Perfect albums

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  • Meeks32
    Meeks32 Posts: 330
    edited September 2006
    Just took a road trip & got to listen to alot of my older cd's and listened to Alice in chains "Dirt" album all the way through. If thats not a perfect album then I dont know what is. You gotta be a a certain mood to listen to it though I think, its gotta be the darkest & most pissed off sounding cd I own.
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  • MattN03
    MattN03 Posts: 558
    edited September 2006
    Meeks32 wrote:
    Just took a road trip & got to listen to alot of my older cd's and listened to Alice in chains "Dirt" album all the way through. If thats not a perfect album then I dont know what is. You gotta be a a certain mood to listen to it though I think, its gotta be the darkest & most pissed off sounding cd I own.

    Dirt is a great CD!
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited April 2007
    Steely Dan - Aja

    I can't believe how well recorded this album is. Its ridiculous. Probably my reference album at the moment.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,980
    edited April 2007
    Steely Dan - Aja

    I can't believe how well recorded this album is. Its ridiculous. Probably my reference album at the moment.

    Aja is a great album in terms of arrangement, performance, and recording. It's even got a beautiful glossy gatefold album jacket with fantastic, high-fashion cover photograph (Hideki Fujii). But it is too perfect (IMNHSO)... that spoils its perfection. I am a big Steely Dan fan, too... and it would probably be my favorite Steely Dan album, if it weren't so... manicured. I think I like their first album (when they were almost, sort of, a rock band) best of all. :-)

    Aja: Great jazz album for those (like me) who don't quite "get" or just don't like jazz, but do like rock/pop.

    EDIT: oh, I forgot... BTW, which version is your "reference album" at the moment? I have the original ABC, and also the MoFi... unlike many folks, I prefer the latter.

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  • strider
    strider Posts: 2,568
    edited April 2007
    Great thread!

    The two I thought of immediately are already listed:

    Pink Floyd-DSOTM
    John Coltrane- A Love Supreme

    I think what makes these two so great is their continuity throughout the album. They need to be listened to from start to finish, don't make as much sense, otherwise.
    Wristwatch--->Crisco
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  • BottomFeeder
    BottomFeeder Posts: 1,684
    edited April 2007
    I'd add:

    Supertramp - Breakfast in America
    Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman
    Dan Fogelberg - Souvenirs
    CCR - Chronicle (Ok, a greatest hits)
    Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
    Jackson Browne - Late for the Sky
    Linda Ronstadt - Prisoner in Disguise
    Doobie Brothers - The Captain & Me
    "Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then." Bob Seger
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  • edwardm10
    edwardm10 Posts: 104
    edited April 2007
    No Dylan fans out there??

    BLONDE ON BLONDE -- without a doubt one of his best, if not the best
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited April 2007
    Dire Straits - brothers in arms
    Boston - Boston(who would have guessed I'd say that?)
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited April 2007
    Tour2ma wrote: »
    Dave Mason - Alone Together
    Dave's 1st post Traffic solo effort and the poor guy never came close to this level again.

    The Who - Who's Next
    'nuff said...

    Spirit - Twelve Dreams of Doctor Sardonicus
    Only discussion is which side is greater than the other.

    Yes - Close to the Edge
    Their high watermark... and (IMO) "Art Rock's" as well...
    The remastered release's SQ is very, very good.

    David Bowie - Hunky Dory
    His release just before the Ziggy breakout, which wasn't too bad either.


    On AC/DC's Back in Black.... I got the remastered release a bit ago. Sounds great to me...


    I was just getting ready to post the Spirit LP when I read your post. I just tonight listened to the 12 dreams of the DR LP again tonight and was bowled over AGAIN at what a great recording, writing, performance, engineering and mixing the LP is. It is soooooo analog!!!! Both sides are perfect. I've been looking on line to try and get a sealed copy of that LP as mine is starting to sound a little worn.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited April 2007
    This Is A Great Friggin Thread!!!
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  • cmy330go
    cmy330go Posts: 2,341
    edited April 2007
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    This Is A Great Friggin Thread!!!

    This is a sweet thread. Wish I hadn't missed it the first time.

    Anyway...here's a few more.

    Eric Clapton - Unplugged
    Billy Joel - Songs in the Attic
    James Taylor - Live
    Mary Chapin Carpenter - Come On Come On
    Tom Petty - Wildflowers
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  • Bill Ayotte
    Bill Ayotte Posts: 1,860
    edited April 2007
    cmy330go wrote: »
    This is a sweet thread. Wish I hadn't missed it the first time.

    Anyway...here's a few more.

    Eric Clapton - Unplugged
    Billy Joel - Songs in the Attic
    James Taylor - Live
    Mary Chapin Carpenter - Come On Come On
    Tom Petty - Wildflowers

    That Clapton album sounded amazing when I had a crap stereo a couple of years ago, and now I can't find my copy to listen to it on the nice one.....Guess it is off to the pretty girl at the record store......:D
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited April 2007
    edwardm10 wrote: »
    No Dylan fans out there??

    BLONDE ON BLONDE -- without a doubt one of his best, if not the best

    I like almost every single Dylan album that came out before Blonde on Blonde better than I like Blonde on Blonde. I never quite understood why people like this album so much. Freewheelin', The Times They Are A-Changin', Another Side of Bob Dylan, even John Wesley Harding, and much later, Desire, I like better than Blonde on Blonde.

    But that's just me :)
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • pmckeealaska
    pmckeealaska Posts: 808
    edited April 2007
    Pink Floyd-The Final Cut. Highly underrated
    Rush-Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures
    Led Zeppelin- L.Z. II
    Beatles- Abbey Road
    CSN-First Album
    Metllica-Master of Puppets
    Music and Movie Rig

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  • avelanchefan
    avelanchefan Posts: 2,401
    edited April 2007
    For me the perfect album is Porcupine Tree's: In Absentia!

    A lot of the ones mentioned were predictible yet correct. Surprised by the AiC Dirt recomendation, although it is a fantastic CD.

    Also Opeth's: Blackwater Park is one of the most haunting CD's I have listened to in a very long time. If you can get over cookie monster and listen to Mikael Akerfeldt's true real voice, you would be blown away. Just an absolute amazing CD.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited April 2007
    The Electric Light Orchestra; "Eldorado, a Symphony."
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited January 2008
    capecodder wrote: »
    Allman Brothers- Live at Filmore East

    Listened to this last night in its entirety. I'd have to agree.
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  • capecodder
    capecodder Posts: 613
    edited January 2008
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by capecodder
    Allman Brothers- Live at Filmore East
    Shizelbs wrote: »
    Listened to this last night in its entirety. I'd have to agree.

    Ahhh, Grasshopper you have been enlightened.:)
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited January 2008
    I have that album, I'll give it a listen later.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited January 2008
    All the unopened albums I bought today. They're perfect.
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited January 2008
    capecodder wrote: »
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by capecodder
    Allman Brothers- Live at Filmore East



    Ahhh, Grasshopper you have been enlightened.:)


    Just listened to 1 & 2. I'll give 3 & 4 a listen tomorrow.....good stuff!
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2008
    I"ve seen the Allmans live so many times. They used to come to Great Woods (now the Tweeter Center) 2 or 3 times a summer, and we went every year for at least five years back in my college days. Saw them at least a dozen times, such good times.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited January 2008
    The Fillmore concert was simulcast on WNEW-FM. The warm-up band was Mountain. I taped the entire affair, off the air, onto cassette with a Vivitar deck. I had that album before it was an album.
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  • capecodder
    capecodder Posts: 613
    edited January 2008
    George Grand wrote: »
    The Fillmore concert was simulcast on WNEW-FM. The warm-up band was Mountain. I taped the entire affair, off the air, onto cassette with a Vivitar deck. I had that album before it was an album.

    That is so cool. Mountain was in their prime back then as well. While you may not have seen this one, from the many threads you have commented on about your concert experiences I have to say I am VERY impressed at the shows you've seen. The days of the Fillmore concerts were just before my concert goings. Unfortunately, those days are LONG gone....:(
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  • capecodder
    capecodder Posts: 613
    edited January 2008
    Should also add that the reissue of the cd version expanded the playlist from this show. Includes (among others) one of my other all time favorite 'bros songs "One Way Out".
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited January 2008
    Living in the right place at the right time Ted, that's all. It WAS pretty special.
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  • m00npie
    m00npie Posts: 697
    edited January 2008
    +1 to Hotel California. I have it on CD and LP.

    For you metal fans... Master of Puppets is a great album, but until you listen to the Steve Hoffman DCC re-master, you haven't heard anything yet.
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  • polrbehr
    polrbehr Posts: 2,834
    edited January 2008
    m00npie wrote: »
    +1 to Hotel California. I have it on CD and LP.

    For you metal fans... Master of Puppets is a great album, but until you listen to the Steve Hoffman DCC re-master, you haven't heard anything yet.

    Damn, I was just thinking of Master, especially after seeing appadvs thread!
    +2 there.
    So, are you willing to put forth a little effort or are you happy sitting in your skeptical poo pile?


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  • Texas42
    Texas42 Posts: 404
    edited January 2008
    I agree with a lot of what has already been suggested so I'll just add a couple of my favs that aren't here yet...

    Moody Blues- Days of Future Passed

    Kansas- Leftoverture

    ELO- Time

    Heart- Dreamboat Annie
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  • miner
    miner Posts: 1,305
    edited January 2008
    SRV - In Step, Texas Flood
    John Lennon - Walls and Bridges
    The Stones - Some Girls, Beggars Banquet
    Traffic - Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys
    Tommy Bolin - Private Eyes
    Steely Dan - Aja, Gaucho
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