Albums You Think Are Absolutely Perfect

human 19

If I thought about it I could come up with loads of metal and non-metal where I like every song.
At the moment top of the list is Surtur Rising by Amon Amarth. I only discovered it (and them) about a month ago but it has reached the stage now where I am becoming addicted to it...playing it all the time. Im a crusty nearly 50 year old git who feels like a teenager again.

This has not happened to me since System of a down about 10 years ago (and AA are pushing my buttons much more) . Totally awsome stuff. Like Black sabbath for the 21st century...at least 2 different riffs per song.

Roll on Thursday!!

human 19

cena wrote: »

I'll get stick for this but I liked the nickelback long road album

Congratulations! The first step on the road to recovery is admitting that you have a problem.:D:D

Chevolution

Metallica - Kill 'em All
Megadeth - Rust in Piece
AC/DC - Highway to hell
Alice Cooper - welcome to my nightmare
Anthrax - among the living
Thin Lizzy - Black Rose: A Rock Legend
Slayer - reign in blood
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction

Just a few on my list

rednik

I have only one album that I would consider perfect.

Dark side of the moon.

Fantastic production, brilliant lyrics and all four musicians at the top of their game. They knew before the album was released what exactly they had created although I doubt they realised just how long it would stay in the charts and to this day it sounds as good as ever.

cena

human 19 wrote: »

Congratulations! The first step on the road to recovery is admitting that you have a problem.:D:D

I only said that becuase I know alot hate them. I like them great band live

Joe_Dull

cena wrote: »

I only said that becuase I know alot hate them. I like them great band live

Did you see them in the RDS a few years ago? Great gig that was.

darconio

Death - Symbolic



Cynic - Focus

cena

Joe_Dull wrote: »

Did you see them in the RDS a few years ago? Great gig that was.

YA it was a great gig

fufureida

Black Stone Cherry - Black Stone Cherry



Black Stone Cherry - Folklore and Superstition



Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog



Shinedown - Sound of Madness - Deluxe Edition



Soundgarden - Superunknown



Audioslave - Audioslave



Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning



...and I know this isn't rock or metal, but, I love this album and feel compelled to add it.

Lady Gaga - Born This Way

Ironman76

Alice In Chains - Unplugged, Dirt

Metallica - Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets

Iron Maiden - Powerslave, Seventh Son

Nirvana - Nevermind

Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction, Rust in Peace

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper

Somnus

fufureida wrote: »

Audioslave - Audioslave

Good call, it really is a fantastic album.

JamJamJamJam

Some which spring to mind at the moment

Nevermind


Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not


Vertigo of Bliss - Belter.


OK, Computer


And it's not especially rocky and it's not metal, but God above... Midnight Organ Fight

RayCon

Gamb!t

In the Woods - Heart of the ages.

CaSCaDe711

Ooops, wrong section

Joe_Dull

fufureida wrote: »

Lady Gaga - Born This Way

Really!?

I was a huge fan of The Fame and The Fame Monster - two excellent albums - but I thought BTW showed a significant dip in quality. The title track is godawful, it's overlong and the hooks aren't nearly up to standard. But to each his own I spose! I'm still looking forward to seeing what she comes out with next.

keith16

OK, Computer, I think is one of the most over-rated albums of all time.

Don't get me wrong, it is an excellent album, but IMO, it's predecessor, The Bends, is for me one of the all time greats. The amount of time I have spent listening to that album start to finish is absurd.

Other albums that I enjoy:

NIN: The downward spiral
Sigur Ros: ()

McDave

AC/DC's Highway to Hell was their best set of songs. If there's any flaw for me it's that the production is too clean. Powerage and BiB were both better produced in their own ways. Also the original If You Want Blood on Bonfire surpasses the HtH version IMO.

Beatles Blue Album - it's probably cheating. But it is such a classic at this stage.

David Bowie has so many classics. I have to plump for Ziggy Stardust

Miles Davis's Kind of Blue

Fleetwood Mac's Rumours

Led Zeppelin's Four Symbols

Van Morrison's poetic Champions Compose

The Pixies' Doolittle is an album I keep going back to. Perfect sound and unique vibe.

Ramones' Rocket to Russia

Slayer's reign in Blood

nyarlothothep

I can't think of any perfect album except for The Bends, every track is good. Its one of the best albums I've ever heard but Ok Computer is just as good but imperfect! It has one non musical track, Fitter Happier, which is largely skippable though entertaining (because its not really a song). But some of the songs, soundscapes and ideas are more evocative and powerful than on The Bends which is a straight ahead rock album. Similarly, Led Zep 4 has 1 total dud, track 2, and Going to California is a bit schmaltzy but everything else is really good (Four Sticks) to inspired (Black Dog, Stairway, When the Levee Breaks). So I don't think perfection is important because you can have a collection of really good songs but none which are inspired and that would technically be a perfect album because there is no filler but then you could have an album with 4 inspired tracks and 3 filler tracks, and yes they're equivalent and you can say really good isn't perfect, inspired or non better is perfect, but no such album exists for me, so an album is perfect for me if there is no filler, but then there are albums which are just as good or better even though they have filler because they have enough inspired songs to push it to the same level or further relative to a "perfect" album.

Diabhalta

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River

Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix - Woodstock
Jimi Hendrix - South Saturn Delta

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloddy Sabbath

Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak

Guns n' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Guns n' Roses - Use Your Illusion I & II

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute

Nirvana - Bleach
Nirvana - Nevermind
Nirvana - Incesticide
Nirvana - In Utero

The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

Suicidal Tendencies - The Art Of Rebellion
Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal For Life
Suicidal Tendencies - F.N.G.

