"Perfect" Albums. Albums you like every song on.

more than clandestino???

 

ZZ Top - Deguello

Spirit- Twelve Dreams of Dr Sardonicus

Cactus - Restrictions

KISS - Alive!

 

Some great suggestions, and I absolutely concur with Forever Changes as right up there.

But how come no-one has mentioned Live Dead, arguably (by me at least) one of the most perfect albums of all time?

 

Oh yeah, I forgot... THIS:



Spun it all weekend now, think it may become one of my new favorite albums, that disc GROOVES

 

Dusty in Memphis
and a half dozen or so already listed above

 

Moby Grape debut. Perfection.

 

Diamond Dogs would be the Bowie album where every single moment is golden.

 

I was hoping you'd respond to my last post addressed to you.

Of course, keep in mind that you persuaded me to start skipping content that I think is flawed, so maybe I missed something.

 

I though I had. Your post #209 My Reply post #233. Maybe the CIA or the FBI our (sssh) The Beatles Police are on to us.

 

The Tragically Hip - Fully Completely (1992)

 

Perfection.

 

With tow long songs that go on to the horizon and beyond....and this amazing song, and wonderful video too:

The Weekend--Dave Rawlings Machine

 

deja vu - CSNY
couch album - CSN
boat album - CSN
led zeppelin - 4
david & david - boomtown (yes including 'heroes')
sgt pepper - beatles
revolver - the beatles
magical mystery tour - the beatles (yes including 'flying"
sticky fingers - stones
animals - pink floyd
dark side - pink floyd
wish you were here - pink floyd
if i could only remember my name -david crosby
after the goldrush - neil young
harvest - neil young
steely dan - aja
steely dan - gaucho
steely dan - royal scam (yes including "the fez")
loggins & messina - motherlode
graham nash - songs for beginners
stills -young band - long may you run
crosby*nash - s/t (2004)
yes - fragile
warren zevon - s/t
christopher cross - s/t
lucinda williams - car wheels on a gravel road
eagles - hotel california
eagles - the long run
eagles - desperado
jackson browne - i'm alive
shawn colvin - fat city
10cc - bloody tourists

 

It was impossible to choose!

 

I skipped over the posts that I thought weren't any good.

 

Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold
King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
Genesis - Foxtrot
Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
Beatles - Rubber Soul
Steely Dan - Katy Lied

 

Fun thread. The affection for Dire Straits - Love Over Gold really lends credibility, as does the mention of Guaraldi's A Charlie Brown Christmas.

For new adds - Billy Joel - Turnstiles and Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee.

 

For me, the perfect album (in today's download/streaming world a sadly fading concept), is a song cycle that lyrically and melodically holds together as a whole-in addition to the accessibility and imagination of each individual song. So with that in mind, off the top of my head, here goes:

Willis Alan Ramsey-Willis Alan Ramsey
Tonight's the Night-Neil Young
Zuma-Neil Young
Close to the Edge-Yes
Relayer-Yes
Sailin' Shoes-Little Feat
Dark Side of the Moon-Pink Floyd
Mental Health-Aimee Mann
Lost in a Dream-The War on Drugs
Aja-Steely Dan
Strawberry-Wussy
Wussy-Wussy
Stealing Fire-Bruce Cockburn
Security-Peter Gabriel
Boomtown-David and David
Time Out of Mind-Bob Dylan
Love and Theft-Bob Dylan

Of course, I reserve the right to add to this list when I get home and check my record collection. ;-)

 

Also not mentioned - The B-52's - Wild Planet.

 

wow. first page in and theres that ubiquitous Hoffman forum Beatles hatred.

I'm not listing in classical music because, well, it seemed like the OP perhaps wanted more rock or pop albums. For this I left off any jazz too, altho there are many I think are perfect.

for rock and pop and country - just listing one of each

Led Zep 2 - in spite of the drum solo, which mercifully is short. The rest of is just so bloody good. Can you believe that drum solo was approaching 30 freaking minutes long in the late 70s? good grief.

Abba - Arrival - this is probably the only one here without exception. Spotty and iffy sort of recording/mixing good-for-the-times audio quality, to me, every song and performance is a winner.

EmmyLou Harris - Luxury Liner - now that I'm finally in a working country band, and can appreciate it, this album just gets better every time I hear it.

 

Aja is the first that came to mind for me.
There are most likely others but that one's a no-brainer.

 

Quite the opposite. The Beatles are one of my favorite bands. I just didn't want this thread to devolve into which Beatles album is more perfect than another Beatles album. I wanted it to be about something not just Beatles oriented. Luckily it seems to have worked. The Beatles have been mentioned but they didn't take over the thread.

 

perhaps, then this might have given someone (namely me) the wrong impression:


"I specifically left the Beatles off my list. I want actual perfect records"

that was taken out of context, however, even with context, one could easily misunderstand your intentions.

and then the rest of it, "not records we're all told are perfect day after day."...

I mean, it sounds like you do not believe the Beatles made any perfect albums... and do NOT want to hear anyone's opinion that they did.

However, my bad, and have a nice Tuesday.