View Full Version : Perfect Albums....
OUAndy1807
10/30/2006, 08:42 PM
I'm not talking about just great albums, I'm talking about albums where every song is solid, none you have to skip.
I can only think of one right now:
http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00001OH7P.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
yermom
10/30/2006, 08:46 PM
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000027RL.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
OUAndy1807
10/30/2006, 08:47 PM
I don't like Jeremy. next.
sanantoniosooner
10/30/2006, 08:48 PM
http://www.starzik.com/album_thumb.php?ID=21150&H=160&W=160
OUAndy1807
10/30/2006, 08:50 PM
be serious, sas.
and before anyone thinks about it, I'll tell you that no Beatles albums will make this short list. Yes they have some of the greatest albums ever, but they also always includeds some crap (bang bang, Maxwell's silver hammer came down upon her head.....)
mrowl
10/30/2006, 08:53 PM
http://www.smother.net/reviews/images/nirvana-nevermind.gif
And I 2nd the Pearl Jam choice.
Howzit
10/30/2006, 08:55 PM
http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000024D4S.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
mrowl
10/30/2006, 08:56 PM
http://www.canaltrans.com/musica/images/encuesta-5mejores/dark-side-of-the-moon.jpg
OUAndy1807
10/30/2006, 08:57 PM
http://www.smother.net/reviews/images/nirvana-nevermind.gif
And I 2nd the Pearl Jam choice.
I was going to disagree because I thought that there might have been some weaker songs at the end of the album, but after going back through the tracks on Nevermind, I think we have entry #2 (or 3) on the list.
Here's another pretty strong contender:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/83/In_the_aeroplane_over_the_sea_album_cover_copy.jpg
Neutral Milk Hotel: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
yermom
10/30/2006, 08:58 PM
I don't like Jeremy. next.
that's because you are wrong :D
i'll also add:
http://bong-records.com/store/catalog/guns_appetite.jpg
sanantoniosooner
10/30/2006, 08:58 PM
http://www.philosophistry.com/perfectalbum/
OUAndy1807
10/30/2006, 08:58 PM
http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000024D4S.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg too short.;)
PhilTLL
10/30/2006, 08:59 PM
be serious, sas.
and before anyone thinks about it, I'll tell you that no Beatles albums will make this short list. Yes they have some of the greatest albums ever, but they also always includeds some crap (bang bang, Maxwell's silver hammer came down upon her head.....)
I defy you to skip anything on "Revolver."
OUAndy1807
10/30/2006, 09:00 PM
this is a great description of what we should be striving for people:
I recently came up against a wall. While sorting my albums of music in the MP3 format, I came to the conclusion that for most, if not all, of the albums I own, there are only a handful of tracks per album that I love. Generally there are a few tracks that are passable and almost always several that are forgettable. This makes listening to an entire album or even mixes of albums set to random less enjoyable than if it was just the best songs per album. So I began purging tracks, saving only the best of each album.
Then I ran into a phenomenon, the phenomenon of the perfect album. An album in which every track is great, each one worthy of being a hit. An album with not a single song I would skip past and nothing mediocre or even average.
I'm only part way through my music library and I've only found a handful. But it piqued my curiosity. What albums would you nominate as a perfect album?
sanantoniosooner
10/30/2006, 09:00 PM
Screw anyone that disagrees.
http://www.boston.org/graphics/debut.jpg
OUAndy1807
10/30/2006, 09:01 PM
I defy you to skip anything on "Revolver." yellow submarine
doctor robert
edit: ok, doctor robert is good, and btw, I'm Only Sleeping may be my favorite Beatles song.
mrowl
10/30/2006, 09:04 PM
and I disagree with the Bowie album
OUAndy1807
10/30/2006, 09:05 PM
edit: on second thought, I'm not even opening the floor for debate. Ziggy Stardust Rules.
mrowl
10/30/2006, 09:05 PM
this may not be popular, but in the "perfect album", it FLOWS perfectly, and this double album did for me.
http://991.com/newgallery/Smashing-Pumpkins-Mellon-Collie-And-227344b.jpg
SoonerTitan
10/30/2006, 09:08 PM
In my opinion the best ever recorded.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b375/TITANCHANCE/Music/background.gif
GottaHavePride
10/30/2006, 09:10 PM
http://www.smother.net/reviews/images/nirvana-nevermind.gif
And I 2nd the Pearl Jam choice.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c6/Weird_Al_Yankovic_-_Off_the_Deep_End.jpg
mrowl
10/30/2006, 09:10 PM
edit: on second thought, I'm not even opening the floor for debate. Ziggy Stardust Rules.
I was going to say just because its glam-rock.
One that very few here have heard.
http://www.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGCOVERS/music/cover200/drf700/f700/f70057ux30i.jpg
GottaHavePride
10/30/2006, 09:15 PM
this may not be popular, but in the "perfect album", it FLOWS perfectly, and this double album did for me.
http://991.com/newgallery/Smashing-Pumpkins-Mellon-Collie-And-227344b.jpg
I can't listen to the Smashing Pumpkins because I think Billy Corgan is the worst f***ing singer I've ever heard.
OK, he's #2 behind Janis Joplin.
soonerboomer93
10/30/2006, 09:29 PM
I'll 2nd Pearl Jam. Wish you were here isn't that short, it just has 2 (well 1 if you combine it properly) long *** song.
JohnnyMack
10/30/2006, 09:32 PM
http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000024D4S.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
True dat.
Tulsa_Fireman
10/30/2006, 09:32 PM
Every one of you guys will probably laugh this off as a joke. Trust me, it's not. And it's not just history, it's a compilation of some of the greatest musicians western swing has ever known in not only tribute, but respect to the King of Western Swing. If memory serves, Wills passed away toward the end of the session. And what a memory this album gives us all.
http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002TOF.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V1115632334_.jpg
If this don't make the short list, the list is very short sighted.
UNSeeN_
10/30/2006, 09:36 PM
SNOOP DOGGY DOGG- "DOGGY STYLE." That's a classic Hip-Hop cd for u. nice all the way through.
trwxxa
10/30/2006, 09:38 PM
Rumors - Fleetwood Mac
and I second Dark Side of the Moon.
I'm having an internal debate regarding 'Licensed to ill' and 'Blood Sugar Sex Magic'.
And I'm also on the PJ, Nirvana, PF side.
I would also add The Final Cut by Pink Floyd.
Mongo
10/30/2006, 09:49 PM
Bow down to the Soundgarden greatness.
http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/2302/soundct7.png (http://imageshack.us)
OUDoc
10/30/2006, 09:59 PM
http://www.albumcovers.net/ldorekm89fms/janes1.jpg
I would say this is the best Soundgarden.
http://www.albumcovers.net/ldorekm89fms/snd_gar2.jpg
http://www.albumcovers.net/ldorekm89fms/LedZeppelin-1-front-.jpg
Mongo
10/30/2006, 10:01 PM
I would say this is the best Soundgarden.
http://www.albumcovers.net/ldorekm89fms/snd_gar2.jpg
You are wrong mister doctor-man. Stick to giving Pat his bi-hourly rectal exams:D
apusooner
10/30/2006, 10:02 PM
Chicago--The Very Best Of Disc 1
Tower of Power--Live 1998
G Love and Special Sauce-- Electric Mile
yermom
10/30/2006, 10:08 PM
this is a great description of what we should be striving for people:
I recently came up against a wall. While sorting my albums of music in the MP3 format, I came to the conclusion that for most, if not all, of the albums I own, there are only a handful of tracks per album that I love. Generally there are a few tracks that are passable and almost always several that are forgettable. This makes listening to an entire album or even mixes of albums set to random less enjoyable than if it was just the best songs per album. So I began purging tracks, saving only the best of each album.
Then I ran into a phenomenon, the phenomenon of the perfect album. An album in which every track is great, each one worthy of being a hit. An album with not a single song I would skip past and nothing mediocre or even average.
I'm only part way through my music library and I've only found a handful. But it piqued my curiosity. What albums would you nominate as a perfect album?
i don't generally skip any songs in my collection of complete albums
except for that goofy Heymophandlemamathatsmeisucc or whatever that is on Vitalogy
Frozen Sooner
10/30/2006, 10:08 PM
http://www.zero.co.nz/music/images/Cash,%20Johnny%20-%20At%20Folsom%20Prison.jpg
HoserSooner
10/30/2006, 10:13 PM
http://www.therockradio.com/back-in-black.gif
AND
http://www.compassnet.com/~jsimmons/metallica/master_of_puppets.jpg
StoopTroup
10/30/2006, 10:16 PM
If you've never listened to this oldie...
You should.
http://cover6.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/100/109043.jpg
StoopTroup
10/30/2006, 10:17 PM
http://cover6.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/140/140365.jpg
Rhino
10/30/2006, 10:17 PM
http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000003TAP.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002JDP.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
StoopTroup
10/30/2006, 10:18 PM
http://www.ferhiga.com/progre/portadas/wakeman-jttcote.jpg
StoopTroup
10/30/2006, 10:19 PM
http://img.mp3sugar.com/album/cover1554_25673.jpg
StoopTroup
10/30/2006, 10:20 PM
http://www.lowpft.com/fandango.jpg
sanantoniosooner
10/30/2006, 10:21 PM
http://www.lynyrdskynyrd.com/images/gold_platinum_1979.jpg
StoopTroup
10/30/2006, 10:21 PM
http://www.muzicisifaze.com/upload/albums/532_large.jpg
OUAndy1807
10/30/2006, 10:22 PM
I might be talked into this G. Love album:
http://www.merovingian.org/images/zzzz/g-love_and_special-sauce.jpg
StoopTroup
10/30/2006, 10:22 PM
http://www.waiting4louise.de/cover/cover-moondance.jpg
OUAndy1807
10/30/2006, 10:24 PM
wow, we're really crapping this list up quick.
Perfect, people. Perfect.
StoopTroup
10/30/2006, 10:24 PM
http://i.listen.jp/img/dl/jk/170/0724383952656_170.jpg
StoopTroup
10/30/2006, 10:25 PM
http://www.srvrideandconcert.org/Albums/Texas%20Flood.jpg
sanantoniosooner
10/30/2006, 10:25 PM
wow, we're really crapping this list up quick.
Perfect, people. Perfect.
If you don't want other opinions you could just jot some things down at home.:D
StoopTroup
10/30/2006, 10:26 PM
http://otakt.se/2006/images/freddie_king_live_at_the_electric_ballroom.jpg
StoopTroup
10/30/2006, 10:28 PM
http://www.iem.ac.ru/EC/images/covers/slowhand.gifhttp://www.iem.ac.ru/EC/images/covers/461.gif
StoopTroup
10/30/2006, 10:29 PM
http://static.flickr.com/11/14242721_afc08eae2b.jpg
OUAndy1807
10/30/2006, 10:30 PM
If you don't want other opinions you could just jot some things down at home.:D
good point.
StoopTroup
10/30/2006, 10:30 PM
http://musicolinuxien.lost-oasis.net/MesImages/are.jpg
sanantoniosooner
10/30/2006, 10:30 PM
Apparently Stooptroup doesn't skip any songs on any albums.
wow, we're really crapping this list up quick.
Perfect, people. Perfect.
Please refer to post #1 in the thread. TIA
:pop:
StoopTroup
10/30/2006, 10:31 PM
http://mog.com/images/users/21/1145432401.jpeg
1stTimeCaller
10/30/2006, 10:31 PM
http://www.recklesskelly.com/images/under_table_cover_150.jpg
Reckless Kelly - Under the Table and Above the Sun
OUAndy1807
10/30/2006, 10:32 PM
http://static.last.fm/coverart/300x300/1416432.jpg
OUDoc
10/30/2006, 10:32 PM
You are wrong mister doctor-man. Stick to giving Pat his bi-hourly rectal exams:D
What do you think we listen to during those exams?
StoopTroup
10/30/2006, 10:36 PM
Guys...
They quit making these types of albums.
Anymore a group has to pump out so much crap they don't do albums or CDs.
So much of it is filler.
Aerosmith is the king of filler with exception to these:
http://kubifurigumi-neo.cocolog-nifty.com/photos/uncategorized/cd054.jpg
http://muza.net.pl/uploads/foty-plyty/Aerosmith%20-%20Get%20Your%20Wings.jpg
http://perso.orange.fr/religionnaire/artistes/aerosmith/art/toys_in_the_attic.jpg
OUstud
10/30/2006, 10:39 PM
Yeah, Nevermind has zero weak tracks. The last few songs on there, Stay Away, On A Plain, and Something In The Way are 3 of their best songs. The first one's great to crank up loud, the second one's just a good song, and the third one is a mellow, almost haunting sound.
(that's all for OUstud's Musical Breakdown, I'm OUstud)
StoopTroup
10/30/2006, 10:42 PM
http://www.vinyltap.co.uk/gallery/do/doobiwowvanh64241329526630.jpghttp://i4.ebayimg.com/03/i/07/1d/5e/23_1_b.JPG
Sooner24
10/30/2006, 10:42 PM
http://www.muzieklijstjes.nl/Tips/WingsBandontherun.jpg
Mongo
10/30/2006, 10:47 PM
What do you think we listen to during those exams?
Barry White?
StoopTroup
10/30/2006, 10:54 PM
http://images-jp.amazon.com/images/P/B00009KM6M.09.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
StoopTroup
10/30/2006, 10:57 PM
http://www.townsend-records.co.uk/i/covers/3103474.jpg
sooneron
10/30/2006, 11:05 PM
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002TQV.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Underground/1115/queenlp.gif
http://www.zero.co.nz/music/images/Cake%20-%20Prolonging%20the%20Magic.jpg
http://shop.bbarak.cz/images/wares/pic_small_1982.jpg
http://home.att.net/~chuckayoub/the_doors.jpg
although End Of The Night grates on me from time to time
http://nothing.nin.net/gif/halo2uk.gif
sooneron
10/30/2006, 11:05 PM
http://www.townsend-records.co.uk/i/covers/3103474.jpg
EPs don't count, but that is greatness.
StoopTroup
10/30/2006, 11:21 PM
Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks
The Midnight Rambler song is greatness.
sooneron
10/30/2006, 11:24 PM
Hot Rocks is a greatest hits collection. I think those and live albums should be excluded.
OUAndy1807
10/30/2006, 11:31 PM
Hot Rocks is a greatest hits collection. I think those and live albums should be excluded.
good point.
whose compiling the final list?
1stTimeCaller
10/30/2006, 11:34 PM
I already posted the final list, buttmunches.
Rogue
10/31/2006, 06:43 AM
First one that came to mind:
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j257/soonercody/Temp/AC20DC20-20Back20In20Black.jpg
A solid entry, too bad sooneron won't allow live albums, DMB has a couple great ones:
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j257/soonercody/Temp/uttad.jpg
PS is up there with Dylan as far as great American songwriters:
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j257/soonercody/Temp/paulsg4975402791396840.jpg
Taxman71
10/31/2006, 06:52 AM
http://www.zero.co.nz/music/images/Van%20Halen%20-%20Van%20Halen.jpg
http://images.bidville.com/imagehost/2004/10/30/20/immyBuffett.jpg
Taxman71
10/31/2006, 06:57 AM
http://www.zero.co.nz/music/images/The%20Eagles%20-%20Hotel%20California.jpg
http://www.muzieklijstjes.nl/Tips/NelsonWRed.jpg
soonerboomer93
10/31/2006, 07:05 AM
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000001Y5Z.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000020617.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_V38551136_.jpg
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/16/e7/b47ba2c008a0b37d1216c010._AA240_.L.jpg
Xstnlsooner
10/31/2006, 08:23 AM
Steely Dan "Aja"
Pure Prairie League "Bustin Loose"
Miles Davis "Some Kind of Blue"
Ludwig van Beethoven "Ninth Symphony"
OUDoc
10/31/2006, 08:47 AM
http://www.dbinfosource.com/discog/boomtwn.jpg
Haven't listened to this in years.
Rogue
10/31/2006, 08:49 AM
Miles Davis "Some Kind of Blue"
Yeah, baby!:D
Mixer!
10/31/2006, 08:51 AM
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/b2/c5/d5b1d250fca03c841cd65010.L.jpg
http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002PUH9C.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V1116151902_.jpg
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002IQI7E.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V1116169899_.jpg
Xstnlsooner
10/31/2006, 08:53 AM
Almost forgot... John Coltrane "Blue Train"
SoonerProphet
10/31/2006, 09:02 AM
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/89/Morphine-Yes_%28album_cover%29.jpg
http://www.pro-rock.com/multimedia/pix/discography/jam_room_cover
http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/P/pfloyd_animalsf.jpg
crawfish
10/31/2006, 10:40 AM
http://www.spinningwax.com/blue.jpg
http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/rush/images/tourbooks/signals-cover-s.jpg
http://www.ferhiga.com/progre/portadas/mb-ss.jpg
http://www.hazelden.org.uk/ian/automatic%20for%20the%20people.jpg
http://www.engel-cox.org/images/Covers/sTalkingStop.jpg
sooneron
10/31/2006, 10:47 AM
http://www.hazelden.org.uk/ian/automatic%20for%20the%20people.jpg
http://www.engel-cox.org/images/Covers/sTalkingStop.jpg
I was close to including these two.
Howzit
10/31/2006, 10:47 AM
craw reminded me...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/27/The_yes_album.jpg/200px-The_yes_album.jpg
crawfish
10/31/2006, 10:56 AM
craw reminded me...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/27/The_yes_album.jpg/200px-The_yes_album.jpg
Wow...did I forget?
http://www.pagine70.com/vmnews/archivio/closeyes.jpg
http://www.cottageviews.com/album%20covers/Yes%20-%20Fragile.jpg
BigRedJed
10/31/2006, 11:03 AM
I definitely agree with Stop Making Sense, and thanks Sooneron for including Pretty Hate Machine, which has always been an album I used as an example when talking about this subject. I would also include:
http://www.portalmix.com/discos90/img/siamese_dream.jpg
And of course, since I'm obligated to include a Lips disk, I'll go:
http://fusionanomaly.net/flaminglipsthesoftbulletin.jpg
Believe it or not, there are songs on nearly every other Lips disk that I skip from time to time. But not on The Soft Bulletin.
RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!
10/31/2006, 11:05 AM
Wow...did I forget?
http://www.pagine70.com/vmnews/archivio/closeyes.jpg
http://www.cottageviews.com/album%20covers/Yes%20-%20Fragile.jpgYes on those 3 YES albums, + Steely Dan's AJA, and the Moody Blues' DAYS OF FUTURE PASSED.
Tulsa_Fireman
10/31/2006, 11:13 AM
http://otakt.se/2006/images/freddie_king_live_at_the_electric_ballroom.jpg
Damn, how could I forget Freddie King? But I gotta get away from the Hideaway and go with his Shelter stuff with Leon Russell.
http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002UHP.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
This album gives me chub. Solid all the way through.
Red Headed Stranger is pretty strong.
I could always throw Paul's Boutique in the whole way through, but I was also usually under the influence of some happy herb when I listened to it.
Rogue
10/31/2006, 05:42 PM
Almost forgot... John Coltrane "Blue Train"
Miles Davis and John Coltrane! :cool: :cool: :cool:
Great taste Xstnl.
85Sooner
10/31/2006, 05:46 PM
be serious, sas.
and before anyone thinks about it, I'll tell you that no Beatles albums will make this short list. Yes they have some of the greatest albums ever, but they also always includeds some crap (bang bang, Maxwell's silver hammer came down upon her head.....)
Gotta disagree there pardner. Sgt Peppers Lonely heart club band. Possibly the best album of its time. Rated that way by Rolling Stone Mag.
