[Music] Definition of the Perfect album-Very few albums will cut the mustard on this

[Mellotron]

No album fits every mood - that's just silly.

Agree with this. A truly great album SHOULDN'T fit every mood. Only easy listening albums do that.

 

[Mellotron]

In Rainbows - Radiohead


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Decent shout. Really nice album, absolutely lush production.

Also Revolver - The Beatles comes close but....Yellow Submarine is on it. So close.

 

[Rich Suvner]

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All killer
Pivotal
Iconic cover
And , yes I dare say it could fit into any mood, except maybe a candle lit dinner for two.


Bubbling under, I would say :
Machine Gun Etiquette - The Damned
Highway To Hell - AC/DC

Ha, Sex Pistols match your mood most of the time. Jeez!!!! You must get tired being that angry.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

I'm sure we did this yesterday. And the answer is the same, The Dark Side of the Moon

..although the Juno soundtrack album also works, funnily enough

 

[Whitechapel]

An absolute masterpiece of storytelling and arguably the best Hip-Hop album of the century so far

 

[loz]

Thats a hard question.

NMTB - Sex Pistols, Changed the way I listened to music.

Stations of Crass- Crass, Changed my whole way of thinking.

But a little known LP that came out a couple of years ago by a Brighton band called POG, is right up there. I recommend, Between the station and the sea. It all about Brighton and Brighton folk a simply suburb bit of work. Every track is just so well written IMHO.

 

[Mellotron]

I'm sure we did this yesterday. And the answer is the same, The Dark Side of the Moon

..although the Juno soundtrack album also works, funnily enough

Coupla slightly stinky ones on there in my opinion.

 

[raymondo]

Innervisions; Stevie Wonder

 

[studio150]

and there's no such thing as perfect length or cover.

I would suggest that when you consider the album cover with the music, then Argus is the perfect cover.



It fits perfectly with the songs

Time Was
Sometime World
Blowin' Free
The King Will Come
Leaf And Stream
Warrior
Throw Down The Sword

and at 44.45 is the perfect length for a single vinyl album

 

[nigeyb]

New Order Low-life

 

[PFJ]

Ha, Sex Pistols match your mood most of the time. Jeez!!!! You must get tired being that angry.

Ha ha ha, compared to some of the stuff I listen to, this is a jolly upbeat perfect rock and roll album. Now, any long exposure to Discharge, and I would agree with you.

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

these two:





Sonic, visual and lyrical perfection. Both of them. Beautiful, beautiful albums.

 

[jimhigham]

Quite simply... perfect. The final track also has a euphoric double crescendo. Scott Walker laces the entire production with gold.

 

[Badger]

I've had this album for over 6 years and I'd say it ticks all the boxes for me. There's never a time when it isn't a candidate for what I want to listen to right now.

 

[jakarta]

Space Ritual - Hawkwind - all their best stuff performed live plus POETRY!!!! Welcome To The Future.....

 

[Dolph Ins]

Coming from the vinyl generation I would often only listen to 1 side of an album. Recently hearing some Lloyd Cole I got Rattlesnakes on CD thinking I've really loved that album but on listening to it I found side 2 was a virtual mystery to me.

So albums I have listened to, all the way through, more times than is good for my mental health are Dark Side of the Moon and Bat Out of Hell.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

Pretty much the same thread as I did last night

But yours has a punctuation error in the thread title.

 

[Superphil]

Gong - Camembert Electrique
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
Motörhead- 1916
Guns n Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Metallica - Metallica
Slaughter and the Dogs - Do it Dog Style
Kendal Carson - Rearview Mirror Tears

Not a single filler on any of those beauties.

 

[Superphil]

Between 3 for me;

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David Bowie - Low - some songs IN ISOLATION may not hold up but when listened to as an album in order, they all do.

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Really good call, IMO best listened to in a slightly darkened room, or when driving at night with the volume turned up, same with Lodger.

 

[LamieRobertson]

There are a few albums from my youth that fit the bill...from the good old vinyl days