1001 Albums Summary

Is This It by The Strokes

A fav

Youth And Young Manhood by Kings of Leon

Murmur by R.E.M.

Live! by Fela Kuti

Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

Cut by The Slits

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) by Simple Minds

First Band On The Moon by The Cardigans

The Fat Of The Land by The Prodigy

Listening to this album just made me feel like I was back in my childhood basement playing video games on our PlayStation 2 in 2001

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis

Future Days by Can

Double Nickels On The Dime by Minutemen

Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes

Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

Odd second REM album choice.

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

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

Again, an interesting choice of album from a highly revered band!

I Against I by Bad Brains

A Seat at the Table by Solange

Chemtrails Over The Country Club by Lana Del Rey

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith

I’m just not super jazzy

Nowhere by Ride

Out of Step by Minor Threat

Dummy by Portishead

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

While a classic, listening to this all the way through in one sitting is not the way to do it. Or rather I’ve grown to feel that Dylan’s later albums actually work together as a whole, while this felt like a mix of singles thrown together to create a whole album.

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Machine Head by Deep Purple

Live At Leeds by The Who

NEU! 75 by Neu!

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

Fred Neil by Fred Neil

Blue by Joni Mitchell

In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson

Kid A by Radiohead

Pearl by Janis Joplin

Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits

Again, I can understand the significance of this album but it’s just not for me.

Master Of Puppets by Metallica

Joan Baez by Joan Baez

Reggatta De Blanc by The Police

Street Signs by Ozomatli

Not for me

Hard Again by Muddy Waters

Live At The Witch Trials by The Fall

Not for me

Giant Steps by The Boo Radleys

Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós

Gentlemen by The Afghan Whigs

Pink Flag by Wire

Young Americans by David Bowie

Ten by Pearl Jam

In Our Heads by Hot Chip

Odelay by Beck

Electric Warrior by T. Rex

Songs The Lord Taught Us by The Cramps

Every song sounded the same

Mothership Connection by Parliament

The Man Machine by Kraftwerk

Not for me

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

Phrenology by The Roots

Vincebus Eruptum by Blue Cheer

Funeral by Arcade Fire

69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields

Ain’t nobody got time for allllll this. Good lord. Wish I did and could give an honest review!

Screamadelica by Primal Scream

Step In The Arena by Gang Starr

Sea Change by Beck

Abraxas by Santana

In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge by Mudhoney

Honky Tonk Heroes by Waylon Jennings

Mermaid Avenue by Billy Bragg

Remain In Light by Talking Heads

Duck Rock by Malcolm McLaren

Dry by PJ Harvey

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson

The Predator by Ice Cube

3.5

Aqualung by Jethro Tull

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins

Overall good songs. Some hit the mark a bit better than others. My only beef is that it’s a two hour long album…

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles

Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses

London Calling by The Clash

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos

Don't Stand Me Down by Dexys Midnight Runners

Chris by Christine and the Queens

If You're Feeling Sinister by Belle & Sebastian

Definitely Maybe by Oasis

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession by Laura Nyro

Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth

Blur by Blur

Untitled (Black Is) by SAULT

Damaged by Black Flag

Always makes me watch to listen to Rise Above by Dirty Projectors

Hms Fable by Shack

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band by John Lennon

Goo by Sonic Youth

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Toys In The Attic by Aerosmith

More like 3.5

Dr. Octagonecologyst by Dr. Octagon

Oracular Spectacular by MGMT

James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown

Underwater Moonlight by The Soft Boys

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie

A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay

Inspiration Information by Shuggie Otis

Planet Rock: The Album by Afrika Bambaataa

Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin

Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock

Group Sex by Circle Jerks

Metallica by Metallica

Atomizer by Big Black

Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

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

In Utero by Nirvana

Off The Wall by Michael Jackson

Bone Machine by Tom Waits

A Night At The Opera by Queen

4.5

Different Class by Pulp

Konnichiwa by Skepta

Emergency On Planet Earth by Jamiroquai

Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan

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

The fucking harmonica 🙉

If I Could Only Remember My Name by David Crosby

Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell

Follow The Leader by Korn

2.5

Illmatic by Nas

3.5

Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors

Let's Stay Together by Al Green

Vauxhall And I by Morrissey

Dnf. Morrissey bores me

Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones

Dub Housing by Pere Ubu

Liege And Lief by Fairport Convention

Ren faire folk music and I love it

1977 by Ash

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

Nevermind by Nirvana

Punishing Kiss by Ute Lemper

Tapestry by Carole King

Ellington at Newport by Duke Ellington

The Trinity Session by Cowboy Junkies

A little downtempo for my taste. But still enjoyable sound and vocals.

Brutal Youth by Elvis Costello

Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone

Highly Evolved by The Vines

A Little Deeper by Ms. Dynamite

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival

3.5

The Nightfly by Donald Fagen

Ramones by Ramones

Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan

Highway to Hell by AC/DC

3.5

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis

Africa Brasil by Jorge Ben Jor

The Pleasure Principle by Gary Numan

3.5

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

Behaviour by Pet Shop Boys

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

A favorite

Something Else By The Kinks by The Kinks

Cross by Justice

Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix

Before And After Science by Brian Eno

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

The Slim Shady LP by Eminem

Aged like milk… As a fully grown adult, I cannot stand listening to such misogynistic shit. Pretty awful all around.

The Score by Fugees

Destroyer by KISS

Trafalgar by Bee Gees

My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello

If I have to listen to a Costello album, at least make it short!

Teenage Head by Flamin' Groovies

Elastica by Elastica

This Year's Model by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

How many fucking Costello albums do you REALLY need to listen to before you die?! Because tbh, I’d say just one!

Superunknown by Soundgarden

Night Life by Ray Price

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes

Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin

The Rolling Stones by The Rolling Stones

Faust IV by Faust

Not for me

Crazysexycool by TLC

Green Onions by Booker T. & The MG's

Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.

Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park

In the End will always be a banger.

The White Album by Beatles

Slipknot by Slipknot

Elvis Is Back by Elvis Presley

Either Or by Elliott Smith

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads

Tarkus by Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen

Play by Moby

Love this album as a kid. Love it still as an adult.

The Stranger by Billy Joel

I wouldn’t call myself a Billy Joel fan, but this album was shockingly good! Maybe it’s because it has all the hits- which is, in a way an indicator that it is a good album! I would give it a 4.5- rounding down.

Brothers by The Black Keys

3.5- rounded down

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman by John Zorn

Can’t list to

Blue Lines by Massive Attack

The Undertones by The Undertones

The Coral by The Coral

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

Dire Straits by Dire Straits

Kind of a dud.. more like 2.5, rounded up

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Two big hits but the rest is kinda mid. 3.5, rounded down

Teenager Of The Year by Frank Black

L.A. Woman by The Doors

Goodbye And Hello by Tim Buckley

American Pie by Don McLean

Little sleepy as a whole, but peppered with beautiful songwriting and guitar. Idk, probably a low 3…

Heroes by David Bowie

Odessa by Bee Gees

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels by Dexys Midnight Runners

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes

Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden

Countdown To Ecstasy by Steely Dan

25 by Adele

Bug by Dinosaur Jr.

Homework by Daft Punk

A Girl Called Dusty by Dusty Springfield

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake by Small Faces

2.5 rounded up

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) by Eurythmics

Here's Little Richard by Little Richard

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Smile by Brian Wilson

I like the other Wilson brother more

Space Ritual by Hawkwind

Violator by Depeche Mode

Nick Of Time by Bonnie Raitt

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Coles Corner by Richard Hawley

All Hope Is Gone by Slipknot

GI by Germs

Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

3.5

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash

Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin

Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welch

Queens of the Stone Age by Queens Of The Stone Age

Suzanne Vega by Suzanne Vega

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake

Bongo Rock by Incredible Bongo Band

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

Parallel Lines by Blondie

4.5

Queen Of Denmark by John Grant

Sounds like a mix of Father John Misty and Rufus Wainwright…

Mama's Gun by Erykah Badu

Roxy Music by Roxy Music

Shake Your Money Maker by The Black Crowes

All the damn hits! As much as they are radio fodder today, I know when it came out it was huge and groundbreaking. 3.5, rounding up.

