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goldrushgoldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,640
edited September 2008 in Other Music
An office conversation yesterday got everyone doing some serious thinking.

What albums do you believe are truly PERFECT? Quite simply, albums that contain nothing but great songs, not one single bum track.

Please add your suggestions and, if you feel you can justify it, please fell free to disagree with people's suggestions.

I vote for:
Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins
Gentlemen - Afghan Whigs
“Do not postpone happiness”
(Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

“Put yer good money on the sunrise”
(Tim Rogers)
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  • itsevobabyitsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    goldrush wrote:
    I vote for:
    Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins
    funny, that was the first one that came to my mind too, just PERFECT, start to finish.

    i have ALOT of others though, too many to list
    Look Alive,
    See These Bones
  • JellyrollsJellyrolls Posts: 523
    Beck - Sea Change
    Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
    Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

    Those three are all I can think of right now. They can't get better.
  • weekapaug19weekapaug19 Posts: 2,293
    dark side of the moon and Ten

    you can end this thread now if you like :)
  • prytocorduroyprytocorduroy Posts: 4,355
    The Downward Spiral.
  • goldrushgoldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,640
    weekapaug19 wrote:
    dark side of the moon and Ten

    you can end this thread now if you like :)

    I really wanted to include 'Ten' but I thought I'd try to pick non-PJ albums. Now that you've said it first...

    TEN!
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • wardenwarden Posts: 99
    Temple of the Dog
  • the wolfthe wolf Posts: 7,027
    The Verve - Urban Hymns

    the doors - Strange Days

    Piers faccini - The Tearing Sky

    Concrete Blonde - Free


    bunches of others.
    Peace, Love.

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    to not question your government is unpatriotic."
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  • pretextpretext Posts: 1,294
    Counting Crows - August & Everything After
    The Nields - Play
    Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator)
    Metallica - Master of Puppets
    Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
    Kris Delmhorst - Songs for a Hurricane
    Wilco - Summerteeth/YHF
    Josh Ritter - The Animal Years
    The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
    Tom Waits - Rain Dogs

    For PJ: Vs., and Ten. If only Vitalogy didn't have Bugs...

    I missed it above: Gentlemen - Afghan Whigs. Goddamn do I love that album.
  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    goldrush wrote:
    An office conversation yesterday got everyone doing some serious thinking.

    What albums do you believe are truly PERFECT? Quite simply, albums that contain nothing but great songs, not one single bum track.

    Please add your suggestions and, if you feel you can justify it, please fell free to disagree with people's suggestions.

    I vote for:
    Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins
    Gentlemen - Afghan Whigs

    Funny enough the first two albums that came to mind were Siamese Dream and Black Love - don't get me wrong, Gentlemen is wicked too, but Black Love is definitely my favourite Whigs record.

    I'll add these to the list:

    Twilight Singers - Powder Burns
    R.E.M - Automatic For The People
    Hole - Celebrity Skin + Live Through This
    Soundgarden - Superunknown + Badmotorfinger
    Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning
    Radiohead - The Bends
    Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
    Jeff Buckley - Grace
    Screaming Trees - Dust
    Pearl Jam - VS + Yield
    Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
    Led Zeppelin - IV
    Temple Of The Dog - TOTD
    Alice In Chains - Jar OF Flies
    Deftones - Around The Fur

    Those will do for now, I know I've missed a few off
  • edvedderrocksedvedderrocks Posts: 1,001
    binaural & Ten- pj
    the joshua tree - U2
    Duke - Genesis
    In Rainbows (Discs 1 & 2) and the Bends - Radiohead
    Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace - Foo Fighters
    "I knew all the rules, but the rules did not know me. Guaranteed."

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    ED Solo - 2008 Washington DC, 2009 Philly, PA(nights 1&2)*Met Eddie =)
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    I wouldn't lose a second of:

    Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
    36 Chambers - Wu-Tang Clan
    Ghosts of The Great Highway - Sun Kil Moon
    Out to Lunch - Eric Dolphy
    Minor Threat - Minor Threat (an EP but still)
    Sam Cooke - Live at Harlem Square Club
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • suns rivalsuns rival Posts: 15,926
    ten, vs - pj
    dirt, jar of flies - aic
    superunknown - sg
    morning view - incubus
    siamese dream - sp
    scratching my butt...
    kinakamot ang aking puwit...
    me rascando pompis...
    krap mijn reet...
    boku no ketsuoana o kizu...
    bahrosh teezy...
  • MattyJoeMattyJoe Posts: 1,424
    Pearl Jam - Ten
    Pearl Jam - Vs.
    Kings Of Leon - Because Of The Times
    Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
    Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
    Pink Floyd - Animals
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    -Reagan
  • release30release30 Posts: 2,051
    Raconteurs - Consoler of the Lonely.....
    Conversations getting dull
    There's a constant ringing in my ears
    Sense of humor's void and numb
    And I'm bored to tears.......
  • mulva9mulva9 Posts: 417
    Nada Surf - Let Go
  • itsevobabyitsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    mulva9 wrote:
    Nada Surf - Let Go
    great call, such a good album. i'm well beyond obsessed with 'Lucky' too
    Look Alive,
    See These Bones
  • mulva9mulva9 Posts: 417
    itsevobaby wrote:
    great call, such a good album. i'm well beyond obsessed with 'Lucky' too


    Also great. But not quite "perfect." Although I just looked at my iTunes play counts and the ridiculous number of plays for Lucky would seem to argue against that.
  • BetterThanYouBetterThanYou Posts: 853
    mad season-above

    the cowboy junkies-caution horses

    moe.-the conch

    tool-undertow


    that's about all i can think of right now

    **edit**

    the toadies-rubberneck

    U2-rattle and hum

    i'd like to put yield on this list, but i fuckin' hate 'wishlist'.
    "Have you ever.........pooped a balloon?"
    ~D.K.S.
  • itsevobabyitsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    ten
    vs
    no code
    benaroya hall
    siamese dream
    jesus hits like the atom bomb by tripping daisy
    august & everything after
    recovering the satellites
    automatic for the people
    blood sugar sex magik
    oyster by heather nova
    transatlantacism
    lucky by nada surf
    in rainbows
    superunknown
    joshua tree
    battle of los angeles
    dark side of the moon
    abbey road
    led zep II
    tea for the tillerman
    nevermind
    jar of flies
    long gone before daylight by the cardigans
    weezer blue
    purple by stp
    use your illusion I & II
    Look Alive,
    See These Bones
  • pearljammer20pearljammer20 Posts: 116
    Nirvana-Nevermind & In Utero
    Soundgarden-Superunknown
    STP-Core
    Pearl Jam-Ten & Self Titled
    Timbaland-Shock Value
    The Beatles-The White Album
    Uncle Bruce-Born in the USA
    AC/DC-Back in Black
    Green Day-Dookie
    08/29 & 8/30 2000-Mansfield
    7/2 & 7/11 2003-Mansfield
    9/28 & 9/29 2004-Boston
    5/24 & 5/25 2006-Boston-11th & 10th row
    6/27 2008-Hartford -Front Row Center!
    6/28 & 6/30 2008-Mansfield

    08/01 (2nd row) & 08/02/2008 (Eddie Vedder) Boston


    skinny little bitch
  • Piper At The GatesPiper At The Gates Posts: 460
    Dark Side
    Wish You Were Here
    Piper At the Gates Of Dawn
    Led Zeppelin II
    Allman Brothers Live At Fillmore
    Are You Experienced
    Electric Ladyland
    John Coltrane Live At Birdland
    Vitalogy
    Sticky Fingers
  • wcsmithwcsmith Posts: 165
    I take "perfect album" to mean any album where I would not skip a track and album that does not decrease in value over repeated listens across the years. With that in mind, here are mine:

    Southern Harmony and Musical Companion - The Black Crowes
    The Band - self-titled
    Foxtrot - Genesis
    Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy - Elton John
    Vs. - PJ
    OK Computer - even Fitter Happier, it fits in nicely with the overall vision of the album
    The Bends - Radiohead
    Tonight's the Night - Neil Young
    Who's Next - The Who
    Hot Rats - Frank Zappa
    Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
    Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

    Albums that almost make the cut, but miss it by one song:

    Ten - Jeremy
    Madman Across the Water - All the Nasties
    Led Zeppelin I - You Shook Me
    Led Zeppelin II - Moby Dick
    Led Zeppelin III - Hats Off (To Roy Harper)
    Led Zeppelin IV - Stairway to Heaven
    Houses of the Holy - D'yer M'ker
    Dark Side of the Moon - Great Gig in the Sky
    Harvest - There's a World

    I'm sure that there are more, I just can't think of any right now...
    "I'll ride the wave where it takes me"
  • petrocspetrocs Posts: 4,342
    U2- The Joshua Tree
    Muse- Absolution
    Pearl Jam- Ten
    Oasis- Definately Maybe
    RHCP- Blood Sugar Sex Magik
    Shows:
    9/24/96 MD. 9/28/96 Randalls. 8/28-29/98 Camden. 9/8/98 NJ. 9/18/98 MD. 9/1-2/00 Camden. 9/4/00 MD. 4/28/03 Philly. 7/5-6/03 Camden. 9/30/05 AC.
    10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,552
    Wish You Were Here- Pink Floyd
    STP- Core
    Radiohead- Kid A and OK Computer
    and every album from The Beatles after (and including) Rubber Soul. And I'm completely serious about that :).
    severed hand thirteen
    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
    2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/18
  • boroff89boroff89 Posts: 786
    Arcade Fire- Neon Bible
    The Shins- Chutes Too Narrow
    It makes much more sense to live in the present tense.
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,552
    boroff89 wrote:
    Arcade Fire- Neon Bible
    The Shins- Chutes Too Narrow
    +1 to Neon Bible. My favorite album in a very long time.
    severed hand thirteen
    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
    2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/18
  • FlaggFlagg Posts: 5,856
    The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion - The Black Crowes

    The perfect rock 'n' roll record.
    DAL-7/5/98,10/17/00,6/9/03,11/15/13
    BOS-9/28/04,9/29/04,6/28/08,6/30/08, 9/5/16, 9/7/16, 9/2/18
    MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
    PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
    CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
    HTFD-6/27/08
    ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
    KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
    Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
    PJ20-9/3/2011,9/4/2011
    OKC-11/16/13
    SEA-12/6/13
    TUL-10/8/14
  • HushBullHushBull Posts: 996
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    and every album from The Beatles after (and including) Rubber Soul. And I'm completely serious about that :).

    As you should be. :D
    "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro"
  • GivenToJam88GivenToJam88 NJ Posts: 1,187
    Ten-Pearl Jam
    Led Zeppelin IV-Led Zeppelin
    Quadrophenia-The Who
    Dark Side Of The Moon-Pink Floyd
    Born To Run-Bruce Springsteen
    2006: 5/28
    2008: 6/19, 6/24, 6/25
    2009: 6/14 (EV), 10/27, 10/28
    2010: 5/17
    2011: 6/21 (EV), 6/22 (EV), 9/11, 9/12
    2012: 9/2
    2013: 10/15, 10/16, 10/19, 10/21, 10/22, 10/27, 11/23, 11/24
    2014: 10/19
    2016: 5/1, 5/2, 5/8
    2018: 8/20, 9/2, 9/4
  • Jack BauerJack Bauer Posts: 28
    wcsmith wrote:
    I take "perfect album" to mean any album where I would not skip a track and album that does not decrease in value over repeated listens across the years. With that in mind, here are mine:

    Southern Harmony and Musical Companion - The Black Crowes
    The Band - self-titled
    Foxtrot - Genesis
    Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy - Elton John
    Vs. - PJ
    OK Computer - even Fitter Happier, it fits in nicely with the overall vision of the album
    The Bends - Radiohead
    Tonight's the Night - Neil Young
    Who's Next - The Who
    Hot Rats - Frank Zappa
    Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
    Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

    Albums that almost make the cut, but miss it by one song:

    Ten - Jeremy
    Madman Across the Water - All the Nasties
    Led Zeppelin I - You Shook Me
    Led Zeppelin II - Moby Dick
    Led Zeppelin III - Hats Off (To Roy Harper)
    Led Zeppelin IV - Stairway to Heaven
    Houses of the Holy - D'yer M'ker
    Dark Side of the Moon - Great Gig in the Sky
    Harvest - There's a World

    I'm sure that there are more, I just can't think of any right now...

    Even the greatest albums can decrease in value over time if they are played too much. I think this is because, when you listen to an album and you love it, you go into it the next time expecting something amazing. When you repeatedly come away from listening to the album with a great feeling, then you elevate that album higher and higher, until it reaches the rank of "perfect." Eventually, when you listen to the album, you are going to come away disappointed, because you expect so much, but you have heard it so many times that it just doesn't deliver. Unfortunately the only way to get past this is to let time pass without listening to the album, and then your next listen will remind you why you thought the album was so great in the first place.
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