1001 Albums Summary

War by U2

Interesting to hear their clear 80s influence here. At times I felt like I was listening to The Police or The Cure or something. In one song (The Refugee) I was even reminded of Kate Bush, and I imagined that they could have hung out and talked about concept albums and character pieces. A deeper sound than I expected, and quite a fun listen overall.

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley

I realised while listening that I'd only ever heard one aspect of Elvis's voice before, the baritone that everyone seems to impersonate. I never expected his voice to be so versatile though, there's a few songs on the album that wouldn't have even guessed were him. His voice is very playful and at times almost cartoonish, very surprising. The emotional trajectory of the album was quite interesting too, starting out with cocky and upbeat songs about appealing to women, outlining his standards for a relationship, then deep in the midst of love, before the lyrics start showing cracks leading to a 2nd half about heartbreak and finally cynicism.

Moon Safari by Air

It's a pleasant listen for sure, but to me its sensual aesthetic felt too detached. There was some emotional sincerity in there, but at times the emotion felt undermined by kitsch. I can easily see why people would love an album like this but it's just not for me, I need more substance. I couldn't see anything that the album was trying to say, but maybe they weren't saying anything at all. I wanted to give up and not even finish it.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

I suppose I found it a little interesting to consider its links to grunge and Kurt Cobain, but beyond that I was quite bored by this album. Some of the lyrics and guitar playing seemed oddly amateurish. I don't have much to say about it.

Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush

Incredible album, one of my favourites.

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers

I can't relate to the Red Hot Chili Peppers at all. Not my thing, though a few catchy songs and good instrumentals.

Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg

I didn't really get it.

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

Disintegration by The Cure

A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band

Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies

Want Two by Rufus Wainwright

I enjoyed some of it, but other parts were offputting and the whole thing was tinged with pretentiousness.

Logical Progression by LTJ Bukem

Great stuff. I wasn't expecting to be reminded of Hiroshi Yoshimura's album 'Green' when I got this DnB generation, but it was a pleasant surprise. Very energetic while remaining soft and melodic, I'll most likely be listening to this one again.

Dance Mania by Tito Puente

Fun album

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles

Highly Evolved by The Vines

Survivor by Destiny's Child

I wasn't expecting to hear such overt Christian themes in this album

21 by Adele

Quite bland and lacking variation, though I was pleasantly surprised to hear a cover of a song by The Cure on there.

Maxinquaye by Tricky

A very dark, almost cursed feeling album.

Dire Straits by Dire Straits

Not very interesting. Sultans of Swing is definitely the best song on this.

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake

OK Computer by Radiohead

Untitled (Black Is) by SAULT

Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones

Melodrama by Lorde

Second Toughest In The Infants by Underworld

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder

I never knew he did pretty much all of the instrumentation and production himself, which is incredible. A great album, you could easily tell someone this was a modern release and they'd believe it.

Step In The Arena by Gang Starr

Parklife by Blur

I didn't really understand or enjoy it. Was originally going to give it a 2 because I was struggling, but the 2nd half bumped it to a 3

Cross by Justice

Drunk by Thundercat

Moondance by Van Morrison

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx by Raekwon

Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy

Fred Neil by Fred Neil

Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane

Fever To Tell by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

World Clique by Deee-Lite

Abraxas by Santana

The Chronic by Dr. Dre

Rhythm Nation 1814 by Janet Jackson

Kimono My House by Sparks

Oracular Spectacular by MGMT

Tom Tom Club by Tom Tom Club

Space Ritual by Hawkwind

A real slog to get through

At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters

You Are The Quarry by Morrissey

Connected by Stereo MC's

Rubber Soul by Beatles

Heroes by David Bowie

Da Capo by Love

Winter In America by Gil Scott-Heron

Cheap Thrills by Big Brother & The Holding Company

All Hail the Queen by Queen Latifah

The Renaissance by Q-Tip

Armed Forces by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Boston by Boston

