# Perfect Albums **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 9, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-albums/187287 "2003-07-09T18:26:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-albums/187287/41 "2003-07-10T14:33:21Z")
Stones - Let It Bleed Zepplin - III Beatles - Abbey Road ZZ Top - Tres Hombres Beck - Odelay ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-albums/187287/42 "2003-07-10T14:55:24Z")
Yeah, that first Melissa Etheridge album is phenomenal. Pity about all the follow ups. Emmet Swimming - Arlington to Boston Cowboy Mouth - Are You With Me? Rolling Stones - Beggar’s Banquet ---
**Author:** ![Mars\_Horizon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mars_horizon/32/2804_2.png) [@Mars\_Horizon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mars_Horizon)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-albums/187287/43 "2003-07-10T15:34:15Z")
**Rush - Moving Pictures** Every song is fantastic, and all of them have been played live. Six of the seven songs on the album have been played on multiple tours, and “Tom Sawyer” is arguably their most recognizable song. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-albums/187287/44 "2003-07-10T15:53:33Z")
thanks chaps (meaning both female and male posters) … Anyone got any classical music albums to put in the list, I have been trying to find a perfect Carmina Burana for ages but never found one where the orchestration, the solo musicians, and the singers are all faultless. I realise that I missed off my list Tricky : Maxinquaye – an incredible soundscape, filled with violence and beauty … please carry on ---
**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-albums/187287/45 "2003-07-10T16:08:30Z")
A new one to add to the list: **Damien Rice** - _O_ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-albums/187287/46 "2003-07-10T16:35:47Z")
AC/DC - “Back in Black” Byrds - “The Notorious Byrd Brothers” King Crimson - “Discipline” George Thorogood & the Destroyers- “Maverick” The Who - “Who’s Next” Yes- “Close to the Edge” ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-albums/187287/47 "2003-07-10T16:44:18Z")
Jeff Buckley - Grace. Far and away the best album ever produced. U2 - Joshua Tree REM - Automatic for the People ---
**Author:** ![haardvark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5ac83/32.png) [@haardvark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/haardvark)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-albums/187287/48 "2003-07-10T20:03:18Z")
I am a pretty big Floyd fan from way back, and I think it’s certainly the case that the majority of the albums are intended as self-contained concept pieces (at least while Syd or Roger was involved). They all hang together pretty well IMHO, and certainly DSOM and WYWH which have both been mentioned here, are classics of the first order. However (and I strongly suspect I am in the minority here) my absolute favourite, shining perfection from end to end flowing through my headphones (especially as I walked around my neighborhood at midnight as an angst-filled teen in the late 80’s, smoking cigarettes and frowning mightily) is **The** ever lovin’ **Final Cut**. also: **Animals** , Pink Floyd **Shakespeare, my Butt** , Lowest of the Low **Finnegan’s Tongue** , War Wagon ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-albums/187287/49 "2003-07-10T23:06:18Z")
Soundgarden-“Superunknown” Boston 1 Blue Oyster Cult- “Specters” AC/DC-“Back in Black”/“Highway to hell” Alan Parsons Project- “Tales of mystery and imagination” Kiss-“Dressed to kill” ---
**Author:** ![Padmaraga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@Padmaraga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padmaraga)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-albums/187287/50 "2003-07-10T23:21:48Z")
To name some not yet mentioned: _Love Over Gold_, Dire Straits _Two Against Nature_, Steely Dan _Blue Pacific_, Michael Franks _Change in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes_, Jimmy Buffett _Poetic Champions Composed_, Van Morrison _Hourglass_, James Taylor ---
**Author:** ![raisinbread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8491ac/32.png) [@raisinbread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raisinbread)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-albums/187287/51 "2003-07-10T23:48:15Z")
Legacy of Brutality by the Misfits ---
**Author:** ![Quack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e99b99/32.png) [@Quack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quack)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-albums/187287/52 "2003-07-11T01:15:08Z")
**Mercutio** , my friend, I admire your love and enthusiasm for Operation Ivy, however, their cover of “One of These Days” disqualifies it…sad really. But a record that gets 26/27 on the perfecttion scale. Perfect albums: Elvis Costello- My Aim is True Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon Beatles- Revolver Operation Ivy- Hectic\* (so what if it’s only an EP, it’s 6 great tracks) ---
**Author:** ![nitroglycerine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nitroglycerine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nitroglycerine)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-albums/187287/53 "2003-07-11T01:59:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Quack \* > \*\ ***Mercutio** , my friend, I admire your love and enthusiasm for Operation Ivy, however, their cover of “One of These Days” disqualifies it…sad really. But a record that gets 26/27 on the perfecttion scale. > \*\* Now, see, I was going to diqualify that album on the basis of “Big City”. I like “One Of These Days” but Megadeth did it better. “Big City” is just a crappy song. It must be something about the title. the Dead Boys’ Big City sucked too. Anyway, and I’ve said it here before, Op Ivy loses cool points for influencing all those lame “Ska Punk” bands of the late 90s, which ruined the whole genere, and caused the glut that made Moon Ska records go out of business. \< /hijack \> Jon ---
**Author:** ![nitroglycerine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nitroglycerine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nitroglycerine)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-albums/187287/54 "2003-07-11T02:12:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by raisinbread \* > \*\*Legacy of Brutality by the Misfits \*\* My vote for a 'Fits album would go to Ten Hits From Hell, even though it was never really released. The mixes on that album are awesome, Plus (at least on the version I have), they actually left Bobby Steeles (who is a million times better than Doyle) guitar playing on it. I think thats one of the reasons the album never came out even though the Cds and Lps were pressed. Jerry didn’t want Bobby to get proper credit or royalties IIRC. Greedy bastard. Danzig should get together with Bobby and start an alternative Misfits, and at least TRY to restore the legacy of that band. Jon ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Pirate\_LeChuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dead\_Pirate\_LeChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Pirate_LeChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-albums/187287/55 "2003-07-11T02:50:04Z")
Counting Crows- August and Everyhing After Live- Throwing Copper Stone Temple Pilots- Core REM- Monster ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-albums/187287/56 "2003-08-18T22:53:10Z")
Here are some of my favouritest of favourites… Beatles - **Abbey Road** / **The Beatles** Elton John - **Madman Across the Water/Yellow Brick Road/Thumbleweed Connection** Meatloaf - **Bat out of Hell** Moby - **Play** Lou Reed - **Berlin** Radiohead - **OK Computer** ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-albums/187287/57 "2003-08-18T22:57:50Z")
Here are some of my favouritest of favourites… Beatles - **Abbey Road** / **The Beatles** Elton John - **Madman Across the Water/Yellow Brick Road/Thumbleweed Connection** Meatloaf - **Bat out of Hell** Moby - **Play** Lou Reed - **Berlin** Radiohead - **OK Computer** Pink Floyd - **Wish You Were Here / Dark Side of The Moon** ---
**Author:** ![Sm\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sm\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sm_e)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-albums/187287/58 "2003-08-19T00:03:13Z")
Bad Religon- Suffer Beastie Boys- Paul’s Boutique DJ Shadow- Entroducing… Nas- Illmatic Suicidal Tendencies- Suicidal Tendencies Sublime- 40oz to Freedom NIN- Broken ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-albums/187287/59 "2003-08-19T00:09:01Z")
_In Lite Syrup_ - Toad The Wet Sprocket ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-albums/187287/60 "2003-08-20T14:35:03Z")
Since this thread is bounced, and since I’ve found IT! For me at least… The perfect Carmina Burana, is the Chicago Symphoney version conducted by James Levine. At last I have a modern (no analog hiss and crackle) version with good pacing and fantastic singers throughout. Another perfect album must be Tricky : Nearly God this album perfects the juxtaposition of beautiful female vocals against a dark and menacing techno background. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-albums/187287.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-albums/187287.md?page=4)