1001 Albums Summary

James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown

Nothing particularly wrong with it but nothing especially stands our either. I'm just not a big fan of live albums.

Oracular Spectacular by MGMT

Enjoyed this more than I expected. The first half is much stronger than the second.

Gorillaz by Gorillaz

First couple of tracks I thought this wasn't going to be my thing, but it grew on me. Unlikely to listen to the whole thing again but perhaps a few tracks will get a replay.

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell

I See A Darkness by Bonnie "Prince" Billy

Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs

Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt

Joan Baez by Joan Baez

Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone

Central Reservation by Beth Orton

So Much For The City by The Thrills

Darkdancer by Les Rythmes Digitales

Different Class by Pulp

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith

Tarkus by Emerson, Lake & Palmer

The Genius Of Ray Charles by Ray Charles

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

The Clash by The Clash

Suzanne Vega by Suzanne Vega

Roger the Engineer by The Yardbirds

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

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

Dear Science by TV On The Radio

Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre

Debut by Björk

Music From The Penguin Cafe by Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

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

Dirt by Alice In Chains

The Doors by The Doors

Roxy Music by Roxy Music

London Calling by The Clash

Moss Side Story by Barry Adamson

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted by Ice Cube

Some tracks on this album are great with important themes, other tracks not so. But the relentless swearing and references to his genitals become numbing and meaningless, nothing more than a verbal tic. I am glad I have listened to it and can see why it is on the list, but it could have been so much more. Will I listen to any of it again? Unlikely. A strong 2.

Metallica by Metallica

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra

Psychocandy by The Jesus And Mary Chain

Abbey Road by Beatles

Station To Station by David Bowie

Honky Tonk Heroes by Waylon Jennings

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

So by Peter Gabriel

When I first heard Sledgehammer in the 80s, ten year old me wasn't a fan, so when this came up I was interested to see how this album would land for me forty years later It was ok. It is fairly literate pop/rock music, verging on pretentious at times, but there was no edge or excitement. The 80s production sound doesn't help, but that is a fair representation of the times. Just scrapes a 3.

Casanova by The Divine Comedy

Sulk by The Associates

The Madcap Laughs by Syd Barrett

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators by The 13th Floor Elevators

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea by PJ Harvey

Dummy by Portishead

Survivor by Destiny's Child

Music Has The Right To Children by Boards of Canada

Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

Treasure by Cocteau Twins

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

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

Crazysexycool by TLC

Warehouse: Songs And Stories by Hüsker Dü

Punishing Kiss by Ute Lemper

Power In Numbers by Jurassic 5

Crocodiles by Echo And The Bunnymen

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

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

The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu

Our Aim Is To Satisfy by Red Snapper

Giant Steps by The Boo Radleys

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles

White Light by Gene Clark

Pink Moon by Nick Drake

Arrival by ABBA

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

Apocalypse Dudes by Turbonegro

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis

Cypress Hill by Cypress Hill

Moving Pictures by Rush

Bad by Michael Jackson

Aqualung by Jethro Tull

Funeral by Arcade Fire

Tres Hombres by ZZ Top

Illmatic by Nas

Guitar Town by Steve Earle

The Healer by John Lee Hooker

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins

This Year's Model by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Slipknot by Slipknot

Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band

Beyond Skin by Nitin Sawhney

Coat Of Many Colors by Dolly Parton

Ill Communication by Beastie Boys

This Is Hardcore by Pulp

Vespertine by Björk

Low by David Bowie

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin

Broken English by Marianne Faithfull

Aja by Steely Dan

Jack Takes the Floor by Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Dance Mania by Tito Puente

Songs From A Room by Leonard Cohen

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

Inspiration Information by Shuggie Otis

The New Tango by Astor Piazzolla

Van Halen by Van Halen

Truth And Soul by Fishbone

Jazz Samba by Stan Getz

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

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding

The Score by Fugees

War by U2

Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Chicago Transit Authority by Chicago

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys

Marquee Moon by Television

The Stranger by Billy Joel

...Baby One More Time by Britney Spears

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield

The Cars by The Cars

Diamond Life by Sade

Something Else By The Kinks by The Kinks

21 by Adele

Document by R.E.M.

Pretenders by Pretenders

Face to Face by The Kinks

Mothership Connection by Parliament

Modern Kosmology by Jane Weaver

Cafe Bleu by The Style Council

Superunknown by Soundgarden

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

Every Picture Tells A Story by Rod Stewart

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels by Dexys Midnight Runners

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus

Disraeli Gears by Cream

Peggy Suicide by Julian Cope

Seventh Tree by Goldfrapp

OK Computer by Radiohead

Steve McQueen by Prefab Sprout

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode

Parallel Lines by Blondie

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

The United States Of America by The United States Of America

Queens of the Stone Age by Queens Of The Stone Age

Rio by Duran Duran

System Of A Down by System Of A Down

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music by Ray Charles

Clube Da Esquina by Milton Nascimento

Kilimanjaro by The Teardrop Explodes

Queen II by Queen

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake

Actually by Pet Shop Boys

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin

Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin

Being There by Wilco

Remain In Light by Talking Heads

Nixon by Lambchop

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

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

Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Vincebus Eruptum by Blue Cheer

Songs The Lord Taught Us by The Cramps

Definitely Maybe by Oasis

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder

All Hope Is Gone by Slipknot

Bluesbreakers by John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

A Night At The Opera by Queen

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Only By The Night by Kings of Leon

Black Holes and Revelations by Muse

Playing With Fire by Spacemen 3

Headquarters by The Monkees

Is This It by The Strokes

Before And After Science by Brian Eno

In Utero by Nirvana

Killing Joke by Killing Joke

Blur by Blur

Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones

Machine Gun Etiquette by The Damned

Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

Trio by Dolly Parton

Solid Air by John Martyn

Vivid by Living Colour

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

Supa Dupa Fly by Missy Elliott

Zombie by Fela Kuti

Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys

Liquid Swords by GZA

Astral Weeks by Van Morrison

Back to Mystery City by Hanoi Rocks

Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith

Chirping Crickets by Buddy Holly & The Crickets

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

Junkyard by The Birthday Party

Eliminator by ZZ Top

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley

Odelay by Beck

Myths Of The Near Future by Klaxons

Toys In The Attic by Aerosmith

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

Copper Blue by Sugar

Graceland by Paul Simon

Crime Of The Century by Supertramp

Boston by Boston

Roots by Sepultura

Talk Talk Talk by The Psychedelic Furs