Perfect Albums

**Whiteroom_Guardian** · 06-13-2012, 10:02 AM

First album that came to mind for me was Joni Mitchell - Hejira.

Jaco's bass playing may be some of the best in history on that one, and the overall mix/production is flawless.

**stuckathuntermtn** · 08-07-2012, 09:15 PM

Has anyone mentioned The Black Keys El Camino?
Just jammin' to that now, loud in the ear buds. Really wanna jump around singing and airinstumenting (I don't limit it just to guitar), rockin this beer buzz, but I have a neighbor. wah.

**Art Shirk** · 08-08-2012, 01:22 AM

Not sure why I missed this thread. A few contributions that may have been mentioned, or for that matter, may be bullshit in the eyes of numerous.

REM: Document
Shins: Oh Inverted World
Nearly every Beatles Album
Smashing Pumpkins: Siamese Dream
Beck: Sea Change
MC Solaar: Cinquième As

And probably a bunch more if I went through my collection, but these immediately come to mind as albums I would listen to without stop.

**BraddA** · 08-08-2012, 09:22 AM

Originally Posted by commonlaw

MC Solaar: Cinquième As

Wow, nice. Haven't listened to Solaar in a while.

**AK47bp** · 08-09-2012, 05:51 PM

Tool - Undertow
Radiohead - OK Computer
Life of Agony - River Runs Red
NAS - Illmatic
Matisyahu - Live @ Stubbs
Danzig - Lucifuge

Don't know if this counts but Bob Marley Songs of Freedom box set.

**BigDaddy** · 08-14-2012, 12:43 PM

This belongs here:

**Obstruction** · 08-14-2012, 01:07 PM

A most excellent record indeed (Can't you hear me Knocking is still my favorite song after all these years) although for an album that is sheer start to finish outstanding I thing Exile tops it.

**nesta** · 08-16-2012, 09:26 AM

so many great picks already in this thread. Adding 3 I don't think have been mentioned yet:
Bob Dylan- John Wesley Harding
The Feelies- Only Life
The Who- Who's Next

**The AD** · 08-16-2012, 10:37 AM

The Smiths (debut album)

**Danno** · 08-16-2012, 12:14 PM

Originally Posted by nesta

The Feelies- Only Life

I fucking love the Feelies, and yes, this is my favorite of theirs. One of the best concerts of my life was a Feelies show.

**nesta** · 08-16-2012, 10:24 PM

Originally Posted by Danno

I fucking love the Feelies, and yes, this is my favorite of theirs. One of the best concerts of my life was a Feelies show.

Me too.
I really like Time For a Witness too, but it's not a "perfect" record. Amazing sound quality though. Did you know they're back playing again?

L7 · 08-16-2012, 10:49 PM

Don't know if it's in here somewhere but,

Fleetwood Mac - Mystery to Me

have to second

Joni Mitchell - Blue

**Core Shot** · 02-09-2020, 08:53 AM

Fleet wood mac and Joni Mitchell?

Too much soy, soy boy

**SkiBall** · 02-09-2020, 10:23 AM

Just a few off top of head for me:
Blue October- Foiled
The Cure-Disintegration
Bowie-Blackstar
Everclear-Sparkle and Fade
Ice T-Rhyme Pays
Alice in Chains-Dirt
Living Colour-Vivid
Machine Head-Burn My Eyes
QOTSA-Songs for The Deaf
Queensryche-Rage For Order
Metallica-RTL
Sacred Reich-American Way
Led Zep III

**swissiphic** · 02-09-2020, 10:40 AM

Pink Floyd - dark side of the moon
Faith No More - the real thing
Butthole Surfers - pioughd
Dayglow Abortions - feed us a fetus
Metallica - master of puppets/kill em all
Jean Michell Jarre - Oxygene
Sigur Ros - untiltled 1
MDC - millions of dead cops
Enya - watermark
Radiohead - kid a
Smashing Pumpkins - siamese dream
Delirium - semantic spaces
Dead Can Dance - a passage in time

**The Tortoise** · 02-09-2020, 11:14 AM

Paul Simon - Graceland

**iceman** · 02-09-2020, 07:35 PM

Originally Posted by Core Shot

Fleet wood mac and Joni Mitchell?

Too much soy, soy boy

quit trying so hard

**dookeyXXX** · 02-09-2020, 07:51 PM

Originally Posted by Danno

I fucking love the Feelies, and yes, this is my favorite of theirs. One of the best concerts of my life was a Feelies show.

I was lucky enough to see The Feelies when they opened up for Lou Reed on his New York tour and then they were his backing band.

And they were great in Something Wild, too...

That said, I am extremely partial to The Good Earth..."The High Road" is seminal. It seques perfectly with "Rise" by PiL, fwiw...

**dookeyXXX** · 02-09-2020, 08:00 PM

Originally Posted by mmmm...pow!

^^^If you're gonna mention Step in the Arena, then you might as well add Hard to Earn, though not sure I'd call either perfect...

I think that Step In The Arena is Gang Starr's magum opus. It is one of my favorite albums of all time, regardless of genre. I can literally pull it out any time and listen to it non-stop for weeks on end.

Hard To Earn is solid and has some seminal cuts ("Mass Appeal" and "Code of the Streets" are amongst their greatest tracks ever), but for me Step In The Arena flows immaculately from start to finish.

And I am featured on Moment of Truth, fwiw (check the credits, yo!) and I still think Step In The Arena is their best effort.

As with any (and all) lists, inclusions are purely subjective and result may vary.

**SkiBall** · 02-09-2020, 09:03 PM

Has Genesis Invisible Touch been mentioned yet?

**Danno** · 02-09-2020, 09:38 PM

What's funny is I saw this thread title pop up in my feed, and had no recollection of it (7 years ago, a lot of brain cells died between then and now). But my first thought was "perfect album? Joe Jackson, Look Sharp is a perfect album." At least I'm consistent!

**PNWbrit** · 02-09-2020, 09:54 PM

Originally Posted by SkiBall

Has Genesis Invisible Touch been mentioned yet?

Fuck off.

**SkiBall** · 02-09-2020, 11:02 PM

Originally Posted by PNWbrit

Fuck off.

You disappoint.

**Jacques Strap** · 02-17-2020, 12:09 AM

Don't call me a poser (yeah I love my Negative Approach, Ceremony, S.O.A., etc. just fine) but unlike most of the good to great albums that've been listed in this thread (i.e. "a list of records I like" or "a bunch of underrated underground shit to make me seem cooler than I am"), Enema of the State is actually a Perfect Album. Be punk enough to admit it.