Albums that you consider "perfect"...

[Hawkbone]

Any Zep album, but the 1st two in particular.
Most Rush albums
Chris Cornell's Euphoria Morning
Anything that Gordie Johnson plays on

 

[Tampabass]

10 great ones that I can listen to all the way through:

Miles Davis, "Kind of Blue"
Radiohead, "In Rainbows"
Joni Mitchell, "Shadows and Light"
Los Lobos, "Kiko and the Lavender Moon"
World Saxophone Quartet, "Metamorphosis"
The Beatles, "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
Matthew Sweet, "Girlfriend"
John Coltrane, "Live at Birdland"
The Beatles, "Abbey Road"
Yes, "Fragile"

 

[BAMonBASS]

In no specific order

Tool - 10,000 days
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Black Keys - Attack & Release
Wolfmother - self titled
Them Crooked Vultures - self titled
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's

 

[WhiteNinja]

35007 - Liquid
Tool - Lateralus
Sleep - Dopesmoker
Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
Earthless - Rhythms From A Cosmic Sky
Om - God is Good


From the top of my head...

 

[derg]

The Clash - London Calling
The Vapours - New Clear Days
The Who - Quadrophenia
Queen - Night at the Opera
The Cars - The Cars
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love

 

[Emilym80]

Lou Reed- "Transformer" and "The Blue Mask"
Rush- "Moving Pictures"
David Bowie- "Hunky Dory"
Queen- "Sheer Heart Attack"
Red Hot Chili Peppers- "Stadium Arcadium and I'm With You"
Pink Floyd- "Wish You Were Here"
Jeff Buckley- "Grace"
Radiohead- "The Bends"
Paul Simon- "Paul Simon" and "Graceland"
Genesis- "Selling England by the Pound"
I should probably stop there haha

 

[handofseven]

The Clash - London Calling
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love

Rush- "Moving Pictures"
Pink Floyd- "Wish You Were Here"
Jeff Buckley- "Grace"
Radiohead- "The Bends"

Nice picks!

I'll add

Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Faith No More - King For A Day... Fool For A Lifetime
The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
The Mars Volta - Deloused In The Comatorium
Vangelis - Blade Runner (Soundtrack)

 

[bigswifty1]

Going For The One, by Yes

 

[.BumeStik.]

Wow. Awesome thread!
I think I just read all 40 some pages....
I gotta say numero uno for me is The Doors L.A. Woman
Then, Mudvayne ld 50
Type o Negative October Rust
Puscifer C is for.....
Slipknot self titled
Alice in Chains Jar of Flies
Fugazi Steady Diet of Nothing
Any James Brown Album
Any Johnny Cash Album
Therese's just To Many.....

 

[dogofgod]

Jar of Flies
Dark Side of the Moon and Fearless
Led Zep 2
Joshua Tree
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
10,000 days
The White Album
Moving Pictures and Clockwork Angels
Under the Table and Dreaming
Ten

 

[NoiseNinja]

I could name more, but the first one that pops into mind is:

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico

 

[Personatech]

Television - Marquee Moon
Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
Beatles - Revolver (Abbey Road would be here if it weren't for "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" )

Let me add...
"Odessey and Oracle" by the Zombies
"Repurcussion" by the dB's
"Who Sell Out" by the Who

 

[stratovani]

I think most Beatles and Rush albums fit that criteria, so other than them here are my choices:

The Who - Who's Next
Derek and The Dominos - Layla
The Moody Blues - To Our Children's Children's Children
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Robin Trower - Bridge Of Sighs
Led Zeppelin 1

I'm sure I'll think of others as the day goes by!

 

[JetBlackJazz]

Rush- Permanent Waves

Pink Floyd- Animals

Morningrise- Opeth

Kill Em All- Metallica

Rust in Peace...Polaris- Megadeth

Rush- Hemispheres

 

[deeptubes]

Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
Beatles - Abbey Road
Machine Head -The Blackening, best metal album EVER!

 

[bassist4dalord]

Darkness on the Edge of Town- Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

What's Goin On?- Marvin Gaye

The Outsiders- NEEDTOBREATHE

I could listen to these three albums all day, every day.

 

[afzoomie67]

It just came out a couple weeks ago, but The Gaslight Anthem's Handwritten is solid.

 

[Freight Train]

"Black Sea" by XTC
"Music from Big Pink" by The Band
"Moby Grape" by Moby Grape
"Bend Sinister" by The Fall

 

[Silver Blues]

Aside from Moving Pictures (one of my all time favourite albums, what else is new) and Hemispheres, the stand-out album for me is Third Stage by Boston. That thing is a #%$ masterpiece.

And as much heat as I'm gonna catch for this, I like Magic Potion by the Keys a whole lot too. So sue me.

--Silvie

 

[rational baze]

Blackwater Park - Opeth

Superunknown - Soundgarden

Grace - Jeff Buckley