1001 Albums Summary

Cheap Thrills by Big Brother & The Holding Company

3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers

Live At The Harlem Square Club by Sam Cooke

I never feel equipped to talk about souls music and other black culture stuff but the power of Sam Cooke's voice is undeniable. That it's a live album is even more incredible - the energy is off the charts.

Sea Change by Beck

Beck goes from goofy quirked up white boy to the most maudlin man in existence and creates an incredibly powerful emotional album, with some of the most incredible crescendos and nakedly honest lyrics going.

The Man Machine by Kraftwerk

Illmatic by Nas

In Rainbows by Radiohead

A perfect album, the total crystallisation of Radiohead's talent in one album.

Untitled (Black Is) by SAULT

Channel Orange by Frank Ocean

Zombie by Fela Kuti

This Is Fats Domino by Fats Domino

Garbage by Garbage

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley

Pictures At An Exhibition by Emerson, Lake & Palmer

War by U2

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

Moon Safari by Air

Brown Sugar by D'Angelo

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

L.A. Woman by The Doors

Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by The Incredible String Band

My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello

Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine by Cee Lo Green

Cloud Nine by The Temptations

Africa Brasil by Jorge Ben Jor

Dub Housing by Pere Ubu

Penance Soiree by The Icarus Line

Joan Armatrading by Joan Armatrading

Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues

Elephant by The White Stripes

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

Here, My Dear by Marvin Gaye

Abraxas by Santana

The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra

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

Ctrl by SZA

Thriller by Michael Jackson

Rubber Soul by Beatles

La Revancha Del Tango by Gotan Project

Debut by Björk

Giant Steps by The Boo Radleys

Arrival by ABBA

Nilsson Schmilsson by Harry Nilsson

A Walk Across The Rooftops by The Blue Nile

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

This Nation’s Saving Grace by The Fall

Rio by Duran Duran

Can't Buy A Thrill by Steely Dan

Live At The Regal by B.B. King

Slayed? by Slade

Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

2112 by Rush

Eliminator by ZZ Top

Liege And Lief by Fairport Convention

Vespertine by Björk

The Bends by Radiohead

Off The Wall by Michael Jackson

Chirping Crickets by Buddy Holly & The Crickets

90 by 808 State

Fun House by The Stooges

Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Tical by Method Man

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

Hot Shots II by The Beta Band

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin

Raw Power by The Stooges

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles

Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

What's Going On by Marvin Gaye

The Beach Boys Today! by The Beach Boys

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads

Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

Movies by Holger Czukay

Talking Timbuktu by Ali Farka Touré

The Clash by The Clash

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads

Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix

Ill Communication by Beastie Boys

Tommy by The Who

Ellington at Newport by Duke Ellington

Bright Flight by Silver Jews

The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails

Dr. Octagonecologyst by Dr. Octagon

Pornography by The Cure

Dire Straits by Dire Straits

Buena Vista Social Club by Buena Vista Social Club

White Light / White Heat by The Velvet Underground

Heroes by David Bowie

Graceland by Paul Simon

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

I'm Your Man by Leonard Cohen

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

Go Girl Crazy by The Dictators

Madman Across The Water by Elton John

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

Now I Got Worry by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

C'est Chic by CHIC

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow

Rising Above Bedlam by Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis

From Elvis In Memphis by Elvis Presley

Modern Kosmology by Jane Weaver

Achtung Baby by U2

Will The Circle Be Unbroken by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan

Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder

Sign 'O' The Times by Prince

The Wall by Pink Floyd

American Idiot by Green Day

16 Lovers Lane by The Go-Betweens

Shleep by Robert Wyatt

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

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

Here Come The Warm Jets by Brian Eno

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone

Duck Rock by Malcolm McLaren

Fear and Whiskey by Mekons

Blue Lines by Massive Attack

Remain In Light by Talking Heads

Life Thru A Lens by Robbie Williams

The Rolling Stones by The Rolling Stones

Bert Jansch by Bert Jansch

Scott 2 by Scott Walker

Oracular Spectacular by MGMT

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

Hard Again by Muddy Waters

Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes by TV On The Radio

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus

En-Tact by The Shamen

The Rise & Fall by Madness

Scream, Dracula, Scream by Rocket From The Crypt

Live At Leeds by The Who

Purple Rain by Prince

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears

Paul Simon by Paul Simon

GREY Area by Little Simz

Master Of Puppets by Metallica

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

Dummy by Portishead

Transformer by Lou Reed

Another Music In A Different Kitchen by Buzzcocks

Kid A by Radiohead

Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin

Third by Portishead

Murmur by R.E.M.

Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos

The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

The White Album by Beatles

Signing Off by UB40

Tapestry by Carole King

Disintegration by The Cure

#1 Record by Big Star

Freak Out! by The Mothers Of Invention

Mask by Bauhaus

Frank by Amy Winehouse

Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses

Apocalypse Dudes by Turbonegro

Happy Trails by Quicksilver Messenger Service

NEU! 75 by Neu!

Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane

Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies

1989 by Taylor Swift

Tuesday Night Music Club by Sheryl Crow

The Stranger by Billy Joel

Jazz Samba by Stan Getz

xx by The xx

Opus Dei by Laibach

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash

Marquee Moon by Television

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

Fromohio by fIREHOSE

Protection by Massive Attack

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin

...And Justice For All by Metallica

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

I Against I by Bad Brains

Dig Your Own Hole by The Chemical Brothers

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

Parklife by Blur

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson

Dirt by Alice In Chains

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

A Wizard, A True Star by Todd Rundgren

The Idiot by Iggy Pop

Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone

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

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

Coat Of Many Colors by Dolly Parton

There's No Place Like America Today by Curtis Mayfield

Ramones by Ramones

The Specials by The Specials

The Doors by The Doors

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens

Something/Anything? by Todd Rundgren

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire

James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned by Liars

Kick Out The Jams (Live) by MC5

Melodrama by Lorde

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart

Mama's Gun by Erykah Badu

Vulnicura by Björk

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk

São Paulo Confessions by Suba

Suede by Suede

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

A Night At The Opera by Queen

Highly Evolved by The Vines

Second Toughest In The Infants by Underworld

The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith

Moondance by Van Morrison

Crime Of The Century by Supertramp

Two Dancers by Wild Beasts

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins

Songs Of Love And Hate by Leonard Cohen

The Fat Of The Land by The Prodigy

Back In Black by AC/DC

Crocodiles by Echo And The Bunnymen

The Only Ones by The Only Ones

Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins

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

Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple

Suicide by Suicide

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

Young Americans by David Bowie

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

Either Or by Elliott Smith

Nothing's Shocking by Jane's Addiction

Warehouse: Songs And Stories by Hüsker Dü

This Year's Model by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

You've Come a Long Way Baby by Fatboy Slim

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

Hotel California by Eagles

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes

Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

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

So by Peter Gabriel

Locust Abortion Technician by Butthole Surfers

Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes

All Directions by The Temptations

The Gilded Palace Of Sin by The Flying Burrito Brothers

Permission to Land by The Darkness

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Synchronicity by The Police