1001 Albums Summary

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

What a way to start this journey! This album started off well but became a slog after a while. Super talented artist but this album as a whole isn’t my cup of tea.

Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

Not bad. Probably not something I’d revisit though

Moving Pictures by Rush

The Score by Fugees

Heroes by David Bowie

The song Heroes is a 5/5, the album lost a little steam towards the end with the instrumental tracks

In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson

Os Mutantes by Os Mutantes

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens

I really tried to get into this album in the late 2000s or early 2010s. My friends all thought it was an album that I would love. I listened and listened and for some reason I couldn’t stand it. Maybe it was his whispery voice? Maybe the album was too long? Maybe it was the gimmicky Illinois schtick? Maybe it was all the choral bits that go on forever? Maybe it was all the hype? Whatever it was, it made me really annoyed anytime it was mentioned or listed on “best of” lists. I think I wanted to like it but it just never clicked. I was ready to give it the 1/5 I so long felt alone in knowing it deserved. I’m glad this project made me revisit it. It’s better than I remember. I still don’t think I’m going to end up a big fan, but it was a pleasant surprise this morning. His voice still annoys me. Chicago still slaps tho

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

The Next Day by David Bowie

The Idiot by Iggy Pop

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted by Ice Cube

Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin

Violator by Depeche Mode

1999 by Prince

Want Two by Rufus Wainwright

GREY Area by Little Simz

Fragile by Yes

I found this to be really obnoxious. Yes? More like No thank you.

The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow

Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

Crazysexycool by TLC

#1 Record by Big Star

Fun House by The Stooges

You've Come a Long Way Baby by Fatboy Slim

Arrival by ABBA

Kollaps by Einstürzende Neubauten

Can hardly call this music - it’s just noise

Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz

Goodbye And Hello by Tim Buckley

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

At Mister Kelly's by Sarah Vaughan

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive by Merle Haggard

Not my type of music but it seems like it’s probably a great road trip soundtrack

Who Killed...... The Zutons? by The Zutons

Pretty generic… not sure why this is one of the albums I must listen to before I die

Kid A by Radiohead

One of my all time favorites

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel

Here's Little Richard by Little Richard

The World is a Ghetto by War

Freak Out! by The Mothers Of Invention

What I assume a bad acid trip is like. I was so glad when this ended.

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

Moon Safari by Air

Coles Corner by Richard Hawley

A Girl Called Dusty by Dusty Springfield

Back to Mystery City by Hanoi Rocks

Sounds like the fake hair metal band from vice city

Hotel California by Eagles

Like The Dude says, “I hate the fuckin’ Eagles, man.”

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

Close To The Edge by Yes

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water by Limp Bizkit

Tapestry by Carole King

Hail To the Thief by Radiohead

Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock

Funky but repetitive. Would be an apt soundtrack to a melon bar party at work.

Lost Souls by Doves

It’s fine. Very mid.

OK by Talvin Singh

From Elvis In Memphis by Elvis Presley

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music by Ray Charles

C'est Chic by CHIC

Ys by Joanna Newsom

I feel like this is one of those albums that I’m supposed to like, but I just can’t get into it.

White Ladder by David Gray

Parachutes by Coldplay

I know it’s cool to hate on Coldplay, but this is a good album.

Live At The Harlem Square Club by Sam Cooke

Come Away With Me by Norah Jones

Rapture by Anita Baker

NEU! 75 by Neu!

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

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

Chirping Crickets by Buddy Holly & The Crickets

Throwing Muses by Throwing Muses

Doolittle by Pixies

Apocalypse Dudes by Turbonegro

Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg

The Clash by The Clash

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell

Vauxhall And I by Morrissey

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Blue by Joni Mitchell

Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra

Make Yourself by Incubus

Not really my style anymore but in middle school this was my shit. Some jams on here.

Music Has The Right To Children by Boards of Canada

I know this is supposed to be one of the best albums of all time but I found this album so boring and way too long

Vanishing Point by Primal Scream

The Band by The Band

In Rainbows by Radiohead

One of my all time favorite albums.

Homework by Daft Punk

Too repetitive / not enough drugs

Kenya by Machito

Abraxas by Santana

War by U2

Rage Against The Machine by Rage Against The Machine

A Walk Across The Rooftops by The Blue Nile

It's Too Late to Stop Now by Van Morrison

Kimono My House by Sparks

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra

One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic

Funky!

Better Living Through Chemistry by Fatboy Slim

Songs From A Room by Leonard Cohen

Atomizer by Big Black

This Is Fats Domino by Fats Domino

Rock 'N Soul by Solomon Burke

World Clique by Deee-Lite

Ocean Rain by Echo And The Bunnymen

Untitled (Black Is) by SAULT

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Half of this album didn’t age super well but there are some undeniable jams on it.

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes

Urban Hymns by The Verve

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

...And Justice For All by Metallica

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

Rings Around The World by Super Furry Animals

Wild Wood by Paul Weller

The Beach Boys Today! by The Beach Boys

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Frank by Amy Winehouse

Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes

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

Boston by Boston

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder

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

Greetings From L.A. by Tim Buckley

In Utero by Nirvana

Machine Head by Deep Purple

Stankonia by OutKast

Saved my Monday morning. 3000 is one of the best to ever do it, stank you very much

Spiderland by Slint

Colour By Numbers by Culture Club

Phrenology by The Roots

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

What's Going On by Marvin Gaye

Smokers Delight by Nightmares On Wax

I thought I was almost to the end of the album. I looked and was only on track 3.

Bluesbreakers by John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

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

The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden

Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan

Back To Black by Amy Winehouse

Imagine by John Lennon

The Wildest! by Louis Prima

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

Transformer by Lou Reed

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

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

Mama's Gun by Erykah Badu

Highway to Hell by AC/DC

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Fromohio by fIREHOSE

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses

The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett

Melodrama by Lorde

Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone

James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown

No Other by Gene Clark

Sweet Baby James by James Taylor

The Specials by The Specials

The Stranger by Billy Joel

(What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis

Rip It Up by Orange Juice

Joan Armatrading by Joan Armatrading

Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

L'Eau Rouge by The Young Gods

Out of Step by Minor Threat

Black Metal by Venom

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

21 by Adele

Hard Again by Muddy Waters

Survivor by Destiny's Child

Tarkus by Emerson, Lake & Palmer

It’s about as good as the album artwork

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash

Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth

All Hail the Queen by Queen Latifah

Metal Box by Public Image Ltd.

Modern Life Is Rubbish by Blur

Horses by Patti Smith

Pink Moon by Nick Drake

Chore of Enchantment by Giant Sand

Ctrl by SZA

Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams

Metallica by Metallica

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

The Trinity Session by Cowboy Junkies

Blunderbuss by Jack White

Buena Vista Social Club by Buena Vista Social Club

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

The College Dropout by Kanye West

1977 by Ash

With The Beatles by Beatles

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake by Small Faces

Pornography by The Cure

Be by Common

Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

Beyond Skin by Nitin Sawhney

Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast

Surfer Rosa by Pixies

Strange Cargo III by William Orbit

Kick Out The Jams (Live) by MC5

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis

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

xx by The xx

Hot Shots II by The Beta Band

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen by The Residents

Mermaid Avenue by Billy Bragg

Funeral by Arcade Fire

Bossanova by Pixies

Beauty And The Beat by The Go-Go's

So by Peter Gabriel

Street Signs by Ozomatli

Who's Next by The Who

Brothers by The Black Keys

Mott by Mott The Hoople

Discount David Bowie

Marquee Moon by Television

One World by John Martyn

The Bends by Radiohead

Moondance by Van Morrison

Billion Dollar Babies by Alice Cooper

Devil Without A Cause by Kid Rock

16 Lovers Lane by The Go-Betweens

Harvest by Neil Young

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

I See You by The xx

Fire Of Love by The Gun Club

Smash by The Offspring

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes

The Cars by The Cars

The Only Ones by The Only Ones

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

Konnichiwa by Skepta

Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake

Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens

Fuzzy by Grant Lee Buffalo

Winter In America by Gil Scott-Heron

Green Onions by Booker T. & The MG's

The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem

She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper

The Age Of The Understatement by The Last Shadow Puppets

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

Will The Circle Be Unbroken by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Illmatic by Nas

Channel Orange by Frank Ocean

Snivilisation by Orbital

The first song is appropriately titled “Forever,” which is how long this album felt like it lasted.

