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Are there any albums you consider perfect?

My daughter gave me an ipod for my birthday and I have been loading music to it slowly. As a perxon who listens to albums start to finish I have been loading albums I consider high quality beginning to end.
Makes me wonder how many perfect albums there are out there. Steely Dan's "Pretzel Logic" is to me perfect. What I mean by perfect is not one sound needs to be added or subtracted to make it better. Funny thing is, "Pretzel Logic" is not my favorite Steely Dan album, but its sound is perfect. I can only come up with a few.
Pink Floyd, "Wish You Were Here"
Tears For Fears, "Songs From The Big Chair"

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audiofeil
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No album is perfect of course but these just seem to flow so well from beginning to end IMO.

In no particular order:

Abbey Road
Hero and Heroine
Kind of Blue
Ten Song Demo
Thick as a Brick
The Royal Scam
Fragile
In Rainbows
Exile on Main Street
Bookends
Heart Like a Wheel
Moondance
Songs For Distingue' Lovers
Brandenburg Concertos
Desperado
Bare Trees
Swings Schubert Alley
In the Wee Small Hours
audiofeil
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Interesting take on ELP.

I play Tarkus far more than ELP1 and Brain Salad.

Go figure.
audiofeil
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Sit,
I think your list of imperfect albums might be shorter.
audiofeil
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There is no way in my heart to list as many "perfect" albums as sit did. A long list such as his simply diminishes the word and concept for that matter.

I have over 7,000 vinyl records now and could personally not apply the word "perfect" to more than 3 or 4.

The terms perfect and great are grossly overused in the forums and this thread is no different.
audiofeil
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>>03-31-11: Baka1969
Boston: Boston - The best debut album I've heard<<

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Led Zeppelin
Ramblin' Gamblin' Man
Can't Buy A Thrill
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