1001 Albums Summary

Tapestry by Carole King

Amazing writing/vocals, great piano work, and great groove from bass/drums

London Calling by The Clash

Lots of diversity in the songs but can tell it’s punk at the core. All band members doing their thing

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco

Very creative writing and some cool sounds

Faith by George Michael

Mostly slow and boring. Some cool parts but mostly uninteresting

All Directions by The Temptations

Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

Great production. Awesome sounding album

Oar by Alexander 'Skip' Spence

Great instrumentation, some interesting songs but also some creative writing

Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

Great sounding album. String arrangements are awesome, deep lyrics, and vocals sound great. Mixing and production are great also

Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters

Very heavy sounding album. Love the riffs and drumming from Grohl. Some good melodies also. Can definitely hear his influence from Kurt Cobain

Synchronicity by The Police

Lots of diversity in this album. All songs have a different vibe but it still feels like a cohesive album. Copeland’s snare is so powerful, love the guitar tone throughout, and Sting’s baselines are great. Overall great album

This Is Hardcore by Pulp

Lots of heavy guitar and powerful drumming but I love the soundscape they create playing together. I really enjoy this album

Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

Very grand sounding album with Freddie’s opera-like vocals/harmonies and Brian May’s blaring guitar. Love how almost every song sounds different. Great album

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding

Horses by Patti Smith

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

Scott 2 by Scott Walker

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

Rain Dogs by Tom Waits

Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees

War by U2

Manassas by Stephen Stills

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying by Megadeth

My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash

Rage Against The Machine by Rage Against The Machine

Aqualung by Jethro Tull

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley

Groovin' by The Young Rascals

Oedipus Schmoedipus by Barry Adamson

Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie

At Budokan by Cheap Trick

Timeless by Goldie

Kid A by Radiohead

Smile by Brian Wilson

Legalize It by Peter Tosh

Hysteria by Def Leppard

Disintegration by The Cure

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69) by Ministry

Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

Back In Black by AC/DC

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

Bitches Brew by Miles Davis

Basket of Light by Pentangle

Dummy by Portishead

Ctrl by SZA

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Green Onions by Booker T. & The MG's

Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple

Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.

Heroes to Zeros by The Beta Band

Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin

Brown Sugar by D'Angelo

So by Peter Gabriel

Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra

Vulgar Display Of Power by Pantera

Giant Steps by The Boo Radleys

The New Tango by Astor Piazzolla

The Doors by The Doors

Bert Jansch by Bert Jansch

She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper

Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water by Limp Bizkit

Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues

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

British Steel by Judas Priest

Suzanne Vega by Suzanne Vega

Pieces Of The Sky by Emmylou Harris

The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett

School's Out by Alice Cooper

Music Has The Right To Children by Boards of Canada

This Nation’s Saving Grace by The Fall

The Chronic by Dr. Dre

The Blueprint by JAY Z

Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

Hail To the Thief by Radiohead

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted by Ice Cube

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys

Boston by Boston

In Utero by Nirvana

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

The Genius Of Ray Charles by Ray Charles

Eagles by Eagles

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

I See You by The xx

The Yes Album by Yes

The Colour Of Spring by Talk Talk

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins

Shaft by Isaac Hayes

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music by Ray Charles

Electric Prunes by The Electric Prunes

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

Stardust by Willie Nelson

Peggy Suicide by Julian Cope

Marquee Moon by Television

Remedy by Basement Jaxx

Paris 1919 by John Cale

Connected by Stereo MC's

Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

Coat Of Many Colors by Dolly Parton

Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan

...And Justice For All by Metallica

Bad Company by Bad Company

System Of A Down by System Of A Down

Hypnotised by The Undertones

Cheap Thrills by Big Brother & The Holding Company

Gris Gris by Dr. John

E.V.O.L. by Sonic Youth

Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush

Cross by Justice

Rip It Up by Orange Juice

The Score by Fugees

Natty Dread by Bob Marley & The Wailers

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell

Amnesiac by Radiohead

Ellington at Newport by Duke Ellington

Blood And Chocolate by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

One World by John Martyn

Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes

90 by 808 State

Whatever by Aimee Mann

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode

More Specials by The Specials

Sea Change by Beck

Younger Than Yesterday by The Byrds

One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic

Fever To Tell by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Ten by Pearl Jam

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen

Ritual De Lo Habitual by Jane's Addiction

Kilimanjaro by The Teardrop Explodes

The Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

Melodrama by Lorde

Nothing's Shocking by Jane's Addiction

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

Le Tigre by Le Tigre

Shake Your Money Maker by The Black Crowes

Bug by Dinosaur Jr.

