1001 Albums Summary

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake

Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin

White Blood Cells by The White Stripes

Hard Again by Muddy Waters

The Atomic Mr Basie by Count Basie & His Orchestra

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen

Wild Gift by X

Black Holes and Revelations by Muse

Technique by New Order

Fuzzy by Grant Lee Buffalo

Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo by The Byrds

Music’s alright, but the lyrics got major Bible camp energy.

Being There by Wilco

Real Life by Magazine

Abraxas by Santana

Behaviour by Pet Shop Boys

Hot Fuss by The Killers

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

The Slim Shady LP by Eminem

461 Ocean Boulevard by Eric Clapton

TIL Eric Clapton is a racist, anti-vax piece of shit who built a career ripping off Black musicians and still thinks he’s a victim. Turns out the only thing legendary about him is his bullshit. Fuck Eric Clapton.

Pictures At An Exhibition by Emerson, Lake & Palmer

WTF was this? These strange sounds made me so uncomfortable and jittery, I had to stop halfway through. I’m honestly not sure if you need to be an alien or pop some LSD before hitting play—but whatever it takes, I clearly wasn’t prepared. Definitely not my cup of tea.

At San Quentin by Johnny Cash

Jack Takes the Floor by Ramblin' Jack Elliott

The Slider by T. Rex

1984 by Van Halen

Bert Jansch by Bert Jansch

Manassas by Stephen Stills

Everything Must Go by Manic Street Preachers

Green Onions by Booker T. & The MG's

Live! by Fela Kuti

The Fat Of The Land by The Prodigy

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

After listening to this album, I can confidently say: I still don’t like jazz.

Kid A by Radiohead

Not sure if this was an album or just meditation music. Either way, I nearly passed out by track three — and not in a good way.

Floodland by Sisters Of Mercy

Blackstar by David Bowie

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow

I thought I signed up for "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die," not "1001 Albums That Make You Wanna Die." This one was another total snoozefest.

One World by John Martyn

If your dream playlist includes waiting room vibes and elevator ambience, this album absolutely delivers.

Follow The Leader by Korn

I wasn’t aware that vague screaming paired with some background noise now qualifies as music. Good to know.

Horses by Patti Smith

Maybe autotune has ruined my ears, but I’m pretty sure that wasn’t singing.

Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters

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

Foxbase Alpha by Saint Etienne

Parachutes by Coldplay

High Violet by The National

Movies by Holger Czukay

WTF did I just listen to? It was… different. Sort of sounded like a child exploring the full creative potential of a soundboard with no adult supervision.

Dire Straits by Dire Straits

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

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos

Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth

American Idiot by Green Day

GI by Germs

Without the instruments in the background, I wouldn’t be able to tell that this shouting is supposed to be music.

Pacific Ocean Blue by Dennis Wilson

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

All Hail the Queen by Queen Latifah

O.G. Original Gangster by Ice T

Smile by Brian Wilson

Funeral by Arcade Fire

The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg by Jerry Lee Lewis

The College Dropout by Kanye West

I refuse to hear a single second of an album made by human trash. Fuck Kanye West. Fuck Nazis.

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

The Good, The Bad & The Queen by The Good, The Bad & The Queen

2112 by Rush

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

The Lexicon Of Love by ABC

The Genius Of Ray Charles by Ray Charles

This Is Fats Domino by Fats Domino

Penance Soiree by The Icarus Line

NEU! 75 by Neu!

For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music

One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic

Virgin Suicides by Air

Honky Tonk Masquerade by Joe Ely

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

It's A Shame About Ray by The Lemonheads

Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) by Loretta Lynn

Superfuzz Bigmuff by Mudhoney

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan

S&M by Metallica

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

If someone asked me what a generic, synth-drenched, basic-ass 80s album sounds like, I’d say: New Gold Dream, hands down. Too bad I can’t stand that cheesy 80s crap. 😂

Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

Dear Science by TV On The Radio

Djam Leelii by Baaba Maal

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz

Basket of Light by Pentangle

The kind of music that makes you miss the Black Death.

Orbital 2 by Orbital

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

Highway to Hell by AC/DC

Highly Evolved by The Vines

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin

Happy Sad by Tim Buckley

This album is so boring, I started missing the sound of silence.

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

Tuesday Night Music Club by Sheryl Crow

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

Something Else By The Kinks by The Kinks

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 by George Michael

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

Elephant Mountain by The Youngbloods

Phrenology by The Roots

Scott 4 by Scott Walker

Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand

New York Dolls by New York Dolls

Future Days by Can

WTF was that? I honestly feel like I listened to a different album than everyone else. Is this 5-star hype part of some inside joke no one told me about?

American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash

Pieces Of The Sky by Emmylou Harris

Document by R.E.M.

The Gilded Palace Of Sin by The Flying Burrito Brothers

Be by Common

Wonderful Rainbow by Lightning Bolt

Wtf was that?!

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses

Cloud Nine by The Temptations

The United States Of America by The United States Of America

The Contino Sessions by Death In Vegas

Faust IV by Faust

A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay

Ambient 1/Music For Airports by Brian Eno

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor by Lupe Fiasco

Tidal by Fiona Apple

The La's by The La's

Lam Toro by Baaba Maal

Happy Trails by Quicksilver Messenger Service

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

New Boots And Panties by Ian Dury

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle by Bill Callahan

The Chronic by Dr. Dre

OK by Talvin Singh

Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys

Autobahn by Kraftwerk

Elephant by The White Stripes

Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou Harris

Siembra by Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

Arrival by ABBA

Suicide by Suicide

School's Out by Alice Cooper

From Elvis In Memphis by Elvis Presley

Bad by Michael Jackson

Leftism by Leftfield

Good Old Boys by Randy Newman

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

Paris 1919 by John Cale

Let England Shake by PJ Harvey

1989 by Taylor Swift

I just don’t get the Taylor Swift hype. Every song sounds the same, her style is super basic, and her voice? Nothing special. And somehow she’s a billionaire off this? Meanwhile Lady Gaga actually has talent and a voice that blows you away. And the private jet thing… she’s zipping around the U.S. like it’s no big deal, while we peasants struggle with soggy paper straws to “save the planet.” Peak basic. I’ll happily die on this hill.

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen

I'm Your Man by Leonard Cohen

Young Americans by David Bowie

The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water by Limp Bizkit

After I heard the first song on the album, where the singer keeps singing (or should I say shouting) “fuck me like an animal”, I just knew this was going to be a poetic masterpiece. If I took a shot every time they said “fuck” (or some variation like “fucking” or “motherfucker”), I’d be dead from alcohol poisoning by the second track. But to put it in the words of the ever-creative and oh-so-poetic Fred Durst (or whoever came up with these impeccable lyrics): fuck this album and fuck Limp Bizkit.

Beautiful Freak by Eels

Crazysexycool by TLC

Pornography by The Cure

Live At Leeds by The Who

Fun House by The Stooges

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode

The Bones Of What You Believe by CHVRCHES

The Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips

Rock 'N Soul by Solomon Burke

Bitches Brew by Miles Davis

Wow, this was bad… but hey, at least it dragged on forever.

Dr. Octagonecologyst by Dr. Octagon

Opus Dei by Laibach

Crime Of The Century by Supertramp

Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre

Heard this was a banger on the way to Saturn.

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd

This left me feeling nervous and uncomfortable.

Buena Vista Social Club by Buena Vista Social Club

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted by Ice Cube

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession by Laura Nyro

Music Has The Right To Children by Boards of Canada

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche by Koffi Olomide

Who's Next by The Who

Synchronicity by The Police

Too Rye Ay by Dexys Midnight Runners

Chemtrails Over The Country Club by Lana Del Rey

Welcome to the Afterfuture by Mike Ladd

Graceland by Paul Simon

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk

Back to Basics by Christina Aguilera

Fragile by Yes

Illmatic by Nas

It’s basically the same song on repeat ten times.

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry by Billy Bragg

Decent album overall, but the singer’s whiny voice annoyed me from the very first track.

Odessa by Bee Gees

Transformer by Lou Reed

Midnight Ride by Paul Revere & The Raiders

John Prine by John Prine

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones

Pump by Aerosmith

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus

Honky Tonk Heroes by Waylon Jennings

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

Live At The Harlem Square Club by Sam Cooke

Welcome To The Pleasuredome by Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.

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

Medúlla by Björk

Nope.

Van Halen by Van Halen

Crocodiles by Echo And The Bunnymen

Abbey Road by Beatles

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

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

Whatever by Aimee Mann

Electric Prunes by The Electric Prunes

Is This It by The Strokes

Konnichiwa by Skepta

Done By The Forces Of Nature by Jungle Brothers

Purple Rain by Prince

A Date With The Everly Brothers by The Everly Brothers

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim by Frank Sinatra

Superunknown by Soundgarden

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

Achtung Baby by U2

Sea Change by Beck

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Vauxhall And I by Morrissey

Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell

Bossanova by Pixies

Live Through This by Hole

The Predator by Ice Cube

The Band by The Band

Peter Gabriel 3 by Peter Gabriel

Liege And Lief by Fairport Convention

Permission to Land by The Darkness

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield

The Sensual World by Kate Bush

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder

Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Bubble And Scrape by Sebadoh

Gasoline Alley by Rod Stewart

evermore by Taylor Swift

The Bends by Radiohead

Aha Shake Heartbreak by Kings of Leon

The Man Who by Travis

Beauty And The Beat by The Go-Go's

...Baby One More Time by Britney Spears

Teenage Head by Flamin' Groovies

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

Eliminator by ZZ Top

So by Peter Gabriel

Moon Safari by Air

Idlewild by Everything But The Girl

The Poet by Bobby Womack

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

Bummed by Happy Mondays

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Casanova by The Divine Comedy

Scum by Napalm Death

Felt Mountain by Goldfrapp

Murmur by R.E.M.

