1001 Albums You Must Neek Before You Die (Part 1)
I know it's a pretty basic goal, but one day I want to have listened to every album in this goddamn book. I know it's not conclusive or that they're all essential, but I figure it's a good excuse to push myself to try new music. I've been listening to new music religiously for a few years now, so this is kinda like a sum of all my work since then, in order from first to last listened. |
| 1 |  | Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
4.2
Fitting way to have started with my favorite band, even if this is one of their weaker releases I'm just glad they have an appearance in this book. |
| 2 |  | Coldplay
Parachutes
4.2 |
| 3 |  | Coldplay
A Rush of Blood to the Head
4.4
Pleasantly surprised at these two, though Viva la Vida is their masterpiece |
| 4 |  | TV on the Radio
Dear Science
4.6 |
| 5 |  | Fleetwood Mac
Rumours
4.5 |
| 6 |  | Fleetwood Mac
Tusk
4.8
Tg this is here |
| 7 |  | Green Day
Dookie
3.2
Not really a fan but it's influential so I get it |
| 8 |  | Green Day
American Idiot
4.3 |
| 9 |  | Peter Gabriel
Car
4.8 |
| 10 |  | Peter Gabriel
Melt
4.1 |
| 11 |  | Peter Gabriel
So
4.5 |
| 12 |  | Chicago
Chicago Transit Authority
4.8 |
| 13 |  | Billy Joel
The Stranger
4.2 |
| 14 |  | Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
4.1 |
| 15 |  | Black Sabbath
Paranoid
4.8 |
| 16 |  | The Smashing Pumpkins
Siamese Dream
4.4 |
| 17 |  | The Smashing Pumpkins
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
4.8 |
| 18 |  | The Strokes
Is This It
3.7
This pree overrated |
| 19 |  | Nirvana
Nevermind
4.2 |
| 20 |  | Nirvana
In Utero
3.7
This pree overrated [2] |
| 21 |  | Nirvana
MTV Unplugged in New York
4.4 |
| 22 |  | The Police
Reggatta de Blanc
4.3 |
| 23 |  | The Police
Synchronicity
4.8
Correctly picked their two best albums |
| 24 |  | Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
4.1 |
| 25 |  | Alanis Morissette
Jagged Little Pill
4.1 |
| 26 |  | Metallica
Master of Puppets
4.1 |
| 27 |  | Metallica
...And Justice for All
3.8 |
| 28 |  | Metallica
Metallica
4.4 |
| 29 |  | Jeff Buckley
Grace
4.5 |
| 30 |  | Metallica
S&M
4.4 |
| 31 |  | The Beatles
With the Beatles
3.3
One of their absolutely least interesting and essential releases so idk |
| 32 |  | The Beatles
A Hard Day's Night
3.6 |
| 33 |  | Kendrick Lamar
good kid, m.A.A.d city
3.7
Really gotta relisten to this |
| 34 |  | Janelle Monae
The ArchAndroid
4.5
So goddamn happy this is on here, one of the more out-there picks so far |
| 35 |  | Black Sabbath
Vol. 4
3.7
This pree overrated [3] |
| 36 |  | The Beatles
Rubber Soul
3.5 |
| 37 |  | The Beatles
Revolver
4.0 |
| 38 |  | Arctic Monkeys
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
This pree overrated [4] |
| 39 |  | Frank Ocean
channel ORANGE
3.8 |
| 40 |  | The Beatles
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
3.8 |
| 41 |  | The Beatles
The Beatles
4.1 |
| 42 |  | David Bowie
Blackstar
4.6 |
| 43 |  | The Beatles
Abbey Road
4.3 |
| 44 |  | The White Stripes
White Blood Cells
4.2 |
| 45 |  | The White Stripes
Elephant
4.4 |
| 46 |  | Adele
25
3.2
Seriously fuck this album and fuck whoever put it here |
| 47 |  | Johnny Cash
At Folsom Prison
3.7
This is when I got the book from my girlfriend at the time as a christmas present and started taking note of all this consciously, and a few of these other albums (including this) came with the gift. |
| 48 |  | Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
4.2 |
| 49 |  | Jack White
Blunderbuss
3.8 |
| 50 |  | The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground & Nico
3.7
This pree overrated [5] |
| 51 |  | R.E.M.
Green
4.0 |
| 52 |  | Def Leppard
Pyromania
3.8 |
| 53 |  | Prince
1999
3.2 |
| 54 |  | Pink Floyd
The Dark Side of the Moon
4.4 |
| 55 |  | Pink Floyd
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
4.2 |
| 56 |  | The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Are You Experienced
4.3 |
| 57 |  | The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Axis: Bold as Love
3.6 |
| 58 |  | The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Electric Ladyland
4.3 |
| 59 |  | Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here
5.0 |
| 60 |  | Snoop Dogg
Doggystyle
3.7 |
| 61 |  | Pink Floyd
The Wall
4.3 |
| 62 |  | Radiohead
The Bends
4.3 |
| 63 |  | Beyonce
Beyonce
3.7 |
| 64 |  | Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin II
4.1 |
| 65 |  | Radiohead
OK Computer
5.0 |
| 66 |  | Kanye West
The College Dropout
3.8 |
| 67 |  | Radiohead
Kid A
3.9 |
| 68 |  | Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin III
4.4 |
| 69 |  | Bon Jovi
Slippery When Wet
3.2
Why |
| 70 |  | Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin IV
4.3 |
| 71 |  | Radiohead
In Rainbows
4.6 |
| 72 |  | Kanye West
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
4.2
Maybe my fave hip-hop album? I'm workin' on it |
| 73 |  | Taylor Swift
1989
2.8
Jesus fuck |
| 74 |  | Led Zeppelin
Physical Graffiti
4.1 |
| 75 |  | Prince
Purple Rain
3.7 |
| 76 |  | Kanye West
Yeezus
3.9 |
| 77 |  | Echo and The Bunnymen
Ocean Rain
3.6
This and a few coming up were from that Post-Punk Comp which is cool |
| 78 |  | Joy Division
Unknown Pleasures
3.7 |
| 79 |  | Elvis Costello
This Year's Model
3.3 |
| 80 |  | OutKast
Stankonia
4.1 |
| 81 |  | Janis Joplin
Pearl
4.1
I prefer her debut solo but this is awesome too. |
| 82 |  | Talking Heads
Fear of Music
3.8 |
| 83 |  | OutKast
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
4.2
Also maybe my favorite hip-hop album, I'm sorry |
| 84 |  | Gang of Four
Entertainment!
3.5 |
| 85 |  | Sufjan Stevens
Illinois
3.8 |
| 86 |  | Television
Marquee Moon
3.9 |
| 87 |  | Big Brother And The Holding Company
Cheap Thrills
4.2
Kicks ass and is underrated if anything |
| 88 |  | The Damned
Machine Gun Etiquette
3.3 |
| 89 |  | The Smiths
The Queen Is Dead
4.1 |
| 90 |  | Bjork
Debut
3.7 |
| 91 |  | 2Pac
Me Against the World
3.7 |
| 92 |  | Megadeth
Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
4.0 |
| 93 |  | Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
3.3 |
| 94 |  | Nas
Illmatic
3.1 |
| 95 |  | Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
3.7
I mean like, it's good. But why is it here? |
| 96 |  | Bjork
Vespertine
4.1 |
| 97 |  | Wu-Tang Clan
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
3.6 |
| 98 |  | Joy Division
Closer
3.8 |
| 99 |  | N.W.A.
Straight Outta Compton
3.8 |
| 100 |  | Judas Priest
British Steel
3.3
Of all their albums, this is the only one here. Like wtf?
Also, this was a great place for me to hit 100 at because I got thrown off course by 2017 recs after this and I only have gotten like 3 albums done since then. |
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