1001 Albums Summary

Ys by Joanna Newsom

Modernized Disney princess music with dense lyrics Highlights: Emily, Only Skin

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield

Good soul/pop music with fun melodies, back up vocals, and orchestral flourishes. On the opening track she makes the case for more morning sex. 2nd half of the album gets a little too sappy for my tastes and drags towards the end.

The Next Day by David Bowie

I don’t remember any of what I listened to. It’s inoffensive, it’s worst crime is being forgettable and boring.

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads

Always unapologetically weird. I can’t help but zone in on the bass on every song. A few songs come off like they’re written by a group of corny dads. Wish the production sounded fuller.

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

Femi Kuti by Femi Kuti

Got better as it went, far too polished. Smooth jazz influences ruined certain songs

Tapestry by Carole King

Atomizer by Big Black

I really like this and I don’t know why

A Little Deeper by Ms. Dynamite

I want to rate this 1 star because I don’t believe it’s influential or remarkable in any way. But I rated Bowie’s The Next Day 2 stars and I’d rather listen to Ms. Dynamite

Purple Rain by Prince

Surprisingly layered. I think it mostly holds up but still lives in that corny 80’s Pop music soundscape. I was pleasantly surprised by some of the deep cuts. Prince can do a lot of things I didn’t know about.

Alien Lanes by Guided By Voices

Quite frustrating. I really like parts of this album but nothing lasts more than a minute or two so it's hard to find your footing while listening. Lots of cool Beatles inspired vocal harmonies and melodies, but they went a bit overkill on the lofi sound in my opinion. There is potential for this to grow on me over time but as of now I can't give it a high rating.

S&M by Metallica

The album that should not be.

Roots by Sepultura

ROOOOOOOOTS

Joan Armatrading by Joan Armatrading

Bangers all the way through. Really fun and hypnotic vocal melodies, funky syncopated percussion. Elements of pop, country, soul. Can’t stop listening

Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock

Thoroughly enjoyable jazz/funk, would have given a 5 if not for the last track dragging things down to a boringly slow pace to end an otherwise exciting album

Lam Toro by Baaba Maal

I hated this but I also don’t have any cultural context for this type of music. It was a struggle for me.

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

Fun, pleasant, but nothing spectacular. Africano was my favorite.

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Nostalgic for me. Lots of lesser known songs and covers.

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson

Pleasant but nothing popped out at me. Looking forward to listening to one of his more lively ones

Play by Moby

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

This duck ain’t freeeeee

Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

Inconsistent. Feels like they hadn’t quite figured their sound out yet. A few good tracks but mostly generic

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

meh

On The Beach by Neil Young

Meh

Colour By Numbers by Culture Club

I can’t

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

Do something different!

Actually by Pet Shop Boys

American Idiot by Green Day

Surprised!

Bongo Rock by Incredible Bongo Band

Black Monk Time by The Monks

Let's Stay Together by Al Green

Shake Your Money Maker by The Black Crowes

Your best friend’s older brother’s band playing at your favorite dive bar

The La's by The La's

Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

Arular by M.I.A.

Didn’t quite hold up

Transformer by Lou Reed

Moss Side Story by Barry Adamson

Cool idea as like a private project I guess?

Punishing Kiss by Ute Lemper

Who is this for? I can’t think of anyone I’ve ever met who would enjoy this.

Os Mutantes by Os Mutantes

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Ramones by Ramones

Ambient 1/Music For Airports by Brian Eno

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones

Bleh

Music by Madonna

Music makes the people boo together

Fun House by The Stooges

Group Sex by Circle Jerks

The Score by Fugees

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

Nick Cave and The Bad Songs

Dirty by Sonic Youth

I wanted to like this more than I did

The Wall by Pink Floyd

Better than I expected still not great

With The Beatles by Beatles

Hot Shots II by The Beta Band

Sex Packets by Digital Underground

Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

The Undertones by The Undertones

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69) by Ministry

Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

Soul Mining by The The

It grew on me as I listened

Idlewild by Everything But The Girl

90’s Christian Mom Minvan Music

Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz

Stripped by Christina Aguilera

Solid for what it is, just not my thing.

Nilsson Schmilsson by Harry Nilsson

Eliminator by ZZ Top

Some bangers but lots of filler

Since I Left You by The Avalanches

Drunk by Thundercat

Really different from anything else I’ve heard. Unfortunately it’s never different from itself.

The World is a Ghetto by War

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

Groovin' by The Young Rascals

Deserter's Songs by Mercury Rev

...And Justice For All by Metallica

Hail To the Thief by Radiohead

Suicide by Suicide

+1 star for experimenting

Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash

Survivor by Destiny's Child

Low by David Bowie

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

Back to Mystery City by Hanoi Rocks

Out of Step by Minor Threat

Wild Gift by X

Elephant by The White Stripes

Natty Dread by Bob Marley & The Wailers

The Stooges by The Stooges

Diamond Life by Sade

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin

Street Signs by Ozomatli

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly

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

Fear Of A Black Planet by Public Enemy

Hms Fable by Shack

The College Dropout by Kanye West

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus

The New Tango by Astor Piazzolla

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

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis

Beyond Skin by Nitin Sawhney

D by White Denim

Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin

Heartattack And Vine by Tom Waits

New York Dolls by New York Dolls

Selling England By The Pound by Genesis

One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic

Violator by Depeche Mode

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens

The Blueprint by JAY Z

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen

Here Come The Warm Jets by Brian Eno

Off The Wall by Michael Jackson

4 stars for Quincy Jones

Loveless by My Bloody Valentine

Be by Common

At Mister Kelly's by Sarah Vaughan

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

This Nation’s Saving Grace by The Fall

Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre

The White Album by Beatles

Eternally Yours by The Saints

Faust IV by Faust

Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone

Bone Machine by Tom Waits

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

Countdown To Ecstasy by Steely Dan

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

Jazz Samba by Stan Getz

White Ladder by David Gray

Frank by Amy Winehouse

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg

Goo by Sonic Youth

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

Tank Battles by Dagmar Krause

Back To Black by Amy Winehouse

Parallel Lines by Blondie

Kala by M.I.A.

Shleep by Robert Wyatt

Viva Hate by Morrissey

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

I really liked the Fugees albums and she was my favorite part of it. This just isn’t hitting for me.

OK by Talvin Singh

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

What's Going On by Marvin Gaye

Melodrama by Lorde

Roxy Music by Roxy Music

Third by Soft Machine

White Blood Cells by The White Stripes

Cypress Hill by Cypress Hill

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd

Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes

Sunshine Hit Me by The Bees

Modern Life Is Rubbish by Blur

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

The Cars by The Cars

Sulk by The Associates

Seventh Tree by Goldfrapp

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen by The Residents

High Violet by The National

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Is This It by The Strokes

All Hope Is Gone by Slipknot

Graceland by Paul Simon

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen

Love when a guy who sucks at singing removes everything but himself from the music, and then proceeds to sing to me about the blue collar life, all while never having worked a real job.

The Poet by Bobby Womack

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite by Maxwell

Untitled (Black Is) by SAULT

A Night At The Opera by Queen

Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes

16 Lovers Lane by The Go-Betweens

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water by Limp Bizkit

L'Eau Rouge by The Young Gods

The Stranger by Billy Joel

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

Aha Shake Heartbreak by Kings of Leon

The Rise & Fall by Madness

Beauty And The Beat by The Go-Go's

Pump by Aerosmith

Talking Timbuktu by Ali Farka Touré

Dookie by Green Day

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel

The Band by The Band

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

Van Halen by Van Halen

Sea Change by Beck

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

Timeless by Goldie

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band

Jack Takes the Floor by Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

Young Americans by David Bowie

Buena Vista Social Club by Buena Vista Social Club

Legalize It by Peter Tosh

Nevermind by Nirvana

She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire

Superunknown by Soundgarden

OK Computer by Radiohead

...Baby One More Time by Britney Spears

BEYONCÉ by Beyoncé

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

Reggatta De Blanc by The Police

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road by Lucinda Williams

Sounds like Judy Gemstone

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted by Ice Cube

Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand

All Hail the Queen by Queen Latifah

The Infotainment Scan by The Fall

So Much For The City by The Thrills

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

Machine Head by Deep Purple

Triangle by The Beau Brummels

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

Hate to be this guy, but this is mid af

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

London Calling by The Clash

Pyromania by Def Leppard

Achtung Baby by U2

Marcus Garvey by Burning Spear

Porcupine by Echo And The Bunnymen

Doolittle by Pixies

Beach Samba by Astrud Gilberto

The Rolling Stones by The Rolling Stones

In It For The Money by Supergrass

The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room by Dwight Yoakam

Gold by Ryan Adams

It would be 2 stars if it was 30 minutes shorter

Rio by Duran Duran

The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

Manassas by Stephen Stills

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies

Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin

Eagles by Eagles

Butterfly by Mariah Carey

John Barleycorn Must Die by Traffic

Mask by Bauhaus

Gorillaz by Gorillaz

Heaux Tales by Jazmine Sullivan

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle by Bill Callahan

3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul

Blood And Chocolate by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Chemtrails Over The Country Club by Lana Del Rey

Welcome To The Pleasuredome by Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes

Dig Me Out by Sleater-Kinney

Cafe Bleu by The Style Council

Pretenders by Pretenders

Maggot Brain by Funkadelic

The Trinity Session by Cowboy Junkies

Gasoline Alley by Rod Stewart

At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters

The Real Thing by Faith No More

Brutal Youth by Elvis Costello

Live Through This by Hole

Palo Congo by Sabu

If I Should Fall From Grace With God by The Pogues

You've Come a Long Way Baby by Fatboy Slim

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads

The Specials by The Specials

Slayed? by Slade

2112 by Rush

Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple

Murmur by R.E.M.

Spiderland by Slint

Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.

Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

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

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Exit Planet Dust by The Chemical Brothers

Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes

Moondance by Van Morrison

Blue by Joni Mitchell

Dire Straits by Dire Straits

Crazysexycool by TLC

Stankonia by OutKast

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

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

The Sun Rises In The East by Jeru The Damaja

The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett

California by American Music Club

1999 by Prince

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

Dust by Screaming Trees

Feast of Wire by Calexico

New Wave by The Auteurs

Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie

Playing With Fire by Spacemen 3

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra

Chris by Christine and the Queens

Everything Must Go by Manic Street Preachers

Master Of Puppets by Metallica

The Bends by Radiohead

Abraxas by Santana

The Healer by John Lee Hooker

Pink Moon by Nick Drake

Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio

Happy Sad by Tim Buckley

Djam Leelii by Baaba Maal

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

The Slider by T. Rex

The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

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

Cloud Nine by The Temptations

The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers

The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe

Mostly upbeat neo-soul ear worms.

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

The Last Of The True Believers by Nanci Griffith

Twangy country-folk. Drags a bit in parts, but mostly pleasant

Yank Crime by Drive Like Jehu

Fishscale by Ghostface Killah

Thriller by Michael Jackson

Pacific Ocean Blue by Dennis Wilson

In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk

Vespertine by Björk

The Libertines by The Libertines

Jangly indie pop, sloppy vocals, catchy melodies. I hated the production. Guitars panned to different sides with the volume levels way off.

Hard Again by Muddy Waters