5-Star Albums

Recommend some 5 star albums. Don't exaggerate. I mean albums you truly find to be a 5 star (or 10/10, A+ etc.) album. And try to be objective (objective means whatever that word means to YOU, no need to argue over its definition). I'm not going to add A Saucerful of Secrets as a 5/5 album because despite being my favourite Floyd album I don't think it's a 5/5.

Obviously some may wonder what the hell you're on about and question how an album could be, but doesn't matter, it's your opinion. If you think it deserves a 5/5 on your rating scale then that's all that matters.

For me
The Beatles: Please Please Me, With the Beatles, Rubber Soul, Sgt. Pepper's, The Beatles, Abbey Road
The Doors: Strange Days, Morrison Hotel, L.A. Woman
Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd: Piper's, Meddle, Dark Side, Animals, The Wall
John Lennon: Plastic Ono Band
Snoop Doggy Dogg: Doggystyle
The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
Bob Marley & the Wailers: Catch a Fire

That's all I could come up with.

 

i would add:
pixies - doolittle
hüsker dü- zen arcade, warehouse songs
ccr - pendulum
jesus and mary chain - pendulum
sonic youth - daydream nation
led zeppelin - physical graffiti
stones- beggars banquet, exile, sticky fingers
clash - london calling
cure - pornography
neil young - zuma

 

The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
David Bowie - Station To Station, Low
The Kinks - Are The Village Green Preservation Society
Love - Forever Changes
R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons
Social Distortion - Somewhere Between Heaven And Hell
Soul Asylum - Grave Dancers Union
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
Richard and Linda Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights
Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps

 

It was hard to resist putting Mystery Tour on there given that it’s one of my favourite Beatles albums and I like it more than others listed there but a couple songs that I like a lot but aren’t brilliant keep it from being a true 5/5. Like wise with Village Green.

 

Exile on Main St.

 

Can - Tago Mago
Television - Marquee Moon
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
The Stooges - Fun House
Low - I Could Live in Hope
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92

 

Janes Addiction-Nothings Shocking
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers-Damn The Torpedoes
U2-War
The Cars-Candy-O
Emily-Emily
ASG-Blood Drive
The Rolling Stones-Some Girls
The Clash-London Calling
Several I'd give a 5 stars.

 

The Who are at the very top of my to get to list.

 

Here’s a few (ignoring obvious Beatles/Dylan ones):
1. Mickey Newbury- Looks Like Rain
2. Todd Rundgren - A Wizard A True Star
3. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
4. Van Morrison- Astral Weeks
5. Harry Nilsson- Nilsson Sings Newman

6. Jefferson Airplane- Surrealistic Pillow
7. The Waterboys - Fisherman’s Blues
8. Big Star - #1 Record
9. The War on Drugs - Lost in a Dream
10. Love - Forever Changes

 

Def Leppard - Hysteria

My all time favorite album 5/5.
Robert John "Mutt" Lange a big thanks to him.

 

I'll limit myself to albums released in the 21st century.

& - Kristian Hoffman
In Another Life and s/t - Anne Soldaat
I'm OK, You're OK and All Quiet on the Noise Floor - Jason Falkner
Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes - Jon Hassell
Kid A and Amnesiac - Radiohead
Lil' Beethoven - Sparks
The Great Pretenders - Mini Mansions

 

And Yes are second top on my to get to list!

 

Blood on the Tracks
Inner visions
London Calling
Raising Sand
Seachange

 

Steely Dan: Aja.

 

Errrrrrr...... something's wrong here, is it?



(Love your avatar btw, played "Moonhead" quite a bit recently and it's great!!! Shame this band is so under the radar....)

 

Jeff Buckley - Grace
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Rush - Moving Pictures
Janes Addiction- Ritual de lo Habitual
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Marvin Gaye - What’s going on
U2 - Achting Baby
Radiohead - OK Computer
Metallica - Master of Puppets
PJ Harvey - Is this Desire?
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous

 

Jethro Tull - Stand Up & Aqualung

 

Isaac Hayes Hot Buttered Soul
Curtis Mayfield 1st album
Paul Butterfield Band 1st album
Wings Band on the Run
Chuck Berry Anthology or Great 28
Jerry Lee Lewis Sun Greatest Hits
Little Richard Specialty Collection
Dylan Blood on the Tracks
Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here
John Stewart Cannons in the Rain
I'm leaving out the obvious that have been mentioned from the Beatles Beach Boys, Who and Stones.

 

Every masterpiece (well, that I've heard anyway) has at least one flaw (Revolver has Yellow Submarine) or throwaway or sequencing that flags......except for maybe Purple Rain!