1001 Albums Summary

Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes

Nice but short! Feels a lot more modern than I expected

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

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

Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan

Fun! Not as refined as aja

Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio

The very definition of cocktail jazz! Need to find a not live version

This Year's Model by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Loved it, hearing a lot of proto punk that must've been a big influence

Grace by Jeff Buckley

Hallelujah was of course fantastic but I found, besides the vocals, the overall album just ok

3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers

I get it objectively, but not my thing. Grocery store music.

Metal Box by Public Image Ltd.

Planet Rock: The Album by Afrika Bambaataa

Objectively understand the significance, but I feel like they stiffed their producer or something

Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys

Love it of course but surprised by how sparse / pared down the production was - felt much rougher than expected

Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

Mama's Gun by Erykah Badu

Happy Sad by Tim Buckley

The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

Oracular Spectacular by MGMT

Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin

Live At The Harlem Square Club by Sam Cooke

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret by Soft Cell

The Undertones by The Undertones

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

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Two Dancers by Wild Beasts

Copper Blue by Sugar

Bone Machine by Tom Waits

Dummy by Portishead

Definitely preferred their eponymous one, but this shows the beginnings of their sound

Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes

Jazz Samba by Stan Getz

Trio by Dolly Parton

Fred Neil by Fred Neil

Crooner music

Hotel California by Eagles

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

Brothers by The Black Keys

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins

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

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

The Dreaming by Kate Bush

Purple Rain by Prince

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis

So Much For The City by The Thrills

Junkyard by The Birthday Party

Stankonia by OutKast

Kid A by Radiohead

I Am a Bird Now by Antony and the Johnsons

Objectively very beautiful but, felt very similar throughout

Modern Kosmology by Jane Weaver

Bandwagonesque by Teenage Fanclub

James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes

Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Maxinquaye by Tricky

Smile by Brian Wilson

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding

Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock

California by American Music Club

Either Or by Elliott Smith

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

Urban Hymns by The Verve

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music by Ray Charles

Deloused in the Comatorium by The Mars Volta

Third by Soft Machine

When I Was Born For The 7th Time by Cornershop

The Score by Fugees

Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens

Let England Shake by PJ Harvey

Tank Battles by Dagmar Krause

Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses

Pornography by The Cure

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground

All That You Can't Leave Behind by U2

Walking Wounded by Everything But The Girl

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones

Dirt by Alice In Chains

NEU! 75 by Neu!

Casanova by The Divine Comedy

The Joshua Tree by U2

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow

Os Mutantes by Os Mutantes

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

Elephant Mountain by The Youngbloods

Remain In Light by Talking Heads

Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin

Queens of the Stone Age by Queens Of The Stone Age

White Ladder by David Gray

Van Halen by Van Halen

3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul

Tommy by The Who

Tuesday Night Music Club by Sheryl Crow

Kala by M.I.A.

Cloud Nine by The Temptations

You've Come a Long Way Baby by Fatboy Slim

Emergency On Planet Earth by Jamiroquai

Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy

You're Living All Over Me by Dinosaur Jr.

Tapestry by Carole King

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

Green by R.E.M.

Highly Evolved by The Vines

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

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

Heroes to Zeros by The Beta Band

Femi Kuti by Femi Kuti

Playing With Fire by Spacemen 3

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

Stardust by Willie Nelson

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

The Idiot by Iggy Pop

Duck Rock by Malcolm McLaren

Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake

Ananda Shankar by Ananda Shankar

Nighthawks At The Diner by Tom Waits

Back to Mystery City by Hanoi Rocks

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

1999 by Prince

Truth And Soul by Fishbone

Devil Without A Cause by Kid Rock

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned by Liars

Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder

Pink Moon by Nick Drake

Another Green World by Brian Eno

Ill Communication by Beastie Boys

The Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips

Rubber Soul by Beatles

Let's Stay Together by Al Green

White Light by Gene Clark

Want One by Rufus Wainwright

Heavy Weather by Weather Report

Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane

Back In Black by AC/DC

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Bossanova by Pixies

On The Beach by Neil Young

Hail To the Thief by Radiohead

Tragic Songs of Life by The Louvin Brothers

Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground

Fear Of A Black Planet by Public Enemy

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

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

Protection by Massive Attack

Moon Safari by Air

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles

Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welch

The Infotainment Scan by The Fall

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

L.A. Woman by The Doors

Blunderbuss by Jack White

Music by Madonna

The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden

Live / Dead by Grateful Dead

The Wildest! by Louis Prima

OK Computer by Radiohead

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

The Nightfly by Donald Fagen

The Colour Of Spring by Talk Talk

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder

Killing Joke by Killing Joke

Document by R.E.M.

Music Has The Right To Children by Boards of Canada

Machine Head by Deep Purple

Different Class by Pulp

Joan Baez by Joan Baez

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle by Bill Callahan

Hejira by Joni Mitchell

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

A Night At The Opera by Queen

Shleep by Robert Wyatt

Mama Said Knock You Out by LL Cool J

Bongo Rock by Incredible Bongo Band

(What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos

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

Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin

Synchronicity by The Police

The Next Day by David Bowie

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens

Kenya by Machito

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water by Limp Bizkit

Gorillaz by Gorillaz

Tres Hombres by ZZ Top

Hysteria by Def Leppard

Germfree Adolescents by X-Ray Spex

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

The Chronic by Dr. Dre

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

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

Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Close To The Edge by Yes

American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash

Channel Orange by Frank Ocean

Black Holes and Revelations by Muse

Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos

Country Life by Roxy Music

Bad by Michael Jackson

British Steel by Judas Priest

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

Kick Out The Jams (Live) by MC5

Hard Again by Muddy Waters

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits

Tom Tom Club by Tom Tom Club

Buffalo Springfield Again by Buffalo Springfield

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

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

The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest

Kilimanjaro by The Teardrop Explodes

Lazer Guided Melodies by Spiritualized

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road by Lucinda Williams

21 by Adele

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen

The Real Thing by Faith No More

Slayed? by Slade

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

Back To Black by Amy Winehouse

Pretenders by Pretenders

Under Construction by Missy Elliott

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith

Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles

Metallica by Metallica

Fragile by Yes

Tidal by Fiona Apple

Private Dancer by Tina Turner

Parachutes by Coldplay

Dr. Octagonecologyst by Dr. Octagon

Take Me Apart by Kelela

Blue Lines by Massive Attack

At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters

Broken English by Marianne Faithfull

Ray Of Light by Madonna

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode

The Band by The Band

The Bends by Radiohead

Ritual De Lo Habitual by Jane's Addiction

Electric Prunes by The Electric Prunes

Timeless by Goldie

Aqualung by Jethro Tull

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix

A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay

Madman Across The Water by Elton John

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

We Are Family by Sister Sledge

Inspiration Information by Shuggie Otis

Gold by Ryan Adams

Live At The Witch Trials by The Fall

Disintegration by The Cure

Buena Vista Social Club by Buena Vista Social Club

Suzanne Vega by Suzanne Vega

Pictures At An Exhibition by Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Histoire De Melody Nelson by Serge Gainsbourg

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

The Cars by The Cars

Elastica by Elastica

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

Definitely Maybe by Oasis

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys

Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs

E.V.O.L. by Sonic Youth

Ten by Pearl Jam

Dire Straits by Dire Straits

Midnight Ride by Paul Revere & The Raiders

Scum by Napalm Death

For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music

My Generation by The Who

Highway to Hell by AC/DC

Black Monk Time by The Monks

One World by John Martyn

War by U2

25 by Adele

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

White Light / White Heat by The Velvet Underground

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith

Parklife by Blur

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got by Sinead O'Connor

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

Dear Science by TV On The Radio

Blue by Joni Mitchell

Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Real Life by Magazine

Harvest by Neil Young

The Only Ones by The Only Ones

Disraeli Gears by Cream

The Yes Album by Yes

Clube Da Esquina by Milton Nascimento

Underwater Moonlight by The Soft Boys

Live At Leeds by The Who

Moving Pictures by Rush

Rum Sodomy & The Lash by The Pogues

First Band On The Moon by The Cardigans

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

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

Guero by Beck

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby by Girls Against Boys

Vespertine by Björk

School's Out by Alice Cooper

Joan Armatrading by Joan Armatrading

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

Countdown To Ecstasy by Steely Dan

Supa Dupa Fly by Missy Elliott

Beautiful Freak by Eels

Frank by Amy Winehouse

Funeral by Arcade Fire

Trans Europe Express by Kraftwerk

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

Something/Anything? by Todd Rundgren