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Does anyone have any albums they'd consider perfect? I mean, every note of every song? Like, you can't put a song from it on a mixtape because you don't want to break up the record? Be very strict and think before you answer. The only album I can think of, after two days of thinking (not constantly, but, you know, on the toilet and stuff) is After the Goldrush.

BONUS points if you can name an ARTIST who is without flaw. I'm talkin' no "She's Electric," no "Rocky Raccoon"...NOTHING in the canon that you wouldn't wanna hear in any given situation.

― roger adultery, Wednesday, 17 December 2003 01:34 (twenty-two years ago)

EBTG "amplified heart"

― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 01:36 (twenty-two years ago)

I like "She's Electric".... = /

― Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 01:37 (twenty-two years ago)

single album : robert wyatt - rock bottom

never a dull moment?? i think that's impossible

― phil turnbull (philT), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 01:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Spirit of Eden by Talk Talk. Perfection from start to finish. Not a bum track, nor a bum note, nor a moment wasted.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 01:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Who's Next
Alien Lanes
Tonight's the Night
Fun House
I'd be surprised if anyone could think of a perfect band.

― otto, Wednesday, 17 December 2003 02:00 (twenty-two years ago)

galaxie 500 "this is our music"

(i hope i don't need to restate that this is my opinion and don't expect anyone to share it)

― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 02:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Nah. The only thing on that record I like is the Yoko cover (that WAS that record, right?)

Whos' Next I won't comment on because I don't like The Who.

I considered Alien Lanes, but I don't like a few songs on there. Ditto for Bee Thousand (never got the fascination with "Hot Freaks")

Tonights the Night, Fun House and Spirit of Eden are all good choices, tho I can't remember the last time I actually pulled Fun House out and listened to it.

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 02:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Liege & Lief
Hejira

― pete s, Wednesday, 17 December 2003 02:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Mr. Bungle California. The kinda piece of music I think everyone should be given the chance to hear at least once in life.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 02:08 (twenty-two years ago)

some prog :

Univers Zero - "Heresie"
Magma - "Mekanik Destructiw Kommandoh"

"Spirit Of Eden", definitely. Also Neil Young - "On The Beach", although I'm wavering a bit on "Vampire Blues".

― udu wudu (udu wudu), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 02:09 (twenty-two years ago)

sheesh, how predictable is my list?

in the aeroplane over the sea
astral weeks
black saint and the sinner lady
out of step
double nickels on the dime
rock bottom
the who sell out (really!)
faust iv

― yetimike (McGonigal), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 02:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Faust 4 has "The Sad Skinhead" - kinda corny.

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 02:12 (twenty-two years ago)

the stooges come pretty close to a no-clunker history with their 3.

― scott seward, Wednesday, 17 December 2003 02:15 (twenty-two years ago)

haujobb - solutions for a small planet.

― fletrejet, Wednesday, 17 December 2003 02:15 (twenty-two years ago)

The Strokes, The Stooges

― sam bloch, Wednesday, 17 December 2003 02:16 (twenty-two years ago)

"sad skinhead" totally WORKS in the context of the record, though, and it shows that even though they were german they had a sense of humor, however corny it may be. it also has cool treated vocals.

― yetimike (McGonigal), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 02:16 (twenty-two years ago)

and one of the greatest titles of all time.

― scott seward, Wednesday, 17 December 2003 02:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Predictably enough, "Loveless" is the only album I feel this strongly about.

― rainman (rainman), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 02:19 (twenty-two years ago)

how could i forget loveless on my list???
that's like counting up all the people in the room and forgetting yourself. i love that album so much i'm tempted to put rafael toral's "wave field" on as well!

― yetimike (McGonigal), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 02:21 (twenty-two years ago)

loveless gets big big thumbs down for "touched"

― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 02:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, I really like Touched, it's the end of the record I find kinda boring

the STROKES??!?!?!? Not to start a big thing here or nuthin,' but....

the STROKES??!?!?!!

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 02:23 (twenty-two years ago)

"Skylarking" has no weak tracks.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 02:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Roxy Music - Siren
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Naughty Boys
Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids
Magazine - The Correct Use of Soap

All perfect to me. 'Tin Drum' would be perfect if not for "Ghosts," which disrupts things.

― Patrick South (Patrick South), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 02:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Comsat Angels - Sleep No More. Oh, I'll definitely put a song on a mix, I don't think it's unbreakupable like Spirit of Eden (besides, isn't that a different question anyway?), but there's not a wasted moment on the record.

― Clarke B., Wednesday, 17 December 2003 02:56 (twenty-two years ago)

The Modern Lovers - st'd

Hands down perfect.

― may pang (maypang), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 03:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Asian Dub Foundation - Rafi's revenge
Blur - Parklife
Johnny Cash - American Recordings
Massive Attack - Blue Lines
Pulp - Different Class
Talking Heads - More Songs about Buildings and Food
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

haha one of these bands is not like the others.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 03:07 (twenty-two years ago)

There's a Riot Goin' On, Sign 'O' the Times, Call Me

― M Matos (M Matos), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 03:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Marvin Gaye "What's Going On"

I don't think I ever put it on without playing from start to finish

― webcrack (music=crack), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 03:18 (twenty-two years ago)

slayer - reign in blood.
public enemy - fear of a black planet.
klf - chill out.
grateful dead - american beauty.
autechre - amber.
method man - tical.
pixies - doolittle.
massive attack v mad professor - no protection.

― newnumbertwo, Wednesday, 17 December 2003 03:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Put me down for Doolittle as well.

― may pang (maypang), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 03:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Also:

Afghan Whigs "Up In It"
Slowdive "Souvlaki"

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― webcrack (music=crack), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 03:21 (twenty-two years ago)

REM, Murmur
The Jesus Lizard, Goat
Van Morrison, Astral Weeks
Van Morrison, Veedon Fleece
The Clash, London Calling
Elvis Costello, This Year's Model
John Coltrane, Coltrane's Sound
Pere Ubu, Dub Housing
Talking Heads, More Songs About Buildings and Food
Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited
Common Sense, Resurrection
Nas, Illmatic

Granted, I wouldn't want to hear any of those "in any given situation." But that's a dozen albums, none of which have a single weak track anywhere on them.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 03:21 (twenty-two years ago)

And replace theat Coltrane album with the one of your choice. Many of them could be considered flawless.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 03:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Big Star, Radio City
Fugazi, Red Medicine

With Coltrane, I'd go more for Crescent or A Love Supreme [not that ColtraneSound isn't great!]

― usual channels, Wednesday, 17 December 2003 03:32 (twenty-two years ago)

This is all a bit relative, though, innit? I mean, "weak" is really in the ear of the listener. For example, as much as I love Blue Lines by Massive Attack (and I do), I'd hardly call, say, "Hymn of the Big Wheel" flawless.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 03:34 (twenty-two years ago)

bark psychosis 'hex'

― keith m (keithmcl), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 03:42 (twenty-two years ago)

These albums I play in full all the time

Brian Eno - Another Green World
Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked
Digable Planets - Reachin'
The Clash - The Clash
Pet Shop Boys - Very
Captain Beefheart - Shiny Beast
Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady

― tipustiger, Wednesday, 17 December 2003 03:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Yall are REALLY stretching.

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 03:47 (twenty-two years ago)

I hear the eagerly awaited debut from the Fast Food Rockers is a
100%er

― pete s, Wednesday, 17 December 2003 03:47 (twenty-two years ago)

This is all a bit relative, though, innit? I mean, "weak" is really in the ear of the listener.

True. I'm operating along the lines of 'every song that comes on in order I am happy to hear it and don't want to hear a different song instead', which isn't really the same as 'no (objectively) weak tracks'. I'm critical enough that I could find some flaw in any record, so I couldn't ever satisfy this standard with my own listening ear.

― webcrack (music=crack), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 04:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Murder by Death's new CD, if "I have to force myself to use a different CD as a palate cleanser/burnout preventer between listens" can be part of the standard here... though maybe I should wait till the thing's cooled in my bowels for a few months before I say something like that? Also A Different Class seconded. Or wait... actually maybe Pulp's last album is more... eh... I'm too tired to make up my mind...

― Ann Sterzinger (Ann Sterzinger), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 04:12 (twenty-two years ago)

The Cure - _Seventeen Seconds_, _Faith_, _Pornography_
Depeche Mode - _Construction Time Again_, _Some Great Reward_, _Black Celebration_, _Violator_, _Ultra_
Prince - _Purple Rain_, _Around The World In A Day_, _Parade_, _Lovesexy_, _Emancipation_
The Smiths - _Hatful of Hollow_
Lush - _Gala_
Orbital - 2, _In Sides_
Lamb - _S/T_
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - _I See Good Spirits, I See Bad Spirits_, _Confessions Of A Knife_
The Prodigy - _Music For The Jilted Generation_
Pet Shop Boys - _Please_, _Actually_, _Behavior_, _Alternative_
Massive Attack - _Blue Lines_, _Mezzanine_
Gravediggaz - _6 Feet Deep_
The Creatures - _Boomerang_, _Hai!_
Radiohead - _Kid A_, _Hail To The Theif_
Janet Jackson - _Control_
Poem-Cees - _Paranoia_

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 04:18 (twenty-two years ago)

I second Call Me. Good call, Matos.

― Chris O., Wednesday, 17 December 2003 04:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Pizzicato Five, Happy End of the World.
Marty Stuart, The Pilgrim.
Bersuit Vergabarat, Hijos del Culo.
Milton Nascimento/Lo Borges, Clube da Esquina.
James Brown, The Payback.
L.L. Cool J, Bigger and Deffer.
MC Lyte, Eyez on This.
Miles Davis, E.S.P..
Thin Lizzy, Jailbreak.

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 04:37 (twenty-two years ago)

elvis krall-costello::_armed forces_,_this years model_

peter gabriel :: _2_

gang of four :: _entertainment_

fennesz :: _endless summer_

young marble giants :: _colossal youth_

...i would also take ymg for the bonus answer.

― william (william), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 04:54 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm noticing that a lot of these albums just don't have weak tracks on them because all the songs sound near identical to one another. If you like one, chances are you're going to like them all.

― may pang (maypang), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 04:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Unless, you know.. I'm just not picking up on the subtleties of something like Colossal Youth.

― may pang (maypang), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 05:00 (twenty-two years ago)

I bet all your favorite albums sound the same all the way through to someone who isn't familiar with them.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 05:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Well I wasn't basing my comments on any of the above albums I wasn't familiar with.

― may pang (maypang), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 05:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Dan Perry, I love you, you know it and we all know it, but you are FUCKED UP IN THE HEAD if you think Emancipation belongs in this category.

― M Matos (M Matos), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 05:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Ben Folds Five - s/t

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 05:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I just thought of some more.

Radiohead, Kid A
Black Dog, Spanners
Tricky, Maxinquaye
De La Soul, Stakes Is High
Brian Eno, Music for Airports (why would anybody bother skipping tracks?)
The Beatles, Abbey Road
Badly Drawn Boy, The Hour of Bewilderbeast
Shuggie Otis, Inspiration Information
Tortoise, THC... er... TNT
Sam Cooke, Night Beat

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 05:28 (twenty-two years ago)

And Fun House, and Pet Sounds, and really lots of albums. The world is filled with great albums! There is no reason to fear death!

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 05:30 (twenty-two years ago)

roger adultery OTM

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 05:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Except I'm breaking the rules all over the place. None of the albums I mentioned are un-mix-tape-able (except Music for Airports). But they don't have any bad songs, fer sure.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 05:33 (twenty-two years ago)

television - marquee moon

― furrysnake, Wednesday, 17 December 2003 05:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Dude, I love that Badly Drawn Boy album, but that's a perfect example of a record that's too stuffed: "Body Rap"??

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 05:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Heh heh... you're right. But it's only 45 seconds long. I don't skip it. In fact, I forgot completely about it.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 05:49 (twenty-two years ago)

rock bottom vote here

― gaz (gaz), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 05:59 (twenty-two years ago)

mae::I'm noticing that a lot of these albums just don't have weak tracks on them because all the songs sound near identical to one another. If you like one, chances are you're going to like them all.Unless, you know.. I'm just not picking up on the subtleties of something like Colossal Youth.

"credit in the straight world" sounds nothing like "clicktalk" which in turn sounds nothing like "include me out",ditto "colossal youth". as was stated elsewhere about *the ear of the listener*,but i don't think it all sounds the same.

...amd oh ya::
flux ::_uncarved block_ ....this has to be played in it's entirety to appreciate it.

