#1015 Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not

Arctic Monkeys. I have seen them in concert at Red Rocks in Colorado. They were incredible. Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not is their debut album. This album has special meaning for me. I discovered it with my best friend in Hungary. We listened to it a lot. One of my favourite […]

#1014 Ali Farka Touré – Savane

Ali Farka Touré released his final solo album Savane in 2006. Touré’s died at age 66 from bone cancer, but he was able to finish the album and approve it before he passed. Funny trivia: Farka means donkey. In Africa it is custom to give a child a strange nickname if you have had other […]

#1013 Lupe Fiasco – Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor

Lupe Fiasco debut album Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor was released in 2006. The album has a million producers, such as The Neptunes and Kanye West, but it has even more songwriters. Poverty, Islam, terrorism, racism, and individuality are the issues Fiasco raps about throughout the album. I think the worst part of the album […]

#1011 Amy Winehouse – Back to Black

I think Amy Winehouse was overrated. It is how I felt about her music. It was okay, but nothing to get all excited about. I think I only knew of one or two songs before doing this challenge. My opinion did not change with the first album. Perhaps her second studio album Back to Black […]

#1010 The Killers – Sam’s Town

The Killers released their second album Sam’s Town In 2006. It was a hit for the band. Lead singer Brandon Flowers has stated that you can hear his real voice on this album compared to its predecessor. “We didn’t use too many vocal effects. On the first album, we used auto-tune, and I didn’t even realize […]

#1009 Muse – Black Holes and Revelations

Muse released their fourth studio album Black Holes and Revelations in 2006. The band took more control in production and changed direction in style citing Depeche Mode, Millionaire, Lightning Bolt, Sly and the Family Stone, and music from southern Italy as some of their influences. The themes are the same as their previous albums. The […]

#1007 Antony & The Johnsons – I Am a Bird Now

Antony & The Johnsons is a band I have listened to in the past, but in that past the lead singer was Antony Hegarty, but now pretends to be a female named Anohni. Whatever. The world is going more crazy ever day and we are all suppose to pretend too. I Am a Bird Now […]

#1006 Sufjan Stevens- Illinois

Sufjan Stevens is an artist I have heard of and I have heard his music. Unfortunately, not as much as I would like, but I will be able to change that today. Stevens fifth studio album is Illinois sometimes styled Sufjan Stevens Invites You To: Come On Feel the ILLINOISE. I guess he has a […]

#1004 Common – Be

Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr? Does not really say hip hop star to me. Common was wise to change it. This is Common’s second appearance on the list of 1001 Albums… I was not a fan of his first entry Like Water for Chocolate at all. Be is the rapper’s sixth album and it was his […]

#1000 Beck – Guero

Beck back to save the day. Guero is Beck’s ninth studio album. It was released in 2005. I am not sure if it is still in the list of 1001 Albums because it states that it was listed. The Dust Brothers produced it alongside Tony Hoffer and Beck. It was return to his sound on […]