Reviewing 1001 Albums


This is a current listing of reviewed albums listed in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die by Robert Dimery. Ventured as an attempt to expand musical taste and knowledge base.
  1. Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours (1955), 6/10
  2. Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley (1956), 4/10
  3. The Louvin Brothers - Tragic Songs of Life (1956), 3/10
  4. Louis Prima - The Wildest! (1956), 7/10
  5. Fats Domino - This Is Fats (1957), 3/10
  6. Duke Ellington - Ellington at Newport (1956), 4/10
  7. Frank Sinatra - Songs for Swingin' Lovers! (1956), 5/10
  8. The Crickets - The "Chirping" Crickets (1957), 5/10
  9. Count Basie and His Orchestra - Basie (1957), 5/10
  10. Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners (1957), 7/10
  11. Sabu - Palo Congo (1957), 4/10
  12. Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool (1957), 5/10
  13. Machito - Kenya (1958), 4/10
  14. Little Richard - Here's Little Richard (1957), 5/10
  15. Tito Puente and His Orchestra - Dance Mania (1958), 4/10
  16. Billie Holiday & Ray Ellis and His Orchestra - Lady in Satin (1958), 3/10
  17. Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Jack Takes the Floor (1958), 5/10
  18. Sarah Vaughan and Her Trio - At Mister Kelly's (1958), 5/10
  19. Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book (1959), 6/10
  20. Ray Charles - The Genius of Ray Charles (1959), 4/10
  21. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (1959), 7/10
  22. Marty Robbins - Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (1959), 7/10
  23. The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out (1959), 6/10
  24. Joan Baez - Joan Baez (1960), 3/10
  25. Elvis Presley - Elvis Is Back (1960), 3/10
  26. Miriam Makeba - Miriam Makeba (1960), 4/10
  27. The Everly Brothers - A Date With The Everly Brothers (1960), 2/10
  28. The Incredible Jimmy Smith - Back at the Chicken Shack (1963), 4/10
  29. Muddy Waters - Muddy Waters at Newport 1960 (1960), 4/10
  30. Bill Evans Trio - Sunday at the Village Vanguard (1961), 5/10
  31. Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962), 4/10
  32. Booker T. & The M.G.'s - Green Onions (1962), 4/10
  33. Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba (1962), 6/10
  34. Ray Price - Night Life (1963), 3/10
  35. The Beatles - With the Beatles (1963), 4/10
  36. Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963), 5/10
  37. Various Artists - A Christmas Gift for You From Philles Records (1963), 4/10
  38. Sam Cooke - Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963 (1985), 6/10
  39. Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963), 8/10
  40. James Brown - 'Live' at the Apollo (1963), 5/10
  41. Stan Getz & João Gilberto featuring Antônio Carlos Jobim - Getz / Gilberto (1964), 6/10
  42. The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (1964), 4/10
  43. Jacques Brel - Olympia 64 (1964), 5/10
  44. Solomon Burke - Rock 'n Soul (1964), 3/10
  45. Dusty Springfield - A Girl Called Dusty (1964), 3/10
  46. The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones (1964), 3/10
  47. Buck Owens and His Buckaroos - I've Got a Tiger by the Tail (1965), 3/10
  48. Jerry Lee Lewis - "Live" at the Star-Club, Hamburg (1964), 5/10
  49. The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics!!! (1965), 6/10
  50. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home (1965), 5/10
  51. Otis Redding - Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965), 5/10
  52. The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Today! (1965), 4/10
  53. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (1965), 7/10
  54. B.B. King - Live at The Regal (1965), 5/10
  55. The Beatles - Rubber Soul (1965), 5/10
  56. Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch (1965), 5/10
  57. The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man (1965), 4/10
  58. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (1965), 6/10
  59. The Who - My Generation (1965), 4/10
  60. The Beatles - Revolver (1966), 7/10
  61. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (1966), 8/10
  62. Fred Neil - Fred Neil (1967), 6/10
  63. The Byrds - Fifth Dimension (1966), 5/10
  64. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde (1966), 6/10
  65. Monks - Black Monk Time (1966), 6/10
  66. The Kinks - Face to Face (1966), 5/10
  67. The Mama's and The Papa's - If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears (1966), 4/10
  68. Paul Revere & The Raiders - Midnight Ride (1966), 4/10
  69. The Mothers of Invention - Freak Out! (1966), 6/10
  70. The Rolling Stones - Aftermath (1966), 4/10
  71. Simon and Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966), 4/10
  72. The 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of The 13th Floor Elevators (1966), 4/10
  73. John Mayall with Eric Clapton - Blues Breakers (1966), 4/10
  74. Yardbirds - Yardbirds [Roger the Engineer] (1966), 4/10
  75. Nina Simone - Wild Is the Wind (1966), 5/10
  76. Astrud Gilberto - Beach Samba (1967), 4/10
  77. Nico - Chelsea Girl (1967), 5/10
  78. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), 7/10