1001 Albums Summary

Is This It by The Strokes

A great album. Probably The Strokes best. Favourite tracks: Soma, Last Nite, Hard To Explain, New York City Cops.

Madman Across The Water by Elton John

I’m not a huge Elton John fan to be honest, but I did enjoy some of this album. Favourite track: Tiny Dancer

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

I love The Smiths, but sadly their legacy is a bit tainted by Morrissey’s antics. Favourite tracks: The Headmaster Ritual, Rusholme Ruffians.

With The Beatles by Beatles

I’m not a huge Beatles fan, but this is undeniably a great album. Favourite tracks: It Won’t Be Long, Money, All My Loving.

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis

Jazz isn’t really my cup of tea, but I appreciate that this is an important album. I’ve listened to it a bit, but I always get the impression that Jazz musicians have more fun playing their music than I have listening to it.

Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins

I’ve got it, but not really listened to much of it yet.

The Atomic Mr Basie by Count Basie & His Orchestra

Great stuff!

High Violet by The National

I've not listened to it for quite a while - but I recall it as being pretty good.

xx by The xx

Super album.

Kala by M.I.A.

Great stuff.

Face to Face by The Kinks

Every Kinks album on this list is super.

Channel Orange by Frank Ocean

I enjoyed most of it, but not really my cup of tea. Seems to be very popular with critics.

Grievous Angel by Gram Parsons

Got it, not really listened to it.

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk

Good.

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys

Good in places.

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

It’s OK

Architecture And Morality by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

Super!

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts by The Adverts

Excellent.

The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails

Very good.

Marquee Moon by Television

Superb stuff.

The Slider by T. Rex

Some great tracks.

Autobahn by Kraftwerk

One of my favourite bands, but I don’t think this is their best album.

Dummy by Portishead

Amazing!

Tapestry by Carole King

I rather like it.

Psychocandy by The Jesus And Mary Chain

Good

Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Good

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

Not listened to it much to be honest.

Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Good.

For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music

Great

Your New Favourite Band by The Hives

Super!

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

Great!

War by U2

Meh.

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

Some great songs, some a bit meh.

Scott 4 by Scott Walker

Some great tracks.

Funeral by Arcade Fire

Superb!

Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.

Good.

Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi

It’s OK.

Black Holes and Revelations by Muse

Great in parts, a bit boring and overly self-indulgent in others.

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby by Terence Trent D'Arby

Some good stuff on here.

Kick Out The Jams (Live) by MC5

Great!

Play by Moby

I like it.

Public Image: First Issue by Public Image Ltd.

Great

Only By The Night by Kings of Leon

So so.

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Pretty good

A Date With The Everly Brothers by The Everly Brothers

Good

Music Has The Right To Children by Boards of Canada

Good.

Eternally Yours by The Saints

Great

The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe

Super

Sex Packets by Digital Underground

Pretty good

The Nightfly by Donald Fagen

Great

Moon Safari by Air

Super

Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth

Good

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

Great.

Another Music In A Different Kitchen by Buzzcocks

Super

The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem

It’s OK

S&M by Metallica

Meh.

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis

Good

Hot Fuss by The Killers

Super

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

OK

Screamadelica by Primal Scream

A couple of good tracks.

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight by Richard Thompson

Very good

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads

Great

Arc Of A Diver by Steve Winwood

Very good

Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane

Good

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

It’s pretty good.

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode

Super

The Lexicon Of Love by ABC

Great

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry by Billy Bragg

Very good.

This Is Fats Domino by Fats Domino

Great.

Darklands by The Jesus And Mary Chain

OK

Vauxhall And I by Morrissey

Some good tracks.

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen

Got it - not really given it a chance though

Brown Sugar by D'Angelo

Ok

Dust by Screaming Trees

Good

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith

Ok

White Ladder by David Gray

Meh

Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies

Great

Achtung Baby by U2

I like most of it.

The Visitors by ABBA

Surprisingly great

I See You by The xx

Great!

Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear

Super

The Wall by Pink Floyd

Mmm…

Sea Change by Beck

Not the best Beck album.

Queen II by Queen

OK - as far as Queen goes.

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band

Good

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Very good

John Barleycorn Must Die by Traffic

Good

Ramones by Ramones

Super!

Guero by Beck

Not as good as Odelay.

Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones

Great

Happy Trails by Quicksilver Messenger Service

Good

Let's Stay Together by Al Green

Very good

Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys

Good

Imperial Bedroom by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Good

Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell

Good

Stankonia by OutKast

Ok

Pretenders by Pretenders

Good

Bluesbreakers by John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

Good

25 by Adele

OK

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

Good

Isn't Anything by My Bloody Valentine

Great

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads

Great

Boston by Boston

Colour By Numbers by Culture Club

Ok

The Man Machine by Kraftwerk

Super!

Skylarking by XTC

Joan Baez by Joan Baez

OK

Moondance by Van Morrison

Good

Bitches Brew by Miles Davis

Ok

Close To The Edge by Yes

Great

The Slim Shady LP by Eminem

Ok

Nilsson Schmilsson by Harry Nilsson

Good.

Technique by New Order

Super

A Short Album About Love by The Divine Comedy

Great

Black Metal by Venom

Good

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

Vespertine by Björk

Great

16 Lovers Lane by The Go-Betweens

Super

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder

Amazing

Back To Black by Amy Winehouse

Very good

Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

The World is a Ghetto by War

Good

Protection by Massive Attack

Good

Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden

Great

Pornography by The Cure

Good

Gris Gris by Dr. John

Good

Underwater Moonlight by The Soft Boys

Great

Low by David Bowie

Amazing

No Other by Gene Clark

Good

Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues

Super

Teenage Head by Flamin' Groovies

Great

Grace by Jeff Buckley

Great

Chirping Crickets by Buddy Holly & The Crickets

Great

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

Amazing

Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz

Good

LP1 by FKA twigs

Not for me

Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes

Super!

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels by Dexys Midnight Runners

Great

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Super!

James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown

Good

At Budokan by Cheap Trick

Great

Scream, Dracula, Scream by Rocket From The Crypt

Good

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

Great

La Revancha Del Tango by Gotan Project

OK

3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul

Great

Foxbase Alpha by Saint Etienne

Super

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

Great

Bossanova by Pixies

Great

Power In Numbers by Jurassic 5

Good

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

Good

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

Good

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones

Good

Parklife by Blur

Super

The Poet by Bobby Womack

Good

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

Super

The Contino Sessions by Death In Vegas

Good

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding

Great

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake by Small Faces

Great

Electric Warrior by T. Rex

Good

Oracular Spectacular by MGMT

Good

What's That Noise? by Coldcut

Great

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

Good

Here Are the Sonics by The Sonics

Super

Youth And Young Manhood by Kings of Leon

Very good

2112 by Rush

Good

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

Good

Truth And Soul by Fishbone

Great

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles

It’s OK

Murmur by R.E.M.

Good

Virgin Suicides by Air

OK

Here Come The Warm Jets by Brian Eno

Good

...And Justice For All by Metallica

Good

Dig Me Out by Sleater-Kinney

Good

Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy

Good

Fisherman's Blues by The Waterboys

Great

Vincebus Eruptum by Blue Cheer

Good

Welcome To The Pleasuredome by Frankie Goes To Hollywood

OK

Diamond Life by Sade

Great

Live Through This by Hole

Good

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

Great

Slipknot by Slipknot

OK

Triangle by The Beau Brummels

Grrrreat

Palo Congo by Sabu

Good

Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder

Super

Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

Very good

The Beach Boys Today! by The Beach Boys

Good

Metallica by Metallica

Good

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

Suoer

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

Great!

I See A Darkness by Bonnie "Prince" Billy

Ok

Young Americans by David Bowie

Super!

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits

OK

All That You Can't Leave Behind by U2

Ok

Reggatta De Blanc by The Police

Good

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

Good

Teen Dream by Beach House

Good

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

A fave!

Dookie by Green Day

Alright

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

Very good.

Murder Ballads by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Good

The Score by Fugees

OK

Shake Your Money Maker by The Black Crowes

Ok

Elephant by The White Stripes

Great!

Chore of Enchantment by Giant Sand

Ok

Mothership Connection by Parliament

Good

Street Signs by Ozomatli

OK

Synchronicity by The Police

Good

Parallel Lines by Blondie

Amazing

Ragged Glory by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

OK

Something/Anything? by Todd Rundgren

Great

1977 by Ash

Good

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music by Ray Charles

Super

Ace of Spades by Motörhead

Very good

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes

Great

All Directions by The Temptations

Good

Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton

Super

Destroy Rock & Roll by Mylo

Ok

Rip It Up by Orange Juice

Great

Abraxas by Santana

Good

Post Orgasmic Chill by Skunk Anansie

OK

Vulgar Display Of Power by Pantera

OK

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

Super

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

Great

The Infotainment Scan by The Fall

Good

Urban Hymns by The Verve

Super

Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses

Meh

If You're Feeling Sinister by Belle & Sebastian

Great

Transformer by Lou Reed

Good

Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock

Great

First Band On The Moon by The Cardigans

Great

Eagles by Eagles

Great

The Predator by Ice Cube

OK

My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello

Great

Rain Dogs by Tom Waits

Good

Drunk by Thundercat

OK

1984 by Van Halen

Good

I Am a Bird Now by Antony and the Johnsons

Yep - got it.

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield

OK

Tres Hombres by ZZ Top

Great

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

Good

Nothing's Shocking by Jane's Addiction

Great

Tragic Songs of Life by The Louvin Brothers

Good

Smash by The Offspring

OK

1999 by Prince

Great

Ingenue by k.d. lang

Great

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel

Good

Eliminator by ZZ Top

Good

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast by Badly Drawn Boy

Great

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

Good

Kid A by Radiohead

Super

The Chronic by Dr. Dre

Good

Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welch

Good

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd

OK

At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters

Good

Tigermilk by Belle & Sebastian

Grrreat

Melodrama by Lorde

Super

Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

Good

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

Great

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain by Pavement

Super

Peter Gabriel 3 by Peter Gabriel

Great

Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees

Good

Two Dancers by Wild Beasts

Great

Teenager Of The Year by Frank Black

Super

Cloud Nine by The Temptations

Good

Let's Get Killed by David Holmes

Super

Germfree Adolescents by X-Ray Spex

Superb!

Revolver by Beatles

Great

Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin

Super

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

Super

Zombie by Fela Kuti

Great

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

Super

Queen Of Denmark by John Grant

Vanishing Point by Primal Scream

Good

The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett

Good

Pyromania by Def Leppard

Good

Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park

OK

Bad by Michael Jackson

Ok

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground

Good

White Light / White Heat by The Velvet Underground

Good

We Are Family by Sister Sledge

Great

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

Super

This Year's Model by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Great

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield

Good

461 Ocean Boulevard by Eric Clapton

Ok

This Nation’s Saving Grace by The Fall

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

Ok

Surfer Rosa by Pixies

Amazing

Machine Head by Deep Purple

Good

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

Ok

The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest

Good

Go Girl Crazy by The Dictators

Great!

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Super

Snivilisation by Orbital

Super

Tommy by The Who

Good

Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush

Super

Music From Big Pink by The Band

Good

American Idiot by Green Day

Ok

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

Great

Ocean Rain by Echo And The Bunnymen

Great

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

Ok --

Permission to Land by The Darkness

Great

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space by Spiritualized

Super

Maggot Brain by Funkadelic

Awesome

Make Yourself by Incubus

Ok

Groovin' by The Young Rascals

Great

Ill Communication by Beastie Boys

Great!

Illmatic by Nas

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus by Spirit

Good

Don't Stand Me Down by Dexys Midnight Runners

Great

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

Great

The Madcap Laughs by Syd Barrett

Great

Oar by Alexander 'Skip' Spence

Good

Night Life by Ray Price

Good

Highway to Hell by AC/DC

Great

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Great

Blue Lines by Massive Attack

Super

Here's Little Richard by Little Richard

Great

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell

great

Django Django by Django Django

Super

Liege And Lief by Fairport Convention

Ok

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

Great

Gorillaz by Gorillaz

Great

The Stranger by Billy Joel

Super

Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin

Very good

Suicide by Suicide

Great

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Great

Entertainment by Gang Of Four

Super

Roger the Engineer by The Yardbirds

Good

Arrival by ABBA

Ok

En-Tact by The Shamen

American Pie by Don McLean

Great

Henry's Dream by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Good

Thriller by Michael Jackson

Ok

Microshift by Hookworms

Great

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

Garbage by Garbage

Great

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black by Public Enemy

Great

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

Meh

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by The Incredible String Band

Ok

Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin

Great

Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin

Very good

Wild Wood by Paul Weller

Great

Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

Good

One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic

Great

Amnesiac by Radiohead

Good

Warehouse: Songs And Stories by Hüsker Dü

Great

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Great

One World by John Martyn

Ok

My Generation by The Who

Grest

Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits

Good

Apple Venus Volume 1 by XTC

Good

More Specials by The Specials

Great

Live At Leeds by The Who

Great

Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

Good

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

Ok

Heartattack And Vine by Tom Waits

Great

Repeater by Fugazi

Great

Celebrity Skin by Hole

Super

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

Super

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg by Jerry Lee Lewis

Good

Space Ritual by Hawkwind

Super

Aja by Steely Dan

Good

Tonight's The Night by Neil Young

Good

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo by The Byrds

Great

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

Peter Gabriel by Peter Gabriel

Great

Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder

Super

Doolittle by Pixies

Amazing

A Little Deeper by Ms. Dynamite

Good

Nevermind by Nirvana

Good

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith

Super