1001 Albums Summary

War by U2

Not bad. Interesting lack of The Edge’s stereotypical wankery, at its best when the Celtic influence comes forward and Bono channels some Cranberry. Drowning Man good, otherwise quite normal 80’s rock

Surfer Rosa by Pixies

Can't Buy A Thrill by Steely Dan

Light. Listenable. Fun sounds and generally vibes

Synchronicity by The Police

Mother is unhinged, and for a song with EBYT on it that’s saying summat. Stings voice still grates, Copeland rocks

Mothership Connection by Parliament

Dire Straits by Dire Straits

SoS and you’ve heard the DS style. Doesn’t stop it banging

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

The LSD laced sound of prelapsarian Reform Party wet dreams. Very Bri’ish, contemporary of the Beatles but no weird peaks or experimental fun

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight by Richard Thompson

Nice 70’s guitar folksy stuff. Good background, not so foreground

McCartney by Paul McCartney

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos

The soundtrack to the opening shot of a busy city from a 00’s romcom. Then Layla hits you out of nowhere like a truck

L.A. Woman by The Doors

Bluesy vibes all the way through

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Man this list really loves its American blues inspired guitar rock doesn’t it?

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

Before And After Science by Brian Eno

Ill Communication by Beastie Boys

Variety! Fun! White boi 90’s rage hip hop! Now just add some bloke on guitar called Tom and were really raging

Queen II by Queen

Dear AI, please create some Queen B-sides. You can see why most of these aren’t on the greatest hits album

Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós

1 hour lo fi pretentiousness to fall asleep to

Cross by Justice

Bit more than daft punk but not quite full wubs

Metallica by Metallica

Metal bias but so good. Pounding hard rock with some slower melodic tunes to show they aren’t just loud and shouty

Something Else By The Kinks by The Kinks

Lying on a 60’s country hill in England tripping balls on LSD. It’s fine

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow

Live At The Regal by B.B. King

Chill bluesy lounge vibes. I say vibes a lot…

Clube Da Esquina by Milton Nascimento

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads

You've Come a Long Way Baby by Fatboy Slim

Nostalgic 90’s electronic mood (not vibe). A bit too repetitive without much build to be better than it is

The Clash by The Clash

Ooooh like the sex pistols but audibly musical. Not quite London Calling yet though

Purple Rain by Prince

………..i’m sure it was groundbreaking once. Can recognise Prince’s talent and influence but yikes

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts by The Adverts

Casanova by The Divine Comedy

Tongue-in-cheekily wierdly horny. Then Father Ted.

Treasure by Cocteau Twins

I liek.

Funeral by Arcade Fire

Sounds about indie rock circa 2001. More Radiohead than killers

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

Emperor Tomato Ketchup by Stereolab

Well i guessed it was french

The Visitors by ABBA

Goodbye poppy Swedish bops. Hello melancholy

The Pleasure Principle by Gary Numan

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads

Wierdly MOTHERSBAUGH style vocals. Interestingly funky but needs better peaks and troughs

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones

Definitely to the blues scale of the rock/blues scale. Almost country. Hm.

Millions Now Living Will Never Die by Tortoise

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive by Merle Haggard

Well yeehaw golly gosh darn it diggity woo!

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room by Dwight Yoakam

Country. Yeehaw. Praise jaysus n murica y’all

Murmur by R.E.M.

Like if you swapped Stipe for Morrissey it’s the smiths US edition

The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground

“I think this LSD trip needs a soundtrack” “Say less”

Vanishing Point by Primal Scream

I can think of at least two things wrong with that artist name

Savane by Ali Farka Touré

Elastica by Elastica

Yas girls!!! Actual vibey musical punk rock!

Crime Of The Century by Supertramp

I like. Slightly soulful funky rock, a bit heavy on the organ and slightly… dated? If that’s the word.

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson

I don’t know enough about country. But it definitely sounded country to me

The Slim Shady LP by Eminem

You're Living All Over Me by Dinosaur Jr.

It’s like listening to the birth of shoegaze

Now I Got Worry by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

It’s like a band got up onstage at someone’s leaving party, and instead of playing song played the musical equivalent of a roast while everyone got really really high

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

All Mod Cons by The Jam

Solid Air by John Martyn

So damn chill

Aja by Steely Dan

Funk and funk combine into chill funk

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

I’m finding with this list it’s a good sign if I don’t notice it’s finished. Changes is still balls though.

Beauty And The Beat by The Go-Go's

The White Room by The KLF

Superfuzz Bigmuff by Mudhoney

The Idiot by Iggy Pop

……interesting? Is it rock? Is it punk? Is it funk? Is it poprockpunkfunkinfusion? Yes?

Come Away With Me by Norah Jones

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

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

This is… slightly uneasy. For the band that gave us Bohemian Like You this is not what I expected

It's Too Late to Stop Now by Van Morrison

If I ever host a fancy evening dinner party this is exactly the sort of thing that would go on

A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay

Hating Coldplay is a meme. They’re fine and these are some iconic bangers

Tidal by Fiona Apple

Bloody lovely

Master Of Puppets by Metallica

It’s Metallica. It’s no black album but

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

Colour By Numbers by Culture Club

Let England Shake by PJ Harvey

Guero by Beck

Clearly I like repetitive samples

Transformer by Lou Reed

Lou, you ok?

Black Monk Time by The Monks

Pretenders by Pretenders

Celebrity Skin by Hole

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

It’s just good Johnny Marr balances out Morrissey

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band by John Lennon

Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys

Not as banging as Ill Communication but you can see the DNA

London Calling by The Clash

It is fun hearing this as context for history. Punk rock with more overt Caribbean influence - it’s like you can hear where ska and pop-punk diverge

A Girl Called Dusty by Dusty Springfield

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Henry's Dream by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Gasoline Alley by Rod Stewart

Orbital 2 by Orbital

You know those randomisers they do on AGDQ where like, everytime sonic picks up a ring it swaps from sonic 1 to 2 to Boom to 2016? It’s like each track it swaps from wipeout to Rez to the PS1 demo disk music

Highway to Hell by AC/DC

Odelay by Beck

Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

Live / Dead by Grateful Dead

Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt

It’s interesting. I don’t know if that means it’s good but it’s interesting

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

At San Quentin by Johnny Cash

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire

Dog Man Star by Suede

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

Green by R.E.M.

Off The Wall by Michael Jackson

Scott 2 by Scott Walker

Moving Pictures by Rush

Paul Simon by Paul Simon

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

Walking Wounded by Everything But The Girl

Being There by Wilco

L'Eau Rouge by The Young Gods

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

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

461 Ocean Boulevard by Eric Clapton

Heartattack And Vine by Tom Waits

1980?! Sounded way more 60’s

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

In Utero by Nirvana

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

Trans Europe Express by Kraftwerk

My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley

Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor by Lupe Fiasco

God I wish this had .5 ratings. 4.5. Solid.

All Hope Is Gone by Slipknot

The needle swerving toward a more stone sour sound here. It’s no Iowa.

S&M by Metallica

The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens

I Should Coco by Supergrass

Remain In Light by Talking Heads

Forever Changes by Love

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan

Vespertine by Björk

Groovin' by The Young Rascals

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin

...And Justice For All by Metallica

Teenage Head by Flamin' Groovies

Tical by Method Man

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

Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs

Abbey Road by Beatles

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

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

Chirping Crickets by Buddy Holly & The Crickets

Superunknown by Soundgarden

Blue Lines by Massive Attack

A Short Album About Love by The Divine Comedy

GREY Area by Little Simz

Play by Moby

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

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Sex Packets by Digital Underground

An excellent parody of the bland subject matter and repetitive crap of 90’s hip hop. Oh what’s that? It’s not a parody?! Oh god…

Felt Mountain by Goldfrapp

Vulgar Display Of Power by Pantera

The Doors by The Doors

Thriller by Michael Jackson

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

The Chronic by Dr. Dre

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo by MC Solaar

Let It Be by The Replacements

1984 by Van Halen

american dream by LCD Soundsystem

Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees

Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters

Bitches Brew by Miles Davis

Call of the Valley by Shivkumar Sharma

Devil Without A Cause by Kid Rock

Smash by The Offspring

Vento De Maio by Elis Regina

Wonderful Rainbow by Lightning Bolt

Moon Safari by Air

Calenture by The Triffids

Zombie by Fela Kuti

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus by Spirit

Machine Head by Deep Purple

Group Sex by Circle Jerks

Sign 'O' The Times by Prince

Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan

Reign In Blood by Slayer

Brown Sugar by D'Angelo

Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz

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

The Last Broadcast by Doves

Bongo Rock by Incredible Bongo Band

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

The Dreaming by Kate Bush

The Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

White Light by Gene Clark

Rapture by Anita Baker

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys

Phaedra by Tangerine Dream

Kick Out The Jams (Live) by MC5

Brutal Youth by Elvis Costello

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) by The Kinks

Vincebus Eruptum by Blue Cheer

Atomizer by Big Black

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

Happy Trails by Quicksilver Messenger Service

Make Yourself by Incubus

Goodbye numetal. Well remember Linkin Park and Slipknot et al. And incubus…. You were also there.

A Walk Across The Rooftops by The Blue Nile

The Next Day by David Bowie

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo by Devo

Mask by Bauhaus

Music From Big Pink by The Band

Mama's Gun by Erykah Badu

Go Girl Crazy by The Dictators

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis

1977 by Ash

Gold by Ryan Adams

Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone

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

Rio by Duran Duran

White Blood Cells by The White Stripes

Eliminator by ZZ Top

25 by Adele

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

Ellington at Newport by Duke Ellington

The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers

Rocks by Aerosmith

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash

Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones

Pink Moon by Nick Drake

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

Myths Of The Near Future by Klaxons

Meat Puppets II by Meat Puppets

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby by Girls Against Boys

Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder

O.G. Original Gangster by Ice T

All Things Must Pass by George Harrison

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes

Marquee Moon by Television

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast by Badly Drawn Boy

Dig Your Own Hole by The Chemical Brothers

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen

Tago Mago by Can

Started good. Fell down the shit staircase really quickly

Bug by Dinosaur Jr.

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen by The Residents

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake by Small Faces

Oracular Spectacular by MGMT

Clandestino by Manu Chao

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle by Bill Callahan

Imagine by John Lennon

Private Dancer by Tina Turner

Ambient 1/Music For Airports by Brian Eno

Spiderland by Slint

American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash

Coat Of Many Colors by Dolly Parton

Junkyard by The Birthday Party

Be by Common

3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of... by Arrested Development

Microshift by Hookworms

Nevermind by Nirvana

Is this a sausage factory that it produceth banger after banger?

Power In Numbers by Jurassic 5

Follow The Leader by Korn

Songs From A Room by Leonard Cohen

Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues

A Wizard, A True Star by Todd Rundgren

Jack Takes the Floor by Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Modern Life Is Rubbish by Blur

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space by Spiritualized

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim by Frank Sinatra

James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown

Grace by Jeff Buckley

The United States Of America by The United States Of America

Permission to Land by The Darkness

Disintegration by The Cure

The Colour Of Spring by Talk Talk

Music From The Penguin Cafe by Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Don’t know if I’d pay to see them, but if I was drunk out of my mind in a bar and this was playing I would close my eyes and vibe

Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

Slipknot by Slipknot

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode

Every Picture Tells A Story by Rod Stewart

The Band by The Band

At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters

Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Our Aim Is To Satisfy by Red Snapper

Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes

Amazing what a little variety and distinction between tracks can do for making an album more interesting to listen to.

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

Fear and Whiskey by Mekons

All Hail the Queen by Queen Latifah

Either Or by Elliott Smith

Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits

Justified by Justin Timberlake

As shallow R&B infused pop it’s fine, but it gives me the feeling of a teenager trying just a bit too hard to exude sex appeal and just coming across as desperate.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

Release too early to include the best Christmas songs, which as a genre peaked in 1973. Also Phil Spector killed someone, but then he isn’t the only person in this list who has. It’s fine.

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis

Kid A by Radiohead

Music precision engineered for the most insufferable audiophile you know to sneer condescendingly that “you just don’t understand it”. Whiny, overproduced and overwrought nonsense that can only be compared to the sound of the world as experienced from deep inside Thom Yorke’s rectal cavity. We get it Thom, you’re sad that everyone thinks ‘Creep’ is your best song, but this isn’t convincing anyone otherwise. Destined to remain the soundtrack to every 16 year olds black and white poe-faced student film about how the world doesn’t understand him. I don’t know who Kid A is but I hope he’s never found alive.

Astral Weeks by Van Morrison

Live At The Harlem Square Club by Sam Cooke

Bluesbreakers by John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

Stankonia by OutKast

Sheet Music by 10cc

Illmatic by Nas

Autobahn by Kraftwerk

Really is like being on a night drive on a smooth road in the night. Quite magical

Cupid & Psyche 85 by Scritti Politti

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins

Point lost for being 2 hours.

The Scream by Siouxsie And The Banshees

Talk Talk Talk by The Psychedelic Furs

Killing Joke by Killing Joke

Harvest by Neil Young

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Bright Flight by Silver Jews

Hey kids, are you sad that Leonard Cohen is no longer around? Want to hear more primary school level poetry stuffed with half rhymes stuffed into tortured meter with the occasional guitar chord behind it? Well this is the album for you.

