Perfect albums

[VenomGA]

I actually did the opposite. Many of my favorites CDs have songs I don't care for. So, I didn't list those here. Instead, what I listed are discs that do not have a single song I don't enjoy.

Zod

That is exactly what I did. If I wanted to list my favorite cds then more Megadeth, Slayer and others would have been listed. I put down cds that I love EVERY song. For example, Guns 'n Roses did not make the list because I HATE Mr Brownstone from Appetite from Destruction....therefore it does not make a perfect album.

 

[Dark One]

I actually did the opposite. Many of my favorites CDs have songs I don't care for. So, I didn't list those here. Instead, what I listed are discs that do not have a single song I don't enjoy.

If the criteria of a "perfect album" for you consists of an album where you enjoy every single song, by all means have at it. Utilizing that criteria I'm sure my list would grow exponentially.

If I could make a list, of everything that's overrated (bands, books, cars, TV shows, movies, super models, etc.) and combine them into one general list of everything that's more overrated than everything else that's overrated, the Beatles would be the most overrated thing, of everything overrated thing, in the history of overration (<--- my new word).

LOL.

Actually though, I think albums like Sgt. Peppers, Let it Be and some of the very early stuff, fit the overrated moniker perfectly. Other albums have some songs that are simply incredible, but are still uneven. That said, I find the Abbey Road album to be downright amazing from beginning to end.

Jason

 

[edgeofthorns]

Allen/Lande - The Battle/The Revenge
Anthrax - Among The Living/Persistence of Time
Badlands - s/t
Britny Fox - Bite Down Hard
Balance of Power - Perfect Balance
Brainstorm - Liquid Monster/Soul Temptation
Cinderella - Long Cold Winter
Dio - Holy Diver/Lock Up The Wolves
Dream Theater - Awake
Edguy - Hellfire Club
Extreme - Pornograffitti
Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray/Parallels
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son/Somewhere In Time
Journey - Escape/Raised On Radio
King Diamond - Conspiracy
Kiss - Crazy Nights
Labyrinth - Return To Heaven Denied
Masterplan - s/t
Metallica - Ride The Lightning/Master of Puppets/...And Justice For All
Nightwish - Century Child/Once
Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At The Moon/The Ultimate Sin
Queensryche - Rage For Order/Operation Mindcrime P.I/Empire
Ratt - Invasion of Your Privacy/Dancin' Undercover
Rough Cutt - s/t
Savatage - Streets/Edge of Thorns/Wake of Magellan
Skid Row - Slave To The Grind
Jeff Scott Soto - Lost In Translation
Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA/Born To Run
Symphony X - The Odeyssy
Testament - The New Order/Practice What You Preach
Whitesnake - s/t/Slip Of The Tongue
Within Temptation - Silent Force

~Brian~

 

[Thorn23TX]

Hmmm, perfect albums .... Queensryche Operation:Mindcrime.

That is all.

Britt

Couldn't have said it better myself.

There isn't a single song on that disc that is skippable. When you load this disc into your CD player/iPod and press play expect to be listening for the next hour.

 

[Big_Brother]

The Chronicles of Israfel - Starborn, Tome I

Age of Nemesis - Terra Incognita

Dream Theater - Scenes From a Memory

 

[Burnout]

Agalloch - The Mantle
Ark - Burn the Sun
Arsis - A Celebration of Guilt
Caspian - You Are The Conductor
Disillusion - Back to Times of Splendor
Gojira - Terra Incognita
Nevermore - Dreaming Neon Black
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Orphaned Land - Mabool
Pagan's Mind - Celestial Entrance
Riverside - Out of Myself
Swallow The Sun - The Morning Never Came
Wintersun - Wintersun

I'm sure there are others, but those are the ones that stand out at the moment.

 

[Cheiron]

heh.. every song on it I like?

umm.... then...

Beyond Twilight - For the Love and Art of the Making
Edge of Sanity - Crimson I and Crimson II.

That's it. But I wouldn't say that either is perfect...

As for a perfect album. Doesn't exist for me. Many albums that appear perfect at first or at 10th time... dry out with me after a couple of listens. Sometims due to uninteresting moments, sometimes due to stupid lyrics, sometimes due to poor production giving me some sound that annoys me, or a bad fade out at the end of a song, or some chorus repeated too many times.

There are albums I can think of that gets close.

Maybe its just because I rarely give any albums the concentration and repeated listens that some do. Even my favorites have rarely been spun more than 20 times. I just listen to so much of 'what's new.' And when I was younger I had little money for CDs. And the money I had was rarely spent on CDs. And the CDs I had were rarely listened for any reason other than studying. And almost all of of the CDs I owned up to age 20 or so were stolen. I didn't really get into music till a few years ago, and now I spend so much time 'catching up.'

 

[Everonn]

In terms of perfect albums, I would try to pick works that aren't just a collection made up entirely of songs that I like, but also that fit togther in a flow over the duration of the disc.

Once I put Mindcrime on the list, it's hard to think of anything else that fits.




- Chris

 

[sh0kr0k]

I actually did the opposite. Many of my favorites CDs have songs I don't care for. So, I didn't list those here. Instead, what I listed are discs that do not have a single song I don't enjoy.

So did I. Maybe because our lists are long, people think we are just putting up a list of favorites rather than truly enjoying every moment of each album. It's too bad that my list isn't longer, considering the couple thousand discs I have. :Smug:

the Beatles would be the most overrated thing, of every overrated thing, in the history of overration (<--- my new word).

Zod, My long-lost Brother!!! I thought I was the one only!

