1001 Albums Summary

Definitely Maybe by Oasis

Paul Simon by Paul Simon

Such a comforting voice this album feels like a hug Favourite song: Armistice day - the little guitar shuffle and the woo-ooo-oooh

Either Or by Elliott Smith

There are so many emotions in this record there are moments that feel filled with hope and joy sandwiched with songs of intense pain and struggle Favourite songs: Between the Bars and 2:45am Alameda lyric: “Nobody broke your heart you broke your own because you can’t finish what you start”

The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails

An assault on the earbuds and beautiful contrast of hard and soft Heresy Lyric: “god is dead and no one cares” Instrumental on A Warm Place made me feel very emotional Favourite songs: Closer and Hurt

Revolver by Beatles

Hooked from the first notes Songs don’t outstay their welcome Experimental sounds British sound also Indian and Motown Favourite song: Eleanor Rigby

The Cars by The Cars

Felt a bit flat to me but can see that it’s a solid new wave album which isn’t my thing Favourite song: Just what I needed (is it a murder song?!?)

Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

Queen have such a definitive sound you always know it’s their track It’s so dramatic I always feel like the albums are mini musicals Dear Friends is so beautiful I think I want it at my funeral Favourite song: Now I’m Here and Stone Cold Crazy

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

Jazz Master! I don’t listen to a lot of jazz but this was phenomenal - part 3 was my favourite.

Closer by Joy Division

I didn’t realise they made so little music before Ian Curtis died. It’s super moody gloomy music I think it went on a bit after the first couple of songs but then picked up again at Twenty Four Hours Therapy? did a cover song of Isolation but also had some lyrics from the first song too - I had no idea it was cover until today 🤣 Favourite song: Twenty Four Hours

So by Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel - So I am immediately transported to the 80s! The definitive sound of a decade. Favourite track: Don’t Give Up

Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock

Funky and mad

The Modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers

70s at its core but nothing really stands out for me most of the album “Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole” Favourite track: Pablo Picasso (the only song I really enjoyed)

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos

I felt instantly relaxed by this album Favourite song: Key to the Highway and Layla

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast by Badly Drawn Boy

This album it feels like home. It doesn’t feel like individual songs as much as a piece of music that is supposed to be heard all together. I really like the range of instruments and sounds used throughout. Like an indie symphony. “I’m not broke so please don’t mend me” “There’s no use feeling all the things I’m feeling. There’s no one here to feel with me.” “Please don’t leave me wanting more I hope you never die There’s no need to say more Just promise that you’ll try” Favourite song: Epitaph

Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.

Hells to the yes! Kings of hip hop. Creation of the mainstream hip hop rock collab. Love how they can have really fun tracks and also ones with a poignant message and both seem genuine representations of them as people. Favourite song: You Be Illin

Disraeli Gears by Cream

Iconic sound of the 60s the guitars sound effortlessly cool Favourite song: Sunshine of Your Love

Odelay by Beck

Immediately familiar - sounds like the soundtrack to a 90s film. I kinda find this album a very generic sound though so nothing really stands of it or inspires me particularly.

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode

This whole album gives me creepy groomer vibes and an unsettling sound throughout “ There'll be times When my crimes Will seem almost unforgivable I give in to sin” “Will you give it to me Will you take the pain I will give to you Again and again” All of Behind the Wheel onwards. Ick.

BEYONCÉ by Beyoncé

Her voice is magical and there is an unapologetic confidence to everything she does. Immediate negative points for Jay-Z says breastesses. Overall it’s fine. Nothing stood out as incredible or terrible for me. Also I love creativity and the idea of a visual album but it’s almost explained like the music can’t speak for itself. Favourite song: Heaven

Imagine by John Lennon

We can’t ignore the fact this opens with one of the most iconic songs of all time. Leading into Crippled Inside is great - addressing mental health with the humour many of us do. Love the prison blues vibe of It’s So Hard. The combination of politics and mental health is so relevant to how we are constantly having challenges around news consumption today. Oh My Love could seem like a harsh contrast but it feels like we need a breather after the last couple of tracks so it works. Favourite song: Imagine

London Calling by The Clash

Classic punk good vibes throughout especially when listening on a sunny afternoon in Camden Favourite song: London Calling

São Paulo Confessions by Suba

Vulgar Display Of Power by Pantera

This Is Fats Domino by Fats Domino

Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie

Fisherman's Blues by The Waterboys

Stephen Stills by Stephen Stills

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

Arrival by ABBA

Emergency On Planet Earth by Jamiroquai

Done By The Forces Of Nature by Jungle Brothers

Like Water For Chocolate by Common

The Chronic by Dr. Dre

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith

The Libertines by The Libertines

New Wave by The Auteurs

Crazysexycool by TLC

1999 by Prince

Surfer Rosa by Pixies

Cut by The Slits

Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones

Graceland by Paul Simon

The Doors by The Doors

Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake

Post Orgasmic Chill by Skunk Anansie

Nevermind by Nirvana

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles

21 by Adele

Made In Japan by Deep Purple

The Genius Of Ray Charles by Ray Charles

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Remain In Light by Talking Heads

Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder

Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin

Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Illmatic by Nas

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen

Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective

Yank Crime by Drive Like Jehu

Myths Of The Near Future by Klaxons

Stankonia by OutKast

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

Oar by Alexander 'Skip' Spence

Fuzzy Logic by Super Furry Animals

The Age Of The Understatement by The Last Shadow Puppets

xx by The xx

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk

Safe As Milk by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

Jazz Samba by Stan Getz

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

Harvest by Neil Young

Metal Box by Public Image Ltd.

Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire

Fly Or Die by N.E.R.D

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black by Public Enemy

Modern Kosmology by Jane Weaver

My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground

Raw Like Sushi by Neneh Cherry

Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back by Public Enemy

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash

Slipknot by Slipknot

Sister by Sonic Youth

The Beach Boys Today! by The Beach Boys

Dirt by Alice In Chains

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson

D by White Denim

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones

Violator by Depeche Mode

The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem

m b v by My Bloody Valentine

Kollaps by Einstürzende Neubauten

Idlewild by Everything But The Girl

We Are Family by Sister Sledge

Dookie by Green Day

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welch

Deloused in the Comatorium by The Mars Volta

Green by R.E.M.

Aja by Steely Dan

90 by 808 State

Kings Of The Wild Frontier by Adam & The Ants

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins

Moving Pictures by Rush

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens

Heartattack And Vine by Tom Waits

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 by George Michael

Maverick A Strike by Finley Quaye

Is This It by The Strokes

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers

OK by Talvin Singh

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

World Clique by Deee-Lite

Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys

Live At Leeds by The Who

Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple

Actually by Pet Shop Boys

At Mister Kelly's by Sarah Vaughan

Crime Of The Century by Supertramp

Tapestry by Carole King

Heaux Tales by Jazmine Sullivan

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

Manassas by Stephen Stills

Transformer by Lou Reed

The College Dropout by Kanye West

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads

Moss Side Story by Barry Adamson

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water by Limp Bizkit

Reggatta De Blanc by The Police

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band by John Lennon

Feast of Wire by Calexico

Disintegration by The Cure

Machine Head by Deep Purple

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin

Dirty by Sonic Youth

The New Tango by Astor Piazzolla

Off The Wall by Michael Jackson

Pink Moon by Nick Drake

The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest

Songs The Lord Taught Us by The Cramps

Arise by Sepultura

Go Girl Crazy by The Dictators

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

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

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

Locust Abortion Technician by Butthole Surfers

Two Dancers by Wild Beasts

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

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

Loveless by My Bloody Valentine

Shaft by Isaac Hayes

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

Pornography by The Cure

You've Come a Long Way Baby by Fatboy Slim

Mama's Gun by Erykah Badu

Toys In The Attic by Aerosmith

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) by Eurythmics

Mothership Connection by Parliament

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

Black Holes and Revelations by Muse

Kimono My House by Sparks

Heavy Weather by Weather Report

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

The Score by Fugees

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

Smokers Delight by Nightmares On Wax

Van Halen by Van Halen

Blackstar by David Bowie

Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues

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

Gold by Ryan Adams

Fishscale by Ghostface Killah

Superunknown by Soundgarden

The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd

All Hail the Queen by Queen Latifah

2112 by Rush

Behaviour by Pet Shop Boys

Brothers by The Black Keys

Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder

The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

The Specials by The Specials

The White Room by The KLF

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast

James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown

All Hope Is Gone by Slipknot

Here, My Dear by Marvin Gaye

Ctrl by SZA

Stardust by Willie Nelson

Grace by Jeff Buckley

Abraxas by Santana

The Bends by Radiohead

A Night At The Opera by Queen

25 by Adele

Bossanova by Pixies

Reign In Blood by Slayer

Olympia 64 by Jacques Brel

Highway to Hell by AC/DC

Guero by Beck

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow

Ananda Shankar by Ananda Shankar

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

You're Living All Over Me by Dinosaur Jr.

Oracular Spectacular by MGMT

Tres Hombres by ZZ Top

Entertainment by Gang Of Four

...And Justice For All by Metallica

Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits

Dummy by Portishead

Snivilisation by Orbital

Queen II by Queen

Butterfly by Mariah Carey

Fragile by Yes

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield

Blunderbuss by Jack White

Fred Neil by Fred Neil

Parallel Lines by Blondie

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

Talking Timbuktu by Ali Farka Touré

Shleep by Robert Wyatt

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

Boston by Boston

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones

Hearts And Bones by Paul Simon

Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band

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

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

Dig Your Own Hole by The Chemical Brothers

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

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

Sulk by The Associates

Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi

Hard Again by Muddy Waters

Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Zombie by Fela Kuti

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde by The Pharcyde

She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash

Raw Power by The Stooges

The Wildest! by Louis Prima

Scum by Napalm Death

Apple Venus Volume 1 by XTC

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads

Africa Brasil by Jorge Ben Jor

Rhythm Nation 1814 by Janet Jackson

Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Groovin' by The Young Rascals

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

It's Too Late to Stop Now by Van Morrison

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Immigrés by Youssou N'Dour

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

Back To Black by Amy Winehouse

Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.

Time Out Of Mind by Bob Dylan

Movies by Holger Czukay

Ellington at Newport by Duke Ellington

Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs

Your New Favourite Band by The Hives

Picture Book by Simply Red

Queens of the Stone Age by Queens Of The Stone Age

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake

Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

Slanted And Enchanted by Pavement

Hot Fuss by The Killers

Let's Stay Together by Al Green

Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens

Country Life by Roxy Music

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou Harris

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

Pearl by Janis Joplin

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake by Small Faces

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts by The Adverts

Tom Tom Club by Tom Tom Club

Power In Numbers by Jurassic 5

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

The Clash by The Clash

In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

Rock 'N Soul by Solomon Burke

(What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses

Cross by Justice

Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush

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

Me Against The World by 2Pac

Rain Dogs by Tom Waits

Shalimar by Rahul Dev Burman

The World is a Ghetto by War

Electric Warrior by T. Rex

Kid A by Radiohead

Faust IV by Faust

Walking Wounded by Everything But The Girl

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses

Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

Devil Without A Cause by Kid Rock

The La's by The La's

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

Frank by Amy Winehouse

The White Album by Beatles

Le Tigre by Le Tigre

Third by Portishead

E.V.O.L. by Sonic Youth

Horses by Patti Smith

Debut by Björk

All Mod Cons by The Jam

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

Sound Affects by The Jam

Amnesiac by Radiohead

Blue by Joni Mitchell

Alien Lanes by Guided By Voices

Kala by M.I.A.

evermore by Taylor Swift

Purple Rain by Prince

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis

Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters

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

Low by David Bowie

Melodrama by Lorde

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears

Roger the Engineer by The Yardbirds

Tuesday Night Music Club by Sheryl Crow

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby by Girls Against Boys

3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul

Master Of Puppets by Metallica

Permission to Land by The Darkness

1989 by Taylor Swift

Now I Got Worry by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden

Rattus Norvegicus by The Stranglers

Suede by Suede

Exit Planet Dust by The Chemical Brothers

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

Channel Orange by Frank Ocean

The Predator by Ice Cube

Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt

S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

Django Django by Django Django

Will The Circle Be Unbroken by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Chirping Crickets by Buddy Holly & The Crickets

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs