1001 Albums Summary

Nevermind by Nirvana

5 star rating. Not a bad song on the album. Tunes like Smells Like Teen Spirit, In Bloom, Lithium, Come As You Are, make up for any rare moments of weakness. Drain You is strongest non-single on the legendary album.

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast by Badly Drawn Boy

Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone

3 out of 5 stars. Overall, an uneven album. Stand out classic tracks, Stand!, I Want To Take You Higher, and Everyday People help prop the album up, around what I feel was a lot of filler. You Can Make It If You Try was a decent stand out as well.

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

3.8

Tommy by The Who

3.8

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers

A major come back, reuniting with John Frusciante after the failed Dave Navarro experiment. This album picks up where Blood Sugar Sex Magik left off, and eclipsed One Hot Minute. Stand out tracks, which are now classic Chili Peppers …. Around The World, Scar Tissue, Californication. A 4 star album. 4/5

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

3.8/5 Great tunes … bigmouth strikes again, there is a light that never goes out A few weaker tunes

Happy Trails by Quicksilver Messenger Service

3/5

Is This It by The Strokes

Easy 5/5. A classic. Every song is a banger.

Oedipus Schmoedipus by Barry Adamson

Pleasantly surprised. A great listen. 3.9/5

Fear and Whiskey by Mekons

Overall a great listen. 3.8/5

Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs

Great album. 4.3/5 Many stand out tracks … under the pressure, red eyes, an ocean between the waves, burning.

Slanted And Enchanted by Pavement

3.9/5

Highly Evolved by The Vines

Overall decent album. Top tier tune … Outtathaway. 3.5/5

Chirping Crickets by Buddy Holly & The Crickets

Influential. Classic. That’ll be the day, not fade away, oh boy. 4.3/5

Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

3.2/5

461 Ocean Boulevard by Eric Clapton

3.9/5 Discovered a tune … let it grow. Motherless children great album kick off.

Graceland by Paul Simon

Great album. 4.3/5

Harvest by Neil Young

Legendary. 4.7/5

Live At The Harlem Square Club by Sam Cooke

Great album. 4.3/5

The Stranger by Billy Joel

Great album. 4.3/5

The Rolling Stones by The Rolling Stones

Great album. 4.3/5

Porcupine by Echo And The Bunnymen

Solid. 3.8/5

Ingenue by k.d. lang

Surprised by the strength of this album. 4.1/5

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits

Killer first side, snoozer of a second. Still, overall strong album. 3.8/5

1999 by Prince

3.7/5

Here's Little Richard by Little Richard

Iconic. 4.7/5

Green Onions by Booker T. & The MG's

3.1/5

Station To Station by David Bowie

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

Sea Change by Beck

this album didn’t do it for me, like it seemed to do for everyone else.

We Are Family by Sister Sledge

Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra

4.1/5

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

The Specials by The Specials

4.1/5

Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand

Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

5/5. genius perfection. Hands down

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Classic. Perfection

McCartney by Paul McCartney

3.4/5

Country Life by Roxy Music

3.9

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

Ground breaking. 4.9/5

Let It Be by The Replacements

Elastica by Elastica

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

Violator by Depeche Mode

Le Tigre by Le Tigre

The Coral by The Coral

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

Perfection.

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

Goo by Sonic Youth

Celebrity Skin by Hole

At San Quentin by Johnny Cash

Tuesday Night Music Club by Sheryl Crow

3.7/5

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground

xx by The xx

Since I Left You by The Avalanches

Autobahn by Kraftwerk

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

Frank by Amy Winehouse

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles

Maggot Brain by Funkadelic

Cross by Justice

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

3.7

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

Elephant by The White Stripes

4.7

The Idiot by Iggy Pop

Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan

Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth

4.4

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

4.7

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones

3.7

Back In Black by AC/DC

5/5. Not a bad track. A perfect listen from beginning to end.

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

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

Low by David Bowie

Transformer by Lou Reed

Disintegration by The Cure

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly

The Yes Album by Yes

The Wall by Pink Floyd

Paris 1919 by John Cale

Kimono My House by Sparks

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

The White Album by Beatles

What's Going On by Marvin Gaye

Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

Hail To the Thief by Radiohead

3.7

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

Madman Across The Water by Elton John

4.4

...And Justice For All by Metallica

Tigermilk by Belle & Sebastian

Music From Big Pink by The Band

On The Beach by Neil Young

Pump by Aerosmith

Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Superunknown by Soundgarden

The Renaissance by Q-Tip

White Blood Cells by The White Stripes

4.4

Smile by Brian Wilson

Sunshine Superman by Donovan

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen

Perfection.

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire

The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe

Metal Box by Public Image Ltd.

