What are your "perfect" albums?

[OldShark]

I'm still working on my first...

 

[Snarf]

Come Out You're Hiding - Flor
Nothing's Real - Shura
You Are Someone Else - Fickle Friends
Unison - Celine Dion
Live From The Acropolis - Yanni
Power Windows - Rush
Au Dela Des Couleurs (probably screwed up that spelling) - Francesca Gagnon
Lore - Clannad
Delirium - Capercaillie
Rain Hail Or Shine - Battlefield Band

 

[Bruiser Stone]

Completely Well, BB King
Naturally, JJ Cale
Wicked Grin, John Hammond
Hoodoo Man Blues, Junior Wells
Let It Bleed, Stones
Black and White, The Stranglers
Moondance, Van Morrison

Forgot one….

 

[Altitude]

This one:



Challenging to say what sort of music this is. Elektric Band was a fusion group but this is something else. It's not branded as a concept album but if you listen to it end to end you definitely hear a story.

Every band member shows virtuosity and sensitivity in equal measure. It's almost as if you're hearing a classical quartet and not a fusion band.

Wonderful record.

 

[design]

Everybody Knows this is Nowhere - Neil Young
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Call of the Valley - Hariprasad Chaurasia, Brij Bhushan Kabra, and Shivkumar Sharma
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
Blue - Joni Mitchell
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie

 

[Skullheadrac]

Leatherface - Mush
Skrewdriver - Hail the new Dawn

 

[jw23mind]

Short list:
Oingo Boingo first three albums
Devo "Freedom Of Choice"
Primus "Frizzle Fry"
Black Sabbath "Master Of Reality"
Agent Orange "Living In Darkness"
Descendents "All"
Voivod "Nothingface" and "The Wake"
All "Allroy's Revenge"
Soundgarden "Superunknown"
Bad Brains "I Against I"
Failure "Magnified"
Faith No More "The Real Thing"
Metallica "Master Of Puppets"
Jethro Tull "Thick As A Brick"
Slift "Ummon"
Rush "Moving Pictures"
Yes "Yes Album"

 

[phorm]

Rush-Moving Pictures. Learned the whole album on my bass. Struggled with Geddy's solo runs on YYZ.
The Yes Album-Learned most of this one too. Starship Trooper, Yours is no Disgrace, I've seen All good people. What an album. Chris Squire=Awesome!

 

[MultiScaleMale]

Peter Gabriel "So"
U2 "The Joshua Tree"
Poe "Hello"
Enigma "MCMXC a.D."
Living Colour "Vivid"
Alkaline Trio "Agony & Irony"
Fleetwood Mac "Tango In The Night"
Foreigner "Records"
Helmet "Betty"
The Hold Steady "Teeth Dreams"
INXS "Kick"
Janet Jackson "Rhythm Nation"
Linkin Park "Hybrid Theory"
Mr. Mister "Welcome To The New World"
Pearl Jam "Ten"
Rush "Roll The Bones"
Rush "Counterparts"
Sonny Landreth "Grant Street"
Taylor Swift "1989"
Queensryche "Empire"
Soundtrack for "The Incredibles"
Soundtrack for "Top Gun"

 

[Bill Murray]

TOP 5
Rumors - FleetWood Mac
Only By The Night - Kings Of Leon
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Channel Orange - Frank Ocean
Funky Kingston - Toots and The Maytals


Honorable Mentions
Shadow Work - Mammal Hands
Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis
Straight No Chaser - Monk
Fear Of A Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree
4 - Run The Jewels
The Score - Fugees
Everything I Own - Ken Boothe
Survival - Bob Marley
Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius
Revolver - The Beetles
The More I Sleep, The Less I Dream - We Were Promised JetPacks
Stadium Arcadium - RHCP
In Rainbows - RadioHead
The Price Of Existence - All Shall Perish

Pretty much everything John Williams did between 1975-1993
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Vig Mihaly "Werckmeister Harmoniak" (Valuska and Oreg)

 

[Gustopher]

Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Tori Amos - Under The Pink
Radiohead - Ok Computer
Anthrax - Sound of White Noise
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
Rush - Moving Pictures
Pearl Jam - Ten
Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies

 

[smurfco]

A few I haven't seen mentioned yet (I don't think)...

They Might Be Giants - Flood
Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

 

[murphy]

The Stranglers " Black and White"



https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8a8cutYP7fpjNyhG1xh7BRfnhxrDyGzS

The Stranglers "Rattus Norvegicus"

 

[murphy]

Black and White, The Stranglers

Thank you

 

[jnewmark]

Let It Bleed, by the Rolling Stones, Live At The Apollo, Vol 1, by James Brown, Live In Europe, by Otis Redding, Abbey Road, by the Beatles, and , Tommy, by The Who.

 

[Chrisenbacker69]

Abbey Road - The Beatles
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Eagles - Hotel California
Back in Black - AC/DC
The Joshua Tree - U2
Van Halen - Van Halen
The Rising - Bruce Springsteen
Ten - Pearl Jam

Please excuse my conventional but varied tastes.

 

[Bunk McNulty]

...and these:

 

[Hammerfield]

Roxy and Elsewhere - Zappa
Joes Garage - Zappa
Guacho - Steely Dan
Bridge Over Troubled Waters - Simon and Garfunkel

 

[maxschrek]

A lot of my picks I've already seen mentioned about, so, I won't repeat them.
I will, however, add:
YES - Going For The One
Killing Joke - Night Time
Thomas Dolby - The Flat Earth
Scritti Politti - Cupid & Psyche In '85
ABC - The Lexicon Of Love
UK - Danger Money
10cc - How Dare You
Badfinger - Straight Up
Kiss - Destroyer
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Steely Dan - Countdown To Ecstasy
Grizzly Bear - Shields

 

[rashrader]

There's too many for me to list.