1001 Albums Summary

Document by R.E.M.

Listened while working so a load of the lyrics went right past me, I would concentrate harder on this with a relisten. But in terms of the music composition this is a great album. Two all timer REM tracks on it as well (It's The End Of The World As We Know It and The One I Love).

Urban Hymns by The Verve

Great album, love the soundscapes and some of the lyrics are brilliant. Bittersweet Symphony is obviously an all timer but I'm not sure there's a bad song on here

Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone

Good album, I imagine at the time some of this would have been pretty groundbreaking. Hard to ding it for anything but not sure how often I'll be coming back

Diamond Life by Sade

I'm sure this is really well crafted and she's got a wonderful voice but it's just not for me, Clive

At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters

Rubber Soul by Beatles

Starting to hear bits of what they would become, too many of them are a bit bland by the standard of The Beatles. I always forget how good their voices actually are!

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

Brilliant album but Christ, Marvin was horny. The final track is absolutely devastating

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash

Would have been great live in a tiny bar

m b v by My Bloody Valentine

Okay but quite easy to drift in and out of

Faith by George Michael

Never really tried George before but really enjoyed this. Read about how controversial it was at the time; nowadays it seems so tame. Very 80s production coded too

Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder

Sorry Stevie not one of your best for me

Rio by Duran Duran

Perfectly listenable but unfortunately they all kinda sound the same. Rio is a banger though

Isn't Anything by My Bloody Valentine

All sort of blended together as one

Pretenders by Pretenders

Very good stuff. Chrissy Hynde's voice is brilliant

Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell

Clearly very good, unfortunately got distracted by work so didn't appreciate it as much as I could have

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Bob is clearly the best to ever reggae

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow

Really unique album and I just love a hip hop drum beat

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

Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes

Blue Mountain Ridge is amazing, aside from that, I found this a bit bland

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

Really nice surprise this one. Didn't realise they were this bluesy

Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

What a banger. If I wasn't being given another album I would probably just go back through it again

OK Computer by Radiohead

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos

Shite

Fromohio by fIREHOSE

Can see how it influenced others but a bit too scattershot for me to truly enjoy it

Sunshine Superman by Donovan

There's No Place Like America Today by Curtis Mayfield

Really good stuff Curtis

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith

Expected this to be very glum and slow but was really full of life

Bone Machine by Tom Waits

Very very strange

Rock 'N Soul by Solomon Burke

Cracking voice, not sure it did quite enough for me to properly love it

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

Dunno if this counts as Dad Rock but call me Dad because this Rocks

This Is Fats Domino by Fats Domino

Heroes by David Bowie

Not David's best. CBA with Eno's bullshit

Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix

Phaedra by Tangerine Dream

Never heard anything like this. Obviously has to be listened to in a certain situation or it doesn't work, but this hit me at the exact right time

Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone

Incredibly effecting stuff

Bad by Michael Jackson

Hail To the Thief by Radiohead

american dream by LCD Soundsystem

Already a huge fan but this album shot up in my estimation after listening to this yesterday

From Elvis In Memphis by Elvis Presley

Decent

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground

Don't really understand the hype

Murmur by R.E.M.

Serviceable. I think whatever it is R.E.M. are trying just doesn't speak to me like it does others

Hot Fuss by The Killers

The singles are great (especially so if you haven't had them thrown at you for 20+ years) but the back half is so forgettable

Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

The people were right

The Contino Sessions by Death In Vegas

Forgettable

Every Picture Tells A Story by Rod Stewart

I thought this would be terrible but he's actually alright

Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens

Enjoyed this more than I thought I would but I think musically it's just not going to interest me enough to come back repeatedly

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Good stuff although not as good as Exodus

Young Americans by David Bowie

Really enjoyed Bowie does soul. Fame is an absolute all timer

Homework by Daft Punk

Got some great stuff on here but slightly too long and muddled to be a 5 star one

The Idiot by Iggy Pop

Brilliant

Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane

Below average and largely forgettable

Moving Pictures by Rush

More like Pants

Your New Favourite Band by The Hives

Great stuff; always liked The Hives and this was brilliant

1999 by Prince

Properly great and funky

Femi Kuti by Femi Kuti

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

It's a classic for a reason!

All Directions by The Temptations

The Rise & Fall by Madness

Sorry Suggs, couldn't make it to the end

Fear Of A Black Planet by Public Enemy

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water by Limp Bizkit

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Very weird to hear Nirvana being nice boys while on stage, not the myth I've been sold!

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

All timer

Slipknot by Slipknot

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

Too corny to get a 5 star but it's great fun

Superunknown by Soundgarden

Graceland by Paul Simon

Just great stuff innit? Not a bad song on there

I Should Coco by Supergrass

Didn't realise this would be so good. Brilliant Britpop album

Group Sex by Circle Jerks

Perfect hardcore album

The Bones Of What You Believe by CHVRCHES

Terrific synth pop album

Mama's Gun by Erykah Badu

Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg

Ill Communication by Beastie Boys

This is just brilliant stuff

Logical Progression by LTJ Bukem

3 star jungle

Dig Me Out by Sleater-Kinney

On The Beach by Neil Young

Tapestry by Carole King

The Yes Album by Yes

Wakeman shouldn't have been allowed to express himself: stick to the piano on Hunky Dory

One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic

Pictures At An Exhibition by Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Odelay by Beck

The Doors by The Doors

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

The Colour Of Spring by Talk Talk

Odessa by Bee Gees

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches by Happy Mondays

Always liked them from the Greatest Hits album. This one is also good stuff

Madman Across The Water by Elton John

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

Metal Box by Public Image Ltd.

Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi

Crime Of The Century by Supertramp

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

Millions Now Living Will Never Die by Tortoise

The Beach Boys Today! by The Beach Boys

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen

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

All Things Must Pass by George Harrison

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

The Gilded Palace Of Sin by The Flying Burrito Brothers

Mothership Connection by Parliament

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding

She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper

Africa Brasil by Jorge Ben Jor

The Chronic by Dr. Dre

Hard Again by Muddy Waters

Reggatta De Blanc by The Police

Architecture And Morality by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

Greetings From L.A. by Tim Buckley

The Healer by John Lee Hooker

Channel Orange by Frank Ocean

Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles

Throwing Muses by Throwing Muses

Porcupine by Echo And The Bunnymen

Blue by Joni Mitchell

So by Peter Gabriel

Autobahn by Kraftwerk

Ritual De Lo Habitual by Jane's Addiction

Play by Moby

Green Onions by Booker T. & The MG's

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

Repeater by Fugazi

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music by Ray Charles

Country Life by Roxy Music

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

Harvest by Neil Young

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Rip It Up by Orange Juice

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

Lost Souls by Doves

Dire Straits by Dire Straits

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads

Duck Rock by Malcolm McLaren

The Atomic Mr Basie by Count Basie & His Orchestra

A Girl Called Dusty by Dusty Springfield

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley

Headquarters by The Monkees

Bug by Dinosaur Jr.

Dance Mania by Tito Puente

Be by Common

Pink Moon by Nick Drake

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Close To You by Carpenters

Welcome to the Afterfuture by Mike Ladd

Disraeli Gears by Cream

Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós

Fire Of Love by The Gun Club

The Score by Fugees

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

Different Class by Pulp

Queen II by Queen

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

Immigrés by Youssou N'Dour

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts by The Adverts

Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

Funeral by Arcade Fire

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

The Poet by Bobby Womack

Purple Rain by Prince

Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees

Ellington at Newport by Duke Ellington

Broken English by Marianne Faithfull

Damaged by Black Flag

The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem

The Band by The Band

Moss Side Story by Barry Adamson

Darklands by The Jesus And Mary Chain

Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues

Fear and Whiskey by Mekons

69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive by Merle Haggard

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

Low by David Bowie

Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs

In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles

John Barleycorn Must Die by Traffic

Synchronicity by The Police

Drunk by Thundercat

Live Through This by Hole

Low-Life by New Order

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

Abbey Road by Beatles

Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin

Sea Change by Beck

Horses by Patti Smith

No Other by Gene Clark

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band

Cloud Nine by The Temptations

What's That Noise? by Coldcut

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits

The Libertines by The Libertines

Suicide by Suicide

Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.

Amnesiac by Radiohead

Blur by Blur

Dear Science by TV On The Radio

Unhalfbricking by Fairport Convention

Fly Or Die by N.E.R.D

Beauty And The Beat by The Go-Go's

Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) by Eurythmics

Marquee Moon by Television

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

Don't Stand Me Down by Dexys Midnight Runners

Can't Buy A Thrill by Steely Dan

Olympia 64 by Jacques Brel

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Exile In Guyville by Liz Phair

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

Transformer by Lou Reed

Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin

Is This It by The Strokes

Maxinquaye by Tricky

Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin

Buena Vista Social Club by Buena Vista Social Club

Blunderbuss by Jack White

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge by Mudhoney

Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins

American Gothic by David Ackles

Abraxas by Santana

Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

Elastica by Elastica

Devotional Songs by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

Live At The Harlem Square Club by Sam Cooke

Ramones by Ramones

Trio by Dolly Parton

In Rainbows by Radiohead

Pornography by The Cure

The New Tango by Astor Piazzolla

Sign 'O' The Times by Prince

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses

Yank Crime by Drive Like Jehu

Ctrl by SZA

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

Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.

Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

Germfree Adolescents by X-Ray Spex

Music Has The Right To Children by Boards of Canada

The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd

London Calling by The Clash

3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul

Peter Gabriel by Peter Gabriel

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith

Siembra by Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

Celebrity Skin by Hole

The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe

Dummy by Portishead

Power In Numbers by Jurassic 5

Will The Circle Be Unbroken by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Under Construction by Missy Elliott

Ananda Shankar by Ananda Shankar

The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest

Aja by Steely Dan

Modern Kosmology by Jane Weaver

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco

Pieces Of The Sky by Emmylou Harris

Kid A by Radiohead

The White Album by Beatles

Two Dancers by Wild Beasts

Teenage Head by Flamin' Groovies

Felt Mountain by Goldfrapp

The Genius Of Ray Charles by Ray Charles

Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan

Joan Armatrading by Joan Armatrading

Violator by Depeche Mode

Chore of Enchantment by Giant Sand

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight by Richard Thompson

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

Music From Big Pink by The Band

After The Gold Rush by Neil Young

Doolittle by Pixies

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus by Spirit

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

Rings Around The World by Super Furry Animals

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

If I Should Fall From Grace With God by The Pogues

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black by Public Enemy

Hms Fable by Shack

Da Capo by Love

At San Quentin by Johnny Cash

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

More Specials by The Specials

Kings Of The Wild Frontier by Adam & The Ants

Garbage by Garbage

Slanted And Enchanted by Pavement

Lam Toro by Baaba Maal

Guero by Beck

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel

Opus Dei by Laibach

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor by Lupe Fiasco

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

Suede by Suede

Steve McQueen by Prefab Sprout

Deloused in the Comatorium by The Mars Volta

1984 by Van Halen

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

Parallel Lines by Blondie

Dare! by The Human League

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis

In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra

Come Away With Me by Norah Jones

The Bends by Radiohead

John Prine by John Prine

Let's Get Killed by David Holmes