1001 Albums Summary

Tapestry by Carole King

4.5/5

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel

4.5/5

Amnesiac by Radiohead

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode

3.5/5

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

3.5/5

Back To Black by Amy Winehouse

L.A. Woman by The Doors

3.5/5. I don't love the Doors but there's some good stuff here

All Hail the Queen by Queen Latifah

The Joshua Tree by U2

3.5/5 I can't stand this band but I can't deny this album

Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

4.5/5

Green by R.E.M.

Probably my favorite R.E.M album

Songs From A Room by Leonard Cohen

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle by Bill Callahan

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

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash

(What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis

4.5/5 All the hits here are magic

Stephen Stills by Stephen Stills

2.5/5

Midnight Ride by Paul Revere & The Raiders

3.5/5 It's fun!

So Much For The City by The Thrills

2.5/5 It's just rather dull

Hard Again by Muddy Waters

Melody A.M. by Röyksopp

It floats by

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Wall by Pink Floyd

Pretenders by Pretenders

3.5/5

Graceland by Paul Simon

3.5/5 Good, but not for me. Clearly a direct ancestor of Vampire Weekend. Drum recordings are some of the worst I've ever heard put to vinyl

The Score by Fugees

3.5/5

Africa Brasil by Jorge Ben Jor

3.5/5

John Barleycorn Must Die by Traffic

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

4.5/5

Madman Across The Water by Elton John

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret by Soft Cell

3/5 Tainted Love laps the field

Damaged by Black Flag

The Slider by T. Rex

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones

American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash

3.5/5

Beyond Skin by Nitin Sawhney

Duck Rock by Malcolm McLaren

2.5

Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós

Siembra by Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin

Made In Japan by Deep Purple

Trio by Dolly Parton

4.5/5

Rocks by Aerosmith

3.5/5 I'm not a big fan of Aerosmith but this seems like their best

Blur by Blur

3.5/5 Woohoo

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield

Idlewild by Everything But The Girl

Pyromania by Def Leppard

2/5 and this is my favorite Def Leppard album

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk

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

4.5/5

Kid A by Radiohead

Vincebus Eruptum by Blue Cheer

2.5/5

Broken English by Marianne Faithfull

Next by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

3.5/5 Never heard of this guy before but this was fun

Come Away With Me by Norah Jones

Fear Of A Black Planet by Public Enemy

Electric Warrior by T. Rex

Real Life by Magazine

Electric Prunes by The Electric Prunes

1.5/5 I really don't get it

The Wildest! by Louis Prima

Ellington at Newport by Duke Ellington

White Ladder by David Gray

3.5/5 I don't want to like it but there are a lot of good songs here

Rust In Peace by Megadeth

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables by Dead Kennedys

Disraeli Gears by Cream

White Blood Cells by The White Stripes

3.5/5

Parallel Lines by Blondie

3.5/5

Music by Madonna

Hot Fuss by The Killers

5/5 For my money, the last great popular rock album

Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin

4/5

Bad by Michael Jackson

4/5 This is not my favorite Michael era but Dirty Diana and Smooth Criminal at the end are too good

Tommy by The Who

2.5/5

Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell

The Last Broadcast by Doves

2.5/5

Cloud Nine by The Temptations

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

4.5/5

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos

3.5/5

Imperial Bedroom by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

Peggy Suicide by Julian Cope

The Atomic Mr Basie by Count Basie & His Orchestra

3.5/5

Abbey Road by Beatles

4.5/5

Sea Change by Beck

Medúlla by Björk

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room by Dwight Yoakam

3.5/5

All Directions by The Temptations

3.5/5

Aqualung by Jethro Tull

3.5/5

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen

3.5/5

Joan Baez by Joan Baez

2.5/5

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars by David Bowie

3.5/5

...And Justice For All by Metallica

4/5

Smash by The Offspring

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears

3.5/5

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain by Pavement

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis

3.5/5

Sign 'O' The Times by Prince

2.5/5

Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

4/5

3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers

Arular by M.I.A.

4.5/5

The Undertones by The Undertones

In Utero by Nirvana

4.5/5

Closer by Joy Division

3.5/5

Manassas by Stephen Stills

3.5/4

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding

4/5

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes

4.5/5 Diabolical bass work

Fisherman's Blues by The Waterboys

3.5/5

Caetano Veloso by Caetano Veloso

In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson

5/5

Dummy by Portishead

4/5

Highway to Hell by AC/DC

2.5/5

A Seat at the Table by Solange

3.5/5

A Short Album About Love by The Divine Comedy

2.5/5

Autobahn by Kraftwerk

3/5

Tidal by Fiona Apple

3.5/5

Bossanova by Pixies

3.5/5

Ramones by Ramones

4/5

Murmur by R.E.M.

3.5/5

Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand

5/5

25 by Adele

3.5/5

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

4/5

Either Or by Elliott Smith

3/5 This is like the 4th time I've given this album a chance and it's just never done anything for me.

Here Come The Warm Jets by Brian Eno

3.5/5

Mermaid Avenue by Billy Bragg

3/5

Celebrity Skin by Hole

3.5/5

Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy

Screamadelica by Primal Scream

2.5/5

Melodrama by Lorde

4/5

Nevermind by Nirvana

4.5/5

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

3.5/5

After The Gold Rush by Neil Young

3.5/5

Frank by Amy Winehouse

4/5

Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes

4/5

Loveless by My Bloody Valentine

4.5/5

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

3.5/5

Pornography by The Cure

Electric by The Cult

3/5

Music Has The Right To Children by Boards of Canada

3.5/5

1984 by Van Halen

2.5/5