Biohazard - Urban Discipline
Biohazard - State Of The World Address
Biohazard - Mata Leão

Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire
Rage Against The Machine - The Battle Of Los Angeles
Rage Against The Machine - Renegades

Body Count - Body Count

Prong - Cleansing

Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

Brujeria - Raza Odiada

Motörhead - Ace Of Spades
Motörhead - Iron Fist
Motörhead - Orgasmatron
Motörhead - Bastards
Motörhead - Kiss Of Death

Slayer - Reign In Blood
Slayer - South Of Heaven
Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

Sepultura - Mordbid Visions
Sepultura - Schizophrenia
Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
Sepultura - Arise
Sepultura - Chaos A.D.
Sepultura - Roots

Soulfly - Soulfly

Six Feet Under - Haunted
Six Feet Under - Warpath
Six Feet Under - Bringer Of Blood
Six Feet Under - Commandment

Bolt Thrower - Mercenary

Dethklok - The Dethalbum
Dethklok - Dethalbum II

... etc. etc. I can spend whole day searching for more perfect albums.

there is plenty of other Rock (Canned Heat, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Aerosmith, Sonic Youth ...), Metal (Metallica, AC/DC ...), Thrash metal (Sodom, Destruction ...) and Death/Black metal (Immortal, Cannibal Corpse ...), and other "whateverthegenreis" bands I like, but I can't say that I like whole album because of three or four songs..... I listen to particular songs I find good (put them in playlist or just listen to them on youtube), but that is all.

Crash Override

QOTSA - Songs for the Deaf

Lamb of God - Ashes of the Wake/Sacrement/Resolution.

Decapitated - Organic Hallucinosis/Nihility

Behemoth - Evangelion

Faith No More - Angel Dust

Muse - Absolution

The Prodigy - Fat of the Land - I know it's not Rock or Metal but had to add it in!

The Little Fella

TheStickyBandit

Muse - Origin of Symetry

acidskiffle

Alice In Chains- Dirt
A Perfect Circle- Mer De Noms
A Perfect Circle- Thirteenth Step
Tool- Lateralus
Stone Temple Pilots- Core
Pearl Jam- Ten

Paddy_Smith

Metallica - Master Of Puppets/...And Justice For All.

Can't believe how incredibly underrated AJFA is, just don't get it at all. To me, it's an absolute masterpiece.

Max Power1

Diabhalta wrote: »

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River

Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix - Woodstock
Jimi Hendrix - South Saturn Delta

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloddy Sabbath

Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak

Guns n' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Guns n' Roses - Use Your Illusion I & II

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute

Nirvana - Bleach
Nirvana - Nevermind
Nirvana - Incesticide
Nirvana - In Utero

The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

Suicidal Tendencies - The Art Of Rebellion
Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal For Life
Suicidal Tendencies - F.N.G.

Biohazard - Urban Discipline
Biohazard - State Of The World Address
Biohazard - Mata Leão

Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire
Rage Against The Machine - The Battle Of Los Angeles
Rage Against The Machine - Renegades

Body Count - Body Count

Prong - Cleansing

Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

Brujeria - Raza Odiada

Motörhead - Ace Of Spades
Motörhead - Iron Fist
Motörhead - Orgasmatron
Motörhead - Bastards
Motörhead - Kiss Of Death

Slayer - Reign In Blood
Slayer - South Of Heaven
Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

Sepultura - Mordbid Visions
Sepultura - Schizophrenia
Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
Sepultura - Arise
Sepultura - Chaos A.D.
Sepultura - Roots

Soulfly - Soulfly

Six Feet Under - Haunted
Six Feet Under - Warpath
Six Feet Under - Bringer Of Blood
Six Feet Under - Commandment

Bolt Thrower - Mercenary

Dethklok - The Dethalbum
Dethklok - Dethalbum II

... etc. etc. I can spend whole day searching for more perfect albums.

there is plenty of other Rock (Canned Heat, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Aerosmith, Sonic Youth ...), Metal (Metallica, AC/DC ...), Thrash metal (Sodom, Destruction ...) and Death/Black metal (Immortal, Cannibal Corpse ...), and other "whateverthegenreis" bands I like, but I can't say that I like whole album because of three or four songs..... I listen to particular songs I find good (put them in playlist or just listen to them on youtube), but that is all.

First off, GNR UYI would have been a perfect album - if it were one and not two albums! Secondly you couldnt possibly argue that bands like Nirvana or Motorhead can have 4 perfect albums

I think the word perfection needs to be defined - unmatchable, an almost impossible level. To say that any one band (even the likes of Zep, Pantera etc) have 4 perfect albums is risible imo

Malice

I agree with Max_Power1. A lot of people seem to have a very loose definition of perfection and have decided it means "albums I really like".

NeonTool

Some of them might have been already mentioned, but:

A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms

Callisto - True Nature Unfolds

Danzig - How the Gods Kill

dredg - Catch Without Arms

King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King

Miranda Sex Garden - A Fairytale of Slavery

Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile

Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane

Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream

The Gathering - Sleepy Buildings (Live album)

Tool - Lateralus

Wolverine - Communication Lost

I would call many of these bands absolutely perfect though, so I could have chosen any album!

RainMaker

Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Godfodder

Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

Nirvana - Nevermind

Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun

Pixies - Doolittle

The Cure - Disintegration

Smashing Pumpkins - Gish & Siamese Dream

Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven

nocoverart

I scrolled through eight pages of this thread to see if anybody said "Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven" by GY!BE, and bang! there it is as the last post LOL. Anyway's, here are my other "perfect" albums in the Rock/Metal genre.

Agalloch - The Mantle
Isis - Panopticon
Neurosis - A Sun That Never Sets
Wolves in the Throne Room - Two Hunters