OUAndy1807
10/31/2006, 05:49 PM
Gotta disagree there pardner. Sgt Peppers Lonely heart club band. Possibly the best album of its time. Rated that way by Rolling Stone Mag. possibly the most overrated album of all time, imo. it's a great album, but there are a couple of stinkers.
For the benefit of mr. kite
There will be a show tonight, on trampoline.
IB4OU2
10/31/2006, 05:55 PM
http://us.ent1.yimg.com/images.launch.yahoo.com/000/005/030/5030832.jpg A Rush Of Blood to the Head- ColdPlay
Vaevictis
10/31/2006, 05:57 PM
http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000003TAP.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
I'm with you on AAEA for sure. Too bad the rest of their stuff can't hope to compete with it. :O
I would also submit:
http://img314.imageshack.us/img314/1520/b00009p1mp01ss500sclzzztt9.jpg
Although apparently, they've added two tracks to it since I last purchased it, so I can't vouch for Mother Nature or Aftermath.
I'm also considering Gordon Lightfoot's Sundown. But I'm not 100% sure about it.
OUAndy1807
10/31/2006, 06:03 PM
would one of Jim Croce's albums make this list?
King Crimson
10/31/2006, 06:21 PM
"....i was 19 when record "x" came out and i realized the radio sucked...." that's most most everyone is saying...
a lotta music threads.
King Crimson
10/31/2006, 06:28 PM
http://www.eszlinger.com/beatles/beatles%20images/beatles%20images/Beatles%20-%20Help.jpg
birddog
10/31/2006, 06:36 PM
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/2500/radua6.jpg
birddog
10/31/2006, 06:40 PM
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/657/queensofthestoneagebackxz7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
King Crimson
10/31/2006, 06:48 PM
stooges: funhouse
Big Star: #1 Record
Big Star: Radio City
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
Jimi Hendrix: Axis: Bold as Love
Echo and the Bunnymen: Crocodiles and Porcupine (possibly the most underrated records of all time, 4-5 stars by Rolling Stone, when they came out)....but a band turned into syth-pop crap by teen movies like Pretty in Pink. the smiths and the cure have been "re-discovered" by college radio and such.....you never hear about Echo.
OUAndy1807
10/31/2006, 06:56 PM
Big Star: #1 Record
we've talked about this:
Hanging out
Down the street
The Same old thing
We did last week.
King Crimson
10/31/2006, 06:59 PM
i have #1 Record and Radio City on vinyl. they are jsut great records. **** Cheap Trick.
King Crimson
10/31/2006, 07:03 PM
i'd also have to include DK: Fresh Fruit for.....
85Sooner
10/31/2006, 07:40 PM
possibly the most overrated album of all time, imo. it's a great album, but there are a couple of stinkers.
For the benefit of mr. kite
There will be a show tonight, on trampoline.
THat song had some of the most creative and unique production of any song before digital production. The album was regarded as so good that it put the beach boys (a major competitor of the day) in depression for months.
Rogue
10/31/2006, 07:51 PM
I still think live albums should be included. Dammit!
Here's another solid entry, great road trip CD.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j257/soonercody/Temp/234446-resized200.jpg
Rogue
10/31/2006, 07:57 PM
I rate this thread *****.
And I really think I have a case for live albums. I mean, what's more impressive musically, a perfectly produced album or a collection of solid live performances? OK, I guess you can make a case either way but damn. If we are limiting this to produced albums then do "remastered" albums count?
I looked up U2 Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby. Couple-a "skippers" on both.
Mixer!
10/31/2006, 08:01 PM
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000062FR.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V65929437_.jpg
KC//CRIMSON
10/31/2006, 10:14 PM
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002GWB.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002H70.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002TQV.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000065PUE.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000003TAB.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000000W5P.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000062XB3.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
Mongo
10/31/2006, 11:29 PM
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/657/queensofthestoneagebackxz7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
This one is their best, QOTSA- Rated R, you can jam all the live long day
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/3051/qotsadz6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
birddog
11/1/2006, 12:00 AM
This one is their best, QOTSA- Rated R, you can jam all the live long day
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/3051/qotsadz6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
self-titled album is pretty decent too.
i agree with rated r. one of the most diverse bands out there.
soonerboomer93
11/1/2006, 01:14 AM
http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002LFU.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002H7V.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
crawfish
11/1/2006, 08:30 AM
would one of Jim Croce's albums make this list?
I've got the box set of everything he ever released...and only 1-2 stinkers in the bunch. He had a remarkable career.
Sooner_Bob
11/1/2006, 09:04 AM
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002IYS.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V1115776019_.jpg
Oh, and thanks for all of the ideas for new music. This thread rawks!
possibly the most overrated album of all time, imo. it's a great album, but there are a couple of stinkers.
For the benefit of mr. kite
There will be a show tonight, on trampoline.
Dude... that song is awesome. It was one of the songs that John Lennon looked back on as the greatest songs he wrote while with the Beatles.
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/2500/radua6.jpg
With the exception of "Fitter-Happier", there is no question that this should be on the list.
http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000065PUE.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002TQV.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
Definitely.
I am shocked that it took this long for the Pixies to show up, but you can't forget the one that started it all.
"Surfer Rosa"
I would have posted the album cover but it has naked breasts on it.
Also, with the exception of "Octopus' Garden" Abby Road is a shoe in.
In Utero is a definite for me. I excluded Insesticide b/c I've never been a fan of Downer. Everything else is greatness though...
OUAndy1807
11/1/2006, 09:17 AM
Definitely.
I am shocked that it took this long for the Pixies to show up, but you can't forget the one that started it all.
"Surfer Rosa"
I would have posted the album cover but it has naked breasts on it.
Also, with the exception of "Octopus' Garden" Abby Road is a shoe in.
In Utero is a definite for me. I excluded Insesticide b/c I've never been a fan of Downer. Everything else is greatness though...
to me, Abbey Road is the closest the Beatles come to perfection, but like you said, Octopuses Garden kills it.
The b-side to that album is probably my favorite album side ever.
King Crimson
11/1/2006, 09:24 AM
I wouldn't be too hard on Octopus' Garden....the Beatles always had a kind of kid appeal....i'd include that in it. (yeah, i know, sub "kid" for "stoner" if you want).
i personally believe that if you took all the Lennon songs on the White Album and made them one LP, you'd have the greatest rock record ever recorded.
OUAndy1807
11/1/2006, 11:11 AM
I cannot support any song written by Ringo.
Xstnlsooner
11/1/2006, 11:42 AM
I looked up U2 Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby. Couple-a "skippers" on both.
I agree with ya about that Matchbox 20 disc, one of my favorites.
The two above U2 discs are hard to beat, sleepers or not. Both are
in my all time favorites though.
King Crimson
11/1/2006, 12:23 PM
War is the best U2 record. it's really a great record.
Xstnlsooner
11/1/2006, 02:14 PM
War "ROCKS", I agree. I've got it on disc and vinyl!!
Taxman71
11/1/2006, 03:47 PM
Spider John is my name friend.......
http://images-jp.amazon.com/images/P/B00000JKG2.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
Taxman71
11/1/2006, 03:50 PM
No need for a skip button...
http://homepage.mac.com/prodriguez/artwork/ozzy_osbourne/blizzard_of_oz.jpg
IB4OU2
11/1/2006, 04:35 PM
Spider John is my name friend.......
http://images-jp.amazon.com/images/P/B00000JKG2.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
Good Lord! a Willis Allan Ramsey Fan! :D
Give Lilly my regards and tell her ole Spider got tangled in the black web that he spun........
OUAndy1807
11/1/2006, 04:39 PM
holy crap, the thread title isn't "Putrid Albums"
IB4OU2
11/1/2006, 04:43 PM
holy crap, the thread title isn't "Putrid Albums"
Don't be hatin' Willis.....your'e to young know the obscure really good music of the early seventies. :D
Taxman71
11/1/2006, 04:54 PM
That puts Willis in pretty good company since he already dissed the likes of Pearl Jam, Nirvana and the Beatles.
IronSooner
11/1/2006, 05:00 PM
http://www.musicfolio.com/modernrock/u2_joshuatree.jpg
I can't believe the first discussion of U2 was on page 6. What songs do you consider skippable Rogue?
If my house/apartment ever burns down, The Joshua Tree is the first CD that I'm grabbing to take with me.
sooneron
11/1/2006, 06:34 PM
I still think Unforgettable Fire was the best U2 album, War is a close second.
http://www.musicfolio.com/modernrock/u2_joshuatree.jpg
I can't believe the first discussion of U2 was on page 6. What songs do you consider skippable Rogue?
If my house/apartment ever burns down, The Joshua Tree is the first CD that I'm grabbing to take with me.
Not that they are "bad" songs, but these are ones that are either skippable or that I don't know very well so long after this album has been in my library and huge (basically since day 1):
Trip Through Your Wires
Mother of the Disappeared
I'm not crazy about Red Hill Mining Town or Exit either. RHMT is a solid song, just a taste thing on my part, but if it were the only one I'd definitely put JT on this list myself.
Still, definitely a CD worth saving. :twinkies:
Pixies rock, but I thought stinkers were peppered througout their "discography". Again, a live or greatest hits album by them would own this thread.
King Crimson
11/1/2006, 06:51 PM
I still think Unforgettable Fire was the best U2 album, War is a close second.
i think Wire is one of the coolest U2 songs.
OUAndy1807
11/1/2006, 07:05 PM
That puts Willis in pretty good company since he already dissed the likes of Pearl Jam, Nirvana and the Beatles.
I agree with Nevermind.
King Crimson
11/1/2006, 10:30 PM
Neil Young: Harvest
after the gold rush and everybody knows this is nowhere are also pretty damned good.
SoonerObsession
11/1/2006, 10:42 PM
I love U2! I just made a greatest hits cd and I can't fit all my favorites on one cd. I do think every cd they have has a stinky doo on it though. I know I'm gonna get ridiculed for this, but I can listen to every song on this cd without skipping...
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002VKU.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
King Crimson
11/1/2006, 11:07 PM
REM: Murmur
REM: Reckoning
when they came out, those changed the world of music. I personally can't listen to anything after Life's RIch P. but they WERE great.
and this too
http://orangefox.svs.com/rem/gif/discog/sp70502a.jpg
IronSooner
11/1/2006, 11:45 PM
I'm going to get disagreed with on probably all of these, but I can listen to each at least two times in a row, straight through without ever skipping a song or mentally tuning out. All classics to me.
http://smr-home-theatre.org/Reviews/images/Wallflowers_Bringing_Down_The_Horse.jpg
http://www.thebestlinks.com/images/a/a9/GinBlossomsNewMiserableExperience.jpg
http://www.mondogordo.com/images/Mellencamp_LONESOME.jpg
Sooner_Havok
11/2/2006, 12:28 AM
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3b/Tool-Opiate.jpg
birddog
11/2/2006, 12:56 AM
opiate is a beauty.
OUWxGuesser
11/2/2006, 01:06 AM
http://cake.ography.co.uk/release_images/cake/fashion_nugget_cover.jpg
http://funkysouls.com/img/Massive_Attack_-_Mezzanine.jpg
http://www.usagers.umontreal.ca/ambassaj/fv_travaux/ETA3730b-A1998/top-five/DUMMY.JPG
http://music.clevver.com/MusicPics/4562.jpg
http://www.interpunk.com/itemimages2/33166.jpg
proud gonzo
11/2/2006, 01:09 AM
http://www.abc.net.au/canberra/stories/Its_Time_b_m1034886.jpg
Octavian
11/2/2006, 01:48 AM
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/2005/untitledwg1.png (http://imageshack.us)
Octavian
11/2/2006, 01:49 AM
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Octavian
11/2/2006, 01:51 AM
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/304/b0006l16n801ss500sclzzzmk0.jpg
silverwheels
11/2/2006, 01:52 AM
http://www.abc.net.au/canberra/stories/Its_Time_b_m1034886.jpg
Yes.
I nominate The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place by Explosions in the Sky. Sure, there are no words on the 5-track, 45-minute album, but the music is so beautiful it doesn't need words.
Octavian
11/2/2006, 01:52 AM
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/2515/b00000fc8601lzzzzzzznm3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Octavian
11/2/2006, 01:54 AM
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/2154/unp1zh1.gif
Octavian
11/2/2006, 01:59 AM
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/5181/michaeljacksonthrillercq5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
:O
Octavian
11/2/2006, 02:00 AM
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7797/ledzeppelin4mr1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
silverwheels
11/2/2006, 02:04 AM
:O
Dude, Michael made some damn good music back when he was still a black man.
SicEmBaylor
11/2/2006, 02:14 AM
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002I2P.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
OUAndy1807
11/2/2006, 07:25 AM
http://www.sidestreetrecords.com/articles/GiveToTheWind/images/LP_2266coverDJ285.jpg
I cannot support any song written by Ringo.
"Don't pass me by" is pretty good. Considering that and Octopus Garden are the only songs he actually wrote while with the Beatles, he's batting .500. "It don't come easy" is a pretty decent solo work too. He also helped co-write "Badge" by Cream.
I'd agree with Octavian on the last 3 he posted.
crawfish
11/2/2006, 11:36 AM
A few more, now that I'm working at home and can look at my collection:
http://www.mediaxchange.co.za/uploads/marillion_mispent_childhood_200.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/73/The_mars_volta-de_loused_in_the_comatorium-2003-cover.jpeg/180px-The_mars_volta-de_loused_in_the_comatorium-2003-cover.jpeg
http://i8.ebayimg.com/01/c/00/e3/db/87_7.JPG
KC//CRIMSON
11/2/2006, 01:01 PM
Slick production, awesome vocals & music.
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000001OAA.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
OUAndy1807
11/5/2006, 11:55 PM
http://www.codehot.co.uk/images/lyricpics/bookends.jpg
PrideTrombone
11/6/2006, 12:38 AM
Used to listen to this one straight through all the time when I was a golf course range monkey and I needed to pass the time while running the range ball cart.
http://www.preisvergleich.org/pimages/They-Might-Be-Giants-Flood_280__80050075596090728_20.jpg
The intros and outros make this one flow really well.
http://www.arbybean.com/images/music/Dave%20Matthews%20Band%20-%20Before%20These%20Crowded%20Streets.jpg
Specifically, the acoustic CD of the two.
http://i.realone.com/assets/rn/img/5/5/0/1/8951055-8951061-slarge.jpg
http://www.soundsxp.com/images/Coldplay_A%20rush%20of%20blood%20to%20the%20head.j pg
sooneron
11/6/2006, 08:07 AM
http://www.muzieklijstjes.nl/Tips/SpringsteenBBorn.jpg
sooneron
11/6/2006, 08:10 AM
I also second Reckoning by REM
Before These Crowded Streets = Greatness.