The Infotainment Scan by The Fall

Sunshine Hit Me by The Bees

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

Bad Company by Bad Company

Headquarters by The Monkees

Vincebus Eruptum by Blue Cheer

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash

Queen II by Queen

Ill Communication by Beastie Boys

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Fred Neil by Fred Neil

Truth And Soul by Fishbone

Hail To the Thief by Radiohead

Revolver by Beatles

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles

Tonight's The Night by Neil Young

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

Harvest by Neil Young

Talking Timbuktu by Ali Farka Touré

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis

Low by David Bowie

Hejira by Joni Mitchell

Suede by Suede

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers

At Mister Kelly's by Sarah Vaughan

The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

1999 by Prince

Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welch

I See You by The xx

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears

Back to Mystery City by Hanoi Rocks

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith

Group Sex by Circle Jerks

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

The Coral by The Coral

Butterfly by Mariah Carey

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

Meat Puppets II by Meat Puppets

Drunk by Thundercat

I Should Coco by Supergrass

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire

Who Killed...... The Zutons? by The Zutons

La Revancha Del Tango by Gotan Project

Gorillaz by Gorillaz

Moby Grape by Moby Grape

Post Orgasmic Chill by Skunk Anansie

Rhythm Nation 1814 by Janet Jackson

Fear Of A Black Planet by Public Enemy

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Ray Of Light by Madonna

Green by R.E.M.

Joan Baez by Joan Baez

The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails

Sound Affects by The Jam

Blue by Joni Mitchell

This Year's Model by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Gentlemen by The Afghan Whigs

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

Elastica by Elastica

Mama Said Knock You Out by LL Cool J

The Sounds Of India by Ravi Shankar

Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Fisherman's Blues by The Waterboys

System Of A Down by System Of A Down

Guero by Beck

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles

Blood And Chocolate by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Cross by Justice

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

The Sun Rises In The East by Jeru The Damaja

Maxinquaye by Tricky

Ramones by Ramones

Heroes to Zeros by The Beta Band

Queen Of Denmark by John Grant

Modern Kosmology by Jane Weaver

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins

Seventh Tree by Goldfrapp

Live / Dead by Grateful Dead

Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

Tago Mago by Can

Pelican West by Haircut 100

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie

My Generation by The Who

Rio by Duran Duran

Tom Tom Club by Tom Tom Club

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly

Caetano Veloso by Caetano Veloso

Feast of Wire by Calexico

The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd

Unpopular opinion: I don’t get the hype.

The Who Sell Out by The Who

Power In Numbers by Jurassic 5

Mothership Connection by Parliament

Slanted And Enchanted by Pavement

The Libertines by The Libertines

Copper Blue by Sugar

In Utero by Nirvana

Street Signs by Ozomatli

Moondance by Van Morrison

Come Away With Me by Norah Jones

Miriam Makeba by Miriam Makeba

Reggatta De Blanc by The Police

Vulgar Display Of Power by Pantera

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith

Better Living Through Chemistry by Fatboy Slim

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses

Stripped by Christina Aguilera

You Are The Quarry by Morrissey

Nevermind by Nirvana

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads

Something/Anything? by Todd Rundgren

Freak Out! by The Mothers Of Invention

The Wildest! by Louis Prima

At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters

Buffalo Springfield Again by Buffalo Springfield

The Man Machine by Kraftwerk

25 by Adele

Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live) by Motörhead

Dookie by Green Day

Songs The Lord Taught Us by The Cramps

Madman Across The Water by Elton John

McCartney by Paul McCartney

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield

Among The Living by Anthrax

Suzanne Vega by Suzanne Vega

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys

Apocalypse Dudes by Turbonegro

Heartattack And Vine by Tom Waits

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room by Dwight Yoakam

The Clash by The Clash

Alien Lanes by Guided By Voices

Logical Progression by LTJ Bukem

Aqualung by Jethro Tull

Amnesiac by Radiohead

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

Yeezus by Kanye West

I refuse to listen to even a single second of an album made by a Nazi.

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain by Pavement

Pretenders by Pretenders

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground

When I Was Born For The 7th Time by Cornershop

Since I Left You by The Avalanches

You've Come a Long Way Baby by Fatboy Slim

Kollaps by Einstürzende Neubauten

Chelsea Girl by Nico

Play by Moby

Elvis Is Back by Elvis Presley

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

Unhalfbricking by Fairport Convention

Public Image: First Issue by Public Image Ltd.

Your New Favourite Band by The Hives

A Short Album About Love by The Divine Comedy

21 by Adele

Dust by Screaming Trees

Music From Big Pink by The Band

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

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division