3.8

Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden

4.2

From Elvis In Memphis by Elvis Presley

4.2

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder

3.3

Nowhere by Ride

Music Has The Right To Children by Boards of Canada

1.8

The Beach Boys Today! by The Beach Boys

Definitely Maybe by Oasis

4.8

This Is Hardcore by Pulp

Abbey Road by Beatles

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

4.3

BEYONCÉ by Beyoncé

3.4

Moon Safari by Air

Rio by Duran Duran

4.2

Younger Than Yesterday by The Byrds

3.8

In Rainbows by Radiohead

Raw Like Sushi by Neneh Cherry

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

Teenage Head by Flamin' Groovies

Bad by Michael Jackson

In Our Heads by Hot Chip

This Nation’s Saving Grace by The Fall

Time Out Of Mind by Bob Dylan

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads

Live / Dead by Grateful Dead

Doolittle by Pixies

The Gilded Palace Of Sin by The Flying Burrito Brothers

3.6

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra

The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd

Easy 5

Deserter's Songs by Mercury Rev

There's No Place Like America Today by Curtis Mayfield

2.3

Peggy Suicide by Julian Cope

Pearl by Janis Joplin

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

School's Out by Alice Cooper

If I Should Fall From Grace With God by The Pogues

Peter Gabriel by Peter Gabriel

The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest

Kid A by Radiohead

4.7

Parachutes by Coldplay

Suede by Suede

American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash

Bitches Brew by Miles Davis

Pornography by The Cure

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

Palo Congo by Sabu

The Rise & Fall by Madness

The Man Who by Travis

S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things

Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin

The Joshua Tree by U2

4.8

Skylarking by XTC

2.6

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

4.4

The Libertines by The Libertines

Connected by Stereo MC's

2.8

The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden

American Idiot by Green Day

Hotel California by Eagles

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

Selling England By The Pound by Genesis

4.6

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

A Night At The Opera by Queen

The Notorious Byrd Brothers by The Byrds

3.7

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

3.7

(What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis

Blackstar by David Bowie

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

3.7

Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 by George Michael

Butterfly by Mariah Carey

Garbage by Garbage

3.8

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

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay

Forever Changes by Love

The Modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers

Tanto Tempo by Bebel Gilberto

Aja by Steely Dan

4.7

Boy In Da Corner by Dizzee Rascal

Hot Fuss by The Killers

Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Smash by The Offspring

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears

Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós

Live At Leeds by The Who

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley

Yeezus by Kanye West

4.4

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello

Being There by Wilco

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen

Heroes by David Bowie

Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan

Signing Off by UB40

Parallel Lines by Blondie

Blunderbuss by Jack White

Kala by M.I.A.

The Doors by The Doors

E.V.O.L. by Sonic Youth

Blur by Blur

Raw Power by The Stooges

3.4

Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes

3.7

Electric Prunes by The Electric Prunes

Horses by Patti Smith

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

4.6

Pretenders by Pretenders

Blue Lines by Massive Attack

With The Beatles by Beatles

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

1977 by Ash

Beauty And The Beat by The Go-Go's

Dear Science by TV On The Radio

Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

Murmur by R.E.M.

Achtung Baby by U2

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

Orbital 2 by Orbital

Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

4.7

Fun House by The Stooges

Imagine by John Lennon

Live! by Fela Kuti

Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits

Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus by Spirit

I Should Coco by Supergrass

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash

Metallica by Metallica

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes

Revolver by Beatles

Arular by M.I.A.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

Lost Souls by Doves

4.4

Hot Shots II by The Beta Band

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

Imperial Bedroom by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens

Brothers by The Black Keys

Space Ritual by Hawkwind

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain by Pavement

L.A. Woman by The Doors

The Bends by Radiohead

4.7

Green by R.E.M.

Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin

Young Americans by David Bowie

3.8

Fragile by Yes

Eagles by Eagles

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches by Happy Mondays

3.8

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Funeral by Arcade Fire

4.4

The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu

3.7

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

The Pleasure Principle by Gary Numan

Rust In Peace by Megadeth

Tom Tom Club by Tom Tom Club

Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix

4,.5

The Stooges by The Stooges

Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin

Master Of Puppets by Metallica

Odelay by Beck

Homework by Daft Punk

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles

The Cars by The Cars

Very, very strong album. No weak tunes. 4.8

Gris Gris by Dr. John

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

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels by Dexys Midnight Runners

Black Holes and Revelations by Muse

Beach Samba by Astrud Gilberto

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

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

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel

Cafe Bleu by The Style Council

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water by Limp Bizkit

Opus Dei by Laibach

Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins

Make Yourself by Incubus

Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses

Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees

The Blueprint by JAY Z

Devotional Songs by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

The Rising by Bruce Springsteen

White Light by Gene Clark

Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones

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

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones

Mask by Bauhaus

Penthouse And Pavement by Heaven 17

The Who Sell Out by The Who

Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin

Microshift by Hookworms

Felt Mountain by Goldfrapp

Sister by Sonic Youth

Hms Fable by Shack

Teen Dream by Beach House

Your New Favourite Band by The Hives

Among The Living by Anthrax

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Billion Dollar Babies by Alice Cooper

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room by Dwight Yoakam

Close To The Edge by Yes

Machine Head by Deep Purple

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

american dream by LCD Soundsystem

War by U2

Disraeli Gears by Cream

Tellin’ Stories by The Charlatans

Rage Against The Machine by Rage Against The Machine

Shadowland by k.d. lang

Will The Circle Be Unbroken by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash

The Last Of The True Believers by Nanci Griffith

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

Vauxhall And I by Morrissey

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

At Budokan by Cheap Trick

Van Halen by Van Halen

Pacific Ocean Blue by Dennis Wilson

So by Peter Gabriel

Roots by Sepultura

Your Arsenal by Morrissey

Remain In Light by Talking Heads

Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

Made In Japan by Deep Purple

Gasoline Alley by Rod Stewart

Ace of Spades by Motörhead

Yank Crime by Drive Like Jehu

All Hail the Queen by Queen Latifah

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads

In It For The Money by Supergrass

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

Moving Pictures by Rush

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

Here Come The Warm Jets by Brian Eno

Clandestino by Manu Chao

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables by Dead Kennedys

Rain Dogs by Tom Waits

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) by Eurythmics

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

Grievous Angel by Gram Parsons

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

The World is a Ghetto by War

Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

If You're Feeling Sinister by Belle & Sebastian

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin