Stooges "Funhouse"
Blue Oyster Cult "Secret Treaties"
Aerosmith "Rocks"
Blue Oyster Cult "Secret Treaties"
Aerosmith "Rocks"
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"
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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This isn't as easy a choice as you might think. I will try to list them the best I can. They might be flawless but they're not necessarily my favorites. Here's mine: Miles Davis: Kind of Blue - I believe to be the most flawless album of all time Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here - Simply a masterpiece of prog music Pink Floyd: The Wall - The most cohesive concept album ever made Pink Floyd: Meddle - Echoes itself makes this perfect Boston: Boston - The best debut album I've heard The Eagles: Hotel California - Where's the filler? The Sex Pistols: Nevermind the Bollocks - 39 minutes of pure unadulterated punk The Beatles: Sgt Pepper - I think the best of the Beatles output Jethro Tull: Aqualung - Simply brilliant Tool: Lateralus - This is what metal is all about Joni Mitchell: Blue - Soulful and heartfelt Bob Marley: Legend - I know it's a compilation but it's essential Led Zeppelin: Zoso - Needs no explanation Chicago Transit Authority: Chicago Transit Authority - Perfect blend of rock/jazz |
Oohhh a new thread, or should we hijack this one with: Best Debut Albums, here are my favs: The Beatles - Please, Please Me Stone Temple Pilots - Core Led Zeppelin Sade - Diamond Life Nora Jones - Come Away with Me Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill Bad Co Elvis Costello - My Aim is True' Jet - Get Born (ahh so much promise, then nothing) |
Enjoyed the thread. Many, many great suggestions. For me, additional "perfect" LPs I did not think I saw listed... Bruce Springsteen "Darkness on the Edge of Town" Fairport Convention "Liege & Lief" Genesis "A Trick of the Tail" Jethro Tull "Benefit" Joe Jackson "Night & Day" Apologies for any of these already mentioned. |
I'm surprised at how many audiophiles "max. out" with three chord rock and fake jazz. What's up with that? I like to rock out and bang head once in a while, but geezeeeee! why? I like Stevie Ray Vaughn, and find his guitar parts somewhat hard to play. But, someone will probably blast me for not knowing about Jimi and Albert King? And to that one guy above that had a negitive response. Give me your address, and I will send you a free recorder (if you know what a recorder is). Maybe you could start there and work up. ! :) |
Abbey Road Wish You Were Here Aja Gaucho Tea For The Tillerman Madman Across The Water Led Zeppelin 2 Quadrophenia Blow By Blow The Captain And Me Abraxas OK Computer Nevermind Imaginary Day Court And Spark Trilogy Revolver Selling England By The Pound Aqualung Are You Experienced Synchronicity Future Games Crime Of The Century Close To The Edge Let It Bleed The Fragile Agents Of Fortune Texas Flood Viva La Vita: Death And All His Friends Transatlanticism Highway 61 Revisited Bookends |
Nine Horses (a David Sylvian project), "Snow Borne Sorrow". Perfect for what it is. Very well recorded. Perfect in its music and flow. And I really dig the music. (Warning: trippy, not rocking.) http://www.amazon.com/Snow-Borne-Sorrow-Nine-Horses/dp/B000B8GUGO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1317587298&sr=8-2 |
I think there are a lot of albums that come very close to perfection, but they usually have one song that disqualifies it for me. Foe example, Metallica's ...And Justice For All would be perfect if they dropped "Eye of the Beholder." I view an album as perfect if there's not a single song that I skip. That doesn't mean it's my favorite album (there's too many to call one my favorite), nor does it mean that the band doesn't have better songs on another album. So... Metallica - Ride The Lightning... Apparently the band hates "Escape" as they've never played it live. I like it enough to never skip it. Black Sabbath - Paranoid... The only 'filler' in this one ended up being perhaps their most famous song - Paranoid Slayer - Reign In Blood... It's about 26 minutes long. No redundancy or fillers. Rick Rubin asked them if they realized it was only 26 minutes long and maybe they should add a track or two. The band said they said everything they needed to say, and the cool thing was you could listen to it all the way through without a break, then flip it over and listen to it all over again (the entire album fit on one side of a cassette). Stone Remple Pilots - Core... Not a single weak track. I'd love to include Led Zepplin II, but I really, really hate "Thank You." |
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. |
"I think Kbarkamian thought his thread was being sent to Audiobong?" What's that supposed to mean? No offense taken. ...or should I? Timrhu, Everyone's idea of perfect is different. I'm a big fan of the bands mentioned. Not many Slayer fans here, I assume, but there's nothing wrong with that. I'm not the biggest Slayer fan overall, but Reign In Blood is considered by many to be the best thrash metal album of all time. It's an album I've owned since I was about 13, and still haven't lost a bit of interest in it at 35. Ride The Lightning was from the era when Metallica had an edge and played like they were waving a big middle finger to everyone who didn't like what they were doing. Times have changed, people get older and grow up. A lot of people consider Metallica's Master Of Puppets to be a perfect album, or at least their best. I think it has several songs on it that are better than anything on Ride The Lightning, but it's got a song I can't stand ("The Thing That Should Not Be"), and 2 others that I skip frequently. But Master Of Puppets' best songs may be Metallica's best songs. Kind of odd. If you're looking to see what I'm talking about with these albums, I'm sure YouTube has songs from them. No cost to hear something new. That's becoming my new way of hearing new stuff. Saved me some cash and aggravation by not buying stuff I thought was going to be good, but ended up being awful. |
Timrhu, Forgot to mention... Slayer's Regina In Blood really has to be listened to entirely to really understand why it's perfect (IMO). The first and last tracks definitely hold up on their own ("Angel of Death" and "Raining Blood") quite well though, if you're into thrash metal anyway. Metallica's Ride the Lightning should be heard throughout too. It's also more easily accessible than Reign In Blood. Another album I forgot to mention... Rage Against The Machine - Self titled; Full of politically charged rage and angst. A great album from start to finish with no fillers. It took me a while to appreciate the entire album, rather than just around half the tracks. It's a shame they only made 3 studio albums (not including a covers album). |
Good grief!! If this is a representative sample of what you listen to, why not just get yourselves a Sony Boombox and be done. 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. |
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. 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. |
My perfect albums so far are: Tigerlily - Natalie Merchant Mr A to Z - Jason Mraz Surfacing - Sarah Mclaughlin Life in Slow Motion - David Grey The Innocents - Erasure Famous Blue Raincoat - Jennifer Warnes And for you Tears for Fears fans, there is: Rites of Passage - Vitamin Z Srwooten....I was shocked anyone owned Cityboy besides me! lol |
Here's another, the Tchaikovsky 5th on the Everest re-issue with Sargent conducting. Not only does the performance sound great but so does the LP. In fact most of the the Everest series is worth getting as well. Other standouts from the series: Sargent Pictures almost as good as Reiner Everest Sibelius Violin Concerto |
