1001 Albums Summary

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

I do love Sir Paul. Somehow, I've never listened to a Wings album, but I did know tons of these songs. A later, chiller banger I didn't expect was Mamunia. Sounds like Paul Simon was definitely listening to a lot of Wings pre-Graceland to me!

At San Quentin by Johnny Cash

I'm happy for the nice San Quentin folks who got the reprise, but I don't think I needed it. Fascinating hearing "fuck" bleeped in a live context!

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

I think I'm too old to care about this. It's totally fine but it doesn't even feel remotely shocking, which it definitely means to be!

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

It's amazing how Queen always sounds like Queen while having so many different sounds.

The Man Machine by Kraftwerk

Still sounds modern which is wild. Metropolis specifically sounds like the Fringe soundtrack to me (positive). It's the progenitor of a genre but still sounds like the genre itself.

Scream, Dracula, Scream by Rocket From The Crypt

When I saw "toured supported by Soundgarden" this all made sense to me. Not for me!!

Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Yeah, this is just sick. I think I've only ever heard Shake Your Rump before. The texture! The production!

Smash by The Offspring

I did not know just how much of Boston-area radio was Offspring. I have learned much.

Dummy by Portishead

The Idiot by Iggy Pop

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys

Mama Said Knock You Out by LL Cool J

Couple great tracks, but really washes over me otherwise. Lyrics are great but I would probably need like 6 more listens to get into them more fully.

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

Abraxas by Santana

God the bass is so great.

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

Urban Hymns by The Verve

Either Or by Elliott Smith

Solid Air by John Martyn

A bit too easy listening for me.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God by The Pogues

Fairytale of New York is a banger but it's a bit too novelty for me.

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen

Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo by Devo

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

Clube Da Esquina by Milton Nascimento

Starts off strong then loses some momentum for me.

Live At The Harlem Square Club by Sam Cooke

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis

Remedy by Basement Jaxx

Kollaps by Einstürzende Neubauten

Will I ever listen to this again? Probably not. Did I find it intriguing and enjoy hearing the genesis of a lot of "noise" music? Yes.

Very by Pet Shop Boys

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen

Among The Living by Anthrax

Eagles by Eagles

Music From The Penguin Cafe by Penguin Cafe Orchestra

With The Beatles by Beatles

2112 by Rush

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

Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park

Seventh Tree by Goldfrapp

Superunknown by Soundgarden

Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell

Fever To Tell by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Casanova by The Divine Comedy

Bossanova by Pixies

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music by Ray Charles

Africa Brasil by Jorge Ben Jor

Let's Get Killed by David Holmes

Savane by Ali Farka Touré

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails

Pink Moon by Nick Drake

Metallica by Metallica

A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay

Rust In Peace by Megadeth

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You by Aretha Franklin

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts by The Adverts

B-52's by The B-52's

Paul Simon by Paul Simon

The Fat Of The Land by The Prodigy

Kings Of The Wild Frontier by Adam & The Ants

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) by Simple Minds

Definitely Maybe by Oasis

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins

Aqualung by Jethro Tull

The La's by The La's

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

Sorry, not re-listening to Kanye. Will give it the four I felt it deserved at the time!

After The Gold Rush by Neil Young

Queen II by Queen

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Oar by Alexander 'Skip' Spence

The Last Broadcast by Doves

O.G. Original Gangster by Ice T

Grace by Jeff Buckley

The Wall by Pink Floyd

S&M by Metallica

Floodland by Sisters Of Mercy

Hard Again by Muddy Waters

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses

Violator by Depeche Mode

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches by Happy Mondays

Winter In America by Gil Scott-Heron

Come Away With Me by Norah Jones

Garbage by Garbage

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

Roxy Music by Roxy Music

Liege And Lief by Fairport Convention

Blunderbuss by Jack White

The Cars by The Cars

Will The Circle Be Unbroken by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

The Rolling Stones by The Rolling Stones

The Beach Boys Today! by The Beach Boys

3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers

3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul

All That You Can't Leave Behind by U2

Electric Warrior by T. Rex

Killing Joke by Killing Joke

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

Shalimar by Rahul Dev Burman

Music Has The Right To Children by Boards of Canada

The Joshua Tree by U2

Channel Orange by Frank Ocean

1999 by Prince

Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan

Darkdancer by Les Rythmes Digitales

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

Siembra by Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

Stardust by Willie Nelson

Document by R.E.M.

Odelay by Beck

The Bends by Radiohead

Reggatta De Blanc by The Police

Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors

Groovin' by The Young Rascals

Harvest by Neil Young

Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio

Os Mutantes by Os Mutantes

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

Disraeli Gears by Cream

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

Emergency On Planet Earth by Jamiroquai

Different Class by Pulp

American Beauty by Grateful Dead

Dire Straits by Dire Straits

Bluesbreakers by John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

Happy Sad by Tim Buckley

The Madcap Laughs by Syd Barrett

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle by Bill Callahan

Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple

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