.G. Original Gangster by Ice T

Black Monk Time by The Monks

Scott 4 by Scott Walker

Urban Hymns by The Verve

One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic

This was funk music for over an hour. That’s too much funk for me…

Vulnicura by Björk

Crocodiles by Echo And The Bunnymen

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain by Pavement

Ace of Spades by Motörhead

Reggatta De Blanc by The Police

Roger the Engineer by The Yardbirds

Moby Grape by Moby Grape

The White Room by The KLF

Come Away With Me by Norah Jones

John Prine by John Prine

The Contino Sessions by Death In Vegas

Caetano Veloso by Caetano Veloso

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

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd

Revolver by Beatles

Slipknot by Slipknot

Something Else By The Kinks by The Kinks

Songs From A Room by Leonard Cohen

Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned by Liars

The White Album by Beatles

Really thought this was the major mis-step in the Beatles’ anthology. Listened to it throughout and knew every word. It’s not watered down, it’s just sprawling.

Histoire De Melody Nelson by Serge Gainsbourg

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin

En-Tact by The Shamen

Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

The Stooges by The Stooges

Bad by Michael Jackson

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes

Third by Portishead

Gasoline Alley by Rod Stewart

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel

Dig Your Own Hole by The Chemical Brothers

Good Old Boys by Randy Newman

Winter In America by Gil Scott-Heron

Spiderland by Slint

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators by The 13th Floor Elevators

Planet Rock: The Album by Afrika Bambaataa

Millions Now Living Will Never Die by Tortoise

The Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson

Shaft by Isaac Hayes

Ingenue by k.d. lang

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black by Public Enemy

Treasure by Cocteau Twins

Bongo Rock by Incredible Bongo Band

Greetings From L.A. by Tim Buckley

Toys In The Attic by Aerosmith

American Pie by Don McLean

Fever To Tell by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads

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

Follow The Leader by Korn

Private Dancer by Tina Turner

Apocalypse Dudes by Turbonegro

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels by Dexys Midnight Runners

Armed Forces by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Let England Shake by PJ Harvey

The Rising by Bruce Springsteen

The Doors by The Doors

Nowhere by Ride

Bone Machine by Tom Waits

Dust by Screaming Trees

The Undertones by The Undertones

The Rolling Stones by The Rolling Stones

Triangle by The Beau Brummels

The Real Thing by Faith No More

Tago Mago by Can

The Gilded Palace Of Sin by The Flying Burrito Brothers

All Mod Cons by The Jam

Cafe Bleu by The Style Council

Scissor Sisters by Scissor Sisters

Snivilisation by Orbital

Born To Be With You by Dion

The Pleasure Principle by Gary Numan

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite by Maxwell

Dog Man Star by Suede

Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees

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

Mask by Bauhaus

The United States Of America by The United States Of America

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake by Small Faces

Duck Rock by Malcolm McLaren

Ritual De Lo Habitual by Jane's Addiction

Sincere by Mj Cole

Whatever by Aimee Mann

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Space Ritual by Hawkwind

Closer by Joy Division

Screamadelica by Primal Scream

Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre

Phaedra by Tangerine Dream

Tonight's The Night by Neil Young

Nick Of Time by Bonnie Raitt

Hypnotised by The Undertones

Opus Dei by Laibach

What's That Noise? by Coldcut

S&M by Metallica

Kollaps by Einstürzende Neubauten

Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

Talking Timbuktu by Ali Farka Touré

Third by Soft Machine

Repeater by Fugazi

American Idiot by Green Day

Elvis Is Back by Elvis Presley

Southern Rock Opera by Drive-By Truckers

Disraeli Gears by Cream

The Colour Of Spring by Talk Talk

Liquid Swords by GZA

Sunshine Hit Me by The Bees

Hysteria by Def Leppard

Music For The Jilted Generation by The Prodigy

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor by Lupe Fiasco

Either Or by Elliott Smith

Infected by The The

Aha Shake Heartbreak by Kings of Leon

GI by Germs

Close To The Edge by Yes

Fifth Dimension by The Byrds

Playing With Fire by Spacemen 3

The Predator by Ice Cube

Gorillaz by Gorillaz

It's A Shame About Ray by The Lemonheads

Youth And Young Manhood by Kings of Leon