1001 Albums Summary

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

Cloud Nine by The Temptations

Good vibes!

Come Away With Me by Norah Jones

Quite dull. Don’t like her tone of voice much.

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

This is just not for me

This Year's Model by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Raw Power by The Stooges

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive by Merle Haggard

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles

Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder

Fever Ray by Fever Ray

Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters

The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest

Kid A by Radiohead

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

Born To Be With You by Dion

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Pump by Aerosmith

It's A Shame About Ray by The Lemonheads

Supa Dupa Fly by Missy Elliott

White Blood Cells by The White Stripes

2112 by Rush

Sulk by The Associates

Dummy by Portishead

Reggatta De Blanc by The Police

Timeless by Goldie

Step In The Arena by Gang Starr

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

Djam Leelii by Baaba Maal

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

Ray Of Light by Madonna

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

The Contino Sessions by Death In Vegas

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake

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

Welcome to the Afterfuture by Mike Ladd

Be by Common

Here Come The Warm Jets by Brian Eno

So by Peter Gabriel

Basket of Light by Pentangle

The Wildest! by Louis Prima

Palo Congo by Sabu

Look, I can recognise it is good music. It’s not for me. But it’s good.

Live At The Regal by B.B. King

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

Strange Cargo III by William Orbit

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

Street Signs by Ozomatli

Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin

Green by R.E.M.

2 stars from me. It’s a bit depressing.

The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

4*s. Good tunes

There's No Place Like America Today by Curtis Mayfield

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

2*s Not my thing

At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters

Yeah this hasn’t aged well

The Blueprint by JAY Z

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

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground

Vincebus Eruptum by Blue Cheer

2* boring

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

Gorillaz by Gorillaz

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg by Jerry Lee Lewis

This is great! 5???

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

1* snore

Skylarking by XTC

Actually quite tuneful 4?

Thriller by Michael Jackson

It’s an obvious 5*s isn’t it?

Live At Leeds by The Who

I think this is worth a 4. Possibly 5.

The Doors by The Doors

Going to suggest 3*s for boring but not offensively so.

Oracular Spectacular by MGMT

1989 by Taylor Swift

The White Album by Beatles

Bluesbreakers by John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

Brutal Youth by Elvis Costello

It’s ok

Vivid by Living Colour

Probably a 3. Not bad but not worth another listen.

Mothership Connection by Parliament

Well this is more like it. 4?

Songs The Lord Taught Us by The Cramps

Le Tigre by Le Tigre

Probs another 2*s

Odelay by Beck

……….. 1?

Butterfly by Mariah Carey

4!

The Joshua Tree by U2

Not bad at all. Could be a 4

Slipknot by Slipknot

Nope can’t listen 1*

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

To me, it sounds like all the players are playing different things. Somehow it works but I don’t love it.

Out of Step by Minor Threat

No no no. 1?

Cupid & Psyche 85 by Scritti Politti

Sucky 1

Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush

Probably a 3. It is good but it’s also not.

Beauty And The Beat by The Go-Go's

Yeah it’s ok. 3.

Sunshine Hit Me by The Bees

3. Good not great.

Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

3. Yawn

Paul Simon by Paul Simon

3 again so many average albums

Cypress Hill by Cypress Hill

Hot Shots II by The Beta Band

Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix