Had this drunken conversation with boyd a few weeks ago.
What are your perfect album nominations?
I mean albums that were just perfect, start to finish, well written, perfectly produced, literal works of art... I don't mean very Damn good albums... I mean perfect ones.

A few I'd nominated...
Tommy
Operation Mind crime
Dark Side of the Moon
Wish You Were Here
Hysteria

Thoughts?

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Oh I forgot to add Off the Wall. That was great too.

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Brian Eno - Another Green World
Radiohead - Kid A
The Afghan Whigs - Black Love
The Mountain Goats - Tallahassee
David Bowie - Low
Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
Camper Van Beethoven - Key Lime Pie
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead


Is this too many perfect albums? Eh, no matter, you called a Def Leppard album a "perfect work of art"

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Hysteria might be one of the most well produced albums of my lifetime.
I thought it was fantastic.

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I remember boyd nominating London Calling.
That's a good one too.
It might even pass the Curious Hair Weirdness Test.

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Yeah, dude, London Calling is oooooooouuuuut there. But no, seriously, it's too bloated to be perfect.

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I was just kidding.
But no really you're weird.

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If Master of Puppets isn't perfect than it's damn close.

And shit, I've had a few so I don't feel bad saying I'd rather put stylus to vinyl on Meddle than Darkside of the Moon. Still solid production but it feels less bloated to me, like a perfect distillation of Floyd before the band become a war between Waters and Gilmore with the other guys standing in another room somewhere and feed gruel from under the door.

Puppets is a great nomination. Fucking loved that one. Was like huge for me in high school.

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This is as subjective as you can get.

Guns n' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Nirvana - Nevermind
Michael Jackson - Thriller
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Pink Floyd - Darkside of the Moon
Paul Simon - Graceland
Prince - Purple Rain
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
Talking Heads - Remain in Light
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
Radiohead - The Bends
Green Day - Dookie

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I certainly like the Appetite and Compton nominations. I guess Thriller belongs there too. Quincy was the shit.

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Appetite for Destruction is the first one that comes to my mind.

It was as perfect as perfect could be and remains one of the albums I continue to listen to probably more than any other.

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While there are many others in the conversation for me, it doesn't get much better than Physical Graffiti. Maybe it's because my older brother bought it for me as a Xmas present in 1978.

Nostalgia, perhaps? Well, in any event, it's just a damn good album. If you think otherwise. I'm relatively sure you're a commie.

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The Band
Back in Black
Let it Bleed
Let it Be
W.A.S.P.
Zen Arcade

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Soccer 1,2,3
Spanish Honor Society 1,2,3,4
Forensics 1,2,3,4

"Smiles with Nostrils"

"...no Hmong, go find some blacks"

If I remember correctly Doug nominated Gish.

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The Bulls haven't done anything wrong, and they're not going to do anything wrong.

YES!


Led Zeppelin I
Let It Be, Replacements
Mott
The Clash
Sticky Fingers
Dig Me Out
Salesmen and Racists

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Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

I've never heard one song from the Stooges.

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Cash-folsom
b boys- pauls boutique
beach boys- pet sounds
Beatles -white album n sgt peppers

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The Beach Boys are over-rated.

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White album was bloated and filled with about 8 tracks of shit.

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Appetite For Destruction
Master Of Puppets
Synchronicity
Powerage
Bleach
Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic
Physical Graffiti
Exile On Main Street
Revolver

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I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out. - Bill Hicks

Let's do it for Johnny!

But that can be said for most double albums.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

IS THAT MY MOTHER ON THE PHONE

out

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Sure. I'd be the first to say it would have been a much much better single album.
It's for that reason that it's not perfect. Not even close.

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Not a mult.

I can tolerate that song, and the rest of the album makes up for it IMO.

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I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out. - Bill Hicks

Let's do it for Johnny!

Perhaps, but, Physical Graffiti says, NO.

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

I agree. Same thing with London Calling and Exile. They're great records, but if they had been edited down to single albums, they'd be unbelievable. But as I'm typing this, I'm realizing that's a tough thing to say, too. Part of the charm of something like Exile is how sprawling it is.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Jane's Addiction, Nothing's shocking

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Soccer 1,2,3
Spanish Honor Society 1,2,3,4
Forensics 1,2,3,4

"Smiles with Nostrils"

"...no Hmong, go find some blacks"