The Perfect Album(s)

[HoboFactory]

I've noticed that even with my favorites albums there's always at least a couple of songs that I just don't want to listen through, and so I end up skipping them. It seems no matter how good an album is, there always has to be something like that each and every time. For instance, on LOTGA, I usually skip Vermillion, and always skip Alabama Motel Room. It got me thinking as to whether or not there's really a totally perfect album, on which every song is as listenable to (or close) as the next. Naturally it's a matter of taste, but I was curious as to which, if any, albums people think are actually perfect. It's not a question of whether it's a great album, or a favorite, but whether or not you think it's actually perfect. So... discuss.

[Hyphnip]

I never skip a song on Astro Creep: 2000: Songs Of Love, Destruction, & Other Synthetic Delusions Of The Electric Head by White Zombie. the same goes for the Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me by brand new. I wouldn't say they're perfect albums though... it's hard to think of what I could call perfect

[saturnine]

i rarely skips songs on any album.

 

but bowie's hunky dory stands out.

[Prometheon]

Maroon by BNL is an album where every song is listenable, but personally, I usually skip one or two songs.

 

If you don't count the 'interludes' I feel the same way about The Black Halo by Kamelot (though I'm not a big fan of When the Lights go Down.) Actually, damn, I'm not finding any examples of a CD where I am a 'big fan' of every single song.

[saturnine]

you guys are listening to the wrong music, then.

[Prometheon]

Nah. I think if every song on the CDs we were listening to were the same (and we therefore liked every one) we'd be listening to shitty music. It's good that bands experiment a bit, but because of the nature of experimentation (variance in sound) not everyone likes the same songs, and nearly no one likes every song.

[Computer]

Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen

[saturnine]

it's not about every song sounding the same. it's about picking bands who make really good albums as a whole.

[marx marvelous]

it's not about every song sounding the same. it's about picking bands who make really good albums as a whole.

Surely you accept the subjectivity of art, though? Just because every song achieves a certain level of technical quality doesn't mean that it will tickle the fancy of every listener.

[saturnine]

some bands make singles, some bands make albums.

[Jarrod]

Siamese Dreams by the Smashing Pumpkins for me. I can listen to every song. It's my favourite album of all time and I think it's perfect.

[shade]

Saturnine Owns.

 

Life on Mars Baby!

[bishopx]

Rush - 2112

The Cure - Pornography

Van Halen - I, II, and 5150

The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, and Disintegration

DMB - Every single live show I have (422)

Queensryche - Operation:Mindcrime

Led Zepplin - Every single album

Matthew Good/Matthew Good Band - Every single album

 

And so many, many many more

[no yu begin wher i end]

Radiohead - OK Computer. I listen to the whole thing through without skipping anything.

[shade]

Albums I would pick:

 

Tool - Lateralus/Aenima

Radiohead - Kid A

Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream

cLOUDDEAD - Ten

Boards of Canada - Geogaddi

Acid Mothers Temple - La Novia

A Perfect Circle - 13th Step/Mer de Noms

Matthew Good - Avalanche

The Beatles - Revolver

The Yardbirds - Roger the engineer

Led Zeppelin - IV

 

 

Way too many to list. Muzack pwns.

[soundless_space]

Matthew Good - Avalanche

Brand New - The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Of Me

Gatsbys American Dream - Volcano

The Shins - Oh, Inverted World

Rush - Signals

The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour

Ryan Adams - Love is Hell

The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema

[Some Random]

avalanche

the downward spiral (the fragile would be if starfuckers wasn't on it)

mechanical animals - marilyn manson

 

i'm sure there's more, but i definitely don't need to skip over anything on those three.

[marx marvelous]

My favorite albums are:

 

Grandaddy "The Sophtware Slump"

The Old 97's "Too Far to Care"

Bear vs Shark "Right Now, You're in the Best of Hands"

The Pixies "Doolittle"

and

MGB "Underdogs"

 

But I would never call any album perfect, it's just not a term that applies to art for me.

Edited February 23, 2007 by NotFromOklahoma

[saturnine]

then don't look at music as art.

[marx marvelous]

then don't look at music as art.

That's my choice. If you'd like to kowtow to albums full of technically good Justin Timberlake songs, that your decision to make. ;)

[shade]

laugh out loud 5 dollar word.

[marx marvelous]

What was it this time?

[soundless_space]

Yeah, I was trying to figure that one out too. Which word was the five-dollar word?

[Hyphnip]

Mer De Nome is great... except for "Over" that always left me bored at the end of the album

[shade]

stupid americans sticking together.

 

 

and ya Hyp...Over is pretty meh.