1001 Albums Summary

If I Could Only Remember My Name by David Crosby

The Joshua Tree by U2

My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello

The College Dropout by Kanye West

Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies

My Generation by The Who

Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós

Stripped by Christina Aguilera

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits

Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes

Let England Shake by PJ Harvey

Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

Marcus Garvey by Burning Spear

Mask by Bauhaus

Smile by Brian Wilson

Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand

Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash

Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin

Paul Simon by Paul Simon

Your New Favourite Band by The Hives

The Genius Of Ray Charles by Ray Charles

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

The Pleasure Principle by Gary Numan

The Boatman's Call by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

The Nightfly by Donald Fagen

Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band by John Lennon

The Yes Album by Yes

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space by Spiritualized

Opus Dei by Laibach

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

Damaged by Black Flag

Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi

Faith by George Michael

Nilsson Schmilsson by Harry Nilsson

Shadowland by k.d. lang

Rocks by Aerosmith

Here's Little Richard by Little Richard

Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock

Smash by The Offspring

Pink Moon by Nick Drake

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by The Incredible String Band

Liquid Swords by GZA

Harvest by Neil Young

Dig Me Out by Sleater-Kinney

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black by Public Enemy

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

Songs From A Room by Leonard Cohen

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

Justified by Justin Timberlake

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

Something Else By The Kinks by The Kinks

Dookie by Green Day

Bad by Michael Jackson

First Band On The Moon by The Cardigans

Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder

Raw Like Sushi by Neneh Cherry

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk

The Infotainment Scan by The Fall

Truth And Soul by Fishbone

Either Or by Elliott Smith

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse by Faces

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

Dire Straits by Dire Straits

Sulk by The Associates

The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest

The Fat Of The Land by The Prodigy

Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg

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

Moon Safari by Air

What's Going On by Marvin Gaye

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

Snivilisation by Orbital

Queen II by Queen

Music Has The Right To Children by Boards of Canada

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

Legalize It by Peter Tosh

Very by Pet Shop Boys

Frank by Amy Winehouse

Brutal Youth by Elvis Costello

Life Thru A Lens by Robbie Williams

Can't Buy A Thrill by Steely Dan

Ambient 1/Music For Airports by Brian Eno

Different Class by Pulp

System Of A Down by System Of A Down

Life's Too Good by The Sugarcubes

Let's Stay Together by Al Green

Maxinquaye by Tricky

Bluesbreakers by John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

Django Django by Django Django

Raw Power by The Stooges

Channel Orange by Frank Ocean

Haunted Dancehall by The Sabres Of Paradise

Come Away With Me by Norah Jones

Too Rye Ay by Dexys Midnight Runners

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain by Pavement

Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake

Music From Big Pink by The Band

Is This It by The Strokes

Brothers by The Black Keys

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

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

Bert Jansch by Bert Jansch

Arrival by ABBA

Aja by Steely Dan

Kick Out The Jams (Live) by MC5

A Girl Called Dusty by Dusty Springfield

With The Beatles by Beatles

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables by Dead Kennedys

Roger the Engineer by The Yardbirds

Illmatic by Nas

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley

Grace by Jeff Buckley

Disraeli Gears by Cream

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite by Maxwell

Heroes by David Bowie

Aqualung by Jethro Tull

Murmur by R.E.M.

Rum Sodomy & The Lash by The Pogues

The Clash by The Clash

S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things

New Wave by The Auteurs

Machine Head by Deep Purple

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

Parklife by Blur

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

Madman Across The Water by Elton John

Who's Next by The Who

Face to Face by The Kinks

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow

Kings Of The Wild Frontier by Adam & The Ants

Superunknown by Soundgarden

Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

American Idiot by Green Day

The Slim Shady LP by Eminem

The Only Ones by The Only Ones

Play by Moby

Fifth Dimension by The Byrds

Buena Vista Social Club by Buena Vista Social Club

The Idiot by Iggy Pop

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen

Ten by Pearl Jam

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

Permission to Land by The Darkness

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

Roots by Sepultura

Dr. Octagonecologyst by Dr. Octagon

In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson

The Atomic Mr Basie by Count Basie & His Orchestra

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water by Limp Bizkit

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

Joan Armatrading by Joan Armatrading

Marquee Moon by Television

A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets

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

She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper

Safe As Milk by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

The Score by Fugees

GI by Germs

Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens

Peter Gabriel 3 by Peter Gabriel

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

White Light / White Heat by The Velvet Underground

American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash

Colour By Numbers by Culture Club

Leftism by Leftfield

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis

Synchronicity by The Police

Bossanova by Pixies

C'est Chic by CHIC

Tommy by The Who

Meat Puppets II by Meat Puppets

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Billion Dollar Babies by Alice Cooper

You Are The Quarry by Morrissey

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde by The Pharcyde

After The Gold Rush by Neil Young

Reign In Blood by Slayer

Isn't Anything by My Bloody Valentine

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

(What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis

Hotel California by Eagles

Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder

Hail To the Thief by Radiohead

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

Signing Off by UB40

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

Live At The Regal by B.B. King

Chelsea Girl by Nico

Music by Madonna

Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple

Eternally Yours by The Saints

Fire Of Love by The Gun Club

The Man Machine by Kraftwerk

Abbey Road by Beatles

Lost Souls by Doves

1999 by Prince

Fishscale by Ghostface Killah

American Pie by Don McLean

The Scream by Siouxsie And The Banshees

The Stranger by Billy Joel

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

Fuzzy by Grant Lee Buffalo

The Next Day by David Bowie

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo by The Byrds

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

The Sensual World by Kate Bush

Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz

Rubber Soul by Beatles

Strange Cargo III by William Orbit

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

One of the most overrated albums of all time. Poorly played Chuck Berry riffs and sneering vocals. It's inexplicable how this ended up being the year zero moment for so much amazing music.

All That You Can't Leave Behind by U2

Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.

Horses by Patti Smith

The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

Le Tigre by Le Tigre

Murder Ballads by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters

Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra

Younger Than Yesterday by The Byrds

The Sounds Of India by Ravi Shankar

Green Onions by Booker T. & The MG's

Winter In America by Gil Scott-Heron

Whatever by Aimee Mann

Henry's Dream by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

Disintegration by The Cure

The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra

Crime Of The Century by Supertramp

Transformer by Lou Reed

Steve McQueen by Prefab Sprout

Funeral by Arcade Fire

Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

Blue Lines by Massive Attack

Master Of Puppets by Metallica

It's hard to describe how critical this album was for teenage me, how it shaped my musical taste for the rest of my life, and how it set me up for the massive disappointment that was Metallica trying to court popular appeal and in the process becoming a parody of themselves. But that was all in the future when Master of Puppets was released. Influenced hugely by the writing and arranging skills of bassist Cliff Burton, the album takes metal in new directions, both savage ("Battery") and cerebral ("Orion"). If I could give this 6 stars I would. RIP Cliff.

Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

The Modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers

Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan