1001 Albums Summary

Who's Next by The Who

Baba O’Riley slaps as always, and Won’t Get Fooled Again is a great ender. The rest of the album is samey and kinda just there. Good performing and good vibes, but dated and not really something I think I need to revisit.

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

Victoria is a bop! Great political stance without sacrificing musicality or fun. (I imagine the Smiths listened?) Yes Sir No Sir is super catchy. In fact, *every* song is catchy and interesting without ever feeling too samey. Both fun and interesting, and something I think will reward future listens.

The Clash by The Clash

A toe-tapper for sure. It doesn’t seem to have much substance on most tracks, but when it comes through—Career Opportunities—it really comes through. Probably a good dry run for what was to come?

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

A classic. Not a lot of artists are as simultaneously ahead of their time and of their time as Chapman was in the late 80s. Fast Car remains one of the best pop songs and one of the best political songs of the 20th century. The rest of the album is packed with gems like this one.

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads

This is their album from immediately before Made in Light, and it sounds like it.

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

Literally my favorite album of the 21st century so far.

Live / Dead by Grateful Dead

Haunted Dancehall by The Sabres Of Paradise

Not sure how this compares to other IDM artists of the 90s aside from Aphex Twin. It’s enjoyable and interesting enough to be engaging. Hard to tell if there’s any there there, but good enough to be worth a second listen sometime to make sure.

Chirping Crickets by Buddy Holly & The Crickets

Document by R.E.M.

I really don’t know why we, as a society, stopped making music like this and started making buttrock instead.

Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes

Alien Lanes by Guided By Voices

Scissor Sisters by Scissor Sisters

Live At Leeds by The Who

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

Music From Big Pink by The Band

Fragile by Yes

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash

Darkdancer by Les Rythmes Digitales

Moon Safari by Air

Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra

Destroyer by KISS

A Seat at the Table by Solange

Tarkus by Emerson, Lake & Palmer

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

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Ys by Joanna Newsom

Beauty And The Beat by The Go-Go's

Murder Ballads by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan

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

Sea Change by Beck

Copper Blue by Sugar

You're Living All Over Me by Dinosaur Jr.

The Stranger by Billy Joel

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

Street Life by The Crusaders

Nowhere by Ride

From Elvis In Memphis by Elvis Presley

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

Woodface by Crowded House

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

Closer by Joy Division

Ellington at Newport by Duke Ellington

Purple Rain by Prince

Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple

Deserter's Songs by Mercury Rev

If You're Feeling Sinister by Belle & Sebastian

Tommy by The Who

Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes

Dire Straits by Dire Straits

Tragic Songs of Life by The Louvin Brothers

Kenza by Khaled

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys

1999 by Prince

Palo Congo by Sabu

Floodland by Sisters Of Mercy

The Colour Of Spring by Talk Talk

The White Album by Beatles

Parachutes by Coldplay

White Light by Gene Clark

Club Classics Vol. One by Soul II Soul

Youth And Young Manhood by Kings of Leon

Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone

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

Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

Sign 'O' The Times by Prince

Ten by Pearl Jam

Africa Brasil by Jorge Ben Jor

Tres Hombres by ZZ Top

Queens of the Stone Age by Queens Of The Stone Age

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash

Rubber Soul by Beatles

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear

The Fat Of The Land by The Prodigy

The Chronic by Dr. Dre

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake

Live Through This by Hole

Pieces Of The Sky by Emmylou Harris

En-Tact by The Shamen

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

After The Gold Rush by Neil Young

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

Bad by Michael Jackson

Follow The Leader by Korn

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

Back To Black by Amy Winehouse