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black by Public Enemy

Sign 'O' The Times by Prince

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins

The Grand Tour by George Jones

Wild Wood by Paul Weller

Pink Moon by Nick Drake

Kings Of The Wild Frontier by Adam & The Ants

Le Tigre by Le Tigre

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

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

Doolittle by Pixies

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby by Girls Against Boys

This Year's Model by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

The Score by Fugees

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

Tommy by The Who

Queen II by Queen

The Slim Shady LP by Eminem

Dust by Screaming Trees

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

Either Or by Elliott Smith

Rage Against The Machine by Rage Against The Machine

Amnesiac by Radiohead

Killing Joke by Killing Joke

Blackstar by David Bowie

Coles Corner by Richard Hawley

Slipknot by Slipknot

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears

Forever Changes by Love

Teen Dream by Beach House

Low-Life by New Order

The Lexicon Of Love by ABC

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe

Shaft by Isaac Hayes

xx by The xx

Moby Grape by Moby Grape

The Yes Album by Yes

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen by The Residents

The Wildest! by Louis Prima

Is This It by The Strokes

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd

Bossanova by Pixies

Smile by Brian Wilson

Buena Vista Social Club by Buena Vista Social Club

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode

Nevermind by Nirvana

Kid A by Radiohead

Your Arsenal by Morrissey

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra

Back To Black by Amy Winehouse

Bandwagonesque by Teenage Fanclub

Hot Fuss by The Killers

Diamond Life by Sade

Exile In Guyville by Liz Phair

Songs The Lord Taught Us by The Cramps

Nixon by Lambchop

25 by Adele

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo by MC Solaar

First Band On The Moon by The Cardigans

Black Holes and Revelations by Muse

Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell

Tonight's The Night by Neil Young

Rising Above Bedlam by Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

If I Should Fall From Grace With God by The Pogues

Damaged by Black Flag

Siembra by Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

Murmur by R.E.M.

Bug by Dinosaur Jr.

Larks' Tongues In Aspic by King Crimson

Toys In The Attic by Aerosmith

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie

Mama's Gun by Erykah Badu

Coat Of Many Colors by Dolly Parton

I Should Coco by Supergrass

S&M by Metallica

Felt Mountain by Goldfrapp

The Sounds Of India by Ravi Shankar

In Rainbows by Radiohead

Let England Shake by PJ Harvey

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre

Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes

Bone Machine by Tom Waits

Fuzzy by Grant Lee Buffalo

The Doors by The Doors

Walking Wounded by Everything But The Girl

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

Roots by Sepultura

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads

Can't Buy A Thrill by Steely Dan

Isn't Anything by My Bloody Valentine

Surfer Rosa by Pixies

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

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles

Fragile by Yes

Dear Science by TV On The Radio

Live Through This by Hole

Grace by Jeff Buckley

Don't Stand Me Down by Dexys Midnight Runners

Another Music In A Different Kitchen by Buzzcocks

The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem

The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails

Darklands by The Jesus And Mary Chain

Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes

Abbey Road by Beatles

Scott 2 by Scott Walker

Better Living Through Chemistry by Fatboy Slim

Hunting High And Low by a-ha

Reggatta De Blanc by The Police

A Little Deeper by Ms. Dynamite

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

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis

Violator by Depeche Mode

Youth And Young Manhood by Kings of Leon

Repeater by Fugazi

(What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis

New Wave by The Auteurs

Vulgar Display Of Power by Pantera

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

Beach Samba by Astrud Gilberto

Mask by Bauhaus

We Are Family by Sister Sledge

Live! by Fela Kuti

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight by Richard Thompson

Every Picture Tells A Story by Rod Stewart

Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys

Queens of the Stone Age by Queens Of The Stone Age

Mermaid Avenue by Billy Bragg

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 by George Michael

The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

The Clash by The Clash

Honky Tonk Masquerade by Joe Ely

Odelay by Beck

Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.

Planet Rock: The Album by Afrika Bambaataa

Modern Kosmology by Jane Weaver

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

D by White Denim

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis

Dare! by The Human League

Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock

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

For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music

Urban Hymns by The Verve

Among The Living by Anthrax

Fever Ray by Fever Ray

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

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

Caetano Veloso by Caetano Veloso

Heroes to Zeros by The Beta Band

Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra

Moss Side Story by Barry Adamson

Clandestino by Manu Chao

Live At Leeds by The Who

Harvest by Neil Young

Devotional Songs by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

Gentlemen by The Afghan Whigs

Hejira by Joni Mitchell

Zombie by Fela Kuti

Aqualung by Jethro Tull

Shake Your Money Maker by The Black Crowes

The Who Sell Out by The Who

The Genius Of Ray Charles by Ray Charles

A Date With The Everly Brothers by The Everly Brothers

The Boatman's Call by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Parachutes by Coldplay

Master Of Puppets by Metallica

Street Life by The Crusaders

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts by The Adverts

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

The Fat Of The Land by The Prodigy

461 Ocean Boulevard by Eric Clapton

My Generation by The Who

All Directions by The Temptations

The Sun Rises In The East by Jeru The Damaja

Bitches Brew by Miles Davis

Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues

Brutal Youth by Elvis Costello

Crime Of The Century by Supertramp

Brown Sugar by D'Angelo

Mama Said Knock You Out by LL Cool J

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

Suzanne Vega by Suzanne Vega

Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder

Nilsson Schmilsson by Harry Nilsson

Real Life by Magazine

All That You Can't Leave Behind by U2

Ray Of Light by Madonna

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones

Skylarking by XTC

Come Find Yourself by Fun Lovin' Criminals

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis

Disraeli Gears by Cream

Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde by The Pharcyde

Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin

American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash

Headquarters by The Monkees

Ten by Pearl Jam

Os Mutantes by Os Mutantes

Suicide by Suicide

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

Play by Moby

Aja by Steely Dan

Station To Station by David Bowie

So by Peter Gabriel

m b v by My Bloody Valentine

Songs Of Love And Hate by Leonard Cohen

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Elvis Is Back by Elvis Presley

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

Electric Prunes by The Electric Prunes

Brothers by The Black Keys

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

Rum Sodomy & The Lash by The Pogues

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

At San Quentin by Johnny Cash

Channel Orange by Frank Ocean

Younger Than Yesterday by The Byrds

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

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

Now I Got Worry by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson

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

1999 by Prince

Garbage by Garbage

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash

Buffalo Springfield Again by Buffalo Springfield

Make Yourself by Incubus

Superunknown by Soundgarden

Fisherman's Blues by The Waterboys

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

Feast of Wire by Calexico

Ramones by Ramones

Rattus Norvegicus by The Stranglers

Good Old Boys by Randy Newman

Back In Black by AC/DC

Truth by Jeff Beck

Before And After Science by Brian Eno

It's A Shame About Ray by The Lemonheads

Music From Big Pink by The Band

The Visitors by ABBA

I See A Darkness by Bonnie "Prince" Billy

Manassas by Stephen Stills

Opus Dei by Laibach

C'est Chic by CHIC

White Ladder by David Gray

This Is Hardcore by Pulp

Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor by Lupe Fiasco

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

Dummy by Portishead

Stankonia by OutKast

Debut by Björk

Slayed? by Slade

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Last Broadcast by Doves

At Budokan by Cheap Trick

Remain In Light by Talking Heads

Scum by Napalm Death

Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi

Basket of Light by Pentangle

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

Henry's Dream by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth

Myths Of The Near Future by Klaxons

Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones

Here Are the Sonics by The Sonics

Achtung Baby by U2

Southern Rock Opera by Drive-By Truckers

GREY Area by Little Simz

Chris by Christine and the Queens

Young Americans by David Bowie

What's That Noise? by Coldcut

The Rising by Bruce Springsteen

The Atomic Mr Basie by Count Basie & His Orchestra

Electric Warrior by T. Rex

Shaka Zulu by Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton

All Things Must Pass by George Harrison

Slanted And Enchanted by Pavement

Bright Flight by Silver Jews

Hms Fable by Shack

Smash by The Offspring

The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Cupid & Psyche 85 by Scritti Politti

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash

Pornography by The Cure