1001 Albums Summary

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis

Liked it but not as much as Bitches Brew

Blue by Joni Mitchell

Kept losing my attention - got better as it went on.

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

Morrissey ruins everything.

The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd

First 5er

Ramones by Ramones

Not much on the lyric front

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding

The Trinity Session by Cowboy Junkies

Apple Venus Volume 1 by XTC

Dog Man Star by Suede

Liked this more than expected and some songs stand out, but it seems to devolve to noise more than it needs to.

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown

Public Image: First Issue by Public Image Ltd.

Tough listen

Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.

Enjoyed that more than expected. It’s probably been over 35 years since I listened to it. It was over some kid named marks house. His older brother had it.

Raw Like Sushi by Neneh Cherry

Not my thing at all - dated sound.

Paul Simon by Paul Simon

Almost a 5. Very enjoyable.

Since I Left You by The Avalanches

Big surprise

Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone

For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music

Interesting - cheap Bowie with some sad horns and a harmonica breakdown at end.

War by U2

In Rainbows by Radiohead

Could be a five but it’s like my fifth fav radiohead album

Gorillaz by Gorillaz

Architecture And Morality by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

Pushing for the worst so far

I Against I by Bad Brains

Vocals lost me a bit - a lil too excitable for the music.

Skylarking by XTC

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

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

At Budokan by Cheap Trick

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

Tago Mago by Can

So by Peter Gabriel

The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden

The Genius Of Ray Charles by Ray Charles

Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs

Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield

Who let the werewolves in?

Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues

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

I Am a Bird Now by Antony and the Johnsons

Deloused in the Comatorium by The Mars Volta

Fun fact - never really listened to them before.

Heartattack And Vine by Tom Waits

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

Doors have never been my thing.

Transformer by Lou Reed

Actually by Pet Shop Boys

Kala by M.I.A.

Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park

Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden

Another Iron Maiden?

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

Live At The Harlem Square Club by Sam Cooke

Beach Samba by Astrud Gilberto

The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu

The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett

Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock

Born To Be With You by Dion

Music From The Penguin Cafe by Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water by Limp Bizkit

Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane

The Clash by The Clash

That ain’t London calling, but not many albums are

Rings Around The World by Super Furry Animals

Felt like I was listening to Blur at times

Rio by Duran Duran

Felt repetitive at times

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge by Mudhoney

The College Dropout by Kanye West

The Specials by The Specials

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band

Quintessential Noodly

The Gilded Palace Of Sin by The Flying Burrito Brothers

Almost a 4 TBH - cosmic country AF

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys

Murmur by R.E.M.

Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies

Zombies >>> White Zombie >>>>>> zombie

Third by Portishead

Remedy by Basement Jaxx

The Modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

Urban Hymns by The Verve

Live At The Regal by B.B. King

Low by David Bowie

Honky Tonk Heroes by Waylon Jennings

Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart

Better than expected

1984 by Van Halen

Panama is a 6.

Parklife by Blur

...And Justice For All by Metallica

One the best Metallica song, but this album not as strong as I remember it

Smash by The Offspring

Goo by Sonic Youth

Eh

Harvest by Neil Young

Dire Straits by Dire Straits

Brothers by The Black Keys

Black Metal by Venom

Alien Lanes by Guided By Voices

Only got into GBV lightly. I’d think I’d like em better if their songs were twice as long and half as many per album.

Suede by Suede

Can we chill with the britpop?

Moondance by Van Morrison

Doolittle by Pixies

Apocalypse Dudes by Turbonegro

I don’t remember these guys at all but not bad

In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast by Badly Drawn Boy

Hot Fuss by The Killers

Stankonia by OutKast

Hadn’t listened front to back since it came out. Listening again, it one of my favorite rap albums of all time…. Still a 4!

Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio

Dig Your Own Hole by The Chemical Brothers

I should have done some drugs before I listened to this.

Rage Against The Machine by Rage Against The Machine

All Directions by The Temptations

There's No Place Like America Today by Curtis Mayfield

Central Reservation by Beth Orton

Modern Kosmology by Jane Weaver

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry by Billy Bragg

Queen II by Queen

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

I just don’t jive with Springsteen. I recognize this is good, but just not my thing.

Hms Fable by Shack

Well call you boring oasis

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

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

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones

The Atomic Mr Basie by Count Basie & His Orchestra

Document by R.E.M.

Hysteria by Def Leppard

First album that I ever owneed

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads

Power In Numbers by Jurassic 5

Haven’t listened to them since like 2005 - forgot how good .

Tanto Tempo by Bebel Gilberto

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Songs Of Love And Hate by Leonard Cohen

Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters

Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

Fly Or Die by N.E.R.D

Younger Than Yesterday by The Byrds

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes

Electric Warrior by T. Rex

Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds

Entertainment by Gang Of Four

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones

Moon Safari by Air

Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush

Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes

When guitarists make piano albums

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

Station To Station by David Bowie

Blue Lines by Massive Attack

Garbage by Garbage

New Forms by Roni Size

It's Too Late to Stop Now by Van Morrison

All Hail the Queen by Queen Latifah

The Slim Shady LP by Eminem

Melodrama by Lorde

Maggot Brain by Funkadelic

Ray Of Light by Madonna

That time when Madonna reinvented herself as a one hit wonder

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Abbey Road by Beatles

Broken English by Marianne Faithfull

Permission to Land by The Darkness

Moss Side Story by Barry Adamson

Superunknown by Soundgarden

C'est Chic by CHIC

A Night At The Opera by Queen

From Elvis In Memphis by Elvis Presley

Fred Neil by Fred Neil

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers

The Doors by The Doors

The Notorious Byrd Brothers by The Byrds

american dream by LCD Soundsystem

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin

The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground

Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin

Music For The Jilted Generation by The Prodigy

Pieces Of The Sky by Emmylou Harris

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

Bad by Michael Jackson

Music From Big Pink by The Band

Want Two by Rufus Wainwright

I did like this more than expected but overall not exceptional

Dirt by Alice In Chains

Inspiration Information by Shuggie Otis

Madman Across The Water by Elton John

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire

Isn't Anything by My Bloody Valentine

For some reason I thought my bloody valentine was an emo band.

You Are The Quarry by Morrissey

Van Halen by Van Halen

Almost a 5

White Blood Cells by The White Stripes

Funeral by Arcade Fire

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

Close to a 5

Celebrity Skin by Hole

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

Natty Dread by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Not as good as the other 2

Heroes by David Bowie

The Pleasure Principle by Gary Numan

The La's by The La's

Had no idea this was from the 90s

Revolver by Beatles

You've Come a Long Way Baby by Fatboy Slim

This was almost a 5 and I was shocked by that.

Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live) by Motörhead

It takes balls to open up with your biggest song. Start strong / end strong, I guess. Almost a 2, but Lemmys mole made me give it a 3.

Time Out Of Mind by Bob Dylan

<Bob Dylan Cumming>

Dookie by Green Day

Struggled between a 4 and a 5 here.

In Utero by Nirvana

Teenage angst paid off well

Histoire De Melody Nelson by Serge Gainsbourg

Yeah? Well we invented the missionary position... You're welcome.

Dear Science by TV On The Radio

Slayed? by Slade

2112 by Rush

Parallel Lines by Blondie

The Band by The Band

Kid A by Radiohead

Africa Brasil by Jorge Ben Jor

Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin

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

I Should Coco by Supergrass

Rain Dogs by Tom Waits

E.V.O.L. by Sonic Youth

Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

The White Room by The KLF

Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix

Purple Rain by Prince

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith

At Mister Kelly's by Sarah Vaughan

Cypress Hill by Cypress Hill

Now I know why they ordered the London symphony… to get on this list.

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby by Girls Against Boys

Coat Of Many Colors by Dolly Parton

Fear Of A Black Planet by Public Enemy

Arrival by ABBA

Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees

Sex Packets by Digital Underground

Vespertine by Björk

At San Quentin by Johnny Cash

Come Away With Me by Norah Jones

1977 by Ash

Nevermind by Nirvana

Beyond Skin by Nitin Sawhney

Boston by Boston

The Chronic by Dr. Dre

Devotional Songs by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Liquid Swords by GZA

The Beach Boys Today! by The Beach Boys

Jazz Samba by Stan Getz

Elephant by The White Stripes

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis

It felt like it was gonna cool places, but just didn’t. Phil Collins doesn’t shower often.

This Nation’s Saving Grace by The Fall

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches by Happy Mondays

In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson

Blackstar by David Bowie

Hypnotised by The Undertones

Loveless by My Bloody Valentine

Xmu fan over here

Nowhere by Ride

Pornography by The Cure

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

A Date With The Everly Brothers by The Everly Brothers

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen

Young Americans by David Bowie

Oracular Spectacular by MGMT

Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones

I wanted to give this a 3, but street fighting man and sympathy….

School's Out by Alice Cooper

Better than expected TBH. Start strong….

Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

Cheap Thrills by Big Brother & The Holding Company

Tuesday Night Music Club by Sheryl Crow

McCartney by Paul McCartney

Shaft by Isaac Hayes

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins

On The Beach by Neil Young

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

The Only Ones by The Only Ones

Tres Hombres by ZZ Top

Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin

1 of 4 zeppelin 5s is number 4

Heroes to Zeros by The Beta Band

Unsure how this album made the cut for the Beta Band. I remember them being a better than this and based on popularity, this one doesn’t have many big songs.

Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.

Butterfly by Mariah Carey

I was almost gonna give it a 2 but no. The dru hill song sucked the life that made gave me out of me.

British Steel by Judas Priest

Debut by Björk

Your New Favourite Band by The Hives

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

Gentlemen by The Afghan Whigs

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson

Connected by Stereo MC's

Sound Affects by The Jam

Sweet Baby James by James Taylor

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Buena Vista Social Club by Buena Vista Social Club

Nothing wrong with it. Just not my thing

Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens

Rock 'N Soul by Solomon Burke

Songs The Lord Taught Us by The Cramps

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem

Hearts And Bones by Paul Simon

Great example of a marginal album by a great artist that doesn’t need to be on here

Goodbye And Hello by Tim Buckley

The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

Chirping Crickets by Buddy Holly & The Crickets

Mothership Connection by Parliament

Blur by Blur

It would be cool if Song 2 was the 3rd track

Don't Stand Me Down by Dexys Midnight Runners

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road by Lucinda Williams

21 by Adele

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

Tigermilk by Belle & Sebastian

Illmatic by Nas

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

Tough to decide between 3 and 4 here

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield

A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay

Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos

I feel like there’s so much happening with her music but also absolutely nothing

All Hope Is Gone by Slipknot

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

Green Onions by Booker T. & The MG's

One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic

Vulnicura by Björk

I

Peter Gabriel 3 by Peter Gabriel

Play by Moby

Off The Wall by Michael Jackson

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Different Class by Pulp

Porcupine by Echo And The Bunnymen

High Violet by The National

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode

Definitely Maybe by Oasis

Most every song has the feeling of an album opener. I don’t know how that feels.

Parachutes by Coldplay

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus by Spirit

Disintegration by The Cure

The Joshua Tree by U2

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

#1 Record by Big Star

I thought I was gonna like this

Killing Joke by Killing Joke

Dollar store lemmy kept getting worse

More Specials by The Specials

Disraeli Gears by Cream

Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder

Repeater by Fugazi

Machine Gun Etiquette by The Damned

Unexpected 4

Oedipus Schmoedipus by Barry Adamson

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

Metallica by Metallica

Casanova by The Divine Comedy

Elvis Is Back by Elvis Presley

Rubber Soul by Beatles

Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes

The last song kinda lost me and that’s tough when an album is 4 songs

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

Meat Puppets II by Meat Puppets

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

John Prine by John Prine

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

With The Beatles by Beatles

Queen Of Denmark by John Grant

Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus

Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan

In It For The Money by Supergrass

Dig Me Out by Sleater-Kinney

Every Picture Tells A Story by Rod Stewart

Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears

Dry by PJ Harvey

Timeless by Goldie

Nothing's Shocking by Jane's Addiction

American Idiot by Green Day

Thriller by Michael Jackson

Tough to not give it a 5

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde by The Pharcyde

Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan

Always liked Barry town from hearing Ben folds five covering it

A Northern Soul by The Verve

Boring

All Things Must Pass by George Harrison

London Calling by The Clash

I know I’m wrong about the 4, but he said Harrisburg!

Guero by Beck

Unsure Beck has a bad album

OK by Talvin Singh

1999 by Prince

Some of the songs are way too long

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

I’ve jus never really liked them.

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

This Is Fats Domino by Fats Domino

Scott 4 by Scott Walker

Huh

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

🥱

Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth

Back To Black by Amy Winehouse

Tellin’ Stories by The Charlatans

Is this an oasis b side album? I liked the instrumental.

Foxbase Alpha by Saint Etienne

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

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

This would have got a 4 if it had the Anthrax collab version of bring the noise as a bonus track.

Fragile by Yes

Pacific Ocean Blue by Dennis Wilson

Lyin’ in Bed just like Dennis Wilson did

Planet Rock: The Album by Afrika Bambaataa

Live At The Witch Trials by The Fall

I don’t get this one making the list.

Abraxas by Santana

Almost a 5

Odelay by Beck

Ingenue by k.d. lang

Better than exoected

Destroy Rock & Roll by Mylo

I thought I was stroking out at different points

3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers

I enjoy the old soul groups covering songs but it does take away from the overall “greatness” of the albums.

The Yes Album by Yes

Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix

Murder Ballads by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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

Survivor by Destiny's Child

I only gave it a 3 cause bootylicious is an anthem for the ages.

Zombie by Fela Kuti

Good stuff

Highway to Hell by AC/DC

Warehouse: Songs And Stories by Hüsker Dü

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin

Fine for background music at a store that I wouldn’t shop at

World Clique by Deee-Lite

One hit wonder defined

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

Feast of Wire by Calexico

Bummed by Happy Mondays

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

Green by R.E.M.

Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin

Trans Europe Express by Kraftwerk

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd

Very unfamiliar with this Pink Floyd. Nothing exceptional about it.

Technique by New Order

Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós

At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters

Post Orgasmic Chill by Skunk Anansie

Huh? Very unexceptuonal

Faith by George Michael

I’ve never forgot my mom playing this album for her Vietnam war vet brother in the late 80s. He was appalled. Not as bad as I expected.

Club Classics Vol. One by Soul II Soul

1.5

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned by Liars

Liars! They lied about this being one of the top 1,000,001 albums ever.

Crocodiles by Echo And The Bunnymen

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

Devil Without A Cause by Kid Rock

Being honest, there’s some catchy shit here. It’s shit, most certainly but better than a 1

L'Eau Rouge by The Young Gods

"My husband Gregory and I want what any couple wants: to retire to Stockholm and develop a currency for dogs and cats to use"

The Contino Sessions by Death In Vegas

Django Django by Django Django

2.5

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

Palo Congo by Sabu

2.5 rounding up

Fifth Dimension by The Byrds

L.A. Woman by The Doors

Ten by Pearl Jam

Astral Weeks by Van Morrison

Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell

I appreciate Blue as much as I can, but I just don’t get Joni

Back to Mystery City by Hanoi Rocks

Germfree Adolescents by X-Ray Spex

Da Capo by Love

Done By The Forces Of Nature by Jungle Brothers

Exile In Guyville by Liz Phair

Yeezus by Kanye West

This sure ain’t the first couple Kanye albums

Freak Out! by The Mothers Of Invention

Real Life by Magazine

System Of A Down by System Of A Down

Brutal Youth by Elvis Costello

The Infotainment Scan by The Fall

The Sensual World by Kate Bush

Os Mutantes by Os Mutantes

Sunshine Superman by Donovan

Future Days by Can

Too Rye Ay by Dexys Midnight Runners

It’s like old school Amish ska

Teen Dream by Beach House

Ill Communication by Beastie Boys

Scott 2 by Scott Walker

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room by Dwight Yoakam

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

Rid Of Me by PJ Harvey

That was better than I expected - almost a 4

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

Ellington at Newport by Duke Ellington

The last half of show fucks.

Pelican West by Haircut 100

Triangle by The Beau Brummels

Joan Baez by Joan Baez

Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

Good Old Boys by Randy Newman

Metal Box by Public Image Ltd.

Here, My Dear by Marvin Gaye

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith

3.5

I See A Darkness by Bonnie "Prince" Billy

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis

70s miles > 50s miles

Idlewild by Everything But The Girl

So Much For The City by The Thrills

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive by Merle Haggard

Ace of Spades by Motörhead

Tank Battles by Dagmar Krause

Wtf

Throwing Muses by Throwing Muses

Out of Step by Minor Threat

Scum by Napalm Death

Odessa by Bee Gees

Picture Book by Simply Red

Cut by The Slits

Fuzzy by Grant Lee Buffalo

Life Thru A Lens by Robbie Williams

Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi

Billion Dollar Babies by Alice Cooper

Teenager Of The Year by Frank Black

This one was always featured in the BMG catalog. 3.5

Paris 1919 by John Cale

2.5 c’caine

D by White Denim

Blunderbuss by Jack White

The Slider by T. Rex

Tommy by The Who

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits

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

2.5

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles

Destroyer by KISS

Kings Of The Wild Frontier by Adam & The Ants

All Mod Cons by The Jam

Night Life by Ray Price