Give me some PERFECT albums

[naslundfan19]

The Classic Crime - Vagabonds

 

[ritari330]

Boston - Boston

Dash wins! even if it isn't a competition

 

[SuperFlyer13]

Can't believe no said "The Wall"

Black Sabbath - Paranoid

 

[sbb122]

Some great ones already mentioned. I don't know if these would be "perfect" but they are ones i can listen to over and over the whole way through.


Led Zeppelin......Led Zeppelin 4
Pink Floyd........ Dark Side Of The Moon and The Wall
U2........ Achtung Baby, The Joshua Tree, and Wide Awake In America (EP)
Temple Of The Dog......... Temple Of The Dog
Pearl Jam........ Ten
Beastie Boys.......... Licensed To Ill
Black Crowes....... Southern Harmony And The Musical Companion
Van Halen.......Van Halen 1

 

[sbb122]

Can't believe no said "The Wall"

Black Sabbath - Paranoid

Lol, i was typing mine up as you posted that...

 

[SuperFlyer13]

Some other good ones

Van Halen- Van Halen
G-n-R - Appetite for destruction
The Who- Who's Next
The Stones - Sticky Fingers
Jimi Hendrix- Are you experienced
Pantera- Cowboy's from hell
Slayer- South of Heaven
Megadeth- Rust in piece
Metallica- And justice for all

 

[SuperFlyer13]

Lol, i was typing mine up as you posted that...

I got mine up quicker because I don't know how to spell!

 

[dare2be]

This is a cool thread, as I have an iTunes playlist called "Full Albums" of albums that I must listen to, in their entirety, from start to finish. Here are some of my highlights:

Styx - Grand Illusion
Boston - Boston
Hoodoo Gurus - Kinky
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
Depeche Mode - Violator
Fastball - All the Pain Money Can Buy
Flesh For Lulu - Plastic Fantastic

They Might Be Giants - Flood (I self-declare this the winner :p)

 

[beantownmaniac]

The Beatles-Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band,Abby Road, Rubber Soul, Revolver (hell, all of them)
Pink Floyd-Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here
Led Zeppelin-2 and 4
Aerosmith-Rocks,Toys In The Attic
John Lennon-Imagine, Double Fantasy
Cream-Disraeli Gears
Fleetwood Mac-Rumors
Beach Boys-Pet Sounds
U2-Joshua Tree
Boston-Boston
The Eagles-One Of These Nights, Hotel California
Nervana-Nevermind
Jimi Hendricks-are you Experienced
Elton John-Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Captain Fantastic
The Cars-The Cars
Eric Clapton-Slow Hand, journeyman
Metallica-And Justice For All
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers-Damn The Torpedoes
Tom Petty-Full Moon Fever
The Who-Who's Next, Quadrophenia
The Rolling Stones-Sticky Fingers, Exile On Main Street
Bruce Springsteen-Born To Run, Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Yes-Fragile
The Allman Brothers-Fillmore East, Eat A Peach
The Doobie Brothers-The Captain And ME
Alanis Morrisett-Jagged Little Pill

These are some of the great albums in my opinion. The OP or anyone else may disagree, no problem.

 

[forty_three]

Depeche Mode - Violator

An entirely underappreciated and underrated album. Well done.

Oh, and Smiths - Strangeways, here we come.
Soul Asylum - Grave Dancer's Union
and
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds. Maybe the first "Concept" album ever.

 

[elocomotive]

Nervana-Nevermind

I don't disagree, you named one of the best albums of the 90s. The other was Radiohead - OK Computer.

 

[esls79]

Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
Rush - 2112
Paul Simon - Graceland

 

[puckhead]

Ziggy Stardust David Bowie

yeah, that's a strong one, too. Good call.

The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me (I prefer it to Disintegration which I also like - but it has Snakepit on it).

yeah, great album(s). The one song I don't like on it is "Shiver and Shake"

Can't believe no said "The Wall"

great album, but there's a lot of stuff on there you wouldn't point to as 'yeah, that's a great tune'.

Temple Of The Dog......... Temple Of The Dog
Pearl Jam........ Ten

Pearl Jam is a good one.
TotD is great, I never really liked Pushin Forward Back. You should check out Mad Season. It was another one off album with a lot of the same guys. Layne Stayley on vocals instead of Cornell.

Hoodoo Gurus - Kinky

Nice - i thought I was their only fan on this continent. My favourite album of theirs is Mars Needs Guitars, followed by Blow your Cool. I never really listed to much after "Crank"... the got all bible-thumpery on that one.

Beach Boys - Pet Sounds. Maybe the first "Concept" album ever.

I figured that one would show up. For the life of me I can't listen to that all the way through.
imho (I realize I might be on an island here), the Beach Boys are glorified jingle writers. I just can't listen to it.


nice work everyone! some great stuff.

 

[puckhead]

oh yeah, I see Van Halen I show up a couple of times.
I considered it, but "I'm on Fire" was the weak point for me there.


oh yeah..... add ZZ Top - Tres Hombres to my list

 

[Comeds]

yeah, great album(s). The one song I don't like on it is "Shiver and Shake"

I dont like that much either. Fight is not my favorite either. Snakepit is my least liked song though. So its far from a perfect album, but it does have 18 songs on it so I was a bit forgiving. A few weeks before graduation a bunch of us skipped school and went to a local beach and I got really drunk on California Cooler (I was drinking it from the 2 liter bottle - classy!). Naturally I felt awful the next day, but as I trudged to school I listed to the song Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me and the long musical interlude at the beginning really seemed to sum up how I felt. I am not sure if 'sounds like hangover' is a good thing or bad, I mean it in a good way.

I like Hoodoo Gurus but never had one of their albums to listen in full. I did always like a non single about baseball they had called "wheres that hit" and I do have their singles collection "Ampology" and enjoy that. Love the guitar at the beginning of "Miss Freelove '69".

A couple more:

The Church - Of Skins And Heart (ahead of Starfish and The Blurred Crusade - all three have one iffy song on them IMO though)
Nick Cave - Let Love In (Lay Me Low doesnt work for me though)

 

[filosofy29]

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I
Mad Season - Above
Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
Elliott Smith - Either/Or
Alice In Chains - 3 Legged Dog (Self Titled - funky.....but awesome)
Pearl Jam - Ten
Pantera - Vulgar Displays of Power
Oasis - What's the Story (Morning Glory)
Filter - Short Bus
Soundgarden - Superunknown

 

[SuperFlyer13]

yeah, that's a strong one, too. Good call.

yeah, great album(s). The one song I don't like on it is "Shiver and Shake"

great album, but there's a lot of stuff on there you wouldn't point to as 'yeah, that's a great tune'.


Pearl Jam is a good one.
TotD is great, I never really liked Pushin Forward Back. You should check out Mad Season. It was another one off album with a lot of the same guys. Layne Stayley on vocals instead of Cornell.

Nice - i thought I was their only fan on this continent. My favourite album of theirs is Mars Needs Guitars, followed by Blow your Cool. I never really listed to much after "Crank"... the got all bible-thumpery on that one.

I figured that one would show up. For the life of me I can't listen to that all the way through.
imho (I realize I might be on an island here), the Beach Boys are glorified jingle writers. I just can't listen to it.


nice work everyone! some great stuff.

You would be surprised how many times I have had to argue this point with idiots! Or they try to say it's Jerry Cantrell!

 

[dare2be]

Nice - i thought I was their only fan on this continent. My favourite album of theirs is Mars Needs Guitars, followed by Blow your Cool. I never really listed to much after "Crank"... the got all bible-thumpery on that one.

Yeah, I didn't like Crank either. IMO all of their previous albums are listenable from beginning to end. I picked Kinky as it has 4 of my favorite songs of theirs: Miss Freelove, Castles in the Air, 1000 Miles Away, and I Don't Mind.

 

[Destroydacre]

Myst 3 Exile Soundtrack

 

[beantownmaniac]

yeah, that's a strong one, too. Good call.

yeah, great album(s). The one song I don't like on it is "Shiver and Shake"

great album, but there's a lot of stuff on there you wouldn't point to as 'yeah, that's a great tune'.


Pearl Jam is a good one.
TotD is great, I never really liked Pushin Forward Back. You should check out Mad Season. It was another one off album with a lot of the same guys. Layne Stayley on vocals instead of Cornell.

Nice - i thought I was their only fan on this continent. My favourite album of theirs is Mars Needs Guitars, followed by Blow your Cool. I never really listed to much after "Crank"... the got all bible-thumpery on that one.

I figured that one would show up. For the life of me I can't listen to that all the way through.
imho (I realize I might be on an island here), the Beach Boys are glorified jingle writers. I just can't listen to it.


nice work everyone! some great stuff.

I just kept forgetting so many classics like David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, etc... the list just goes on