1001 Albums Summary

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

Not my usual listening but it wasn't top bad.

Imagine by John Lennon

Bad by Michael Jackson

Heard this so many times when it came out, I even know what the sound the next song will start with. Dirty Diana has always been my favourite MJ tune.

Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees

I don't think I would have liked this when it was released (I was 12) but I really enjoyed it. Good album I will definitely listen to it again.

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

I won't be aiming to listen to this again. I don't understand the hype for this at all.

The Wall by Pink Floyd

This album is 45 years old and I have never listened to it. I like it and that surprised me.

Mask by Bauhaus

This wasn't as bad as I was expecting but I'm not sure it will be a regular listen. Some good tunes and some very random ones too.

In Rainbows by Radiohead

Another band who's hits I know and like, but I have never listened to a whole album. This is good. I will have to start at the beginning with their discography. Even after all these years, they still sound like Radiohead and that's a good thing.

Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues

Blues done in an African language? That will never work. It bloody does though. It's really good. I just wish I knew what he was singing about. Don't worry about that little matter, it's a really good album.

She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper

Nope. Never liked her and this album has just cemented my belief. Her high pitched voice just grates and when she sings powerfully it almost as if she is shouting. I am sure there are worse albums out there so I will still give it 2*.

A Girl Called Dusty by Dusty Springfield

What a voice. This is from the days when you needed talent to be a big star. So many great tracks on this album.

Like A Prayer by Madonna

Forgot about some of the songs on this album. I have never been the biggest Madonna fan but I think this is some of her best stuff.

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69) by Ministry

Well that's a lot of noise. Not much more I can say about it.

Low by David Bowie

I listened to this when I was at work and was expecting something amazing, especially as Sound and Vision are on this album and I love that song. I was disappointed. It was almost as if he had heard Jean-Michel Jarre and got a bit carried away. It just seemed to be watered down version of that.

Fever To Tell by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Brothers by The Black Keys

I listened to the deluxe version. Not sure what the difference between that and the original but it is brilliant. Blues based and sounds so good. It sounds perfect for a day when you want to sit back and chill and listen to some great tunes.

Can't Buy A Thrill by Steely Dan

I didn't know I knew so many of these songs. Good album.

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

Yeah ok, better than I was expecting. Songs I knew from my youth and have heard on the radio. The ones I didn't know weren't too bad.

A Little Deeper by Ms. Dynamite

Ray Of Light by Madonna

Pearl by Janis Joplin

What a voice. I knew who she was but never deliberately listened to her. Good album.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra

Drunk by Thundercat

Nixon by Lambchop

Not a bad relaxing album. It would be so easy to just sit back and chill to this.

Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive by Merle Haggard

Not a country fan by any stretch, but I didn't mind this at all.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

Kenya by Machito

Who knew I would like Latin Jazz? It really does have a '50's gangster movie' feel about it in places. Some of the tunes could be great for a montage.

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

A classic album and performance.

More Specials by The Specials

Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin

Their best was to come. You can hear where they are going and it's a decent album.

In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson

Never heard one thing they've done. I love this. I will listen to more now. It's long, a bit over an hour, and only 8 songs but worth listening to.

Music For The Jilted Generation by The Prodigy

I have this on CD (that's how old I am). As soon as I saw it come up, I knew it was a 5*. It's very gentle in places, 3kilos for instance, nice ones to dance to as well, with No Good (Start the dance) then Poison, which is a little more raucous and a bit more on what was to come with Fat of the Land. Love this album and I'll listen to it more again now.

Penance Soiree by The Icarus Line

Didn't know what to expect from this but I enjoyed it. How have I gone 20 years without hearing it?

Olympia 64 by Jacques Brel

It is nothing to do with it being in a language I don't understand, but I didn't like the singing. Unless he is acting in a musical and this is the style then I gey it. If he is just a singer, then, it's a no from me.

Purple Rain by Prince

Always loved this album. Great to hear it again.

Disintegration by The Cure

Born To Be With You by Dion

Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park

The La's by The La's

Time Out Of Mind by Bob Dylan

Murder Ballads by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

You've Come a Long Way Baby by Fatboy Slim

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

Tarkus by Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Not for me. To many keyboard gymnastics for me. Unnecessary notes and overplayed. That's just my opinion though.

Moon Safari by Air

S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde by The Pharcyde

Music Has The Right To Children by Boards of Canada

Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo by MC Solaar

Didn't understand a word he said but this wasn't bad at all.

Walking Wounded by Everything But The Girl

War by U2

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx by Raekwon

Rock 'N Soul by Solomon Burke

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band by John Lennon

The Next Day by David Bowie

Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz

Microshift by Hookworms

All Directions by The Temptations

Trans Europe Express by Kraftwerk

Beyond Skin by Nitin Sawhney

Tapestry by Carole King

Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels by Dexys Midnight Runners

Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder

What's Going On by Marvin Gaye

The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche by Koffi Olomide

Here Are the Sonics by The Sonics

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones

Opus Dei by Laibach

Ys by Joanna Newsom

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

Tres Hombres by ZZ Top

Dig Your Own Hole by The Chemical Brothers

Abbey Road by Beatles

Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell

Cross by Justice

Under Construction by Missy Elliott

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes

Pornography by The Cure

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

Basket of Light by Pentangle

American Pie by Don McLean

L.A. Woman by The Doors

Yank Crime by Drive Like Jehu

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

Tical by Method Man

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

Want One by Rufus Wainwright

The Contino Sessions by Death In Vegas

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

In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra

Bug by Dinosaur Jr.

Every Picture Tells A Story by Rod Stewart

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers

The Nightfly by Donald Fagen

Millions Now Living Will Never Die by Tortoise

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers

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

The Yes Album by Yes

High Violet by The National

Definitely Maybe by Oasis

At Mister Kelly's by Sarah Vaughan

Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder

Go Girl Crazy by The Dictators

Shadowland by k.d. lang

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

From Elvis In Memphis by Elvis Presley

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

The Slider by T. Rex

Synchronicity by The Police

White Light / White Heat by The Velvet Underground

Psychocandy by The Jesus And Mary Chain

Moby Grape by Moby Grape

Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.

Third by Portishead

Get Rich Or Die Tryin' by 50 Cent

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis

Porcupine by Echo And The Bunnymen

Moss Side Story by Barry Adamson

Debut by Björk

In Utero by Nirvana

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

Bone Machine by Tom Waits

...And Justice For All by Metallica

O.G. Original Gangster by Ice T

Hms Fable by Shack

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain by Pavement

Ten by Pearl Jam

Armed Forces by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

London Calling by The Clash

Music From Big Pink by The Band

Hard Again by Muddy Waters

New York Dolls by New York Dolls

Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds

Nilsson Schmilsson by Harry Nilsson

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley

Quiet Life by Japan

Green by R.E.M.

Grace by Jeff Buckley

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

Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden

Tidal by Fiona Apple

Crime Of The Century by Supertramp

Dirty by Sonic Youth

Rio by Duran Duran

The United States Of America by The United States Of America

Inspiration Information by Shuggie Otis

Joan Baez by Joan Baez

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson

My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast

Dear Science by TV On The Radio

#1 Record by Big Star

Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi

Mothership Connection by Parliament

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

I really don't like this album. Too many people overplayed it as I was entering my teenage years and I got fed up of hearing it. Can't give it a 1* though because I have already heard worse albums. 2*

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith

Oracular Spectacular by MGMT

Tellin’ Stories by The Charlatans

Sail Away by Randy Newman

Country Life by Roxy Music

Moving Pictures by Rush

The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden

The Sensual World by Kate Bush

Rage Against The Machine by Rage Against The Machine

Happy Sad by Tim Buckley

Live At The Witch Trials by The Fall

Stephen Stills by Stephen Stills

One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic

The White Room by The KLF

The Band by The Band

Madman Across The Water by Elton John

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

90 by 808 State

Eliminator by ZZ Top

Hot Fuss by The Killers

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

Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush

Music by Madonna

Tanto Tempo by Bebel Gilberto

The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground

When I Was Born For The 7th Time by Cornershop

The Sun Rises In The East by Jeru The Damaja

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Rid Of Me by PJ Harvey

A Seat at the Table by Solange

Smile by Brian Wilson

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

Revolver by Beatles

Moondance by Van Morrison

This Is Fats Domino by Fats Domino

Peggy Suicide by Julian Cope

Something/Anything? by Todd Rundgren

Rip It Up by Orange Juice

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash

Talk Talk Talk by The Psychedelic Furs

Aqualung by Jethro Tull

Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

Doolittle by Pixies

Ambient 1/Music For Airports by Brian Eno

Machine Head by Deep Purple

Surfer Rosa by Pixies

Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by The Incredible String Band

Never heard of them so now idea what to expect. It's a strange one. I listened to this, sat in my garden on a beautiful sunny day, relaxed. It sounds ok. 3* I think it could have been different on a cold, wet, miserable day in January, it would have made it worse so only 2* on that occasion.

Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys

With The Beatles by Beatles

Queen Of Denmark by John Grant

Ctrl by SZA

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

Hot Shots II by The Beta Band

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

American Idiot by Green Day

If I Could Only Remember My Name by David Crosby

Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus

Funeral by Arcade Fire

Wonderful Rainbow by Lightning Bolt

Tonight's The Night by Neil Young

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire

You're Living All Over Me by Dinosaur Jr.

Paris 1919 by John Cale

Bummed by Happy Mondays

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Beautiful Freak by Eels

Chemtrails Over The Country Club by Lana Del Rey

Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz

Entertainment by Gang Of Four

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

Younger Than Yesterday by The Byrds

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music

Liege And Lief by Fairport Convention

Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

The Coral by The Coral

Rain Dogs by Tom Waits

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black by Public Enemy

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen

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

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

Melodrama by Lorde

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

Roger the Engineer by The Yardbirds

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

Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple

Kollaps by Einstürzende Neubauten

Blunderbuss by Jack White

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos

Loveless by My Bloody Valentine

Being There by Wilco

Picture Book by Simply Red

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Close To The Edge by Yes

Vanishing Point by Primal Scream

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Traffic by Traffic

System Of A Down by System Of A Down

Jazz Samba by Stan Getz

Back In Black by AC/DC

Live At Leeds by The Who

The Atomic Mr Basie by Count Basie & His Orchestra

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding

Fire Of Love by The Gun Club

Thriller by Michael Jackson

Too Rye Ay by Dexys Midnight Runners

The Wildest! by Louis Prima

Me Against The World by 2Pac

Gasoline Alley by Rod Stewart

Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins

Tommy by The Who

Back to Mystery City by Hanoi Rocks

Selling England By The Pound by Genesis

Marquee Moon by Television

Teenager Of The Year by Frank Black

American Beauty by Grateful Dead

Who's Next by The Who

Pelican West by Haircut 100

Parallel Lines by Blondie

Hypnotised by The Undertones

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

The Beach Boys Today! by The Beach Boys

Raw Like Sushi by Neneh Cherry

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Caetano Veloso by Caetano Veloso

Either Or by Elliott Smith

Illmatic by Nas

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music by Ray Charles

Live At The Harlem Square Club by Sam Cooke

The Poet by Bobby Womack

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles

Black Metal by Venom

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

So by Peter Gabriel

Live At The Regal by B.B. King

Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones

The Man Who by Travis

Amnesiac by Radiohead

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room by Dwight Yoakam

Songs The Lord Taught Us by The Cramps

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

Document by R.E.M.

Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

The Grand Tour by George Jones

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens

Life Thru A Lens by Robbie Williams

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

Fifth Dimension by The Byrds

Aja by Steely Dan

Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

Smash by The Offspring

Damaged by Black Flag

Ellington at Newport by Duke Ellington

Bitches Brew by Miles Davis

Slayed? by Slade

Guitar Town by Steve Earle

Blue by Joni Mitchell

Call of the Valley by Shivkumar Sharma

Haunted Dancehall by The Sabres Of Paradise

Colour By Numbers by Culture Club

Cloud Nine by The Temptations

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin

Night Life by Ray Price

Blue Lines by Massive Attack

At Budokan by Cheap Trick

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast by Badly Drawn Boy

Kimono My House by Sparks

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears

Steve McQueen by Prefab Sprout

Legalize It by Peter Tosh

25 by Adele

Diamond Life by Sade

Heavy Weather by Weather Report

Emperor Tomato Ketchup by Stereolab

Africa Brasil by Jorge Ben Jor

Liquid Swords by GZA

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

Horses by Patti Smith

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

Back to Basics by Christina Aguilera

Tank Battles by Dagmar Krause

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

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

John Barleycorn Must Die by Traffic

Sea Change by Beck

Honky Tonk Heroes by Waylon Jennings

Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

Deserter's Songs by Mercury Rev

The White Album by Beatles

White Blood Cells by The White Stripes

At San Quentin by Johnny Cash

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

Smokers Delight by Nightmares On Wax

Dust by Screaming Trees

Actually by Pet Shop Boys

The Genius Of Ray Charles by Ray Charles

Billion Dollar Babies by Alice Cooper

Homework by Daft Punk

Natty Dread by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Forever Changes by Love

James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown

Ingenue by k.d. lang

Back To Black by Amy Winehouse

Power In Numbers by Jurassic 5

Let's Get Killed by David Holmes

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

In Our Heads by Hot Chip

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned by Liars

Broken English by Marianne Faithfull

American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash

Leftism by Leftfield

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 by George Michael

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith

Station To Station by David Bowie

World Clique by Deee-Lite

Modern Kosmology by Jane Weaver

Bossanova by Pixies

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret by Soft Cell

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen

Only By The Night by Kings of Leon

Future Days by Can

Vespertine by Björk

Low-Life by New Order

Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth

Pyromania by Def Leppard

The Man Machine by Kraftwerk

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg

Shaka Zulu by Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel

Tigermilk by Belle & Sebastian

Rust In Peace by Megadeth

The Last Of The True Believers by Nanci Griffith

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg by Jerry Lee Lewis

Achtung Baby by U2

Nevermind by Nirvana

The Real Thing by Faith No More

Urban Hymns by The Verve