1001 Albums Summary

Throwing Muses by Throwing Muses

Really interesting, exciting album. Little surprises in every song...tempo changes, creative vocal choices, quiet-loud. Some of the songs (Green for example) sound incredibly modern.

Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix

Not fully my thing, but moments of transcendence. Probably a few songs too many; drags a bit in the later half. The closeout of All along the Watchtower into Voodoo Chile is crazy good.

Mothership Connection by Parliament

Fun, funny, futuristic (still somehow 50 years on), just fantastic. Unbeatable walking-around-with-headphones music. You're secretly the coolest person in the block. The profound influence on hip hop is obvious, with little Easter eggs of instantly recognizable samples and lyrics in almost every song that helped define later classics. But even outside of hip hop, I think there must have been some impact from this on new wave and indie rock, particularly that, for lack of a better phrase, shimmering cascade of synthesizer effect on songs like Give Up the Funk and Night of the Thumpasorous Peoples. Beautiful stuff.

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

Not an album with a ton of stand out tracks, but overall such a solid listen. Hypnotic, funky, weird. The closer, the Big Country, is a beautiful track and the rare song with a laugh out loud punchline.

Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.

An interesting time capsule if you're familiar at all with hip hop that came before it. It's clearly a bridge point with some songs in the old Run DMC style and others showing what's to come. Dr. Dre's production is the highlight. Songs like I Ain't tha 1 have a playful, contemporary sound.

Oracular Spectacular by MGMT

Ten by Pearl Jam

Violator by Depeche Mode

Cross by Justice

Apple Venus Volume 1 by XTC

Miriam Makeba by Miriam Makeba

Jazz Samba by Stan Getz

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash

Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

This Year's Model by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

You Are The Quarry by Morrissey

Cheap Thrills by Big Brother & The Holding Company

Pornography by The Cure

Everything Must Go by Manic Street Preachers

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

Devotional Songs by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

I never would have listened to something like this without the 1001 albums challenge. I was mesmerized.

Parallel Lines by Blondie

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

Station To Station by David Bowie

Moon Safari by Air

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra

Achtung Baby by U2

Rubber Soul by Beatles

Easiest 5/5. Absolute, no-skip classic.

Channel Orange by Frank Ocean

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

Feast of Wire by Calexico

Parklife by Blur

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg by Jerry Lee Lewis

A Night At The Opera by Queen

My Generation by The Who

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

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses

The Last Of The True Believers by Nanci Griffith

This grew on me, and by the end, I was really won over. Quirky, adorable. Especially liked the closer, The Wing and the Wheel, which I hear a lot of in Waxahatchee, a more recent favorite.

Bossanova by Pixies

Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues

Africa Brasil by Jorge Ben Jor

Immaculate vibes

Haunted Dancehall by The Sabres Of Paradise

Live At The Witch Trials by The Fall

The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground

Amnesiac by Radiohead

Smash by The Offspring

Absolutely perfect album for a 13 year old. (Note: I was 13 when this album came out.)

Junkyard by The Birthday Party

The Modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Off The Wall by Michael Jackson

Boston by Boston

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned by Liars

Next by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

Funeral by Arcade Fire

Urban Hymns by The Verve

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

Falsetto fatigue really set in by the end, otherwise a fantastic album.

Sweet Baby James by James Taylor

The Infotainment Scan by The Fall

Fear Of A Black Planet by Public Enemy

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

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

Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple

Technique by New Order

Superunknown by Soundgarden

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco

Rage Against The Machine by Rage Against The Machine

Penance Soiree by The Icarus Line

It's Too Late to Stop Now by Van Morrison

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

Imagine by John Lennon

La Revancha Del Tango by Gotan Project

Chris by Christine and the Queens

Giant Steps by The Boo Radleys

The Genius Of Ray Charles by Ray Charles

Bitches Brew by Miles Davis

Cupid & Psyche 85 by Scritti Politti

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus

American Idiot by Green Day

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You by Aretha Franklin

2112 by Rush

Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Phrenology by The Roots

Nilsson Schmilsson by Harry Nilsson

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

1999 by Prince

Chore of Enchantment by Giant Sand

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden

Madman Across The Water by Elton John

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow

A Wizard, A True Star by Todd Rundgren

Paris 1919 by John Cale

I Am a Bird Now by Antony and the Johnsons

Hard Again by Muddy Waters

Frank by Amy Winehouse

Henry's Dream by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash

Definitely Maybe by Oasis

The Score by Fugees

Fly Or Die by N.E.R.D

Murmur by R.E.M.

Sea Change by Beck

Music From Big Pink by The Band

Dirt by Alice In Chains

The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd

Celebrity Skin by Hole

Every Picture Tells A Story by Rod Stewart

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

War by U2

Atomizer by Big Black

Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy

Chicago Transit Authority by Chicago

Abbey Road by Beatles

Machine Head by Deep Purple

Fun House by The Stooges

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches by Happy Mondays

Basket of Light by Pentangle

Synchronicity by The Police

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

World Clique by Deee-Lite

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys

Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós

On The Beach by Neil Young

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

Garbage by Garbage

White Blood Cells by The White Stripes

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

Surfer Rosa by Pixies

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast

Bad by Michael Jackson

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor by Lupe Fiasco

Truth by Jeff Beck

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith

Black Holes and Revelations by Muse

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus by Spirit

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche by Koffi Olomide

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

Welcome To The Pleasuredome by Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

There's No Place Like America Today by Curtis Mayfield

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground

1984 by Van Halen

Peter Gabriel by Peter Gabriel

Welcome to the Afterfuture by Mike Ladd

Mermaid Avenue by Billy Bragg

A Girl Called Dusty by Dusty Springfield

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield

The Sun Rises In The East by Jeru The Damaja

Natty Dread by Bob Marley & The Wailers

3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers

I Should Coco by Supergrass

In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson

Another Green World by Brian Eno

Astral Weeks by Van Morrison

E.V.O.L. by Sonic Youth

Can't Buy A Thrill by Steely Dan

The Doors by The Doors

Sign 'O' The Times by Prince

Want Two by Rufus Wainwright

At Mister Kelly's by Sarah Vaughan

Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush

Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters

Medúlla by Björk

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying by Megadeth

Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins

Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix

At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters

Clandestino by Manu Chao

Slipknot by Slipknot

The Bones Of What You Believe by CHVRCHES

The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band

New Wave by The Auteurs

London Calling by The Clash

The White Room by The KLF

Stardust by Willie Nelson

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things

There's A Riot Goin' On by Sly & The Family Stone

The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow

Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz

Live At The Regal by B.B. King

Midnight Ride by Paul Revere & The Raiders

Elvis Is Back by Elvis Presley

Rain Dogs by Tom Waits

In Utero by Nirvana

Pretenders by Pretenders

Arular by M.I.A.

Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos

Green by R.E.M.

...And Justice For All by Metallica

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads

Calenture by The Triffids

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water by Limp Bizkit

Mask by Bauhaus

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

Low by David Bowie

Scream, Dracula, Scream by Rocket From The Crypt

Beautiful Freak by Eels

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

Either Or by Elliott Smith

The Colour Of Spring by Talk Talk

Leftism by Leftfield

Harvest by Neil Young

Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones

The Fat Of The Land by The Prodigy

Stripped by Christina Aguilera

Treasure by Cocteau Twins

(What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis

Here's Little Richard by Little Richard

She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper

Tuesday Night Music Club by Sheryl Crow

Eliminator by ZZ Top

Lost Souls by Doves

Melodrama by Lorde

Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane

Only By The Night by Kings of Leon

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles

Honky Tonk Masquerade by Joe Ely

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

The Cars by The Cars

Sunshine Hit Me by The Bees

The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

I See You by The xx

The Band by The Band

Parachutes by Coldplay

The Libertines by The Libertines

Roger the Engineer by The Yardbirds

En-Tact by The Shamen

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins

Ramones by Ramones

Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield

The Clash by The Clash

Peggy Suicide by Julian Cope

The Stranger by Billy Joel

Play by Moby

Pump by Aerosmith

Casanova by The Divine Comedy

Post Orgasmic Chill by Skunk Anansie

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel

Paul Simon by Paul Simon

Quiet Life by Japan

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

Blunderbuss by Jack White

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones

Cut by The Slits

Second Toughest In The Infants by Underworld