"5 Perfect Albums"

McCartney - Egypt Station

Sting - Soul Cages

Beatles - Sgt. Pepper

Rush - 2112 and Permanent Waves

 

In no order...

Sgt. Peppers- The Beatles
Pet Sounds- The Beach Boys
The Doors- The Doors
Nilsson Schmilsson- Harry Nilson
All Things Must Pass- George Harrison

Another Day Another Time
(celebrating music of Coen Brothers film Inside Llewyn Davis) Probably 1 of the most perfect live albums ever.

 

Very hard to argue with this list, including the afterthought.

 

Professor Longhair - Rock n Roll Gumbo
Richard & Linda Thompson - Pour Down Like Silver
Little Feat - Dixie Chicken
Los Lobos - Kiko and the Lavender Moon
Bert Jansch - Rosemary Lane

Honorable mentions:

Dave Alvin - Blue Blvd
Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon

 

I completely agree. There are plenty of artists I could name 5 for. For example

Steve Tibbetts - YR
Steve Tibbetts - Safe Journey
Steve Tibbetts- Big Map Idea
Steve Tibbetts - Exploded View
Steve Tibbetts - A Man About a Horse
Knut Hamre And Steve Tibbetts - Å

 

Nice. Too much £ for me, though. And I do not even own an original vinyl of it. Just CD of that one - that's how much I ignored it, though.

BTW. I preferred side Ruth back then. And it was side Richard that I thought the weaker. Now I like both and I can't help thinking that when Wyatt swapped A/B sides it change the album for me. That change in sequence on the Ryko CD. I love the songs about cubs and brownies and the one about the 'major oceans'. The Richard side is every bit as moving as Rock Bottom.

 

Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman
Donny Hathaway - Everything is Everything
Yes - Close to the Edge
The Cult - Love
Prince - Sign 'O' the Times

 

Dark side of the moon
Born to run
Blood on the tracks
What’s going on
Blackheart man- Bunny Wailer

 

Jennifer Warnes - Famous Blue Raincoat
Mae Moore - Bohemia
Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks

 

The Cult Love
AC/DC Back In Black
Bryan Adams Reckless
A-ha Scoundrel Days
Led Zeppelin III

 

Def Leppard - Pyromania
Bryan Adams - Reckless
Mötley Crüe - Too Fast For Love
Thin Lizzy - Vagabonds Of The Western World
Judas Priest - Painkiller

 

The ones from the BIG names:

The Who - Who's Next
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
The Clash - London Calling
The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.


The more obscure:

Webb Wilder - Doo Dad
The Band of Heathens - Top Hat Crown & The Clapmaster's Son
Scott Miller - Big Big World
The V-Roys - Just Add Ice
David Baerwald - Here Comes The New Folk Underground

 

Killing Joke - S/T
Broadcast - HaHa Sound
The Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
Talk Talk - Spirt of Eden
The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour

It’s only got be 5?

 

Miles Davis-Milestones
Miles Davis-Bitches Brew
The Flamingos-Flamingo Serenade
The Rolling Stones- Their Satanic Majesties Request
Led Zeppelin III

 

Joni Mitchell - Blue
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
John Martyn - Solid Air
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash
Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers

 

Sid Vicious - Sid Sings.
Azymuth - Outburo
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King.
Pete Townshend/Ronnie Lane - Rough Mix
Deep Purple - Machine Head, Made in Japan

 

Vince guaraldi- jazz impressions of black orpheus
Vince Guaraldi and Bola Sete- and friends
Vince guaraldi- a boy named Charlie brown
Vince guaraldi- a Charlie brown christmas
Vince guaraldi- the ecletic

 

And I thought I was done buying albums.

Got a new list of 50+/-.

Great list guys! Thanks.

 

I am going to stay away from the obvious & select a few somewhat less mentioned records...

1.Roky Erickson / The Evil One...a perfect blending of RE horror movie fixations balanced with some of the best hard rock ever recorded, with Roky's rhythm guitar driving it all

2.ZZ TOP / Tejas...their most diverse record complete with chicks, booze, boogie, C&W, West Texas outlaws & all capped off with Gibbons starry Texas night acoustic utopia "Asleep In The Desert"

Tejas & Dequello are IMO the best the TOP have ever been...

Tres Hombres made the boys stars to many (outside Texas) high school age teens during 1973, Tejas brought the Texas lifestyle to the world in 1976 & Dequello gave the band Super Star status in mid 1979

3.James Brown / Live @ The Apollo '68...yes the 1st Apollo record is essential but this was just as good

4.Ricky Nelson / Legendary Masters Series...this 1971 2LP compilation with 12 page book remains the definitive early Ricky Nelson package...

From Be-Bop Baby thru Hello Mary Lou & everything in between with not a moment lost, a perfect record

5.Fresh Cream (mono)...the sound of Country Blues juiced with Eric Claptons English electricity &all held in place by Bruce & Baker's crushing rhythm section, a awesome sound

During early '67 nothing hit like Fresh Cream or The Doors.Nothing.

 

A Hard Day’s Night - The Beatles
Get Happy!! - Elvis Costello
London Calling - The Clash
Willy & the Poor Boys - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Pure Pop for Now People - Nick Lowe

 

Van Morrison - Moondance
The Beach Boys - Wild Honey
The Kinks - Village Green...
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Neil Young - After The Gold Rush

 

imho underrated classics

giant sand - center of the universe
alex chilton - like flies on sherbert (as perfect as it can get )
urge overkill- the supersonic storybook
van morrison - inarticulate speech of the heart
soft machine - volume one