1001 Albums Summary

Bone Machine by Tom Waits

From Elvis In Memphis by Elvis Presley

Interesting to hear some "later" Elvis that I was not familiar with. The music was a bit more gritty. My son said it reminded him of Johnny Cash.

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

I had heard many songs from this album, but in other versions. I was surprised and impressed by the more experimental aspects, particularly the sampling, synths, and chamber music accompaniments.

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

The Chronic by Dr. Dre

I know this album is a classic of its genre. The instrumentals/beats are fire, but for me it's very hard to listen to a whole album with so much profanity and misogyny.

Disraeli Gears by Cream

I knew of Cream but mostly just as the band that Eric Clapton was in. Sunshine of Your Love was the tune I recognized, and the album is full of catchy licks. I was pleasantly surprised by the quirkiness of some of the tunes, like We're Going Wrong and Mother's Lament.

Risque by CHIC

Revolver by Beatles

There are of course the gems on this album that most people know, like Eleanor Rigby. But the whole album has really interesting arrangements and instrumentation, with the use of the sitar, electronic effects, and refreshing harmonies and meter changes. Great album!

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

Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart

Maggot Brain by Funkadelic

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco

High Violet by The National

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis

Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins

Off The Wall by Michael Jackson

Stardust by Willie Nelson

So by Peter Gabriel

xx by The xx

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

Ritual De Lo Habitual by Jane's Addiction

The Fat Of The Land by The Prodigy

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple

Savane by Ali Farka Touré

The Specials by The Specials

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

Gorillaz by Gorillaz

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

Take Me Apart by Kelela

The Lexicon Of Love by ABC

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake by Small Faces

Surfer Rosa by Pixies

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk

A Date With The Everly Brothers by The Everly Brothers

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads

Central Reservation by Beth Orton

Fromohio by fIREHOSE

C'est Chic by CHIC

Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

Debut by Björk

GI by Germs

Future Days by Can

Here's Little Richard by Little Richard

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

Elephant by The White Stripes

Smokers Delight by Nightmares On Wax

Achtung Baby by U2

Midnight Ride by Paul Revere & The Raiders

Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens

Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley

Stankonia by OutKast

good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar

The Yes Album by Yes

90 by 808 State

War by U2

Junkyard by The Birthday Party

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson

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

Who's Next by The Who

Dire Straits by Dire Straits

Olympia 64 by Jacques Brel

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Let It Be by The Replacements

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett

All Hail the Queen by Queen Latifah

Germfree Adolescents by X-Ray Spex

White Ladder by David Gray

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode

Buena Vista Social Club by Buena Vista Social Club

Quiet Life by Japan

Queen Of Denmark by John Grant

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

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Synchronicity by The Police

Tidal by Fiona Apple

Paris 1919 by John Cale

Fear and Whiskey by Mekons

(What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis

Parallel Lines by Blondie

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room by Dwight Yoakam

Club Classics Vol. One by Soul II Soul

One World by John Martyn

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield

Live! by Fela Kuti

S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers

1999 by Prince

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) by The Kinks

Arular by M.I.A.

Shake Your Money Maker by The Black Crowes

Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre

Brothers by The Black Keys