Albums You Think Are Absolutely Perfect

Nephilim Wolf

What I mean by perfect albums is albums that really amazing from start to finish with absolutely no bad or annoying songs that you would skip. It's hard to come by these albums but for me there are some really stunning albums that are really incredible. These albums for me are perfect:

Fields of The Nephilim - Elizium
Tiamat - Wildhoney
Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin at Dusk
Anathema - Eternity/Judgement
Tristania - Widows Weeds
Dawn - Slaughter Sun
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time/Seventh Son of a Seventh Son/Iron Maiden Killers
Dissection - The Somberlain/Storm of The Light's Bane
Opeth - Blackwater Park/Orchid/Morningrise
U2 - Boy
Mercyful Fate - Melissa/Don't Break The Oath
Old Man's Child - Born of The Flickering
AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
Children of Bodom - Something Wild/Hatebreeder
Agalloch - The Mantle/Ashes Against The Grain
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Dimmu Borgir - For Alll Tid/Stormblast/Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality/Sabatage
Fields of The Nephilim - The Nephilim
Cradle of Filth - Dusk...And Her Embrace
In The Woods... - Heart of The Ages/Omnio/Strange in Stereo
Magnum - On A Storytellers NightAerosmith - Rocks
Type O Negative - October Rust
Empyrium - Songs of Misty Moors
Scorpions - In Trance
Sisters of Mercy - First And last And Always
Megadeth - Youthanasia
Katatonia - Dance of December Souls
Rush - 2112/Hemispheres/Permanent Waves/Moving Pictures
Immortal - Pure Holocaust
Amorphis - Silent Waters
Paradise Lost - Draconian Times
Darkthrone - A Blaze in The Northern Sky
Satyricon - Nemesis DivinaIn Flames - The jester Race

They are pretty much the albums that I would personally consider to be perfect, and that I would rate them 10/10 each. So what are your choices?

Lemmy Scott

Just these 2

nyarlothothep

Lulu, magisterial

Lawrence1895

Slayer - 'Reign in Blood'
Nagelfar - 'Virus West'
Heimdalls Wacht - 'Ut de graute olle tied-Deel I'

System of a Down - Mezmerize

Just Like Heaven

nyarlothothep wrote: »

Lulu, magisterial

It's pretty good, but I wouldn't say perfect.

slayerking

Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory



Perfection, IMO

Rothko

The Holy Bible - Manic Street Preachers
Doolittle - Pixies
Double Nickels On The Dime - Minutemen

GLaDOS

Few that come to mind are:

Camel - The Snow goose
God is an Astronaut - All is Violent, all is Bright
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

Robby91

Blind Guardian - A Twist In The Myth
Demons & Wizards - Demons & Wizards
Sabaton - Coat Of Arms
Turmion Katilot - Pirun Nyrkki

If I were to go beyond the realm of rock/metal...

Mangadrive - Artifice

I really need to find more music to listen to :P

ozzy jr

Even the artwork is perfect.

Angron

Anaal Nathrakh - In the Constellation of the Black Widow, Domine Non Es Dignus
Misery Index - Traitors, Heirs to Thievery
Dying Fetus - Stop at Nothing
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Type O Negative - Life is Killing Me, Slow Deep and Hard
Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorapocalypse
Napalm Death - Scum
Decapitated - Nihility
Ahab - The Call of the Wretched Sea
Children of Bodom - Hatebreeder
Deicide - Legion
My Dying Bride - For Lies I Sire
Cannibal Corpse - Tomb of the Mutilated


All I can think of right now.

Mushy

Gonna have to choose Porcupine Tree's In Absentia over Deadwing. Majestic really.

GhostInTheRuins

Nephilim Wolf wrote: »

What I mean by perfect albums is albums that really amazing from start to finish with absolutely no bad or annoying songs that you would skip. It's hard to come by these albums but for me there are some really stunning albums that are really incredible. These albums for me are perfect:

Fields of The Nephilim - Elizium
Tiamat - Wildhoney
Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin at Dusk
Anathema - Eternity/Judgement
Tristania - Widows Weeds
Dawn - Slaughter Sun
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
Dissection - The Somberlain/Storm of The Light's Bane
Opeth - Blackwater Park
U2 - Boy
Mercyful Fate - Melissa/Don't Break The Oath
Old Man's Child - Born of The Flickering
AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
Children of Bodom - Something Wild/Hatebreeder
Agalloch - The Mantle/Ashes Against The Grain
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Dimmu Borgir - For Alll Tid/Stormblast/Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality/Sabatage
Fields of The Nephilim - The Nephilim
Cradle of Filth - Dusk...And Her Embrace
In The Woods... - Heart of The Ages/Omnio/Strange in Stereo
Magnum - On A Storytellers NightAerosmith - Rocks
Type O Negative - October Rust
Empyrium - Songs of Misty Moors
Scorpions - In Trance
Sisters of Mercy - First And last And Always
Megadeth - Youthanasia
Katatonia - Dance of December Souls
Rush - 2112/Hemispheres/Permanent Waves/Moving Pictures
Immortal - Pure Holocaust
Amorphis - Silent Waters
Paradise Lost - Draconian Times
Darkthrone - A Blaze in The Northern Sky
Satyricon - Nemesis DivinaIn Flames - The jester Race

They are pretty much the albums that I would personally consider to be perfect, and that I would rate them 10/10 each. So what are your choices?

I have to say that that is a fairly solid list.

I've been meaning to get some Fields of the Nephilim for a long time, so you've made me just buy The Nephilim and also Empyrium's Songs of Misty Moors and Misty Fields. Thanks :cool:

buck65

Faith No More - Angel Dust
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Earth - Hex

Zulu

Pink Floyd - Meddle.

Mental Mickey

Reign In BLood - Slayer
Master Of Puppets - Metallica
Appetite For Destruction - GnR

3 completely flawless classics imo

Elrollo

Nightfall in Middle Earth - Blind Guardian
Screaming for Vengeance - Judas Priest
Dreamland Manor - Savage Circus
The Human Equation - Ayreon
Temple of Shadows - Angra
Master of Puppets - Metallica
Exhibit B: The Human Condition - Exodus
Deliverence - Opeth
Rainbow Rising - Rainbow

These are all albums I come back to again and again, exceptional stuff and flawless in my opinion

DrumSteve

Tool-Lateralus
Reign in Blood - Slayer

Honourable mention

Sehnsucht - Rammstein

Kess73

Trying to stick only to rock and metal albums because if I include other genres my list may never end, and I know I am going to leave out loads from my R&M list anyway.


Have also left a lot of Southern rock, prog, hardcore etc off of my list as whilst I have many albums I love in those genres, I am trying to keep the list to albums that I can put on anytime and listen to from start to finish.



Angel Dust - Faith No More
Slow, Deep, And Hard - Type O Negative
Bloody Kisses - Type O Negative
Somewhere In Time - Iron Maiden
Killers - Iron Maiden
Master Of Puppets - Metallia
Psalms - Ministry
Vision Thing - Sisters Of Mercy
Stranger Than Fiction - Bad Religion
Sound Of White Noise - Anthrax
Persistance Of Time - Anthrax
Pump - Aerosmith
Facelift - Alice In Chains
Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper
The River - Bruce Springsteen
That '59 Sound - Gaslight Anthem
Everything Must Go - Manic Street Preachers
Thowing Copper - Live
Hysteria - Def Leppard
Lights, Camera, Revolution - Suicidal Tendencies
The Ritual - Testament
Mezmerize - System Of A Down
Astrocreep 2000 - White Zombie
Black Holes & Revolutions - Muse
Pretty Hate Machine - Nine Inch Nails
The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails
Deadwing - Porcupine Tree
Physical Graffiti - Led Zepplin
Keeper Of The Seven Keys pt1 - Helloween
Keeper Of The Seven Keys pt2 - Helloween
Symbol Of Salvation - Armored Saint
Ten - Pearl Jam
Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy
Strays - Janes Addiction
Sound Of Madness - Shinedown
Youthanasia - Megadeth
Draconian Times - Paradise Lost
Deliverance - Corrosion Of Conformity
The Nephilim - Fields of The Nephilim
Dawnrazor - Fields of The Nephilim
Audrey Horne - Audrey Horne
Cowboys From Hell - Pantera

Mental Mickey

DrumSteve wrote: »

Tool-Lateralus
Reign in Blood - Slayer

Honourable mention

Sehnsucht - Rammstein

Terribly boring, self-indulgent album imo.

DrumSteve

Mental Mickey wrote: »

Terribly boring, self-indulgent album imo.

That's grand, but as per the the thread title it's albums you think are perfect. I think it's perfect. :pac:

Nea

I know I will think of loads more during the day...

Alice In Chains - Dirt
Faith No More- Angel Dust
Type O Negative - October Rust
Alice Cooper - Love It to Death
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Opeth - Deliverance
Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning
Rammstein - Mutter
Ghost - Opus Enonymous
QOTSA - Songs For The Deaf
Anathema - Were Here Because Were Here
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
Rush- Hemispheres
Warrior Soul - Last Decade, Dead Century

Mental Mickey

Nea wrote: »

I know I will think of loads more during the day...

Alice In Chains - Dirt
Faith No More- Angel Dust
Type O Negative - October Rust
Alice Cooper - Love It to Death
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Opeth - Deliverance
Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning
Rammstein - Mutter
Ghost - Opus Enonymous
QOTSA - Songs For The Deaf
Anathema - Were Here Because Were Here
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
Rush- Hemispheres
Warrior Soul - Last Decade, Dead Century

Forgot about that one.

delbertgrady

I could listen to all of these all the time.
In alphabetical order...

The Beatles: Abbey Road
It's difficult to choose a Beatles album, but I'd go with this primarily on the basis of side two. Yes, cynics will moan about Octopus's Garden and Maxwell's Silver Hammer, but they're tolerable when you know what's coming up after them, i.e., the "big medley".
David Bowie: Aladdin Sane
I was going to say Hunky Dory, but this is more of a racket.
Jackson Browne: Late for the Sky
Epic, melancholy, west coast rock from 1974. Exceptional songwriting and musicianship.
Kate Bush: The Kick Inside
She was on the cover of Classic Rock's Prog magazine recently, so she merits inclusion here. The Kick Inside is perfect in its simplicity.
John Cale: Paris 1919
Despite this album not being a "conventional" rock record (and certainly not metal), I have to include it. Cod reggae, rockin' guitar and mournful ballads are all represented here. But it's John Cale. Enfant Terrible of the Velvet Underground. So it qualifies.
Camel: Mirage
Classic prog rock gem from 1974. Camel were never a household name, but they deserved to be. This is possibly the best place to start for the uninitiated. Only five tracks. How many do you want?
Caravan: In the Land of Grey and Pink
More prog rock, this time from the so-called Canterbury Scene, and Caravan's whimsical 1971 masterpiece. Four reasonably conventional songs and the epic (twenty three minute) Nine Feet Underground. Recently remixed for reissue by Steven Wilson. Classic.
David Crosby: If I Could Only Remember My Name....
Haunting solo album, written and recorded in the grief of the death of his girlfriend, many of these tracks are little more than vocal or acoustic jams, built up to something approaching proper "songs", but there is no disputing the power of the record.
Genesis: Selling England by the Pound
I'd concede that The Battle of Epping Forest isn't quite as good as the rest of it, but it's still a superb album, and arguably the best from the Peter Gabriel era. Dancing with the Moonlit Knight, Firth of Fifth (Jesus, the f***ing drums on that), The Cinema Show. All killer.
Elton John: Tumbleweed Connection
This 1970 album spawned no singles, and dates from a time before most people had heard of him. You won't hear anything from this on the radio, but it's a remarkable slice of Americana, owing more to The Band than to the glam rock label that he would soon be tagged with.
Marillion: Misplaced Childhood
Like any great "concept album" (I use the term loosely in this case), it just has to be listened to from start to finish. I love the modular approach, that guitar solos from one song reappear as part of another track, etc. Just inches out Clutching At Straws as my favourite Fish Marillion album.
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon and Animals
As with Misplaced Childhood above, Dark Side of the Moon demands to be listened to from start to finish (though sometimes I find myself just playing Time, for the Greatest Guitar Solo Ever). Animals is another great Floyd album, which I'd probably include ahead of The Wall, just on the strength of the three epic tracks - Dogs, Pigs (Three Different Ones) and Sheep - which were being road-tested years earlier.
Queen: Queen II and Sheer Heart Attack
I'd have to say both of these. A Night at the Opera (perhaps a more obvious choice) is let down by the tuneless Sweet Lady, but these two albums are flawless. Sheer Heart Attack best showcases Queen's diversity, more than any other album in their canon, and the widescreen dynamic of Queen II (especially side two) is just magnificent. Honorable mention to The Game too.
Roxy Music: Stranded
The first post-Brian Eno Roxy album is my favourite, and - somewhat strangely - Eno's own favourite. The perfect blend of punchy pop (Street Life) and art rock weirdness.
Todd Rundgren: Something/Anything?
A double album wherein Todd sings and plays every note on sides one, two and three, and then assembles a ramshackle band for side four. Defies categorisation, since it embraces old school rock and roll, electronica, blue eyed soul, heavy metal and everything in between. Has to be heard to be believed, especially his one-man-band material.
Rush: Moving Pictures
Concise (only seven songs), precision-played, brilliantly produced. From the moment Tom Sawyer blasts out of the speakers, this is arguably the Rush album that even non-Rush fans would like, and not a dud track on it. Perfect.
Sparks: Propaganda
Manic, multi-faceted glam rock from 1974. Most people would opt for Kimono My House as the Sparks album of choice, but I prefer this, the follow-up.
Bruce Springsteen: The Wild, the Innocent and the E-Street Shuffle
My favourite Springsteen album, and a huge leap forward from his debut. Here, his (some would say excessively wordy) lyrics don't sound awkward. As a set of songs, side two, the suite of Incident on 57th Street, Rosalita and New York City Serenade, is peerless in the Springtseen catalogue.
The Who: Who's Next
If I had to choose one Who album, I'd probably choose this one. Sure, Baba O'Riley and Won't Get Fooled Again are perennial favourites, but what about all that other great stuff? Goin' Mobile? My Wife? Even the "obscure" songs are winners.
Yes: Close to the Edge
Fragile and The Yes Album give it a run for its money, as they're equally consistent, but if I had to choose one Yes album, it'd be this. Three lengthy songs. Not a second of filler. Magnificent.
Neil Young: On the Beach
Famously unavailable for years, while the political world view of this Nixon-era album may be slightly dated from a lyrical perspective, its overall power has not diminished. Mixing cynical rock and roll (Revolution Blues), melancholy ballads (See the Sky About to Rain) and ending it with the epic acoustic gem that is Ambulance Blues, this is a strong contender for his best album.

