"5 Perfect Albums"

Could Have Been

Of the lists posted so far this could have been a fiver for me too.

 

Laurie Anderson-Big Science
Creedence Clearwater Revival-Willy And The Poor Boys
Queensryche-Operation:Mindcrime
Robert Fripp-Exposure
Pearl Jam-Ten

 

Almost forgot:
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks

 

LZ - IV

BEATLES - ABBEY ROAD

ALICE COOPER - KILLER

ELP - BRAIN SALAD SURGERY

JETHRO TULL - THICK AS A BRICK

 

Not boring at all

 

Some great albums mentioned that could easily be on my list. Here's five more. Three of which are live recordings.

"If I Could Only Remember My Name" - David Crosby
"Pat Metheny Group"
"Band of Gypsys"
"Byrd by the Sea" - Charlie Byrd
"Look to the Rainbow" - Al Jarreau

 

Pet Sounds
Cheap Trick (1977)
Sticky Fingers
A Hard Day's Night
Songs in the Key Of Life

 

that was fun ; )

The Beatles (aka The White Album)
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Five Leaves Left
Forever Changes
Never Mind The Bollocks

 

Now we're talkin'...

 

10 perfect Albums (Naming just 5 is difficult)

The Beatles: Rubber Soul
The Beatles: Abbey Road
James Taylor: Sweet Baby James
Bread: Baby I'm A Want You
The Moody Blues: On The Threshold Of A Dream
The Bee Gees: Idea
Dave Brubeck: Time Out
Claude Bolling: Suite For Flute and Jazz Piano
The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
The Cascades: Rhythm Of The Rain

 

My son's choices (aged 10 nearly 11)

Elton John Greatest Hits (DCC)
McFly Motion in the Ocean
Mika Live in cartoon motion
McFly RadioActive
Queen Greatest Hits 2

Tim

 

My choices (until the next cup of coffee)

John Martyn Sunday's Child
Paul Simon Hearts and Bones
Vivaldi Four Seasons - Marriner and ASMF
The Cure Disintegration
David Bowie Station to Station

Tim

 

The Beatles: Abbey Road
King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King | Islands
Genesis: Nursery Cryme
Van der Graaf Generator: Pawn Hearts
Bob Dylan: Blood on the Tracks

and some more...

 

Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake
This Years Model - Elvis Costello
Unhalfbricking - Fairport Conventiom
Village Green - Kinks
Amassakoul - Tinariwen

 

Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Patti Smith - Horses
Warren Zevon - s/t
Albion Band - Rise Up Like the Sun
David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees

There are plenty more but most have 1 track which I could probably swap with another.

I remember hearing side 2 of Horses in a listening booth in a shop in London...those were the days where you could sit and relax in a darkened room and listen to a complete side of music without interruption or distraction. Hearing Land for the first time followed by Elegie was a jaw-dropping moment for me.

 

I'd be with you for Court of the Crimson King were it not for Moonchild.
Ugh.

 

Moonchild is fine. I even like that "everlasting" improvisation.

 

London Calling - The Clash
Bat Out of Hell - Meat Loaf
Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
Black Rose - Thin Lizzy
VIOLATION - STARZ

 

Highway 61 revisited
remain in light
this years model
quadrophenia
dark side of the moon

 

Spilt Milk - Jellyfish
Rubber Soul - Beatles
Woodface - Crowded House
Master of Puppets - Metallica
Van Halen 1 - Van Halen

 

The Black Saint & the Sinner Lady - Mingus
In a Silent Way - Miles Davis
Out To Lunch - Eric Dolphy
Love and Peace - Dadawah
The Young Mod's Forgotten Story - Impressions

first 5 I can think of

 

Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday
Kinks - Arthur or the decline and fall of the British Empire
Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
Yes - Fragile
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited

but I left the Beatles out.

 

LZII
London Calling
Kind of Blue
Wish You Were Here
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

 

Radiohead - In Rainbows
Radiohead - OK Computer
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
The Beatles - The Beatles
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

 

Gotta love someone whose list is eclectic enough to include Armstrong, Elgar, and the Minutemen! Very cool!