Flawless albums - Page 46

Metallica - The Black Album

Coheed and Cambria - Ascension

Coheed and Cambria - Year of the Black Rainbow

Two Steps From Hell - Invincible

Rush - 2112

Daft Punk - Discovery

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Originally Posted by steelle 
 not how the song sounds in relation to the song before or after it

I think this is where our points of view differ too greatly to ever agree on 

I must admit my text migth come as really black & white. I don't want worse songs on my albums, but let's take for an example that many times mentioned Fitter, happier on Radiohead's OK Computer. And, was it Treefingers on Kid A, the interlude? Those both will count these two wonderful albums out of the question completely for you, correct me if I'm mistaken. They appear 'ugly' and pointless compared to the other songs (Treefingers is not ugly, Fitter happier is.) But to me, and I believe a good number of others, they are extremely important movements within the album. Neccessities.

btw. added youtube links on the Finnish albums on previous page. Good stuff, especially the pink one

Updated and moved from page 24; a lot has changed..

The following, I believe, are 'flawless'.

Albums:
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Beatles - Revolver
Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings
The Doors - The Doors
The Doors - Strange Days
Fred Neil - Fred Neil
Gurdjieff/De Hartmann - The Music of Gurdjieff / De Hartmann
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Ride - Nowhere
Sarah Vaughan - With Clifford Brown
Slowdive - Souvlaki
Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentleman We Are Floating In Space

The Stooges - Raw Power

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Zombies - Odessey & Oracle

Singles:
Rhythim is Rhythim - Strings of Life

Compilations:
The Nat King Cole Trio - The Complete Capitol Recordings

Una Mae Carlisle - The Chronogical Classics: Una Mae Carlisle 1938-1941
Valaida Snow - The Chronogical Classics: Valaida Snow 1933-1936

The following are 'near flawless'.

Albums:
The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band

Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde

The Congos - Heart of the Congos
The Doors - L. A. Woman
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book
Frank Zappa - Freak Out!

Frank Zappa - We're Only In It For The Money

George Harrison - All Things Must Pass

The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
Iggy Pop - The Idiot
Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
John Coltrane - Ascension
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Love - Forever Changes
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates of Dawn

Rowland S. Howard - Teenage Snuff Film
The Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription
The Stooges - Fun House
Suicide - Suicide
The United States of America - The United States of America
The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat

Compilations:
Dennis Brown - The Crown Prince of Reggae: Singles (1972-1985)
Elvis Presley - The Complete Elvis Presley Masters
Glenn Miller - The Complete Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
Lee Wiley - Lee Wiley Sings the Songs of George & Ira Gershwin & Cole Porter

Mel Torme - The Mel Torme Collection, 1944-1985
Ramona Davies - Ramona Davies & Her Grand Piano



 

::Begins considering how I would divide albums into flawless and near-flawless categories...:: This is going to be fun. :-D

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Originally Posted by coolguyalex 

Updated and moved from page 24; a lot has changed..

The following, I believe, are 'flawless'.

Albums:
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Beatles - Revolver
Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings
The Doors - The Doors
The Doors - Strange Days
Fred Neil - Fred Neil
Gurdjieff/De Hartmann - The Music of Gurdjieff / De Hartmann
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Ride - Nowhere
Sarah Vaughan - With Clifford Brown
Slowdive - Souvlaki
Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentleman We Are Floating In Spade

The Stooges - Raw Power

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Zombies - Odessey & Oracle

Singles:
Rhythim is Rhythim - Strings of Life

Compilations:
The Nat King Cole Trio - The Complete Capitol Recordings

Una Mae Carlisle - The Chronogical Classics: Una Mae Carlisle 1938-1941
Valaida Snow - The Chronogical Classics: Valaida Snow 1933-1936

The following are 'near flawless'.

Albums:
The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band

Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde

The Congos - Heart of the Congos
The Doors - L. A. Woman
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book
Frank Zappa - Freak Out!

Frank Zappa - We're Only In It For The Money

George Harrison - All Things Must Pass

The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
Iggy Pop - The Idiot
Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
John Coltrane - Ascension
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Love - Forever Changes
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates of Dawn

Rowland S. Howard - Teenage Snuff Film
The Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription
The Stooges - Fun House
Suicide - Suicide
The United States of America - The United States of America
The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat

Compilations:
Dennis Brown - The Crown Prince of Reggae: Singles (1972-1985)
Elvis Presley - The Complete Elvis Presley Masters
Glenn Miller - The Complete Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
Lee Wiley - Lee Wiley Sings the Songs of George & Ira Gershwin & Cole Porter

Mel Torme - The Mel Torme Collection, 1944-1985
Ramona Davies - Ramona Davies & Her Grand Piano



 

Nice post 

Edm'ers

Brotherhood by the chemical brothers

Fat of land - the prodigy

imagine - armin van buuren

Just be - tiesto

oceanlab - sirens of the sea

Mount Eerie - Lost Wisdom.

Short and sweet lo-fi goodness that never ceases to amaze me. Easily my most favourite album.

Mono - For My Parents.

Orchestral Post-Rock with lots of dynamics. Goosebumps throughout, epic music in the most literal sense of the word.

Here's a few that come to mind (some of which are probably mentioned ad nauseam):

Pink Floyd, The Wall

Genesis, A Trick of the Tail

Boston, Boston

Jethro Tull, Aqualung

Jethro Tull, Thick as a Brick

Kansas, Song For America

Kansas, Leftoverture

Rick Wakeman, The Six Wives Of Henry VIII

Steely Dan, Can't Buy A Thrill

The Moody Blues, Days Of Future Passed

The Who, Quadrophenia

Yes, Close to the Edge

I wanted to put Peter Gabriel's first album on here (I'm listening to it right now), but there are a couple real clunkers on there. Also, looking at that list, it looks pretty generic. Maybe I need to branch out a bit?

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Originally Posted by Argyris 

Here's a few that come to mind (some of which are probably mentioned ad nauseam):

 

Pink Floyd, The Wall

Genesis, A Trick of the Tail

Boston, Boston

Jethro Tull, Aqualung

Jethro Tull, Thick as a Brick

Kansas, Song For America

Kansas, Leftoverture

Rick Wakeman, The Six Wives Of Henry VIII

Steely Dan, Can't Buy A Thrill

The Moody Blues, Days Of Future Passed

The Who, Quadrophenia

Yes, Close to the Edge

 

I wanted to put Peter Gabriel's first album on here (I'm listening to it right now), but there are a couple real clunkers on there. Also, looking at that list, it looks pretty generic. Maybe I need to branch out a bit?

Close to the Edge, as originally released, is great....I never skip any part of it.

So many of people's suggestions here in the thread don't work for me....most every album seems to have at least one song that doesn't measure up to the others, but CTTE is a winner....excepting the re-release with extra tracks( I don't load the extra tracks on my DAPs).

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Originally Posted by Achmedisdead 

Close to the Edge, as originally released, is great....I never skip any part of it.

So many of people's suggestions here in the thread don't work for me....most every album seems to have at least one song that doesn't measure up to the others, but CTTE is a winner....excepting the re-release with extra tracks( I don't load the extra tracks on my DAPs).

I think I listened to the extra tracks once. I'm not sure who actually listens to this stuff multiple times. New material, maybe. Demos? Almost certainly one and done.

Thick as a Brick is kind of cheating on my part, since's it's all one song. A single, 44-minute song. I suppose if you didn't like the second part you could skip the second track, but I never do.

I had the same problem as you when thinking about things to put on this list. There are quite a few albums I have where there's just one or two songs that aren't very good.

The Music of America - Wynton Marsalis

Is one of the best albums I have heard.

It sounds exceptional with my 650's also exceptional with the v6 ( Not anywhere close to the 650's but nice to mention )

We should split this thread into two different "eras"

For example, flawless albums prior to 1990, and flawless albums post 1990.