1001 Albums Summary

The Clash by The Clash

There are not actually that many classic debuts, especially from bands that go on to have a multi-album career. This is one

Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan

Dirt by Alice In Chains

Definitely Maybe by Oasis

My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello

OK Computer by Radiohead

System Of A Down by System Of A Down

Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden

Histoire De Melody Nelson by Serge Gainsbourg

Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters

Buena Vista Social Club by Buena Vista Social Club

BEYONCÉ by Beyoncé

(What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis

Nixon by Lambchop

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

Emperor Tomato Ketchup by Stereolab

Tago Mago by Can

Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix

Music Has The Right To Children by Boards of Canada

Being There by Wilco

It’s a 4.5 star album

Blackstar by David Bowie

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

Future Days by Can

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow

Ramones by Ramones

Darkdancer by Les Rythmes Digitales

Diamond Life by Sade

Green Onions by Booker T. & The MG's

Private Dancer by Tina Turner

The Undertones by The Undertones

The Bends by Radiohead

Brothers by The Black Keys

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

Elephant by The White Stripes

Femi Kuti by Femi Kuti

Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones

Let's Get Killed by David Holmes

Guero by Beck

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying by Megadeth

Dr. Octagonecologyst by Dr. Octagon

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

The Coral by The Coral

The Man Who by Travis

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones

Garbage by Garbage

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen by The Residents

Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder

A Night At The Opera by Queen

Stardust by Willie Nelson

The World is a Ghetto by War

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

Double Nickels On The Dime by Minutemen

Elvis Is Back by Elvis Presley

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Henry's Dream by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

If I Could Only Remember My Name by David Crosby

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

Goo by Sonic Youth

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

I Against I by Bad Brains

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret by Soft Cell

With The Beatles by Beatles

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles

Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors

Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin

Blunderbuss by Jack White

Locust Abortion Technician by Butthole Surfers

The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu

Hejira by Joni Mitchell

Bubble And Scrape by Sebadoh

Blood And Chocolate by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

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

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of... by Arrested Development

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

The Real Thing by Faith No More

Lady In Satin by Billie Holiday

Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs

Rubber Soul by Beatles

Viva Hate by Morrissey

...Baby One More Time by Britney Spears

The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe

Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

Green by R.E.M.

Superfuzz Bigmuff by Mudhoney

Moondance by Van Morrison

Forever Changes by Love

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins

Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

Achtung Baby by U2

The Man Machine by Kraftwerk

Billion Dollar Babies by Alice Cooper

Rid Of Me by PJ Harvey

L.A. Woman by The Doors

American Gothic by David Ackles

The College Dropout by Kanye West

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

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg

Eliminator by ZZ Top

The Only Ones by The Only Ones

Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes

Dog Man Star by Suede

The Next Day by David Bowie

London Calling by The Clash

Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake

White Blood Cells by The White Stripes

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

The Wildest! by Louis Prima

Heartattack And Vine by Tom Waits

Kid A by Radiohead

Everything Must Go by Manic Street Preachers

Trans Europe Express by Kraftwerk

Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone

Porcupine by Echo And The Bunnymen

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music by Ray Charles

Raw Power by The Stooges

I Should Coco by Supergrass

Vulgar Display Of Power by Pantera

Let England Shake by PJ Harvey

Disintegration by The Cure

Abbey Road by Beatles

Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt

Coat Of Many Colors by Dolly Parton

The Band by The Band

Second Toughest In The Infants by Underworld

Graceland by Paul Simon

Rage Against The Machine by Rage Against The Machine

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

Different Class by Pulp

Queens of the Stone Age by Queens Of The Stone Age

Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix

Aja by Steely Dan

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

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

Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell

American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash

Highway to Hell by AC/DC

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) by Lynyrd Skynyrd

You Are The Quarry by Morrissey

You've Come a Long Way Baby by Fatboy Slim

Too Rye Ay by Dexys Midnight Runners

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

The Slim Shady LP by Eminem

Urban Hymns by The Verve

Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

This Nation’s Saving Grace by The Fall

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

Boston by Boston

At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters

Fuzzy Logic by Super Furry Animals

Meat Puppets II by Meat Puppets

Space Ritual by Hawkwind

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield

Astral Weeks by Van Morrison

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

Feast of Wire by Calexico

Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes by TV On The Radio

The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads

Smile by Brian Wilson

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus

Shaft by Isaac Hayes

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

Electric Warrior by T. Rex

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain by Pavement

1977 by Ash

Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival

James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

Who Killed...... The Zutons? by The Zutons

Bone Machine by Tom Waits

Live / Dead by Grateful Dead

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin

Dear Science by TV On The Radio

Live At Leeds by The Who

Amnesiac by Radiohead

Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis

NEU! 75 by Neu!

Fever Ray by Fever Ray

Maxinquaye by Tricky

Young Americans by David Bowie

Dirty by Sonic Youth

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles

Is This It by The Strokes

The White Album by Beatles

Orbital 2 by Orbital

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos

Here Come The Warm Jets by Brian Eno

Grace by Jeff Buckley

Hunting High And Low by a-ha

Bossanova by Pixies

John Prine by John Prine

One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic

Abraxas by Santana

On The Beach by Neil Young

Paul Simon by Paul Simon

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

Paris 1919 by John Cale

In Our Heads by Hot Chip

Blue Lines by Massive Attack

Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle by Bill Callahan

Imagine by John Lennon

Gris Gris by Dr. John

Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush

American Idiot by Green Day

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned by Liars

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys

Celebrity Skin by Hole

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space by Spiritualized

Pink Moon by Nick Drake

Winter In America by Gil Scott-Heron

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water by Limp Bizkit

Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Live Through This by Hole

The Stooges by The Stooges

Me Against The World by 2Pac

Music From The Penguin Cafe by Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Autobahn by Kraftwerk

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

Deloused in the Comatorium by The Mars Volta

Out of Step by Minor Threat

Damaged by Black Flag

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

...And Justice For All by Metallica

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

Sister by Sonic Youth

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight by Richard Thompson

Bright Flight by Silver Jews

Psychocandy by The Jesus And Mary Chain

1984 by Van Halen

Fire Of Love by The Gun Club

Toys In The Attic by Aerosmith

Trio by Dolly Parton

Vincebus Eruptum by Blue Cheer

Ritual De Lo Habitual by Jane's Addiction

Transformer by Lou Reed

Happy Sad by Tim Buckley

The Wall by Pink Floyd

The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett

Welcome To The Pleasuredome by Frankie Goes To Hollywood

All Things Must Pass by George Harrison

Goodbye And Hello by Tim Buckley

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding

Armed Forces by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Music For The Jilted Generation by The Prodigy

Sulk by The Associates

The Gilded Palace Of Sin by The Flying Burrito Brothers

Liquid Swords by GZA

Hot Shots II by The Beta Band

xx by The xx

The Idiot by Iggy Pop

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

The Dreaming by Kate Bush

Broken English by Marianne Faithfull

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes

Grievous Angel by Gram Parsons

School's Out by Alice Cooper

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

Trafalgar by Bee Gees

Van Halen by Van Halen

Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel

Here Are the Sonics by The Sonics

The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

Groovin' by The Young Rascals

The Visitors by ABBA

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road by Lucinda Williams

Before And After Science by Brian Eno

The Rising by Bruce Springsteen

Suicide by Suicide

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music

Entertainment by Gang Of Four

Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins

Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones

Superunknown by Soundgarden

Hard Again by Muddy Waters

Doolittle by Pixies

Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams

Liege And Lief by Fairport Convention

Basket of Light by Pentangle

Da Capo by Love

Berlin by Lou Reed

Southern Rock Opera by Drive-By Truckers

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Odelay by Beck

Dust by Screaming Trees

Repeater by Fugazi

Purple Rain by Prince

What's Going On by Marvin Gaye

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley

Phaedra by Tangerine Dream

A Wizard, A True Star by Todd Rundgren

Blood, Sweat & Tears by Blood, Sweat & Tears

Third by Portishead

Blur by Blur

Back In Black by AC/DC

New Wave by The Auteurs

Synchronicity by The Police

Don't Stand Me Down by Dexys Midnight Runners

The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground

Ys by Joanna Newsom

Talk Talk Talk by The Psychedelic Furs

Destroyer by KISS

Brown Sugar by D'Angelo

Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits

Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

Faith by George Michael

Debut by Björk

Hypnotised by The Undertones

Either Or by Elliott Smith

Good Old Boys by Randy Newman

Blue by Joni Mitchell

Ten by Pearl Jam

Nevermind by Nirvana

Nothing's Shocking by Jane's Addiction

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire

Nighthawks At The Diner by Tom Waits

Guitar Town by Steve Earle

Untitled (Black Is) by SAULT

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco

Fun House by The Stooges

Queen II by Queen

69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields

Tres Hombres by ZZ Top

Kick Out The Jams (Live) by MC5

Horses by Patti Smith

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Crocodiles by Echo And The Bunnymen