List some albums that, in your opinion, are flawless. Some of mine are:
Pennywise - Full Circle
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
The Offspring - Ingition
At The Drive In - Vaya
NOFX - The Decline
AFI - Shut Your Mouth And Open Your Eyes
Tool - Anemina
Botch - We Are The Romans
Operation Ivy - Energy and Hectic
Rancid - …And Out Come The Wolves
Godspeed You Black Emperor - #f#a infinity
Refused - The Shape of Punk To Come
The Clash - London Calling
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity
Pink floyd= Dark Side of The Moon
Toma Waits= Franks Wild Years
Dave Matthews= Under The Table And Dreaming
Counting Crows= August And Everything After
Blues Brothers= Briefcase Full of Blues (live)
Beatles - Rubber Soul and Revolver
Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Pogues - If I Should Fall from Grace with God
Who - The Who Sell Out
Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo
Grateful Dead - Workingman’s Dead
Rush - Moving Pictures
Rush - Counterparts
Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
Camel - Dust and Dreams
Marillion - Brave
Yes - Relayer
It Bites - Eat me in St. Louis
Dire Straits - Love over Gold
Therapy? - Troublegum
Foo Fighters - The Color and the Shape
Savatage - Streets
Savatage - Dead Winter Dead
Radiohead - OK Computer
Air - Moon Safari
Pulp - This is Hardcore
Weezer - Weezer
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Bob Marley - Legend
Grateful Dead - pretty much anything without Donna Godchaux
Bob Dylan - Free Wheelin’, New Morning, JWH, etc.
Eva Cassidy - Live at Blues Alley, Time After Time
Leon Redbone - You name it!
Leo Kottke - Live, That’s What
Sonia Dada - A Day at the Beach
These were judged by being able to play the entire song list, and not selecting out tunes on the ole computer jukebox.
Rush Permanent Waves Genesis Seconds Out Deep Purple Machine Head The Reverend Horton Heat Spend a Night in the Box The Dickies Dawn of the Dickies Bad Religion Stranger than Fiction
Jets to Brazil - Orange Ryhming Dictionary Weezer - Pinkerton Shudder to Think - Tenspot/funeral at the movies Pavement - Slanted and enchanted Pixies - Surfer rosa/dolittle/come on pilgrim Sebadoh - Bakesale beatles - Revolver Descendents - Full catalog of albums… not one bad one.
Anything by Led Zeppelin (with the possible exception of Coda)
Shawn Colvin–Steady On
Aimee Mann–Bachelor No. 2
Garbage–Garbage and Version 2.0
Big Head Todd and the Monsters–Sister Sweetly
Seal–Seal (the first one)
Thomas Dolby–The Golden Age of Wireless
Michael Penn–Free-For-All
Jane’s Addiction–Ritual de lo Habitual
Joni Mitchell–Blue, For the Roses, Court and Spark
XTC–Apple Venus Volume 1 (haven’t heard Vol. 2 yet)
Flawless to me means perfect production, no mistakes in playing, and no weak spots in the music. In alphabetical order:
Amorphis – Elegy
Borknagar – Quintessence
Bruce Dickenson – Chemical Wedding
Dark Tranquility – Haven
Dio – Holy Diver
Hank Williams Jr.’s Greatest Hits Volume 1
In Flames – Whoracle
Iron Maiden – Number of the Beast
Iron Maiden – Powerslave
Katatonia – Discouraged Ones
Megadeth – Countdown to Extinction
Misfits – American Psycho
Moonspell – Irreligious
Nile – Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren Ka
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Will the Circle be Unbroken II
Opeth – Morningrise
Opeth – My Arms, Your Hearse
Opeth – Orchid
Opeth – Still Life
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon
Pink Floyd - Division Bell
Pink Floyd – Meddle
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Rancid - …And Out Come The Wolves
Rush - Moving Pictures
Rush - Signals
Sentenced – Amok
Sepultura – Roots
Six Feet Under – Warpath
The Clash - London Calling
Theatre of Tragedy – Velvet Darkness they Fear
Willie Nelson – Red Headed Stranger
Wolverine – Fervent Dream
Iron Maiden: Iron Maiden, Number of the Beast, Brave New World
Motorhead: Iron Fist, Another Perfect Day, Overnight Sensation
Gary Moore: Wild Frontier
Armored Saint: Symbol of Salvation
Twised Sister: Stay Hungry
Golden Earring: Paradise in Distress
Vigin Steele: House of Atrius Act I
Dire Straits: Communication
AC/DC: Blow up your Video
Ozzy: No More Tears
I’m sure there are others but I can’t remember them all right now.
Why, oh why, does Donna Jean get so maligned. She was the only member of the Dead that really could sing for Christ’s sake (OK, certainly not always in key on the stage, but in the studio she was in her element - you don’t get to sing backup on “When A Man Loves A Woman,” “Suspicious Minds,” Boz Scaggs first album, and tons of other Muscle Shoals sessions by not being able to sing).
Add “Running on Empty” to the flawless list. I’ve played it from start to finish damn near a million times and it just gets better and better.
There’s slim pickings left, but not yet mentioned, all from the 80’s:
REM: Automatic for the People
Michael Jackson: Thriller
The Tragically Hip: Road Apples
Bruce Springsteen: Born In The U.S.A.
Tom Petty: Full Moon Fever
Peter Gabriel: So