List your top near-perfect albums of all time.

[SneakyStuff]

Alice in Chains - Dirt
Killswitch Engage - The End of Heartache
Pearl Jam - Ten

 

[PepePeru]

aphex twin - richard d james album
radiohead - ok computer
daft punk - homework
the clash - london calling
royksopp - melody am
pink floyd - dstom
the flaming lips - the soft bulletin

 

[Vehemence]

Metallica - Master of Puppets
Lamb of God - Ashes of the Wake
Green Carnation - Light of Day, Day of Darkness

 

[moonbit]

Originally posted by: Arcadio
Garbage - Version 2.0 The self-titled debut is very close to perfection too.

:heart:

I'd ask you to marry me if I wasn't already married.

I don't know about rating albums for perfection, as music and the enjoyment thereof is so subjective. However, what I can say for Garbage's albums is that they are all end with a downbeat song that tends to linger (especially "You Look So Fine" on V 2.0). It stays with me emotionally long after it's over, and I think that's a great thing for any album to do.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: queenrobot
Liz Phair- Exile in Guyville

Doh, I forgot whitechocolatespaceegg.

 

[Cobalt]

The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
NIN - The Downward Spiral
NIN - Broken
RATM - RATM
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II
GNR - Appetite
GNR - Use Your Illusion I
AC/DC - Back in Black

and others I can't think of right now

 

[notposting]

Pearl Jam-Ten
Metallica-self titled
Live-Throwing Copper
Collective Soul-self titled
AC/DC-Back In Black

 

[dmcowen674]

Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence

 

[JohnCU]

nin - the fragile

/thread

 

[RightIsWrong]

A bunch already listed and...

Van Halen - Van Halen
GnR - Appetite for Destruction
Prince - The Hits, The B Sides (not sure if this technically counts being a greatest hits)
Bush - Sixteen Stone
Live - Throwing Copper
Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
Shania Twain - The Woman in Me
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Triumph - Allied Forces
Rush - Moving Pictures
Soundgarden - Superunknown

 

[Cobalt]

Originally posted by: Platypus

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium

KT

I'm sorry we can no longer be friends. We can still do naughty things together, but we can no longer be friends.

Are you kidding me? That album is sheer brilliance.

Does this mean I have to remove your picture from my bedside table?

KT

No leave it there. lol


but yeah, it had like 2 good tracks on it the rest was WTF.

You're nuts.

I agree, DitC is one of my top favorites of all time...

 

[TangoJuliet]

Pearl Jam - Ten
Nirvana - Nevermind
GNR - Appetite for Destruction
Bob Marley - Legend
Notorious BIG - Life After Death

 

[KeithTalent]

Fugazi - Repeater (+ 3 songs), Steady Diet of Nothing Both fantastic albums from start to finish.

Neurosis - Souls at Zero, Enemy of the Sun Both epic.

Originally posted by: clamum

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall
They Might Be Giants - John Henry
that dog - Retreat From the Sun
Tom Petty - Wildflowers
Cake - Prolonging the Magic
Bad Religion - Stranger than Fiction
Stone Temple Pilots - Core
The Beatles - Abbey Road

:thumbsup:

It's a good album, and a great resurgence after that stinker Recipe for Hate, but there are two really crappy songs that sort of spoil it for me, Infected and Slumber, yuck.

KT

 

[Vehemence]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
Fugazi - Repeater (+ 3 songs), Steady Diet of Nothing Both fantastic albums from start to finish.

Neurosis - Souls at Zero, Enemy of the Sun Both epic.

Originally posted by: clamum

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall
They Might Be Giants - John Henry
that dog - Retreat From the Sun
Tom Petty - Wildflowers
Cake - Prolonging the Magic
Bad Religion - Stranger than Fiction
Stone Temple Pilots - Core
The Beatles - Abbey Road

:thumbsup:

It's a good album, and a great resurgence after that stinker Recipe for Hate, but there are two really crappy songs that sort of spoil it for me, Infected and Slumber, yuck.

KT

You and me, have a disease,
You affect me, you infect me,
I'm afflicted, you're addicted,
You and me, you and meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

 

[Mr Pickles]

Originally posted by: Arcadio
These albums are almost perfect:

Metallica- ...And Justice For All
Fear Factory - Demanufacture
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land
Garbage - Version 2.0 The self-titled debut is very close to perfection too.

I don't think there are perfect albums out there.

You said you were leaving. And you didn't leave.

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: dNor

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
Fugazi - Repeater (+ 3 songs), Steady Diet of Nothing Both fantastic albums from start to finish.

Neurosis - Souls at Zero, Enemy of the Sun Both epic.

