[coolcat]

  The Wall, Pink Floyd
Aja, Steely Dan
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John

the two albums above are surly in my top 20 albums of all time

 

[MonkeyKingBar]

Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline is my pick of the day. "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You" is an all-time great album closer.

 

[HAWKEYE7]

  The criteria is simple: Original albums only, no live album, no greatest hits album, no Classical album unless its original (read 20th, 21st century material that is on one of its first cds, this rule is in because somebody argued for an album with Beethoven's 5th and 6th on it and well it is flawless).
 
With the above criteria, what are some albums you can think of that is flawlessly good front to back, no fillers?
 
Had this discussion with some friends earlier today. 
 
And of the modern music albums I can think of, Michael Jackson's Thriller is the only one I can name that is without a flyer. Michael Jackson isn't my cup of tea but rock is full of good albums with 6 good tracks and 6 fillers. What do you guys think are some album that is flawless throughout?

 
Well, I think it is safe to say anyone reading this post is an Audiophile, Audiophile wannabe or somewhere between the two. I also think that this thread is a great resource for any grade of audiophile to mine for new and excellent music to discover. 58 pages of posts is a lot to read through in order to make those discoveries though. So I thought I would go through all the posts and consolidate all the albums suggested onto a list.
That list is attached here.  
There were 1455 different albums suggested. While going through the posts I naturally came a crossed many posts that suggested previously suggested albums. There 298 different albums recommended multiple times. These duplications offer additional valuable information. One person’s garbage is another person’s GOLD, so if more than one person has recommended a particular album there might be a higher chance that there will be others who really enjoy the music as well. With that in mind I went ahead and tabulated the number of times each album was recommended.
The following list is those albums that had multiple recommendations, the number in ( ) is the number of times it was suggested.  
 
There were 43 albums that were recommended (5) of more times and those albums are posted below.
There are a few obvious albums and a few that were surprises for me in this top 43 list. I’m looking forward to finding many new favorites to discover and enjoy.
 
Thanks everyone for posting your suggestions.
Please keep posting them so we can make the list grow and more importantly we can all discover new Great music to enjoy.
 
TOP 43 Suggested FLAWLESS Albums:
 
Arcade Fire - Funeral (6)
Black Sabbath - Paranoid (5)
Brian Eno - Another Green World (5)
Charles Mingus: The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady (5)
Daft Punk - Discovery (12)
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust (5)
Depeche Mode - Violator (6)
Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (5)
Hanz Zimmer: Inception soundtrack (5)
Jethro Tull - Aqualung (5)
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (6)
Joni Mitchell - Blue (5)
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (6)
Led Zeppelin - IV (6)
Mastodon - Crack the Skye (5)
Mastodon - Leviathan (5)
Megadeth - Rust in Peace (5)
Metallica - Master of Puppets (8)
Michael Jackson - Thriller (6)
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (16)
Nick Drake - Pink Moon (6)
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (15)
Pink Floyd - Animals (12)
Pink Floyd - Meddle (5)
Prince - Purple Rain (5)
Radiohead - OK Computer (14)
Radiohead - The Bends (7)
Rush - 2112 (5)
Rush - Moving Pictures (6)
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (5)
Steely Dan - Aja (5)
Talking Heads - Remain in Light (8)
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (6)
The Beatles - Revolver (7)
The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (11)
The Clash - London Calling (5)
The Who - Who's Next (7)
Tools - Laturalus (12)
U2 - The Joshua Tree (8)
V - Blood on the Tracks (8)
Van Halen - Van Halen (5)
Weezer - Blue album (7)
Yes - Close to the Edge (7)

 

[HAWKEYE7]

Sorry for the multiple posts, If one of the Moderators would kindly delete the duplicates I would appreciate it.
The computer I am on is internet challenged, as is the operator apparently.
I tried but did not see where to delete the post once it was up.
If there is a way, please let me know.
sorry for the mess.

 

 

[Blueshound24]

  Sorry for the multiple posts, If one of the Moderators would kindly delete the duplicates I would appreciate it.
The computer I am on is internet challenged, as is the operator apparently.
I tried but did not see where to delete the post once it was up.
If there is a way, please let me know.
sorry for the mess.

 

 
Wow, this is a great resource! Many thanks for the effort to put it all together! Like Taffy said, click the red flag to report the posts.

