The "perfect" album

Most of the ones I would pick have been listed, but here are a few of my favorites:
K.T. Oslin-Songs from an Aging Sexbomb
Michelle Shocked-Short,Sharp,Shocked
Heart-Dreamboat Annie
Pink Floyd- The Final Cut
Santana-Abraxas
Devadip Santana-Oneness, a very cool album, a must have :)
Anything from Tracy Chapman, that girl can't sing a bad song.
 
Hey all,
Wow, what a great thread! Just have to add my two cents...or three, or four, or.....
*Nirvana - Nevermind (can't believe no one else chose that yet!)
.....in fact, just about every album of theirs (with the exception of 'Unplugged' IMHO) was nearly 'perfect'.
*Butthole Surfers - Independent Worm Saloon - weird at its best!
*Pixies - any album - (hats off to Dave 2238b for reminding me!)
*Beck - Mellow Gold
*Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park - ("...so, you thought Piper at the Gates of Dawn was 'trippy', did you?")
*Rage Against The Machine - self-titled - angry music for the masses!
*Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral - If you thought Johnny Cash wrote that great song 'Hurt', you owe it to yourself to check out this album!
>Also, Johnny, you got yerself some damn good picks there!
Paul's Boutique would definitely be near the top of the list for me, too!
Since rap seems to have been under-represented so far, I feel obliged to mention...
*Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (or ITANOMTHUB as I prefer to abbreviate it)
*Run DMC - Raising Hell - the album that started the hiphop trend (for better or for worse! :tongue: )
I'm sure there are lots of others, but we were only asked for one after all...
 
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Here are a few of mine:

Ramones - "Ramones"
Pink Floyd - "Wish You Were Here"
Concrete Blonde - "Still in Hollywood"
Van Morrison - "Astral Weeks"
Bob Marley - "Uprising" & "Babylon By Bus"
John Lee Hooker - "Boom Boom"
Stevie Ray Vaughan - "Texas Flood"

Great thread!!! Makes you really want to crank the volume

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Another favorite:
Robert Randolph & the Family Band - "Live at the Wetlands" (an amazing musician) :D

John
 
Here are a few that have yet to be mentioned.

The Band (and Friends) - The Last Waltz

Tom Petty - Wildflowers

The Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies

John Hiatt - Perfectly Good Guitar

Bob Dylan - hmmm, Did anyone mention Highway 61?

Traveling Wilburys - Volume Three
 
In no particular order.....

Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?

Grateful Dead - American Beauty

Pink Floyd - D.S.O.T.M.

Genesis - Selling England By The Pound

Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic

Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
 
Lots of good choices. Ill throw a few more in the mix:

Robin trower, Bridge of sighs

Montrose, Montrose

Herbie Hancock, Headhunters

Crawler, First album W/ Stone cold sober
 
Hey Jerry - That Crawler LP is killer. May have to dig it out & give it a spin this weekend. It's been a while.

Moon
 
Yes it was a VERY underated album. Mine has been played alot.
I may have to do a wet transfer to get it to CD.
 
I'll add a couple

Monks- bad habits
Bim(Roy forbes)- Anything you want or kid full of dreams
Melissa Ethridge- a few of them
Goose Creek Symphony- Words of Earnest
 
Bim and Roy Forbes are the same guy.

He's done alot of work throughout his carreer. Even had some songs on CND sesame street and CBC. has worked with Bill Henderson of Chilliwack and Shari Ulrich in the trio UHF(ulrich-henderson/forbes)

His own albums and I think he's done some procuction work for Konnie Kaldor as well as at least one album with her(maybe more)

Great BC talent

While I'm here I'll add jackson Brown- running on Empty to the list. I never tire of that album.
 
Wow,Running on Empty,that brings back memories.IMHO the only good lp of Browne's career.
 
Armymac,you have impeccable taste,Dylan and Hiatt!! Stand by for a pm

Best,

Alan
 
Tool - Stinkfist and Aenima
Ozzy-Diary of a madman
Pink floyd-final cut
Hendrix-Axis bold as love
NIN-pretty hate

Just to name a few
 
Best CD/LP

Beatles-Abby road.I have it on both LP and CD and use both to compare the performance of the CD player/TT cart combo as well as tube amp vrs gainclone.
ron
 
That's Funny,.........

I was going to post the question "Is Who's Next the best Rock Album of all Time?".

I saw that it was on a couple of people's list. I just bought the 1995 extended digital remaster and I've been playing it A LOT!!! This record is much better than I remember it being in the '70s.

This record ROCKS!!!! I love "WIFE"!!

Enjoy,

TIC
 
Wow! So many great choices!

I'm almost embarassed to post my favorites, although several have already been listed. Here goes nothing...

Seals & Crofts 'Diamond Girl'
Styx 'Kilroy Was Here'
Alison Krause 'New Favorite'
Willie Nelson 'Stardust'
Alice Kooper 'Killer'
Steppenwolf 'Monster'
Crosby, Stills, Nash 'Deja Vu'
Supertramp 'Breakfast In America'
Meatloaf 'Bat Out Of Hell'
Jethro Tull 'Aqualung'
Neil Diamond 'Hot August Night'
Mighty Sam McClain 'Soul Survivor'
Carla Lother 'Ephemera'
Fleetwood Mac 'Rumours'
Doors 'Soft Parade'

Most of what I listen to beginning to end are various artists or greatest hits- not really germane to this thread. I'm sure as soon as I post this, I'll think of others...

So much great music, so little time:)
 
Dang- can't believe I left out Richie Havens 'Great Blind degree'

Faith Hill's 'Cry' may move onto my list as I play it more often... not a stinker on this CD.
 
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