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[dwenius]

You can get the full list and make your own at http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/steveparker/1001albums.htm. Bold means we own it, otherwise listing indicates I have heard it in its entirety. One funny trend I see is, the more recent the album, the greater the chance that if I don't own it, I haven't even heard it. Also, with only 231 out of 1,001, clearly, I have some listening to do. Or not, as this guys list is, you know, CRIMINALLY FLAWED (No Orb, no Shpongle, no Material, no Homogenic, no Point? per ronebofh, Limp Fscking Biscuit? Korn? Three White Stripes albums? Does not compute...)

1950s

o Ellington, Duke – At Newport (1956)
o Sinatra, Frank – Songs for Swingin’ Lovers!
o Monk, Thelonious – Brilliant Corners
o Davis, Miles – Birth of the Cool
o Davis, Miles – Kind of Blue
o Robbins, Marty – Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs
o Brubeck, Dave – Time Out

1960s

o Smith, Jimmy – Back at the Chicken Shack
o Booker T & the MGs – Green Onions
o Beatles – With the…
o Dylan, Bob – Freewheelin’…
o Brown, James – Live at the Apollo (1963)
o Getz, Stan & João Gilberto – Getz/Gilberto
o Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night
o Coltrane, John – A Love Supreme
o Beatles – Rubber Soul
o Byrds, Mr Tambourine Man
o Dylan, Bob – Highway 61 Revisited
o Who – My Generation
o Beatles – Revolver
o Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
o Dylan, Bob – Blonde on Blonde
o Kinks – Face to Face
o Mothers of Invention – Freak Out!
o Simon & Garfunkel – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme
o 13th Floor Elevators – Psychedelic Sounds of the…
o Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
o Cream – Disraeli Gears
o Pink Floyd – Piper at the Gates of Dawn
o Who – Sell Out
o Doors – Doors (1st Album)
o Young Rascals – Groovin’
o Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow
o Donovan – Sunshine Superman
o Haggard, Merle – I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
o Hendrix, Jimi – Are You Experienced
o Hendrix, Jimi – Axis: Bold as Love
o Shankar, Ravi – Sounds of India (1968)
o Hendrix, Jimi – Electric Ladyland
o Cash, Johnny – At Folsom Prison
o Iron Butterfly – In a Gadda da Vida
o Band – Music from Big Pink
o Morrison, Van – Astral Weeks
o Beatles – Beatles [aka White Album]
o Mothers of Invention – We’re Only in it for the Money
o Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Trout Mask Replica
o Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bayou Country
o Crosby, Stills & Nash – Crosby, Stills & Nash
o Blood, Sweat & Tears - Blood, Sweat & Tears (2nd Album)
o Beatles – Abbey Road
o Who – Tommy
o Davis, Miles – In a Silent Way
o Rolling Stones – Let it Bleed
o Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin (1st Album)
o Band – Band (2nd Album)
o Led Zeppelin – II
o Grateful Dead – Live/Dead
o Zappa, Frank – Hot Rats

1970s

o Derek & the Dominos – Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs
o Davis, Miles – Bitches Brew
o Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath (1st Album)
o Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Déjà vu
o Black Sabbath – Paranoid
o Led Zeppelin – III
o Deep Purple – In Rock
o Morrison, Van – Moondance
o Grateful Dead – American Beauty
o Who – Live at Leeds(1st Album)
o Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
o Stooges – Fun House
o Santana – Abraxas
o Jethro Tull – Aqualung
o Crosby, David – If Only I Could Remember My Name
o Sly & the Family Stone – There’s a Riot Goin’ On
o Gaye, Marvin – What’s Going On
o Yes – Yes Album
o Who – Who’s Next
o King, Carole – Tapestry
o Allman Brothers – At Fillmore East
o Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
o Lennon, John – Imagine
o Yes – Fragile
o Doors – LA Woman
o Led Zeppelin – IV [aka Untitled / aka Four Symbols]
o Mitchell, Joni – Blue
o Funkadelic – Maggot Brain
o Joplin, Janis – Pearl
o Prine, John – John Prine (1st Album)
o Deep Purple – Machine Head
o Deep Purple – Made in Japan
o Yes – Close to the Edge
o Wonder, Stevie – Talking Book
o Simon, Paul – Paul Simon (1972)
o Bowie, David – Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
o Rolling Stones – Exile on Main St
o King Crimson – Lark’s Tongues in Aspic
o Marley, Bob & the Wailers – Catch a Fire
o Gaye, Marvin – Let’s Get it On
o Hancock, Herbie – Head Hunters
o John, Elton – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
o Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
o ZZ Top – Tres Hombres
o McCartney, Paul & Wings – Band on the Run
o Bad Company – Bad Company (1st Album)
o Kraftwerk – Autobahn
o Tangerine Dream – Phaedra
o Supertramp – Crime of the Century
o Marley, Bob & the Wailers – Natty Dread
o Eno, Brian – Another Green World
o Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
o Aerosmith – Toys in the Attic
o Springsteen, Bruce – Born to Run
o Dylan, Bob – Blood on the Tracks
o Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
o Queen – A Night at the Opera
o Boston – Boston (1st Album)
o Eagles – Hotel California
o Kiss – Destroyer
o Rush – 2112
o Armatrading, Joan – Joan Armatrading (1st Album)
o Parliament – Mothership Connection
o Jarre, Jean Michel – Oxygene
o Wonder, Stevie – Songs in the Key of Life
o Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express
o Joel, Billy – Stranger, the
o Weather Report – Heavy Weather
o Steely Dan – Aja
o Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
o Bowie, David – ‘Heroes’
o Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell
o Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the…
o Pere Ubu – Modern Dance
o Blondie – Parallel Lines
o Public Image Ltd – Public Image
o Springsteen, Bruce – Darkness on the Edge of Town
o Funkadelic – One Nation Under a Groove
o Van Halen – Van Halen (1st Album)
o Devo – Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
o Dire Straits – Dire Straits (1st Album)
o Eno, Brian – Ambient 1: Music for Airports
o Police – Reggatta de Blanc
o Clash – London Calling
o Fleetwood Mac – Tusk
o Pink Floyd – Wall, the


1980s

o AC/DC – Back in Black
o Cramps – Songs the Lord Taught Us
o Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
o Talking Heads – Remain in Light
o Human League – Dare
o Bauhaus – Mask
o Rush – Moving Pictures
o Jackson, Michael – Thriller on vinyl, and you own it too, fess up.
o Duran Duran – Rio
o Def Leppard – Pyromania
o REM – Murmur
o Waits, Tom – Swordfishtrombones
o Police – Synchronicity
o Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Welcome to the Pleasuredome
o Van Halen – 1984
o Prince – Purple Rain
o N’Dour, Youssou – Immigrés
o Springsteen, Bruce – Born in the USA
o Tears for Fears – Songs from the Big Chair
o Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms
o Metallica – Master of Puppets
o Megadeth – Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?
o Simon, Paul – Graceland
o XTC – Skylarking
o Smiths – Queen is Dead
o Gabriel, Peter – So
o Sisters of Mercy – Floodland
o Michael, George – Faith
o Butthole Surfers – Locust Abortion Technician
o Guns N’ Roses – Appetite for Destruction
o Laibach – Opus Dei
o Pet Shop Boys – Actually
o U2 – Joshua Tree
o D’Arby, Terence Trent – Introducing the Hardline According to…
o Cohen, Leonard – I’m Your Man
o Fishbone – Truth & Soul
o Living Colour - Vivid
o Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
o Faith No More – Real Thing
o Zorn, John – Spy vs Spy: Music of Ornette Coleman
o 808 State – 808:90

1990s

o Shamen – En-Tact
o Deee Lite – World Clique
o Black Crowes – Shake Your Money Maker
o Digital Underground – Sex Packets
o Jane’s Addiction – Ritual de lo Habitual
o LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out
o Public Enemy – Fear of a Black Planet
o O’Connor, Sinéad – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got
o Nirvana – Nevermind
o Cypress Hill – Cypress Hill (1st Album)
o KLF – White Room
o Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92
o Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine (1st Album)
o Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy – Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury
o REM – Automatic for the People
o Spiritualized – Lazer Guided Melodies
o Ministry – Psalm 69 (Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs)
o Amos, Tori – Little Earthquakes
o Phair, Liz – Exile in Guyville
o Nirvana – In Utero
o Orbital – Orbital [aka Brown Album]
o Orbit, William – Strange Cargo: III
o Soundgarden – Superunknown
o Offspring – Smash
o Touré, Ali Farka – Talking Timbuktu
o Orbital – Snivilisation
o Nine Inch Nails – Downward Spiral
o Green Day – Dookie
o Fatboy Slim – Better Living Through Chemistry
o Stereolab – Emperor Tomato Ketchup
o Radiohead – OK Computer
o Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole
o Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
o Spiritualized – Ladies & Gentlemen, We are Floating in Space
o Dylan, Bob – Bootleg Series Vol 4: Live 1966 [rec: 1966 at Free Trade Hall, Manchester]
o Fatboy Slim – You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby
o Air – Moon Safari
o Singh, Talvin – OK
o Boards of Canada – Music Has the Right to Children
o Suba - São Paulo Confessions
o XTC – Apple Venus: Volume 1
o Moby – Play

2000s (and here, it starts to get sparse, as this mainstream list vs. my listening tendencies are a bad match)

o Radiohead – Kid A
o Gorillaz – Gorillaz (1st Album)
o Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
o Wilson, Brian – SMiLE

Comments

[nothings.livejournal.com]

Just a quick note; as it says at the top of the list, it's actually not one guy's list but was chosen by '90 international critics', and it comes from a book which has a few paragraphs about each one.

Which is not to say that the thing isn't on crack, but at least it's "1001 albums you must hear" not "the best 1001 albums".

[megasus4.livejournal.com]

*sigh* loki_liesmith will have to make sure to care for our daughter's musical education. I have personally owned, in my life, TWO of these albums. There are couple more that I snagged from my mother, I think. That's it.

Music has never been a big part of my life, except for playing the viola in middle and high school and a tiny bit in college. Perhaps it's because I can't sing that I never really cared deeply about music? I don't know...I have always felt kind of ashamed about that, but it doesn't make me care more about music.

[wisn.livejournal.com]

I'm weak and decided to play too.

[neuraltube.livejournal.com]

YES--Lark's Tongues In Aspic made the list!

And also... You don't own The Wall? I've seen your unutterably massive CD collection--how could that not be in there?

[dwenius.livejournal.com]

Well, I've got it on cassette, but for some reason I can no longer remember I decided not to bold my tapes. Probably becasue they have now come with me to two houses without ever being unpacked or played :)