1001 Albums Summary

Jazz with distinctive sax sound

The great Sam Cooke one of the best voices in soul music

Very good transitional album with psychedelic overtones

Sixties Dusty Springfield album

An amazing album but what can anyone say that hasn’t been said 100’s of times already

Good debut from former Nirvana drummer

Mixed bag compilation from sixties icons

Can’t say much about this one, probably the least imaginative so called proto punk band that was foisted on an unsuspecting music world

Second rate Bowie Berlin era electro pop

Big selling hit album from the boss which catapulted him to the top league of artists

Groundbreaking hip hop album that deserves its place on this list

One of several great sixties James Brown albums

Seminal 1977 album

Although Mr Cook had the hit with Brimful of Asha this is an interesting crossover album

Great debut album from NWBHM stalwarts

Good sixties album from one of the kings of C&W

Big Black definitely a big influence on Trent Reznor on the Downward Spiral album

Hip hop from the LA Dr Dre school possibly the best in the field

Not the best album from Tom but an important artist none the less

One of Elton’s run of great albums

Great maybe the best debut album by anyone

Cod jazz hokum done properly by FZ check out Hot Rats etc

Great debut but better things were to come

Dire sub REM dirge that wouldn’t be on a 1000001 list

Multi million seller but not the Tops best

Good album from blues/jazz chanteuse

Nice sixties singer songwriter album with the original “Everybody’s Talkin’”

Great debut possibly their best album

Dreadful outdated pseudo new wave tosh not deserving of inclusion on this list

Not too bad but the first album was better

Great debut from one of the founders of rock n roll

Hi hum hip hop from Mr West

The best album by The Ramones and debut

Decent cont R&B

One of the best albums made by anyone

New wave light from USA

Great US rock/punk album

Great rock album from seventies giants

Dance crossover album in Fatboy Slim vein, very popular in early 2000’s

One of the best sixties albums

Dreadful folk junk not deserving of its place

Damon Albert doing a creditable impression of Ian Hunter on a not bad album

Great debut from Icelandic pioneers

Great electronic album

Great Flaming Lips album

Great hip-hop pioneer album from sample wizards

Great pioneer jazz album with Take Five

Great eighties funk classic from the Liverpool band

Great art rock album produced at the end of the seventies by Brian Eno

Good album from the Manchester boys

On of Neil’s mid seventies classic albums

Pseudo psychedelic nonsense

Great psychedelic soul album

Great early 90’s metal album

Great 80’s album from 60’s icon

Not worth a star

Late 70’s jazz crossover good album

Pseudo psychedelia from 1966 although released in 1967 including the iconic “white rabbit”

Great debut from the Icelandic maestro

Hi hum hip hop

What is this doing on a list of only 1001 albums, who is doing this list, also you can’t give less than one star so this album gets way more than it deserves

Great Cocteau album

Great debut from Josh and the boys

Good album with cover of “Stand by me” from the former Byrd

Great debut from great band

Good album from Irish legends

What a crock

Great Springsteen album

America breaking album from the Irish lot

Fantastic album from the master

Great funk/soul album from Isaac Hayes

Yet another unwanted unwarranted addition to the list of 1001 albums

Wild beasts best album

Great introduction to Stills and Young

Another gangsta album from Biggy

Great reggae album from the former wailer

Jazz fusion pathfinder album from Miles

Eighties album from Stephen and the boys

Latin jazz could be good but sadly not my thing

Early album from the Irish band

Early Bob Marley and the Wailers album

Great Pumpkins album from Billy and guys

Late effort from our madge

Pre punk album from Dave and the boys

Great rap metal album in the footsteps of Anthrax etc

The Undertones great second album

Great 60’s Dylan album

Great album from SAHB

Great final album from the Seattle boys

Not bad album from Pixies

Later rock n roll album from the Everlys

Good album from a large catalogue by Beck

You cannot give less than one star so this album has a star it does not deserve who is doing the list of 1001 albums includes this drekk

Great album from the maestro Frank Zappa

Good album from Bristol ambient trancers

Solid effort from the Chilis

Good debut from Ms Armatrading

Big at the time but vocals dated now

Great debut from the maestro Don Vliet

Fun album from the butts

Great album from the Essex boys

Faux country album from Ms Musgraves

Classic jazz album from Coltrane

Standard faux punk pop album

Great return to form album from Mr Cash

What is this doing on a list of just 1001 albums, utter tripe, plus we need the facility to give zero or minus stars as a rating in case an unsuspecting listener might think with 1 star it might be worth checking out

Good modern pop album from Lorde

Solid album from Mr Nelson hitting his purple patch with this and the later albums

Great album from Mr Jones one of last two in a marvellous career in several towns

Fantastic album from Otis

Great grunge/rock crossover album from the Seattle boys

Great electric album from his bobness one of his top five which means some of best albums ever

Good jazz R n B crossover singer songwriter of 60’s 70’s who didn’t get the recognition she deserved

Great album from Genesis the final one with founding member Gabriel whose departure caused a different direction for him and the band

Great Black Keys album

Nu country effort from ms Welch

Glam/punky crossover album

Great album from possibly the best line-up

Hi hum hip hop from J

Great REM album poss best but sadly band never got back to this standard

Good New Order album not the best but a lot to choose from

Great 70’s Stevie Wonder album

Good album of funk/rock from paisley park

Pet shop boys fifth album

Album of covers from Mr Nelson

Great soundtrack album

Great second album from the brummie boys

Great album from the Essex boys

Meh

Sixties folk fare from S&G

Good album from CCR

Average post puck

Reasonable debut from the Burnage guys

Latin album

Good folk/country album from the nitty boys

DJ album from Dave

Reasonable effort from U2

Reasonable album from the maestro

Great album from the rev

Good Rap/crossover album from Janelle

Good album from the metally boys

One of the best Dead albums

Last album from first 8 Van Halen run

Folk/rock crossover album from REM

Influential album from VU

Great mid term album from The Wailers

Pseudo punk from US

Good album from Arcade Fire that are maybe mostly cancelled these days

Great 73 album from three men from Texas

Great “electric” album from his bobness

Pseudo country rock from th’eagles

Pseudo Marc Bolan effort

Great album from the master

Inspirational dance hip hop album

Classic in the Yes canon

Early garage sound from MC5

Sheryl’s break out album

Good pop/funk crossover album

Polly on her usual arc

Twee type of pseudo jazz orchestral album

Great debut from The Strokes

Good alternative from native US band MPs

Good New Wave album from the Mags

Hit album from Green Day

Metal/Rap crossover from the biccies

Great live album from a great live band