Vanishing Point by Primal Scream

Felt Mountain by Goldfrapp

American Idiot by Green Day

Feels as relevant, if not more so, now than it did in 2004. Big ups to my dad for buying this back then and being a cool rock dad.

The Last Broadcast by Doves

Rock 'N Soul by Solomon Burke

Fisherman's Blues by The Waterboys

3.5, rounded up

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode

3.5

The Wall by Pink Floyd

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo by MC Solaar

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Welcome To The Pleasuredome by Frankie Goes To Hollywood

2.5

Pelican West by Haircut 100

Van Halen by Van Halen

Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues

Boston by Boston

Like Water For Chocolate by Common

This Is Fats Domino by Fats Domino

Younger Than Yesterday by The Byrds

Tigermilk by Belle & Sebastian

The sharp ‘S’s took me out immediately. The songs all kind of blur together…

Butterfly by Mariah Carey

Parklife by Blur

Triangle by The Beau Brummels

2.5 not bad but also not very memorable

Buffalo Springfield Again by Buffalo Springfield

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band

Arc Of A Diver by Steve Winwood

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room by Dwight Yoakam

A lot more “gonna shoot my lover” lines vibes than I was expecting…

The Specials by The Specials

Not a big ska fan.

Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens

Fever Ray by Fever Ray

OK Computer by Radiohead

Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra

Immigrés by Youssou N'Dour

At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters

Third by Portishead

On The Beach by Neil Young

The best side A

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live) by Motörhead

Cheap Thrills by Big Brother & The Holding Company

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen

Closer by Joy Division

Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou Harris

Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple

Come Find Yourself by Fun Lovin' Criminals

Like if I’m splitting hairs, I’ll say 2.75…. It’s alright, some songs have a groove. But the mumble-core rapping is not my jam.

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg by Jerry Lee Lewis

Hot Fuss by The Killers

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

Hysteria by Def Leppard

It has the hits but felt a lot longer than it actually was.

Our Aim Is To Satisfy by Red Snapper

The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe

3.5 rounded down

Fever To Tell by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Copper Blue by Sugar

Crime Of The Century by Supertramp

461 Ocean Boulevard by Eric Clapton

Call of the Valley by Shivkumar Sharma

LP1 by FKA twigs

Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

Blood, Sweat & Tears by Blood, Sweat & Tears

Larks' Tongues In Aspic by King Crimson

2.5, rounded up

Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones

Close To You by Carpenters

Wild Gift by X

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned by Liars

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield

Idlewild by Everything But The Girl

2.5 rounded up because their top Spotify songs are actually bangers. It was just a little too one note sounding for me.

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive by Merle Haggard

I want to like Merle, but this was mostly “I’m in prison/jail, I miss my baby” and then “my baby left me and I don’t know why”.

Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane

Apocalypse Dudes by Turbonegro

2.5, rounded up

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

Infected by The The

3.5, rounded down

Back In Black by AC/DC

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash

The Atomic Mr Basie by Count Basie & His Orchestra

Diamond Life by Sade

Shaft by Isaac Hayes

Bossanova by Pixies

3.5 rounded up

Eliminator by ZZ Top

Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees

4.5, rounded down

Welcome to the Afterfuture by Mike Ladd

Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

Kanye is a garbage human now but this album still slaps.

Fromohio by fIREHOSE

Pornography by The Cure

3.5 rounded up because I love The Cure

Teen Dream by Beach House

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus

Tonight's The Night by Neil Young

Another Music In A Different Kitchen by Buzzcocks

All Things Must Pass by George Harrison

Liquid Swords by GZA

Tical by Method Man

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk

With The Beatles by Beatles

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

Next by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

Not for me!

The Madcap Laughs by Syd Barrett

More like 2.5….

Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

Broken English by Marianne Faithfull

The Renaissance by Q-Tip

Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz

All That You Can't Leave Behind by U2

The first half of this album absolutely slaps. But really takes a nosedive in the second half. 3.5 rounded up cause I do like U2

Warehouse: Songs And Stories by Hüsker Dü

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

The Good, The Bad & The Queen by The Good, The Bad & The Queen

3.5 rounded up

The Notorious Byrd Brothers by The Byrds

2.5 rounded down

Pink Moon by Nick Drake

Skylarking by XTC

XTC’s sound is just not for me

Playing With Fire by Spacemen 3

Buena Vista Social Club by Buena Vista Social Club

Rage Against The Machine by Rage Against The Machine

Born To Be With You by Dion

3.5 rounded down

Moving Pictures by Rush

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

Metal Box by Public Image Ltd.

New Forms by Roni Size

2.5

The Clash by The Clash

The Genius Of Ray Charles by Ray Charles

Moby Grape by Moby Grape

Maverick A Strike by Finley Quaye

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears

4.5, rounded up

Rain Dogs by Tom Waits

Deserter's Songs by Mercury Rev

Ctrl by SZA

There's No Place Like America Today by Curtis Mayfield

Modern Kosmology by Jane Weaver

Sex Packets by Digital Underground

Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

Rust In Peace by Megadeth

War by U2

The Sensual World by Kate Bush

3.5 rounded up

She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper

2.5 rounded up because those hits are forever classics

3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul

Wonderful Rainbow by Lightning Bolt

Low-Life by New Order

Myths Of The Near Future by Klaxons

Beauty And The Beat by The Go-Go's

Disraeli Gears by Cream

2.5, rounded up

Orbital 2 by Orbital

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

Queen II by Queen

Chore of Enchantment by Giant Sand

The Infotainment Scan by The Fall

1999 by Prince

Penance Soiree by The Icarus Line

In It For The Money by Supergrass

The Next Day by David Bowie

Scott 2 by Scott Walker

More Specials by The Specials

Music by Madonna

So 2000’s but it works.

Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy

Every Picture Tells A Story by Rod Stewart

Oedipus Schmoedipus by Barry Adamson

Hail To the Thief by Radiohead

3.5 rounded up cause I like Radiohead

Sunshine Hit Me by The Bees

The Man Who by Travis

The Cars by The Cars

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield

Transformer by Lou Reed

Since I Left You by The Avalanches

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast by Badly Drawn Boy

Rip It Up by Orange Juice

Thriller by Michael Jackson

Survivor by Destiny's Child

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim by Frank Sinatra

Ray Of Light by Madonna

2.5, rounded down

Something/Anything? by Todd Rundgren

Want Two by Rufus Wainwright

Gasoline Alley by Rod Stewart

3.5

Hot Shots II by The Beta Band

BEYONCÉ by Beyoncé

Better Living Through Chemistry by Fatboy Slim

Black Holes and Revelations by Muse

What I would give to listen to this album for the first time again….. 3.5, rounded down

Peggy Suicide by Julian Cope

The Lexicon Of Love by ABC

Me Against The World by 2Pac

Club Classics Vol. One by Soul II Soul

This Is Hardcore by Pulp

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road by Lucinda Williams

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor by Lupe Fiasco

Solid 3.5, rounded up because I was surprised by how good it was as a whole album!

Third by Soft Machine

Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter

Ocean Rain by Echo And The Bunnymen

L'Eau Rouge by The Young Gods

One World by John Martyn

Black Monk Time by The Monks

Psychocandy by The Jesus And Mary Chain

You're Living All Over Me by Dinosaur Jr.

Kimono My House by Sparks

2.5, rounded up

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Face to Face by The Kinks

90 by 808 State

A Wizard, A True Star by Todd Rundgren

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers

3.5 rounded down because side B is really a big comedown from the first half

Stephen Stills by Stephen Stills

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash

Tommy by The Who

Blackstar by David Bowie

Real Life by Magazine

Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams

It’s a damn good album. He just really fucking sucks. I haven’t listened to it since news broke about Adams….just as good as I remember it.

