1,001 Albums You Must Hear

[Otis Westinghouse]

Well it's been fun discussing the '1,001 Books' list in the books thread, but did we ever comment on the albums equivalent? I can't recall. It's inevitably going to be even more annoying and divisive, but it's still fun to look at (especially if you're a list-fetishist).

List is here in ascending temporal order (opposite to booklist)

http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/stevepar ... albums.htm

For those of you who like it in Excel, here it is, though annoyingly without the separate parts in their own column:

http://www.babygotbooks.com/2006/11/10/1001-albums/

Less significant to say who many of these you have heard as it might have been once in a friend's car and so what? But feel free, anyway! Personally I'd split it into 'own' and 'have heard'.

[BlueChair]

A bit of an odd list, to be sure. I was careful not to include albums I hadn't heard from start to finish. For example, I love Booker T. & The MGs "Green Onions" but I couldn't name you a single other track off the album of the same name.

After all is said and done, I counted 229 of these albums in my LP or CD collection, with an additional 49 titles that I had heard through friends or family over the years. Frankly I'm pretty happy with that list and didn't notice more than a few dozen that made me think "Hm, I should really check out this record."

[StrictTime]

Interesting list. Looking through it, I don't own a ton, but have heard probably most of the Bowie and Dead stuff on there. There were a few artists I've been meaning to check out on there: Suzanne Vega, Nick Cave, Lloyd Cole (even an album I was thinking about picking up, Rattlesnakes), John Prine, Kraftwerk. Then there are the people who, well, I'll listen to eventually for the same reason I read Sense and Sensibility; you sort of have to, they're classics: Dylan and The Beatles are the ones that come to mind. Of course, it'll wait until I'm out of the house so my pa doesn't gloat; "I told you so" and all that. Of course, I don't think anyone should hear Slipknot, ever. *shudders* But overall, interesting list. I'll probably keep it to refer back to on a few things.

[pophead2k]

I used the same criteria as Blue did and tried to stick to albums I have actively listened to from start to finish. I didn't designate between stuff I owned and stuff I was familiar with through friends and family and came out at around 275 or so. Fun to look at, and it reminded me of a couple of things I intend to pick up for my collection.

[Otis Westinghouse]

Lloyd Cole (even an album I was thinking about picking up, Rattlesnakes)

An absolute masterpiece, don't hesitate.

Will check and report on list when time permits!

[bambooneedle]

147 I've owned or have heard.