1001 Albums Summary

Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

Am I the world’s biggest REM fan? No. Is Nightswimming one of my all time favorite songs? Yes.

In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson

Psychedelic Prog rock is definitely not my genre.

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

Solid.

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

Five stars. No notes.

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield

It was nice - I could definitely see the influence on Adele.

Murmur by R.E.M.

This must have been extraordinary to hear in 1983.

Rage Against The Machine by Rage Against The Machine

I liked the music. I hated the screaming.

Triangle by The Beau Brummels

I enjoyed it! Folk rock is my jam.

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis

Not a big fan of instrumental music but it suited my rainy Monday morning.

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches by Happy Mondays

I liked it but it felt one dimensional

Winter In America by Gil Scott-Heron

Still relevant in 2025.

The Stranger by Billy Joel

One of my all time favorite albums.

So by Peter Gabriel

Fantastic. It still sounds contemporary and not from 1986.

Locust Abortion Technician by Butthole Surfers

Too industrial for my taste.

Teenage Head by Flamin' Groovies

Good guitar riffs and terrible lyrics

Hot Fuss by The Killers

All These Things is my favorite song of all time.

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash

It was nice.

Copper Blue by Sugar

Beauty And The Beat by The Go-Go's

It was fun!

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers

The singles hold up well but everything else sounds vaguely the same.

Machine Head by Deep Purple

Hail To the Thief by Radiohead

I don’t love Thom Yorke’s voice. And I hate that this is still politically relevant in 2025.

This Year's Model by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Club Classics Vol. One by Soul II Soul

Really enjoyed listening.

Queen Of Denmark by John Grant

If this musical exercise does nothing except having introduced me to John Grant - it is a win.

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music by Ray Charles

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

The Last Broadcast by Doves

Lovely start to finish.

Live At The Harlem Square Club by Sam Cooke

More Specials by The Specials

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols by Sex Pistols

Konnichiwa by Skepta

I tried. This is not for me.

Pump by Aerosmith

Harvest by Neil Young

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels by Dexys Midnight Runners

The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd

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

Fear Of A Black Planet by Public Enemy

Blur by Blur

Eagles by Eagles

The singles are great. The rest of the album? Not so much.

Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg

The Gilded Palace Of Sin by The Flying Burrito Brothers

The Libertines by The Libertines

The Beach Boys Today! by The Beach Boys

Not a Beach Boys fan. This album did nothing for me change that.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel

Revolver by Beatles

I respect The Beatles but I don’t love The Beatles.

All Directions by The Temptations

The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground

Channel Orange by Frank Ocean

It was okay background music and mostly forgettable.

Destroy Rock & Roll by Mylo

Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits

I love a concept album but this is just…weird.

Dummy by Portishead

(What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis

Like Water For Chocolate by Common

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

Entertainment by Gang Of Four

Moss Side Story by Barry Adamson

I like concept albums but not instrumental music

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse by Faces

Atomizer by Big Black

Who's Next by The Who

Marquee Moon by Television

Oracular Spectacular by MGMT

Welcome to the Afterfuture by Mike Ladd

Come Away With Me by Norah Jones

Moon Safari by Air

French electro-pop is definitely not my genre.

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel

Connected by Stereo MC's

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk

Like A Prayer by Madonna

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

Smile by Brian Wilson

I tried. No.

Fever To Tell by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Beautiful Freak by Eels

For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music

Imagine by John Lennon

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive by Merle Haggard

It was twangy.

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 by George Michael

Fred Neil by Fred Neil

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple

Nope. Not for me.

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

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

The Rising by Bruce Springsteen

Highly Evolved by The Vines

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie

Deserter's Songs by Mercury Rev

Queens of the Stone Age by Queens Of The Stone Age

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

The Joshua Tree by U2

Dust by Screaming Trees

Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple

A Girl Called Dusty by Dusty Springfield

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band

The jambanding is too much for me.

Rapture by Anita Baker

She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper

Madman Across The Water by Elton John

Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone

Miriam Makeba by Miriam Makeba

En-Tact by The Shamen

Amnesiac by Radiohead

Heaux Tales by Jazmine Sullivan

Dance Mania by Tito Puente

In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Odessa by Bee Gees

Abraxas by Santana

Tapestry by Carole King

Devil Without A Cause by Kid Rock

Did not contribute to his royalties.

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash

Achtung Baby by U2

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by The Incredible String Band

Sister by Sonic Youth

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welch

La Revancha Del Tango by Gotan Project

It’s good background music.

It's A Shame About Ray by The Lemonheads

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads

Crime Of The Century by Supertramp

On The Beach by Neil Young

Vanishing Point by Primal Scream

Post Orgasmic Chill by Skunk Anansie

War by U2

Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.

Caetano Veloso by Caetano Veloso

Scissor Sisters by Scissor Sisters

Bossanova by Pixies

Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

The Colour Of Spring by Talk Talk

Goodbye And Hello by Tim Buckley

Pink Moon by Nick Drake

Stripped by Christina Aguilera

Our Aim Is To Satisfy by Red Snapper

Fragile by Yes

Joan Baez by Joan Baez

Let It Be by The Replacements

Spiderland by Slint

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles

Music by Madonna

Rid Of Me by PJ Harvey

Guero by Beck

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts by The Adverts

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

Teen Dream by Beach House

There's No Place Like America Today by Curtis Mayfield

Leftism by Leftfield

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens

Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin

Cross by Justice

Urban Hymns by The Verve

E.V.O.L. by Sonic Youth

Live! by Fela Kuti

Yank Crime by Drive Like Jehu

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen by The Residents

Sea Change by Beck

White Light / White Heat by The Velvet Underground

Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses

Cut by The Slits

Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones

The Modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers

Fuzzy Logic by Super Furry Animals

Purple Rain by Prince

Strange Cargo III by William Orbit

Buffalo Springfield Again by Buffalo Springfield

Electric Warrior by T. Rex

Van Halen by Van Halen

Manassas by Stephen Stills

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

Rio by Duran Duran

Tidal by Fiona Apple

Close To The Edge by Yes

Skylarking by XTC

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Water From An Ancient Well by Abdullah Ibrahim

Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues

Django Django by Django Django

Germfree Adolescents by X-Ray Spex

Microshift by Hookworms

Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins

Bongo Rock by Incredible Bongo Band

Talking Timbuktu by Ali Farka Touré

Synchronicity by The Police

Younger Than Yesterday by The Byrds

Happy Sad by Tim Buckley

American Pie by Don McLean

The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd

Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode

Feast of Wire by Calexico

Lady In Satin by Billie Holiday

Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy

Melodrama by Lorde

Unhalfbricking by Fairport Convention

Stankonia by OutKast

Low by David Bowie

Night Life by Ray Price

Dr. Octagonecologyst by Dr. Octagon

Moving Pictures by Rush

Made In Japan by Deep Purple

Killing Joke by Killing Joke

In Rainbows by Radiohead

Violator by Depeche Mode

I See You by The xx

Parklife by Blur

Bitches Brew by Miles Davis

I Against I by Bad Brains

Ray Of Light by Madonna

Eliminator by ZZ Top

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin

Smokers Delight by Nightmares On Wax

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

Welcome To The Pleasuredome by Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Billion Dollar Babies by Alice Cooper

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Parallel Lines by Blondie

Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys

If I Should Fall From Grace With God by The Pogues

Document by R.E.M.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Back To Black by Amy Winehouse

Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou Harris

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

Melody A.M. by Röyksopp

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow

Dear Science by TV On The Radio

Darkdancer by Les Rythmes Digitales

Let's Stay Together by Al Green

Idlewild by Everything But The Girl

Bummed by Happy Mondays

Exit Planet Dust by The Chemical Brothers

Transformer by Lou Reed

The Predator by Ice Cube

Live At The Regal by B.B. King

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

American Beauty by Grateful Dead

Roots by Sepultura

I'm Your Man by Leonard Cohen

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

The Poet by Bobby Womack

The Age Of The Understatement by The Last Shadow Puppets

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

The Who Sell Out by The Who

Tago Mago by Can

The Bones Of What You Believe by CHVRCHES

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

The Visitors by ABBA

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash

Here's Little Richard by Little Richard

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

Public Image: First Issue by Public Image Ltd.

