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What albums do you keep coming back to?

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Not necessarily for the bass that's on them, but which albums do you play and say, "Ah, yes... the one's still perfect... I just LOVE this!!!"? For the songs... the production... the performance... whatever trips your trigger.

For me:

Prince - One Nite Alone... Live!
Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
Steve Morse - High Tension Wires
 
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Pearl Jam - Ten
Sieges Even - Paramount
Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt 2
Angra - Aurora Consergens
Kamelot - The Black Halo
Do Or Die - Picture This
Bela Fleck and The Flecktones - UFO Tofu
Snoop Dog - Doggystyle
Tesseract - Polaris
Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction
Symphony X - Underworld
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia

YES!!
 
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I don't listen to these often but they are some of my favorite albums and I do go back and listen to them from time to time. With all of these, each song is good through the entire album, the album flows well, and the production is pleasing and fitting.

Dredg - El Cielo
Fire Theft - Fire Theft
Of Montreal - Hissing fauna....
Chairlift - Something
Mars Volta - deloused
Sigur Ros - untitled
Bright Eyes - I'm wide awake...
 
RUSH, 'Moving Pictures'...

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Too many to list here, but:
Dave Binney: Balance
Miles Davis : Miles Miles Miles, Kind of Blue (and some ithers)
Dave Holland Prime Directive and ones all
Bill Frisell : Unspeakable and Romance with the unseen.
Steve Swallow: Real Book.
Keith Jarrett: The Melody at night with you.
Wayne Krantz: Krantz Carlock Lefebvre, Howie 61, Good Piranha/Bad Piranha
Buck 65: Weirdo Magnet
David Bowie: Earthling, A reality Tour, Outside.
John Zorn: Masada Guitars, Naked City.
Faith No more: Sole invictus
Meshell Ndegeocello: Bitter, Weather.

...and quite a few more...
 
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Not necessarily for the bass that's on them, but which albums do you play and say, "Ah, yes... the one's still perfect... I just LOVE this!!!"? For the songs... the production... the performance... whatever trips your trigger.

For me:

Prince - One Nite Alone
Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
Steve Morse - High Tension Wires
The Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies
Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedroom
 
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Bill Evans Trio - Sunday at the Village Vangaurd and Waltz for Debbie
Miles Davis - My Funny Valentine
Steve Coleman and a Five Elements - Curves of Life
Dave Holland - Triplicate
Chick Corea - Now He Sings Now He Sobs
Kevin Eubanks - World Trio
Marcus Miller - Renaissance
Pat Metheney - Bright Size Life
The Pedrito Martinez Group - Habanna Dreams