Ok, I know there is no such thing as perfect, although J-Lo`s butt comes awful close.

Which album, cd, do you think is closest ? An album you can listen to from start to finish, no filler, and is the best example of the group in their prime ?? I cant think of many, actually only two. I`ll post after I see some of y`alls picks.

J

Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experience
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Dobbie Brothers - Captain and Me
The Who - Who's Next
The Who - Live At Leeds
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour

The Sundays "Blind"
The Cars "self titled" and "Candy O"
Everything But The Girl "Idlewild"
I think the perfect album is one you don't want to end.:)

Warren Zevon S\T

Leon Bibb Shanandoah

Gram Parsons Grievous Angel

Bob Dylan Blood on The Tracks




Alan

Aja

No laughing please.....Tracy Chapman's self titled Lp



Mike

Pink Floyd - Dark side of the Moon
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Beatles - White Album
Janis Joplin - "Cheap Thrills"
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Massive Attack - Protection
Tricky - Maxinquaye
Morcheeba - Who can you trust

1. Greenday - Dookie
2. U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
3. Joe Jackson - Big World
4. The Jam - Sound Affects
5. Rosemary Clooney - Do You Love New York (OK - don't hassle me about this one - it is an amazing CD except for one song)
6. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

I have more, but I can think faster than I can type:D .

Dave

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars--David Bowie

Plateaux of Mirrors-- Brian Eno, Harold Budd

Phaedra-- Tangerine Dream

The Doors-- The Doors

for openers, anyway

shrinkboy

Dylan's Blond on Blond
Paul Simon graceland
Springsteed born in the USA
Van Morrison Astral weeks


gee I guess I;m dating my self pretty well
:eek:

Lefty

1 - The Clash - London Calling
2 - The Clash - London calling

(1 and 2, it's a double album, and it's got to be vinyl)

Genesis - Invisible Touch
Meatloaf - Bat out of Hell
Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night
AC/DC - Back in Black
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
Pink Floyd - D.S.O.T.M.

Here's a few of mine... Although there are alot more...

Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold As Love & Electric Ladyland

Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home, Blood On The Tracks & Desire

Beatles - Revolver, Sgt. Peppers, Magical Mystery Tour & The White Album

Allman Brothers - At The Fillmore East & Eat A Peach

Neil Young - After The Gold Rush, Rust Never Sleeps & Live Rust

Monster Magnet - Dopes To Infinity

Blue Oyster Cult - Self Titled & Tyranny & Mutation

Gov't Mule - Dose & Life Before Insanity

Alice Cooper - Love It To Death, Killer, Schools Out & Billion Dollar Babies

Johnny Winter - Still Alive & Well, Saints & Sinners & Captured Live

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Ian Moore - Got The Green Grass & And All The Colors

Hawkwind - Space Ritual

The Zombies - Odessey & Oracle

The Who - Tommy & Quadrophenia

Black Sabbath - Self Titled, Paranoid & Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

Queen - Self Titled

Steppenwolf - Self Titled

Captain Beyond - Self Titled & Sufficiently Breathless

Forgot this one...
Joe Walsh - Barnstorm (Thanks Gonzo!) Brilliant Record.

Larry Carlton Fingerprints

Joe Ely Letter to Laredo

Heres a few of mine. This first one I havent listen to in quite some time, got it out the other night and played it, actually it inspired this thread. Please no laughing.

Slayer- Reign In Blood. I know I know, but it is as close to perfect album I`ve ever heard, flawless.

Red Hot Chili Peppers- Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Tom Waits- Nighthawks At The Diner

And maybe, Beastie Boys- Pauls Boutique

Gov`t Mules "Dose" is moving up fast. :cool:

J

The Beatles - the White album
Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons
Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
Jimi - Band of Gypsies(saw it)
The Dead - Live Dead
John Coltraine - Live in Japan
The Who - Tommy

Like anyone cares... But here's a few more I forgot to mention...

Crosby, Stills & Nash - Self Tilted.

Jefferson Airplane - Crown Of Creation.

Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels.

Steve Earl - The Hard Way.

McKendree Spring - 3

Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything

Concrete Blonde - Self Titled.

Pink Floyd -- Wish You Were Here
Clash -- First Album
Smashing Pumpkins -- Siamese Dream
Beatles -- Magical Mystery Tour
Radiohead -- OK Computer
Liz Phair -- Exile in Guyville
Pixies -- Surfer Rosa
Pixies -- Doolittle
The Eels - Electro Shock Blues
Toadies -- Rubberneck
Stiff Little Fingers -- Nobody's Hero
Devo -- Freedom of Choice
Garbage -- First Album
Sex Pistols -- Never Mind the Bollocks
Yes -- Fragile
X - Los Angeles

Miles Davis' last album with John Coltrane [as a a band member] is not only the greatest Jazz album, it's one of the best albums in any genre. Very few albums cause me to not only see visuals, but feel them. K.O.B. does so with real passion and it happens VERY TIME I listen to it.

MikE

-Boston-Boston
-Chilliwack-Riding High
-Robbie Robertson&the Red Road Ensemble
-Dire Straits-Brothers in Arms
-Dire Straits-Love Over Gold
-Escapes
-Alan Parsons Project-I Robot
-D.S.O.T.M.(MFSL)
-Supertramp-Crime of the Century(MFSL)
-Steely Dan-Aja(MFSL)

Most of the ones I would pick have been listed, but here are a few of my favorites:
K.T. Oslin-Songs from an Aging Sexbomb
Michelle Shocked-Short,Sharp,Shocked
Heart-Dreamboat Annie
Pink Floyd- The Final Cut
Santana-Abraxas
Devadip Santana-Oneness, a very cool album, a must have :)
Anything from Tracy Chapman, that girl can't sing a bad song.

Hey all,
Wow, what a great thread! Just have to add my two cents...or three, or four, or.....
*Nirvana - Nevermind (can't believe no one else chose that yet!)
.....in fact, just about every album of theirs (with the exception of 'Unplugged' IMHO) was nearly 'perfect'.
*Butthole Surfers - Independent Worm Saloon - weird at its best!
*Pixies - any album - (hats off to Dave 2238b for reminding me!)
*Beck - Mellow Gold
*Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park - ("...so, you thought Piper at the Gates of Dawn was 'trippy', did you?")
*Rage Against The Machine - self-titled - angry music for the masses!
*Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral - If you thought Johnny Cash wrote that great song 'Hurt', you owe it to yourself to check out this album!
>Also, Johnny, you got yerself some damn good picks there!
Paul's Boutique would definitely be near the top of the list for me, too!
Since rap seems to have been under-represented so far, I feel obliged to mention...
*Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (or ITANOMTHUB as I prefer to abbreviate it)
*Run DMC - Raising Hell - the album that started the hiphop trend (for better or for worse! :tongue: )
I'm sure there are lots of others, but we were only asked for one after all...

Zappa - "Hot Rats"

Minimal vocals, and for 1969, a real ear opener.


Almond, Toasted/MSgt, USAF

Here are a few of mine:

Ramones - "Ramones"
Pink Floyd - "Wish You Were Here"
Concrete Blonde - "Still in Hollywood"
Van Morrison - "Astral Weeks"
Bob Marley - "Uprising" & "Babylon By Bus"
John Lee Hooker - "Boom Boom"
Stevie Ray Vaughan - "Texas Flood"

Great thread!!! Makes you really want to crank the volume

:huge:

Another favorite:
Robert Randolph & the Family Band - "Live at the Wetlands" (an amazing musician) :D

John

Here are a few that have yet to be mentioned.

The Band (and Friends) - The Last Waltz

Tom Petty - Wildflowers

The Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies

John Hiatt - Perfectly Good Guitar

Bob Dylan - hmmm, Did anyone mention Highway 61?

Traveling Wilburys - Volume Three

In no particular order.....

Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?

Grateful Dead - American Beauty

Pink Floyd - D.S.O.T.M.

Genesis - Selling England By The Pound

Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic

Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run

Lots of good choices. Ill throw a few more in the mix:

Robin trower, Bridge of sighs

Montrose, Montrose

Herbie Hancock, Headhunters

Crawler, First album W/ Stone cold sober

Hey Jerry - That Crawler LP is killer. May have to dig it out & give it a spin this weekend. It's been a while.

Moon

Yes it was a VERY underated album. Mine has been played alot.
I may have to do a wet transfer to get it to CD.

Okay,
John Mellencamps "Lonesome Jubilee" just made it to my hall of fame.

I'll add a couple

Monks- bad habits
Bim(Roy forbes)- Anything you want or kid full of dreams
Melissa Ethridge- a few of them
Goose Creek Symphony- Words of Earnest

Krimney,so Roy Forbes is\was Bim?Amazing!

Thanks,
Alan

Bim and Roy Forbes are the same guy.

He's done alot of work throughout his carreer. Even had some songs on CND sesame street and CBC. has worked with Bill Henderson of Chilliwack and Shari Ulrich in the trio UHF(ulrich-henderson/forbes)

His own albums and I think he's done some procuction work for Konnie Kaldor as well as at least one album with her(maybe more)

Great BC talent

While I'm here I'll add jackson Brown- running on Empty to the list. I never tire of that album.

Wow,Running on Empty,that brings back memories.IMHO the only good lp of Browne's career.

Armymac,you have impeccable taste,Dylan and Hiatt!! Stand by for a pm

Best,

Alan

Tool - Stinkfist and Aenima
Ozzy-Diary of a madman
Pink floyd-final cut
Hendrix-Axis bold as love
NIN-pretty hate

Just to name a few

Beatles-Abby road.I have it on both LP and CD and use both to compare the performance of the CD player/TT cart combo as well as tube amp vrs gainclone.
ron

I was going to post the question "Is Who's Next the best Rock Album of all Time?".

I saw that it was on a couple of people's list. I just bought the 1995 extended digital remaster and I've been playing it A LOT!!! This record is much better than I remember it being in the '70s.

This record ROCKS!!!! I love "WIFE"!!

Enjoy,

TIC

I'm almost embarassed to post my favorites, although several have already been listed. Here goes nothing...

Seals & Crofts 'Diamond Girl'
Styx 'Kilroy Was Here'
Alison Krause 'New Favorite'
Willie Nelson 'Stardust'
Alice Kooper 'Killer'
Steppenwolf 'Monster'
Crosby, Stills, Nash 'Deja Vu'
Supertramp 'Breakfast In America'
Meatloaf 'Bat Out Of Hell'
Jethro Tull 'Aqualung'
Neil Diamond 'Hot August Night'
Mighty Sam McClain 'Soul Survivor'
Carla Lother 'Ephemera'
Fleetwood Mac 'Rumours'
Doors 'Soft Parade'

Most of what I listen to beginning to end are various artists or greatest hits- not really germane to this thread. I'm sure as soon as I post this, I'll think of others...

So much great music, so little time:)

Dang- can't believe I left out Richie Havens 'Great Blind degree'

Faith Hill's 'Cry' may move onto my list as I play it more often... not a stinker on this CD.