1001 Albums Summary

System Of A Down by System Of A Down

Heavy thrash punk. Great for skaters I would think. Historically relevant, but not my vibe.

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

More mellow and melodic than I thought it would be from a pioneer of punk. Reminds me of Love and Rockets and others that would come ten years later.

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Didn’t realize there were so many radio hits on this one album. Like this as a whole more than the individual songs.

What's Going On by Marvin Gaye

Concept album about God, the environment, and love for fellow man (?). Hear a lot of Prince in here.

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

On The Beach by Neil Young

Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs

Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles

Devotional Songs by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Bitches Brew by Miles Davis

Crime Of The Century by Supertramp

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Gorillaz by Gorillaz

Rhythm Nation 1814 by Janet Jackson

Hard Again by Muddy Waters

Illmatic by Nas

Abraxas by Santana

I Should Coco by Supergrass

Dire Straits by Dire Straits

Murder Ballads by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

16 Lovers Lane by The Go-Betweens

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

Rapture by Anita Baker

In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra

Rust In Peace by Megadeth

Ill Communication by Beastie Boys

Tom Tom Club by Tom Tom Club

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle by Throbbing Gristle

This must be historically important to be on this list because it is unlistenable. Not a melody to be found. Noise on top of noise. Garbage.

C'est Chic by CHIC

OK by Talvin Singh

Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan

90 by 808 State

The Next Day by David Bowie

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators by The 13th Floor Elevators

Urban Hymns by The Verve

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

Freak Out! by The Mothers Of Invention

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite by Maxwell

Oedipus Schmoedipus by Barry Adamson

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

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

Revolver by Beatles

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis

Diamond Life by Sade

School's Out by Alice Cooper

Close To The Edge by Yes

Moby Grape by Moby Grape

Different Class by Pulp

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

Rio by Duran Duran

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Trafalgar by Bee Gees

Yeezus by Kanye West

Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand

Nixon by Lambchop

Fred Neil by Fred Neil

One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic

Actually couldn’t find on any streaming platform so gave it a default 3

Porcupine by Echo And The Bunnymen

Palo Congo by Sabu

Lady In Satin by Billie Holiday

Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin

Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder

Live At The Witch Trials by The Fall

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen

Traffic by Traffic

Purple Rain by Prince

Mama's Gun by Erykah Badu

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen

Behaviour by Pet Shop Boys

Treasure by Cocteau Twins

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

McCartney by Paul McCartney

Gentlemen by The Afghan Whigs

Back In Black by AC/DC

Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones

Double Nickels On The Dime by Minutemen

Amnesiac by Radiohead

Graceland by Paul Simon

Fun House by The Stooges

Welcome to the Afterfuture by Mike Ladd

Midnight Ride by Paul Revere & The Raiders

Surfer Rosa by Pixies

Melody A.M. by Röyksopp

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room by Dwight Yoakam

The Clash by The Clash

Blue by Joni Mitchell

Bright Flight by Silver Jews

The Idiot by Iggy Pop

Odelay by Beck

Beauty And The Beat by The Go-Go's

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

The White Album by Beatles

Group Sex by Circle Jerks

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

Paul Simon by Paul Simon

Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies

A Date With The Everly Brothers by The Everly Brothers

Disintegration by The Cure

Master Of Puppets by Metallica

Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush

Tuesday Night Music Club by Sheryl Crow

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos

Would have been 3 but Layla and Bell Bottom Blues

The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

Actually by Pet Shop Boys

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

Vivid by Living Colour

Cheap Thrills by Big Brother & The Holding Company

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

S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things

Blur by Blur

Broken English by Marianne Faithfull

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Rattus Norvegicus by The Stranglers

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles

Smile by Brian Wilson

Document by R.E.M.

Highly Evolved by The Vines

GREY Area by Little Simz

Antichrist Superstar by Marilyn Manson

L.A. Woman by The Doors

Steve McQueen by Prefab Sprout

Your New Favourite Band by The Hives

Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden

Kala by M.I.A.

The Poet by Bobby Womack

Before And After Science by Brian Eno

Marquee Moon by Television

Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou Harris

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus

Disraeli Gears by Cream

The Stranger by Billy Joel

Time Out Of Mind by Bob Dylan

Live At The Regal by B.B. King

Bad by Michael Jackson

The Colour Of Spring by Talk Talk

Savane by Ali Farka Touré

25 by Adele

All Directions by The Temptations

All Mod Cons by The Jam

evermore by Taylor Swift

Tapestry by Carole King

Face to Face by The Kinks

If You're Feeling Sinister by Belle & Sebastian

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash

A Night At The Opera by Queen

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band

The Contino Sessions by Death In Vegas

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

1989 by Taylor Swift

From Elvis In Memphis by Elvis Presley

Music From Big Pink by The Band

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Parklife by Blur

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin

Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz

Vespertine by Björk

O.G. Original Gangster by Ice T

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake

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

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert) by Bob Dylan

Mott by Mott The Hoople

Coat Of Many Colors by Dolly Parton

Entertainment by Gang Of Four

Femi Kuti by Femi Kuti

The Wall by Pink Floyd

Reggatta De Blanc by The Police

Cypress Hill by Cypress Hill

Signing Off by UB40

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads

When I Was Born For The 7th Time by Cornershop

Vulnicura by Björk

American Gothic by David Ackles

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Fuzzy Logic by Super Furry Animals

Oar by Alexander 'Skip' Spence

Ellington at Newport by Duke Ellington

Go Girl Crazy by The Dictators

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

Brown Sugar by D'Angelo

Buena Vista Social Club by Buena Vista Social Club

Calenture by The Triffids

Chris by Christine and the Queens

The College Dropout by Kanye West

Boston by Boston

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde by The Pharcyde

Harvest by Neil Young

Mothership Connection by Parliament

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield

Cloud Nine by The Temptations

So by Peter Gabriel

Joan Armatrading by Joan Armatrading

Funeral by Arcade Fire

Made In Japan by Deep Purple

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads

Marcus Garvey by Burning Spear

The Who Sell Out by The Who

Hot Fuss by The Killers

Brothers by The Black Keys

Unhalfbricking by Fairport Convention

Blood And Chocolate by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Black Holes and Revelations by Muse

Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

Manassas by Stephen Stills

Imagine by John Lennon

Dear Science by TV On The Radio

Miriam Makeba by Miriam Makeba

Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

Let's Stay Together by Al Green

Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt

Survivor by Destiny's Child

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper

Clube Da Esquina by Milton Nascimento

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

Fromohio by fIREHOSE

Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes

The Gilded Palace Of Sin by The Flying Burrito Brothers

Sail Away by Randy Newman

Sunshine Hit Me by The Bees

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground

Younger Than Yesterday by The Byrds

Come Away With Me by Norah Jones

Ace of Spades by Motörhead

Hearts And Bones by Paul Simon

Myths Of The Near Future by Klaxons

Live At Leeds by The Who

Bluesbreakers by John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

Repeater by Fugazi

Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra

Meat Puppets II by Meat Puppets

Heroes by David Bowie

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

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens

Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds

The Notorious Byrd Brothers by The Byrds

xx by The xx

1999 by Prince

La Revancha Del Tango by Gotan Project

Fishscale by Ghostface Killah

There's No Place Like America Today by Curtis Mayfield

Suicide by Suicide

Talking Timbuktu by Ali Farka Touré

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

Sea Change by Beck

More Specials by The Specials

White Light by Gene Clark

Green by R.E.M.

Technique by New Order

This Is Fats Domino by Fats Domino

Siembra by Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

Chicago Transit Authority by Chicago

Logical Progression by LTJ Bukem

Remedy by Basement Jaxx

Rock 'N Soul by Solomon Burke

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley

Stripped by Christina Aguilera

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses

Murmur by R.E.M.

Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg

Our Aim Is To Satisfy by Red Snapper

Garbage by Garbage

Apple Venus Volume 1 by XTC

Blood, Sweat & Tears by Blood, Sweat & Tears

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

The Lexicon Of Love by ABC

Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós

Kilimanjaro by The Teardrop Explodes

Queen II by Queen

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel

Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple

3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers

Inspiration Information by Shuggie Otis

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor by Lupe Fiasco

Let's Get Killed by David Holmes

My Generation by The Who

Fear Of A Black Planet by Public Enemy

Power In Numbers by Jurassic 5

Tommy by The Who

Music by Madonna

The Coral by The Coral

Frank by Amy Winehouse

Me Against The World by 2Pac

Crazysexycool by TLC

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

So Much For The City by The Thrills

Penance Soiree by The Icarus Line

Virgin Suicides by Air

Definitely Maybe by Oasis

Armed Forces by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Toys In The Attic by Aerosmith

...And Justice For All by Metallica

You Are The Quarry by Morrissey

A Walk Across The Rooftops by The Blue Nile

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

Parachutes by Coldplay

Southern Rock Opera by Drive-By Truckers

Doolittle by Pixies

3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul

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

The Bends by Radiohead

The La's by The La's

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

Teenage Head by Flamin' Groovies

Bongo Rock by Incredible Bongo Band

Be by Common

Pictures At An Exhibition by Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Heavy Weather by Weather Report

Shaft by Isaac Hayes

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

Feast of Wire by Calexico

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

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

Germfree Adolescents by X-Ray Spex

Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

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

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted by Ice Cube

Hotel California by Eagles

Celebrity Skin by Hole

Jazz Samba by Stan Getz

The United States Of America by The United States Of America

Green Onions by Booker T. & The MG's

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield

Live / Dead by Grateful Dead