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Albums that you consider "perfect"...

#681
I'll preface mine by saying my idea of a "perfect album" is one that has stood the test of time. There are many great album top to bottom, but which ones are you still playing consistently?

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get it On (hey, who doesn't want to get laid?)
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Eagles - Hotel California

I could list more, but 5 seems like a good, "top five" as in the movie "High Fidelity"

Most Honorable Mention: LZ-IV
 
#684
I can listen to these any day, any time, and never skip a song.
In no particular order:

Red Hot Chili Peppers - BSSM. Got this when I was 11 and it's still currently in my car 10 years later.
Nirvana - Nevermind
Rage Against the Machine - (S/T)
Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
Rancid - And Out Come the Wolves
Tool - Lateralus
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
Pearl Jam - Ten
Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
Ani DiFranco - Not a Pretty Girl (seriously underrated)
 
#690
Dave Grossman said:
King Crimson - Red

Amazingly diverse yet completely coherent. One of the best albums ever recorded and, sadly, the last studio album recorded with that lineup.

Led Zeppelin - Presence

Zeppelin at their finest, IMO.

- Dave
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Yes to both of these.

"Red" showcases John Wetton's bass tone in all of its shining, harmonic-rich, overdriven glory. Plus, "Starless" is one of the most interesting things ever committed to vinyl.

"Presence", simply put, is Zeppelin's finest hour. Page's guitar-overdubs on "Achilles' Last Stand" are like a fractal drawing, continually growing and ebbing out into infinity. Plant's vocals -- everyone by now knows about the car accident and his condition for this recording -- have never sounded more polished or convincing, particularly on the ridiculously underrated "Royal Orleans". Bonham and Jones demonstrate spectacular control over the stop-start section of "Nobody's Fault But Mine."
 
#692
Breakfast In America - Supertramp
Permanent Waves / Moving Pictures - Rush
The Long Run - Eagles
Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
Foxtrot / Selling England By The Pound - Genesis
The Yes Album / Fragile - Yes
Black Sea / English Settlement - XTC
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
Look Sharp / I'm The Man - Joe Jackson
Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
Wish You Were Here / Animals - Pink Floyd
So - Peter Gabriel
Learning To Crawl - Pretenders
Ghost in The Machine - Police
 
#697
System Of A Down - Toxicity

Incredible songs from start to finish. My definition of a flawless album. I'm sure many will disagree with me on that one though :smug:


The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium

Truly awe inspiring to listen to. When you first listen to it, you're like "this is a bit... odd?" but when you know the story behind it (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De-Loused_in_the_Comatorium) and listen to it again, you're like ":eek:"


Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium

Once again an incredible mix of songs. I would be able to just sit and listen to this all the way through if it wasn't 2 hours long. +1 to the comment earlier about Flea not trying to prove anything with his playing. Same goes for every other band member on this album

(I don't see why Flea gets so much stick on this forum. He's an incredibly talented musician)
 
#698
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Deep Purple - Made in Japan
Bad Co. - Bad Co.
Nazereth - Hair of the Dog
Black Sabbath - Vol. 4
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
801 Live - 801 Live
Hard Stuff - Bullet Proof
Rush - Hemispheres
Ted Nugent - Ted Nugent
That is about it for now. Has anyone seen my Truck keys?
 
#699
Howlin' Wolf- London Sessions
Fathers and Sons- Muddy Waters
Both have such a great line up of musicians.

Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee- Midnight Special
The best that i have heard them in both musicianship and recording quality.

Peter Tosh- Legalize it
Just some great songs...

Michael Jackson's "Off The Wall" is a great album too!


+1 Blood Sugar Sex Magic...Rick Rubin...enough said i guess.
 
#700
I had to think about this for a while, and forced myself to rule out live albums.

In no particular order:

GNR- Appetite for Destruction
Led Zeppelin II and IV
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats and We're Only In It For The Money
Half Man Half Biscuit - Achtung Bono and Cammell Lair Social Club
Hawkwind - Space Ritual
Jah Wobble - The Celtic Poets
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Pearl Jam - Vs. (I like it more than Ten, so sue me)
Mountain - Climbing
Quatermass - Self-titled (obscure 1970 one-off prog record)
Radiohead - The Bends
The Clash - London Calling

I can think of a few classical discs that I'm enamored of, but I'd have to figure out who recorded/conducted, etc.

As an aside, it seems that most of the people who have posted thus far tend to focus on albums from a discrete era or genre.
 

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