 

[General Zod]

In terms of perfect albums, I would try to pick works that aren't just a collection made up entirely of songs that I like, but also that fit togther in a flow over the duration of the disc.

Well, that's not quite what Yippee38 asked for. He asked for "...albums that don't put one note wrong. Every song is strong on its own..."

Once I put Mindcrime on the list, it's hard to think of anything else that fits.

Well, it's hard to put anything on the same list as Mindcrime. However, it's hard to think that in nearly 40 years of Metal there's only been one perfect disc.

Zod, My long-lost Brother!!! I thought I was the one only!

Actually, our numbers are great. We meet monthly, in secret, out of fear of being attacked by renegade Wings fans, who might beat us with tambourines.

Zod

 

[Dark One]

Well, that's not quite what Yippee38 asked for. He asked for "...albums that don't put one note wrong. Every song is strong on its own..."

Hmm... upon reading that closer I see what you mean. I still think "perfect" is a ridiculously strong word though, severely limiting by its very definition.

Well, it's hard to put anything on the same list as Mindcrime. However, it's hard to think that in nearly 40 years of Metal there's only been one perfect disc.

Agreed, but certainly not too many.

Actually, our numbers are great. We meet monthly, in secret, out of fear of being attacked by renegade Wings fans, who might beat us with tambourines.

The funniest of part of that classic "Zoddity" is that you said "Wings" rather than "The Beatles", which for some reason struck me as hilarious.

For the record, not a Wings fan at all (few really cool tracks like Band on the Run, Admiral Halsey and a select few others, but overall, not my cup of tea).

Jason

 

[Everonn]

Well, it's hard to put anything on the same list as Mindcrime. However, it's hard to think that in nearly 40 years of Metal there's only been one perfect disc.

In that spirit, I'll see if I can extend my list a bit more. This is my first pass at it...

Dream Theater - Awake
Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian
COC - Blind
Opeth - Damnation
Danzig II
Demons & Wizards
NIN - The Downward Spiral
Nevermore - Dreaming Neon Black
Ambeon - Fate of a Dreamer
Kamelot - The Fourth Legacy
Overkill - Horrorscope
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Metallica - Master of Puppets
SYL - The New Black
Devy - Ocean Machine
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
Threshold - Subsurface
Tool - Undertow
Queensryche - The Warning
Zeppelin - untitled

Actually, our numbers are great. We meet monthly, in secret, out of fear of being attacked by renegade Wings fans, who might beat us with tambourines.

That's hilarious

But no, they're not overrated.


- Chris

 

[Yippee38]

Hmm... upon reading that closer I see what you mean. I still think "perfect" is a ridiculously strong word though, severely limiting by its very definition.

Jason

Exactly why I agreed with your sentiment that some of these lists seem to be "favorite album" lists.

BTW, just because I said "every song is strong on its own," does not mean that each song has to be evaluated individually. That's why I added, "and as a whole the album just works." Basically, what I was looking for was not just great albums, or albums on which I like or love every song, but albums on which I can find no fault. That fault could be poor production I suppose, but I was thinking more in terms of the music itself, not how it was packaged. If the production is so bad that it detracts from the music, then that CD should be off the list though.

For me, I could never put an album like AC-DC's Back In Black on this list. It's a great album, and I like every song on it. However, IMO, it is pretty unimaginative music. I guess it gets into the philosophical discussion of what is art and what makes art good or bad. For me, almost all AC-DC (even though I love it - 'specially Highway to Hell) is just too simple for me to call it perfect.

However, feel free to interpret my request however you wish. It's still interesting to see what people think.

 

[the rhythm]

Death-The Sound of Perseverance
Death-Symbolic
Judas Priest-Painkiller

 

[The_Kinslayer]

Blind Guardian- NiME, Night at the Opera
Dream Theater- Scenes From a Memory
Elvenking - Heathenreel
Kamelot - Epica, The Black Halo
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Nightwish - Oceanborn
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Orphaned Land - Mabool
Pagan's Mind - Celestial Entrance
Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element Pt.1, Remedy Lane
Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
Symphony X - V
Therion - Theli, Vovin
Wintersun - s/t

 

[General Zod]

Agreed, but certainly not too many.

Agreed. But one every year or so doesn't seem like a stretch.

As you said, in the end, it's hard to separate "perfect", "desert island", "favorite", etc.

Zod

 

[Perpet]

Off the top of my head...I know i will miss a bunch but here goes.

QR - Operation Mindcrime
Angra - Temple Of Shadows
Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force
Dream Theater - Images & Words
Marty Friedman - Dragon's Kiss
Symphony X - The Odyssey & Divine Wings Of Tragedy
Redemption - Fullness Of Time
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
Rush - Moving Pictures
Psychotic Waltz - Social Grace & Into The Everflow
Fates's Warning - PS

I know it's not metal BUT have to mention:
Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes

 

[13ShadesofGray]

Also not Metal, but worthy of mention would have to be John Williams - The Empire Strikes Back Soundtrack.

 

[hoodaman]

ToTo - The Seventh One
Iced Earth - The Dark Saga
Evergrey - Recreation Day
Soilwork - A Predator's Portrait
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
The Gathering - Mandylion
Nightwish - Oceanborn


The new Circus Maximus will be on the list one day. It's still too new right now though.

 

[TwizstedJesus]

Savatage-Streets...IMHO...the best that "Tage ever delivered,and an all time classic disc...Criss is God
Fates Warning...No Exit...Rays debut..got octaves?
Dream Theater...SFAM2...just awesome!
Helstar-Nosferatu...the plateau so far...Welcome back James