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Albums that you consider "perfect"...

#441
For me, The album(s) I would consider "perfect" is a three way tie between Yes' Close to The Edge and Relayer along with The Who's second Rock Opera Quadrophenia.

These three albums offer the widest spectrum of emotions I've ever heard in Rock Music. Period. :)

And they sound awesome too.
 
#442
Paul Simon - Graceland
Peter Gabrial - So
The Who - Tommy
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Humble Pie - Rockin the Filmore (amazing Bass recording for the time)
Allman Bros - Live at the Filmore East (another amazing live recording for the time)
Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's
Beatles - Abby Road
Hendrix - Axis Bold as Love
Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Queen - A Night at the Opera
Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage (Acts I, II & III)
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe

To name a few...
 
#444
Jefenator said:
This is all I can scrape up for now:
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Scrape up? Sorry, if it's "scraped up" it ain't perfect. I think I'd need to consider my answer a week before I could choose just one. I have hundreds of CDs/albums that I go overtly bananas for (including lots that are mentioned in this thread; my friends wanna commit me to the funny farm for noisily going off on them about this CD or that CD) but "perfect" is a considerable step beyond that. I don't know if I could do it.

Oh, sorry, I didn't intent to slam you :D (please don't hate me :bawl:)...but as I said, "perfect" is a rare item indeed.

Play on...:bassist:
 
#445
Angel Dust by Faith No More
Houdini by The Melvins
Bone Machine by Tom Waits
Saturday Night Wrist by Deftones
Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
Aenima by Tool
Across 110th Street by Bobby Womack
Whats Going On? by Marvin Gaye
Disco Volante by Mr. Bungle
The Downward Spiral by NIN
Dirt by Alice in Chains
Suspended Animation by Fantomas
Liar by The Jesus Lizard
Fantastic Planet by Failure
In the Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson
Say it Loud.....by James Brown
Rated R by Queens of the Stone Age
Fear of a Black Planet by Public Enemy
Saul Williams by Saul Williams
Enemy of the Sun by Neurosis


Theres a lot more.........
 
#447
skulletwhip said:
Angel Dust by Faith No More
Houdini by The Melvins
Bone Machine by Tom Waits
Saturday Night Wrist by Deftones
Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
Aenima by Tool
Across 110th Street by Bobby Womack
Whats Going On? by Marvin Gaye
Disco Volante by Mr. Bungle
The Downward Spiral by NIN
Dirt by Alice in Chains
Suspended Animation by Fantomas
Liar by The Jesus Lizard
Fantastic Planet by Failure
In the Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson
Say it Loud.....by James Brown
Rated R by Queens of the Stone Age
Fear of a Black Planet by Public Enemy
Saul Williams by Saul Williams
Enemy of the Sun by Neurosis


Theres a lot more.........
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I'd probably go with Songs for the Deaf by QOTSA rather then Rated R. But both are awesome!

I'd add:

Quicksilver Meat Dream by I Mother Earth
Happiness... Is Not A Fish You Can Catch by Our Lady Peace
Planet Of Ice by Minus The Bear


and I'll add more later
 
#448
Loads of albums I'm gonna have to buy now that I've read through this thread. But from what I've heard thus far...

Smashing Pumpkins: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Pat Metheny: Bright Sized Life, New Chautauqua
Tool: Ænima, Lateralus, 10,000 Days
People Under The Stairs: O.S.T.
Jeff Buckley: Grace, My Sweetheart The Drunk
Squarepusher: Hard Normal Daddy, Big Loada, Feed Me Weird Things, Ultravisitor
Wayne Krantz: 2 Drink Minimum, Greenwich Mean, Your Basic Live
Jeff Beck: You Had It Coming
Incubus: S.C.I.E.N.C.E.
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On
James Brown: In The Jungle Groove
 
#450
Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left, Bryter Layter, Pink Moon
Joni Mitchell - Songs to a seagull
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
Jethro Tull - Stand Up
The Beatles - Abbey Road
John Coltrane - Love Supreme
Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years, Heart of the Saturday Night, Small Change
Oumou Sangare - Oumou
Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disaster
New Model Army - Thunder and Consolation
U2 - Under a Blood Red Sky, Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby
Nina Simone - The best of
Michael Hedges - Breakfast in the Field
The Kinks - Singles
Marc Ribot Y Los Cubanos Postizos
Serge Gainsbourg - Du jazz dans le ravin, Couleur caffe'

I'm sure there's many more I could put here, but these are the ones I thought of right now.
 
#456
These have probably been done, but.....

Queen: Day at the Races, and Night at the Opera
The Who: Tommy, and Quadraphenia
The Jeff Beck Group: Truth
James Brown & The Louie Belson Orchestra: Soul on Top
The Rolling Stones: Let it Bleed
AC/DC: Dirty Deeds
Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Johnny Cash: His entire catalog


There are others, but I want to keep my list somewhat short.

Later,

edg
 
#459
sleater kinney- hot rock
husker du- zen arcade
black flag- early years
buzzcocks- singles goin' steady
daft punk- discovery (one of greatest albums ever!)
joy division- closer
the cure- disintegration
beck- the information
the pogues- rum, sodomy, and the lash
sage francis- a healthy distrust
damian marley- welcome to jamrock
bob marley- natty dread
metallica- master of the puppets
the hives- tyrannosaurus hives
arcade fire- neon bible

some of my favs
 

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