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads

Live / Dead by Grateful Dead

Solid Air by John Martyn

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

Savane by Ali Farka Touré

Haunted Dancehall by The Sabres Of Paradise

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson

Armed Forces by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Our Aim Is To Satisfy by Red Snapper

Ill Communication by Beastie Boys

Autobahn by Kraftwerk

High Violet by The National

Green by R.E.M.

With The Beatles by Beatles

Copper Blue by Sugar

Behaviour by Pet Shop Boys

Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan

Tom Tom Club by Tom Tom Club

Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz

American Beauty by Grateful Dead

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

Orbital 2 by Orbital

Scott 4 by Scott Walker

Eliminator by ZZ Top

Picture Book by Simply Red

Felt Mountain by Goldfrapp

Devil Without A Cause by Kid Rock

3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul

Modern Life Is Rubbish by Blur

Hms Fable by Shack

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears

The White Album by Beatles

(What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis

Heavy Weather by Weather Report

Either Or by Elliott Smith

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

Nevermind by Nirvana

At San Quentin by Johnny Cash

Kala by M.I.A.

Black Metal by Venom

The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen

Grace by Jeff Buckley

GI by Germs

Fragile by Yes

The Bends by Radiohead

Spiderland by Slint

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Punishing Kiss by Ute Lemper

Soul Mining by The The

C'est Chic by CHIC

Treasure by Cocteau Twins

Phrenology by The Roots

Aha Shake Heartbreak by Kings of Leon

If I Should Fall From Grace With God by The Pogues

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield

The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem

Jazz Samba by Stan Getz

Clandestino by Manu Chao

Dig Me Out by Sleater-Kinney

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

Dirty by Sonic Youth

Here Are the Sonics by The Sonics

Transformer by Lou Reed

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts by Brian Eno

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins

Stankonia by OutKast

The Band by The Band

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles

Fire Of Love by The Gun Club

The Fat Of The Land by The Prodigy

Isn't Anything by My Bloody Valentine

In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra

On The Beach by Neil Young

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder

Foxbase Alpha by Saint Etienne

For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

Sister by Sonic Youth

Yeezus by Kanye West

This Year's Model by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Blue Lines by Massive Attack

Buffalo Springfield Again by Buffalo Springfield

Since I Left You by The Avalanches

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

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

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg by Jerry Lee Lewis

At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters

The Wildest! by Louis Prima

Low-Life by New Order

Steve McQueen by Prefab Sprout

Queen II by Queen

White Light / White Heat by The Velvet Underground

Hunting High And Low by a-ha

Imperial Bedroom by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow

The Who Sell Out by The Who

Music by Madonna

Superunknown by Soundgarden

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

Cupid & Psyche 85 by Scritti Politti

Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter

Surfer Rosa by Pixies

Southern Rock Opera by Drive-By Truckers

Sheet Music by 10cc

Different Class by Pulp

Cloud Nine by The Temptations

Viva Hate by Morrissey

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

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield

Queen Of Denmark by John Grant

Urban Hymns by The Verve

Be by Common

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads

Duck Rock by Malcolm McLaren

Pump by Aerosmith

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

Sincere by Mj Cole

Let's Get Killed by David Holmes

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

GREY Area by Little Simz

L'Eau Rouge by The Young Gods

Porcupine by Echo And The Bunnymen

The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd

21 by Adele

Chirping Crickets by Buddy Holly & The Crickets

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk

New Forms by Roni Size

Murmur by R.E.M.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

Dig Your Own Hole by The Chemical Brothers

The Clash by The Clash

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd

Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix

Loveless by My Bloody Valentine

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra

The Undertones by The Undertones

The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

Crocodiles by Echo And The Bunnymen

Next by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

Actually by Pet Shop Boys

Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground

Django Django by Django Django

Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes

Berlin by Lou Reed

Tago Mago by Can

Olympia 64 by Jacques Brel

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury by The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay

Funeral by Arcade Fire

Guero by Beck

Definitely Maybe by Oasis

All Things Must Pass by George Harrison

Dire Straits by Dire Straits

Deserter's Songs by Mercury Rev

25 by Adele

Raw Power by The Stooges

Winter In America by Gil Scott-Heron

Suicide by Suicide

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone

Highly Evolved by The Vines

Honky Tonk Heroes by Waylon Jennings

Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake

Power In Numbers by Jurassic 5

Master Of Puppets by Metallica

A Northern Soul by The Verve

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake

Better Living Through Chemistry by Fatboy Slim

Tommy by The Who

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Hot Shots II by The Beta Band

Post Orgasmic Chill by Skunk Anansie

Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple

Young Americans by David Bowie

Ingenue by k.d. lang

Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand

Purple Rain by Prince

Tidal by Fiona Apple

Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou Harris

Vespertine by Björk

Sign 'O' The Times by Prince

California by American Music Club

Is This It by The Strokes

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo by MC Solaar

Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart

Toys In The Attic by Aerosmith

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

The Sensual World by Kate Bush

The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow

Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy

Oracular Spectacular by MGMT

The Pleasure Principle by Gary Numan

The Slim Shady LP by Eminem

The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest

Nilsson Schmilsson by Harry Nilsson

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits

After The Gold Rush by Neil Young

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman by John Zorn

1984 by Van Halen

Kenza by Khaled

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis

Call of the Valley by Shivkumar Sharma

Darklands by The Jesus And Mary Chain

Diamond Life by Sade

Cafe Bleu by The Style Council

Grievous Angel by Gram Parsons

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret by Soft Cell

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith

Tanto Tempo by Bebel Gilberto

Bummed by Happy Mondays

My Generation by The Who

Heartattack And Vine by Tom Waits

Life's Too Good by The Sugarcubes

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Third by Soft Machine

Bone Machine by Tom Waits

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

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned by Liars

2112 by Rush

Virgin Suicides by Air

The Atomic Mr Basie by Count Basie & His Orchestra

Group Sex by Circle Jerks

Wild Wood by Paul Weller

White Blood Cells by The White Stripes

Mama's Gun by Erykah Badu

All Hail the Queen by Queen Latifah

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen by The Residents

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

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

Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder

Alien Lanes by Guided By Voices

Triangle by The Beau Brummels

Blur by Blur

Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits

Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder

Achtung Baby by U2

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight by Richard Thompson

Pink Flag by Wire

Machine Gun Etiquette by The Damned

The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe

Femi Kuti by Femi Kuti

Fever Ray by Fever Ray

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen

Vulnicura by Björk

Before And After Science by Brian Eno

Drunk by Thundercat

Moss Side Story by Barry Adamson

Come Find Yourself by Fun Lovin' Criminals

Central Reservation by Beth Orton

Freak Out! by The Mothers Of Invention

Opus Dei by Laibach

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

We Are Family by Sister Sledge

Henry's Dream by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

Bright Flight by Silver Jews

Fromohio by fIREHOSE

Movies by Holger Czukay

Technique by New Order

The Sun Rises In The East by Jeru The Damaja

Tank Battles by Dagmar Krause

Live At Leeds by The Who

Queens of the Stone Age by Queens Of The Stone Age

Supa Dupa Fly by Missy Elliott

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

The Last Broadcast by Doves

Two Dancers by Wild Beasts

Lost Souls by Doves

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite by Maxwell

It's A Shame About Ray by The Lemonheads

The Healer by John Lee Hooker

Liege And Lief by Fairport Convention

The Man Machine by Kraftwerk

Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welch

Arc Of A Diver by Steve Winwood

Fun House by The Stooges

Rhythm Nation 1814 by Janet Jackson

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

I Should Coco by Supergrass

Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams

Another Music In A Different Kitchen by Buzzcocks

Violator by Depeche Mode

Frank by Amy Winehouse

Pornography by The Cure

Mothership Connection by Parliament

Blunderbuss by Jack White

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

You Are The Quarry by Morrissey

NEU! 75 by Neu!

2.7

Smash by The Offspring

3.4

Doolittle by Pixies

3.1

Truth by Jeff Beck

3.7

Close To The Edge by Yes

4.1