Cyanide13

Meshuggah - Chaosphere


Slipknot - Slipknot

D.Q

Say Your Number

Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction
Dio - Holy Diver
Volbeat - The Strength/The Sound/The Songs
Motorhead - Overkill
Stone Gods - Silver Spoons & Broken Bones
Airbourne- Runnin' Wild

Max Power1

Denny M wrote: »

Deicide - Legion
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+1
Some things just never go away (The honorary AOTW )

Nephilim Wolf

Kess73 wrote: »

Trying to stick only to rock and metal albums because if I include other genres my list may never end, and I know I am going to leave out loads from my R&M list anyway.


Have also left a lot of Southern rock, prog, hardcore etc off of my list as whilst I have many albums I love in those genres, I am trying to keep the list to albums that I can put on anytime and listen to from start to finish.

Somewhere In Time - Iron Maiden
Killers - Iron Maiden
Hysteria - Def Leppard
Youthanasia - Megadeth
Draconian Times - Paradise Lost
The Nephilim - Fields of The Nephilim
Dawnrazor - Fields of The Nephilim

I absolutely love those albums myself. I thought I was the only one on boards is mad about Fields of The Nephilim and 'Draconian Times' by Paradise Lost. I also thought I was the only one who rates 'Somewhere In Time' by Iron Maiden very highly. For me that album has no duff/filler songs on it, even 'The Loneliness of The Long Distance Runner, De Ja Vu, Sea of Madness and Alexander The Great' are real gems and standout songs for me as well as the incredible title song. 'Youthanasia' is also an incredible album, and for me personally Megadeth have never topped it. It's also the one album by Megadeth that I can listen to from start to finish.

Kess73

Nephilim Wolf wrote: »

I absolutely love those albums myself. I thought I was the only one on boards is mad about Fields of The Nephilim and 'Draconian Times' by Paradise Lost. I also thought I was the only one who rates 'Somewhere In Time' by Iron Maiden very highly. For me that album has no duff/filler songs on it, even 'The Loneliness of The Long Distance Runner, De Ja Vu, Sea of Madness and Alexander The Great' are real gems and standout songs for me as well as the incredible title song. 'Youthanasia' is also an incredible album, and for me personally Megadeth have never topped it. It's also the one album by Megadeth that I can listen to from start to finish.

Love Paradise Lost and Fields of The Nephilim. The former I have been listening to since their more death metal days 20 odd years ago. I think Paradise Lost have recorded some songs since Draconian Times that are better than what is on DT, but as an album they have not matched it yet.

As for Somewhere In Time. For me it is Maiden's high water mark. Just no weak track on it. Blows away every album that followed it with some ease, even the excellent Brave New World.

Youthanasia I love and like you I can listen to hit all every time I put it on and never want to skip a track. Rust In Peace comes close though.