1001 Albums Summary

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

Boston by Boston

In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson

Abraxas by Santana

Black Holes and Revelations by Muse

Hotel California by Eagles

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

World Clique by Deee-Lite

Live At The Regal by B.B. King

Tidal by Fiona Apple

On The Beach by Neil Young

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire

Signing Off by UB40

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground

Parallel Lines by Blondie

Another Green World by Brian Eno

Dig Your Own Hole by The Chemical Brothers

Odelay by Beck

Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters

Imperial Bedroom by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Natty Dread by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Synchronicity by The Police

Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix

Rain Dogs by Tom Waits

The Joshua Tree by U2

Meat Puppets II by Meat Puppets

Close To The Edge by Yes

Chirping Crickets by Buddy Holly & The Crickets

Ocean Rain by Echo And The Bunnymen

3, but for The Killing Moon

Mermaid Avenue by Billy Bragg

Smile by Brian Wilson

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

Fred Neil by Fred Neil

Roger the Engineer by The Yardbirds

Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy

Loveless by My Bloody Valentine

Blood, Sweat & Tears by Blood, Sweat & Tears

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession by Laura Nyro

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

Risque by CHIC

Underwater Moonlight by The Soft Boys

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

Shleep by Robert Wyatt

Shalimar by Rahul Dev Burman

Fever Ray by Fever Ray

Master Of Puppets by Metallica

Killing Joke by Killing Joke

Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash

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

Started off above expectations but once we hit Rock Lobster the whole thing was ruined

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

Oedipus Schmoedipus by Barry Adamson

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

America and A Hazy Shade of Winter only just nudge it up one star, but this really wasn't as good as expected.

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

One World by John Martyn

Achtung Baby by U2

All Hail the Queen by Queen Latifah

Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

Mama Said Knock You Out by LL Cool J

Document by R.E.M.

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 by George Michael

Django Django by Django Django

Ctrl by SZA

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

Great songs but poor, dated production.

Quiet Life by Japan

D by White Denim

Zombie by Fela Kuti

Cypress Hill by Cypress Hill

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen

Elvis Is Back by Elvis Presley

Green by R.E.M.

Tago Mago by Can

The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden

Either Or by Elliott Smith

New Forms by Roni Size

Let It Be by The Replacements

Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith

Suzanne Vega by Suzanne Vega

The Scream by Siouxsie And The Banshees

Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

Antichrist Superstar by Marilyn Manson

What's Going On by Marvin Gaye

The Gilded Palace Of Sin by The Flying Burrito Brothers

American Idiot by Green Day

A Girl Called Dusty by Dusty Springfield

Out of Step by Minor Threat

Moving Pictures by Rush

No doubt these were fantastic musicians. But I just didn't care.

Dub Housing by Pere Ubu

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears

Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi

Fragile by Yes

It took me a couple of tries to get through Roundabout and I can't even remember listening to the rest

Fun House by The Stooges

Whatever by Aimee Mann

Really good, but hardly essential listening.

Low by David Bowie

En-Tact by The Shamen

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

By all accounts, this is one of the best albums ever made. Fuck, I'm out of touch.

16 Lovers Lane by The Go-Betweens

2112 by Rush

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels by Dexys Midnight Runners

Gold by Ryan Adams

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

This Nation’s Saving Grace by The Fall

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

Shaka Zulu by Ladysmith Black Mambazo

This Is Fats Domino by Fats Domino

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

The Only Ones by The Only Ones

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg by Jerry Lee Lewis

m b v by My Bloody Valentine

Pretenders by Pretenders

Life Thru A Lens by Robbie Williams

Mediocre, but nudged up one star for Angels and Let Me Entertain You.

Slanted And Enchanted by Pavement

Station To Station by David Bowie

Fisherman's Blues by The Waterboys

Closer by Joy Division

Live At Leeds by The Who

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie

Mama's Gun by Erykah Badu

Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz

Buena Vista Social Club by Buena Vista Social Club

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

I See You by The xx

The White Album by Beatles

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle by Bill Callahan

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Arular by M.I.A.

Blur by Blur

Very by Pet Shop Boys

Oracular Spectacular by MGMT

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim by Frank Sinatra

Every Picture Tells A Story by Rod Stewart

The Yes Album by Yes

Traffic by Traffic

Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin

Music From Big Pink by The Band

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

It's a bit telling that Africano stood out as far superior to the others. I did not really dig the singing on this. I am not having a good day for falsetto.

Heartattack And Vine by Tom Waits

Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

Rust In Peace by Megadeth

Third by Soft Machine

Oh for fuck's sake...

The Wildest! by Louis Prima

Pacific Ocean Blue by Dennis Wilson

Better than most of the Beach Boys output

Kala by M.I.A.

The La's by The La's

There She Goes doesn't fit in on this. The album would have worked better as a more coherent whole without it.

At San Quentin by Johnny Cash

Don't Stand Me Down by Dexys Midnight Runners

In Rainbows by Radiohead

The Bends and OK Computer were so fucking good it took me a couple decades before I realized I don't actually like Radiohead. I know there is another album I quite enjoyed, but this was not it. I might even prefer Pablo Honey to probably everything from Kid A on.

The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails

Smash by The Offspring

Dare! by The Human League

The Doors by The Doors

Hail To the Thief by Radiohead

This isn't that far removed from the stuff I really like from Radiohead, but if anything that only makes me like those albums less.

Ten by Pearl Jam

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

The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest

Group Sex by Circle Jerks

I felt Operation dragged on for a bit too long but otherwise this was a solid record

3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul

Bit too cute, bit too fun. Too long. I realise its importance in music history, so I guess I'll add one star for that.

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

Machine Head by Deep Purple

Chelsea Girl by Nico

Heroes by David Bowie

Violator by Depeche Mode

Orbital 2 by Orbital

One hour of this is a bit much. Halcyon+On+On is quite enough. Time Becomes is a really bad way to open your album.

Beauty And The Beat by The Go-Go's

Before And After Science by Brian Eno

I listened to this 10 hours ago and the only thing I seem to recall is that it ended better than it started

Tres Hombres by ZZ Top

Midnight Ride by Paul Revere & The Raiders

Kid A by Radiohead

Radiohead put out two of the greatest albums of all time, then said "Fuck all that" and did this and apparently it's perceived as their best work. I have tried to get into this several times during various stages of my life ever since it came out but it just does nothing for me. I don't like it a lot on its own merits but even less as a follow-up to OK Computer.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen