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

[rocker959]

Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross

 

[Trotty]

Mirage - Camel

 

[El Presidente]

SLF Inflammable Material

Joy Division: Closer

Steps: The Ultimate Collection

 

[wallyback]

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.

Ziggy, in my mind, slips up with It ain't easy.

 

[carlzeiss]

This .

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[Chris45]

Heaven and Hell, Black Sabbath.

 

[maffew]

These all ALMOST fit the bill
The Streets - A Grand Dont Come for Free
Moby - Play
Leftfield - Leftism
The Prodigy -The Prodigy Experience
Future Sound of London - Lifeforms
The Strokes - Is this it
White Stripes - Elephant
Boom

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Orbital - In sides.

though have to take issue with the criteria of "maintain a narrative". very few albums have a narrative, they are a collection of work not necessarily a story.
and there's no such thing as perfect length or cover.

I think you might be taking the term narrative too literally. There was a similar thread a few months back and I posted Master of Puppets. This album certainly maintains a narrative but more the story of the band and their trajectory at the time, although some tracks from this album certainly have a theme. Narrative can also mean a set of songs that “fit” together, in whatever way. Narrative doesn’t necessarily have to mean a literal story or theme in all the songs imho.

 

[El Presidente]

This .

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Touring this year too!

Saw them in Brighton in 1984 and Jaz Coleman was very very Jaz Coleman, brilliant stuff.

 

[Half Time Pies]

Very few albums meet this criteria as they normally have at least one or two bum songs however for me personally:
Letfield - Leftism, perfection all the way through and 23 years on still sounds fresh.
The Verve - urban hymns
Ocean Colour Scene - Mosley Shoals
Radiohead - OK computer

 

[£1.99]

If you have never listen to this album you have missed something truly special.

https://youtu.be/Q2afD0B0I-g

 

[Superphil]

Mirage - Camel

Doug Ferguson played in the band at our wedding :guitar:

 

[cheshunt seagull]

I can't find too much fault with these:

Liege and Lief: Fairport Convention
Pink Moon: Nick Drake
Stooges: Fun House
Kraftwerk: Trans Europe Express
Serge Gainsbourg: Histoire de Melody Nelson
Yes: Close to the Edge
Joni Mitchell: Hejira

 

[El Presidente]

Depeche Mode: Violator
The Cure: Disintegration

 

[larus]

Meatloaf - Bat Out Of Hell
SLF - Inflammable Meterial
AC/DC - Back In Black
Def Leppard - Hysteria
Metallica - Metallica.