Trans Europe Express by Kraftwerk

Aja by Steely Dan

The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails

Quiet Life by Japan

Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies

The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers

Something Else By The Kinks by The Kinks

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

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

Metallica by Metallica

Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth

You Are The Quarry by Morrissey

Shalimar by Rahul Dev Burman

Being There by Wilco

Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses

Live At Leeds by The Who

25 by Adele

Next by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx by Raekwon

The Dreaming by Kate Bush

One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic

Suede by Suede

The World is a Ghetto by War

Gorillaz by Gorillaz

The New Tango by Astor Piazzolla

Apple Venus Volume 1 by XTC

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

Music From Big Pink by The Band

Ingenue by k.d. lang

Boston by Boston

Grace by Jeff Buckley

Inspiration Information by Shuggie Otis

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson

Rain Dogs by Tom Waits

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

Groovin' by The Young Rascals

The Blueprint by JAY Z

In Utero by Nirvana

Elephant Mountain by The Youngbloods

Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin

After The Gold Rush by Neil Young

C'est Chic by CHIC

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

Elvis Is Back by Elvis Presley

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

Risque by CHIC

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

I refuse to contribute to his royalties.

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) by Simple Minds

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

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry by Billy Bragg

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

The Fat Of The Land by The Prodigy

Abbey Road by Beatles

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins

The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears

L'Eau Rouge by The Young Gods

OK Computer by Radiohead

The Wall by Pink Floyd

Maverick A Strike by Finley Quaye

The Infotainment Scan by The Fall

Out of Step by Minor Threat

The Clash by The Clash

Either Or by Elliott Smith

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

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins

Gold by Ryan Adams

The Doors by The Doors

Liege And Lief by Fairport Convention

Bad by Michael Jackson

Devotional Songs by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields

You've Come a Long Way Baby by Fatboy Slim

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite by Maxwell

Vulgar Display Of Power by Pantera

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

Garbage by Garbage

The Wildest! by Louis Prima

All Hail the Queen by Queen Latifah

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

Too Rye Ay by Dexys Midnight Runners

Vincebus Eruptum by Blue Cheer

Low-Life by New Order

Stardust by Willie Nelson

Psychocandy by The Jesus And Mary Chain

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo by Devo

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

461 Ocean Boulevard by Eric Clapton

Get Rich Or Die Tryin' by 50 Cent

Better Living Through Chemistry by Fatboy Slim

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

Le Tigre by Le Tigre

Larks' Tongues In Aspic by King Crimson

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus

Horses by Patti Smith

All Things Must Pass by George Harrison

Lam Toro by Baaba Maal

Master Of Puppets by Metallica

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

This Is Hardcore by Pulp

Coat Of Many Colors by Dolly Parton

Alien Lanes by Guided By Voices

Emperor Tomato Ketchup by Stereolab

Shaft by Isaac Hayes

My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts by Brian Eno

The Score by Fugees

Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden

Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams

The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem

Soul Mining by The The

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones

Back In Black by AC/DC

World Clique by Deee-Lite

Reggatta De Blanc by The Police

BEYONCÉ by Beyoncé

The Stooges by The Stooges

Blackstar by David Bowie

The Band by The Band

Another Music In A Different Kitchen by Buzzcocks

Make Yourself by Incubus

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

Modern Kosmology by Jane Weaver

Blood, Sweat & Tears by Blood, Sweat & Tears

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg by Jerry Lee Lewis

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding

The Bends by Radiohead

Before And After Science by Brian Eno

Remain In Light by Talking Heads

All Mod Cons by The Jam

Actually by Pet Shop Boys

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

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads

Damaged by Black Flag

Your Arsenal by Morrissey

Siembra by Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

Vulnicura by Björk

Pyromania by Def Leppard

Two Dancers by Wild Beasts

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

John Prine by John Prine

Different Class by Pulp

Shake Your Money Maker by The Black Crowes

Electric by The Cult

Kimono My House by Sparks

Survivor by Destiny's Child

Legalize It by Peter Tosh

Electric Prunes by The Electric Prunes

Meat Puppets II by Meat Puppets

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones

A Short Album About Love by The Divine Comedy

Calenture by The Triffids

Apocalypse Dudes by Turbonegro

Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz

Selling England By The Pound by Genesis

Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes

...Baby One More Time by Britney Spears

Future Days by Can

Hypnotised by The Undertones

Double Nickels On The Dime by Minutemen

Fifth Dimension by The Byrds

Run-D.M.C. by Run-D.M.C.

Bright Flight by Silver Jews

Immigrés by Youssou N'Dour

Third/Sister Lovers by Big Star

Hot Shots II by The Beta Band

Protection by Massive Attack

Homework by Daft Punk

Broken English by Marianne Faithfull

The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

Oedipus Schmoedipus by Barry Adamson

1977 by Ash

Shleep by Robert Wyatt

At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters

White Light by Gene Clark

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

Vespertine by Björk

Sail Away by Randy Newman

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

Here Come The Warm Jets by Brian Eno