Being There by Wilco

The Bones Of What You Believe by CHVRCHES

Purple Rain by Prince

Amnesiac by Radiohead

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith

Slayed? by Slade

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

Guero by Beck

Copper Blue by Sugar

Music by Madonna

Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart

Tommy by The Who

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

Off The Wall by Michael Jackson

Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden

Before And After Science by Brian Eno

My Generation by The Who

Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz

Modern Kosmology by Jane Weaver

Stripped by Christina Aguilera

Maxinquaye by Tricky

The White Album by Beatles

Odelay by Beck

Zombie by Fela Kuti

Dear Science by TV On The Radio

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters

American Idiot by Green Day

Club Classics Vol. One by Soul II Soul

Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees

Something/Anything? by Todd Rundgren

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

Dummy by Portishead

Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones

The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers

Treasure by Cocteau Twins

Sign 'O' The Times by Prince

Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies

White Blood Cells by The White Stripes

Faith by George Michael

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche by Koffi Olomide

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith

White Light / White Heat by The Velvet Underground

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry by Billy Bragg

Can't Buy A Thrill by Steely Dan

Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio

Pacific Ocean Blue by Dennis Wilson

Teenage Head by Flamin' Groovies

Arc Of A Diver by Steve Winwood

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads

Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell

Duck Rock by Malcolm McLaren

Ingenue by k.d. lang

Hot Fuss by The Killers

25 by Adele

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 by George Michael

Bonus points for soundtracking one of the best scenes in It’s Always Sunny

Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

The Yes Album by Yes

Rio by Duran Duran

The Wall by Pink Floyd

Calenture by The Triffids

Ananda Shankar by Ananda Shankar

Electric by The Cult

Blackstar by David Bowie

Let's Stay Together by Al Green

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson

Superfuzz Bigmuff by Mudhoney

Honky Tonk Masquerade by Joe Ely

Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder

Live At Leeds by The Who

Jazz Samba by Stan Getz

Vulgar Display Of Power by Pantera

McCartney by Paul McCartney

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Surprisingly mediocre outside of the singles

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

Ambient 1/Music For Airports by Brian Eno

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival

This album just kept on chooglin’

Sister by Sonic Youth

There's No Place Like America Today by Curtis Mayfield

The Genius Of Ray Charles by Ray Charles

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

Come Find Yourself by Fun Lovin' Criminals

Chelsea Girl by Nico

Remain In Light by Talking Heads

Coat Of Many Colors by Dolly Parton

Is This It by The Strokes

Fear Of A Black Planet by Public Enemy

Leftism by Leftfield

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis

Apple Venus Volume 1 by XTC

Emergency On Planet Earth by Jamiroquai

Fever To Tell by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Brown Sugar by D'Angelo

Fifth Dimension by The Byrds

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers

Nevermind by Nirvana

Yeezus by Kanye West

The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest

Murmur by R.E.M.

Grace by Jeff Buckley

Trafalgar by Bee Gees

Something Else By The Kinks by The Kinks

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys

Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush

Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin

This album makes me want to rewatch Almost Famous

The Lexicon Of Love by ABC

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

Kenza by Khaled

British Steel by Judas Priest

The Rising by Bruce Springsteen

Green by R.E.M.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding

The Blueprint by JAY Z

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle by Bill Callahan

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

The Chronic by Dr. Dre

Hearts And Bones by Paul Simon

A Short Album About Love by The Divine Comedy

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live) by Motörhead

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure