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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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timrhu OP
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I gave up burgers as a steady part of my diet years ago. I gave up prog rock as part of my musical diet decades ago. Actually, I never got it.
timrhu OP
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I've picked up some good ideas and will be ordering them. The one album listed above that I might go along with as perfect is "The Crane Wife" by The Decemberists. It flows so well from start to finish which is difficult at it's length.
I suppose perfection is relevant to the time and place as much as the particular music set.
On my honorable mention list is:
The Counting Crows, "August And Everything After"
Joni Mitchell, "Blue"
REM, "Document," no wait, that one is perfect.
timrhu OP
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Sit, really? While there are some fine albums on that list you should get a dictionary out and look up "perfect."
timrhu OP
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Sit, point taken. Maybe I should have ended my post with one of these :)
The way I see it is there are many recordings which can be enjoyed start to finish but few which over the years have maintained perfection. So many good recordings fall short by one or two songs. The Counting Crows "August And Everything After" is an example that for me is so close to perfect. Also, there are several selections on your list where I would not consider the particular album one of the artists stronger works. That shows how much this is simply a matter of taste.
No wrong answers here.
timrhu OP
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Although I have read all the responses at one time, not sure if I've seen Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On." Revisited this a few times in the last week. It comes very close.
timrhu OP
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Just finished listening to Bruce Springsteen's Born To Run. Forgot just how much I enjoyed this one. It's on my list of perfect albums.
timrhu OP
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Kbarkamian, other than the Led Zeppelin you mention, I have not heard any of those albums. I read your post and found that very odd.
timrhu OP
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I find it odd because I have heard of all these groups and am of an age where I could easily have listened to them. That being said, I never made an attempt to listen to them. Would say it's not my type of music but if it's good enough for Kbarkamian to rate as perfect, not good but perfect, I might give it a quick try.
timrhu OP
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Some guys were talking about Tom Waits, I never heard of him, so I went to Amazon to hear some samples of his stuff. WOW!!! Thats not even music, let alone bad music. Do you really need high-end gear to listen to stuff like this??? Just asking. No offense.
Rok2id

Never heard of Tom Waits? Really?
He gets plenty of mention on this site. If you listen to a few of his more popular albums I believe you'll be surprised at the number of songs you're familiar with through covers.
timrhu OP
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OK Synthfreek, just ordered Agnes Obel.
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Linda Ronstadt - Heart Like A Wheel, just finished listening to this beautiful album. Haven't heard it in a while and had forgotten how good it is. The production is perfect as well as the song selection.
timrhu OP
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Kula Shaker - K, perfect Brit pop.
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