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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Ilikemoney@beehaw.org to c/music@beehaw.org

I often think about stellar albums. The ones where they're really isn't a skip-able track. Off the top of my head, these come to mind: The Beach Boys Pet Sounds, Collective Soul Collective Soul (blue album), Bush 16 Stone, and Green Day Dookie. What are some of your perfect albums?

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[-] Pantoffel@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

A few I can think of right now:

AC/DC - If You Want Blood (maybe cheating a bit because it's a compilation of songs from different albums, but it's the best live album of all time to me and AC/DC at their rockingest.)

All Them Witches - Dying Surfer Meets His Maker or Nothing A The Ideal (both albums warrant a full playthrough almost always.)

Elephant Tree - Elephant Tree (my favorite album of the last decade)

Elder - Dead Roots Stirring (although Elder keep getting better and better, and are ever more amazing live, this album has a special place in my heart)

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (masterpiece from beginning to end.)

[-] DJDarren@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
  • The Foo Fighters - The Foo Fighters
  • The Foo Fighters - The Color & The Shape
  • 65daysofstatic - Wild Light
  • Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones
  • The Weakerthans - Left and Leaving

There isn't a note I'd change on any of those albums.

[-] balerion@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The Great War by Sabaton. Every song is a banger.

[-] RAFbombhead@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

No love for QOTSA? At least 3 spectacular albums, in no particular order:

Like Clockwork, Songs for the Deaf, Villains (contentious, I know, but I love it)

[-] zwubb@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

I would swap Villains for Rated R, but they are all good tbh

[-] datavoid@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

2 of these are in my all time favourites... And yes, very contentious

[-] kool_newt@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

The Orb - Orbvs Terrarvm

[-] Cosmophagist@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago
  • KMFDM - Nihil
  • Tool - Lateralus
  • Dog Fashion Disco - Adultery
[-] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I'm late to the party but couldn't miss putting Daily Bread's album Invisible Cinema in the thread

[-] NotoriousBRD@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Splendor and Misery by Clipping is phenomenal. A sci-fi hip-hop album that tells the story of an escaped slave who takes over the ship and forms a bond with the ship's AI. I love concept albums that tell a complete story and this is one of the best in my opinion

[-] leetnewb@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

A Pleasant Shade of Gray - Fates Warning

[-] ninjaturtle@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Some of my picks would be: Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd, Wish you were Here - Pink Floyd, Random Access Memories - Daft Punk, Blue - Joni Mitchell, Betty Davis - Self titled, Mothership Connection - Parliament, Buena Vist Social Club - Self titled, Pat Metheny - Bright Size Life, Pat Metheny and Charlie Haden - Beyond the Missouri Sky, The Cat Empire - Self titled, Eryka Badu - Baduizm, Meshell Ndegeocello - Peace Beyond Passion, Jamiroquai - Emergency on Planet Earth, John Martyn - One World, Korn - Self titled, Pearl Jam - Ten, Rage Against the Machine - Self titled, Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk

[-] IcedCoffeeBitch@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Imo, Animals - Pink Floyd. And I'm also very partial to The Wall xD

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[-] strangerloop@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Ys by Joanna Newsom, gives me goosebumps almost every time I listen to it. Very much about real life, but presented like a fairytale. And the vocals are incomparable to anything else I've heard. If anyone has suggestions about similar albums, please let me know

[-] rustyspoon@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

I agree with a lot of what people have already mentioned, so I'll add a few I haven't seen yet

  • Turnstile - Step 2 Rhythm
  • Signs of the Swarm - The Disfigurement of Existence
  • Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
  • Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
  • Meshuggah - Obzen
  • Panic at the Disco - Pretty Odd
  • Fall Out Boy - Take This to Your Grave
  • Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated
  • Oso Oso - Sore Thumb
  • Polyphia - New Levels New Devils
[-] christian@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

"Warrior" by Anilah is one of my favorites, not sure if it's technically an album or an EP. I don't even know what genre to call it. The closest things I know are neoclassical groups like Dargaard, but I don't think it fits under that label. It's definitely not metal either, maybe folk music or electronic?

[-] pootriarch@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 1 points 2 years ago

i listen to a lot of songs from albums that have a lot of filler on them, but the one i always listen to straight through is born to run. thunder road is how every album should start, every side flip should be rewarded with born to run, and every album should end with jungleland.

throw-in: the sound of three fans clapping to welcome thunder road was also the perfect way to start the live set.

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