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Title: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Splashdown on January 06, 2009, 09:48:36 AM
I saw this discussion elsewhere, and thought it was interesting.

Can you name 5 "albums," (full ones) where every track is good? I own hundreds of albums, but I can't think of many. Greatest hits compilations not allowed!

The Band: Music from the Big Pink

Jimmy Buffett: White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean.

Steely Dan: Aja

Pearl Jam: Ten

Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon

I can't think of any "new" ones where EVERY track is a winner.
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Chris_ on January 06, 2009, 09:57:21 AM
Toby Keith   ----->  Shock'n Y'all

Actually, Toby's first album was 14-15 tracks and most of 'em still see a lot of air time damn near 20 years after the fact.
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Wineslob on January 06, 2009, 10:22:36 AM
Beatles, Abby Road.
Genesis, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.
Rush, Moving Pictures.
Yes, the Yes album.
DSotM, though it's been so over-played I'm burned out on it.
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Thor on January 06, 2009, 10:29:01 AM
I got third row, center, seats to see Yes next month.

You suck..........  :tongue:


Rick Wakeman- Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Wineslob on January 06, 2009, 10:32:38 AM
I got third row, center, seats to see Yes next month.

Whats the line up??
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: NHSparky on January 06, 2009, 10:40:32 AM
Rush--Moving Pictures

Seal--Seal I

Van Halen--Van Halen II

Stevie Wonder--Talking Book

The Who--Who's Next

Offspring--Smash

Beach Boys--Pet Sounds

Jimi Hendrix--Are You Experienced?

Public Enemy--It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (yes, I really have this one)

And my country faves:

Clint Black--Killin Time

Johnny Cash--Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison

Garth Brooks--No Fences

Brooks and Dunn--Brand New Man



Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Tucker on January 06, 2009, 11:50:25 AM
Ten Years After - SSSHHHHHH!

Jethro Tull - Aqualung

Grand Funk Railroad - The Red Album

Doors - Morrison Hotel (whom I've seen)

Beatles - White Album
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: mamacags on January 06, 2009, 12:17:15 PM
Red Hot Chili Peppers ~~ Stadium Arcadium and Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic

Led Zeppelin ~~ IV

Fountains of Wayne ~~ Welcome Interstate Managers

Violent Femmes ~~ Violent Femmes

Guns and Roses ~~ Appetite for Destruction

Michael Jackson ~~ Thriller (I really hate to admit that one)

Tom Petty ~~ Damn The Torpedos

Van Halen ~~ Van Halen

DC Talk ~~ Jesus Freak
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Lord Undies on January 06, 2009, 01:14:59 PM
Ten Years After - SSSHHHHHH!

Jethro Tull - Aqualung

Grand Funk Railroad - The Red Album

Doors - Morrison Hotel (whom I've seen)

Beatles - White Album

You've seen Morrison Hotel?
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: BEG on January 06, 2009, 01:16:58 PM
Where is Stevie Nicks in this thread?!?   :p
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: BEG on January 06, 2009, 01:21:31 PM
She's out abandoning cockatoos.

LOL  :p
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: BlueStateSaint on January 06, 2009, 01:34:37 PM
I can name two.

Eagles--Hotel California

Bruce Springsteen--Born To Run

Now that I think of it, what about . . .

Rolling Stones--Sticky Fingers
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Tucker on January 06, 2009, 01:49:51 PM
You've seen Morrison Hotel?

No. I saw Morrison.

Actually I've seen everyone that I listed. I use to hang out in ballrooms in the 60's. {insert Frank's Ma and Pa hippy pic here} :-)
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Lord Undies on January 06, 2009, 01:57:59 PM
No. I saw Morrison.

Actually I've seen everyone that I listed. I use to hang out in ballrooms in the 60's. {insert Frank's Ma and Pa hippy pic here} :-)

I saw The Doors.  I've seen everybody. 
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Chris_ on January 06, 2009, 02:06:29 PM
Don't hurt me:

Elton John - Yellow Brick Road

Chicago Transit Authority

GFR - E Pluribus Funk

Boston - Boston

Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery

Honorable mentions (all rock operas and the like):

ELP -- Brain Salad Surgery

Who - Quadrophenia

Jesus Christ Superstar -- Broadway rendition (Ian Gillian as JC)

Godspell -- Broadway rendition

Hair -- movie version

Star Wars

and because no one will think of it:

Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass -- Whipped Cream






Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Chris_ on January 06, 2009, 02:07:39 PM
I saw The Doors.  I've seen everybody. 

Wasn't that a Johnny Cash song?  Seen him?
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Tucker on January 06, 2009, 02:14:25 PM
I saw The Doors.  I've seen everybody. 

This is breaking news. These guys were local, but you should know them.

http://www.nme.com/news/the-stooges/41900
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: THA HOUSTON PIMP IS IN DA HOUZ! on January 06, 2009, 02:18:20 PM
Steely Dan:  "Aja"

The Beatles:  "Rubber Soul", "A Hard Day's Night Soundtrack", "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", "Abbey Road", "Meet the Beatles"

Boston:  "Boston"

Rush:  "Moving Pictures"

N.W.A.  "Straight Outta Compton"    (Yes, really)   :whatever:

Prince:  "Purple Rain"

Jimi Hendrix Experience:  "Are you Experienced?"

Beastie Boys:   "License to Ill"

EPMD:  "Strictly Business"


Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Chris_ on January 06, 2009, 02:23:44 PM
Steely Dan:  "Aja"

The Beatles:  "Rubber Soul", "A Hard Day's Night Soundtrack", "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", "Abbey Road", "Meet the Beatles"

Boston:  "Boston"

Rush:  "Moving Pictures"

N.W.A.  "Straight Outta Compton"    (Yes, really)   :whatever:

Prince:  "Purple Rain"

Jimi Hendrix Experience:  "Are you Experienced?"

Beastie Boys:   "License to Ill"

EPMD:  "Strictly Business"




Yikes -- it is impossible to keep it to 5...

I also must add:

Fleetwood Mac -- Rumours

Cream -- Disraeli Gears


Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Thor on January 06, 2009, 03:22:21 PM
Don't hurt me:

Star Wars

and because no one will think of it:

Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass -- Whipped Cream


I used to have the Star Wars album (on vinyl) and really liked it.  I totally forgot about Herb Albert & the Tijuana Brass album you mentioned. That's reaching way back.

Speaking of way back, How about Glenn Miller- The Greatest Hits ??
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Chris_ on January 06, 2009, 03:34:31 PM
I used to have the Star Wars album (on vinyl) and really liked it.  I totally forgot about Herb Albert & the Tijuana Brass album you mentioned. That's reaching way back.

Speaking of way back, How about Glenn Miller- The Greatest Hits ??

I left out a whole pisspot full of "Greatest Hits" albums.  Figured they were outside of the perameters of this particular thread.
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Chris_ on January 06, 2009, 03:40:41 PM
I left out a whole pisspot full of "Greatest Hits" albums.  Figured they were outside of the perameters of this particular thread.

Yes, "Greatest Hits" don't count.  I read this to mean pure albums that just hit on every single cut.
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Zeus on January 06, 2009, 03:53:52 PM
Metallica - Metallica (The Black Album)
Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton (Gold) (1994) - John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
Judas Priest -  British Steel
John Anderson - Wild and Blue
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Chris_ on January 06, 2009, 03:55:18 PM
Metallica - Metallica (The Black Album)
Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton (Gold) (1994) - John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
Judas Priest -  British Steel
John Anderson - Wild and Blue

Spinal Tap -- Break Like The Wind (OK. not a perfect album, but a perfect album NAME).
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Zeus on January 06, 2009, 04:04:49 PM
I can't recall any names at present but I read an interesting article about song compilations on albums. There are a lot of number one hit singles that bands have but on albums as filler just to complete the album.

