1001 Albums Summary

American Idiot by Green Day

The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis

Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós

Ellington at Newport by Duke Ellington

Illmatic by Nas

Dance Mania by Tito Puente

Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones

The Next Day by David Bowie

The Man Machine by Kraftwerk

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

A Girl Called Dusty by Dusty Springfield

Locust Abortion Technician by Butthole Surfers

Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos

Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone

Devotional Songs by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Another Green World by Brian Eno

Stardust by Willie Nelson

25 by Adele

John Prine by John Prine

Leftism by Leftfield

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones

Vespertine by Björk

Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg

The Slider by T. Rex

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

Remain In Light by Talking Heads

Shake Your Money Maker by The Black Crowes

Aqualung by Jethro Tull

The Wall by Pink Floyd

Pelican West by Haircut 100

This Is Fats Domino by Fats Domino

It’s not a race Fats.

The Score by Fugees

Something Else By The Kinks by The Kinks

Power In Numbers by Jurassic 5

Soul Mining by The The

Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan

Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

Cut by The Slits

Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle by Bill Callahan

Pictures At An Exhibition by Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Urban Hymns by The Verve

Phrenology by The Roots

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

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson

Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane

Happy Sad by Tim Buckley

Black Metal by Venom

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads

Superunknown by Soundgarden

Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio

Bossanova by Pixies

Suzanne Vega by Suzanne Vega

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

At San Quentin by Johnny Cash

Virgin Suicides by Air

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

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

Sea Change by Beck

Nighthawks At The Diner by Tom Waits

Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

Trans Europe Express by Kraftwerk

The White Album by Beatles

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

Paul Simon by Paul Simon

Arrival by ABBA

Sign 'O' The Times by Prince

Tarkus by Emerson, Lake & Palmer

The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe

Quiet Life by Japan

The Rise & Fall by Madness

Rip It Up by Orange Juice

Station To Station by David Bowie

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

Eagles by Eagles

The Yes Album by Yes

No Other by Gene Clark

Zombie by Fela Kuti

Either Or by Elliott Smith

Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones

The Trinity Session by Cowboy Junkies

Nevermind by Nirvana

Odelay by Beck

Signing Off by UB40

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim by Frank Sinatra

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin

Amnesiac by Radiohead

Here, My Dear by Marvin Gaye

Young Americans by David Bowie

Beautiful Freak by Eels

american dream by LCD Soundsystem

Step In The Arena by Gang Starr

I Should Coco by Supergrass

Giant Steps by The Boo Radleys

Live / Dead by Grateful Dead

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Calenture by The Triffids

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

Bone Machine by Tom Waits

Dire Straits by Dire Straits

Green Onions by Booker T. & The MG's

Sulk by The Associates

Low by David Bowie

Dirty by Sonic Youth

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

Kid A by Radiohead

Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix

Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone

LP1 by FKA twigs

3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers

Brutal Youth by Elvis Costello

Second Toughest In The Infants by Underworld

C'est Chic by CHIC

Rio by Duran Duran

Surfer Rosa by Pixies

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo by MC Solaar

Harvest by Neil Young

Teenage Head by Flamin' Groovies

Is This It by The Strokes

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast by Badly Drawn Boy

Nilsson Schmilsson by Harry Nilsson

Out of Step by Minor Threat

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell

Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes

The Dreaming by Kate Bush

Let England Shake by PJ Harvey

Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith

Make Yourself by Incubus

Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter

Abraxas by Santana

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys

Fever Ray by Fever Ray

Roots by Sepultura

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

Penthouse And Pavement by Heaven 17

Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple

Pretenders by Pretenders

Murder Ballads by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Superfuzz Bigmuff by Mudhoney

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

Melodrama by Lorde

Younger Than Yesterday by The Byrds

Diamond Life by Sade

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde by The Pharcyde

S&M by Metallica

Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain by Pavement

Mask by Bauhaus

Smash by The Offspring

Justified by Justin Timberlake

Crazysexycool by TLC

Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou Harris

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

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

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes

Come Away With Me by Norah Jones

Connected by Stereo MC's

Rattus Norvegicus by The Stranglers

Microshift by Hookworms

A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay

First Band On The Moon by The Cardigans

New Wave by The Auteurs

Guero by Beck

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts by Brian Eno

Horses by Patti Smith

São Paulo Confessions by Suba

Madman Across The Water by Elton John

Spiderland by Slint

High Violet by The National

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

All Hail the Queen by Queen Latifah

Bert Jansch by Bert Jansch

Welcome to the Afterfuture by Mike Ladd

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen

Sincere by Mj Cole

Here Come The Warm Jets by Brian Eno

Different Class by Pulp

I'm Your Man by Leonard Cohen

Dare! by The Human League

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

The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett

Mama's Gun by Erykah Badu

Gris Gris by Dr. John

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

Django Django by Django Django

...And Justice For All by Metallica

Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins

Off The Wall by Michael Jackson

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

Queens of the Stone Age by Queens Of The Stone Age

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra

I Am a Bird Now by Antony and the Johnsons

The Real Thing by Faith No More

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo by The Byrds

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

Infected by The The

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen

On The Beach by Neil Young

Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.

