Perfect Albums/Records

[the Dept of Science]

OK Computer - Radiohead

this... it even has perfect cover art...

Plus, it was the first album I ever bought.

Sad. Everything went downhill from there.

No it didn't. Kid A was arguably the best album of the 00s. Personally, I prefer it to OK Computer.
In Rainbows was great album as well. Although not as good as OK Computer or Kid A, Amnesiac and Hail to the Theif are very good albums as well.

 

[ayvee]

OK Computer - Radiohead

this... it even has perfect cover art...

Plus, it was the first album I ever bought.

Sad. Everything went downhill from there.

No it didn't. Kid A was arguably the best album of the 00s. Personally, I prefer it to OK Computer.
In Rainbows was great album as well. Although not as good as OK Computer or Kid A, Amnesiac and Hail to the Theif are very good albums as well.

I do love every Radiohead album, but I still prefer OK Computer to Kid A. Just a little.

 

[supermariner]

if the Perfect Album must have NO duff songs on it
and be JUST the right length
be VALUE for money
and make you want to dance like a bastard

then Supergrass is 10 is the album for you:

 

[Private Custard]

I can only think of two. The first is 'Wait for me' by Moby.......the seconds is this....

I still own my copy from 20 years ago. It was the first CD I ever bought and is looking a little thrashed!

 

[Hatchet90]

There's some good albums on here, some absolutely horrible albums on here, but not a single mention of Genesis' The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway? Quite possibly the single greatest achievement in Prog Rock history?

Damn you all to hell!

King Crimson,King Crimson,King Crimson.... no one but me mentions King Crimson, no one but me mentioned Opeth or Cynic.

I need to listen to Genesis though. XD

Hey man I like in The Court of the Crimson King as much as the next guy, hell I listened to it in the car every day for a full week, but it just doesn't measure up to Lamb.

 

[Johnwesleyharding]

OK Computer - Radiohead

this... it even has perfect cover art...
[img height= 300]http://thechicagoartblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/radio_head_-_ok_computer_-_front.jpg[/img]

Plus, it was the first album I ever bought.

Sad. Everything went downhill from there.

IMO Amnesiac > Kid A > In Rainbows > Hail to the Thief, OK Computer & The Bends. I listened to Radiohead's stuff in chronological order (it just happened like that) excluding Pablo Honey, and I didn't really become a fan until I heard Kid A and Amnesiac.

 

[ALuckyChance]

I find both Carnival of Rust and Twilight Theater, by Poets of the Fall, to be equally amazing.

 

[icame]

http://www.listzblog.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/BackInBlack_300.jpg

My favorite band too ^^

 

[omega_peaches]

Even has a badass cover.

 

[NotSoNimble]

I love Progressive Rock/Metal, and these ones are particularly influenced by Jazz.

All hail the Crimson King!

Do you really like that Cynic album more than Focus?

 

[CarpathianMuffin]

The album that defines metal:

This and

Spoiler

for me.
Also the Amadeus soundtrack.

 

[SonicKoala]

A lot of great albums have been mentioned so far - here are a few more which I feel deserve a spot here. Both hallmarks of alternative rock in their respective decades.

Spoiler: Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins

Spoiler: Doolittle - Pixies

 

[Polaris19]

Gonna be a long list, but here goes...

OK Computer by Radiohead
About Face by The Working Title
Free All Angels by Ash
Meltdown by Ash
Twilight of the Innocents by Ash
1977 by Ash
Sol-Fa by Asian Kung-fu Generation
Magic Disk by Asian Kung-fu Generation
Fanclub by Asian Kung-fu Generation
Street Gospels by Bedouin Soundclash
Cities by Anberlin
Feel.Love.Thinking.Of by Faunts
The Information by Beck
Guerero by Beck
Deja Entadu by Brand New
Parachutes by Coldplay
A Weekend in the City by Bloc Party
Dookie by Green Day
American Idiot by Green Day
Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand
Kasabian by Kasabian
West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum by Kasabian
Bleed American by Jimmy Eat World
Futures by Jimmy Eat World
The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge by My Chemical Romance
Finelines by My Vitriol
The Man Who by Travis
Palm Trees and Power Lines by Sugarcult
Lights Out by Sugarcult
Songs for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age
Final Straw by Snow Patrol
The Joshua Tree by U2
The Great American Midrange by The Elms
Natural by Orange Range
Left Side of the Brain by Fiction Plane
Get Born by JET
Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park
Hello Hurricane by Switchfoot
Nothing is Sound by Switchfoot
mmhmm by Relient K
Lights and Sounds by Yellowcard
Paper Walls by Yellowcard


And guess what? We're not even half done...


Mer Der Noms by A Perfect Circle
Away From the Sun by 3 Doors Down
Make a Sound by Autopilot Off
The Remote Part by Idlewild
The Back Room by Editors
An End Has A Start by Editors
Tourist History by Two Door Cinema Club
Lost Souls by Doves
Stellastarr* by Stellastarr*
The Artist in the Ambulance by Thrice
This is War by 30 Seconds to Mars
Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles
The Beatles (White Album) by The Beatles
Revolver by The Beatles
Abbey Road by The Beatles
Murmur by R.E.M.
Fables of Reconstruction by R.E.M.
Lifes Rich Pageant by R.E.M.
Document by R.E.M.
Green by R.E.M.
Out of Time by R.E.M.
Automatic for the People by R.E.M.
Accelerate by R.E.M.
In Your Honor by Foo Fighters
The Color and Shape by Foo Fighters
Ode to Ochrasy by Mando Diao
Work by Shout Out Louds
Elevator by Hot Hot Heat
Showbiz by Muse
Origin of Symmetry by Muse
Absolution by Muse
Black Holes and Revelations by Muse
Once Upon a Time In the West by Hard-fi
Who's Next by The Who
Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd
Tri-Polar by Sick Puppies
Dressed Up As Life by Sick Puppies
Favourite Worst Nightmere by Arctic Monkeys
Barbara by We Are Scientists


I;m sure theres more I've forgotten to mention but I gotta eat anyway...

EDIT: Knew I forgot two...

Young for Eternity by The Subways
All or Nothing by The Subways

 

[Jerious1154]

Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - The Tyranny of Distance
The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
Titus Andronicus - The Monitor

Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs

I love this album to death, but do you really like every single song on it? I can never sit through that terrible jazz number.

 

[FinalHeart95]

Between the Buried and Me - Colors
Scale the Summit - Carving Desert Canyons
Green Day - American Idiot
Mastodon - Crack the Skye

None of those are "perfect", but they're the ones that I can often listen to straight through with no problem.

 

[the Dept of Science]

Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs

I love this album to death, but do you really like every single song on it? I can never sit through that terrible jazz number.

While I agree that there are some bad songs on it, I think Merritt was probably quite clued into that fact and very few of the bad songs last more than 1 minute. Also, considering it is 69 songs, the number of duds is very small.

While I guess you could argue that this doesn't make it a perfect album, as the bad songs could have been better songs, its still possibly my favourite album of all time.

 

[Deguasser]

Let's see I have 4.

Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

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Brand New - The Devil And God Are Raging Inside of Me

Ben Folds Five - The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner

Ben Folds - Way to Normal

 

[Deguasser]

Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

I love you for putting that, but it couldn't be 'perfect' to me, but damn close.

I was lucky enough to see them when i was about 7 or 8. First concert I ever went to.

 

[Aeriath]

Spoiler: Bad Religion - Stranger than Fiction

Funnily enough, of the three Bad Religion albums I own I think that is the blandest. The only song I care for is 21st Century Digital Boy. Why do you like the album so much? (I'm just curious, not trying to ridicule your opinion. Added this just incase it came off as being dick-ish).

I wouldn't say they were perfect, but I am of the opinion that the Gorrilaz albums are really good. Some of the songs don't stand up individually but if you listen to the whole album I can understand why they are there.

 

[markisb]

demon days by gorillaz