Near-/ perfect albums?

Dave!

Hey folks,

What albums have you got that you can just listen to over and over and love every song? Or at least most songs?

For me at the moment I'm thinking:

MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
The Script - the Script :eek:

and I know it's kind of cheating since it's a Best Of but

Bob Marley and the Wailers - Legend

And not perfect (I just can't like 'Malted Milk' ), but close:

Eric Clapton - Unplugged

MagicMarker

Near perfect... Dark Side of the Moon - damn clocks!!!!

I don't think there's any such thing as a ''perfect'' album.

li@mo

The Killers - Hot Fuss

1huge1

Led Zeppelin IV

The Doors-The Doors

Rage Against the machine-Rage against the machine/battle of los angeles

All of the police albums

Nirvana-Nevermind

so many more

Timans

Built to Spill - Perfect from Now On.

beardo81

Ok Computer - Radiohead

Captures every emotion known to man

Kinetic^

1huge1 wrote: »

Rage Against the machine-Rage against the machine/battle of los angeles

Nirvana-Nevermind

Epic proportions of win right there!!

Green Day - Dookie

Prodigy - Experience

Jack Johnson - Brushfire Fairytales

Defo way more........

OPENROAD

Gary Barlow Twelve Months Eleven Days

RichTea

I think The 59 Sound by Gaslight Anthem is a damn near perfect album. It flows really, really well from track to track.
Other than that Greetings from Asbury Park, New Jersey by Springsteen, Funeral by Arcade Fire and The World Won't Listen by the Smiths deserve a big mention.

xOxSinéadxOx

Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
Vampire Weekend
Strokes - Is This It?

tech77

Radiohead- The Bends.
I'm just remembering in my head how unbelievably good the guitars are in "Just" and "My Iron Lung" after listening to it again today.

J.S. Pill

I was just thinking this evening, back in the day when I actually had to buy tapes and CDs I'd listen to the albums I did have a lot more frequently and carefully. Now that I have thousands of albums at my fingertips I just don't get to know albums as well. I'm listening to Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Right Now which is an awesome album but probably haven't played it in about 2 years.
(I'm sure this phenomenon has been discussed on these pages a million times before).

So most of the albums I consider near enough to 'perfect' would be albums I listened to when I was younger. Nowadays, I probably would consider Straight out of Compton perfect and change my mind a week later.

fryup

near perfect album?? ...it would have to be......

*******Rumours Fleetwood Mac********

dixiefly

Good Old Boys - Randy Newman
Trouble In Paradise - Randy Newman
Born To Run - The Boss
Astral Weeks - Van
After The Goldrush Neil Young
Peter Gabriel 3

They dont make em like they used to.

musicmonky

timing is everything....
then ...
Unforgetable Fire / Achtung Baby by U2
Now...
OK Computer / In Rainbows by the Radiohead

xOxSinéadxOx

J.S. Pill wrote: »

I was just thinking this evening, back in the day when I actually had to buy tapes and CDs I'd listen to the albums I did have a lot more frequently and carefully. Now that I have thousands of albums at my fingertips I just don't get to know albums as well. I'm listening to Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Right Now which is an awesome album but probably haven't played it in about 2 years.
(I'm sure this phenomenon has been discussed on these pages a million times before).

So most of the albums I consider near enough to 'perfect' would be albums I listened to when I was younger. Nowadays, I probably would consider Straight out of Compton perfect and change my mind a week later.

yeah that's true, when you actually had to go and buy it you'd listen to it more and if you didn't like it you still listen to it again and give it a chance. I just delete something if I don't like it. The way we listen to music is definitely changing but I don't think we can really complain :P

thebigcheese22

Ten by Pearl Jam. ENd of! Also the sound quality should be drastically improved with the reissue next month

Also Superunknown by Soundgarden and Jar of Flies by Alice in Chains are near perfection

fated2pretend

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel

KnifeWRENCH

Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (apart from "Dusty And Pistol Pete" this album truly seriously is amazing.)

Radiohead - In Rainbows (9 brilliant songs out of 10, but I don't really like "Faust Arp")

The Breeders - Mountain Battles (love all the songs on it apart from the title track)

Bjork - Homogenic ("Hunter" and "Unravel" are very good but not quite brilliant, and I'm not a big fan of "All Neon Like". The rest is truly magnificent though.)

The White Stripes - Icky Thump

Insect Overlord

Nirvana- Unplugged
BellX1- Flock; Music in Mouth
Arcade Fire- Funeral
The Killers- Sam's Town
Muse- Absolution
David Bowie- The Rise and Fall of Ziggie Stardust and the Spiders From Mars

I'm sure I'll think of more, but these were the first 6 albums that popped into my head which I can listen to without having to skip a single song.

g5fd6ow0hseima

Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
Neil Young - Harvest

Jimdagym

Jeff buckley - grace.
Morrissey - viva hate.
NIN - pretty hate machine
Foo fighters - there is nothing left to lose.

