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1001 albums
new discoveries and old faves

I’m listening to all of the 1001 albums you must hear before you die playlist.

In alphabetical order, by album title. This page is where I record my progress.

Updates

• 12 August 2019: Listening to 1001 albums
• 13 August 2019: Found out that the original book list has changed over time. And that there are several similar playlists on Spotify. And that those playlists don’t all match. I’m going to just carry on with this playlist for now.
• 25 August 2021: 309 albums short

Key to symbols

👏 = I really liked this album
🤔 = I’d never heard this before

 Tuesday 26 February

1. #1 Record / Radio City, by Big Start 🤔
2. 3 years, 5 months and 2 days in the life of Arrested Development
3. 3+3, by The Isley Brothers 👏 🤔

Never heard this before; really liked it.

4. 16 Lovers Lane, by The Go Betweens 👏
5. 69 Love Songs, by The Magnetic Fields 🤔

Friday 1 March

6. 461 Ocean Boulevard, by Eric Clapton
7. 1977, by Ash
8. 1984, by Van Halen
9. 1999, by Prince 👏
10. 2112, by Rush
11. Abbatoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus, by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 🤔
12. Abraxas, by Santana

Saturday 2 March

13. Achtung Baby, by U2

Friday 22 March

14. Actually, by Pet Shop Boys
15. After the Gold Rush, by Neil Young
16. Aftermath, by The Rolling Stones
17. Agaetis Byrjun, by Sigur Rós 🤔
18. Aja, by Steely Dan
19. Alladin Sane, by David Bowie 👏
20. Alien Lanes, by Guided By Voices 🤔

Thursday 18 April

21. All Directions, by The Temptations 🤔
22. All Hail the Queen, by Queen Latifah
23. All Mod Cons, by The Jam
24. All That You Can’t Leave Behind, by U2

Tuesday 23 April

25. Ambient 1/Music for Airports, by Brian Eno
26. American Beauty, by Grateful Dead
27. American Gothic, by David Ackles 🤔
28. American Idiot, by Green Day

Wednesday 8 May

29. A Girl Called Dusty, by Dusty Springfield
30. A Grand Don’t Come for Free, by The Streets
31. A Little Deeper, by Ms Dynamite
32. A Love Supreme, by John Coltrane Quartet
33. American IV: The Man Comes Around, by Johnny Cash
34. American Pie, by Don McClean 👏
35. Amnesiac, by Radiohead
36. Among the Living, by Anthrax 🤔
37. A Night at the Opera, by Queen
38. A Nod is as Good as a Wink to a Blind Horse, by Faces
39. A Northern Soul, by The Verve

Thursday 9 May

40. Another Green World, by Brian Eno
41. Another Music in a Different Kitchen, by Buzzcocks
42. Antichrist Superstar, by Marilyn Manson
43. Apocalypse Dudes, by Turbonegro 🤔
44. Appetite for Destruction, by Guns N’Roses

Thursday 16 May

45. Aqualung, by Jethro Tull
46. Architecture and Morality, by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
47. Arc of a Diver, by Steve Winwood
48. Are you Experienced, by Jimi Hendrix
49. Arise, by Sepultura 🤔
50. Armed Forces, by Elvis Costello and The Attractions 👏
51. Arrival, by ABBA
52. A Rush of Blood to the Head, by Coldplay

Monday 20 May

54. A Short Album about Love, by The Divine Comedy
55. Astral Weeks, by Van Morrison
56. At Budokan, by Cheap Trick 🤔
57. At Fillmore East, by The Allman Brothers Band 🤔
58. At Mister Kelly’s, by Sarah Vaughan and Her Band 👏
59. At San Quentin, by Johnny Cash
60. Autobahn, by Kraftwerk

Tuesday 21 May

61. Automatic for the People, by R.E.M. 👏

Thursday 23 May

62. A Walk Across the Rooftops, by The Blue Nile
63. A Wizard / A True Star, by Todd Rundgren 👏 🤔

I thought I knew my 70s stuff pretty well, but I’ve never heard this before, or indeed anything quite like it

64. Axis: Bold as Love, by Jimi Hendrix

And finally, we reach the Bs! This project may take a tiny bit longer than I had expected…

65. B-52’s, by The B-52’s 👏

One of the finest pop albums ever made, imho

66. Back at the Chicken Shack, by Jimmy Smith 🤔

Monday 3 June

67. Back in Black, by AC/DC
68. Back to Black, by Amy Winehouse 👏

Tuesday 4 June

69. Bad, by Michael Jackson
70. Bandwagonesque, by Teenage Fanclub 👏
71. Bayou Country, by Creedence Clearwater Revival
72. Beautiful Freak, by Eels
73. Before and After Science, by Brian Eno
74. Beggars Banquet, by The Rolling Stones
75. Behaviour, by Pet Shop Boys

Monday 10 June

75. Being There, by Wilco
76. Berlin, by Lou Reed

Tuesday 11 June

77. Bert Jansch, by Bert Jansch 🤔
78. Better Living Through Chemistry, by Fat Boy Slim
79. Beyond Skin, by Nitin Sawhney
80. Billion Dollar Babies, by Alice Cooper
81. Birth of the Cool, by Miles Davis

Tuesday 9 July

82. Bitches Brew, by Miles Davis
83. Black Holes and Revelations, by Muse
84. Black Sabbath, by Black Sabbath

Thursday 8 August

85. Blonde on Blonde, by Bob Dylan
86. Blood and Chocolate, by Elvis Costello & the Attractions 👏
87. Blood on the Tracks, by Bob Dylan
88. Blood, Sweat & Tears, by Blood, Sweat & Tears
89. Blue, by Joni Mitchell 👏
90. Blue Lines, by Massive Attack 👏

Friday 9 August

91. Bluesbreakers, by John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
92. Blur, by Blur
93. Bone Machine, by Tom Waits 🤔

Monday 12 August

94. Bongo Rock, by Incredible Bongo Band 🤔
95. Bookends, by Simon & Garfunkel 🤔

Another surprise: I thought I knew my S&G, but I’d never heard this one before and it’s not at all what I expected it to be…

96. Born in the U.S.A., by Bruce Springsteen
97. Born to Run, by Bruce Springsteen
98. Bossanova, by Pixies
99. BOSTON, by Boston
100. Boy in da corner, by Dizzee Rascal 🤔
101. Bridge Over Troubled Water, by Simon & Garfunkel

First milestone reached: 101 albums in the first 6 months. Wrote a post to tell the world. Right. Next!

Thursday 5 September

102. Brilliant Corners, by Thelonius Monk, Sonny Rollins and Ernie Henry
103. Bringing it all Back Home, by Bob Dylan
104. British Steel, by Judas Priest 🤔

Dylan/Judas Priest was an interesting transition.