Celebrity Skin by Hole

So by Peter Gabriel

Station To Station by David Bowie

Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Freak Out! by The Mothers Of Invention

...And Justice For All by Metallica

2.5, rounded up thanks to One

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

m b v by My Bloody Valentine

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

Live At The Harlem Square Club by Sam Cooke

Amphetamines really were something else back then…

Private Dancer by Tina Turner

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley

Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.

The Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips

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

Honky Tonk Masquerade by Joe Ely

2.5…rounded up because I feel bad?

Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder

Happy Trails by Quicksilver Messenger Service

Stripped by Christina Aguilera

Only By The Night by Kings of Leon

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight by Richard Thompson

Histoire De Melody Nelson by Serge Gainsbourg

Live / Dead by Grateful Dead

Let It Be by The Replacements

2.5

Killing Joke by Killing Joke

So Much For The City by The Thrills

Tago Mago by Can

No Other by Gene Clark

When I Was Born For The 7th Time by Cornershop

Here Come The Warm Jets by Brian Eno

Tom Tom Club by Tom Tom Club

The Slider by T. Rex

The Age Of The Understatement by The Last Shadow Puppets

Cypress Hill by Cypress Hill

Smash by The Offspring

Shleep by Robert Wyatt

Walking Wounded by Everything But The Girl

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

Fire Of Love by The Gun Club

Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

Peter Gabriel 3 by Peter Gabriel

O.G. Original Gangster by Ice T

Moon Safari by Air

Southern Rock Opera by Drive-By Truckers

Honestly, I know this is an important alt-country album, but I really found it kinda mid… 2.5, rounded up

Os Mutantes by Os Mutantes

Lucky for me, I was introduced to this band and album when I was like 20/21 with my now husband playing some songs from this with his psych rock band in all the dirty basements…. Ahhh college

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

Vulnicura by Björk

Fragile by Yes

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow

Can't Buy A Thrill by Steely Dan

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

Miriam Makeba by Miriam Makeba

Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters

3.5, rounded down because it was solid but didn’t like blow me away good

Beautiful Freak by Eels

3.5, rounded up

Guero by Beck

Pretenders by Pretenders

Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine by Cee Lo Green

Groovin' by The Young Rascals

2.5, rounded up because I do like the song Groovin’. However the rest of the album was so corny 60’s it was a bit much

Third/Sister Lovers by Big Star

The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow

Two Dancers by Wild Beasts

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

Vivid by Living Colour

Millions Now Living Will Never Die by Tortoise

Here Are the Sonics by The Sonics

2.5 but rounded up for some hits

Shalimar by Rahul Dev Burman

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black by Public Enemy

White Blood Cells by The White Stripes

4.5, rounded up

California by American Music Club

Dog Man Star by Suede

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen by The Residents

The Bones Of What You Believe by CHVRCHES

So painfully 2013…

Caetano Veloso by Caetano Veloso

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

Brown Sugar by D'Angelo

Devotional Songs by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield

Dirty by Sonic Youth

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain by Pavement

Amnesiac by Radiohead

Armed Forces by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

I just don’t really care for Costello…

Ritual De Lo Habitual by Jane's Addiction

I'm Your Man by Leonard Cohen

Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies

3.5

The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water by Limp Bizkit

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

Lady In Satin by Billie Holiday

Pieces Of The Sky by Emmylou Harris

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire

Music Has The Right To Children by Boards of Canada

Justified by Justin Timberlake

Feast of Wire by Calexico

3.5 rounded up

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

Purple Rain by Prince

Back to Mystery City by Hanoi Rocks

Lazer Guided Melodies by Spiritualized

Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

This was truly innovative and groundbreaking at the time of this release- and still holds a spot as being an important piece of music in history. However, noise- art rock is not for me. So it’s getting a 2.5, rounded up to 3 because Capt Beefheart was a visionary. This is just realllllly hard to get through!

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin

evermore by Taylor Swift

At San Quentin by Johnny Cash

Music From Big Pink by The Band

The Visitors by ABBA

Leftism by Leftfield

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

Snivilisation by Orbital

This probably deserves a higher rating than a 1, but I’m kind of over noise albums.

Let's Get Killed by David Holmes

Again, probably deserves a higher rating but I am over all these albums with no lyrics! Not my cup of tea and it seems to be all this random generator is serving.

The College Dropout by Kanye West

Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi

3.5 rounded up for all the hits!

Repeater by Fugazi

Tellin’ Stories by The Charlatans

2.5 rounded up. Inoffensive but also unremarkable

One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle by Bill Callahan

Paul Simon by Paul Simon

Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective

Midnight Ride by Paul Revere & The Raiders

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel

Rapture by Anita Baker

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Roots by Sepultura

Django Django by Django Django

Country Life by Roxy Music

Black Metal by Venom

Woodface by Crowded House

Henry's Dream by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Under Construction by Missy Elliott

Darkdancer by Les Rythmes Digitales

Calenture by The Triffids

S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things

Tres Hombres by ZZ Top

D by White Denim

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury by The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

I want to rate this higher, but found it hard to like really get into…

In Rainbows by Radiohead

Ace of Spades by Motörhead

Sister by Sonic Youth

Ok but like how many Sonic Youth albums does one really need to listen to before they die? I think 3 is really pushing it! (I did enjoy this one more than I’ve enjoyed others!)

Dust by Screaming Trees

The Rising by Bruce Springsteen

Frank by Amy Winehouse

Hypnotised by The Undertones

Guitar Town by Steve Earle

Murder Ballads by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Abbey Road by Beatles

Back to Basics by Christina Aguilera

Ys by Joanna Newsom

The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers

2.5… rounded down cause I got bored

You've Come a Long Way Baby by Fatboy Slim

Be by Common

Chicago Transit Authority by Chicago

Locust Abortion Technician by Butthole Surfers

Selling England By The Pound by Genesis

Beyond Skin by Nitin Sawhney

Yank Crime by Drive Like Jehu

Get Rich Or Die Tryin' by 50 Cent

Heavy Weather by Weather Report

Whatever by Aimee Mann

Elephant by The White Stripes

Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

More like 4.5!

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

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

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

Pictures At An Exhibition by Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx by Raekwon

Bert Jansch by Bert Jansch

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus by Spirit

Suicide by Suicide

Virgin Suicides by Air

Back To Black by Amy Winehouse

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

Parachutes by Coldplay

Raw Power by The Stooges

The Bends by Radiohead

#1 Record by Big Star

Sulk by The Associates

Live Through This by Hole

From Elvis In Memphis by Elvis Presley

Mott by Mott The Hoople

Horses by Patti Smith

Now I Got Worry by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

After The Gold Rush by Neil Young

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

The Stooges by The Stooges

Raw Like Sushi by Neneh Cherry

Sound Affects by The Jam

Electric Prunes by The Electric Prunes

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

American Gothic by David Ackles

Second Toughest In The Infants by Underworld

Disintegration by The Cure

The Gilded Palace Of Sin by The Flying Burrito Brothers

São Paulo Confessions by Suba

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel

Songs From A Room by Leonard Cohen

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby by Girls Against Boys

Bright Flight by Silver Jews

Cafe Bleu by The Style Council

Dirt by Alice In Chains

Spiderland by Slint

Manassas by Stephen Stills

Germfree Adolescents by X-Ray Spex

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis

Fly Or Die by N.E.R.D

Dear Science by TV On The Radio

4.5, rounded up!

Penthouse And Pavement by Heaven 17

Electric by The Cult

Scott 4 by Scott Walker

Melody A.M. by Röyksopp

3.5

Meat Puppets II by Meat Puppets

Arrival by ABBA

You Are The Quarry by Morrissey

Like A Prayer by Madonna

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

4.5, rounded up because of Lodi

This Nation’s Saving Grace by The Fall

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes by TV On The Radio

Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt

Moondance by Van Morrison

What's Going On by Marvin Gaye

The Modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers

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

1989 by Taylor Swift

Green by R.E.M.

Honestly more like 4.5. So many great songs!!

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 by George Michael