Raw Like Sushi by Neneh Cherry

Live At Leeds by The Who

World Clique by Deee-Lite

Synchronicity by The Police

We Are Family by Sister Sledge

Sound Affects by The Jam

Pacific Ocean Blue by Dennis Wilson

OK by Talvin Singh

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins

Mermaid Avenue by Billy Bragg

Metallica by Metallica

Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses

#1 Record by Big Star

The Beach Boys Today! by The Beach Boys

Heroes by David Bowie

Millions Now Living Will Never Die by Tortoise

Entertainment by Gang Of Four

Debut by Björk

Tigermilk by Belle & Sebastian

So by Peter Gabriel

Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear

She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper

Tidal by Fiona Apple

Tuesday Night Music Club by Sheryl Crow

Stankonia by OutKast

There's No Place Like America Today by Curtis Mayfield

The Contino Sessions by Death In Vegas

Fear and Whiskey by Mekons

In Rainbows by Radiohead

Wild Wood by Paul Weller

Darklands by The Jesus And Mary Chain

The Chronic by Dr. Dre

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

Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

Ace of Spades by Motörhead

A Walk Across The Rooftops by The Blue Nile

Garbage by Garbage

Slayed? by Slade

Scissor Sisters by Scissor Sisters

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry by Billy Bragg

Graceland by Paul Simon

evermore by Taylor Swift

Made In Japan by Deep Purple

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

Sweet Baby James by James Taylor

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

Parallel Lines by Blondie

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

Private Dancer by Tina Turner

The Bones Of What You Believe by CHVRCHES

Natty Dread by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts by The Adverts

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

Among The Living by Anthrax

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Olympia 64 by Jacques Brel

461 Ocean Boulevard by Eric Clapton

Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake

Deserter's Songs by Mercury Rev

3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin

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

New Boots And Panties by Ian Dury

Darkdancer by Les Rythmes Digitales

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith

Tres Hombres by ZZ Top

Kala by M.I.A.

In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson

Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

Punishing Kiss by Ute Lemper

Are you fucking shitting me? I genuinely have no idea what criteria was used for this list. Some of these entries seem pulled from a hat.

What's Going On by Marvin Gaye

Joan Armatrading by Joan Armatrading

Life's Too Good by The Sugarcubes

Konnichiwa by Skepta

(What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis

A Little Deeper by Ms. Dynamite

A Night At The Opera by Queen

Dookie by Green Day

Africa Brasil by Jorge Ben Jor

Inspiration Information by Shuggie Otis

Alien Lanes by Guided By Voices

Be by Common

Hypnotised by The Undertones

Definitely Maybe by Oasis

Live At The Regal by B.B. King

Skylarking by XTC

Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan

Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies

Tanto Tempo by Bebel Gilberto

James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown

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

Ritual De Lo Habitual by Jane's Addiction

Frank by Amy Winehouse

1999 by Prince

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

Berlin by Lou Reed

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow

Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues

Bug by Dinosaur Jr.

Back to Mystery City by Hanoi Rocks

Jazz Samba by Stan Getz

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

Vauxhall And I by Morrissey

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

Electric Warrior by T. Rex

Third by Portishead

Heaux Tales by Jazmine Sullivan

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Timeless by Goldie

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

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie

Me Against The World by 2Pac

The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

Revolver by Beatles

Ingenue by k.d. lang

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones

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

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

Tical by Method Man

Colour By Numbers by Culture Club

It’s “fine”, but never in my life have I heard an album where every song, the chorus is composed almost entirely of the band singing the title of the song again, and again, and again. Lazy ass lyrics.

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen

Your Arsenal by Morrissey

White Light by Gene Clark

As if a yawn became music.

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

Ramones by Ramones

Live At The Witch Trials by The Fall

Tellin’ Stories by The Charlatans

Boooooooring

Brothers by The Black Keys

Bongo Rock by Incredible Bongo Band

Cheesy AF. How do you make Wipeout boring?? An hour of percussion does not an album make.

Electric Prunes by The Electric Prunes

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles

Purple Rain by Prince

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield

Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin

The Wildest! by Louis Prima

Legalize It by Peter Tosh

Bitches Brew by Miles Davis

Lazer Guided Melodies by Spiritualized

Tago Mago by Can

Shalimar by Rahul Dev Burman

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus

The only reason this isn't one star is because I normally really like Mingus. But this was aggressively unlistenable. Pure noise.