 

[HAWKEYE7]

   
Wow, this is a great resource! Many thanks for the effort to put it all together! Like Taffy said, click the red flag to report the posts.

Thanks for telling me about using the flag.
Different forums handle duplicates differently. I appreciate being able to get them removed quickly.
Thanks again.

 

[Spork67]

Slayer - Reign in Blood.
Might not be to everyone's taste, but if you like your music heavy, this one is definitely "all killer, no filler". I had the origianal cassette tape and LP (I think I still have them somewhere). Full album repeats on each side. No rewinding, or deciding which side was best. That tape got a LOT of playtime in my Datsun, back in the day. 
Their next album, South of Heaven is another all time favourite, with not a dud track on it.
 
Some others that I enjoy from go to whoa are:
Janes Addiction - Nothing Shocking.
Ministry - Psalm 69
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power and Far Beyond Driven,
 
Pixies - Bossanova and Doolittle.
Cruel Sea - Down Below.

 

[proedros]

desert island disc , all killers no fillers 

only for music lovers of the highest music taste (and no hipster/hyped/mediocre albums in here)

 

Spoiler: desert island disc

ABC - The Lexicon Of Love (1982)
 
 
ΑC / DC - Back In Black (1980) 
 
 
Alice In Chains - Jar Of Flies / Sap (1993)
 
 
Alice In Chains - Alice In Chains (1995)
 
 
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works II (1994)
 
 
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973) 
 
 
Biosphere - Substrata (1997)
 
 
David Bowie - Let's Dance (1983) 
 
 
Michael Brook - Live At The Aquarium (1992)
 
 
David Byrne & Brian Eno - My Life In the Bush Of Ghosts (1981)
 
 
Donald Byrd - Spaces And Places (1975) 
 
 
Can - Future Days (1973)
 
Cerrone - Supernature (1977)
 
 
Gene Clark - No Other (1974)
 
 
David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name (1971)
 
 
Dadawah - Peace And Love (1977)
 
 
Miles Davis - In A Silent Way (1969)
 
 
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew (1970)
 
 
Miles Davis - On the Corner (1972)
 
 
Miles Davis - Get Up With It (1974)
 
 
Miles Davis - Agharta (1975)
 
 
Miles Davis - Pangaea (1975)
 
 
Miles Davis - Dark Magus (1977)
 
 
 
 Dead Can Dance - Spiritchaser (1996)
 
 
Alexandre Desplat - Birth OST (2004)
 
 
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing.... (1996)
 
 
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band (1976)
 
 
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
 
 
Earth, Wind & Fire - That's The Way Of The World (1975) 
 
 
Earth, Wind & Fire - Spirit (1976) 
 
 
Earth, Wind & Fire - All 'N' All (1977) 
 
 
Brian Eno - Ambient 4 : On Land (1982)
 
 
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly (1982)
 
 
 
 
Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985)
 
 
Bryan Ferry - Bete Noire (1987) 
 
 
 
 
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977)
 
 
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982)
 
 
Funkadelic - Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On (1974)
 
 
Peter Gabriel - 3 ''Melt'' (1980)
 
 
Peter Gabriel - 4 ''Security'' (1982)
 
 
Marvin Gaye - What's Goin On (1971)
 
 
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973)
 
 
Marvin Gaye - I want You (1976)
 
 
Marvin Gaye - Here , My Dear (1978)
 
 
Manuel Göttsching - Inventions For Electric Guitar (1975)
 
 
 
 
Grails - Take Refuge In Clean Living (2008)
 
 
Guns 'n' Roses - Appetite For Destruction (1987)
 
 
Jane's Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual (1990)
 
 
King Crimson - Discipline (1981)
 
 
Kyuss - Blues For The Red Sun (1992)
 
 
Love - Forever Changes (1967)
 
 
Massive Attack - Mezzanine (1998)
 
 
Monster Magnet - Dopes To Infinity (1995)
 
 
Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schimlson (1971)
 
 
Nine Inch Nails  The Downward Spiral (1994)
 
 
 
 
Parliament - Mothership Connection (1975)
 
Parliament - Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome (1977)   
 
Pink Floyd - The Dark side Of The Moon (1973)
 
 
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (1975)
 
 
Pink Floyd - Animals (1977)
 
 
Pink Floyd - The Wall (1979) 
 
 
Pixies - Doolittle (1989)
 
 
Porcupine Tree - Voyage 34 (1993) 
 
 
Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways (1995)
 
 
Porcupine Tree - Signify (1996)
 
 
 
 
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1992)
 
 
R.E.M. - Automatic For The People (1992)
 
 
Roxy Music - Avalon (1980)
 
 
Rush - Moving Pictures (1981)
 
 
Rush - Signals (1982)
 
 
Rush - Grace Under Pressure (1984)
 
 
Rush - Power Windows (1985)
 
 
Santana - Abraxas (1970)
 
Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion (1992)
 
L. Shankar - Who's To Know (1981) 
 
 
Klaus Schulze - Timewind (1975) 
 
 
Sly And The Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' On (1971)
 
 
 
 
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (1993)
 
 
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger (1991)
 
 
Soundgarden - Superunknown (1994)
 
 
Soundgarden - Down On The Upside (1996)
 
 
Spiritualized - Lazer Guided Melodies (1992)
 
 
Steely Dan - Aja (1977)
 
 
Steely Dan - Gaucho (1980)
 
 
Donna Summer - Once Upon A Time (1977)
 
Donna Summer - Bad Girls (1979) 
 
 
Talk Talk - The Colour Of Spring (1986)
 
 
Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden (1988) 
 
 
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (1991)
 
 
 
 
Talking Heads - Fear Of Music (1979) 
 
 
Talking Heads - Remain In Light (1980)  
 
 
 Tangerine Dream - Ricochet (1975)
 
 
Tangerine Dream - Logos Live (1982)
 
 
Tangerine Dream - Poland (1984)
 
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (1966)
 
The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969)
 
 
The Future Sound Of London - Lifeforms (1994)
 
 
The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute (2005)
 
 
The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street (1972) 
 
 
The Verve - A Storm In Heaven (1993)
 
 
 
 
The Verve - A Northern Soul (1995)
 
 
Wham! - The Final (1986)
 
 
Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue (1977)
 
 
Neil Young - On The Beach (1974)  
 

 

[Spork67]

I thought I'd try expanding my musical horizons with some help from the above list.
Already have a number of the albums mentioned, grabbed a couple more.
 
Not minding Radiohead - Paranoid Android as I write this.
 
Does anyone want to buy a copy of Tool - Lateralus???

 

[Per Axel Hagne]

Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Eric Clapton - Unplugged (Remastered)
Vanessa Fernandez - Use Me (Must listen, incredible.) 
David Bowie - Blackstar
Alice in Chains - Unplugged
 
I got so many more but those are my favorites right now. All are very well mastered and mixed, beautiful recordings!
 
Keep rockin 

 

[rez11]

  Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Eric Clapton - Unplugged (Remastered)
Vanessa Fernandez - Use Me (Must listen, incredible.) 
David Bowie - Blackstar
Alice in Chains - Unplugged
 
I got so many more but those are my favorites right now. All are very well mastered and mixed, beautiful recordings!
 
Keep rockin 

Alice in Chains - No Excuses. what a great song on my 400i, planar bass so sweet, ty for that album!

 

[Jonathan40]

Moody Blues - Days of Future Past
Genesis - Wind and Wuthering
ELP - Brain Salad Surgery and Trilogy
Who's Next
Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Boston - Boston
Rush - Moving Pictures
Yes - Close to the Edge

 

[coolcat]

Did I already mention  Charles Mingus: The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady 
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
 
 

  Moody Blues - Days of FuturPe ast
Genesis - Wind and Wuthering
ELP - Brain Salad Surgery and Trilogy
Who's Next
Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Boston - Boston
Rush - Moving Pictures
Yes - Close to the Edge

the Moody Blues to me I would say  To Our Children's Children's Children, I think I love it that much to say It's a flawless album

 

[taffy2207]

Known/Learned [Double Album] by Arcane

 

[WhiteKnite]

After spending a while transferring the data to an Excel sheet so I could sort easily last night I saw the google doc version posted in the article comments https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1y9V9-wiDUMirHFDGS4BDfykq8CyKtrA-WcUoehQr0VA/edit#gid=0 LOL
 
Anyway the excel sheet was almost done so I'll probably finish it up tonight and post it.