105. Broken English, by Marianne Faithfull 🤔
106. Brothers in Arms, by Dire Straits
107. Brown Sugar, by D’Angelo
108. Brutal Youth, by Elvis Costello

Monday 16 September

109. Bryter Layter, by Nick Drake 👏
110. Bubble and Scrape, by Sebadoh 🤔
111. Buena Vista Social Club, by Buena Vista Social Club
112. Bummed, by Happy Mondays
113. Butterfly, by Mariah Carey 🤔
114. Caetano Veloso, by Caetano Veloso 🤔

I’ve never listened to any Mariah Carey before, and I’ve never even heard of Caetano Veloso. That’s one thing this project is good at, forcing me to listen beyond my usual boundaries.

115. Café Bleu, by The Style Council 🤔

Another completely new discovery for me. You’d think, given my age, that I’d be well familiar with The Style Council’s stuff. But no, only the singles. I’d never heard this album before. It’s… jazzy.

116. Calenture, by The Triffids 🤔

Tuesday 17 September

117. Call of the Valley, by Shiv Kumar Sharma, Hari Prasad Chaurasia and Brij Bushan 🤔
118. Can’t Buy a Thrill, by Steely Dan
119. Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, by Lucinda Williams 🤔
120. Casanova, by The Divine Comedy
121. Catch a Fire, by Bob Marley & The Wailers
122. Central Reservation, by Beth Orton
123. C’est Chic, by Chic 🤔 👏

 Wednesday 18 September

124. Cheap Thrills, by Big Brother & the Holding Company 🤔
125. Chelsea Girl, by Nico 🤔
126. Chicago Transit Authority, by Chicago 🤔

Thursday 19 September

127. Closer, by Joy Division
128. Close to the Edge, by Yes 🤔
129. Club Classics Vol 1, by Soul II Soul
130. Clube Da Esquina 1, by Milton Nascimento 🤔
131. Coat of Many Colors, by Dolly Parton 👏
132. Coles Corner, by Richard Hawley 🤔
133. Colour by Numbers, by Culture Club

Friday 20 September

134. Come Away With Me, by Norah Jones
135. Come Find Yourself, by Fun Lovin’ Criminals
136. Connected, by Stereo MC’s

Sunday 29 September

137. Cosmo’s Factory, by Creedence Clearwater Revival 🤔
138. Country Life, by Roxy Music 🤔
139. Court & Spark, by Joni Mitchell 👏👏👏👏👏

It’s hard to overstate how important this album is to me. I’ve been listening to it as long as I can remember. I know the words by heart, and sing harmonies, as best I can, to every song as it plays. I turn it up very loud. I play it when I’m driving, when I’m commuting, when I’m working, when I’m doing chores, when I’m relaxing. It gets 5 stars because frankly, it deserves them. Thank you for this gift, Joni.

140. Crime of the Century, by Supertramp
141. Crocodiles, by Echo and the Bunnymen

Monday 30 September

142. Crooked Rain Crooked Rain, by Pavement
143. Crosby, Stills & Nash, by Crosby, Stills & Nash 🤔
144. Crossing the Red Sea with The Adverts, by The Adverts 🤔
145. Cupid and Psyche 85, by Scritti Politti
146. Cypress Hill, by Cypress Hill
147. Da Capo, by Love 🤔

 Tuesday 1 October

148. Damaged, by Black Flag 🤔
149. Dare!, by The Human League
150. Darkdancer, by Les Rythemes Digitales 🤔

Monday 21 October

151. Darklands, by The Jesus and Mary Chain
152. Darkness on the Edge of Town, by Bruce Springsteen
153. Daydream Nation, by Sonic Youth
154. Debut, by Bjork 👏
155. Deep Purple in Rock, by Deep Purple 🤔
156. Deloused in the Comatorium, by The Mars Volta 🤔
157. Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes, by TV On The Radio 🤔
158. Destroyer, by KISS 🤔
159. Devil Without a Pause, by Kid Rock 🤔
160. Devotional Songs, by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan 👏 🤔

Quite a mix in those last 5 or 6 albums. Half a day of stuff that was utterly new to me. I’d never even heard of The Mars Volta or TV On the Radio before.

Monday 28 October

161. Diamond Life, by Sade

I was a big Sade fan when I was a teenager, which was odd. At least, I wasn’t completely sure why, because the rest of my music taste at the time was far, far away from Sade. But I remember owning all the Sade albums and playing them a lot.

162. Different Class, by Pulp 👏

And Pulp, OMG Pulp. I discovered them when Intro came out, and worshipped the mic that Jarvis Cocker sang into. Different Class is a masterpiece, but not Pulp’s only masterpiece.

163. Dig Your Own Hole, by The Chemical Brothers
164. Dire Straits, by Dire Straits
165. Dirt/Unplugged, by Alice in Chains 🤔

The thing about this project is that it forces me to listen to things I would never otherwise consider listening to. Like Alice in Chains, for example.

166. Dirty, by Sonic Youth
167. Disintegration, by The Cure 👏
168. Disraeli Gears, by Cream

Wednesday 6 November

169. Document, by REM

I discovered REM when Radio 1 DJ Steve Wright played The one I love, and my teenage brain latched on to it immediately. I was a dedicated fan for years afterwards.

170. Dog Man Star, by Suede
171. Dookie, by Green Day
172. Doolittle, by Pixies

Thursday 7 November

173. Double Nickels on the Dime, by Minutemen 🤔
174. Dry, by PJ Harvey 👏
175. Duck Rock, by Malcolm McLaren
176. Dummy, by Portishead
177. Dusty in Memphis, by Dusty Springfield

Monday 18 November

178. Either Or, by Elliott Smith 🤔
179. Electric, by The Cult
180. Electric Ladyland, by Jimi Hendrix
181. Electric Warrior, by T.Rex 🤔
182. Elephant, by The White Stripes
183. Eli and the Thirteenth Confession, by Laura Nyro 🤔
184. Eliminator, by ZZ Top

Tuesday 19 November

185. Ellington at Newport 1956, by Duke Ellington 🤔
186. Elvis is Back, by Elvis Presley 🤔
187. Emergency on Planet Earth, by Jamiroquai
188. Endtroducing… by DJ Shadow

 Wednesday 20 November

189. England’s Newest Hit Makers, by The Rolling Stones
190. En-Tact, by The Shamen
191. Entertainment, by Gang of Four 🤔

Friday 22 November

192. Everybody Knows This is Nowhere, by Neil Young 🤔
193. Every Picture Tells a Story, by Rod Stewart 🤔
194. E.V.O.L by Sonic Youth 🤔

Tuesday 3 December

195. Exile on Main Street, by The Rolling Stones
196. Exit Planet Dust, by The Chemical Brothers
197. Exodus, by Bob Marley and The Wailers
198. Faith, by George Michael
199. The Fat of the Land, by Prodigy
200. Faust IV, by Faust 🤔

200 albums down! We’re into the Fs!

Tuesday 10 December

201. Favourites: from Samba Esquema Novo 1963, to Africa Brasil 1976, by Jorge Ben Jor 🤔
202. Fear of a Black Planet, by Public Enemy
203. Fear of Music, by Talking Heads

Wednesday 11 December

204. Fela with Ginger Baker Live!, by Fela Kuti 🤔
205. Felt Mountain, by Goldfrapp
206. Fifth Dimension, by The Byrds
207. Figure 8, by Elliott Smith 🤔

Saturday 21 December

208. First Band on the Moon, by The Cardigans
209. Fisherman’s Blues, by The Waterboys
210. Five Leaves Left, by Nick Drake
211. Floodland, by Sisters of Mercy 🤔
212. Follow the Leader, by Korn 🤔
213. Folsom Prison Blues, by Johnny Cash
214. Foo Fighters, by Foo Fighters

Thursday 9 January 2020

215. Forever Changes, by Love
216. For Your Pleasure, by Roxy Music
217. Four Classic Albums, by Count Basie 🤔
218. Fragile, by Yes 🤔
219. Framed / Next, by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band 🤔
220. The Frank Sinatra Collection, by Frank Sinatra 🤔

Thursday 16 January

221. Franz Ferdinand, by Franz Ferdinand
222. The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, by Bob Dylan
223. From Elvis in Memphis, by Elvis Presley 🤔

Friday 17 January

224. Fromohio, by fIREHOSE 🤔
225. Fulfillingness’ First Finale, by Stevie Wonder

Herein occurred A Gap, where Many Things Happened, but Not Very Much Listening To This List Of Albums.

Monday 16 March

226. Funhouse, by The Stooges 🤔
227. Future Days, by CAN 🤔
228. Fuzzy, by Grant Lee Buffalo 🤔
229. Fuzzy Logic, by Super Furry Animals 👏

Tuesday 17 March

230. Garbage, by Garbage
231. Gasoline Alley, by Rod Stewart 🤔
232. The Genius of Ray Charles, by Ray Charles 🤔
233. Germ-Free Adolescents, by X-Ray Spex 🤔
234. Getz / Gilberto, by Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto 🤔
235. The Gilded Palace of Sin and Burritos, by the Flying Burrito Brothers 🤔
236. Gold, by Ryan Adams 👏

Wednesday 18 March

237. Goo, by Sonic Youth
238. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, by Elton John
239. Good Old Boys, by Randy Newman

Thursday 19 March

240. The Good, The Bad & The Queen, by The Good, The Bad & The Queen 🤔
241. Gorillaz, by Gorillaz

Rather a lot of Damon Albarn in one go, there.

242. GRACE, by Jeff Buckley 🤔
243. Graceland, by Paul Simon
244. Green, by REM 👏

Wednesday, 25 March

245. Green Onions, by Booker T and the MGs 🤔
246. Green River, by Creedence Clearwater Revival 🤔
247. Greetings from LA, by Tim Buckley 🤔
248. Grievous Angel, by Gram Parsons 🤔
249. Gris Gris, by Dr John
250. Groovin’ by The Young Rascals 🤔
251. Guitar Town, by Steve Earle 🤔
252. Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs, by Marty Robbins 🤔
253. The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter, by The Incredible String Band 🤔
254. Happy Trails, by Quicksilver Messenger Service 🤔
255. Hard Again, by Muddy Waters 🤔
256. Harvest, by Neil Young

Thursday, 26 March

257. Head Hunters, by Herbie Hancock 🤔
258. Headquarters, by The Monkees 🤔
259. Heartattack and Vine, by Tom Waits 🤔
260. Heaven or Las Vegas, by Cocteau Twins 👏

Friday, 27 March

261. Heavy Weather, by Weather Report 🤔
262. Hejira, by Joni Mitchell 👏

Probably my 2nd-favourite Joni album, and another one I’ve listened to countless times. It has an atmosphere to it, something in those opening guitar swooshes just grabs me and transports me. Amazing. I used to have this album on vinyl, and played it in my student digs on quiet afternoons when I should have been studying.

263. Henry’s Dream, by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
264. Here Come the Warm Jets, by Brian Eno
265. Here My Dear, by Marvin Gaye 🤔

Tuesday, 31 March

266. Heroes, by David Bowie
267. Highway 61 Revisited, by Bob Dylan
268. The Hissing of Summer Lawns, by Joni Mitchell 👏

Wednesday 1 April

269. The Holy Bible, by Manic Street Preachers
270. Homework, by Daft Punk

Saturday 4 April

271. Honky Tonk Hereos, by Waylon Jennings 🤔
272. Horses, by Patti Smith
273. Hot Buttered Soul, by Isaac Hayes 🤔👏
274. Hot Fuss, by The Killers
275. Hot Shots II by The Beta Band 🤔
276. The Hour of Bewilderbeast, by Badly Drawn Boy

Sunday 5 April

277. Hunky Dory, by David Bowie 👏
278. Hunting High and Low, by A-Ha
279. Hypnotised, by The Undertones
280. I Against I, by Bad Brains 🤔
281. The Idiot, by Iggy Pop 👏
282. I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got, by Sinead O’Connor
283. If I Could Only Remember My Name, by David Crosby 🤔👏
284. If I Should Fall From Grace With God, by The Pogues

Monday 6 April

285. If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears, by The Mamas & The Papas 🤔
286. If You’re Feeling Sinister, by Belle and Sebastian
287. I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night), by The Electric Prunes 🤔
288. Illinois, by Sufjan Stevens 👏
289. Illmatic, by Nas 🤔
290. I’m a Lonesome Stranger, by Merle Haggard & The Strangers 🤔
291. Imperial Bedroom, by Elvis Costello & The Attractions 👏
292. I’m Your Man, by Leonard Cohen
293. In a Silent Way, by Miles Davies
294. I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You, by Aretha Franklin
295. The Infotainment Scan, by The Fall 👏

Tuesday 7 April

296. Ingenue, by k.d. lang 👏
297. In It For The Money, by Supergrass 👏
298. Innervisions, by Stevie Wonder 👏
299. Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D’Arby 👏
300. In Utero, by Nirvana 👏

Wow, a pretty good day’s albums, huh?

So, right then: 300 albums down . Next!

Monday 13 April

301. Iron Maiden, by Iron Maiden
302. I Should Coco, by Supergrass 👏
303. Is This It? by The Strokes
304. It’s A Shame About Ray, by The Lemonheads 👏

Tuesday 14 April

305. It’s Too Late To Stop Now, by Van Morrison
306. Jagged Little Pill, by Alanis Morrisette
307. Jazz Samba, by Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd 🤔
308. John Barleycorn Must Die, by Traffic 🤔
309. The Joshua Tree, by U2

Friday 17 April

310. Ju Ju, by Siouxsie and the Banshees
311. Kala, by M.I.A 🤔 👏
312. Kenya, by Machito 🤔
313. Kenza, by Khaled 🤔

Friday 24 April

314. Kick Out The Jams (Live), by MC5 🤔
315. Kid A, by Radiohead
316. Kilimanjaro, by The Teardrop Explodes
317. Killing Joke, by Killing Joke 🤔
318. Kimono My House, by Sparks
319. Kind of Blue, by Miles Davis
320. Kings of the Wild Frontier, by Adam & The Ants

Monday 27 April

321. Lady in Satin, by Billie Holliday 🤔
322. Lady Soul, by Aretha Franklin 👏
323. The La’s, by The La’s 👏
324. The Last Broadcast, by Doves
325. L.A. Woman, by The Doors
326. Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, by Derek & The Dominos 🤔
327. Lazer Guided Melodies, by Spiritualized

