1001 Albums Summary

Disintegration by The Cure

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

Harvest by Neil Young

Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes

My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello

Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Butterfly by Mariah Carey

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield

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

One 1 star because no stars is not an option. Makes Mariah’s album look like a 5!

Liege And Lief by Fairport Convention

One 1 star because no stars is not an option. Makes Mariah’s album look like a 5!

The Yes Album by Yes

Architecture And Morality by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones

Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

Illmatic by Nas

James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown

Stephen Stills by Stephen Stills

Either Or by Elliott Smith

Picture Book by Simply Red

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive by Merle Haggard

Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective

Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin

Bright Flight by Silver Jews

Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter

Disraeli Gears by Cream

Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz

461 Ocean Boulevard by Eric Clapton

Crime Of The Century by Supertramp

Stardust by Willie Nelson

Live At Leeds by The Who

Not sure live albums should be in top album lists.

Deloused in the Comatorium by The Mars Volta

Not sure live albums should be in top album lists.

Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters

The United States Of America by The United States Of America

Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple

Raw Power by The Stooges

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield

Headquarters by The Monkees

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus

Queen II by Queen

Group Sex by Circle Jerks

Guero by Beck

Untitled (Black Is) by SAULT

Blue by Joni Mitchell

Supa Dupa Fly by Missy Elliott

Henry's Dream by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

What's Going On by Marvin Gaye

Strange Cargo III by William Orbit

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water by Limp Bizkit

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Definitely Maybe by Oasis

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

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

L.A. Woman by The Doors

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett

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

Basket of Light by Pentangle

The Fat Of The Land by The Prodigy

Kilimanjaro by The Teardrop Explodes

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Stripped by Christina Aguilera

Back In Black by AC/DC

British Steel by Judas Priest

Dare! by The Human League

Imagine by John Lennon

S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things

Smash by The Offspring

Bitches Brew by Miles Davis

On The Beach by Neil Young

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

Hunting High And Low by a-ha

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

Kollaps by Einstürzende Neubauten

Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra

The Only Ones by The Only Ones

Young Americans by David Bowie

Risque by CHIC

Chelsea Girl by Nico

Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens

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

The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow

Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio

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

Everything Must Go by Manic Street Preachers

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

Rid Of Me by PJ Harvey

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

The Rolling Stones by The Rolling Stones

xx by The xx

Machine Gun Etiquette by The Damned

69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea by PJ Harvey

Brown Sugar by D'Angelo

Pink Flag by Wire

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

Pearl by Janis Joplin

After The Gold Rush by Neil Young

Diamond Life by Sade

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space by Spiritualized

Kenya by Machito

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

Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys

25 by Adele

Hms Fable by Shack

Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight by Richard Thompson

There's No Place Like America Today by Curtis Mayfield

Cypress Hill by Cypress Hill

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

Kenza by Khaled

Melodrama by Lorde

Low by David Bowie

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire

Punishing Kiss by Ute Lemper

Kick Out The Jams (Live) by MC5

Debut by Björk

Sincere by Mj Cole

Step In The Arena by Gang Starr

Fear Of A Black Planet by Public Enemy

Aja by Steely Dan

Shaka Zulu by Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Heavy Weather by Weather Report

Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix

Rain Dogs by Tom Waits

Sulk by The Associates

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

Dog Man Star by Suede

16 Lovers Lane by The Go-Betweens

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

War by U2

Honky Tonk Masquerade by Joe Ely

Cupid & Psyche 85 by Scritti Politti

Crocodiles by Echo And The Bunnymen

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

Tank Battles by Dagmar Krause

Wild Wood by Paul Weller

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo by MC Solaar

For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra

Vanishing Point by Primal Scream

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Youth And Young Manhood by Kings of Leon

Sweet Baby James by James Taylor

It's Too Late to Stop Now by Van Morrison

Maggot Brain by Funkadelic

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis

White Light / White Heat by The Velvet Underground

Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder

Dear Science by TV On The Radio

#1 Record by Big Star

Rust In Peace by Megadeth

Parachutes by Coldplay

Chemtrails Over The Country Club by Lana Del Rey

Electric Warrior by T. Rex

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

Dr. Octagonecologyst by Dr. Octagon

Street Signs by Ozomatli

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding

London Calling by The Clash

Clube Da Esquina by Milton Nascimento

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash

Van Halen by Van Halen

Logical Progression by LTJ Bukem

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

Doolittle by Pixies

You Are The Quarry by Morrissey

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Urban Hymns by The Verve

Darkdancer by Les Rythmes Digitales

System Of A Down by System Of A Down

Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes

John Prine by John Prine

Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre

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

Tuesday Night Music Club by Sheryl Crow

The Slim Shady LP by Eminem

Your New Favourite Band by The Hives

Thriller by Michael Jackson

Eternally Yours by The Saints

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession by Laura Nyro

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones

O.G. Original Gangster by Ice T

Welcome To The Pleasuredome by Frankie Goes To Hollywood

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

Lady In Satin by Billie Holiday

E.V.O.L. by Sonic Youth

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

The Doors by The Doors

Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs

Slanted And Enchanted by Pavement

Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand

Ys by Joanna Newsom

Beautiful Freak by Eels

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake

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

Elastica by Elastica

The Renaissance by Q-Tip

Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen

Sound Affects by The Jam

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder

Arrival by ABBA

The Joshua Tree by U2

The Trinity Session by Cowboy Junkies

Rock 'N Soul by Solomon Burke

Fragile by Yes

Ritual De Lo Habitual by Jane's Addiction

Cloud Nine by The Temptations

Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones

Soul Mining by The The

Peter Gabriel 3 by Peter Gabriel

Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel

Gentlemen by The Afghan Whigs

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus by Spirit

Tom Tom Club by Tom Tom Club

Fred Neil by Fred Neil

Surfer Rosa by Pixies

Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder

Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy

Reggatta De Blanc by The Police

Heartattack And Vine by Tom Waits

Space Ritual by Hawkwind

m b v by My Bloody Valentine

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith

Get Rich Or Die Tryin' by 50 Cent

Dirty by Sonic Youth

Marquee Moon by Television

Devil Without A Cause by Kid Rock

Ray Of Light by Madonna

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

Hot Fuss by The Killers

This Year's Model by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Real Life by Magazine

Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies

White Ladder by David Gray

Movies by Holger Czukay

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle by Bill Callahan

Sea Change by Beck

En-Tact by The Shamen

Foxbase Alpha by Saint Etienne

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

Medúlla by Björk

Time Out Of Mind by Bob Dylan

Damaged by Black Flag

Here's Little Richard by Little Richard

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

Ellington at Newport by Duke Ellington

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

This Is Fats Domino by Fats Domino

Madman Across The Water by Elton John

Mothership Connection by Parliament

21 by Adele

My Generation by The Who

Throwing Muses by Throwing Muses

Funeral by Arcade Fire

Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Elephant Mountain by The Youngbloods

Blackstar by David Bowie

Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins

Solid Air by John Martyn

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

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

The Stranger by Billy Joel

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

The Coral by The Coral

Revolver by Beatles

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) by Eurythmics

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

Come Away With Me by Norah Jones

The Sensual World by Kate Bush

Pink Moon by Nick Drake

Life's Too Good by The Sugarcubes

Odelay by Beck

Moss Side Story by Barry Adamson

Another Music In A Different Kitchen by Buzzcocks

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt

The Blueprint by JAY Z

Microshift by Hookworms

...And Justice For All by Metallica

Manassas by Stephen Stills

(What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis

Eagles by Eagles

A Girl Called Dusty by Dusty Springfield

Shleep by Robert Wyatt

Palo Congo by Sabu

I Should Coco by Supergrass

1977 by Ash

Closer by Joy Division

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

Rapture by Anita Baker

Repeater by Fugazi

Water From An Ancient Well by Abdullah Ibrahim

Moon Safari by Air

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles

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

Dummy by Portishead

Trafalgar by Bee Gees

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

Ambient 1/Music For Airports by Brian Eno

The Score by Fugees

Idlewild by Everything But The Girl

Mermaid Avenue by Billy Bragg

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

Slipknot by Slipknot

Better Living Through Chemistry by Fatboy Slim

OK by Talvin Singh

Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

When I Was Born For The 7th Time by Cornershop

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo by The Byrds

A Night At The Opera by Queen

Vincebus Eruptum by Blue Cheer

Nothing's Shocking by Jane's Addiction

Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan

Aqualung by Jethro Tull

Porcupine by Echo And The Bunnymen

Fuzzy Logic by Super Furry Animals

Superunknown by Soundgarden

Before And After Science by Brian Eno

Goo by Sonic Youth

The Cars by The Cars

The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge by Mudhoney

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

Back To Black by Amy Winehouse

Two Dancers by Wild Beasts

Scissor Sisters by Scissor Sisters

Haunted Dancehall by The Sabres Of Paradise

Be by Common

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

Locust Abortion Technician by Butthole Surfers

Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses

Channel Orange by Frank Ocean

Scott 4 by Scott Walker

Green by R.E.M.

Parklife by Blur

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple

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

Electric Prunes by The Electric Prunes

The Scream by Siouxsie And The Banshees

Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

The Libertines by The Libertines

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches by Happy Mondays

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast

Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche by Koffi Olomide

Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin

Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth

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

The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe

Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart

Third by Soft Machine

Let It Be by The Replacements

1999 by Prince

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts by Brian Eno

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin

Safe As Milk by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

Sheet Music by 10cc

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith

Oedipus Schmoedipus by Barry Adamson

Follow The Leader by Korn

3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul

Too Rye Ay by Dexys Midnight Runners

Shadowland by k.d. lang

Justified by Justin Timberlake

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins

Pelican West by Haircut 100

From Elvis In Memphis by Elvis Presley

A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay

Wild Gift by X

Remain In Light by Talking Heads

Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues

Back to Mystery City by Hanoi Rocks

Heroes by David Bowie

C'est Chic by CHIC

Viva Hate by Morrissey

Made In Japan by Deep Purple

Southern Rock Opera by Drive-By Truckers

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

The Undertones by The Undertones

Rattus Norvegicus by The Stranglers

The Slider by T. Rex

Djam Leelii by Baaba Maal

Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

In Utero by Nirvana

Myths Of The Near Future by Klaxons

Stankonia by OutKast

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Dig Me Out by Sleater-Kinney

Legalize It by Peter Tosh

Sail Away by Randy Newman

A Wizard, A True Star by Todd Rundgren

Is This It by The Strokes

Yank Crime by Drive Like Jehu

Honky Tonk Heroes by Waylon Jennings

Woodface by Crowded House

Music From The Penguin Cafe by Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Third/Sister Lovers by Big Star

Double Nickels On The Dime by Minutemen

Eliminator by ZZ Top

You've Come a Long Way Baby by Fatboy Slim

A Short Album About Love by The Divine Comedy

The Beach Boys Today! by The Beach Boys

Low-Life by New Order

Celebrity Skin by Hole

All Mod Cons by The Jam

Highly Evolved by The Vines

Murder Ballads by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Back to Basics by Christina Aguilera