The Age Of The Understatement by The Last Shadow Puppets

The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu

La Revancha Del Tango by Gotan Project

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

Oedipus Schmoedipus by Barry Adamson

Armed Forces by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads

Channel Orange by Frank Ocean

Street Signs by Ozomatli

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears

The Blueprint by JAY Z

Being There by Wilco

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

Deloused in the Comatorium by The Mars Volta

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor by Lupe Fiasco

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby by Girls Against Boys

The Joshua Tree by U2

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel

The Pleasure Principle by Gary Numan

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk

GREY Area by Little Simz

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel

The Coral by The Coral

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

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin

Traffic by Traffic

Mothership Connection by Parliament

Lam Toro by Baaba Maal

The Stranger by Billy Joel

Gasoline Alley by Rod Stewart

Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective

Coles Corner by Richard Hawley

The La's by The La's

The Notorious Byrd Brothers by The Byrds

Rid Of Me by PJ Harvey

Unredeemable noise

Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits

Antichrist Superstar by Marilyn Manson

Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters

The Colour Of Spring by Talk Talk

Stripped by Christina Aguilera

Steve McQueen by Prefab Sprout

Sail Away by Randy Newman

Let's Get Killed by David Holmes

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd

Talk Talk Talk by The Psychedelic Furs

Future Days by Can

Wonderful Rainbow by Lightning Bolt

Disraeli Gears by Cream

Something/Anything? by Todd Rundgren

I want my hour and a half back. Critics, explain yourselves.

Headquarters by The Monkees

Temu Beatles

Celebrity Skin by Hole

Definition of middle of the road. It’s “fine”. One really solid song but the rest of the album all sounds the same.

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels by Dexys Midnight Runners

Only By The Night by Kings of Leon

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse by Faces

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

You Are The Quarry by Morrissey

Time Out Of Mind by Bob Dylan

Someone wake up Bob

Penance Soiree by The Icarus Line

Suede by Suede

Fragile by Yes

Don't Stand Me Down by Dexys Midnight Runners

Manassas by Stephen Stills

Truth by Jeff Beck

Two Dancers by Wild Beasts

Before And After Science by Brian Eno

Country Life by Roxy Music

Casanova by The Divine Comedy

Blue by Joni Mitchell

Elastica by Elastica

All That You Can't Leave Behind by U2

The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden

Blood And Chocolate by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Freak Out! by The Mothers Of Invention

Astral Weeks by Van Morrison

Imagine by John Lennon

Happy Trails by Quicksilver Messenger Service

m b v by My Bloody Valentine

Reminds me of Ross Geller playing on his synthesizer.

Hard Again by Muddy Waters

The only reason it’s not a 5 is because a lot of his songs are really repetitive. The same riff played again and again and again.

Let's Stay Together by Al Green

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band

The Gilded Palace Of Sin by The Flying Burrito Brothers

O.G. Original Gangster by Ice T

Elephant Mountain by The Youngbloods

Disintegration by The Cure

The Modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers

Immigrés by Youssou N'Dour

Vento De Maio by Elis Regina

Fishscale by Ghostface Killah

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music by Ray Charles

Love you Ray, but this one’s meh

Public Image: First Issue by Public Image Ltd.

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

Too Rye Ay by Dexys Midnight Runners

Come Find Yourself by Fun Lovin' Criminals

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

Van Halen by Van Halen

Feast of Wire by Calexico

Trafalgar by Bee Gees

McCartney by Paul McCartney

Murmur by R.E.M.

Vincebus Eruptum by Blue Cheer

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding

Raw Power by The Stooges

Queen II by Queen

One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic

Blue Lines by Massive Attack

Apocalypse Dudes by Turbonegro

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

Nixon by Lambchop

The Stooges by The Stooges

Warehouse: Songs And Stories by Hüsker Dü

Boy In Da Corner by Dizzee Rascal

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space by Spiritualized

Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welch

Lady In Satin by Billie Holiday

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band by John Lennon

The Healer by John Lee Hooker

Peter Gabriel 3 by Peter Gabriel

Bummed by Happy Mondays

My Generation by The Who

Rings Around The World by Super Furry Animals

Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

Faith by George Michael

Shaft by Isaac Hayes

Snivilisation by Orbital

Fly Or Die by N.E.R.D

If You're Feeling Sinister by Belle & Sebastian

If I Should Fall From Grace With God by The Pogues

Kenya by Machito

Toys In The Attic by Aerosmith

The New Tango by Astor Piazzolla

Pyromania by Def Leppard

Melody A.M. by Röyksopp

Nowhere by Ride

Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre

Ray Of Light by Madonna

...Baby One More Time by Britney Spears

The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails