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Are there any albums you consider perfect?

My daughter gave me an ipod for my birthday and I have been loading music to it slowly. As a perxon who listens to albums start to finish I have been loading albums I consider high quality beginning to end.
Makes me wonder how many perfect albums there are out there. Steely Dan's "Pretzel Logic" is to me perfect. What I mean by perfect is not one sound needs to be added or subtracted to make it better. Funny thing is, "Pretzel Logic" is not my favorite Steely Dan album, but its sound is perfect. I can only come up with a few.
Pink Floyd, "Wish You Were Here"
Tears For Fears, "Songs From The Big Chair"

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tvad
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"Deadwing" is a very good one, to be sure.

I can think of many more perfect album sides than I can perfect albums.
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mapman
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I think also their are a couple of major groups whose primary albums as a group together are close enough to perfect to acknowledge as a whole:

The BEatles
The Moody Blues
The Doors

The Moody Blues in particular deserve credit in that they have been around for so long compared to the other two and I cannot think of any Moodies album is not near completely enjoyable for me.
tvad
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I think perhaps one needs to be a fan, but I'll add Emerson, Lake & Palmer's self titled debut LP.
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mapman
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On the ELP front, Brain Salad Surgery is also worth consideration.
tvad
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Yeah, I love "Brain Salad Surgery", but Benny the Bouncer blows it for me. Otherwise, it's a perfect LP, IMO.
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