Absolutely 100% PERFECT albums...

[murderedbysound]

Opeth- Orchid...i dont care if Reqiuim was cut off and the rest was the begining to The Apostle In Triumph, its my fav album ever!!

Kalmah- Swamplord, theres not a song on here i dont like more than each others

In Flames- Colony, again dont care what is said about this album its pure bliss to my ears

Metallica- Master of Puppets....Cliff Rules!!

 

[Cutter]

Originally posted by Jim LotFP
Because that's a completely different question than asking about perfect albums.

Many of my favorites have some sort of flaw, sometimes serious ones, but make up for it in other areas.

Ok..fair enough. There are a few different ways to boil and egg.

 

[O'blivion]

i take perfect as meaning that the band achieves everything that they design to. added to this is of course the necessity for the album to actually be brilliant, and without flaw in the ears of the listener. otherwise i'd be forced to say that some canibal corpse album is perfect. so in this context perfect albums would be:

Neurosis/ToN - Times of Grace/Grace
Neurosis - A Sun that Never Sets
Enslaved - Blodhemn
Enslaved - Mardraum
Absu - Tara
Summoning - Stronghold
ISIS - Oceanic
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All
Don Caballero - American Don
Alchemist - Organasm
At the Gates - WFIKtBD
GYBE! - Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada

this does not necessarily constitute my favourites list. for instance, my favourite Zappa album is Joes Garage, but it's not 'perfect,' like the two mentioned.

 

[Nugent Goes AOL]

not many...

Tool - Ænima

Weezer - The Blue Album (not even in my top 25, probably...but still perfect in a very weird way)

 

[christcrusher]

Amorphis-Am Universum, Tales...
Opeth-Blackwater Park, Still Life
Therion-Deggial, Vovin, Secret of my Runes
Dark Tranquility-Damage Done
In Flames-The Jester Race
Children of Bodom-Follow the Reaper
Soilwork-Natural Born Chaos,Predators Portrait
A Canarous Quintet-The Silence of the World Beyond
Kataklysm-Shadows and Dust
Bloodbath-Breeding Death
Borknagar-Empiricism
God Dethroned-Bloody Blasphemy
Hypocrisy-The 4th Demension
Satyricon-Volcano
Illdisposed-There is SomethingRotten...,Submit,Kokaniium,4 Depressive Seasons
Iced Earth-Something Wicked This Way Comes
Mythotyn-In The Sign of The Ravens
Gorefest-False

 

[Aecliptica]

i have to go with

American Head Charge - The War Of Art

 

[Thanatopsis123]

Opeth - BWP
Dan Swano - Moontower
EoS - Crimson
Katatonia - BMD

 

[rheap1]

the most deserving perfect album:
Tool - Aenima

followed by Opeth - Blackwater Park, Radiohead - OK Computer, Agalloch - The Mantle

 

[murderedbysound]

Originally posted by Aecliptica
i have to go with

American Head Charge - The War Of Art

im just curious to hear why, to you thats the perfect album..mayb now for the mood the US has been in but i bought that cd and liked 1 song and now i dont even like it now..

 

[Yicjdic]

I cant believe no one said this:

King Crimson- In the Court of the Crimson King

Absolutely amazing CD, and it was a debut...

Also,
Pantera-Vulger Display of Power
Pink Floyd- WYWH, Animals
Opeth-Morningrise
Pain of Salvation-Remedy Lane
Primus-Frizzle Fry
Faith No More - Angel Dust

 

[Static]

Pink Floyd - BOTH Dark Side of the Moon and Wish Your Were Here.

Opeth - Still Life.

Maudlin of the Well - both Bath and Leaving Your Body Map

In Flames -- The Jester Race...pefection.

Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery...absolute perfection.

Thats all I can think of...

 

[Schism]

Originally posted by IcemanJ256
What "perfect" cds basically boil down to a list of my favorite cds.
1 Opeth - Morningrise
2 Agalloch - Pale Folklore
3 Agalloch - The Mantle
4 Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
5 Opeth - Orchid
6 Dark Tranquillity - Projector
7 Pain of Salvation - One Hour by the Concrete Lake
8 Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
9 Amorphis - Elegy
10 Novembre - Novembrine Waltz
11 Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun
12 Ulver - Perdition City
13 Tool - Lateralus
14 White Willow - Ignus Fatuus
15 Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
16 Radiohead - OK Computer
17 Symphony X - V
18 Ours - Distorted Lullabies
19 Dredg - Leitmotif
20 Tool - Aenima
21 Katatonia - Tonight's Decision
22 Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
23 White Willow - Sacrament
although there are many cd's on other people's lists that i'm planning to get soon.

I am impressed with your selection of a lot of these (the ones that I have heard)
Just a note, very interested to see Ours-Distorted lullabies in your list, I didn't think many people knew of this, do you also have their follow-up Precious, if you don't I recommend it.

I also concur on Pos - One hour... Symphony X-V, Radiohead O.k. Computer, Tool- lateralus/Aenima, Novembre-Novembrine Waltz

 

[Schism]

Originally posted by _Transparent_
opeth - morningrise
opeth - blackwater park
the gathering - how to measure a planet?
the gathering - mandylion (had it longest, but only recently started liking it, and now loving it!!)
lacuna coil - unleashed memories
lacuna coil - comalies (kinda new, but i surprise myself by still almost constantly listening to it, plus one of my favourite title tracks of any band, even the bonus track is brilliant)
radiohead - ok computer
smashing pumpkins - almost eveything!
stereophonics - word gets around

couldnt live without any of them...

Good call, How to Measure a Planet by The Gathering, How good is Great Ocean Road-Bliss!!!!

 

[Deadlift]

Opeth - Damnation
Dissection - Storms of the lighs bane
Necrophobic - Nocturnal Silence
Defleshed - Fast forward

There is more stuff...but i am to tired.

 

[Nugent Goes AOL]

Originally posted by Deadlift
Opeth - Damnation

Don't think you can say that without explaining to us how you've heard it.

Not that I'm calling you a liar or anything, but I'm kinda surprised that you'd declare it a perfect album already...I mean, how many times do you claim to have heard it? I imagine an album would have to sit with me for MONTHS before I could imagine calling it perfect...

 

[changso]

Originally posted by Deadlift
Opeth - Damnation
Dissection - Storms of the lighs bane
Necrophobic - Nocturnal Silence
Defleshed - Fast forward

There is more stuff...but i am to tired.

 

[MetalManCPA]

Perfect or Favorite?

Nothing is 100% perfect, as perfect is absolute. Therefore, my answer to the question as posed in none.

Even Ivory soap is only 99.99% pure.

 

[ffanatic]

Opeth-Still Life
Pain of Salvation-The Perfect Element Part I
Nine Inch Nails-The Fragile
Agalloch-The Mantle

that's all for now.

 

[Morningrise]

Opeth - Blackwater Park
My second favorite Opeth album (MAYH being the first which I think suffers a bit from overall album completeness). This album is a correlation of everything Opeth has been about up until the point it was released. It won't get old

Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
I can't even explain this one.

Borknagar - Borknagar
If there is a benchmark for what I look for in a black metal album, this is it. Atmosphere, emotion, technicality, production, everything about this album is absolutely perfect.

Moonsorrow - Voimasta ja Kunniasta
The only bad thing about this album, is how fucking mad I am whenever it ends. It kicks your ass, and you really can't help but want more.

Dimmu Borgir - Stormblast
Despite some of Dimmu's flaws, this album is an utter classic. The production bothers some, but I don't believe it would be the same without it. Yet another black metal album that I place as a benchmark for what I believe to be truly stunning black metal.

 

[Ormir]

Katatonia - Brave Murder Day
Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale
Ulver - Kveldssanger
Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery
Summoning - Nightshade Forests