Kold

Radiohead - In Rainbows, OK Computer, Amnesiac, OK Computer
Aphex Twin - Richard D James Album
NMH - In an Aeroplane Over the Sea
Nas - Illmatic
Boards of Canada - Music has the Right to Children
Mogwai - Mr Beast

cautioner

Jimmy Eat World - Clarity
The National - Boxer
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Pearl Jam - Yield
System of a Down - Toxicity
Sigur Rós - Takk...
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

There are very few songs I dislike altogether in those. They're also nice and cohesive, especially Clarity, Boxer and Takk...

delbertgrady

dixiefly wrote: »

Good Old Boys - Randy Newman
They don't make 'em like they used to.

Absolutely! When I saw this thread, that was the first album that sprung to mind. (I'm thinking your login is a Land of Dreams reference as well)

Photi

The album that immediately sprung to mind was Loveless by My Bloody Valentine.

overexcitedaj

Tool - 10,000 days
Radiohead - Ok Computer
John frusciante - shadows collide with people
Ruarri Joseph - Tales of grime and grit ( superb album )
They are the ones i cant stop listening to at the moment but as an earlier poster said. Timing is everything. That list will be completly different in a year :P

nyarlothothep

radiohead bends ok computer
atdi relationships of command
TMV-Frances the Mute, Deloused
NIN-Downward Spiral
The Darkness-Permission to Land

MrsJohnMurphy

Pixies - Doolittle

1. "Debaser" – 2:52
2. "Tame" – 1:55
3. "Wave of Mutilation" – 2:04
4. "I Bleed" – 2:34
5. "Here Comes Your Man" – 3:21
6. "Dead" – 2:21
7. "Monkey Gone to Heaven" – 2:56
8. "Mr. Grieves" – 2:05
9. "Crackity Jones" – 1:24
10. "La La Love You" – 2:43
11. "No. 13 Baby" – 3:51
12. "There Goes My Gun" – 1:49
13. "Hey" – 3:31
14. "Silver" – 2:25
15. "Gouge Away" – 2:45


mjm

Chaosangel

near perfect albums ay...

Tool-Lateralus
Kyuss-Blues For The Red Sun
Sleep-Holy Mountain
Desert Sessions Volume 1 and 2

cautioner

Weepsie wrote: »

some pretty average albums listed in this so far and some good not perfect. anyway-

Thank you for correcting us. I have seen teh light.

Black NG-60-90

Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon (No need to explain)
Lemonheads - It's A Shame About Ray (A short album under 25 mins with one excellent song after another that you can listen to from start to finish over and over again. The only minus points were that the record company re-released it with their Mrs Robinson cover which ruined the natural flow of the album).
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (Just sounds jaw-dropping)
At The Drive-In - Relationship Of Command
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Guns 'n' Roses - Appetite For Destruction

loyatemu

fated2pretend wrote: »

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel

I downloaded this off emusic the other day, as it was number 1 on their best albums list, but its just not grabbing me at all.

Black NG-60-90 wrote: »

Lemonheads - It's A Shame About Ray

yes, short but beautiful - you could just rip it without the Mrs Robinson cover you know...

One I was listening to the other morning and I realised I had been listening to consistently for the last 15 years is Orbital's 2nd album (the "Brown" album) - probably the high-water-mark of 90s techno, and pretty much faultless.

AnonoBoy

MrsJohnMurphy wrote: »

Pixies - Doolittle
mjm

Oh hush Kim - you would say that.

cautioner

loyatemu wrote: »

I downloaded this off emusic the other day, as it was number 1 on their best albums list, but its just not grabbing me at all.



yes, short but beautiful - you could just rip it without the Mrs Robinson cover you know...

One I was listening to the other morning and I realised I had been listening to consistently for the last 15 years is Orbital's 2nd album (the "Brown" album) - probably the high-water-mark of 90s techno, and pretty much faultless.

I was the same, it takes a bit of work but I now love it. Slow-burners ftw.

dead air

Few of my favourite albums that I can play all the way through and enjoy every moment of:

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Nirvana - Nevermind
Led Zeppelin 3
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead

There's loads more I'm sure...

liah

Sigur Rós - Takk..
Pink Floyd - The Wall

I usually don't listen to albums as a whole. I'm pretty ADD when it comes to music and need change a lot, but these two albums are so perfect I have no problems at all listening to them in their entirety. Just beautifully pulled together, well-constructed, and in the case of The Wall, a fantastic story.

