Albums that are great from beginning to end?

Links234

You know the way it is, even some amazing albums can have a couple of duds. An otherwise worthy effort that has a track you always skip, maybe it was just a filler track, but it's forgettable? Nothing wrong with that really,it's bound to happen, and even some of my favourite albums have tracks I skip. Then there's albums that somehow manage to tick all the boxes with you, and is fantastic from start to finish. What are those albums for you?

Recently I've been listening to Matenrou Opera a lot, their 2012 masterpiece Justice absolutely blew me away! It's just fantastic, epic and hits all the right notes with me

DazMarz

Very few albums fit into the category of "All killer, no filler". But a few spring to my mind as albums where I'd love every song on it:

-Piece Of Mind by Iron Maiden (their best album for my money)
-1987 by Whitesnake
-Thunder And Lightning by Thin Lizzy
-Van Halen by Van Halen
-Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi
-Out Of The Cellar by Ratt
-Hysteria by Def Leppard
-Holy Diver by Dio
-Painkiller by Judas Priest
-Appetite For Destruction by Guns N Roses
-Shout At The Devil by Motley Crue
-Love At First Sting by Scorpions

cheesy as fúck some of them, but they're my "go-to" albums... and each and every one of them was released between 1978 and 1990.

Clandestine

Epicus Doomicus Metallicus - Candlemass
Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
Pretty much any Death album
Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
Alice in Hell/Never Neverland - Annihilator
Into The Mirror Black - Sanctuary
The Ten Commandments - Malevolent Creation
Beyond the Crimson Horizon - Solitude Aeturnus
Terminal Spirit Disease - At The Gates

just a random few

MadYaker

First 2 Oasis albums, Back in Black by AC/DC, and Appetite for Destruction by Guns N Roses.

taytothief

White Pony and Songs For The Deaf. Aenima too probably. And I liked In Absentia in it's entirety too!

Funkfield

Vulgar Display Of Power - Pantera

Mental Mickey

Appetite For Destruction, Reign in Blood, and Master Of Puppets.



















Oh, and Full Moon Fever by Tom Petty, is pretty damn good too!

Sephiroth_dude

Alice in chains-Dirt
Judas priest-painkiller
Slayer-reign in blood

That's all I can think of atm.

Lemming

in addition to those already mentioned;

• AC/DC - the razors edge
• Velvet Revolver - Contraband
• Apocalyptica - Worlds collide

Stone Deaf 4evr

Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction.

Clandestine

Reign in blood has 2 songs and 8 tracks of filler imo.

DazMarz

Rust In Peace by Megadeth is another one. Absolutely one of the most killer albums of all time. Pure brilliance from start to finish.

riffmongous

In addition to whats already been said, one of my favourites of all time, Screaming for Vengeance by Judas Priest

Mr. CooL ICE

Moving Pictures and Permanent Waves by Rush are both fantastic with no filler. They have a lot of awesome albums but most have one or two weak songs but those two nail it from start to finish

seachto7

Rated R
Death - Human

Mental Mickey

Clandestine wrote: »

Reign in blood has 2 songs and 8 tracks of filler imo.

Lol

Mental Mickey

Lemming wrote: »

in addition to those already mentioned;

• AC/DC - the razors edge
• Velvet Revolver - Contraband
• Apocalyptica - Worlds collide

Forgot about Contraband - great album

slayerking

Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory

Every song is pure gold.
Each song is a scene and the entire album tells a very interesting story.

Con Logue

This is the Sea - The Waterboys
The Four Cyclists of the Apocalypse - The Bleach Boys

Lemming

slayerking wrote: »

Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory

Every song is pure gold.
Each song is a scene and the entire album tells a very interesting story.

I didn't mention that as I felt that - as amazing as it is, and as technically impressive in how it's been crafted - some people may find it heavy listening to appreciate in its entirety. It's essentially the metal equivalent of an orchestral "suite" or opus. Taken as an album it's superb; taken as individual songs (or movements if we stick with my orchestral assertions) it's a bit more subjective to the listener's taste.

Personally I love it for the record.

Also, I don't think it's been said yet, and as much as people may find it fashionable to slag off Metallica; I will also add "Master of Puppets" to my list.

beano345

faith no more - angeldust

Daveaherne

Born to run - Bruce Springsteen
Darkness on on the edge of town- Bruce Springsteen
Jousua tree - U2

happyoutscan

Rust in Peace - Megadeth
Heartwork - Carcass
Reign in Blood - Slayer

bradlente

Antenna by Cave in,The Eternal Return by Darkest Hour and Traced in air by Cynic are a few I could listen through easily.Especially Traced in air as it's not too long.Don't listen to full album's in one go as much anymore now with every tune ever created ever just a click away.

Cork24

Daft Punk - Alive 2007

Cienciano

Rust in Peace and Appetite for Destruction are the 2 that come to mind for me as I read the thread title.

lord lucan

Appetite - GN'R
MOP -Metallica
Reign In Blood - Slayer
Angel Dust - FNM
RIP - Megadeth

Mental Mickey

Cork24 wrote: »

Daft Punk - Alive 2007

Not Rock OR Metal

Forces of Steel

One of those albums that's all-around great from start to finish would be Gates to Purgatory by Running Wild. Excellent early black metal.

candy-gal1

Both of Steel Panthers album offerings (Feel the steel and Balls out), pure music/comedic fun imho

sockpuppets

On the turn - Kerbdog

3DataModem

beano345 wrote: »

faith no more - angeldust

Good call.

