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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"
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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I find it odd because I have heard of all these groups and am of an age where I could easily have listened to them. That being said, I never made an attempt to listen to them. Would say it's not my type of music but if it's good enough for Kbarkamian to rate as perfect, not good but perfect, I might give it a quick try. |
I think there are a lot of albums that come very close to perfection, but they usually have one song that disqualifies it for me. Foe example, Metallica's ...And Justice For All would be perfect if they dropped "Eye of the Beholder." I view an album as perfect if there's not a single song that I skip. That doesn't mean it's my favorite album (there's too many to call one my favorite), nor does it mean that the band doesn't have better songs on another album. So... Metallica - Ride The Lightning... Apparently the band hates "Escape" as they've never played it live. I like it enough to never skip it. Black Sabbath - Paranoid... The only 'filler' in this one ended up being perhaps their most famous song - Paranoid Slayer - Reign In Blood... It's about 26 minutes long. No redundancy or fillers. Rick Rubin asked them if they realized it was only 26 minutes long and maybe they should add a track or two. The band said they said everything they needed to say, and the cool thing was you could listen to it all the way through without a break, then flip it over and listen to it all over again (the entire album fit on one side of a cassette). Stone Remple Pilots - Core... Not a single weak track. I'd love to include Led Zepplin II, but I really, really hate "Thank You." |
Nine Horses (a David Sylvian project), "Snow Borne Sorrow". Perfect for what it is. Very well recorded. Perfect in its music and flow. And I really dig the music. (Warning: trippy, not rocking.) http://www.amazon.com/Snow-Borne-Sorrow-Nine-Horses/dp/B000B8GUGO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1317587298&sr=8-2 |
Abbey Road Wish You Were Here Aja Gaucho Tea For The Tillerman Madman Across The Water Led Zeppelin 2 Quadrophenia Blow By Blow The Captain And Me Abraxas OK Computer Nevermind Imaginary Day Court And Spark Trilogy Revolver Selling England By The Pound Aqualung Are You Experienced Synchronicity Future Games Crime Of The Century Close To The Edge Let It Bleed The Fragile Agents Of Fortune Texas Flood Viva La Vita: Death And All His Friends Transatlanticism Highway 61 Revisited Bookends |
I'm surprised at how many audiophiles "max. out" with three chord rock and fake jazz. What's up with that? I like to rock out and bang head once in a while, but geezeeeee! why? I like Stevie Ray Vaughn, and find his guitar parts somewhat hard to play. But, someone will probably blast me for not knowing about Jimi and Albert King? And to that one guy above that had a negitive response. Give me your address, and I will send you a free recorder (if you know what a recorder is). Maybe you could start there and work up. ! :) |
Enjoyed the thread. Many, many great suggestions. For me, additional "perfect" LPs I did not think I saw listed... Bruce Springsteen "Darkness on the Edge of Town" Fairport Convention "Liege & Lief" Genesis "A Trick of the Tail" Jethro Tull "Benefit" Joe Jackson "Night & Day" Apologies for any of these already mentioned. |
Oohhh a new thread, or should we hijack this one with: Best Debut Albums, here are my favs: The Beatles - Please, Please Me Stone Temple Pilots - Core Led Zeppelin Sade - Diamond Life Nora Jones - Come Away with Me Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill Bad Co Elvis Costello - My Aim is True' Jet - Get Born (ahh so much promise, then nothing) |
This isn't as easy a choice as you might think. I will try to list them the best I can. They might be flawless but they're not necessarily my favorites. Here's mine: Miles Davis: Kind of Blue - I believe to be the most flawless album of all time Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here - Simply a masterpiece of prog music Pink Floyd: The Wall - The most cohesive concept album ever made Pink Floyd: Meddle - Echoes itself makes this perfect Boston: Boston - The best debut album I've heard The Eagles: Hotel California - Where's the filler? The Sex Pistols: Nevermind the Bollocks - 39 minutes of pure unadulterated punk The Beatles: Sgt Pepper - I think the best of the Beatles output Jethro Tull: Aqualung - Simply brilliant Tool: Lateralus - This is what metal is all about Joni Mitchell: Blue - Soulful and heartfelt Bob Marley: Legend - I know it's a compilation but it's essential Led Zeppelin: Zoso - Needs no explanation Chicago Transit Authority: Chicago Transit Authority - Perfect blend of rock/jazz |
I get dazzled now by great production values more than in the past, now that I can actually hear what is going on by having a quality system. For instance I picked up an old Doobie Brothers album "Takin it to the Streets". The album has immaculate production and is much more interesting to listen to than it was before hearing the recording on cheap stereos and radios. The artists making music go through great lengths at times to bring you something special.. and now I really "get" what they were trying to do.. where as before I just heard the snapshot melodies. |
I haven't read through this thread so this one may already have been mentioned: Close to the Edge by Yes is the best example I can think of as a "perfect" album. Phenomenal playing/musciainship and singing, complex arrangements, excellent compositions and not a lame "cut" on the album. Fragile is close but there are a filler or two on that album that make it less than perfect for me. Same for Selling England by the Pound by Genesis. |
I understand what 6550c is getting at...but, it also takes imagination and creativity to put some of those simple notes/chords together to make "music". I am continually in awe of good musicians regardless of their instruments or type of music. I wish I had a fraction of the talent that even average musicians that write their own music have....I guess that's why I spend so much time listening and not playing! With that being said I am really liking Mary Chapin Carpenter's latest release...simple music yes, but well put together and well recorded. |
