1001 Albums Summary

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

A+. Amazing listening back to an album that manages to keep giving after decades

Graceland by Paul Simon

A+. One of my favourite all time. Listen whenever I’m my happiest. The sounds of this truly move me. What a wonderful bass & guitar sound

Who's Next by The Who

We Are Family by Sister Sledge

Metallica by Metallica

There are for sure some moments of musical transcendence on here. The drum intro to Sad But True. Even the plucky guitar ending Nothing Else Matters. I remember picking away at these tracks when I was 15. Ultimately this album feels stuck in that time. I know it moved the genre forward but lots of rhyming by numbers and kinda juvenile lyrics. Good but not great, IMHO.

The Genius Of Ray Charles by Ray Charles

Beautiful album. Nice soul. And I can’t believe he had such an incredible voice for so long.

Brutal Youth by Elvis Costello

First record I’ve actively disliked at first. Grew on me a bit lyrically but not what I was expecting from EC, for sure

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

First album doing this that I’ve not heard before and absolutely loved. Obviously I know Changes and Life on Mars and Queen Bitch. Beautiful, smart and really fun album.

Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

Excellent. My toddler was even singing along “run run run run run run.”

Garbage by Garbage

Felt Mountain by Goldfrapp

Young Americans by David Bowie

The Slim Shady LP by Eminem

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

Been tapering off my listening since all that stuff came out, but this album is still pretty great.

Tuesday Night Music Club by Sheryl Crow

London Calling by The Clash

Fucken’ yeah!

Harvest by Neil Young

Terrific. I think I’d listened before but I listen to a lot of the Live at Massey Hall album and it was a good reminder of how wonderful the album tracks are too.

Teenager Of The Year by Frank Black

Dookie by Green Day

Zombie by Fela Kuti

Hard Again by Muddy Waters

Lazer Guided Melodies by Spiritualized

Murmur by R.E.M.

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

Gasoline Alley by Rod Stewart

Liquid Swords by GZA

Shake Your Money Maker by The Black Crowes

Good record! I knew about 5 songs from radio, etc. there are a few songs that aren’t quite at the level of the singles but a great one to listen to overall

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted by Ice Cube

Ice Cube’s early stuff is a blind spot for me. Not for long after this listen 👌

What's Going On by Marvin Gaye

The Atomic Mr Basie by Count Basie & His Orchestra

Fun, jazzy tunes. Probably not something I’ll spend much time with but maybe one to listen to on a Sunday

Rapture by Anita Baker

Dear Science by TV On The Radio

Let England Shake by PJ Harvey

461 Ocean Boulevard by Eric Clapton

Enjoyed this one! Will listen again. Certainly don’t love the man or what he stands for… but a few of his songs still kinda slap

Billion Dollar Babies by Alice Cooper

Funeral by Arcade Fire

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast

A Wizard, A True Star by Todd Rundgren

This was a nice surprise. Didn’t know what to expect but it was a nice mix of pop, rock, soul and psychedelic.

Whatever by Aimee Mann

Definitely Maybe by Oasis

Smokers Delight by Nightmares On Wax

Is This It by The Strokes

Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan

All Directions by The Temptations

Scott 2 by Scott Walker

In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson

I can see why this music influenced so many. Just sparse and captivating.

At Mister Kelly's by Sarah Vaughan

Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix

Gorillaz by Gorillaz

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground

All That You Can't Leave Behind by U2

Like 8 legendary tracks and 4 legit stinkers. Incredible album with a weird dropoff in quality in the middle but still a regular listen, at least on half of it

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

Before And After Science by Brian Eno

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

Untitled (Black Is) by SAULT

The Visitors by ABBA

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road by Lucinda Williams

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

In It For The Money by Supergrass

Transformer by Lou Reed

Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.

Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay

Moving Pictures by Rush

Excellent prog rock record. I feel like the sequencing is weird as hell but songs are hard to argue. The drums! This 🪨 s

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie

Lady In Satin by Billie Holiday

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

The College Dropout by Kanye West

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Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park

Diamond Life by Sade

Truth by Jeff Beck

Millions Now Living Will Never Die by Tortoise

Feast of Wire by Calexico

Chore of Enchantment by Giant Sand

Germfree Adolescents by X-Ray Spex

In Rainbows by Radiohead

Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder

My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello

Purple Rain by Prince

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins

A fun listen. Liked it more than I thought. Will listen again

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash

A Seat at the Table by Solange

Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin

Peggy Suicide by Julian Cope

Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple

Larks' Tongues In Aspic by King Crimson

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow

The Stranger by Billy Joel

Aha Shake Heartbreak by Kings of Leon

Actively annoying. 37 minutes was almost too much for me. Was relieved when it ended

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

Youth And Young Manhood by Kings of Leon

The Bends by Radiohead

The Trinity Session by Cowboy Junkies

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

Jack Takes the Floor by Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Play by Moby

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones

The Contino Sessions by Death In Vegas

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes by TV On The Radio

Scream, Dracula, Scream by Rocket From The Crypt

The Fat Of The Land by The Prodigy

Meat Puppets II by Meat Puppets

Parklife by Blur

Arise by Sepultura

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

Fire Of Love by The Gun Club

Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes

Yeezus by Kanye West

Rhythm Nation 1814 by Janet Jackson

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash

Rubber Soul by Beatles

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols by Sex Pistols

Bluesbreakers by John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

Hot Fuss by The Killers

Seventh Tree by Goldfrapp

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles

Dare! by The Human League

Green by R.E.M.

Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou Harris

Rip It Up by Orange Juice

Low by David Bowie

Talk Talk Talk by The Psychedelic Furs

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

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

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

S&M by Metallica

The Score by Fugees

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables by Dead Kennedys

Sunshine Hit Me by The Bees

Rattus Norvegicus by The Stranglers

Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco

My Generation by The Who

Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

We're Only In It For The Money by The Mothers Of Invention

Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel

An all-timer for me. I remember driving back from a 10-day silent meditation retreat in the mountains and it was the first album I listened to in 10 days and I was just bawling at how incredible it is. Meditation does funny things to a lad

Pretenders by Pretenders

Here Are the Sonics by The Sonics

Madman Across The Water by Elton John

Deloused in the Comatorium by The Mars Volta

Either Or by Elliott Smith

Legalize It by Peter Tosh

1989 by Taylor Swift

Django Django by Django Django

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

This was always about where YYYs fell off the Maps for me (see what I did there?) but this relisten was worth it for Hysteric. terrific song

Chemtrails Over The Country Club by Lana Del Rey

Isn't Anything by My Bloody Valentine

Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers

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

Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers

Phaedra by Tangerine Dream

Music From Big Pink by The Band

Aqualung by Jethro Tull

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears

La Revancha Del Tango by Gotan Project

The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow

Get Rich Or Die Tryin' by 50 Cent

Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies

Fragile by Yes

Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys

Suicide by Suicide

The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground

The World is a Ghetto by War

Skylarking by XTC

Happy Trails by Quicksilver Messenger Service

Grace by Jeff Buckley

Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy

Illmatic by Nas

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens

Off The Wall by Michael Jackson

Moon Safari by Air

Revolver by Beatles

Cross by Justice

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

Horses by Patti Smith

Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Truth And Soul by Fishbone

Calenture by The Triffids

1984 by Van Halen

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

Elephant Mountain by The Youngbloods

This Is Fats Domino by Fats Domino

Scott 4 by Scott Walker

L.A. Woman by The Doors

The Libertines by The Libertines

Maverick A Strike by Finley Quaye

Dry by PJ Harvey

The Next Day by David Bowie

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

I Am a Bird Now by Antony and the Johnsons

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads

Melodrama by Lorde

Kimono My House by Sparks

Next by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

Dig Your Own Hole by The Chemical Brothers

Africa Brasil by Jorge Ben Jor

Better Living Through Chemistry by Fatboy Slim

Superunknown by Soundgarden

Colour By Numbers by Culture Club

Power In Numbers by Jurassic 5

Your New Favourite Band by The Hives

Roots by Sepultura

Back To Black by Amy Winehouse

I'm Your Man by Leonard Cohen

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

Paul Simon by Paul Simon

evermore by Taylor Swift

Fisherman's Blues by The Waterboys

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Was one of my faves all time in high school. Now it honestly feels like it needs an editor. Some great tunes. A lot of middling jams. Pretty good, not great, in hindsight

Bad by Michael Jackson

Moondance by Van Morrison

Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

Le Tigre by Le Tigre

Remain In Light by Talking Heads

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

The Grand Tour by George Jones

Your Arsenal by Morrissey

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins

Beach Samba by Astrud Gilberto

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers

I must say, I had all but written off the chili peppers. New music sucks. Listened back to By The Way and found it middling. Even older music is just embarrassing But this album still slaps.

Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

I’m in absolutely no position to judge jazz music but this is a nice listen

Here, My Dear by Marvin Gaye

Odelay by Beck

On The Beach by Neil Young

Autobahn by Kraftwerk

Kick Out The Jams (Live) by MC5

British Steel by Judas Priest

Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

Van Halen by Van Halen

Blue by Joni Mitchell

Rock 'N Soul by Solomon Burke

This Is Hardcore by Pulp

Heavy Weather by Weather Report

1999 by Prince

21 by Adele

Music From The Penguin Cafe by Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Debut by Björk

Eternally Yours by The Saints

Chris by Christine and the Queens

Astral Weeks by Van Morrison

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

Fever Ray by Fever Ray

Disraeli Gears by Cream

Vulgar Display Of Power by Pantera

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band

Amnesiac by Radiohead

Behaviour by Pet Shop Boys

The Real Thing by Faith No More

Jazz Samba by Stan Getz

Hms Fable by Shack

Butterfly by Mariah Carey

Myths Of The Near Future by Klaxons

Kid A by Radiohead

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

Here Come The Warm Jets by Brian Eno

Ten by Pearl Jam

...Baby One More Time by Britney Spears

Giant Steps by The Boo Radleys

Back In Black by AC/DC

Scum by Napalm Death

It's Too Late to Stop Now by Van Morrison

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear

Hot Shots II by The Beta Band

Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos

The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails

Thriller by Michael Jackson

Fly Or Die by N.E.R.D

American Idiot by Green Day

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle by Bill Callahan

Underwater Moonlight by The Soft Boys

The Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips

A Girl Called Dusty by Dusty Springfield

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis

Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith

Leftism by Leftfield

Arrival by ABBA

Tellin’ Stories by The Charlatans

Joan Armatrading by Joan Armatrading

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

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

Teenage Head by Flamin' Groovies

Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane

Shaka Zulu by Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

The Idiot by Iggy Pop

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

Sea Change by Beck

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen

The Colour Of Spring by Talk Talk

New York Dolls by New York Dolls

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned by Liars

James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown

Nighthawks At The Diner by Tom Waits

Queens of the Stone Age by Queens Of The Stone Age

Go Girl Crazy by The Dictators

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts by The Adverts

Tres Hombres by ZZ Top

Coles Corner by Richard Hawley

Ctrl by SZA

If I Should Fall From Grace With God by The Pogues

BEYONCÉ by Beyoncé

The Clash by The Clash

E.V.O.L. by Sonic Youth

High Violet by The National

Vento De Maio by Elis Regina

American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash

The Man Who by Travis

Spiderland by Slint

Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins

Devotional Songs by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Dire Straits by Dire Straits

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos

Ambient 1/Music For Airports by Brian Eno

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus by Spirit

Like Water For Chocolate by Common

Damaged by Black Flag

Live / Dead by Grateful Dead

Natty Dread by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush

Dig Me Out by Sleater-Kinney

Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz

Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes

Quiet Life by Japan

Savane by Ali Farka Touré

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield

Alien Lanes by Guided By Voices

The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers

Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

Pacific Ocean Blue by Dennis Wilson

McCartney by Paul McCartney

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen

Dummy by Portishead

Nilsson Schmilsson by Harry Nilsson

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea by PJ Harvey

Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

Welcome To The Pleasuredome by Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Cloud Nine by The Temptations

Highway to Hell by AC/DC

Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

Crime Of The Century by Supertramp

The Slider by T. Rex

Elvis Is Back by Elvis Presley

From Elvis In Memphis by Elvis Presley

The Band by The Band

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley

Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

Something Else By The Kinks by The Kinks

G. Love And Special Sauce by G. Love & Special Sauce

Miriam Makeba by Miriam Makeba

Everything Must Go by Manic Street Preachers

A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets

The United States Of America by The United States Of America

Chelsea Girl by Nico

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake by Small Faces

Ys by Joanna Newsom

Here's Little Richard by Little Richard

Document by R.E.M.