Originally posted by: clamum

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall
They Might Be Giants - John Henry
that dog - Retreat From the Sun
Tom Petty - Wildflowers
Cake - Prolonging the Magic
Bad Religion - Stranger than Fiction
Stone Temple Pilots - Core
The Beatles - Abbey Road

:thumbsup:

It's a good album, and a great resurgence after that stinker Recipe for Hate, but there are two really crappy songs that sort of spoil it for me, Infected and Slumber, yuck.

KT

You and me, have a disease,
You affect me, you infect me,
I'm afflicted, you're addicted,
You and me, you and meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Thank you for reaffirming my point. Ugh, just brutal.

KT

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: clamum

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall
They Might Be Giants - John Henry
that dog - Retreat From the Sun
Tom Petty - Wildflowers
Cake - Prolonging the Magic
Bad Religion - Stranger than Fiction
Stone Temple Pilots - Core
The Beatles - Abbey Road

:thumbsup:

It's a good album, and a great resurgence after that stinker Recipe for Hate, but there are two really crappy songs that sort of spoil it for me, Infected and Slumber, yuck.

KT

I think they fit well within the bounds of the album. Either way, two tracks out of 15 is near-perfect, yes?

 

[joesmoke]

nas - illmatic
raekwon - built only 4 cuban links
wheezer - blue album
b legit - hemp museum
the click - game related

 

[bolomite]

Led Zeppelin IV
Pearl Jam - Ten
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Everclear - Sparkle and Fade
Dream Theater - Images and Words


I can listen to all of these straight through, never once thinking of skipping ahead

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: clamum

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall
They Might Be Giants - John Henry
that dog - Retreat From the Sun
Tom Petty - Wildflowers
Cake - Prolonging the Magic
Bad Religion - Stranger than Fiction
Stone Temple Pilots - Core
The Beatles - Abbey Road

:thumbsup:

It's a good album, and a great resurgence after that stinker Recipe for Hate, but there are two really crappy songs that sort of spoil it for me, Infected and Slumber, yuck.

KT

I think they fit well within the bounds of the album. Either way, two tracks out of 15 is near-perfect, yes?

I suppose, but I would expect a maximum of one pseudo-clunker on a near-perfect album, all of the rest should be winners.

KT

 

[clamum]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
Fugazi - Repeater (+ 3 songs), Steady Diet of Nothing Both fantastic albums from start to finish.

Neurosis - Souls at Zero, Enemy of the Sun Both epic.

Originally posted by: clamum

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall
They Might Be Giants - John Henry
that dog - Retreat From the Sun
Tom Petty - Wildflowers
Cake - Prolonging the Magic
Bad Religion - Stranger than Fiction
Stone Temple Pilots - Core
The Beatles - Abbey Road

:thumbsup:

It's a good album, and a great resurgence after that stinker Recipe for Hate, but there are two really crappy songs that sort of spoil it for me, Infected and Slumber, yuck.

KT

Yeah I haven't listened to Recipe of Hate much. Only song that sounds out for me that I can think of is "American Jesus".

I don't like "Infected" either... I don't know why it's one of their more popular songs, meh. "Stranger Than Fiction" or "Incomplete" ftmfw.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: clamum
Yeah I haven't listened to Recipe of Hate much. Only song that sounds out for me that I can think of is "American Jesus".

I'm partial to Kerosene. All Good Soldiers was close, but the chorus doesn't jive with the rest of the song musically.

 

[rbV5]

Alot of good ones mentioned...here's 3 live masterpieces off the top of my head.


Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour 1974
Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous

 

[Bryophyte]

A couple I don't see listed:
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Dulcinea
Michael Penn - Free-For-All

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Undertow - Tool
Aenima - Tool
Transmissions from the Satellite Heart - The Flaming Lips
Pony Express Record - Shudder to Think
Fresh Fruit, for Rotting Vegetables - The Dead Kennedys
Storm in Heaven - Verve
No Come Down - Verve
Dirt - Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains - Alice in Chains
Angel Dust - Faith No more
Album of the Year - Faith No More
The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Deloused in the Comatorium - The Mars Volta
Frances the Mute - The Mars Volta
Amputechure - The Mars Volta
The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails
Star - Belly
Gish - The Smashing Pumkins
Siamese Dream - The Smashing pumpkins
Nevermind - Nirvana
Ten - Pearl Jam
Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
Abbey Road - The Beatles
The Beatles - The Beatles
Rubber Soul - The Beatles
Purple - Stone Temple Pilots
OK Computer - Radiohead
Dummy - Portishead
Portishead - Portishead
PNYC - Portishead
Third - Portishead
Fat of the Land - Prodigy
Nothing's Shocking - Jane's Addiction
Boces - Mercury Rev
Can't Buy a Thrill - Steely Dan
Aja - Steely Dan
Spleen and Ideal - Dead Can Dance
Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me - The Cure
Hovercraft - Akathisia
Betty - Helmut
Goo - Sonic Youth
Dirty - Sonic Youth