― william (william), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 06:14 (twenty-two years ago)

haujobb - solutions for a small planet.

Sax solo?

― Xii (Xii), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 06:34 (twenty-two years ago)

...i would also take ymg for the bonus answer.

Unfortunately "Zebra Trucks" and "Sporting Life" are a bit weak--sound like demos. "Colossal Youth" is one of the many albums that lost their perfection thanks to extra cd tracks.

Yay Sell Out (w/out extra tracks), Pet Sounds (ditto), More Songs, Faust IV, Rock Bottom, There's a Riot, but I'll take "What Makes a Man Start Fires?" over "Double Nickles" any day... Very strange to see any Grateful Dead album listed.

― kdjfe, Wednesday, 17 December 2003 07:22 (twenty-two years ago)

doolittle if it wasn't for that 13 song (which is not bad, but sort of breaks the whole masterpiece of the CD)
And I'd also say Soundgarden's "Superunknown", but I'm too prejudiced in favor of them, so its too subjective.

― Cacaman Flores, Wednesday, 17 December 2003 07:24 (twenty-two years ago)

KLF - Chill Out seconded.
Also Black Sabbath - Paranoid

― M Carty (mj_c), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 08:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Mighty Diamonds---Right Time
Nas---Illmatic
Congos---Heart of the Congos
Burning Spear---Marcus Garvey
GZA---Liquid Swords
Mingus---Blues and Roots
Fela Kuti---Expensive Shit

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 08:37 (twenty-two years ago)

It's easy if the record has only two or three tracks...

Miles Davis: "In a Silent Way"
Herbie Hancock: "Sextant"
Pharoah Sanders: "Karma"
Tahir: "Homecoming"
Ice Cube: "AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted"
Gravediggaz: "Six Feet Deep"
Innerzone Orchestra: "Programmed"
Omni Trio: "Haunted Science"
4 Hero: "Two Pages"
Jaco Pastorius: s/t
Recloose: "Cardiology"
ARROU: s/t
Baked Beans: "Bean Me up Scotty"
Yello: "Stella"

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 08:49 (twenty-two years ago)

there is no record that I can remember every single note out of. there are plenty where I have the 'oh every note is perfect' thought after its finished.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 08:51 (twenty-two years ago)

That is very 'free improv' of you to say, Julio!

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 09:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Album : Boo Radleys - "Giant Steps"

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 09:24 (twenty-two years ago)

I second In a Silent Way and Marcus Garvey. Also Kind of Blue.

― pete s, Wednesday, 17 December 2003 10:11 (twenty-two years ago)

"Isn't anything".
"Poem of the river" or "Forever breathes the lonely word".
"Circuses and bread".

And I'll agree with everyone else about "Spirit of Eden".

― Rob M (Rob M), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 10:25 (twenty-two years ago)

"She's electric" is the greatest song ever written.

― Jole, Wednesday, 17 December 2003 10:26 (twenty-two years ago)

"loveless"
"the pleasure principle"
"hot rats"
"station to station"
"trans-europe express"
"ocean rain"
"taking tiger mountain (by strategy)"
"the blueprint"

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 10:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Suicide Suicide
Since there have been a few other Eno suggestions ( Another Green world fits the mdel of something you'd always want to listen to all the way through, certainly) I bid Here Come The Warm Jets

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 10:59 (twenty-two years ago)

''That is very 'free improv' of you to say, Julio!''

heh, well that is def the case with improvised music on record. the best ones are where most of the notes played are made to 'feel right'.

but anyway, the point is that I'm impreesed that many of you have very good memories for records.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 11:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Perhaps that has something to do with how much people listen to those records.

― man, Wednesday, 17 December 2003 11:13 (twenty-two years ago)

the more you listen the more perfect it seems to be.

I think there are records i consider to be perfect that I'll pull out once or twice a year.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 11:39 (twenty-two years ago)

I'll second whoever mentioned "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea". Taking any song off that record would be criminal.

Surely SFA have released a filler-less album? Hell, "Phantom Power" is pretty much perfect as it is. It even has one of my favorite b-sides of the year, "Summer Snow".

― Simon H., Wednesday, 17 December 2003 11:40 (twenty-two years ago)

For me personally (I don't expect anyone else to agree):

Nirvana - Nevermind. Maybe the production's a bit too slick, but as far as the songs are concerned it's a perfect pop-rock album, in my limited and youthful opinion.
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless. There's nothing on this album I would change.
Slayer's Reign in Blood and Metallica's Master of Puppets are as near-perfect as metal albums get.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 11:55 (twenty-two years ago)

There are a few:

The The: Dusk
A Tribe Called Quest: People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm
Massive Attack vs. Mad Professor: No Protection
Zero 7: Simple Things
Frank Black & The Catholics: Frank Black & The Catholics

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 12:05 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm officially retiring from this thread, as I am quite disappointed by some of the mediocrity being bandied about as perfect around here. Picking After The Goldrush took a lot of time, because I realized that no matter how much I loved some other albums, they weren't 'perfect.' Of course opinions are like assholes, blah blah blah, but truthfully, some of you are really showing your age here: Parklife, Is This It?, Skylarking, Tical, Hatful of Hollow (a COMPILATION, fer chrissakes), Ocean Rain, and Eyez on This are just a few that got me yelling "WHAT??" out loud to the befuddlement of my formerly sleeping dog.

I expected Loveless, Stooges, Modern Lovers, Fennesz, YMG, etc, and though I can contest them all, I admire those entries. But jesus christ, there's more filler on Different Class than any other (admittedly) good album I can think of. After "Something's Changed" who listens? Do you REALLY think the KLF made a 'perfect' album ever? Shit, I'd be embarrassed to even listen to Chill Out with the windows open. Suicide is two, maybe three songs.

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 12:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Did you actually expect to be satisfied with this thread?

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 12:40 (twenty-two years ago)

great expectations ... i actually feel quite flattered that you had such high hopes for us, rog.

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 12:42 (twenty-two years ago)

erm, does an album have to be deemed a classic by others before it's "ok" to name it on this thread then? what a subservient way to live.

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 12:45 (twenty-two years ago)

No, Ronan, it just has to have some semblance of not being awful. That doesn't include "That's Really Super, Supergirl" or "Ballet for a Rainy Day" or...

Besides, if I was such a purist, I might not have dissed Suicide, would I?

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 12:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Okay, I've been specifically not popping in here and making a big vacuous list of albums I like, but since that seems to be the thing to do, here are some of my other non-Mr.-Bungle-California nominees for Perfect Album:

Gang of Four - Entertainment!
Bjork - Vespertine
The Roots - Phrenology
Tom Waits - Nighthawks at the Diner

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 14:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Also:

Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
Talking Heads - Remain in Light and that thur one 'bout buildings and food
Fishbone - The Reality of My Surroundings
Ani DiFranco - Dilate
Sigur Ros - Von and Agaetis Byrjun and ()
The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
Deltron 3030 - s/t
Miles Davis - In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew and Files De Kilmanjaro and Sketches of Spain and On the Corner and The Sorcerer and Kind of Blue and Rated X

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 14:22 (twenty-two years ago)

James Brown - Live at the Apollo '68

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 14:23 (twenty-two years ago)

roger- we obv have a lot to learn.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 14:26 (twenty-two years ago)

After "Something's Changed" who listens?

You might have had an argument if you'd suggested stopping after F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E, but as it stands... asshat.

nickalicious: There is filler on Deltron, in fairness. New Coke, for example.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 14:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh yeah I forgot about that. And the Paul Barman "I keep my dreadlocks in a napkin ring" bit too. They actually don't really interfere with the progression of the album so much though I think as they just seem really out of place in the story. Like, expat-mech-pilot-goes-underground-MC-rebel-alliance-oh-wait-here's-Money-Mark-talking-like-an-old-man-okay-back-to-it-then. It's like those side games in Final Fantasy or something.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 14:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Although I'm now reminded of one of my favoritest albums of all time that makes a great beginning-to-ender: Lovage.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 14:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun
Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
Magma - Live/Hhai
Mouse on Mars - Iaora Tahiti
Scott Walker - Tilt
Jacques Thollot - Cinq Hops
Randy Newman - Live

― dleone (dleone), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 15:06 (twenty-two years ago)

aw man what the hell
what's unperfect about Lyte's
Eyez on This, Roger?

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 15:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Tuomas proves that every album has its fans by taking what it possibly one of the blandest, most irritating albums ever recorded (_Haunted Science_) and placing it on this list.

Also, Matos: You know I'm right about _Emancipation_, give in.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 15:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Disintegration

― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 15:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Hejira

― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 15:33 (twenty-two years ago)

She Hangs Brightly

― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 15:34 (twenty-two years ago)

"Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space"

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 15:36 (twenty-two years ago)

A'ight just a couple more:

Pink Floyd - Meddle
Money Mark - Mark's Keyboard Repair
Janes Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
Dr. Dooom - First Come First Served

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 15:56 (twenty-two years ago)

THE ABSOLUTELY PERFECT ALBUM: Spirit of Eden
THE ABSOLUTELY PERFECT ARTIST: Nick Drake

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 16:15 (twenty-two years ago)

It's My Life is a better album. I would have agreed with you all there.

I think it's time for me to go. Rock on, y'all.

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 16:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I agree that this may be nothing more than an exercise in futility but, mine are better. I agree with oops on Expensive Shit (how couldn't you?) and nickalicious with some of the Miles Davis catalogue but the rest of you guys...

Natty Dread -- Bob Marley & The Wailers
Honky Tonk Heroes -- Waylon Jennings
Bye Bye Blackbird -- Keith Jarrett
Muswell Hillbillies -- The Kinks
Nashville Skyline -- Bob Dylan
Coney Island Baby -- Lou Reed
New Day Rising -- Hüsker Dü
Express -- Love & Rockets
Meddle -- Pink Floyd

Sunday at the Village Vanguard -- Bill Evans Trio
Live At Royal Lyceum -- The Corries
Rocks the House -- Etta James
PNYC -- Portishead

Poke away.

― christoff (christoff), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 16:28 (twenty-two years ago)

"Expensive Shit" and "Water Get No Enemy" are two of my favoritest songs of all time, btw. The CD I have pairs Expensive Shit with He Miss Road, BOTH of which are albums of the highest caliber. The two together, just unbelievably great.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 16:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Fiery Furnaces - Gallowsbird's Bark

― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 17:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Dan, "Da Da Da" fucking SUCKS, dude.

― M Matos (M Matos), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 20:43 (twenty-two years ago)

i think this became the stupidest thread ever.

― Dean Gulberry (deangulberry), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 20:48 (twenty-two years ago)

I can think of a lot of albums where there is no moment I dislike, but some moments are still better - a lot better - than others. Perhaps that's what Roger is getting at.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 20:51 (twenty-two years ago)

The only two I can think of are:

Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
Kristin Hersh - Sunny Border Blue

― Ben Dot (1977), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 23:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Haha, MM that's one of my faves on the album!

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 23:47 (twenty-two years ago)

"Ghosts" is of course the most beautiful thing David Sylvian has ever been involved with. So if "Tin Drum" is not perfect (it is close IMO), then "Ghost" is definitely not the reason why.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 18 December 2003 01:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Nick Drake - Pink Moon

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 18 December 2003 01:20 (twenty-two years ago)

i feel bad for letting roger down.

― keith m (keithmcl), Thursday, 18 December 2003 01:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Dan you are INSANE

― M Matos (M Matos), Thursday, 18 December 2003 02:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Two by Dylan:
Highway 61 Revisited
and Live 1966

― Burr (Burr), Thursday, 18 December 2003 14:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Dylan-Blood on the Tracks
Zappa-Waka/Jawaka
Zevon-Excitable Boy
Weather Report-Mysterious Traveller
Elvis Costello-Imperial Bedroom
Led Zeppelin-House of the Holy

Terribly mainstream, I suppose

― Dave Vinson (Gaughin), Thursday, 18 December 2003 16:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Blood on the Tracks may not have a weak track in an absolute sense, but relatively speaking, "Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts", stands out as an obvious contender for that title. Also, Highway 61 Revisited has "Queen Jane Approximately", which again, though not a bad song, isn't quite up to the level of the others on the album. I might be willing to grant Nashville Skyline though.

― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 18 December 2003 20:36 (twenty-two years ago)

"BONUS points if you can name an ARTIST who is without flaw."

Velvet Underground. (how much do I get, 100 or 500 pts?)

― A Nairn (moretap), Thursday, 18 December 2003 20:50 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf400/f432/f43262ywknd.jpg

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd500/d521/d521023qvv2.jpg

but maybe you have looser standards than I!

― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Thursday, 18 December 2003 20:53 (twenty-two years ago)

those are fake and extraneous so there for disqualified

― A Nairn (moretap), Thursday, 18 December 2003 21:01 (twenty-two years ago)

How often do you listen to "The Gift," A Nairn?

― otto, Thursday, 18 December 2003 21:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Lots, that's a classic. The story with it's the uneasy feeling at the end, and John Cales delivery, do I even need to defend it?

― A Nairn (moretap), Thursday, 18 December 2003 21:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Uh, yeah. How many times can you hear that song before it gets old? I have better things to do with eight minutes of my life than listen to John Cale read a Lou Reed short story. Maybe it was daring in 1968, but now it's just annoying. You find out the ending, and then maybe you listen to it two or three more times, and then skip it forever after. That said, the rest of the album's not bad.

― otto, Thursday, 18 December 2003 21:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Sorry, that sounds a little harsh. I have a tendency to be hard on the Velvet Underground since I've been told my whole life how great they are. It's the punk in me. And I really don't have better things to do with my life than listen to "The Gift," at least not all the time.

― otto, Thursday, 18 December 2003 23:03 (twenty-two years ago)

These cannot be fucked with (though you can fuck to them very nicely).

SPACEMEN 3: THE PERFECT PRESCRIPTION
MILES DAVIS: ON THE CORNER
FUNKADELIC: FUNKADELIC
TERRY RILEY: IN C

― Dave Segal (Da ve Segal), Friday, 19 December 2003 01:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, and add this to that list...

LOOP: HEAVEN'S END

― Dave Segal (Da ve Segal), Friday, 19 December 2003 01:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Kinks "Village Green" (Man, you'd think I produced that damn album for the amount I praise it)
Exploding Hearts "Guitar Romantic"
Wire "Pink Flag"
Wire "Chairs Missing"
I second, or third, or fourth "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea"
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy "I See a Darkness"

― Kate Silver (Kate Silver), Friday, 19 December 2003 01:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Wire would have been a good candidate for the "bonus" question had they not reunited (or released "Document/Eyewitness").

― bedbug, Friday, 19 December 2003 06:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Kate Bush "Hounds of Love"
Siouxsie & Banshees "The Scream"

― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Friday, 19 December 2003 08:48 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

tho I can't remember the last time I actually pulled Fun House out and listened to it.

-- roger adultery

Everyone should do this more often. I was inspired to by the Funhouse vs . Raw Power discussions of last week. Goddamn that Funhouse rules.

― Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 20 March 2005 08:25 (twenty-one years ago)

i listened to it five times the other day. i love CDs like that. I'd probably listen to, say, Exile on Main St. a lot more if it wasn't such a mammoth...

― poortheatre (poortheatre), Sunday, 20 March 2005 08:36 (twenty-one years ago)

"She's Electric" is among my fave tracks on "Morning Glory".

I would say "Skylarking" has no dead points. Really none on Genesis' "Selling England By The Pound" either.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 20 March 2005 15:45 (twenty-one years ago)

this is baloney: there's always a weak track and it's always track #6.

― jones (actual), Sunday, 20 March 2005 16:13 (twenty-one years ago)

i would think that even on an album where there are no bad songs there is STILL the weakest song that you tend to skip sometimes. it's relative.

― ryan (ryan), Sunday, 20 March 2005 16:44 (twenty-one years ago)

The Chameleons - Strange Times, What Does Anything Mean? Basically

I suspect their record might be absolutely impeccable, but I haven't heard any of their other albums in full.

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Sunday, 20 March 2005 16:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Wowee Zowee. You know I'm right.

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 20 March 2005 17:39 (twenty-one years ago)

"BONUS points if you can name an ARTIST who is without flaw."

Mike "The Streets" Skinner

― Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 20 March 2005 18:08 (twenty-one years ago)

ten years pass...

Wowee Zowee. You know I'm right.
― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, March 20, 2005

Western Homes, is that the last song?

― Iago Galdston, Monday, 21 September 2015 09:05 (ten years ago)

Magazine - The Correct Use of Soap

very happy to see this mentioned above -
I can understand that many people would consider the Sly cover to be a dud, but I love the album all the way through: a strong all-time personal fave!

― Paul, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 02:04 (ten years ago)

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