1001 Albums Summary

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen

Tommy by The Who

British Steel by Judas Priest

Madman Across The Water by Elton John

Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Master Of Puppets by Metallica

Great rhythm section! Bass was there but not overplayed. Hardest working drummer I’ve heard.

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow

Untitled (Black Is) by SAULT

I would rate lower, if I could. There has to be a better way to discuss real or perceived racism than to create a racism rant against racism, especially in a format as repetitive and artsy as this tried to be.

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys

Parts of it sound like surfer Pink Floyd. Not your typical Beach Boys. I really enjoyed “Student Demonstration Time” though.

Urban Hymns by The Verve

Parts of it sound like surfer Pink Floyd. Not your typical Beach Boys. I really enjoyed “

Dummy by Portishead

Broken English by Marianne Faithfull

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

5 of 8 songs are classic rock staples. Billy Powell is amazing.

What's Going On by Marvin Gaye

An interesting listen. The well-known songs are the best ones. With a few exceptions this album is like a long EP.

Black Holes and Revelations by Muse

Not really my thing, but there were some good parts.

The College Dropout by Kanye West

Ugh.

1984 by Van Halen

Some treasure hidden between the commercial successes.

Private Dancer by Tina Turner

Great album. She really shines on the songs she sings with a gritty voice or a strident tone.

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears

Great album. Broken/Head Over Heels/Broken is fantastic! Good sangs I already knew, but the rest of the album was varied and excellent.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Parklife by Blur

Not my jam, but there were some moments.

Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective

Monotonous

Permission to Land by The Darkness

Band was OK - vocals had too much Patti LaBelle going on.

Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welch

Dark. Put together well, but a live show would be better, I think. Overall, very good.

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand

The Specials by The Specials

Immigrés by Youssou N'Dour

Who's Next by The Who

Great album - several classic rock staples here. Innovative use of synth, for the time.

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco

A couple good tracks

Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden

This is one album that has not aged well. I can see where some of the later bands (Metallica, for one) got their inspiration, but hindsight is not kind to this one. That being said, it was surprisingly musical. If you listen to this with nostalgia, it is probably great. But the genre left these baby steps (and my tastes) behind long ago. It needs a remix. Still a good album, just not my thing.

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode

Second Toughest In The Infants by Underworld

Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

Sign 'O' The Times by Prince

Heroes to Zeros by The Beta Band

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

Alien Lanes by Guided By Voices

TikTok versions of songs that are only slightly longer than most contemporary TV show theme songs. Not for me.

Abbey Road by Beatles

Oracular Spectacular by MGMT

not for me

Dare! by The Human League

Don’t You Want Me just proves that even a blind pig finds an acorn once in a while.

3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul

Fun House by The Stooges

Beauty And The Beat by The Go-Go's

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones

All Mod Cons by The Jam

Seventh Tree by Goldfrapp

Fred Neil by Fred Neil

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

A good record, but this could have been awesome it they all had only played the same song at the time.

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Guitar Town by Steve Earle

I really enjoyed this one. This may be country but it’s just on the verge of rockabilly. I’m going to listen to the next couple records, as well.

Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin

Yep

Document by R.E.M.

Graceland by Paul Simon

A Girl Called Dusty by Dusty Springfield

Some good tunes here that I knew from later covers.

American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash

Smile by Brian Wilson

The La's by The La's

Different Class by Pulp

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

Happy Sad by Tim Buckley

Eliminator by ZZ Top

Fun, if overly commercialized, album. Blues-flavored pop that cannot be played live. I can’t help myself - I like it despite the “Modern Music” aspects.

The Atomic Mr Basie by Count Basie & His Orchestra

Great album!

21 by Adele

The arrangements, instruments, and vocals are great. The pathos is overbearing, but maybe it was cathartic. Schadenfreude is the nature of this beast, unless you’re going through the same thing, I would guess. Still, very good overall.

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder

Idlewild by Everything But The Girl

1999 by Prince

The White Album by Beatles

Fly Or Die by N.E.R.D

Harvest by Neil Young

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen

I never really knew much about this album, and I didn’t care much for what I heard at the time. Album-oriented FM was no longer the soundtrack of my daily routine. But listening to it now, and having learned its back-story, I can appreciate it for what it is, even if it isn’t an album I’m going to play over and over.

Bitches Brew by Miles Davis

Actually by Pet Shop Boys

Face to Face by The Kinks

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

Blur by Blur

OK Computer by Radiohead

World Clique by Deee-Lite

Clandestino by Manu Chao

Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park

Fragile by Yes

The Age Of The Understatement by The Last Shadow Puppets

The White Room by The KLF

Parts were OK, just not my thing.

Third by Portishead

In Utero by Nirvana

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits

Ananda Shankar by Ananda Shankar

Haunted Dancehall by The Sabres Of Paradise

Ugh

Rain Dogs by Tom Waits

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

Young Americans by David Bowie

Chore of Enchantment by Giant Sand

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Jazz Samba by Stan Getz

Melodrama by Lorde

Close To The Edge by Yes

Pyromania by Def Leppard

Dance Mania by Tito Puente

Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

Public Image: First Issue by Public Image Ltd.

A Northern Soul by The Verve

Coat Of Many Colors by Dolly Parton

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin

Reggatta De Blanc by The Police

Talking Timbuktu by Ali Farka Touré

Some parts were really good. Others not so much.

Arrival by ABBA

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

A little bit goes a long way

Traffic by Traffic

(What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis

Homework by Daft Punk

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

Cheap Thrills by Big Brother & The Holding Company

1989 by Taylor Swift

Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple

At Mister Kelly's by Sarah Vaughan

Aqualung by Jethro Tull

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

Revolver by Beatles

Deloused in the Comatorium by The Mars Volta

Trio by Dolly Parton

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

Not what I expected, but pretty good.

Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan

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

25 by Adele

Funeral by Arcade Fire

Drunk by Thundercat

Not my thing, but not as much “not my thing” as I expected

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

Winter In America by Gil Scott-Heron

If Sly Stone sang Lou Rawls, it would sound like this.

The Stranger by Billy Joel

Rage Against The Machine by Rage Against The Machine

Groovin' by The Young Rascals

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones

Melody A.M. by Röyksopp

Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Scott 4 by Scott Walker

So not my thing. A depressed existential crooner - perfect for the beatniks in smoky coffeehouses, but did not age well.

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx by Raekwon

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith

The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett

The Band by The Band

White Blood Cells by The White Stripes

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels by Dexys Midnight Runners

Here's Little Richard by Little Richard

Surfer Rosa by Pixies

High Violet by The National

The Coral by The Coral

Live At The Witch Trials by The Fall

Ellington at Newport by Duke Ellington

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

Grievous Angel by Gram Parsons

A little twangy to get a 5, otherwise excellent. A young Emmylou Harris really shines.

Bongo Rock by Incredible Bongo Band

Not a high 4 but better than a 3

Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós

Stardust by Willie Nelson

Violator by Depeche Mode

Songs The Lord Taught Us by The Cramps

The B52s do it better.

Water From An Ancient Well by Abdullah Ibrahim

Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone

Pearl by Janis Joplin

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

Don't Stand Me Down by Dexys Midnight Runners

Youth And Young Manhood by Kings of Leon

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

Back To Black by Amy Winehouse

Justified by Justin Timberlake

Want Two by Rufus Wainwright

Bad by Michael Jackson

Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake

Ingenue by k.d. lang

Tarkus by Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle by Bill Callahan

Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies

Synchronicity by The Police

Manassas by Stephen Stills

Rattus Norvegicus by The Stranglers

The New Tango by Astor Piazzolla

Disraeli Gears by Cream

Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues

Chelsea Girl by Nico

Basket of Light by Pentangle

Either Or by Elliott Smith

Van Halen by Van Halen

The Wildest! by Louis Prima

The Grand Tour by George Jones

...And Justice For All by Metallica

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus

Being There by Wilco

American Idiot by Green Day

At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

Doolittle by Pixies

Cut by The Slits

Tonight's The Night by Neil Young

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

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

A Date With The Everly Brothers by The Everly Brothers

Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes

Paris 1919 by John Cale

I Should Coco by Supergrass

Moondance by Van Morrison

A Night At The Opera by Queen

Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

Cloud Nine by The Temptations

Sunshine Superman by Donovan

Murmur by R.E.M.

Forever Changes by Love

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

Live! by Fela Kuti

Trans Europe Express by Kraftwerk

Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt

Shaka Zulu by Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

Play by Moby

James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown

Achtung Baby by U2

Make Yourself by Incubus

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

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

The Rising by Bruce Springsteen

Hejira by Joni Mitchell

Low-Life by New Order

Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground

Low by David Bowie

Born To Be With You by Dion

Dr. Octagonecologyst by Dr. Octagon

Parachutes by Coldplay

Paul Simon by Paul Simon

White Ladder by David Gray

Colour By Numbers by Culture Club

Dated

Street Life by The Crusaders

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

Is This It by The Strokes

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen by The Residents

D by White Denim

Cupid & Psyche 85 by Scritti Politti

Just barely ...

Aja by Steely Dan

Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis

Nevermind by Nirvana

Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk

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

Follow The Leader by Korn

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by The Incredible String Band

Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart

The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight by Richard Thompson

Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes

Hot Fuss by The Killers

Hints of U2 cannot save it from the MTV house party vibe.

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

I liked this much, much better than I thought I would!

Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre

Pump by Aerosmith