1001 Albums Summary

White Blood Cells by The White Stripes

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears

Not bad, kind of forgettable while still being enjoyable.

Reggatta De Blanc by The Police

Fun / jaunty, but some cringy lyrics (I guess to be expected from The Police)

After The Gold Rush by Neil Young

Abbey Road by Beatles

Garbage by Garbage

I can see why this was groundbreaking at the time, but there’s just nothing enjoyable about it for me now.

Eagles by Eagles

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow

Started out interesting, got extremely repetitive. Two hours is way too long ...

Black Monk Time by The Monks

Kinda weird and unique, not unamusing but hard to see going back.

Dirt by Alice In Chains

Hated every second of this experience.

Dire Straits by Dire Straits

It's a 3 for me, but a solid 3

The Cars by The Cars

Some bangers, though kind of vapid

Now I Got Worry by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

What on flat earth was all this

GI by Germs

This was a rough listen.

All Directions by The Temptations

This was a rough listen, not what I expected

Ramones by Ramones

The Yes Album by Yes

This was fun! Will be a re-listen.

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen

I probably wouldn’t listen again, but it was also very worth a listen

Buffalo Springfield Again by Buffalo Springfield

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins

This ruled

Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone

Mehhhh

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive by Merle Haggard

Goodbye And Hello by Tim Buckley

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

What the hell was even that

The Idiot by Iggy Pop

Beautiful Freak by Eels

Liked this far more than I thought I would

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

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

I'm sure this is a masterpiece but I don't ever plan on another listen

Back to Mystery City by Hanoi Rocks

Almosttt a 4

Truth by Jeff Beck

Very meh

Heaux Tales by Jazmine Sullivan

So good

This Is Fats Domino by Fats Domino

Pretty good!

Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin

Close to a 4

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco

This is as close as it gets to 5 stars, without quite being 5 stars

Sea Change by Beck

Inoffensively dull

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

Coat Of Many Colors by Dolly Parton

Strong 3

In Rainbows by Radiohead

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Weak 3, but pleasant

I'm Your Man by Leonard Cohen

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

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith

Chirping Crickets by Buddy Holly & The Crickets

Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin

Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder

Goo by Sonic Youth

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode

Started out pretty good, then became so bland and repetitive

Either Or by Elliott Smith

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

Duck Rock by Malcolm McLaren

Bandwagonesque by Teenage Fanclub

Maggot Brain by Funkadelic

WTF

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

My Generation by The Who

The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem

Skylarking by XTC

Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

Next by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

John Barleycorn Must Die by Traffic

If I Should Fall From Grace With God by The Pogues

Dance Mania by Tito Puente

Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio

Ellington at Newport by Duke Ellington

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

Van Halen by Van Halen

Very close to a 3. I did enjoy it somewhat but doubt I’d put it on again.

Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

Be by Common

Boston by Boston

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

Moving Pictures by Rush

Tank Battles by Dagmar Krause

25 by Adele

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

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

A Wizard, A True Star by Todd Rundgren

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned by Liars

Hotel California by Eagles

Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy

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

Butterfly by Mariah Carey

Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz

Station To Station by David Bowie

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

Immigrés by Youssou N'Dour

Me Against The World by 2Pac

Basket of Light by Pentangle

Interesting in some ways, dull in others

American Idiot by Green Day

Here's Little Richard by Little Richard

Talking Timbuktu by Ali Farka Touré

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

Who's Next by The Who

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

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

One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic

If I Could Only Remember My Name by David Crosby

Meat Puppets II by Meat Puppets

Disintegration by The Cure

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

Coles Corner by Richard Hawley

Wild Wood by Paul Weller

The Genius Of Ray Charles by Ray Charles

The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails

ABORT ABORT

Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand

Clube Da Esquina by Milton Nascimento

Ys by Joanna Newsom

Ten by Pearl Jam

A lot of meh

What's Going On by Marvin Gaye

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

Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple

Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake

Pretty bland

Violator by Depeche Mode

Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes

Imagine by John Lennon

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

The World is a Ghetto by War

Not bad but kinda boring

Green by R.E.M.

Cut by The Slits

The Scream by Siouxsie And The Banshees

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

In what universe does this belong in a list of the 1001 essential albums

Guero by Beck

Madman Across The Water by Elton John

Trans Europe Express by Kraftwerk

Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues

Stripped by Christina Aguilera

Raw Power by The Stooges

Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix

Blood And Chocolate by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

american dream by LCD Soundsystem

She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper

Almost a 5

Eliminator by ZZ Top

Public Image: First Issue by Public Image Ltd.

An assault on the senses (and sensibility)

Better Living Through Chemistry by Fatboy Slim

It was fine

A Northern Soul by The Verve

Bland and inoffensive

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

With The Beatles by Beatles

Brothers by The Black Keys

Gris Gris by Dr. John

It was fine for one listen

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain by Pavement

Come Away With Me by Norah Jones

Horses by Patti Smith

Closer by Joy Division

Not much to write home about

This Is Hardcore by Pulp

I did not enjoy the first half of this at all. But the second half kind of rules!

Wonderful Rainbow by Lightning Bolt

Gorillaz by Gorillaz

The first half was kinda bland outside of the hits. But the second half picked it up.

Murmur by R.E.M.

Blackstar by David Bowie

I probably should give this a 1 but it's hard to out of respect to Bowie

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

Probably wouldn't listen again, but not a bad album to go to a run to!

Sincere by Mj Cole

This wasn't ... terrible ... but I'm not sure who this is for. Not be, apparently.

Disraeli Gears by Cream

Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou Harris

I was excited for this one, but just could not get into it. Maybe a different mood would have been another story? But there was nothing to grab on to for me.

Nilsson Schmilsson by Harry Nilsson

Urban Hymns by The Verve

Oracular Spectacular by MGMT

Tidal by Fiona Apple

Fiona fan, but Tidal is good but not great

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

For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music

Maybe I wasn't in the right frame of mind, but just could not get into this

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

This felt like the soundtrack to a really cool movie

Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

In Utero by Nirvana

The hits are great, but some of this is barely listenable. Averages out to a 3.

The College Dropout by Kanye West

The Score by Fugees

Every bit as good as remembered

Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.

The first two songs are iconic. But past that, this has aged pretty poorly. It veers into homophobic and sexist stuff pretty quickly, and it's also just not very much fun. Landmark album, but one listen was enough.

Femi Kuti by Femi Kuti

Armed Forces by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

No real standout tracks, but it’s fun

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

Illmatic by Nas

Sadly this felt pretty stale. Thought I would love it.

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones

So, so good.

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys

Low by David Bowie

Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees

They can’t keep getting away with this

Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

To me, this is the platonic ideal of optimal background music

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

Aja by Steely Dan

Such a classic

There's No Place Like America Today by Curtis Mayfield

School's Out by Alice Cooper

Very strong 3