Albums that you consider "perfect"...

[Rune Bivrin]

Al Stewart: "Year of the Cat" & "24 Carrots" (sic)
Supertramp: "Crime of the Century"
Animal Logic: "Animal Logic"
Tasmin Archer: "Great Expectations"
Wings: "Band on the Run"

They work, every time! Gets me strumming, singing and smiling.

 

[tempo2112]

For me its probably Hemispheres, Permanent Waves- Rush. Head on The Door- The Cure. Come Away With Me- Norah Jones. Dark Side OTM- Floyd. BSSM- RHCP. MOP- Metallica. Rubber Soul- The Beatles. And Lateralus by Tool, if it wasnt for the "in between" bits.

 

[Kitsapbass]

I have 2 cd's that I can't live without:

1) Michael Manring - "Drastic Measures"
2) Van Halen - "Fair Warning"

 

[richardjones89]

Generation Terrorists - Manic Street Preachers
Gold Against The Soul - Manic Street Preachers
Echo Park - Feeder
Swim - Feeder
Word Gets Around - Stereophonics
Performance And Cocktails - Stereophonics
Free All Angles - Ash
Meltdown - Ash

 

[fleabee]

Jane's addiction-Ritual de lo habitual
Rush-Signals
Rush-Power windows

 

[velvetkevorkian]

The last 4 Opeth albums (from "Blackwater Park" onwards).

 

[evilgus]

+1 for the Opeth albums and I'll also put forward Porcupine Tree's Fear of a Blank Planet. In Absentia is also a top album, but I think they've upped the ante on their latest.

EG

 

[ctbass]

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Elvis - Live at Madison Square Garden
Steeley Dan - Aja
Rush - Moving Pictures
Beatles - Sgt Pepper

 

[JRMK]

BSSM - RHCP
Kind of Blue - Miles

Maybe I could name few more but those are my 'perfect' albums.

 

[browntown]

Tool - Lateralus
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (a lot better than Dark Side IMO)
Les Claypool's Frog Brigade - Purple Onion
Rage Against the Machine - s/t
Buckethead - Colma

Those are some of my favorites, I can't vouch for them being "perfect" but I rarely get tired of listening to them. =)

 

[Luke73]

A few already listed I agree with.

Additionally, I must add:

The Dave Brubeck Quartet at Carnegie Hall

Wow - it would have been incredible to have been there.

 

[T-MOST]

Earth, Wind & Fire ......... Gratitude

Prince ........... Purple Rain

Stevie Wonder.... Songs in the Key of Life

 

[22w1st3d]

BSSM - RHCP

S/T - RATM

Nevermind - Nirvana

Is This It? - The Strokes

Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk - Jeff Buckley

Grace - Jeff Buckley


Especially the first and last 1.

 

[bassist 4 life]

Operation Mindcrime - Queensryche
Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
The Wall - Pink Floyd

 

[Kitsapbass]

I forgot -

Gov't Mule - "Dose"

 

[Thunder Lizard]

Saga, "Worlds Apart"

Max Webster "A Million Vacations "

Fleetwood Mac "Rumors"

 

[NKUSigEp]

"Blood Mountain" by Mastodon is IMO the most perfect recording. Everything is super tight but retains kind of a raw, live sound and it's some of the most amazing drum and bass work ever (again, IMO).

"In the Arms of God" by Corrosion of Conformity is a very raw-sounding recording as well. But I think the very minor imperfections seem like they're done in such a way that they're deliberate. Kind of a cool sound if ya ask me.

Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" is perfect all around as well as Tool's "Lateralus". There are a few more but those would be at the top of my list.

 

[jmorbita]

A few i'd think about have been mentioned already: ok computer, the wall, illinoise, kind of blue, ritual de lo habitual, sgt. pepper... These i would add: (in no order of preference)
Counting Crows - agaust and everything after...
The Police - synchronicity
Grateful Dead - american beauty
Lou Reed - transformer
Lambchop - is a woman
Joni Mitchell - Hejira
Astor Piazzola - libertango

 

[Tom Howland]

Her is ten.

Beatles-White Ablum.
Eric Clapton-Layla.
Allman Bro. Band -Filmore East.
Miles Davis- Kind Of Blue.
RHCP-Blood Suger Sex Magic.
Marvin Gaye-What's Going On.
Fab. ThunderBirds-Girls Go Wild.
Jimi Hendrix-Electric Ladyland.
Led Zepplin II.
Bob Dylan-Modern Times.

But thats just me?

 

[agreatheight]

I am not sure I believe in the idea of a perfect album, but there are a few that approach it. Jeff Buckley's Grace is the only one I can think of at the moment.