1001 Albums Summary

Live At The Harlem Square Club by Sam Cooke

Great album. Amazing energy. Sam Cooke always a safe bet.

Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone

Soulful. Engaging. Heartfelt.

Ill Communication by Beastie Boys

Absolute classic. Not a bad track. Instrumental tracks may be the best.

Parallel Lines by Blondie

Can see how it is influential and how it should be viewed as a product of the time it was recorded. The foundations of so much rock and punk that later came along. That said, not my jam. Can’t explain why.

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

Amazing. Timeless

Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake

Beautiful. Going into the rotation.

Be by Common

Classic. The Kanye influence is apparent. “They Say” is still a jam 20 years on.

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

Double Nickels On The Dime by Minutemen

In Rainbows by Radiohead

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

CCR is not my cup of tea.

Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Beyond Skin by Nitin Sawhney

Did not expect to like this album as much as I did. Peaceful and thoughtful listen. Exactly why I started the project because this is an album that I would not have found otherwise.

Electric Music For The Mind And Body by Country Joe & The Fish

Not my “jam.”

The White Album by Beatles

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake

Here Come The Warm Jets by Brian Eno

Copper Blue by Sugar

Goodbye And Hello by Tim Buckley

The Wall by Pink Floyd

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith

Only By The Night by Kings of Leon

Giant Steps by The Boo Radleys

Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield

(What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis

The Sensual World by Kate Bush

Kimono My House by Sparks

Different Class by Pulp

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys

Urban Hymns by The Verve

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus

Dig Me Out by Sleater-Kinney

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow

James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown

Guero by Beck

Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

Wonderful Rainbow by Lightning Bolt

The Idiot by Iggy Pop

Who's Next by The Who

Rock 'N Soul by Solomon Burke

Is This It by The Strokes

Phaedra by Tangerine Dream

Fear Of A Black Planet by Public Enemy