Perfect recordings

[Scroller]

Just wanted to throw this out there:

Fishbone's 1990 recording, 'Truth and Soul' is so good it makes me wanna cry . While funk, ska, and RnB are the dominant styles represented, there are actually so many other elements at work here...(prog, metal, punk, 80's new wave, VanHalen-esque guitar solos, etc...) and the thing is, all of these added elements are so subtle and done with such taste. Really, this disc is one of those magic moments where the artists can simply do no wrong...oh, and did I mention Norwood Fisher's bass playing??? Holy sh!t

I'm wondering what other recordings (could be any band, any style of music) TB'ers feel are borderline PERFECT.

Here's a few more of mine that I could probably write novels about:

Rush---Moving Pictures
Pink Floyd---Animals
Jaco Pastorius---Jaco Pastorius
John Coltrane---Giant Steps
J.S. Bach---Cello Suites (Paul Tortelier)

 

[agreatheight]

I'll give you five that currently blow my mind.

Prince: Purple Rain
Jeff Buckley: Grace
Queensryche: Operation Mindcrime
Tool: Aenima
Live: Throwing Copper

I am not sure any of those albums could be improved upon in any discernable manner.

 

[metalguy2]

Sadly.. Giant Steps was not perfect.. If it were perfect it would have been recorded by Rudy Van Gelder...


System of a Down "self titled" was always a perfect recording to me...
So was The Dillinger Escape Plan's "Calcultating Infinity"

 

[Jiggybass]

Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
Millencolin - Home From Home
Symphony X - V

 

[supernaut_1]

just a few random songs, off the top of my head:

Rage Against The Machine - "Know Your Enemy"

Lynrd Skynrd - "Freebird"

Aphex Twin - "Windowlicker"

Ted Nugent - "Free For All"

Metallica - "The Four Horsemen"

In Flames - "Gyroscope"

Yngwie Malmsteen - "Far Beyond The Sun"

 

[markjazzbassist]

Steely Dan - Aja

That album is amazing and Flawless. The recording quality for that time and the production are exceptional. The definition of perfect IMO.

 

[nad]

Not a perfect album, but a perfect recording. One of the best sounding albums I own.

 

[Planet Boulder]

Just some that come to mind (anything BUT comprehensive - just stuff off the top of my head):

Classic (pre-1980):
Miles Davis - "Bitches Brew"
T-Monk - "Straight, No Chaser"
Freddie Hubbard - "Straight Life"
Pink Floyd - "Animals"
The Beatles - "Revolver".
Marvin Gaye - "What's Goin' On"
Led Zeppelin - III
Grateful Dead - "Mars Hotel"
Joni Mitchell - "Court and Spark"
Talking Heads - "Remain in Light"

Modern: (Post 1980)
Sugar - "Copper Blue"
Foo Fighters - "One By One"
RHCP - "BSSM"
Nirvana - "Never Mind"
Jane's Addiction - "Ritual de la Habitual"
The Mars Volta - "Frances the Mute"
U2 - "Joshua Tree"
Phish - "Billy Breathes"
Seal - first cd

 

[mvw356]

Steely Dan - Aja

That album is amazing and Flawless. The recording quality for that time and the production are exceptional. The definition of perfect IMO.

+1

 

[SurrenderMonkey]

So, no-fillers albums?

Nine Inch Nails - Downward Spiral
Tool - Aenima
Radiohead - OK Computer
Massive Attack - Mezzanine


secodn bests...
Tool - 10,000 days
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Faith No More - Angel Dust
Faith No More - The Real Thing
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic
White Zombie - Astro Creep 2000
Prodigy - Music For The Jilted Generation
Tricky - Maxinquaye
Vangelis - Blade Runner OST
Temple Of The Dog - Temple Of The Dog
Mad Season - Above
Guns And Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Asian Dub Foundation - Community Music
Metallica - Ride The Lighnting
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
Sepultura - Roots
Yann Tiersen - Le Phare
Bjork - Post

phew...

 

[Mike Flynn]

Er sorry but - Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon is also a freekin' classic/perfect recording IMO.

 

[Otso]

Alice in Chains - Dirt

Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger

Screaming Trees - Buzz Factory

J.S Bach Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin, played by Nathan Milstein

 

[bassist 4 life]

Dio - Holy Diver
Rainbow - Temple Of The King

 

[derrenleepoole]

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Weather Report - Black Market
Vincent Gemignani - Modern Pop Percussion
John Zorn - Filmworks VII: Cynical Hysterie Hour
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
Future Sound Of London - Lifeforms

 

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

Rush---Moving Pictures

That's what instantly came to my mind when I saw the thread's title. Specially "Tom Sawyer" and "Limelight". Alex Lifeson's tone in those tracks is sublime, not to mention Geddy's. Besides, the cover is awesome!

 

[jazzbasta]

Steely Dan--Gaucho
Art of Noise--The Seduction of Claude Debussy
The The--Soul Mining
Grace Jones--Slave to the Rhythm
Donald Fagen--The Nightfly
Rush--Permanent Waves

 

[BassGod]

Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
Rush - Hemishperes
Yes - Close To The Edge

Graeme

 

[fatfinger]

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