"Perfect" albums

blix · 19 Mar 2009 at 16:38

Forgot about Arcade Fire. Both their albums are close to perfect IMHO.

WARHURYEAH · 19 Mar 2009 at 16:45

The Prodigy - Invanders Must Die.

I love every song.

ins0mn1ac · 19 Mar 2009 at 16:48

WARHURYEAH said:
The Prodigy - Invanders Must Die.

I love every song.

Older Prodigy>newer Prodigy, although I'm a big fan of the new album.

My album would be Pendulum - Hold your Colour.

marlos · 19 Mar 2009 at 17:34

FSOL Present Amorphous Androgynous: The Isness

melchy · 19 Mar 2009 at 17:57

The Sisters of Mercy - Floodland
The Sisters of Mercy - First and Last and Always

The fact that I still listen to both albums almost weekly speaks volumes

chrisd · 19 Mar 2009 at 18:17

blix said:
Forgot about Arcade Fire. Both their albums are close to perfect IMHO.

Neon Bible is poor.

chad · 19 Mar 2009 at 21:15

nuclear assault - survive [1998]

Phoen1x · 20 Mar 2009 at 07:17

Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction

+1

Iron Maiden - Powerslave

+1

And History of a Time to Come by Sabbat

All three albums have, for me, not a single bad track on them. They all evoke a particular feel or attitude perfectly from start to finish, and are a fantastic listen

Lateralus68 · 21 Mar 2009 at 14:26

Marillion - Clutching at Straws

Radiohead - The Bends

The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

Fun Lovin Criminals - 100% Columbian

Green Day - American Idiot

loltim · 21 Mar 2009 at 18:22

chrisd said:
Neon Bible is poor.

Nah. Funeral is better, though.

Bumhucker · 21 Mar 2009 at 20:13

The Darkness - Permission To Land

Gustov · 21 Mar 2009 at 21:45

Bumhucker said:
The Darkness - Permission To Land

Janesy B · 21 Mar 2009 at 21:57

Some of the suggestions are laughable, Pendulum - Hold your colour? The Darkness?

Seriously some of you wouldn't know a good album if it ran up to you and kicked you in the arse

Gustov · 21 Mar 2009 at 22:02

It also annoys me when people call the latest albums of great bands that aren't as good as their first couple albums utter trash. Arcade Fire and Killers for example.

They may not be as good as the previous albums but they are still miles better than the conventional chart album releases.

Bumhucker · 21 Mar 2009 at 22:11

Janesy B said:
The Darkness?

Full of single worthy songs. FACT.

I knew it would be a controversial suggestion but I thought it would break the tedium of all the predictable ones. I'm not suggesting it's as good as things like DSOTM, etc. etc. but one of my favourite albums released in the last 5/6 years. And in my eyes that makes it near perfect.

Shamikebab · 21 Mar 2009 at 23:19

In the end all of the suggestions in this thread are going to be trash to someone.

chrisd · 21 Mar 2009 at 23:58

Gustov said:
It also annoys me when people call the latest albums of great bands that aren't as good as their first couple albums utter trash. Arcade Fire and Killers for example.

Neither of those are 'great' bands. I actually prefer the singles from Sam's Town even if they are basically Springsteen rip-offs.

Gustov · 22 Mar 2009 at 00:01

Arcade Fire and Killers are in my book, great bands

Just because they aren't over so many years old it doesn't mean they can't be seen as great...

People associate the word great with the likes of

The Beatles
Queen
Oasis
etc

Believe it or not, it's a term that can be used when describing contemporary music.

Shamikebab · 22 Mar 2009 at 00:11

Again all a matter of opinion. In mine neither of those are great, and it has nothing to do with them being newer.

chrisd · 22 Mar 2009 at 00:25

Gustov said:
Believe it or not, it's a term that can be used when describing contemporary music.

Arcade Fire have made one good album. That does not make them great. As far as contemporary music goes, I could understand someone calling a band that has consistently turned out quality albums, such as The Flaming Lips, great.