1001 Albums Summary

Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

Chirping Crickets by Buddy Holly & The Crickets

Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees

Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Kollaps by Einstürzende Neubauten

Blunderbuss by Jack White

The Chronic by Dr. Dre

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground

Country Life by Roxy Music

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

(What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 by George Michael

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

Future Days by Can

Bandwagonesque by Teenage Fanclub

Penance Soiree by The Icarus Line

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

All Directions by The Temptations

The Joshua Tree by U2

Different Class by Pulp

Chelsea Girl by Nico

The local door dealers did well on these sessions. Seems like I'd need some to get some enjoyment from this album. It's just the same gentle floaty pop song over and over.

BEYONCÉ by Beyoncé

Our Aim Is To Satisfy by Red Snapper

Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones

Forever Changes by Love

Chris by Christine and the Queens

In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson

Superfuzz Bigmuff by Mudhoney

A very pleasant surprise. Both raw and accomplished.

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite by Maxwell

58 minutes of sex music. My wife quite liked it. 3 stars.

Femi Kuti by Femi Kuti

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Exile In Guyville by Liz Phair

Water From An Ancient Well by Abdullah Ibrahim

Guero by Beck

Meat Puppets II by Meat Puppets

Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton

Duck Rock by Malcolm McLaren

A Night At The Opera by Queen

Inspiration Information by Shuggie Otis

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive by Merle Haggard

3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers

Wild Gift by X

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan

Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.

Songs The Lord Taught Us by The Cramps

Close To You by Carpenters

Mostly bland and inoffensive but that cover of Help!....that were absolute diabolical...I can't spake!

Live! by Fela Kuti

The Contino Sessions by Death In Vegas

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

Quiet Life by Japan

A bit of a moaning Michael

Horses by Patti Smith

Grievous Angel by Gram Parsons

Bossanova by Pixies

Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park

Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell

Tommy by The Who

Truly dreadful.

Live At The Harlem Square Club by Sam Cooke

Heavy Weather by Weather Report

4 stars for the bass player, 1 for the rest. Rambling and urgent, but no sense of direction. Sounds like background music for a terrible 80s cop movie.

Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones

Hard Again by Muddy Waters

The Gilded Palace Of Sin by The Flying Burrito Brothers

The Modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music by Ray Charles

Risque by CHIC

Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand

Moving Pictures by Rush

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

Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra

Stankonia by OutKast

Done By The Forces Of Nature by Jungle Brothers

Buena Vista Social Club by Buena Vista Social Club

Hejira by Joni Mitchell

Coyote - amazing. Never reaches that height again.

Here Come The Warm Jets by Brian Eno

A collection of ideas, not really coherent.

Miriam Makeba by Miriam Makeba

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

This Nation’s Saving Grace by The Fall

Back to Basics by Christina Aguilera

Does she have to put warbling inflections in every note or add syllables to words to show off? Production is dreadful. Jumps from ole timey swing sounds played through a gramophone for no reason to "yo DJ" needle scratches. Mega talent with the wrong team around her.

Metallica by Metallica

Funeral by Arcade Fire

Highway to Hell by AC/DC

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

Mask by Bauhaus

Penthouse And Pavement by Heaven 17

Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco

Nearly but not quite.

Autobahn by Kraftwerk

Private Dancer by Tina Turner

Blue Lines by Massive Attack

Here, My Dear by Marvin Gaye

Whatever by Aimee Mann

Smokers Delight by Nightmares On Wax

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

Sweet Baby James by James Taylor

Highly Evolved by The Vines

Simply dreadful. Why is there an afrobeat reggae song in here?

Dirt by Alice In Chains

Hypnotised by The Undertones

Honky Tonk Heroes by Waylon Jennings

Arise by Sepultura

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield

Infected by The The

Trafalgar by Bee Gees

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake

Spotify keeps insisting I'm gonna love Nick Drake. Well I don't! Nice songs, but don't move me.

Basket of Light by Pentangle

Master Of Puppets by Metallica

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Timeless by Goldie

Ain't nobody got time for that. Album art 1/5

Inspiration Information by Shuggie Otis

Very groovy, pleasant surprise. Never heard of him. Album art 3/5

OK Computer by Radiohead

Tical by Method Man

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers

James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash

The Atomic Mr Basie by Count Basie & His Orchestra

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

Disintegration by The Cure

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

Konnichiwa by Skepta

Exit Planet Dust by The Chemical Brothers

Let's Stay Together by Al Green

Album art 2/5

Call of the Valley by Shivkumar Sharma

Boston by Boston

Mothership Connection by Parliament

John Prine by John Prine

Hard Again by Muddy Waters

The Rolling Stones by The Rolling Stones

Why are a covers band on here? These guys will need to learn to write some of their own stuff.

Kings Of The Wild Frontier by Adam & The Ants

Album Art 1/5

Tellin’ Stories by The Charlatans

This Year's Model by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses

Ocean Rain by Echo And The Bunnymen

The Bends by Radiohead

Good Old Boys by Randy Newman

Quiet Life by Japan

1989 by Taylor Swift

Sex Packets by Digital Underground

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys

Will The Circle Be Unbroken by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

The Coral by The Coral

Absolutely inexplicable.

C'est Chic by CHIC

Music From Big Pink by The Band

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

Ritual De Lo Habitual by Jane's Addiction

Me Against The World by 2Pac

Live! by Fela Kuti

Aqualung by Jethro Tull

Back In Black by AC/DC

The Wall by Pink Floyd

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive by Merle Haggard

Pink Flag by Wire

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

McCartney by Paul McCartney

Extremely uneven. Album Art 4/5

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins

In It For The Money by Supergrass

Sound Affects by The Jam

Machine Head by Deep Purple

Savane by Ali Farka Touré

Darklands by The Jesus And Mary Chain

Mundane Album cover 1/5

Ten by Pearl Jam

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim by Frank Sinatra

Permission to Land by The Darkness

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

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

3.5 rounded down

american dream by LCD Soundsystem

Like Talking Heads grandkids. Album Art 1/5

L.A. Woman by The Doors

Metal Box by Public Image Ltd.

Where did they find that singer?

Joan Armatrading by Joan Armatrading

The Aldi verdion of Tracy Chapman

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake by Small Faces

The Notorious Byrd Brothers by The Byrds

Eagles by Eagles

From Elvis In Memphis by Elvis Presley

Fear and Whiskey by Mekons

Dreadful stuff. Album Art 3/5

American Pie by Don McLean

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

Parachutes by Coldplay

First song on First album is their best. All downhill from there.

Jack Takes the Floor by Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Rambling is right. Album art 2/5

Apocalypse Dudes by Turbonegro

Not my thing but good fun.

Blur by Blur

Joan Baez by Joan Baez

Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt

Reggatta De Blanc by The Police

Hysteria by Def Leppard

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones

Under Construction by Missy Elliott

Album art 1/5 dreadful

Pump by Aerosmith

They were in their 40s here. Unfathomably horny. Album art 1/5 pure embarrassment.

Technique by New Order

Very by Pet Shop Boys

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

Happy Trails by Quicksilver Messenger Service

Signing Off by UB40

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield

Tuesday Night Music Club by Sheryl Crow

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes by TV On The Radio

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Paris 1919 by John Cale

Diamond Life by Sade

Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane

Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Peggy Suicide by Julian Cope

Street Life by The Crusaders

Cupid & Psyche 85 by Scritti Politti

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens

The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu

Come Find Yourself by Fun Lovin' Criminals

We Are Family by Sister Sledge

Gentlemen by The Afghan Whigs

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

Fred Neil by Fred Neil

Fear Of A Black Planet by Public Enemy

War by U2

Disraeli Gears by Cream

Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo by The Byrds

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

Green by R.E.M.

Follow The Leader by Korn

Rid Of Me by PJ Harvey

LP1 by FKA twigs

Dookie by Green Day

Goo by Sonic Youth

Rio by Duran Duran

Is This It by The Strokes

Raw Power by The Stooges

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

En-Tact by The Shamen

Happy Sad by Tim Buckley

Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz

Nixon by Lambchop

16 Lovers Lane by The Go-Betweens

Aja by Steely Dan