"5 Perfect Albums"

Doesn't the first couple minutes of Side 2 have a bunch of annoying random start/stops including something like "...God is an overwhelming responsibility" or something like that? Whichever part that is. I remember trying to edit that out once.

 

Agree with you, the album would be pretty flawless without that part. Maybe Zappa's fans will disagree with me, but I find it out-of-context there.

 

The Bends-Radiohead
Exile on main st-Stones
Pump-Aerosmith
Out of the Blue-ELO
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots-The Flaming Lips

IMHO, but changes everytime I hear another classic album!!

Abbey Rd is creeping in the top five as I have started listening to it again

 

1. Pink Floyd "The Piper at the Gates Of Dawn"
2. The Who "Sell Out"
3. Yes "Close to the Edge"
4. The Zombies "Odessey & Oracle"
5. Jimi Hendrix "Axis: Bold As Love"

 

Megadeth-So Far, So Good, So What
Ambrosia-Ambrosia
New York Dolls-New York Dolls
Alice Cooper-Killer
Marshall Crenshaw-Marshall Crenshaw

I can think of many more.

 

Abbey Road - Beatles
Emitt Rhodes - Emitt Rhodes
In Color - Cheap Trick
The Original Soundtrack - 10cc
Radio City - Big Star

 

Ford Theatre-Trilogy for the Masses
Abbey Road-The Beatles
Blood on the Tracks-Bob Dylan
Quadrophenia-The Who
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars-David Bowie

 

1. Todd Rundgren - A
2. Todd Rundgren - Wizard
3. Todd Rundgren - A
4. Todd Rundgren - True
5. Todd Rundgren - Star

 

Return to Forever- "Romantic Warrior"
Eric Johnson- "Tones"
Natalie Merchant- "Tigerlily"
Van Morrison- "Moondance"
Todd Rundgren- "Nearly Human"

All go to albums for straight through play.

 

Here's mine (as of today anyway ):

Ryan Adams "Gold"
Bob Dylan "Highway 61 Revisited"
The Beatles "Revolver"
Steve Forbert "The American in Me"
U2 "War"

 

Lewis Taylor - Lewis Taylor
The Flame - The Flame
Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
The Brothers Johnson - Right On Time
Emitt Rhodes - Emitt Rhodes

 

The Who- Who's Next
Beatles- Rubber Soul
Alan Parsons- Turn of A Friendly Card
James Taylor- JT
Al Stewart- Modern Times

 

Great list. I'm with you 95% of the way. Axis is one of my all time favorite LP's, but is it still perfect with She's So Fine? I'm not saying it's a terrible song; I still listen through the whole LP side without lifting the tonearm, but with lyrics like these I just can't agree it's perfect. Without this song it would have topped my list...

She walks with a bell-clock round her neck
So the hippies think she's in with time
Time...
Her hair glistens like robins on a deck
Branches attack me from her neck

 

There ain’t no such thing as perfect album.

 

This is very subjective, but here goes:

Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Henryk Goreki - 3rd Symphony
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

 

Mitch's drumming makes up for it.

 

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Originally Posted by Axis_67
Great list. I'm with you 95% of the way. Axis is one of my all time favorite LP's, but is it still perfect with She's So Fine? I'm not saying it's a terrible song; I still listen through the whole LP side without lifting the tonearm, but with lyrics like these I just can't agree it's perfect. Without this song it would have topped my list...

She walks with a bell-clock round her neck
So the hippies think she's in with time
Time...
Her hair glistens like robins on a deck
Branches attack me from her neck

Maybe I should run this track through a Karaoke rig to drop the vocals.

 

Spocks Beard, V
Devo, Are We Not Men, We are Devo
The Tubes, Young and Rich
Tommy Bolin, Teaser
Lloyd Cole, Don't Get Weird on me Babe

 

Albums not mentioned yet by artists not mentioned yet.
Wanda Jackson - There's A Party Goin' On
Booker T & The MGs - In The Christmas Spirit
Kaleidoscope - Incredible Kaleidoscope
Gordon Lightfoot - Did She Mention My Name
The Morells - Shake And Push

 

Everybody plays, everybody wins. Here goes...

Wayne Shorter--Etc.
Steely Dan--Countdown to Ecstasy
Santana--Caravanserai
John Coltrane--A Love Supreme
Miles Davis--ESP

 

Dark side
Sgt. Pepper
Aja
Songs in the key of life
The Wall

 

Not only are these five perfect albums, but they are also all the debut albums by each artist...

Please Please Me - The Beatles

Led Zeppelin 1 - Led Zeppelin

Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix

The Doors - The Doors

Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver Messenger Service

 

Now that's a good first post! Glad you're here.

 

Yes - Close to the Edge

Yes - Relayer

Wigwam - Being

Rush - Hemispheres

Carpenters - Horizon

 

I'm sure some of these have already been mentioned. I didn't read through all pages of this thread before posting.

Gypsy - Gypsy
Gypsy - In the Garden
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Steely Dan - Aja
Derek and the Dominos - Layla