1001 Albums Summary

Van Halen by Van Halen

Pop metal, great A-side.

Green by R.E.M.

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

few good songs, but three albums in a year is diluting the output.

Parallel Lines by Blondie

Perfect pop

My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello

Great album, peters off a bit towards the end.

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

Entertainment by Gang Of Four

Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin

Without Immigrant Song it would be a 3 star album.

Permission to Land by The Darkness

One good track doesn't make a good album.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins

Would have made an okay single album, not as good as what came before.

Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin

My Generation by The Who

Two killers, rest filler.

The Coral by The Coral

Slipknot by Slipknot

Not for me

1999 by Prince

Bandwagonesque by Teenage Fanclub

Welcome To The Pleasuredome by Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Great singles, but so much filler.

The Chronic by Dr. Dre

The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

The Wildest! by Louis Prima

Makes me want to play Fallout 3

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding

I Am a Bird Now by Antony and the Johnsons

Style over substance

Fever To Tell by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Suzanne Vega by Suzanne Vega

Harvest by Neil Young

4 1/2 stars

Nothing's Shocking by Jane's Addiction

4 1/2 stars

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman by John Zorn

Musical vandalism

Document by R.E.M.

Music For The Jilted Generation by The Prodigy

Siembra by Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

Violator by Depeche Mode

Because of “Enjoy The Silence”.

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles

Black Holes and Revelations by Muse

I can't stand the singing of Matt Bellamy, the gasp at the end of every line I can't unheard.

Africa Brasil by Jorge Ben Jor

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession by Laura Nyro

Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.

Highly Evolved by The Vines

Dire Straits by Dire Straits

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder

We're Only In It For The Money by The Mothers Of Invention

The Weird All of his day

It's Too Late to Stop Now by Van Morrison

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

1st of the trilogy

Os Mutantes by Os Mutantes

Porcupine by Echo And The Bunnymen

Elephant by The White Stripes

Music From The Penguin Cafe by Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Your New Favourite Band by The Hives

Club Classics Vol. One by Soul II Soul

After The Gold Rush by Neil Young

Better Living Through Chemistry by Fatboy Slim

Roxy Music by Roxy Music

Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra

The Libertines by The Libertines

Garbage by Garbage

Young Americans by David Bowie

Talk Talk Talk by The Psychedelic Furs

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson

Songs The Lord Taught Us by The Cramps

Truth by Jeff Beck

Nice guitar work, too many cover versions.

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes

Copper Blue by Sugar

Liege And Lief by Fairport Convention

Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

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

3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul

Metallica by Metallica

1984 by Van Halen

Imagine by John Lennon

Too many blues jams

Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welch

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Manassas by Stephen Stills

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

Femi Kuti by Femi Kuti

Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin

Deloused in the Comatorium by The Mars Volta

Nighthawks At The Diner by Tom Waits

Gorillaz by Gorillaz

One classic single, quite a bit of filler. A Gorillaz greatest hits would be close to 5*.

Stephen Stills by Stephen Stills

Joan Armatrading by Joan Armatrading

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Off The Wall by Michael Jackson

Your Arsenal by Morrissey

Dare! by The Human League

Bossanova by Pixies

Surfer Rosa is better (and so is Doolittle)

Lazer Guided Melodies by Spiritualized

Come Away With Me by Norah Jones

White Light by Gene Clark

Revolver by Beatles

After 60 years "Tomorrow Never Knows" is still the sound of the future.

evermore by Taylor Swift

I'm not the target audience.

The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow

The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space by Spiritualized

Oar by Alexander 'Skip' Spence

Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz

Tommy by The Who

Not the best Who album.

Imperial Bedroom by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Not the best Who album.

Drunk by Thundercat

Not my jam

All Directions by The Temptations

Queens of the Stone Age by Queens Of The Stone Age

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones

I'm Your Man by Leonard Cohen

Kid A by Radiohead

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

The Wall by Pink Floyd

In Our Heads by Hot Chip

Picture Book by Simply Red

London Calling by The Clash

Vivid by Living Colour

L.A. Woman by The Doors

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

At San Quentin by Johnny Cash

BEYONCÉ by Beyoncé

Devotional Songs by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

From Elvis In Memphis by Elvis Presley

Chelsea Girl by Nico

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury by The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

Synchronicity by The Police

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back by Public Enemy

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

3.5 really, The Idiot is better.

Blunderbuss by Jack White

Form over substance

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

Bad by Michael Jackson

The beginning of the end.

Done By The Forces Of Nature by Jungle Brothers

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

Safe As Milk by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down by The Dandy Warhols

Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós

Back In Black by AC/DC

The Man Who by Travis

Snooze fest

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins

Dr. Octagonecologyst by Dr. Octagon

Justified by Justin Timberlake

Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan

Dig Me Out by Sleater-Kinney

Floodland by Sisters Of Mercy

Slanted And Enchanted by Pavement

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

Fear Of A Black Planet by Public Enemy

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

GREY Area by Little Simz

Pearl by Janis Joplin

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

Live! by Fela Kuti

...Baby One More Time by Britney Spears

Timeless by Goldie

The Joshua Tree by U2

Pump by Aerosmith

Marcus Garvey by Burning Spear

In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra

Hail To the Thief by Radiohead

Cupid & Psyche 85 by Scritti Politti

This Is Fats Domino by Fats Domino

Duck Rock by Malcolm McLaren

The Gilded Palace Of Sin by The Flying Burrito Brothers

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

There's No Place Like America Today by Curtis Mayfield

New Wave by The Auteurs

The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest

All Mod Cons by The Jam

Caetano Veloso by Caetano Veloso

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel

You've Come a Long Way Baby by Fatboy Slim

Hot Shots II by The Beta Band

Tuesday Night Music Club by Sheryl Crow

Stardust by Willie Nelson

Kenza by Khaled

Scott 4 by Scott Walker

Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin

Guero by Beck

A Seat at the Table by Solange

Clandestino by Manu Chao

Either Or by Elliott Smith

Gasoline Alley by Rod Stewart

Zombie by Fela Kuti

Oracular Spectacular by MGMT

On The Beach by Neil Young

Close To You by Carpenters

Hot Fuss by The Killers

Moving Pictures by Rush

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

Mask by Bauhaus

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Smash by The Offspring

Abbey Road by Beatles

Dummy by Portishead

In Utero by Nirvana

Natty Dread by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Live At The Witch Trials by The Fall

Autobahn by Kraftwerk

Eagles by Eagles

The Man Machine by Kraftwerk

Orbital 2 by Orbital

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

Madman Across The Water by Elton John

Sister by Sonic Youth

Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees

Shaft by Isaac Hayes

James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown

Follow The Leader by Korn

3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers

Sound Affects by The Jam

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

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

Something Else By The Kinks by The Kinks

Frank by Amy Winehouse

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake by Small Faces

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Kollaps by Einstürzende Neubauten

Made In Japan by Deep Purple

The Cars by The Cars

The Nightfly by Donald Fagen

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis

Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones

Gentlemen by The Afghan Whigs

Odelay by Beck

Blur by Blur

The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe

Ritual De Lo Habitual by Jane's Addiction

Bitches Brew by Miles Davis

Immigrés by Youssou N'Dour

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Tigermilk by Belle & Sebastian

If I Should Fall From Grace With God by The Pogues

Deserter's Songs by Mercury Rev

Shake Your Money Maker by The Black Crowes

All Things Must Pass by George Harrison

Would have made five stars as a single album.

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin

Would have made five stars as a single album.

Murder Ballads by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Graceland by Paul Simon

White Blood Cells by The White Stripes

Moby Grape by Moby Grape

Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs

Konnichiwa by Skepta

Punishing Kiss by Ute Lemper

People who worship Scott Walker shouldn't make records.

All Hail the Queen by Queen Latifah

A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay

Transformer by Lou Reed

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

Pretentious twaddle

Urban Hymns by The Verve

Paul Simon by Paul Simon

Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones

Movies by Holger Czukay

The Healer by John Lee Hooker

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix

Phrenology by The Roots

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

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

Sex Packets by Digital Underground

Emperor Tomato Ketchup by Stereolab

John Barleycorn Must Die by Traffic

Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan

Le Tigre by Le Tigre

Germfree Adolescents by X-Ray Spex

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Is This It by The Strokes

Fifth Dimension by The Byrds

Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones

Reign In Blood by Slayer

This Year's Model by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield

Untitled (Black Is) by SAULT

Ctrl by SZA

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts by Brian Eno

First Band On The Moon by The Cardigans

The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem

Microshift by Hookworms

New Forms by Roni Size

Goodbye And Hello by Tim Buckley

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses

2112 by Rush

Nevermind by Nirvana

Rum Sodomy & The Lash by The Pogues

Larks' Tongues In Aspic by King Crimson

Let's Stay Together by Al Green

american dream by LCD Soundsystem

One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic

Penthouse And Pavement by Heaven 17

Close To The Edge by Yes

OK Computer by Radiohead

16 Lovers Lane by The Go-Betweens

Peter Gabriel 3 by Peter Gabriel