Practically Perfect Albums (or CDs)

[Zulu Romeo]

I guess I should leave classical music and soundtracks out of this. Or else there would be a lot of Tchaikovsky.

A lot of Beethoven too, especially his Fifth Symphony.

And Orff's Carmina Burana.

And recordings I have of Elgar's 1st Symphony and Dvorak's Slavonic Dances.

And so on...

 

[SPOCKED]

Pound for pound.. note for note

it doesn't get much better than Goucho

 

[Nerdius Maximus]

Guns 'N Roses-Appetite For Destruction
Sex Pistols-Never Mind the Bollocks
Megadeth-Rust In Peace
Slayer-Raining Blood
AC/DC-Back In Black
Judas Priest-Painkiller
Beastie Boys-Licensed to Ill
Snoop Doggy Dogg-Doggystyle
Meat Loaf-Bat Out Of Hell
Metallica-Master of Puppets
White Zombie-Astrocreep 2000
Alice In Chains-Dirt

 

[Nerdius Maximus]

LED ZEPPELIN ~ LED ZEPPELIN 2
KING DIAMOND ~ ABIGAIL
PEEPING TOM ~ PEEPING TOM
MR. BUNGLE ~ CALIFORNIA
FAITH NO MORE ~ ANGEL DUST
JUDAS PRIEST ~ BRITISH STEEL
BLACK SABBATH ~ PARANOID
MERCYFUL FATE ~ THE OATH
MELVINS ~ OZMA

Abigail is so awesome.

 

[CorporalClegg]

^ I think it was just because Tom Scholz really is that good.

At least when he wasn't trying to perfect the ray gun.

 

[Yeoman Randi]

I'm also rather fond of Chicago Transit Authority although that's more "honorable mention" territory.

My god, yes!

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ I think it was just because Tom Scholz really is that good.

At least when he wasn't trying to perfect the ray gun.

Is the band even still around after Brad Delp died?

 

[Pingfah]

Stone Temple Pilots - Core

I was standing 10ft away from Scott Weiland singing Plush just 2 weeks ago.

They played Crackerman, Wicked Garden, Creep, Sex Type Thing and Dead and Bloated too, so that's about half of Core.

 

[1001001]

Love Over Gold, Dire Straits
Brothers in Arms, Dire Straits

You know, I wouldn't put either of those on my list, but I would put Making Movies on there for sure. Man, that's a great album...

 

[Timby]

^ I think it was just because Tom Scholz really is that good.

At least when he wasn't trying to perfect the ray gun.

Is the band even still around after Brad Delp died?

Michael Sweet, formerly of a Christian rock band, and Tommy DeCarlo are handling vocals for Boston, and have been since 2008.

 

[Roshi]

Let There Be Rock (Australian Release) - AC/DC

Atom Heart Mother, Meddle, Obscured By Clouds, The Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here and Animals - Pink Floyd

No Quarter - Jimmy Page & Robert Plant Unledded.



the Wall is de facto excluded since it's a Roger Waters album performed by Pink Floyd!

 

[PKTrekGirl]

Two Bruce Springsteen albums obviously make the cut:

Born to Run
Born in the USA

Being a hard-core Springsteen fan, I could add a few others (The River, for example), but those two are pretty much universally loved albums, even by people who are only marginal fans.


One from Pearl Jam:
Ten


One from Bon Jovi:
Slippery When Wet

New Jersey was very good too, but not quite of the perfection levels of Slippery When Wet.

 

[PKTrekGirl]

Brothers in Arms, Dire Straits
Rumours, Fleetwood Mac (one ordinary song aside)

Agreed on these two. Great catch!

 

[Chaos Descending]

Damn there have been so many albums mentioned in this thread that I can't believe I didn't think of when I posted my first post!

 

[Goliath]

Slayer-Reign in Blood

Fixed that for you.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Michael Sweet, formerly of a Christian rock band

He still is. He must be doubling up, as he's still a member of Stryper.

 

[Rincewiend]

3 Doors Down - Seventeen Days
Weezer - Blue Album/Green Album
Turin Brakes - Ether Song
Traveling Wilburys - Volume 1
They Might Be Giant - Flood
Supergrass - Supergrass, Diamond Hoo Ha
Super Furry Animals - Rings Around The World/Phantom Power
Sugababes - One Touch
Stone Temple Pilots - Core/Plush
Stereophonics - You Gotta Go There To Come Back/Language Sex Violence Other
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open/A Hundred Million Suns
Sky - Mind How You Go
Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow/C'mon, C'mon
Scissor Sisters - Ta-Dah
Santana - Shaman
Röyksopp - The Understanding
Reef - Glow
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
Queens Of The Stone Age - Queens Of The Stone Age/Lullabies To Paralyze
The Presidents Of The United States Of America - The Presidents Of The United States Of America
Pink - Try This
Pauk Simon - Graceland
Ok Go - Oh No
Nerina Pallot - Fires
Nelly Furtado - Folklore
Muse - Absolution
Morcheeba - Charango/Fragments Of Freedom
Maroon 5 - It Won't Be Soon Before Long
Maria Mena - White Turns Blue
Manic Street Preachers - Send Away The Tigers
Live - V
Linkin Park - Meteora
Labi Sifre- So Strong
Kylie Minogue - Light Years/Fever
KT Tunstall - Eye To The Telescope/Drastic Fantastic


More later on...

 

[Timby]

Michael Sweet, formerly of a Christian rock band

He still is. He must be doubling up, as he's still a member of Stryper.

If you knew this, then why did you need to ask whether or not Boston was still a band?

 

[Orac Zen]

"Parallel Lines" - Blondie

Yep. I meant to edit that into my list and forgot. Thanks for the reminder.

Love Over Gold, Dire Straits
Brothers in Arms, Dire Straits

You know, I wouldn't put either of those on my list, but I would put Making Movies on there for sure. Man, that's a great album...

Also a damned good album, but not quite as...perfect as the other two.

We can agree on U2, though.

 

[Colonel Green]

Guns 'N Roses-Appetite For Destruction

Greatest album of all time.