List your Perfect Albums

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U2
Achtung Baby
The Joshua Tree
The Unforgettable Fire

Radiohead
OK Computer
Kid A

Don McLean
Tapestry

Pink Floyd
The Final Cut

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
 
Right, I'm gonna answer the question excluding U2, Radiohead and REM to give the others a look in.

On that basis a few albums I would have to mention are:

The Beatles - Revolver

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses and Second Coming

The Verve - History

The Waterboys - A Rock in the Weary Land

Marvin Gaye - What's Goin' On

Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisted

Whipping Boy - Heartworm

Suede - Dog Man Star

Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
 
U2- Achtung Baby
Ben Harper- Fight For Your Mind
Yo La Tengo- And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside
The Cure- Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
Bob Dylan- Highway 61 Revisited
Johnny Cash- The Essential Johnny Cash
The Singles Soundtrack

and many more wonderful albums!
 
Dalton said:
Right.....


Well I wasn't asking for everyone's complete list, but thanks for the enthusiasm.

Then why did you name the thread, "List your Perfect Albums"? :eyebrow:
 
U2 - War, Achtung Baby
Metallica - Master Of Puppets, Load
The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Tattoo You
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run, Darkness On The Edge Of Town, Born In The USA
AC/DC - Back In Black, Stiff Upper Lip
Black Sabbath - Paranoid, Master Of Reality
Little Steven - Man Without Woman, Born Again Savage
John Lennon - Imagine
The Who - Who Are You
 
U2 U.fire, J.tree, A.baby, Zooropa, ATYCLB, HTDAAB
BOWIE, TMWSTW, Hunky Dory, TR&FOZIGGY, Aladdin Sane, D.Dogs, Stationtostation, Low, Heroes, Scary MOnsters, Heathen
OTHERS, The Idiot - Iggy Pop
Who's Next - The Who
Desire - Dylan
The Kick Inside - Kate Bush
Evergreen - Echo & the Bunnymen
The Domino Club - The Men They Couldn't Hang
Parallel Lines - Blondie
Stone Roses, 2nd Coming - The Stone Roses
Definitely Maybe - Oasis
U R the Quarry, Vauxhall & I - Morrissey
The Queen Is Dead, Meat Is Murder - The Smiths
Viva Roxy - Roxy Music
The Up Escalator - Graham Parker & The Rumour
 
U2-Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby
Beatles-Abbey Road, Revolver, Rubber Soul, Sgt, Peppers, White Album
Who-Who's Next, Quadrophenia, Tommy
Stones-Sticky Fingers, Let it Bleed
Springsteen-Born to Run
Pink Floyd-The Wall, Dark Side of the Moon
Hendrix-The Jimmy Hendrix Experience, Axis Bold as Love, Electric Ladyland
Talking Heads-Fear of Music, Speaking in Tongues
 
Bob Dylan
-Blonde on Blonde
-Highway 61 reviisted
-Blood on the Tracks

The Who
-The Who Sell Out
-Tommy
-Who's Next
-Live at Leeds
-Quadrophenia

Bruce Springsteen
-The Wild, The Innocent, The E-Street Shuffle
-Born to Run
-The Rising

Led Zeppelin
-Led Zeppelin 4

Jimi Henrdix
-Are You Experienced?
-Electric Ladyland

Velvet Underground
-Velvet Underground and Nico

Neil Young
-Rust Never Sleeps
 
Mmm...perfect. Wow. A perfect album obviously should have no skippers. But its more than that. It should rock! It should be profound and risky. It should be technically challenging but feel effortless. The lyrics and melody should meld seamlessly. It should be thematic, not a collection of great songs. It should excite. It should energize and inspire and anger and comfort.

So, then

U2--The Joshua Tree
U2--Achtung Baby
Bruce--Born to Run
Bruce--Darkness
Bruce--Nebraska
Pink Floyd--Dark Side of the Moon
Joni Mitchell--Blue
Carbon Leaf--Indian Summer

Perhaps more later :)
 
my ultimate best:

Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love, darkness or born in the usa
U2 - achtung baby, joshua tree, boy (tied with war)
rem - automatic for the people

i didn't noticed anyone listing tunnel of love but for me it's one of the best albums i've heard (great songs though not very known to wide public, incredible concept of the album and lyrics which only bruce can deliver). i'm a u2 fan by default but this album is up there with many u2 albums.

ajd
kl
 
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