Tuesday 28 April

328. L’eau Rouge, by The Young Gods 🤔
329. Leftism, by Leftfield
330. Legalize it, by Peter Tosh 🤔
331. Le Tigre, by Le Tigre 🤔👏
332. Let it Be, by The Replacements 🤔
333. Let it Bleed, by The Rolling Stones
334. Let Love Rule, by Lenny Kravitz
335. Let’s Get It On, by Marvin Gaye
336. Let’s Get Killed, by David Holmes 🤔
337. Lexicon of Love, by ABC 👏
338. Licensed to Ill, by Beastie Boys 👏
339. Liege and Lief, by Fairport Convention 🤔

Wednesday 29 April

340. Life’s Too Good, by The Sugarcubes 👏
341. Life Thru A Lens, by Robbie Williams
342. Like a Prayer, by Madonna

Thursday 30 April

343. Like Water for Chocolate, by Common 🤔
344. Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1, by George Michael 👏
345. Little Earthquakes, by Tori Amos
346. Live and Dangerous, by Thin Lizzy

Tuesday 19 May

347. Live at Leeds, by The Who
348. Live at the Regal, by B.B. King 🤔
349. Live / Dead by The Grateful Dead 🤔
350. London Calling, by The Clash
351. Lost Souls, by Doves 🤔
352. Low, by David Bowie 👏 💯

Ah, Low. I’ve been waiting for this moment. Not many months go by without me listening to Low, by far my favourite Bowie album and possibly my favourite album full stop. Another gift to the world.

Wednesday 20 May

353. Low End Theory, by A Tribe Called Quest 👏
354. Low-Life, by New Order 👏

Thursday 21 May

355. Lust for Life, by Iggy Pop 👏
356. Machine Head, by Deep Purple 🤔
357. The Madcap Laughs, by Syd Barrett
358. Made in Japan, by Deep Purple 🤔
359. Madman Across the Water, by Elton John 🤔

Blimey. Double-Purple today.

Friday 22 May

360. Make Yourself, by Incubus 🤔
361. Mama’s Gun, by Erykah Badu 🤔
362. Manassas, by Stephen Stills 🤔
363. Marquee Moon, by Television

Saturday 23 May

364. Mask, by Bauhaus 🤔
365. Maverick a Strike, by Finlay Quaye
366. Maxinquaye, by Tricky 👏
367. Maxwell’s Urban Hang Suite, by Maxwell 🤔
368. McCartney, by Paul McCartney
369. Medulla, by Bjork
370. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, by The Smashing Pumpkins
371. Melody AM, by Royksopp
372. Mermaid Avenue, by Billy Bragg and Wilco
373. The Message, by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

Tuesday 26 May

374. Metal Box, by Public Image Ltd 🤔
375. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, by Lauryn Hill
376. Moby Grape, by Moby Grape 🤔
377. Modern Life is Rubbish, by Blur 👏
378. Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Vols 1 & 2, by Ray Charles 🤔
379. Moondance, by Van Morrison
380. Moon Safari, by Air 👏

Wednesday 27 May

381. More Songs About Buildings and Food, by Talking Heads
382. More Specials, by The Specials
383. Morrison Hotel, by The Doors

Thursday 28 May

384. Moss Side Story, by Barry Adamson
385. Mott, by Mott the Hoople
386. Moving Pictures by Rush 🤔
387. Mr Tambourine Man, by The Byrds
388. MTV Unplugged in New York, by Nirvana
389. Muddy Waters Live at Newport 1960, by Muddy Waters 🤔

Tuesday 2 June

390. Murder Ballads, by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
391. Murmur, by REM 👏
392. Music, by Madonna
393. Music for the Jilted Generation, by The Prodigy
394. Music for the Masses, by Depeche Mode 👏

Tuesday 16 June

395. Music from Big Pink, by The Band 🤔
396. Music from the Penguin Cafe, by Penguin Cafe Orchestra 🤔
397. My Aim is True, by Elvis Costello
398. My Generation, by The Who
399. My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, by Brian Eno and David Byrne

Can’t believe I’ve never listened to any Penguin Cafe Orchestra before.

Wednesday 17 June

400. Myths of the Near Future, by Klaxons 🤔
401. Natty Dread, by Bob Marley and the Wailers
402. Nebraska, by Bruce Springsteen
403. Neon Bible, by Arcade Fire
404. Nevermind, by Nirvana

Wednesday 24 June

405. Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols
406. New Forms, by Roni Size
407. New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84), by Simple Minds
408. The New Tango, by Astor Piazzolla & Gary Burton 🤔
409. New Wave, by The Auteurs
410. Nick of Time, by Bonnie Raitt 🤔

Thursday 9 July

411. Nighthawks at the Diner, by Tom Waits 🤔
412. Nilsson Schmilsson, by Harry Nilsson
413. Nixon, by Lambchop 🤔
414. Non-Stop Erotic Caberet, by Soft Cell
415. No Other, by Gene Clark 🤔
416. No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith, by Motorhead 🤔
417. Nothing’s Shocking, by Jane’s Addiction
418. The Notorious Byrd Brothers, by The Byrds 🤔
419. The Number of the Beast, by Iron Maiden 🤔

Wednesday 15 July

420. Oar, by Alexander “Skip” Spence 🤔
421. Ocean Rain, by Echo and the Bunnymen
422. Odelay, by Beck
423. Odessa, by Bee Gees
424. Oedipus Schmoedipus, by Barry Adamson 👏

Tuesday 28 July

425. Off the Wall, by Michael Jackson
426. Ogdens Nut Gone Flake, by Small Faces 🤔
427. OK Computer, by Radiohead 👏
428. OK, by Talvin Singh
429. Olympia 64, by Jacques Brel 🤔
430. One World, by John Martyn

There now followed another Another Gap, in which not much Listening To Albums Happened. But that gap came to an end:

Saturday 26 September

431. The Only Ones, by The Only Ones 🤔
432. On the Beach, by Neil Young
433. Orbital 2, by Orbital 👏
434. Os Mutantes, by Os Mutantes 🤔
435. Otis Blue, by Otis Redding 🤔
436. Out of the Blue, by ELO 👏
437. Palo Congo, by Sabu 🤔
438. Parachutes, by Coldplay
439. Parallel Lines, by Blondie 👏
440. Paranoid, by Black Sabbath
441. Paris 1919, by John Cale
442. Parklike, by Blur
443. Parley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme, by Simon & Garfunkel 👏
444. Paul’s Boutique, by Beastie Boys 👏
445. Paul Simon, by Paul Simon

Sunday 27 September

446. Peace sells, but who’s buying? by Megadeth
447. Pearl, by Janis Joplin
448. Peggy Suicide by Julian Cope
449. Pelican West Plus, by Haircut 100

Monday 28 September

450. Penthouse and Pavement, by Heaven 17
451. People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, by Tribe Called Quest 👏
452. Pet Sounds, by The Beach Boys 👏
453. Pheadra, by Tangerine Dream 🤔

Monday 7 December

454. Phrenology, by The Roots 🤔
455. Picture Book, by Simply Red

Tuesday 8 December

456. Pictures at an Exhibition, by Emerson Lake & Palmer 🤔
457. Pieces of the Sky, by Emmylou Harris 🤔
458. Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches, by Happy Mondays
459. Pink Flag, by Wire 👏
460. Pink Moon, by Nick Drake
461. Play, by Moby
462. The Pleasure Principle, by Gary Numan
463. The Poet, by Bobby Womack 🤔
464. Porcupine, by Echo & The Bunnymen

Tuesday 29 December

465. Pornography, by The Cure
466. Power in Numbers, by Jurassic 5 🤔
467. The Predator, by Ice Cube
468. Pretenders, by Pretenders

Thursday 31 December

469. Private Dancer, by Tina Turner
470. Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd, by Lynyrd Skynyrd 🤔

Wednesday 6 January 2021

471. Protection, by Massive Attack
472. The Psychadelic World of the 13th Floor Elevators, by 13th Floor Elevators 🤔
473. Psychocandy, by The Jesus and Mary Chain
474. Pump, by Aerosmith

Thursday 7 January

475. Purple Rain, by Prince 👏
476. Q: Are we not mean? A: We are Devo, by Devo

Friday 8 January

477. Queen II, by Queen
478. Quiet Life, by Japan
479. Rage against the machine, by Rage Against the Machine
480. Ragged Glory, by Neil Young 🤔
481. Rain Dogs, by Tom Waits
482. Ramones, by Ramones
483. Rapture, by Anita Baker 🤔
484. Rattlesnakes, by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions 👏
485. Rattus Norvegicus, by The Stranglers
486. Raw like sushi, by Neneh Cherry 👏

Wednesday 13 January

487. Raw Power, by The Stooges
488. Real life, by Magazine 🤔
489. The Real Thing, by Faith No More
490. Red headed stranger, by Willie Nelson 🤔
491. Regatta da Blanc, by The Police
492. Reign in Blood, by Slayer 🤔
493. Rejoicing in the hands, by Devendra Banhart 🤔
494. Remain in light, by Talking Heads
495. Remedy, by Basement Jaxx

Fair to say I have never listened to any Slayer before. It was … educational.

Sunday 24 January

496. Rid of me, by PJ Harvey
497. Rings around the world, by Super Furry Animals 👏
498. Rio, by Duran Duran
499. Rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust, by David Bowie 👏
500. The Rising, by Bruce Springsteen 🤔

FINALLY. We’re half-way through.

My one concern is that my source playlist on Spotify has only 2,145 songs remaining, which doesn’t feel like enough for another 500 albums… I suspect I’m missing a few. Hey ho.

Monday 25 January

501. Ritual de lo Habitual, by Jane’s Addiction
502. Rock Bottom, Robert Wyatt 🤔
503. Rock ‘n’ Soul, Solomon Burke 🤔

Wednesday 27 January

504. Roots, Sepultura 🤔 👏

Another example of something I would never normally listen to. Quite shouty isn’t it? The more I listened to this, the more I liked it.

505. Roxy Music, by Roxy Music
506. Rumours, by Fleetwood Mac 👏
507. Rum Sodomy and the Lash, by The Pogues
508. Run-DMC, by Run-DMC
509. Rust in Peace, by Megadeth 🤔
510. Rust never sleeps, by Neil Young 🤔

Thursday 28 January

511. Safe as milk, by Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band 🤔
512. Sail Away, by Randy Newman
513. The Savage Young Sonics, by The Sonics 🤔
514. Savane, by Ali Farka Touré 🤔
515. School’s Out, by Alice Cooper 🤔
516. Scissor Sisters, by Scissor Sisters

I’d never heard of The Sonics before, and I’m surprised about that.

Also: Alice Cooper’s album did not sound how I expected it to sound.

Wednesday 17 February

517. The Score, by Fugees
518. Scott 2, by Scott Walker 🤔
519. The Scream, by Siouxsie and the Banshees
520. Screamadelica, by Primal Scream

Sunday 21 February

521. Scream, Dracula, Scream, by Rocket from the Crypt 🤔
522. Scum, Napalm Death

Thursday 25 February

523. Sea Change, by Beck
524. Searching for the Young Soul Rebels, Dexys Midnight Runners
525. Selling England by the Pound, Genesis
526. Seventeen seconds, The Cure
527. Sex Packets, Digital Underground 🤔
528. SF Sorrow, The Pretty Things 🤔
529. Shaft, Isaac Hayes
530. Shake your money maker, The Black Crowes
531. Sheer heart attack, Queen
532. She’s so unusual, Cyndi Lauper
533. Shleep, Robert Wyatt 🤔
534. Siamese Dream, Smashing Pumpkins
535. Signing off, UB40 👏

Monday 15 March

536. Since I left you, The Avalanches
537. Sincere, MJ Cole 🤔
538. Sister, Sonic Youth 👏
539. Skylarking, XTC 👏
540. The Slider, T-Rex
541. Slippery when wet, Bon Jovi 👏

Thursday 18 March

542. Smash, The Offspring 🤔
543. Snivilisation, Orbital
544. The soft bulletin, The Flaming Lips
545. Solid air, John Martyn 👏
546. Something/anything, Todd Rundgren 🤔
547. Songs for swinging lovers, Frank Sinatra
548. Songs from a room, Leonard Cohen
549. Songs from the big chair, Tears for Fears 👏
550. Songs in the key of life, Stevie Wonder
551. Songs of Leonard Cohen, Leonard Cohen

Lots of songs, and lots of Leonard Cohen today.

Friday 19 March

552. Songs the lord taught us, The Cramps 🤔
553. Soul mining, The The 👏
554. Sound affects, The Jam
555. Sound of silver, LCD Soundsystem 👏

Friday 26 March

556. Sounds of India, Ravi Shankar 🤔
557. Space ritual, Hawkwind 🤔
558. The Specials, The Specials
559. Stand!, Sly & The Family Stone 🤔
560. Stankonia, Outkast 🤔
561. Stardust, Willie Nelson 🤔
562. Station to station, David Bowie
563. Stephen Stills, Stephen Stills 🤔

Lots of stuff that was new to me today.

Tuesday 30 March

564. Step in the area, Gang Starr 🤔
565. Steve McQueen, Prefab Sprout 👏
566. Sticky fingers, The Rolling Stones
567. Stone Roses, The Stone Roses
568. The Stooges, The Stooges
569. Stories from the city, stories from the sea, by PJ Harvey 👏
570. Strange Cargo III, William Orbit 🤔

Wednesday 31 March

571. The Stranger, Billy Joel
572. Street Life, The Crusaders 🤔
573. Suede, Suede
574. Sunday at the Village Vanguard, The Bill Evans Trio 🤔
575. Sunshine superman, Donovan
576. Supa Dupa Fly, Missy Elliott 🤔
577. Supafly, Curtis Mayfield 🤔

Tuesday 13 April

578. Superunknown, Soundgarden 🤔 👏
579. Surfer Rosa, Pixies 👏
580. Surrealistic Pillow, Jefferson Airplane 🤔
581. Suzanne Vega, Suzanne Vega 👏
582. Sweet Baby James, James Taylor 🤔
583. Sweet Dreams, Eurythmics
584. Sweetheart of the rodeo, The Byrds 🤔

Wednesday 21 April

585. Swordfishtrombones, Tom Waits
586. Synchronicity, The Police
587. System of a Down, System of a Down 🤔
588. Tago Mago, CAN 🤔
589. Talking book, Stevie Wonder

Wednesday 26 May

590. Talking Heads ‘77, by Talking Heads
591. Talking with the taxman about poetry, by Billy Bragg 👏
592. Talk talk talk, by The Psychedelic Furs
593. Tanto Tempo, by Bebel Gilberto 🤔
594. Tapestry, by Bob Belden 🤔
595. Tea for the tillerman, by Cat Stevens / Yusuf Islam
596. Technique, by New Order 👏
597. Teenage head, by Flamin’ Groovies 🤔
598. Teenager of the year, by Frank Black

Technique is something of a generation-defining album and it certainly defines something for me. It came out when I was 18 or 19, at a time when my own musical horizons were constantly expanding further. One of those albums I’ll still be listening to in old, old age.

Thursday 24 June

599. Tellin’ stories, The Charlatans
600. Ten, Pearl Jam
601. That’s the way of the world, Earth Wind & Fire 🤔
602. The Dandy Warhols Come Down, The Dandy Warhols

Monday 28 June

603. There’s a riot goin’ on, Sly and the Family Stone 🤔
604. There’s no place like America today, Curtis Mayfield 🤔
605. They were wrong, so we drowned, Liars 🤔
606. Third, Soft Machine 🤔

A day of new discoveries for me. Soft Machine was a bit of a slog, blimey.

Tuesday 29 June

607. This is hardcore, Pulp
608. This nation’s saving grace, The Fall
609. This year’s model, Elvis Costello & The Attractions
610. Thriller, Michael Jackson
611. Throwing Muses, Throwing Muses
612. Tical, Method Man 🤔

Wednesday 7 July

612. Tidal/When the pawn, by Fiona Apple 🤔
613. Timesless, Goldie
614. Time Out, Dave Brubeck Quartet
615. Time (The Revelator), by Gillian Welch
616. Tommy, The Who 👏
617. Tonight’s the night, Neil Young 🤔
618. Trafalgar, The Bee Gees
619. Transformer, Lou Reed 👏

I confess I struggled with the Neil Young. Just not my cup of tea.

Tuesday 13 July

620. Treasure, by Cocteau Twins 👏
621. Tres Hombres, by ZZ Top 🤔
622. The Trinity Session, Cowboy Junkies
623. Trio, by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris 🤔
624. Truth and Soul, by Fishbone 🤔
625. Truth/Beck-Ola, by Jeff Beck 🤔
626. Tubular Bells, by Mike Oldfield
627. Tusk, by Fleetwood Mac

Wednesday 14 July

628. The Band, by The Band 🤔
629. The Beach Boys Today! by The Beach Boys
630. The Bends, by Radiohead
631. The Boatman’s Call, by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Monday 2 August

632. The Chirping Crickets, by The Crickets
633. The Clash, The Clash
634. The College Dropout, Kanye West 🤔 👏
635. The Colour of Spring, Talk Talk 👏
636. The Contino Sessions, by Death in Vegas 🤔

Colour of Spring was a huge influence on teenage me back in the day. One of the best albums, and not even the best one by Talk Talk! What a band. What a sound.

Tuesday 10 August

637. The Coral, by The Coral
638. The Doors, by The Doors
639. The Downward Spiral, by Nine Inch Nails
640. The Fool, by Warpaint 🤔
641. Twelve dreams of Dr Sardonicus, by Spirit 🤔
642. The Undertones, by The Undertones
643. Unhalfbricking, by Fairport Convention
644. Unknown Pleasures, by Joy Division 👏
645. Urban Hymns, by The Verve 👏

Wednesday 11 August

646. Van Halen, by Van Halen 🤔
647. Vanishing point, by Primal Scream
648. Vauxhall and I, Morrissey
649. The Velvet Underground, by The Velvet Underground
650. The Velvet Underground & Nico, by The Velvet Underground & Nico
651. Vento De Maio, by Elis Regina 🤔
652. Very, by Pet Shop Boys

Thursday 12 August

653. Vespertine, Bjork
654. Violator, Depeche Mode 👏👏👏👏👏
655. Violent Femmes, by Violent Femmes 🤔
656. Virgin Suicides, by Air 🤔

Violator is another one of life’s landmarks. I was already a Mode fan, but when this one came out it just … blew me away, I suppose. The sounds, the songs, the artwork. I was somewhat obsessed by it, and remain addicted to listening to it every few months or so. One of those records.

Wednesday 18 August

657. The Visitors, ABBA
658. Viva Hate, Morrissey
659. Vivid, Living Colour 🤔
660. Volume 4, Black Sabbath
661. Vulgar display of power, Pantera 🤔
662. Walking Wounded, by Everything But the Girl 👏
663. Want One, by Rufus Wainwright 🤔
664. Want Two, by Rufus Wainwright 🤔

 Thursday 19 August

665. Warehouse, by Hüsker Dü
666. War, by U2
667. Water from an ancient well, by Abdullah Ibrahim et al 🤔
668. We are family, Sister Sledge
669. Whatever people say I am, that’s what I’m not, by Arctic Monkeys
670. What’s going on, Marvin Gaye
671. When I was born for the 7th time, by Cornershop
672. White blood cells, The White Stripes
673. White ladder, David Grey
674. White light, Gene Clark 🤔
675. White light / White heat, by The Velvet Underground

Monday 23 August

676. The Who Sell Out, The Who
677. Who’s Next, The Who
678. The Wildest!, Louis Prima
679. Wild Gift, by X 🤔
680. Wild is the wind, by Nina Simone 👏
681. Will the circle be unbroken, by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 🤔
682. Winter in America, by Brian Jackson & Gil Scott-Heron 🤔
683. Wonderful Rainbow, by Lightning Bolt 🤔

 Wednesday 25 August

684. Woodface, by Crowded House
685. The world is a ghetto, by War 🤔
686. The Yes Album, by Yes
687. Yoshimi battles the pink robots, by The Flaming Lips 🤔
688. Young Americans, by David Bowie 👏
689. Younger than yesterday, by The Byrds 🤔
690. Your Arsenal, by Morrissey
691. You’ve come a long way baby, by Fatboy Slim
692. Zombie, by Fela Kuti 🤔

And with that, we reach a milestone in this project: 692 albums down, and the playlist I was using as source material has run out of songs. This is a serious problem. I’m 309 albums short.

Thursday 26 August

Right. Armed with a copy of the original 1001 albums book, I’ve started ticking off the albums I’ve listened to (above) and making list of the rest. So with that in mind, we’ll start again: as before, in alphabetical order by album title. Starting with our old chums, The Beatles.