Slanted And Enchanted by Pavement

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room by Dwight Yoakam

Marcus Garvey by Burning Spear

25 by Adele

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

O.G. Original Gangster by Ice T

Since I Left You by The Avalanches

The Undertones by The Undertones

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo by The Byrds

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

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

Ragged Glory by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band by John Lennon

Clube Da Esquina by Milton Nascimento

Good Old Boys by Randy Newman

Blur by Blur

Melody A.M. by Röyksopp

Playing With Fire by Spacemen 3

Exile In Guyville by Liz Phair

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan

Step In The Arena by Gang Starr

Beautiful Freak by Eels

Greetings From L.A. by Tim Buckley

Fever To Tell by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk

In Our Heads by Hot Chip

Nevermind by Nirvana

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis

Come Away With Me by Norah Jones

Cut by The Slits

Black Monk Time by The Monks

You Are The Quarry by Morrissey

Permission to Land by The Darkness

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down by The Dandy Warhols

Nick Of Time by Bonnie Raitt

Foxbase Alpha by Saint Etienne

White Ladder by David Gray

Vanishing Point by Primal Scream

Tigermilk by Belle & Sebastian

The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith

Duck Rock by Malcolm McLaren

Reggatta De Blanc by The Police

Djam Leelii by Baaba Maal

1977 by Ash

Sheet Music by 10cc

Another Green World by Brian Eno

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

Smash by The Offspring

Slipknot by Slipknot

Urban Hymns by The Verve

Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake

The Notorious Byrd Brothers by The Byrds

Drunk by Thundercat

Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses

Bone Machine by Tom Waits

Rio by Duran Duran

Scissor Sisters by Scissor Sisters

Synchronicity by The Police

There's No Place Like America Today by Curtis Mayfield

Mama's Gun by Erykah Badu

Third by Portishead

Fun House by The Stooges

A Night At The Opera by Queen

Bright Flight by Silver Jews

Tanto Tempo by Bebel Gilberto

After The Gold Rush by Neil Young

The Who Sell Out by The Who

Crazysexycool by TLC

Queen Of Denmark by John Grant

The Bones Of What You Believe by CHVRCHES

Oedipus Schmoedipus by Barry Adamson

American Beauty by Grateful Dead

Rage Against The Machine by Rage Against The Machine

The Predator by Ice Cube

Brown Sugar by D'Angelo

Live! by Fela Kuti

New Wave by The Auteurs

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Live At The Harlem Square Club by Sam Cooke

World Clique by Deee-Lite

Ocean Rain by Echo And The Bunnymen

Toys In The Attic by Aerosmith

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor by Lupe Fiasco

Trans Europe Express by Kraftwerk

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel

Kenya by Machito

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

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

(What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

Siembra by Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

São Paulo Confessions by Suba

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

With The Beatles by Beatles

Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart

Guero by Beck

Teen Dream by Beach House

The Joshua Tree by U2

Viva Hate by Morrissey

american dream by LCD Soundsystem

Being There by Wilco

Music Has The Right To Children by Boards of Canada

Groovin' by The Young Rascals

The Blueprint by JAY Z

War by U2

Disintegration by The Cure

Lam Toro by Baaba Maal

No Other by Gene Clark

Abraxas by Santana

Different Class by Pulp

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys

Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós

Emergency On Planet Earth by Jamiroquai

A Date With The Everly Brothers by The Everly Brothers

Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones

Surfer Rosa by Pixies

The Beach Boys Today! by The Beach Boys

Roxy Music by Roxy Music

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles

Rings Around The World by Super Furry Animals

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

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby by Girls Against Boys

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder

The Wall by Pink Floyd

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses

Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre

En-Tact by The Shamen

Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs

Low-Life by New Order

The Scream by Siouxsie And The Banshees

Nixon by Lambchop

This Year's Model by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Cupid & Psyche 85 by Scritti Politti

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

Fear and Whiskey by Mekons

Femi Kuti by Femi Kuti

Virgin Suicides by Air

Want Two by Rufus Wainwright

Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell

Channel Orange by Frank Ocean

Headquarters by The Monkees

The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe

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

Group Sex by Circle Jerks

Closer by Joy Division

Steve McQueen by Prefab Sprout

Queen II by Queen

Dog Man Star by Suede

The Healer by John Lee Hooker

The Wildest! by Louis Prima

Pieces Of The Sky by Emmylou Harris

In Utero by Nirvana

Post Orgasmic Chill by Skunk Anansie

The Gilded Palace Of Sin by The Flying Burrito Brothers

Elephant by The White Stripes