SaintHubbins

There are very few albums I can listen to all the way through and enjoy without being tempted to skip. Hmmmm

The Beatles - Rubber Soul, Abbey Road (No sgt pepper's though - damn you George and your headache inducing sitars)
Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction (best sleazy hard rock album ever)
Boston - Boston (harmonies make my head fuzzy)
Pink Floyd - Dark Side, Wish You Were Here (The Wall is prob. my fav. Floyd album but I'd always skip a couple of tunes)
Weezer - Weezer (blue album) (I'm not a huge fan of theirs but that first album is all killer. No weak tracks)
Chronicle - Creedence (Compilation album yes but every song is brilliant)
Automatic for the people - REM (beautiful music)
Tunnel Of Love - Bruce Springsteen (Again I'm not a huge Bruce fan but I really dig every tune on this album, much more so than even the best of Bruce album)
Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill (just one of those albums I can slap on and drift away with, like Floyd)

Ah whatever happened to good music? The Killers? The Arctic Monkeys? Coldplay? Keane? U2? I **** 'em!!!

af_thefragile

Tool - Aenima
Tool - 10,000 days
NIN - The Downward Spiral
NIN - The Fragile
Thrice - Vheissu
Thrice - The Alchemy Index
David Bowie - Earthling

can't think of anymore for now...

DarkJager

Mer Der Noms - A Perfect Circle

Close on being one of the finest albums I've ever had the pleasure to own. Every track is perfect and unique.I haven't heard melody and instrumental arrangements done as well as this since.

af_thefragile

DarkJager wrote: »

Mer Der Noms - A Perfect Circle

Close on being one of the finest albums I've ever had the pleasure to own. Every track is perfect and unique.I haven't heard melody and instrumental arrangements done as well as this since.

I absolutely love 3 libras.
Thats such an amazing song. Maynard is an absolute legend!!

Tawfee

Radiohead - The Bends
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
Bob Dylan - Street Legal
Van Morrison - Veedon Fleece
Portishead - Dummy

Insect Overlord

Rodrigo y Gabriella - self-titled album

Amazotheamazing

Not going to list out the many Beatles/Beach Boys/Dylan/Bowie/Springsteen/Young albums that merit the title, and focus on new-ish music.

For me, the most perfect album of the last few years is the Hold Steady's "Boys and Girls in America", just an astonishing album, imo. I know there's some that will say it's not edgy or innovative enough but for sheer strength of the songs it's great.

Peteee

Explosions in the Sky - The earth is not a cold dead place.
God is an Astronaut - All is Violent, All is Bright.

Even after having these two albums for more then 2 years I'll still come back to them every few weeks.

matrixroyal

coldplay - rush of blood to the head
morrissey - vauxhall and i
elbow - seldom seen kid
ratm - rage against the machine
george michael - listen without prejudice
beatles - abbey road
stone temple pilots - core
u2 - achtung baby

picked this eclectic bunch because you can play them and one song seems to flow into the next and they are genuinely a collection of songs blended into an album, versus most albums today which are a collection of singles and a few fillers added in later.

jossnjuice

hot fuss- the killers
born to run- springsteen
bat out of hell- meat loaf
david gray- white ladder
jools holland- small world big band
electric six- Fire
delorentos- in love with detail
the mighty stef- 100 midnights

Kold

Actually I'm gonna come out and say that Radiohead's Amesiac is probably one of the finest arrangements of tracks I've ever heard.

LiNgWiStIkZ

Songs in the Key of Life, for sure!


Stevie Wonder created this album in the 70's, and nearly all of them are timeless classics:)

ScholesyIsGod

The Libertines - The Libertines

The Libertines - Up The Bracket

Stereophonics - Just Enough Education To Perform

Dirty Pretty Things - Waterloo To Anywhere

Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Mothers Milk, Californication, By The Way

Xavi6

Dave! wrote: »

MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

:eek: I can't believe that made the thread, let alone the OP. Most overrated album of 2008 by a mile

An File wrote: »

Muse- Absolution

If only it didn't have 'Sing For Absolution' on it. Other than that it's class.

Alistair Strong Pedestal wrote: »

Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights

+1

cautioner wrote: »

Jimmy Eat World - Clarity

I was gonna say 'Bleed American'. Their best album imo.

ScholesyIsGod wrote: »

Stereophonics - Just Enough Education To Perform

Another surprise there. Even they admit it wasn't close to their best worth. Certainly not a patch on the two cracking albums that preceeded it.

Id probably throw in -

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Doves - The Last Broadcast
Idlewild - The Remote Part
Muse - Origin of Symmetry
Lit - A Place In The Sun
The Offspring - Smash
Garbage - Version 2.0
King Adora - Vibrate You
Bon Jovi - Crossroads :cool: