Perfect Albums

Synchronicity by the police. 

Weezer - Blue Album 

Same for me with the Joshua Tree just an amazing album.

Another one for me is Rush Signals and Ozzy Osbourne Diary of a Mad Man 

Off the top of my head, and I have many others but hey it’s a start 

Tribe Called Quest, Low End Theory 

Brand New Heavies, Heavy Rhyme Experience Vol 1 

Run DMC Raising Hell 

Nirvana Bleach 

Descendents Milo Goes to College 

Jane’s Addiction Nothings Shocking 

Born in the USA- Springsteen

The lyrics in those songs are just as timely today. My Hometown is especially relevant. 

Scarecrow - Mellencamp. 

Nobody captures the decline of the family farm better. Growing up on a family farm and knowing even then (mid-80s) that there was no future in it, this album hit home. 

Scarecrow on a wooden cross blackbird in the barn
Four hundred empty acres that used to be my farm
I grew up like my daddy did my grandpa cleared this land
When I was five I walked the fence while grandpa held my hand

Rain on the scarecrow blood on the plow

Rocket to Russia- Ramones
London Calling- Clash
Abbey Road- Beatles

From the same era as the Blue album, I'd say Live-Throwing Copper.

Pet Sounds - Beach Boys
Rubber Soul - Beatles
The Chronic - Dr. Dre
What's Goin On - Marvin Gaye
London Calling - The Clash
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Thriller - Michael Jackson

A perfect song, from a perfect album. I know it's highly subjective, but I don't know if anyone will ever write and produce an album as well as Brian Wilson did on Pet Sounds.

Amen to Pet Sounds and Brian Wilson’s genius...other geniuses point to his genius, which might mean something.

Out of left field:

Main Course- Bee Gees. Jive Talkin’ , Nights on Broadway, Fanny Be Tender. It was a perfect transition album for them from their early days and before the disco phenomenon.

@Tschmack posted:

Descendents Milo Goes to College 

That's a good call.   

Mikes Davis - Kind Of Blue

Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star

Yes - Close To The Edge

Beatles - Let It Be

Willie, Waylon, Johnny, Kris - Highwayman

U2- The Unforgettable Fire

Bob Mould - Workbook

Peter Gabriel - Shaking the Tree

Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique

Rufus Wainwright - Want One & Want Two

Steely Dan -  The Royal Scam or any of them.

Elvis Costello - North

Freedy Johnston - This Perfect World

16 Horsepower - Sackcloth and Ashes

Gorillaz - Demon Days

John Hiatt - Walk On

K.D. Lang- Ingenue

The La's - The La's

Pixies - Doolittle

Regina Spektor - Remember Us to Life

Multiple Beatles albums.  

I went scrolling through my library and had to stop.  

BTW, people who bash bands/music are fucking idiots and usually waiting for their balls to drop or boobs to come in.  U2 has been around forever so it's easy for dumbfucks that didn't see them come on the scene and the impact they made.  Music is so intrinsically special to the individual.  

It's the strangest little things that entangle our memories with songs.  Even the ones we don't want to admit.  This songs comes to mind every time I think about having sex for the first time. 

Wow, this is harder than I thought it would be.  I guess I would base it on the flow of the album and how often I go back and listen to the whole thing. 

Mine would be:

Tool: Aenima

Nine Inch Nails: The Downward Spiral

Prince & The Revolution: Purple Rain

Slayer: Reign In Blood

Public Enemy: Fear Of A Black Planet

Honorable mention: Geto Boys (Self titled--the original 1990 Rick Rubin version)

Sampled "The Joker" for Gangster of Love--classic!

Bonus: Sleep: Dopesmoker (one loooong stoner song over 63 minutes!)

@Maynard posted:

Bonus: Sleep: Dopesmoker (one loooong stoner song over 63 minutes!)

I like you Betty.

Assuming so, but have you listened to any Earthless? 

No, I haven't heard Earthless!  Earth, but not Earthless.  Will have to check them out!

Really gotten into the doom/stoner metal the past few years.  Sleep, High ON Fire, Sunn O))), Electric Wizard...

Can't wait until the weed gets legal all in the US.  Or at least MN.

I think it's safe to say if we drug tested and banned stoners here, all that would be left is me and Gold..., er......me.

You guys see any correlation between my quick wit and the lack of THC in my system? 

@Maynard posted:

No, I haven't heard Earthless!  Earth, but not Earthless.  Will have to check them out!

Really gotten into the doom/stoner metal the past few years.  Sleep, High ON Fire, Sunn O))), Electric Wizard...

Can't wait until the weed gets legal all in the US.  Or at least MN.

With Earthless - Start with Sonic Prayer

Now that I think of it, there are 2 really good bands, probably up your alley, from Portland.

Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain is superb. (disbanded in 2016, but definitely would check out their catalog)

And Grails - Black Tar Prophecies and Burning off Impurities are AMAZING. Haven't done anything since 2017, but still were touring in the Before Times

@Blair Kiel posted:

You guys see any correlation between my quick wit and the lack of THC in my system? 

That doesn't explain the paint thinner or why you like Fedya's movie posts.

One causes the other.

Not perfect albums but each one reminds me of some awesome times from back in the day.

Lou Reed - Rock and Roll Animal

The Kinks - One For the Road

Thin Lizzy -  Jailbreak

Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic

The Four Horsemen - Gettin Pretty Good at Barely Getting By

Montrose - Montrose

@Henry posted:

That doesn't explain the paint thinner or why you like Fedya's movie posts.

Hateful.

For a perfect album, I'll pick a 2-CD set of the six Brandenburg Concertos by J. S. Bach.

Ahhhhhh, Bach!

Black Sabbath - Paranoid. The very definition of heavy metal.

Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast. Not a weak track on it, and "Hallowed Be Thy Name" is a top 5 song.

Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town & The Rising

@Chongo mentioned LZ

Led Zeppelin IV

Just look at the songs on that album. I'm not even a YOOOOGE LZ fan but that album is impressive.

AC/DC - Back in Black

Still love every song on that album - Have a drink on me @Timpranillo while I Shoot to Thrill on my way to Hells Bells.

Tesla - Mechanical Resonance

This one is definitely personal - Nobody else would even consider this album - PLUS I can sing Modern Day Cowboy & sound just like Jeff Keith.

A couple of things:
First, please bear in mind I was born in '59, so my musical tastes are heavily 60's and 70's (aka "GrandPa music").
Second, I'll exclude any compilations, greatest hits, best of, soundtracks, or whatever; just original studio releases.

Any album by Otis Redding, but if I narrow it down to one, I'll choose "Otis Blue".
Probably his most classic.
CCR - Bayou Country
Smith - A Group Called Smith
ZZ Top has many albums from the 70's and 80's, up to 1990 or so. Again, to pick just one, I'll go with "Rio Grande Mud".
Almost any Foghat album from 72 thru 79. "Fool For The City" is one of the best.
Bob Seger - Smokin' O. P.'s
Boston - Self-Titled (first album)
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Lots of Johnny Winter albums; two of them are "Still Alive And Well" and "Winter of '88"
Led Zep - II 
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
Robin Trower - Bridge Of Sighs
Steve Miller Band - "Fly Like An Eagle" and "Book Of Dreams"
Ted Nugent's Amboy Dukes - Tooth, Fang, and Claw
Ted Nugent Self-Titled
Little Feat - Waiting For Columbus 

Good music is timeless.  Great list.  

I love Boston.  They were like Journey where it was fashionable to look down on them.  I'd always tell whatever Rush junkie (I love Rush) who was bashing them at the time to go sing like Brad Delp.  That guy was fucking amazing.

It's up to old farts to tell the youngin's about amazing music they hadn't heard yet.  There's some kid pulling out Grandpa's album stash right now and firing up ZZ Top for the first time.    

Rush - Permanent Waves/Moving Pictures

Yes - Close To The Edge

Boston - first album

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Led Zepplin - Houses of the Holy

@MNPackman posted:

Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast. Not a weak track on it, and "Hallowed Be Thy Name" is a top 5 song.

Iron Maiden is probably the reason I can't hear well today I saw them in concert a few times.  I love The Number of the Beast but personally would put Somewhere in Time as their best album followed closely by Piece of Mind.

I would also have to put Journey Escape high on my list mostly because it helped a young Heckler get lucky once in a while.

Boris, I totally agree on Back and Black (probably the best party album ever) but Highway to Hell is pretty stellar as well.

@MNPackman posted:

Black Sabbath - Paranoid. The very definition of heavy metal.

I never figured out why more people didn't get into Deep Purple.  I know they were kind of all over the place with their Prog Rock roots but they have some of the absolute best early heavy metal songs along with Black Sabbath.

I was born in 1954, so the 60s & 70s played a huge role in my musical choices.

The Rolling Stones: Get Yer Ya-Yas Out-one of the all time best live albums;  

The Beatles: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band; inspired by Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

Pink Floyd: Dark Side Of The Moon; One of the best selling albums, ever!

Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited-Dylan goes electric and we go nuts;

The Allman Brothers: Live At The Fillmore- Another great live album;

The Grateful Dead: American Beauty -Just gorgeous music from Jerry and Co.

Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band: Trout Mask Replica- Pure poetry in a  cacophony of sound.

Neil Young and Crazy Horse: Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere- The Forebear of Grunge Rock. Loved that guitar playing on Down By The River and Cowgirl In The Sand;

Simon and Garfunkel: The Sounds Of Silence- First album I ever purchased, Still solid after all this time;

Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland- Voodoo Chile/Voodoo Child-worth the price of admission, alone!

Bruce Springsteen: Darkness On The Edge Of Town- My favorite Springsteen album. 

@Henry posted:

Good music is timeless.  Great list.  

I love Boston.  They were like Journey where it was fashionable to look down on them.  I'd always tell whatever Rush junkie (I love Rush) who was bashing them at the time to go sing like Brad Delp.  That guy was fucking amazing.

It's up to old farts to tell the youngin's about amazing music they hadn't heard yet.  There's some kid pulling out Grandpa's album stash right now and firing up ZZ Top for the first time.    

Between hanging around with me and playing Guitar Hero my kids learned about a lot of great old music. But they still like their own stuff which isn't always "good".  But I've learned about a lot of decent music from them too.  

@Henry posted:

I love Boston.  They were like Journey where it was fashionable to look down on them.  I'd always tell whatever Rush junkie (I love Rush) who was bashing them at the time to go sing like Brad Delp.  That guy was fucking amazing.  

I've typically been indifferent to Boston, mainly because it was on the radio every 12 seconds growing up, but...

If anyone wants to follow a really great music YouTube channel, follow Rick Beato. Dude is amazingly talented and one of his best series is "Why is this song great", and after watching the Boston one I was just blown away at how good Boston was.  Beato has really helped show the way music is made, produced, mixed, and made me appreciate a lot more styles of music.

Check this out.

Great video.

Tom Scholz literal innovations along with Brad Delp vocals made the band.  It's not like they were amazing musicians.  Fun fact, Tom Scholz's mother invented the glue for Post It Notes.

So basically they're all really smart.

Did his mom know Mike Nesmith’s mom who invented White Out?

Ok, I am a little scared to list mine...

Queen - a day at the races (my two favorite non-Mercury songs = I’m in Love with My Car (Taylor) and 39 (May)

J Geils Band - Monkey Island

Foreigner - 4 (I was a expert ay air guitar with Juke Box Hero)

Blast away

@Henry posted:

Great video.

Tom Scholz literal innovations along with Brad Delp vocals made the band.  It's not like they were amazing musicians.  Fun fact, Tom Scholz's mother invented the glue for Post It Notes.

So basically they're all really smart.

We're coming up on 50 years since that record, and the production still outclasses stuff from 2020. The transition from Foreplay into Long Time still melts my brain.

@Henry posted:

Peter Gabriel - Shaking the Tree

 

Compilation albums are cheating (but this showcases just how good PG is)

@Boris posted:

@Chongo

AC/DC - Back in Black

Still love every song on that album - Have a drink on me @Timpranillo while I Shoot to Thrill on my way to Hells Bells.

Another outstanding selection.  

@Timmy! posted:

Jethro Tull - Aqualung

So good back to front.