Paranoid by Black Sabbath is one.
Roxanne by The Police is another.
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Eupher on January 06, 2009, 04:12:49 PM
Thor might know a couple of these, but most are pretty eclectic:

Maynard Ferguson - M.F. Horn I (who said Brits can't play swing?)

Buddy Rich - "Plays and Plays and Plays...." (some hard drivin' swing on this one)

Canadian Brass - "High, Bright, Light & Clear" - the glory of Baroque brass

Ashley Alexander - Alumni Band I. (Nobody played Superbone like this guy.)

Miles Davis - "So What"
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Wineslob on January 06, 2009, 04:22:57 PM
a few more

Black Sabbath/ Black Sabbath,  and   Master of Reality

Ozzy Ozborne, Blizzard of Oz

The Doors, The Doors and LA Woman

ANYTHING by Jim Croce

Butthole Surfers, Electric Larryland



Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Hawkgirl on January 06, 2009, 04:37:26 PM
Mettalica "Black Album"
Best of Bob Seger
Best of Stevie Nicks
Best of GNR
Eagles Hotel California
Pink Floyd "Dark side"
Best of The Doors
Best of Def Lepard
Best of Marc Anthony (yes, I love latin music....no Florida joke please... :-))
Santana Instrumental
Andrea Bocelli Romantica


Ok, so did I cheat a bit?  :uhsure:
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Thor on January 06, 2009, 04:41:46 PM
Thor might know a couple of these, but most are pretty eclectic:

Maynard Ferguson - M.F. Horn I (who said Brits can't play swing?)

Buddy Rich - "Plays and Plays and Plays...." (some hard drivin' swing on this one)

Canadian Brass - "High, Bright, Light & Clear" - the glory of Baroque brass

Ashley Alexander - Alumni Band I. (Nobody played Superbone like this guy.)

Miles Davis - "So What"

Somewhere in Mn, I have most of my LP Albums. MF Horn I & II are some of them.

BTW, the "Superbone" is just a glorified Euphonium.......  :tongue:
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: BlueStateSaint on January 06, 2009, 04:42:03 PM
Spinal Tap -- Break Like The Wind (OK. not a perfect album, but a perfect album NAME).

I had that album!  "Bitch School" was pretty good, I thought.  BTW, another H5 . . .
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Tucker on January 06, 2009, 04:43:40 PM
What............ Nothing by the Dixie Chicks? :lmao:
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: BlueStateSaint on January 06, 2009, 04:45:50 PM
What............ Nothing by the Dixie Chicks? :lmao:

I refer you to the song by Spinal Tap . . .  :tongue:
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Eupher on January 06, 2009, 04:46:38 PM
Somewhere in Mn, I have most of my LP Albums. MF Horn I & II are some of them.

BTW, the "Superbone" is just a glorified Euphonium.......  :tongue:

Ever play one? It's a bitch.
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Tucker on January 06, 2009, 04:47:08 PM
I refer you to the song by Spinal Tap . . .  :tongue:

Never heard it or saw the movie.
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Eupher on January 06, 2009, 04:48:30 PM
Never heard it or saw the movie.

I fell asleep 10 minutes into that movie. Rob Reiner is a wacko that goes way beyond "Meathead."
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Thor on January 06, 2009, 04:51:21 PM
Ever play one? It's a bitch.

Nope, never have had the exposure to one. From what I understand, it's a valve trombone combined with a slide trombone. Valved instruments aren't THAT hard to play..... :fuelfire:
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Eupher on January 06, 2009, 04:52:48 PM
Nope, never have had the exposure to one. From what I understand, it's a valve trombone combined with a slide trombone. Valved instruments aren't THAT hard to play..... :fuelfire:

Says the guy who can't do both.... :whatever:
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: NHSparky on January 06, 2009, 04:57:04 PM
Santana--Supernatural--also the first question I got right on "Win Ben Stein's Money."
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Lord Undies on January 06, 2009, 05:24:54 PM
Wasn't that a Johnny Cash song?  Seen him?

I saw Johnny Cash perform twice.  I worked with him on a charity event too.   
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Lord Undies on January 06, 2009, 05:26:28 PM
This is breaking news. These guys were local, but you should know them.

http://www.nme.com/news/the-stooges/41900

Got me there.  Never met or saw The Stoogies. 
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Chris_ on January 06, 2009, 05:28:59 PM
Thor might know a couple of these, but most are pretty eclectic:

Maynard Ferguson - M.F. Horn I (who said Brits can't play swing?)

Buddy Rich - "Plays and Plays and Plays...." (some hard drivin' swing on this one)

Canadian Brass - "High, Bright, Light & Clear" - the glory of Baroque brass

Ashley Alexander - Alumni Band I. (Nobody played Superbone like this guy.)

Miles Davis - "So What"

Another perfect album!  MF -- Children of Sanchez!!  Every single cut is fantastic!

Buddy Rich -- "Stick it!"

Yikes, now I have to go down my College Days route -- Howsabout Ambrosia -- "Life Beyond L.A." ??
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Tucker on January 06, 2009, 05:44:38 PM
Got me there.  Never met or saw The Stoogies. 



Iggy Pop. He had some stuff produced by David Bowie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPMn6bay3WY&NR=1
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: mamacags on January 06, 2009, 06:03:11 PM
N.W.A.  "Straight Outta Compton"    (Yes, really)   
Butthole Surfers Electric Larryland

I second both of these!  Awesome awesome awesome albums!
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Lord Undies on January 06, 2009, 06:12:45 PM


Iggy Pop. He had some stuff produced by David Bowie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPMn6bay3WY&NR=1

I saw Iggy the Icky in New York many years ago.  I hope he has bathed since then.
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Servonaut on January 06, 2009, 06:15:25 PM
Some of my "perfects"

UFO - Lights Out

The Godz - The Godz

Marillion - Misplaced Childhood

Pink Floyd - The Wall

BTO - Not Fragile

Judas Priest - SWOD

Black Sabbath - Sabotage

Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: BlueStateSaint on January 06, 2009, 06:20:13 PM
Oooh . . . forgot about The Wall.  Yup--it's my fourth.
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Thor on January 06, 2009, 06:29:53 PM
Eupher, I own a trumpet & TWO trombones. I could play both at one time.  :tongue:


What about ELO- Out of the Blue ??
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: ReardenSteel on January 06, 2009, 07:30:29 PM
Bob Dylan- Blonde on Blonde, John Wesley Harding, Time Out of Mind

Ben Harper- Fight for your Mind

Morphine- Cure for Pain

Mad Season- Above

Jack Johnson- Brushfire Fairytales

U2- Rattle and Hum

Phish- A Picture of Necture

Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: docstew on January 06, 2009, 07:44:56 PM
coupla mentions for Metallica Black Album, but not "Master of Puppets"?  for shame...

also, Ministry "The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste"
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Chris_ on January 06, 2009, 08:55:31 PM
Alan Parson's Project -- Eye in the Sky

Traffic -- John Barleycorn Must Die

I have herewith given up on just 5.
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Eupher on January 06, 2009, 10:15:47 PM
Eupher, I own a trumpet & TWO trombones. I could play both at one time.  :tongue:


Just because you own a trumpet doesn't mean you know what to do with it.  Playing both at one time isn't art - it's a gimmick.  :whistling:  :tongue:

Buddy's album "Stick It" is also a great one. Lin Biviano on lead trumpet almost behaved on that one, especially on "Something". But a better Buddy recording is:

"Roar of '74". I played "Nuttville" some years ago, and it's absolutely the bomb hearing the melody between lead trombone and 2nd tenor in minor seconds.
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: debk on January 06, 2009, 10:20:14 PM
Chicago Transit Authority

Aqualung

There was a Moody Blues album in the early 70's that I almost wore out, and a Rod Stewart one, that had the first cut of Maggie May.

Doobie Brothers


Hmmmm....the memories.... :evillaugh: :naughty: :uhsure:
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Chris_ on January 06, 2009, 10:24:16 PM
Chicago Transit Authority

Aqualung

There was a Moody Blues album in the early 70's that I almost wore out,
and a Rod Stewart one, that had the first cut of Maggie May.

Doobie Brothers


Hmmmm....the memories.... :evillaugh: :naughty: :uhsure:


Days of Future Passed. Arguably the album that propelled Rock through the instrumental genre.
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Thor on January 06, 2009, 10:28:17 PM
Just because you own a trumpet doesn't mean you know what to do with it.  Playing both at one time isn't art - it's a gimmick.  :whistling:  :tongue:

Buddy's album "Stick It" is also a great one. Lin Biviano on lead trumpet almost behaved on that one, especially on "Something". But a better Buddy recording is:

"Roar of '74". I played "Nuttville" some years ago, and it's absolutely the bomb hearing the melody between lead trombone and 2nd tenor in minor seconds.

Byte me, Euphless.....  :tongue:   :-)

I didn't mean that I'd play both of them at the same instant, (although I have done that in the past) but I could play EITHER instrument....


Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery & Imagination

Rick Wakeman - White Rock
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: debk on January 06, 2009, 10:37:01 PM

Days of Future Passed. Arguably the album that propelled Rock through the instrumental genre.



that's it.....played it constantly...

Knights in White Satin too.
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Zeus on January 06, 2009, 10:39:40 PM
Rainbow- Final Vinyl
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Eupher on January 07, 2009, 07:50:08 AM
Byte me, Euphless.....  :tongue:   :-)

I didn't mean that I'd play both of them at the same instant, (although I have done that in the past) but I could play EITHER instrument....


Okay, Mr. Musician. Answer this very basic question:

When was the last time you played EITHER instrument, rather than admire it sitting in the case gathering dust?

 :uhsure:        :hyper:       :lmao:


Count Basie - "Straight Ahead" -- Lotsa Sammy Nestico charts on that one, classics for sure.
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: BlueStateSaint on January 07, 2009, 08:12:28 AM
Never heard it or saw the movie.

The song, and the album (Break Like The Wind), came out in the early 90s.  I think the CD is around here somewhere.  The movie gave us such classics as "Stonehenge" and a beautiful melody that they were working on, tentatively titled "Lick My Love Pump."  (I about peed my pants the first time I saw that.)
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Tucker on January 07, 2009, 08:45:04 AM
Also...some Bowie.

Aladdin Sane
Ziggy Stardust

And Diamond Dogs, which has a great jacket.
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Thor on January 07, 2009, 10:24:07 AM
Okay, Mr. Musician. Answer this very basic question:

When was the last time you played EITHER instrument, rather than admire it sitting in the case gathering dust?

 :uhsure:        :hyper:       :lmao:

Ummm, that wasn't part of THIS discussion........   :tongue:   :fuelfire:

:bolt:
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: Eupher on January 07, 2009, 10:41:39 AM
Ummm, that wasn't part of THIS discussion........   :tongue:   :fuelfire:

:bolt:

(Yeah, I agree. I think that smiley of the guy throwing fuel on the fire had EVERYTHING to do with taking this thread COMPLETELY down a dirt road.)   :-) 
Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: RobJohnson on January 08, 2009, 01:41:05 AM
Last Saturday I seen a very good Eagle's tribute band.

http://www.hotelcal.com/

Title: Re: "Perfect" Albums
Post by: docstew on January 20, 2009, 10:39:50 AM
(Yeah, I agree. I think that smiley of the guy throwing fuel on the fire had EVERYTHING to do with taking this thread COMPLETELY down a dirt road.)   :-) 

Everyone put your hands up!  This is a hijack!  :evil: :jacked2: