"5 Perfect Albums"

Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks

Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon

Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

Caravan - In The Land Of Grey And Pink

John Martyn - Bless The Weather

 

I'm listening to a demo of "Hasten down the Wind" now. This is one of my top five, too.

 

Who's Next
Miles- In A Silent Way
Ian McDonald- Drivers Eyes
Sinatra-Jobim
Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach - Painted from Memory

 

Elvis - From Elvis in Memphis
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Doors - Strange days
Jethro Tull - Thick as a brick
The Who - Who's next

 

Frank Sinatra - Swing Easy!
Julie London - Julie Is Her Name
Dean Martin - Swingin' Down Yonder
Stan Getz & João Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Ella And Louis

 

Paul McCartney - Band on the Run
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Van Morrison - Moondance
Paul Simon - Graceland
Vampire Weekend - Contra (?), it's alright with me

 

Fantastic lists:

Here's mine (but it's subject to change by the end of the day):

Miles Davis – Bitches Brew
Mr. Bungle – s/t
John Coltrane – Giant Steps
Michael Brecker – s/t
Beatles – Abbey Rd

 

Van Morrison - Moondance
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Santana- Santana
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
Muddy Waters - Live

 

A few that quickly came to mind.

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper
Pink Floyd - Dark Side
Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
Santana - Abraxas
Doobie Brothers - Captain and Me

There are plenty more.

 

A perfect album would be a perfect mirror image of the performance on which the album was generated from, and everyone knows that is impossible (with the rare exception of Elizabeth Cotton's Folkways album, of course)

 

I think JPMosu is reluctant to leave out any significant genre in the recording arts.

 

The Alarm - Strength
Jacintha - Lush Life
ACDC - Back In Black
Dave’s True Story - (self titled)
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon

In no particular order.

 

Off The Top Of My Head:

Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny
The Who - Who's Next
U2 - The Joshua Tree
John Cougar Mellencamp - Scarecrow
Michael Jackson - Thriller

Could easily add more (but then that would turn it into my all-time favorite albums list and not "5 perfect" albums. Though, I think all on my all-time favorites list are perfect. )

 

The Who - Who's Next
Yes - Close to the Edge
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
David Bowie - Station to Station
R.E.M. - Murmur

 

Here's 5 by artists other than the usual suspects, that to me are perfect albums.

- Jim White - Wrong Eyed Jesus
- Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
- Tom Waits - Blue Valentine
- Steve Earle - Train A Comin'
- Toots & The Maytals - Funky Kingston

Like the OP said, what TO YOU are perfect albums. I have a huge list.

 

Beatles - Rubber Soul
Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
John Prine - S/T
Grateful Dead - American Beauty
Stones - Sticky Fingers

 

Abbey Road - Beatles
Wheatstraw Suite - Dillards
Liege & Lief - Fairport Convention
Sigh No More - Mumford & Sons
Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream - Mason Proffit

 

King Crimson - Court Of The Crimson King
Rod Stewart - The Rod Stewart Album
Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection
Joni Mitchell - Court And Spark
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

 

I can't limit it to 5, so I give you 10:

Black Sabbath - Vol. 4
Burning Spear – Marcus Garvey
Can - Future Days
Miles Davis - On The Corner
The Flying Burritos Brothers - The Gilded Palace of Sin
Marvin Gaye - What's Goin' On
Grateful Dead - American Beauty...or Workingman’s Dead, because Weir doesn’t sing on it
Hawkwind - Hall of the Mountain Grill
Curtis Mayfield - Roots....or Curtis
Motorhead – Ace of Spades

 

Wow, no love for Rocks, yet.

Sticky Fingers -- Rolling Stones
Rocks -- Aerosmith
No. 1 Record -- Big Star
You're Gonna Get It -- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
It's A Shame About Ray -- Lemonheads

 

The queen is dead-- The Smiths
Sticky Fingers-- Rolling Stones
New order-- Technique
The Beatles-- Rubber Soul
Congos-- Heart of the Congos

 

Can't choose between those.
RADIOHEAD - OK Computer
JEFF BUCKLEY - Grace
VAN MORRISON - Astral Weeks
MILES DAVIS - Kind Of Blue
GENESIS - Selling England By The Pound
CASSANDRA WILSON - New Moon Daughter
HARMONIUM - Les 5 saisons
BOB DYLAN - Blood On The Tracks

 

Marvin gaye - what's goin on
Stevie wonder - talking book
Jon hassell - last night the moon....
Arvo part - tabula rasa
Miles Davis - Nefertiti
Miles Davis - on the corner
The necks - hanging gardens

 

Elvis Costello-Blood and Chocolate
Rolling Stones-Let it Bleed
The Smiths-The Queen is Dead

 

Michael Nesmith - And the hits just keep on coming

Paul McCartney - Chaos and Creation in the Backyard

Joni Mitchell - Hejira

Rush - Permanent Waves

Beatles - Hard Days Night, Help, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, White Album, Abbey Road