"5 Perfect Albums"

1.The Replacements-Tim
2.The Rolling Stones-Beggar's Banquet
3.Neil Young-Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
4.The Pretenders-The Pretenders
5.The Strokes-Is This It?

 

Revolver (yep, even "Love You Too")
Breakfast in America
Mott
Skylarking
Remain in Light

 

The Beatles: Abbey Road
The Fall: Perverted by Language
Tones on Tail: Pop
Brian Eno: Another Green World
Lou Reed: Berlin

 

How about live albums?

Kiss-'Alive!'
Thin Lizzy-'Live and Dangerous'
UFO-'Strangers in the Night'
Iron Maiden-'Live After Death'
Deep Purple-'Made in Japan'

 

Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
Joni Mitchell - For The Roses
Groundhogs - Thank Christ For The Bomb
Yes - The Yes Album
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing

 

OK,lets get this right.Here is the OFFICAL list of the 5 perfect albums.They are as follows.In no order.The list is.

1.Diary Of A Madman - Ozzy
2.Are you experienced- Jimi Hendrix
3.Desperado -The Eagles
4.Sticky Fingers -The Rolling Stones.
5.Live at the Apollo_ Sam Cooke.

 

Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks...
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

 

Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks...
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Deep Purple - In Rock
The Smiths - Queen Is Dead

 

I restrict my collection to records where every track is strong. No filler. Here's a few unusual choices, from my collection, of 'perfect' records:

Henry "Red" Allen: Ridin' with Red, RCA "X" Label 10" LP. Try to find some of the original 78's too. "I ain't got no bread, but I can give you some meat!"

Cachao: Jam Sessions in Miniature. Panart LP.

Lightnin' Hopkins: Mojo Hand, Fire. Try to find the P-Vine LP or CD, all else sounds like crap. Also look for the Herald LP while you're at it.

Art Pepper: Art of Pepper, Vols I and II, Omega reel to reel tape. Also look for the various Japanese reissues on vinyl. This is the real deal, folks, as good as it gets. This should get a top notch audiophile reissue.

Mugsy Spanier: The Great 16, RCA Black and White LP (French). I have a friend who pretty much likes every record I suggest to her, except this one. I dunno, I just love it and I have since reading about it in the Penguin Guide years ago. Don't bother with any other issue of this material. Even the original 78's sound inferior. Apparently, they used original metal parts to make this issue. It can usually be found for not much more than a buck.

 

nothings perfect.

 

I can't list any "perfect album". If there would be one close to that, I'd say The Dark Side Of The Moon

 

1) REM - Automatic for the People
2) Genesis - A Trick of the Tail
3) Jackson Browne - The Pretender
4) Icehouse - Icehouse
5) Marillion - Fugazi

 

Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen
David Bowie - Scary Monsters
Led Zeppelin - I
Janis Joplin - Pearl
Gilels; Grieg - Lyrical Pieces

 

Beatles" Revolver"
Led Zeppelin II
Jethro Tull"Aqualung"
Pink Floyd"Dark Side sOf The Moon"
MacCartney's Ram

 

Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
Radiohead - Kid A
Erasure - Chorus
The Verve - Urban Hymns
Depeche Mode - Construction Time Again

quite a diverse selection, I know.

 

Blue - Joni Mitchell

Let It Bleed - Rolling Stones

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

Harvest - Neil Young

Axis Bold As Love - Jimi Hendrix

 

The Beatles...

Rubber Soul

Revolver

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Beatles (White Album)

Abbey Road

 

Isn't this thread just an invitation for people to list their favorite records?

 

Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Deja Vu

A Wizard A True Star - Todd Rundgren

In Search Of The Lost Chord - The Moody Blues

Tumbleweed Connection - Elton John

 

No, we're talking about perfect records here: every song on the album flawless, and a perfect listen all the way through both sides.

 

Steely Dan - Aja
The Who - Who's Next
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Cheap Trick - In Color
Ringo Starr - Ringo

 

My perfect five:

Jefferson Airplane - After Bathing at Baxter's
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
The Band - The Band (second album)
Grateful Dead - American Beauty
The Who - Live at Leeds

 

Perfect in describing music is hopeless subjective.

Right, and you listed 6 Beatles records. In my book, the only "perfect" Beatle album is Rubber Soul, and even that one has Run for Your Life, which some people find less than perfect. All their records, not matter how good, have 1 or 2 average or bad songs on them. Take, for example the White Album. Not a clunker at all? Really? Even Revolution #9? In my mind, not only is this record not perfect, it is a mess. Parts are great and parts are not very good.

Does that make you wrong and me right or vice versa? Not really. You find The White Album Perfect, I am left scratching my head wondering why some people think it is so great.

I love Pet Sounds, it leaves others cold. Same with Astral Weeks.

I once played Kind of Blue for an old friend who wasn't too into jazz. He found it boring.

Different strokes, right?