Taxman71
11/6/2006, 11:33 AM
http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000001EKV.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V39393900_.jpg
(http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B000001EKV/ref=dp_image_0/103-7170836-2599845?ie=UTF8&n=5174&s=music)
I can't believe I forgot this one...
http://www.vinyltap.co.uk/gallery/cu/culte5012097274390890.jpg
OUAndy1807
11/22/2006, 09:13 AM
has anyone posted this one yet? :
http://i1.ebayimg.com/01/i/08/af/18/a0_1.JPG
The Allman Brothers- Eat a Peach
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000JHAL.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V1116119557_.jpg
I haven't looked at this whole thread, so some of these may be double posts...so shoot me. But I don't think I've ever skipped a song on any of these albums.
http://www.artistdirect.com/Images/artd/amg/music/cover/1555922_thed_200.jpg
http://www.inandout.at/images/product/aerosmith_pump.jpg
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002G6A.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
http://cdbaby.name/b/b/bbchungking2.jpg (thanks howzit!)
http://www.interpunk.com/itemimages2/94124.jpg
http://www.srv.stone.pl/step.jpg
http://home.arcor.de/gallerie_m_s/gallerie_p/bilder/pantera_vulgar_display_of_power_front.jpg
http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000000N5C.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_V56986914_.jpg
King Crimson
11/23/2006, 01:57 AM
http://www.muzicisifaze.com/upload/albums/532_large.jpg
there are two better traffic LP's than Barleycorn, IMO. Traffic and Mr. Fantasy. JMO.
King Crimson
11/23/2006, 02:01 AM
He also helped co-write "Badge" by Cream.
i thought that was George Harrison. i could be wrong.
King Crimson
11/23/2006, 02:05 AM
i also agree with Andy about Ziggy. also a big fan of Hunky Dory and Man Who Saved the World. could also make an argument for Meat Puppets II. not that "backwater" crapstuff they record later--but the original countrified desert freakout and trio intsrumentalsim much like early ZZ Top's tune "Mexican Blackbird."
and two double LP's, either you love em or hate em:
http://a7.vox.com/6a00c11414c7465af500c2251cef67549d-200pi
http://entimg.msn.com/img/prov_u/150_80/00720642451526_800x800.jpg
Graham Parsons: Greivous Angel
i thought that was George Harrison. i could be wrong.
We're both right. They both co-wrote it. :D
King Crimson
11/23/2006, 09:36 PM
the Who: Live at Leeds (the re-mastered "deluxe" double CD with Tommy is ****ing so good it's not even funny), Who's Next.
Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy.
the Rolling Stones: Beggar's Banquet, Exile on Main Street, Sticky Fingers, Let it Bleed.
King Crimson
11/23/2006, 09:38 PM
velvet underground: velvet underground, white light/white heat. the Nico record.
KC//CRIMSON
12/21/2006, 12:42 PM
http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000028M7.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_V37077043_.jpg
http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/f2/bc/6442d250fca0bb2a33056010._AA240_.L.jpg
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000001E7T.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000000W6F.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/d7/18/05611363ada0da74f11ed010._AA240_.L.jpg
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000007VCM.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/a8/fe/eea11363ada0b63dfa19d010._AA240_.L.jpg
http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000JQFG.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_V35680076_.jpg
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/1f/b7/db90b340dca0bd4fb91b5010._AA240_.L.jpg
RiddlerOK
12/24/2006, 03:35 AM
My all time favorite perfect albums:
http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002UAU.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002VC5.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002U82.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002JS6.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002572.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_V65008568_.jpg
http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002UAR.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002ILS.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000024JN.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
fadada1
12/24/2006, 08:33 AM
YES to INXS, kick.
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/7914/zzyp9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img287.imageshack.us/img287/7297/zzzng9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/9813/zzzzsd4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
critical_phil
12/24/2006, 10:28 AM
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000G4TU.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002LBO.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
http://img2.echo.cx/img2/4078/refresh9db.jpg
http://images.bol.de/images-adb/4a/cc/4acc8706-c81c-4143-85f9-aa70b96ff23c.jpg
http://chrisbrown.blogspot.com/uploaded_images/graceland-747564.jpg
http://holly.famousfolk.com/images/chirpbig.jpg
http://static.last.fm/coverart/300x300/27596.gif
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00004Y6ND.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
http://static.last.fm/coverart/300x300/1423502.jpg
josh09
12/24/2006, 11:38 AM
http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000025ZVK.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
Mongo
12/24/2006, 11:44 AM
In the spirit of Christmas:)
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o259/hobbs70/jdmuppets.jpg
slickdawg
12/24/2006, 07:05 PM
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/c/c3/200px-Lynyrdskynyrd.jpg
josh09
12/25/2006, 01:05 AM
http://badgerherald.com/artsetc/2004/10/01/AmerIdiotCover_400.jpg
http://gnr.dobrej.net/pics/covers/Guns_N_Roses_-_Appetite_For_Destruction-front.jpg
http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00000IPAX.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
http://www.salvador-dominguez.com/images/201%20discos%20web/Led%20Zeppelin%201968.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e6/Stadiumarcadium.jpg
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