Back To Black by Amy Winehouse

A Northern Soul by The Verve

Beach Samba by Astrud Gilberto

Sea Change by Beck

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Peggy Suicide by Julian Cope

Dummy by Portishead

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding

Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear

Blackstar by David Bowie

Da Capo by Love

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

Rock 'N Soul by Solomon Burke

Happy Sad by Tim Buckley

Talking Timbuktu by Ali Farka Touré

Cheap Thrills by Big Brother & The Holding Company

Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles

Chore of Enchantment by Giant Sand

The Score by Fugees

Good Old Boys by Randy Newman

Station To Station by David Bowie

Quiet Life by Japan

The College Dropout by Kanye West

Is This It by The Strokes

Bubble And Scrape by Sebadoh

A Night At The Opera by Queen

This album should count its lucky stars it has BoRap on it or it would be lower.

Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins

“We have grunge at home”

Back In Black by AC/DC

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

Music Has The Right To Children by Boards of Canada

2112 by Rush

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival

D by White Denim

Another Music In A Different Kitchen by Buzzcocks

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

Van Halen by Van Halen

Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses

Live! by Fela Kuti

Chemtrails Over The Country Club by Lana Del Rey

Ritual De Lo Habitual by Jane's Addiction

Done By The Forces Of Nature by Jungle Brothers

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

Boston by Boston

En-Tact by The Shamen

Why do I feel like the origin of this album was a 90’s youth pastor listening to the radio and wondering how he can connect with these kids today?

Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens

Metal Box by Public Image Ltd.

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden

Kala by M.I.A.

Ys by Joanna Newsom

The Björk for Middle-Earth

Hot Fuss by The Killers

Under Construction by Missy Elliott

NEU! 75 by Neu!

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins

There's No Place Like America Today by Curtis Mayfield

Black Metal by Venom

Drunk by Thundercat

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith

Elephant by The White Stripes

Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

Arc Of A Diver by Steve Winwood

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

Femi Kuti by Femi Kuti

São Paulo Confessions by Suba

Abraxas by Santana

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo by The Byrds

Pieces Of The Sky by Emmylou Harris

Protection by Massive Attack

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

Joan Baez by Joan Baez

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd

From Wikipedia: “ Part-way through the recording sessions, Barrett's growing use of the psychedelic drug LSD accompanied his increasingly debilitated mental state” Yeah that tracks.

Hard Again by Muddy Waters

Toys In The Attic by Aerosmith

Bert Jansch by Bert Jansch

Safe As Milk by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

The Man Machine by Kraftwerk

Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits

The Blueprint by JAY Z

Shadowland by k.d. lang

Tommy by The Who

Bad by Michael Jackson

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes by TV On The Radio

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

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

Reggatta De Blanc by The Police

If I could dock half a mark down to 3.5 I would. I can’t believe no one slapped Sting at any point and forcibly reminded him to stop doing that thing with his voice. You aren’t Jamaican Sting

Butterfly by Mariah Carey

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

Next by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

Locust Abortion Technician by Butthole Surfers

Mermaid Avenue by Billy Bragg

Peter Gabriel 3 by Peter Gabriel

Welcome to the Afterfuture by Mike Ladd

Leftism by Leftfield

Behaviour by Pet Shop Boys

The Contino Sessions by Death In Vegas

New Wave by The Auteurs

The Renaissance by Q-Tip

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Diamond Life by Sade

#1 Record by Big Star

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground

From Elvis In Memphis by Elvis Presley

The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem

She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper

Songs The Lord Taught Us by The Cramps

Bossanova by Pixies

Scum by Napalm Death

I laughed when I saw this pop up. I look forward to the comments on this one!

All That You Can't Leave Behind by U2

Lost Souls by Doves

Caetano Veloso by Caetano Veloso

In Rainbows by Radiohead

The Madcap Laughs by Syd Barrett

My Generation by The Who

The Stooges by The Stooges

It's A Shame About Ray by The Lemonheads

Live Through This by Hole

The Bends by Radiohead

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 by George Michael

Maggot Brain by Funkadelic

The Who Sell Out by The Who

Exit Planet Dust by The Chemical Brothers

The Bones Of What You Believe by CHVRCHES

Peter Gabriel by Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel goes Randy Newman

The World is a Ghetto by War

With The Beatles by Beatles

Wasn’t bad. Dunno who these kids are but someone needs to get them some LSD

GI by Germs

Nighthawks At The Diner by Tom Waits

Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Honky Tonk Heroes by Waylon Jennings

Yeehaw.

Remedy by Basement Jaxx

Technique by New Order

Suzanne Vega by Suzanne Vega

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Channel Orange by Frank Ocean

Welcome To The Pleasuredome by Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Fun fact, the full name of the band is “Frankie Goes All The Way To Hollywood Desperately Looking For Anything That Can Pad This Album To Full Length”. Sympathy point for Two Tribes and Relax but yikes…

(What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis

Bad Company by Bad Company

Future Days by Can

Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone

Billion Dollar Babies by Alice Cooper

When I Was Born For The 7th Time by Cornershop

Night Life by Ray Price