693. Abbey Road, The Beatles 👏
694. Ace of spades, Motorhead
695. Actually, Pet Shop Boys 👏
696. All things must pass, George Harrison 👏
697. American Dream, LCD Soundsystem

I mean, you’d think I’d have noticed something was wrong with the playlist in the first place, given that Abbey Road wasn’t on it. Then again, maybe it was created before The Beatles’ archive was made available on Spotify. Anyway.

Monday 27 September

698. AmeriKKKa’s most wanted, by Ice Cube
699. Ananda Shankar, by Ananda Shankar 🤔
700. …And justice for all, by Metallica 🤔
701. Apocalypse 91 The Enemy Strikes Black, by Public Enemy

 Tuesday 28 September

702. The ArchAndroid, by Janelle Monáe 👏
703. Arthur or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire, by The Kinks
704. The atomic Mr Basie, by Count Basie 🤔
705. Atomizer, by Big Black 🤔
706. Back to mystery city, by Hanoi Rocks 🤔
707. Bad company, by Bad Company 🤔
708. Band on the run, by Wings
709. Basket of light, by Pentangle 🤔
710. Bat out of hell, by Meat Loaf

 Thursday 30 September

711. Be, by Common 🤔 👏
712. Beach Samba, by Astrud Gilberto 🤔
713. The Beatles, by The Beatles
714. Beauty and the beast, by Edan 🤔

Tuesday 5 October

715. BEYONCÉ by Beyoncé 🤔
716. Bizarre ride II the Pharcyde, by The Pharcyde 🤔
717. Black Metal by Venom 🤔
718. Black Monk Time by The Monks 🤔

Lots of new stuff today, not least finding out that The Fall covered The Monks, and I’d never heard of The Monks until today. The things you learn.

 Wednesday 6 October

719. The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, by Charles Mingus 🤔
720. Blackstar, by David Bowie
721. Blood Sugar Sex Majik, by Red Hot Chilli Peppers
722. The Blueprint, by Jay-Z 🤔
723. Blunderbuss, by Jack White 🤔 👏
724. The Boatman’s Call, by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 👏

Thursday 7 October

725. The Bones of what you believe, by Chvrches
726. Born to be with you, by Dion 🤔
727. Bright Flight, by Silver Jews 🤔
728. Brothers, by The Black Keys 🤔
729. Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room, by Dwight Yoakam 🤔
730. Buffalo Springfield Again, by Buffalo Springfield 🤔
731. Bug, by Dinosaur Jr 👏
732. Californication, by Red Hot Chilli Peppers
733. The Cars, by The Cars 🤔

Tuesday 12 October

734. Cee-lo Green is the Soul Machine, by Cee-lo Green 🤔
735. Celebrity Skin, Hole
736. Channel Orange, by Frank Ocean 🤔
737. A Christmas Gift for you, by Phil Spector / Various artists

Thursday 14 October

738. The Chronic, by Dr Dre 🤔
739. Clandestino, by Manu Chao 🤔
740. Close to you, The Carpenters
741. Copper Blue, Sugar
742. Countdown to ecstacy, by Steely Dan
743. Crazysexycool, by TLC

Tuesday 19 October

744. Ctrl, by SZA 🤔
745. Cut, by The Slits 🤔
746. D, by White Denim 🤔
747. The dark side of the moon, by Pink Floyd
748. A date with the Everly Brothers, by The Everly Brothers 🤔
749. Dear science, by TV on the Radio 🤔
750. Definitely Maybe, by Oasis
751. Deja vu, by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
752. Deserter’s songs, by Mercury Rev
753. Destroy rock and roll, by Mylo 🤔 👏

Wednesday 20 October

754. Dig me out, by Sleater-Kinney
755. Djam Leelii, by Baaba Maal and Mansour Seck
756. Django django, by Django Django
757. DOA, by Throbbing Gristle
758. Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg

Throbbing Gristle was quite hard work.

Thursday 21 October

759. Done by the forces of nature, by The Jungle Brothers 👏
760. Don’t come home a drinkin’ (with lovin’ on your mind) by Loretta Lynn
761. Don’t stand me down, by Dexy’s Midnight Runners
762. The Dreaming, Kate Bush

The Jungle Bros album is one of my all-time favourites, so good I listened to it twice. So many good rhythms. Delicious.

Thursday 18 November

763. Dr Octagonecologyst, by Dr Octagon 🤔
764. Drunk, by Thundercat
765. Dub housing, by Pere Ubu 🤔
766. Duck Stab, by The Residents 🤔
767. Dust, by Screaming Trees 👏 🤔

Monday 22 November

768. Eagles, by Eagles
769. Elastica, by Elastica
770. Electric music for the mind and body, by Country Joe and The Fish 🤔
771. Elephant Mountain, by The Youngbloods 🤔
772. Ella sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook, by Ella Fitzgerald
773. Elvis is Back, by Elvis Presley
774. Elvis Presley, by Elvis Presley

Tuesday 23 November

775. Emperor Tomato Ketchup, by Stereolab
776. Enter the Wu-Tang, by Wu-Tang Gang 🤔
777. Eternally yours, by The Saints 🤔
778. Every good boy deserves favour, by The Moody Blues 🤔
779. Everything must go, by Manic Street Preachers
780. Exile in Guyville, by Liz Phair 🤔

 Thursday 9 December

781. Face to face, The Kinks 🤔
782. Fear and Whiskey, Mekons 🤔
783. Femi Kuti, Femi Kuti 🤔
784. Fever to tell, Yeah Yeah Yeahs 🤔
785. Fire of Love, The Gun Club 🤔
786. Fleet Foxes, by Fleet Foxes 👏
787. Foxbase Alpha, Saint Etienne
788. Frampton Comes Alive! by Peter Frampton

Tuesday 21 December

789. Freak out! by The Mothers of Invention
790. Fred Neil, by Fred Neil 🤔
791. Fresh fruit for rotting vegetables, by The Dead Kennedys
792. Funeral, by Arcade Fire

 Wednesday 12 January 2022

793. Gentlemen, by The Afghan Whigs 🤔
794. GI, by Germs 🤔
795. Giant Steps, by The Boo Radleys 👏
796. G Love and Special Sauce, by G Love and Special Sauce 🤔
797. Go Girl Crazy! by The Dictators 🤔
798. Goodbye and hello, by Tim Buckley 🤔
799. The Grand Tour by George Jones 🤔
800. Group Sex, by Circle Jerks 🤔
801. Halcyon Digest, by Deerhunter 🤔
802. Happy sad, by Tim Buckley 🤔

 Thursday 13 January

803. A Hard Day’s Night, by The Beatles
804. Haunted Dancehall, by Sabres of Paradise
805. Haut de gamme, by Koffi Olomide 🤔
806. The Healer, by John Lee Hooker
807. Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams 🤔
808. Hearts and Bones by Paul Simon
809. Here are The Sonics, by The Sonics 🤔
810. Here’s Little Richard, by Little Richard
811. Highway to Hell, by AC/DC
812. Histoire de Melody Nelson, by Serge Gainsbourg 🤔
813. HMS Fable, Shack 👏

 Monday 17 January

814. Home is where the music is, by Hugh Masekela 🤔
815. Honky tonk masquerade, by Joe Ely 🤔
816. Hotel California, by Eagles 👏
817. Hot Rats, by Frank Zappa
818. Hounds of Love, by Kate Bush 👏
819. Hypocrisy is the greatest luxury, by Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy 👏

Monday 14 February

820. Hysteria, Def Leppard
821. Idlewild, Everything But The Girl
822. Ill Communication, The Beastie Boys
823. Illmatic, Nas 🤔
824. Imagine, John Lennon

Tuesday 15 February

825. Immigrés, Youssou N’Dour & Étoile de Dakar 🤔
826. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, by Iron Butterfly 🤔
827. Infected, by The The 👏
828. In our heads, by Hot Chip 👏
829. In rock, by Deep Purple 🤔 👏
830. Inspiration Information, by Shuggie Otis 🤔
831. In the Court of the Crimson King, by King Crimson 🤔
832. In the wee small hours, by Frank Sinatra
833. I see a darkness, by Bonnie “Prince” Billy 🤔

Wednesday 16 February

834. Isn’t anything, My Bloody Valentine 👏
835. It’s Blitz!, by Yeah Yeah Yeahs 🤔 👏
836. It takes a nation of millions to hold us back, Public Enemy 👏
837. I’ve got a tiger by the tail, Buck Owens and his Buckaroos 🤔
838. I want to see the bright lights tonight, Richard Thompson and Linda Thompson 🤔

Friday 4 March

839. Jack takes the floor, by Ramblin’ Jack Elliott 🤔
840. Live at the Apollo, by James Brown 🤔
841. Live at the Star-Club, by Jerry Lee Lewis 🤔 👏

I had never understood the fuss about Jerry Lee Lewis; now I understand the fuss. Blimey. What a show. What an album.

Wednesday 16 March

842. Joan Armatrading, Joan Armatrading 👏
843. John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, by John Lennon 🤔
844. Bluesbreakers, by John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers 🤔
845. At Folsom Prison, Johnny Cash
846. At San Quentin, Johnny Cash
847. John Prine, John Prine 🤔
848. Junkyard, The Birthday Party 🤔

Tuesday 22 March

849. The Village Green Preservation Society, The Kinks 👏
850. Kollaps, Einstürzende Neubauten 🤔
851. The Köln Concert, Keith Jarrett 👏
852. Konnichiwa, Skepta 🤔

Tuesday 5 April

853. Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space, Spiritualized
854. The lamb lies down on Broadway, Genesis
855. Lam Toro, by Baaba Maal 🤔
856. Lark’s tongues in aspic, by King Crimson 🤔
857. The last of the true believers, by Nancy Griffith 🤔

Wednesday 6 April

858. Led Zeppelin I, Led Zeppelin 🤔
859. Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin 🤔
860. Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin 🤔
861. Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin

I’ve never been much of a Zep fan, so this was an interesting day’s listening.

Thursday 7 April

862. Let England Shake, by PJ Harvey 👏
863. Let’s stay together, Al Green 👏
864. Liquid swords, GZA 🤔
865. Live 1966, Bob Dylan 🤔
866. Live with Ginger Baker, Fela Kuti 🤔
867. Live at the Witch Trials, The Fall

Wednesday 20 April

868. Live through this, Hole
869. Locust abortion technician, Butthole Surfers 🤔
870. loveless, my bloody valentine 👏
871. LP1, FKA Twigs
872. Machine gun etiquette, The Damned 🤔
873. Maggot brain, Funkadelic 🤔
874. Mama said knock you out, LL Cool J 🤔

Thursday 21 April

875. The Man Machine, Kraftwerk
876. The Man Who, Travis 🤔 👏
877. Marcus Garvey, Burning Spear 🤔
878. The Marshall Mathers LP, by Eminem 🤔
879. Master of puppets, Metallica 🤔
880. Me against the world, 2Pac 🤔

Thursday 12 May

881. Meat is murder, The Smiths
882. II, The Meat Puppets 🤔
883. Melodrama, Lorde 👏
884. Merriweather Post Pavilion, Animal Collective 🤔
885. Metallica, Metallica
886. Microshift, by Hookworms
887. Midnight Ride, by Paul Revere & The Raiders 🤔

Friday 13 May

888. Millions now living will never die, Tortoise 🤔
889. Miriam Makeba, by Miriam Makeba 🤔
890. Modern Kosmology, by Jane Weaver 👏
891. The Modern Dance, by Pere Ubu 🤔
892. The Modern Lovers, by The Modern Lovers 🤔

Monday 16 May

893. Mothership connection, by Parliament 🤔
894. Movies, by Holger Czukay 🤔
895. Music has the right to children, Boards of Canada
896. My beautiful dark twisted fantasy, Kanye West 👏

Wednesday 18 May

897. Neu 75! by Neu 🤔
898. New boots and panties, by Ian Dury and the Blockheads
899. New York Dolls, by New York Dolls 🤔
900. Next… by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band 🤔
901. The Nightfly, by Donald Fagen 🤔
902. Night Life, by Ray Price 🤔
903. 1989, by Taylor Swift 👏
904. Nowhere, by Ride 👏

The joyous foul language on the Ian Dury album takes me back to my childhood, when my older brother bought the LP and was promptly banned from playing it by our dad. Those were the days, the 1970s.

Ride, meanwhile, were a huge influence on me as a teenage student. I had the floppy hair and everything.

Monday 23 May

905. Now I got worry, by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion 🤔
906. Odessey & Oracle, by The Zombies 🤔
907. One Nation Under a Groove, by Funkadelic 🤔

Tuesday 31 May

908. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, by Raekwon 🤔
909. Opus Dei, by Laibach 🤔
910. Oxygene, by Jean-Michel Jarre
911. Pacific Ocean Blue, by Dennis Wilson 🤔
912. Peter Gabriel I
913. Peter Gabriel III
914. Physical Graffiti, by Led Zeppelin 🤔 👏

As a teenager I was a huge Peter Gabriel fan, seeking out as many recordings as I could afford (not all of them by any means) and seeing him play live in London as part of the So tour. I still have a love of love for his music, but the obsession has faded away now. I like these albums, but not like I used to.

Wednesday 1 June

915. Piper at the Gates of Dawn, by Pink Floyd
916. Planet Rock - The Album, by Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force 🤔
917. Playing with fire, by Spacemen 3 🤔

Tuesday 7 June

918. Pretzel Logic, Steely Dan 🤔
919. Psalm 69, by Ministry 🤔
920. Public Image, by Public Image Ltd 🤔
921. Punishing kiss, by Ute Lemper 🤔
922. Pyromania, by Def Leppard 🤔
923. Queen of Denmark, by John Grant 🤔

Another day that makes this whole project feel so worthwhile; today I listened to six albums that I really feel like I should have heard before, given my age and my habit of claiming that I have broad taste in music. But they’re all new to me! Amazing.

Filed under: music and projects
(12 August 2019)