Perfect albums

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

World Domination Enterprises - Let's play domination
The The - Infected
The The - Soul mining
Pussy Galore - Right Now
Boss Hog - Cold Hands
Sexton Ming and his Diamond Gussets- Endless Discipline
Guitar Wolf - Love rock
Royal Trux - Accelerator
Budget Girls - On a tight Budget
MBV - isn't anything
The Jesus and Mary Chain -Psycho candy
Sugar cubes - Life's too good.
Nancy and Lee - Nancy and lee
The Rock steady crew - ready for battle

Garr there are millions, maybe more later

 

[Dubversion]

i'm sure there are more, but the album that immediately springs to mind when i think of an album that is utterly perfect (ie not just that there are no bad tracks, but that as a piece of work it is consistent and coherent and gels perfectly and is of a piece etc) it has to be Sparklehorse's Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot.

it's just perfect in every way.

 

[Ozric]

The Orb - UFOrb

 

[ChrisFilter]

No-one will ever agree with me apart from Jodal, but Involver by Sasha.. luuuush.

 

[foo]

for me it's got to be What's Going On - Marvin Gaye.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

The Wonder Stuff - 'The Eight-legged Groove Machine'

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Oh god no, I thought you had good music taste.

 

[Dubversion]

Oh god no, I thought you had good music taste.

you did? why?

 

[Hollis]

Led Zeppelin I
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin IV

 

[Groucho]

Led Zeppelin I
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin IV

I'm really not sure about IV

 

[Hollis]

I was allowing myself a tiny bit of license there.

ETA

Afraid not - just reminded myself of the track listing:

Black Dog (4.57)
Rock And Roll (3.41)
The Battle Of Evermore (5.52)
Stairway To Heaven (8.03)
Misty Mountain Hop (4.39)
Four Sticks (4.45)
Going To California (3.32)
When The Levee Breaks (7.08)


Everyone a winner..

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

you did? why?

I'm sure you mentioned some good stuff in the past. Do a little list and I will re assess.

 

[Dubversion]

I'm sure you mentioned some good stuff in the past. Do a little list and I will re assess.

don't you mean 'he'?

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

don't you mean 'he'?

Oh yeah, shit i've got the two of you mixed up again.

 

[machine cat]

Not wanting to sound like a fan boy but I have to listen to The Holy Bible and Everything must go by MSP in their entirety and never single tracks.

 

[Magic Sam]

Mmm
B.B.King Live at the regal
Magic Sam- West Side Soul
Fleetwood Mac- Then Play on
Bob Dylan- Highway61 revisited

 

[Teepee]

Officium - Jan Garbarek & The Hilliard Ensemble

Holy fuck, someone else has heard it!

I agree completely.

Also: Placebo - Black Market Music

 

[poului]

Holy fuck, someone else has heard it!

There are better Garbarek albums IMNSHO.

"Dis" and "Places" for starters

 

[Derian]

There are better Garbarek albums IMNSHO.

"Dis" and "Places" for starters

Also Rarum

But for me it's the combination of Garbarek and the Hilliards that makes Officium perfect.

 

[Derian]

Holy fuck, someone else has heard it!

I agree completely.

Also: Placebo - Black Market Music

 

[Iam]

Jets to Brazil - Four Cornered Night
RFTC - Circa: Now!
John Coltrane - Blue Train
Fugazi - Red Medicine

 

[steveo87]

RATM- Battle Of Los Agneles
Oasis- What's The Story
Billy Bragg- Lifes a blast with Spy Vs Spy
Bob Dylan - Highway 69 revisted
David Bowie- Ziggy Stardust
Floyd- Darkside of the Moon or the Wall

 

[Flashman]

Levellers - A Weapon Called The Word

God I hadn't heard that for a more than a decade (until just now) great memories are flooding back.

 

[stavros]

The Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" anyone? And I know it's a hits collection but every one is a killer pop song so I'll also say "Singles Going Steady" by the Buzzcocks.

Above all I say "Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)", where 9 men come from nowhere to do something no-one has ever matched or even aped since.

 

[Riff]

The Orb - UFOrb

Blimey - how did I forget that? Ditto Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots </prog rock mode>

Originally Posted by Riff

Levellers - A Weapon Called The Word

Flashman
God I hadn't heard that for a more than a decade (until just now) great memories are flooding back.

My pleasure!

 

[ssean]

:d

 

[Jambooboo]

Screamadelica - Primal Scream
The Bends - Radiohead
Surrender - Chemical Brothers
Leftism - Leftfield
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison
Appetite For Destruction - Guns N Roses
Darkside Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
Forever Changes - Love
Definately Maybe - Oasis
American Beauty - Grateful Dead

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Pixies - Doolittle

I love the Pixies, and this is a great album, but I'm not sure I would define it as perfect. While it is superb for the first 10 tracks or so, there are a few near the end where it seems to tail off a bit, although gouge away is fantastic.

Nevermind, to me, is still the benchmark for 'perfect album'. I remember getting it at an age where I was much more impatient about music, and would fast forward through the poor tracks (pre CD era) and when I heard NEvermind I was just staggered by the fact that EVERY track was great.

As to Joy Division - yes, Unknown Pleasures is also great from start to finish. For some reason I haven't actually heard Substance.

Massive Attack's Protection is nearly a perfect album, but they then ruin it with the rubbish Doors cover at the end. Dunno what that was about.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Appetite For Destruction[/I] - Guns N Roses

Ah yes, good call. Totally brilliant from beginning to end, although I might quibble that 'rocket queen' isn't quite as good as the previous 11 tracks.

 

[LesNatrels]

So Much Rubbish On This List!

I am shocked!


Perfect Albums, that means beginning to the end

Fran Zappa (saddened he hasn't been mentioned yet ) & the Mothers of Invention - Uncle Meat - (go down load it children )


Butthole Sufers - Locust Abortion Technician

 

[yak]

nas-illmatic
mf doom-operation doomsday
nirvana-nevermind
notorious big-ready to die
tumi and the volume-live from the bassline