I can also listen to Led Zep 3, Depeche Mode's Violator, Stone Roses' Second Coming, Ride The Lightening, and the first Kula Shaker album end-to-end without skipping. Much.

Say Your Number

Silver Spoons and Broken Bones by Stone Gods - Highly underrated band that played a variety of styles, pity they had to split.

Outlaw Gentlemen and Shady Ladies by Volbeat - Got this album a month ago and haven't stopped listening to it, not one bad song on it

The Arockalpyse by Lordi - Over the top and cheesy but well written and great fun.

Runnin' Wild by Airbourne - Just a good time band, yes they are ripping off AC/DC but they are so good at it that I just couldn't give a f*ck.

Heaven and Hell by Black Sabbath - Probably my Favourite Dio album, Children Of The Sea is a masterpiece.

RayCon

Signals - Rush
Moving Pictures - Rush
Operation Mindcrime - Queensryche
Fear Of A Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree
Grace For Drowning - Steven Wilson
Powerage - AC/DC
Live and Dangerous - Thin Lizzy
Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space - Spiritualized
Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Animals - Pink Floyd
The Wall - Pink Floyd

Mental Mickey

RayCon wrote: »

Signals - Rush
Moving Pictures - Rush
Operation Mindcrime - Queensryche
Fear Of A Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree
Grace For Drowning - Steven Wilson
Powerage - AC/DC
Live and Dangerous - Thin Lizzy
Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space - Spiritualized
Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Animals - Pink Floyd
The Wall - Pink Floyd

Forgot Live & Dangerous!!

Joe_Dull

Ascendancy by Trivium is a phenomenal album from start to finish. The new one is as well, come to think of it.

Nea

A few more to add to some great choices above

Opeth - Blackwater Park
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
Alice Cooper - Love it to Death
Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning
Porcupine Tree- Deadwing
Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith
Rainbow - Rising

donegal.

PF - DSOTM

seachto7

Superunknown
RATM

Liam McPoyle

The Way of all Flesh by Gojira is the only album of theirs I listen to without skipping any tracks, phenomenal stuff imo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aPZvJc793A

Demanufacture by Fear Factory, still sounds as fresh today as it ever did.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5j5m0eOiKs

Like wise Chaos AD by the mighty Sepultura.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_WHGV5bejk

Finally, Burn My Eyes by Machine Head, for my money, the best metal debut Ive ever heard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mWPPBW4DU8

Mental Mickey

Necronos wrote: »

The Way of all Flesh by Gojira is the only album of theirs I listen to without skipping any tracks, phenomenal stuff imo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aPZvJc793A

Demanufacture by Fear Factory, still sounds as fresh today as it ever did.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5j5m0eOiKs

Like wise Chaos AD by the mighty Sepultura.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_WHGV5bejk

Finally, Burn My Eyes by Machine Head, for my money, the best metal debut Ive ever heard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mWPPBW4DU8

Burn My Eyes - classic

Sephiroth_dude

+1 for burn my eyes,can't believe I left that out.

shamrock55

Surprised nobody has mentiond metallicas black album pure class from start to finish

Mental Mickey

shamrock55 wrote: »

Surprised nobody has mentiond metallicas black album pure class from start to finish

Couple of duff tracks on it - Through The Never and The Struggle Within

shamrock55

Mental Mickey wrote: »

Couple of duff tracks on it - Through The Never and The Struggle Within

Fair point on through the never i like strugle within though

Riddle101

Alice in Chains Jar of Flies, I think is a solid album from start to finish.

Metallica Master of Puppets

Mental Mickey

shamrock55 wrote: »

Fair point on through the never i like strugle within though

Best thing - IMO - about Struggle is the solo

Mental Mickey

seachto7 wrote: »

Superunknown
RATM

Forgot Superunknown too!! Jaysus

Justin1982

Can't believe no one mentioned Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness yet.

It wasnt the fact that it was one class song after another that makes it exceptional. Its the fact that the album was a double album with 28 songs that really stands out for me.
Most top notch bands struggle to make an album with 2-5 top class songs but smashing pumpkins went for industrial style output.

And the best songs were the ones that were not released as singles.

Sheer class!

Joe_Dull

36 Crazyfists - Rest Inside the Flames
Killswitch Engage - As Daylight Dies
Enter Shikari - Take to the Skies
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Soilwork - Natural Born Chaos / The Living Infinite
Parkway Drive - Atlas
In Flames - Clayman / Colony
The Fall Of Troy - Doppelganger
Dream Theater - Images & Words / Train of Thought / Scenes from a Memory

I'm sure there are more, but that's all I've got off the top of my head.

Naraka

Altars Of Madness - Morbid Angel
Pierced From Within - Suffocation
Graves Of The Archangels - Dead Congregation
Kill 'Em All - Metallica
Powerslave - Iron Maiden