1001 Albums Summary

Entertainment by Gang Of Four

Blackstar by David Bowie

At Mister Kelly's by Sarah Vaughan

I really loved this. I normally don't bother with live recordings but this was so open and intimate, and Vaughan's voice is sublime.

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

The Atomic Mr Basie by Count Basie & His Orchestra

Dire Straits by Dire Straits

Pearl by Janis Joplin

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis

A bit too prog/conceptual for me. I can absolutely appreciate the talent and vision, but listening felt like a slog by the end.

Kilimanjaro by The Teardrop Explodes

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

Highway to Hell by AC/DC

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin

One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic

Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees

The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden

Different Class by Pulp

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Raw Power by The Stooges

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground

The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest

Floodland by Sisters Of Mercy

Gasoline Alley by Rod Stewart

Maggot Brain by Funkadelic

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins

Jazz Samba by Stan Getz

New Boots And Panties by Ian Dury

2112 by Rush

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

Caetano Veloso by Caetano Veloso

Elvis Is Back by Elvis Presley

Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes

Germfree Adolescents by X-Ray Spex

Immigrés by Youssou N'Dour

All Things Must Pass by George Harrison

Fifth Dimension by The Byrds

Ramones by Ramones

The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails

Eternally Yours by The Saints

Pyromania by Def Leppard

Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio

Liege And Lief by Fairport Convention

Pornography by The Cure

Emperor Tomato Ketchup by Stereolab

Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash

Music by Madonna

Black Monk Time by The Monks

Who Killed...... The Zutons? by The Zutons

Live At The Regal by B.B. King

Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake

Nevermind by Nirvana

L.A. Woman by The Doors

I'm Your Man by Leonard Cohen

Tres Hombres by ZZ Top

Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

This Year's Model by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

World Clique by Deee-Lite

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads

Horses by Patti Smith

Youth And Young Manhood by Kings of Leon

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

Tical by Method Man

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

Illmatic by Nas

16 Lovers Lane by The Go-Betweens

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

OK Computer by Radiohead

Make Yourself by Incubus

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black by Public Enemy

Sign 'O' The Times by Prince

Play by Moby

Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Ready To Die by The Notorious B.I.G.

I can appreciate aspects of the music here, but the misogynistic content ultimately meant I couldn't finish the album.

London Calling by The Clash

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

Dookie by Green Day

A Night At The Opera by Queen

Dirty by Sonic Youth

Pump by Aerosmith

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

After The Gold Rush by Neil Young

This Is Fats Domino by Fats Domino

Shaft by Isaac Hayes

Throwing Muses by Throwing Muses

Born In The U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen

Kid A by Radiohead

Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys

Remain In Light by Talking Heads

Ace of Spades by Motörhead

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire

Music From Big Pink by The Band

Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones

Peggy Suicide by Julian Cope

Vulnicura by Björk

The Specials by The Specials

Queens of the Stone Age by Queens Of The Stone Age

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

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo by The Byrds

Country music doesn't do a whole lot for me, I'm afraid!

Truth And Soul by Fishbone

Electric Warrior by T. Rex

Blunderbuss by Jack White

Manassas by Stephen Stills

The Colour Of Spring by Talk Talk

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith

The Genius Of Ray Charles by Ray Charles

Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses

War by U2

Oracular Spectacular by MGMT

Southern Rock Opera by Drive-By Truckers

Disintegration by The Cure

Ten by Pearl Jam

Abraxas by Santana

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

I Am a Bird Now by Antony and the Johnsons

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins

Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder

Strange Cargo III by William Orbit

Permission to Land by The Darkness

Repeater by Fugazi

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Melodrama by Lorde

Third/Sister Lovers by Big Star

James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown

Stephen Stills by Stephen Stills

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

Sound Affects by The Jam

John Barleycorn Must Die by Traffic

Time Out Of Mind by Bob Dylan

Beauty And The Beat by The Go-Go's

1999 by Prince

5 stars. How can you give this anything else.

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode

Scum by Napalm Death

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

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses

Live Through This by Hole

Two Dancers by Wild Beasts

Space Ritual by Hawkwind

Couldn't finish it

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus by Spirit

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Le Tigre by Le Tigre