1001 Albums Summary

Ys by Joanna Newsom

As Andrew said, "I was waiting to get bored but never did." Each one of Joanna Newsom's songs on Ys go through a fantasy-esque quest, weaving intricate harp and orchestral lines with vivid and substantial lyrics.

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield

Not something I'd actively seek out to listen to, but it's an iconic album of the era. Well produce, strong arrangements, great vocal performance. For what it is, it's solid.

The Next Day by David Bowie

This sounds exactly like a rock star in stuck 20+ years in the past trying to modernize their sound and missing the mark big time. It's just so cheesy.

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads

I was surprised to learn that this album was released in 1977 because I have "Psycho Killer" on my 80's playlist. I wonder if David Byrne knew that this was ahead of its time and drew attention to that fact with titling it with its release year. Anyway, it capture such an iconic sound and vision, and the songs themselves are fun, and accessible.

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

I need a few more listens with the lyrics to really understand this album, but I enjoyed it. My only issue is that the mixing sounds a bit hollow, like an instrument is missing in most songs.

Femi Kuti by Femi Kuti

The 90's smooth jazz influence isn't really my thing, but I still got into the groove of this album

Tapestry by Carole King

I didn't realize how much Carole King I knew already. A lot of bangers on here. Cool baselines. Memorable vocal melodies without it being too generic.

Atomizer by Big Black

I can't. It was just too many abrasive noises on top of each other, and so repetitively. And this, coming from a man who has enjoyed Bastard Noise.

A Little Deeper by Ms. Dynamite

A bit of a relic of its time. I wasn't into then and I'm not into it now.

Purple Rain by Prince

Some decent stuff here. Some risks were taken. Some nuts apparently busted. A little too pop-py though.

Alien Lanes by Guided By Voices

It started off somewhat boring, imo, and then got worse in the middle. Some good riffs here and there, but at what cost?

S&M by Metallica

Roots by Sepultura

Joan Armatrading by Joan Armatrading

Sick as fuuuuck

Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock

Definitely need to be in the right mood for 12 minute funk/jazz fusion songs, but this album is perfect for those times.

Lam Toro by Baaba Maal

You have to imagine being a kid in the 90's for this album to work.

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

Love the bass line on Happy Feelin.

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

I wish they had adapted the songs for an acoustic set rather than just play them regularly, but on acoustic guitars and drum brush.

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson

This style of music will just never be my thing. It was pleasant enought though

Play by Moby

This kind of music will never do it for me. Beats for the sake of dancing without much substance.

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

Inconsistent

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

Too Nashville for me, but there are some surprising parts that kept me in it. Not bad, not great.

On The Beach by Neil Young

Pretty bland overall, but not bad

Colour By Numbers by Culture Club

Really disappointing, considering how much I like Karma Chameleon

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

Got better in the latter half once it got more upbeat.

Actually by Pet Shop Boys

It wasnt great, but it has a cool vibe

American Idiot by Green Day

Some surprisingly good melodic parts brought down by the horribly annoying singles.

Bongo Rock by Incredible Bongo Band

It's too much bongo for one sitting

Black Monk Time by The Monks

Way ahead of its time, cool beats, cool backstory and lyricism.

Let's Stay Together by Al Green

I'll need to remember this album to put on if I ever get to have sex again.

Shake Your Money Maker by The Black Crowes

The softer stuff on this album is the best, but i just can't stand bar rock.

The La's by The La's

It kept my interest, but it didnt do much for me

Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

The production on this is a lot better than their more popular stuff, but the voices are still not that enjoyable

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

Decent, but I'm not really feeling it.

Arular by M.I.A.

Got a bit bored of the repetition, but some of the riffs are cool.

Transformer by Lou Reed

Moss Side Story by Barry Adamson

The synth instruments, the odd choice of making a soundtrack for a movie that doesn't exist, the added sound effects that are completely without context. It was a strange one.

Punishing Kiss by Ute Lemper

Cabaret should stay in cabaret.

Os Mutantes by Os Mutantes

Cool stuff. Not great background music, but I'd listen again.

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

It was well done, and in small doses it's fine. Just not my jam typically.

Ramones by Ramones

Ambient 1/Music For Airports by Brian Eno

Loved every second.

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones

It's a wonder that The Rolling Stones is remembered to this day.

Music by Madonna

Fun House by The Stooges

I might have lost my shit for this in the 60s.

Group Sex by Circle Jerks

I appreciate it for what it is, but I'm not a big fan of punk.

The Score by Fugees

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

Just so boring. And what the fuck is up with the lyrics? The adoration is all surface level so that it comes off a bit creepy.

Dirty by Sonic Youth

Way inconsistent, and the vocals are offputting

The Wall by Pink Floyd

Was skeptical, but it was actually pretty good. Might try it again after a few too many edibles

With The Beatles by Beatles

A bit bland, but not bad

Hot Shots II by The Beta Band

Sex Packets by Digital Underground

This would be a 4 if all the songs were 2 minutes shorter.

Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Better than the first Neil Young album I heard from this list, but the cool parts aren't consistent

The Undertones by The Undertones

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

Truly terrible

Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

Soul Mining by The The

Might want to listen to again. It's a good period piece

Idlewild by Everything But The Girl

Sooooo boring

Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz

Not a fan of bossa nova

Stripped by Christina Aguilera

Nilsson Schmilsson by Harry Nilsson

Eliminator by ZZ Top

Since I Left You by The Avalanches

Drunk by Thundercat

The World is a Ghetto by War

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

Groovin' by The Young Rascals

Decent. Just sounds very 60's

Deserter's Songs by Mercury Rev

The voice is sometimes hard to handle. But there are some really cool moments in this

...And Justice For All by Metallica

Hail To the Thief by Radiohead

Will listen more

Suicide by Suicide

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

The weird atmospheric stuff was great.

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

I pledge a groovallegiance to the funk

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hard Again by Muddy Waters

The Who Sell Out by The Who

Ellington at Newport by Duke Ellington

Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder

Parachutes by Coldplay

Fear and Whiskey by Mekons

Fromohio by fIREHOSE

Urban Hymns by The Verve

Hysteria by Def Leppard

Welcome to the Afterfuture by Mike Ladd

Arrival by ABBA

Run-D.M.C. by Run-D.M.C.

The Man Machine by Kraftwerk

The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield

Heroes to Zeros by The Beta Band

Elephant Mountain by The Youngbloods

All Things Must Pass by George Harrison