1001 Albums Summary

The Joshua Tree by U2

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones

Master Of Puppets by Metallica

Overstays its welcome

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

It exceeded expectations. It's a good album. I probably won't ever listen to it again, but I'm glad I did listen to it.

The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem

Disintegration by The Cure

Younger Than Yesterday by The Byrds

Roxy Music by Roxy Music

Dookie by Green Day

Abbey Road by Beatles

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen

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

Protection by Massive Attack

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin

If I Should Fall From Grace With God by The Pogues

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

OK by Talvin Singh

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) by Eurythmics

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley

Is This It by The Strokes

Punishing Kiss by Ute Lemper

Please make it stop.

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin

Roots by Sepultura

Started strong. Wore out its welcome.

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

Blue Lines by Massive Attack

You've Come a Long Way Baby by Fatboy Slim

...And Justice For All by Metallica

Virgin Suicides by Air

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water by Limp Bizkit

Too Rye Ay by Dexys Midnight Runners

Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches by Happy Mondays

Bright Flight by Silver Jews

The College Dropout by Kanye West

Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones

I usually dislike the Stones but this was pretty good.

Tical by Method Man

Berlin by Lou Reed

Massively exceeded expectations

B-52's by The B-52's

Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses

The Specials by The Specials

Young Americans by David Bowie

Fame is a banger, this one is funky throughout.

The Predator by Ice Cube

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding

Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs

Teen Dream by Beach House

It was kind of anonymous, no track really stood out, but I enjoyed it a lot.

American Gothic by David Ackles

Electric Prunes by The Electric Prunes

Serviceable psychedelic rock, but there's some tracks that shouldn't be on here. This seems Doors-adjacent. The tracks that shouldn't be on here are really bad.

Imagine by John Lennon

This Year's Model by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Nick Of Time by Bonnie Raitt

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road by Lucinda Williams

Queens of the Stone Age by Queens Of The Stone Age

Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell

Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush

The Wall by Pink Floyd

The Last Of The True Believers by Nanci Griffith

Triangle by The Beau Brummels

Bone Machine by Tom Waits

Parklife by Blur

All Mod Cons by The Jam

Time Out Of Mind by Bob Dylan

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

Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

Kirkland Signature "The Smiths"

Selling England By The Pound by Genesis

Rip It Up by Orange Juice

Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy

Remain In Light by Talking Heads

Nixon by Lambchop

(What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor by Lupe Fiasco

Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

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

Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

No Other by Gene Clark

I Should Coco by Supergrass

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear

At Budokan by Cheap Trick

Music Has The Right To Children by Boards of Canada

The Atomic Mr Basie by Count Basie & His Orchestra

Dummy by Portishead

Exit Planet Dust by The Chemical Brothers

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Arular by M.I.A.

Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

This Is Hardcore by Pulp

Moving Pictures by Rush

The Slim Shady LP by Eminem

Histoire De Melody Nelson by Serge Gainsbourg

The Fat Of The Land by The Prodigy

Bluesbreakers by John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

#1 Record by Big Star

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

2112 by Rush

Phrenology by The Roots

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

1984 by Van Halen

American Pie by Don McLean

Parallel Lines by Blondie

Dust by Screaming Trees

Arrival by ABBA

Almost annoyed by how much I enjoyed this album.

So Much For The City by The Thrills

Blunderbuss by Jack White

The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett

British Steel by Judas Priest

Remedy by Basement Jaxx

Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.

Pornography by The Cure

Deserter's Songs by Mercury Rev

Stephen Stills by Stephen Stills

Who's Next by The Who

GREY Area by Little Simz

The music is more interesting than the lyrics.

The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears

Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder

The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Let's Stay Together by Al Green

All Hope Is Gone by Slipknot

Buena Vista Social Club by Buena Vista Social Club

Natty Dread by Bob Marley & The Wailers

3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul

Joan Baez by Joan Baez

Surfer Rosa by Pixies

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens

m b v by My Bloody Valentine

Zombie by Fela Kuti

Doolittle by Pixies

Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys

Play by Moby

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

Illmatic by Nas

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle by Bill Callahan

Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden

Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees

Junkyard by The Birthday Party

One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic

Can't Buy A Thrill by Steely Dan

Ingenue by k.d. lang

Ray Of Light by Madonna

Face to Face by The Kinks

Be by Common

Microshift by Hookworms

Suede by Suede

Ramones by Ramones

Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg

Vanishing Point by Primal Scream

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys

My Generation by The Who

This overstays its welcome about halfway through. Way too long for what it is.

Le Tigre by Le Tigre

Fifth Dimension by The Byrds

The Clash by The Clash

Yeah this is fine, it's listenable. Maybe even four stars?

Moondance by Van Morrison

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

Metallica by Metallica

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted by Ice Cube

Murder Ballads by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Marquee Moon by Television

Rocks by Aerosmith

Funeral by Arcade Fire

The Cars by The Cars

This Is Fats Domino by Fats Domino

The Last Broadcast by Doves

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

Achtung Baby by U2

GI by Germs

Arc Of A Diver by Steve Winwood

New Forms by Roni Size

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast

Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits

Crime Of The Century by Supertramp

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Vivid by Living Colour

Warehouse: Songs And Stories by Hüsker Dü

Sea Change by Beck

Jazz Samba by Stan Getz

Abraxas by Santana

Darkdancer by Les Rythmes Digitales

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus

LP1 by FKA twigs

We're Only In It For The Money by The Mothers Of Invention

Joan Armatrading by Joan Armatrading

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis

The Real Thing by Faith No More

So by Peter Gabriel

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

Scream, Dracula, Scream by Rocket From The Crypt

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

Chirping Crickets by Buddy Holly & The Crickets

Van Halen by Van Halen

Rock 'N Soul by Solomon Burke

Germfree Adolescents by X-Ray Spex

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables by Dead Kennedys

evermore by Taylor Swift

Want Two by Rufus Wainwright

From Elvis In Memphis by Elvis Presley

The Rising by Bruce Springsteen

I See A Darkness by Bonnie "Prince" Billy

After The Gold Rush by Neil Young

Peter Gabriel 3 by Peter Gabriel

A Walk Across The Rooftops by The Blue Nile

The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers

Channel Orange by Frank Ocean

Porcupine by Echo And The Bunnymen

Queen Of Denmark by John Grant

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

I See You by The xx

Hot Fuss by The Killers

Connected by Stereo MC's

This must have been incredibly influential because the sound here became way more common after this came out.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Sail Away by Randy Newman

Grace by Jeff Buckley

Rum Sodomy & The Lash by The Pogues

A Little Deeper by Ms. Dynamite

It's fine.

Rage Against The Machine by Rage Against The Machine

Transformer by Lou Reed

Heaux Tales by Jazmine Sullivan

1977 by Ash

White Blood Cells by The White Stripes

Don't Stand Me Down by Dexys Midnight Runners

Aja by Steely Dan

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads

At Mister Kelly's by Sarah Vaughan

Behaviour by Pet Shop Boys

Another Green World by Brian Eno

Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens

Scum by Napalm Death

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

There is too much Bob Marley on this list

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

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

The easiest five stars I've given an album on this list.

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

The Scream by Siouxsie And The Banshees

Disraeli Gears by Cream

Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco

Here Are the Sonics by The Sonics

Homework by Daft Punk

Cypress Hill by Cypress Hill

A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay

Suicide by Suicide

Very by Pet Shop Boys

The Dreaming by Kate Bush

Second Toughest In The Infants by Underworld

This is good

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

Lam Toro by Baaba Maal

I cannot fathom why this was considered essential to this list.

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

The Stooges by The Stooges

Ellington at Newport by Duke Ellington

Black Holes and Revelations by Muse

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

The Chronic by Dr. Dre

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd

At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters

L'Eau Rouge by The Young Gods

Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

Brown Sugar by D'Angelo

American Idiot by Green Day

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

Nevermind by Nirvana

Thriller by Michael Jackson

Logical Progression by LTJ Bukem

Maggot Brain by Funkadelic

Here Come The Warm Jets by Brian Eno

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

The Doors by The Doors

Odelay by Beck

NEU! 75 by Neu!

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Dare! by The Human League

Harvest by Neil Young

Black Metal by Venom

Blackstar by David Bowie

The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest

Dance Mania by Tito Puente

Da Capo by Love

The last track is half the album, and also the best part of it.

Raw Power by The Stooges

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

3 stars. Sort of anonymously 90's sounding.

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow

Cloud Nine by The Temptations

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight by Richard Thompson

Mothership Connection by Parliament

Private Dancer by Tina Turner

Live Through This by Hole

Devil Without A Cause by Kid Rock

Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones

Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes

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

The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd

Dirt by Alice In Chains

Violator by Depeche Mode

Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

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

Music For The Jilted Generation by The Prodigy

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts by The Adverts

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

Ctrl by SZA

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen

Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan

American Beauty by Grateful Dead

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel

Eliminator by ZZ Top

Hail To the Thief by Radiohead

Live! by Fela Kuti

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury by The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

Station To Station by David Bowie

School's Out by Alice Cooper

London Calling by The Clash

Fear Of A Black Planet by Public Enemy

Deloused in the Comatorium by The Mars Volta

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

xx by The xx

Konnichiwa by Skepta

Cupid & Psyche 85 by Scritti Politti

Revolver by Beatles

Sulk by The Associates

In Utero by Nirvana

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses

Real Life by Magazine

Gasoline Alley by Rod Stewart

Hunting High And Low by a-ha

Madman Across The Water by Elton John

White Ladder by David Gray

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music by Ray Charles

Cafe Bleu by The Style Council

Headquarters by The Monkees

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo by The Byrds

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan

Live At The Harlem Square Club by Sam Cooke

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

Apple Venus Volume 1 by XTC

Modern Life Is Rubbish by Blur

Vulgar Display Of Power by Pantera

Fromohio by fIREHOSE

Felt Mountain by Goldfrapp

Bug by Dinosaur Jr.

Murmur by R.E.M.

Ace of Spades by Motörhead

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge by Mudhoney

Kenya by Machito

In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra

Supa Dupa Fly by Missy Elliott

Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone

Risque by CHIC

Third by Soft Machine

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive by Merle Haggard

Blur by Blur

S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain by Pavement

Yank Crime by Drive Like Jehu

Picture Book by Simply Red

461 Ocean Boulevard by Eric Clapton

The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned by Liars

Electric by The Cult

Central Reservation by Beth Orton

Moss Side Story by Barry Adamson

Locust Abortion Technician by Butthole Surfers

Dig Your Own Hole by The Chemical Brothers

Rubber Soul by Beatles

Only By The Night by Kings of Leon

I didn't like this when it came out. It's grown on me.

Spiderland by Slint

Since I Left You by The Avalanches

The Blueprint by JAY Z

You Are The Quarry by Morrissey

Follow The Leader by Korn

Gentlemen by The Afghan Whigs

Heartattack And Vine by Tom Waits

Darklands by The Jesus And Mary Chain

Reign In Blood by Slayer

Roger the Engineer by The Yardbirds

Way overstays its welcome. Would be good if it was a half hour shorter

Quiet Life by Japan

Hard Again by Muddy Waters

Mask by Bauhaus

Bummed by Happy Mondays

Chicago Transit Authority by Chicago

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis

Django Django by Django Django