1001 Albums Summary

The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett

Amnesiac by Radiohead

Bitches Brew by Miles Davis

Low by David Bowie

(What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis

Oasis is still fine.

Heavy Weather by Weather Report

Jaco still the goat.

Unhalfbricking by Fairport Convention

Some neat instrumentation and harmonies. Just not for me.

Come Away With Me by Norah Jones

Pretty much perfect.

Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.

Classic

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield

I can appreciate it and why it’s great. It’s just not my genre.

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

Hard to argue against this one, even if it’s still not my genre of choice.

Underwater Moonlight by The Soft Boys

The Fat Of The Land by The Prodigy

Bad.

Gorillaz by Gorillaz

Oops almost all bangers.

Maggot Brain by Funkadelic

Maggot Brain alone makes this a 4.

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

Parachutes by Coldplay

Go Girl Crazy by The Dictators

Just not for me

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

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All Hope Is Gone by Slipknot

Abraxas by Santana

Rubber Soul by Beatles

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen

Lam Toro by Baaba Maal

The College Dropout by Kanye West

Kid A by Radiohead

Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues

Playing With Fire by Spacemen 3

Some cool Kraftwerk-y sounding stuff, but other than that it was kind of forgettable.

Rio by Duran Duran

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim by Frank Sinatra

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra

Stardust by Willie Nelson

White Light by Gene Clark

So by Peter Gabriel

Planet Rock: The Album by Afrika Bambaataa

So Much For The City by The Thrills

Gris Gris by Dr. John

Phrenology by The Roots

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith

Illmatic by Nas

The Genius Of Ray Charles by Ray Charles

Music For The Jilted Generation by The Prodigy

Roots by Sepultura

Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

The Cars by The Cars

Tuesday Night Music Club by Sheryl Crow

Blackstar by David Bowie

Straight walk off

Architecture And Morality by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

Tical by Method Man

Straight walk off

One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic

Straight walk off

Aqualung by Jethro Tull

Natty Dread by Bob Marley & The Wailers

It’s nice that the 10 minutes of reggae I can listen to at any one time included Lively Up Yourself and No Woman, No Cry

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles

Van Halen by Van Halen

For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music

Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin

Hejira by Joni Mitchell

Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan

Sweet Baby James by James Taylor

She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper

Black Holes and Revelations by Muse

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

Deloused in the Comatorium by The Mars Volta

This album rips so hard.

From Elvis In Memphis by Elvis Presley

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

Shleep by Robert Wyatt

Shleep often shlaps. Very positive 3-stars.

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

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

The Wildest! by Louis Prima

Turns out most vocal jazz is still very much not my thing.

Dr. Octagonecologyst by Dr. Octagon

Not as good as i remembered.

Superunknown by Soundgarden

Murder Ballads by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

NICK CAVE RULES

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos

Hard to give an album with Layla and an incredible arrangement (though not as good as the original) of Little Wing less than 4 stars.

Fisherman's Blues by The Waterboys

Enjoyed this one way more than I thought I would. Solid.

Celebrity Skin by Hole

Who would have thought the songs co-written by Billy Corgan would be the best? Me. I would think that.

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

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

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

Be by Common

Street Signs by Ozomatli

The Bends by Radiohead

Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós

Green by R.E.M.

The Slim Shady LP by Eminem

Guilty Conscience is still insane.

Vento De Maio by Elis Regina

Some cool Bossa Nova I’ve never heard before

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

This only gets a 3 because the instrumentals are pretty cool.

Trafalgar by Bee Gees

Under Construction by Missy Elliott

Who's Next by The Who

Solid stuff.

Quiet Life by Japan

Some cool stuff, but mostly forgettable. Wish we could get half stars. 2 feels too punitive, 3 feels too much. Oh well

Gentlemen by The Afghan Whigs

Not my favorite Afghan Whigs album. But solid.

A Northern Soul by The Verve

It’s insane to me that we’re going to get two Verve albums over a host of other albums. A Northern Soul is just a mediocrer Oasis. At least Urban Hymns rules and we’ll get that at some point.

L.A. Woman by The Doors

Riders on the Storm will never be enough to get me to enjoy anything else by The Doors.

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis

That’s a 5 from me, dawg

Rattus Norvegicus by The Stranglers

I mean. There was some cool stuff, but really just sounds like generic 70s brit-punk.

The World is a Ghetto by War

Palo Congo by Sabu

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

21 by Adele

Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock

One of my personal favorite albums of all time. More stars than songs, baby.

Ramones by Ramones

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin

Music Has The Right To Children by Boards of Canada

Arrival by ABBA

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

American Beauty by Grateful Dead

Definitely Maybe by Oasis

Oasis famously compared themselves to the Beatles. In a sense they were right; they are the Beatles of musical mediocrity. Live Forever feels so long it Definitely Maybe makes Germany’s 600 year performance of 4’33 seem short.

Play by Moby

Stomped by Obie.

Joan Armatrading by Joan Armatrading

Stankonia by OutKast

Many bangers.

The Notorious Byrd Brothers by The Byrds

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

Either Or by Elliott Smith

Either it’s 5 stars Or it’s 5 stars. RIP.

...Baby One More Time by Britney Spears

McCartney by Paul McCartney

Africa Brasil by Jorge Ben Jor

Surprisingly modern sounding for a pop album from the 70s. Fun.

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits

It’s so good.

Vulnicura by Björk

After The Gold Rush by Neil Young

Neil Young is fine.

Power In Numbers by Jurassic 5

American Idiot by Green Day

Didn’t like it then. Don’t like it now. (Sorry Elliot)

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Stir It Up isn’t enough of a Redemption Song to get me to enjoy Reggae for more than 6 minutes at a time.

Bummed by Happy Mondays

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

Horses by Patti Smith

Reggatta De Blanc by The Police

The Gilded Palace Of Sin by The Flying Burrito Brothers

Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs

So boring.

Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine by Cee Lo Green

The Joshua Tree by U2

School's Out by Alice Cooper

Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson

With The Beatles by Beatles

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel

Queens of the Stone Age by Queens Of The Stone Age

Knowing how good at least two of their other albums are, 3 stars. Still great.

Blue Lines by Massive Attack

Your New Favourite Band by The Hives

Madman Across The Water by Elton John

Repeater by Fugazi

In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys

The album art is incredible.

Like A Prayer by Madonna

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

Boring

Calenture by The Triffids

I mean, it definitely sounds Australian whatever that means.

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

It’s Ella so it’s great. But it’s also a lot of Ella. 3 stars.

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

I enjoyed this far more than I anticipated

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

Harvest by Neil Young

Heart of Gold is so good. But Neil Young is so boring.

Central Reservation by Beth Orton

Smash by The Offspring

Better than Green Day

Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones

I guess I’m okay with the fact that I really just don’t like The Rolling Stones

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

Grievous Angel by Gram Parsons

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail by Buck Owens

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

Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads

...And Justice For All by Metallica

Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

A Girl Called Dusty by Dusty Springfield

Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters

Not Foos best. But great. Weenie Beenie still slaps.

Metal Box by Public Image Ltd.

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Femi Kuti by Femi Kuti

The Clash by The Clash

Just doesn’t do it for me.

Post Orgasmic Chill by Skunk Anansie

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens

A Night At The Opera by Queen

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band

Scream, Dracula, Scream by Rocket From The Crypt

No thanks.

Lazer Guided Melodies by Spiritualized

The Stranger by Billy Joel

The Visitors by ABBA

Freak Out! by The Mothers Of Invention

Devil Without A Cause by Kid Rock

All Directions by The Temptations

Closer by Joy Division

Unknown Pleasures is so much better than this it’s insane.

Dummy by Portishead

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

It’s fine for high school

Second Toughest In The Infants by Underworld

Pyromania by Def Leppard

Hysteria better.

Blur by Blur

Kimono My House by Sparks

Lost Souls by Doves

Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg

Disintegration by The Cure

It’s fine

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road by Lucinda Williams

Absolutely not.

Smile by Brian Wilson

Moon Safari by Air

Air is neat.

Peter Gabriel 3 by Peter Gabriel

Le Tigre by Le Tigre

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

Ocean Rain by Echo And The Bunnymen

Guero by Beck

Aha Shake Heartbreak by Kings of Leon

So average

Frank by Amy Winehouse

Third by Portishead

Cross by Justice

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

Peak post-punk. Still sounds great.

The Lexicon Of Love by ABC

Blunderbuss by Jack White

Meh. I get why people love Jack White. I think he’s kind of overrated.

C'est Chic by CHIC