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10/10 Albums

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  1. ThinWhiteDuke

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    Unashamedly stolen from the film thread by the same name what are the albums you consider to be just about perfect? I've got a long list:

    Bob Dylan - Bringing it All Back Home
    Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
    David Bowie - Aladdin Sane through to Scary Monsters. (The greatest album run ever)
    David Bowie - The Next Day
    Destroyer - Kaputt
    Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel
    Grinderman - Grinderman 2
    Iggy Pop - The Idiot
    Iggy Pop - Lust for Life
    Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
    James Brown - Live at the Apollo
    Janelle Monae - Electric Lady
    John Cale - Vintage Violence
    Laura Marling - I Speak Because I can
    Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate
    Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
    Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas
    Lou Reed - Transformer
    Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain
    Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
    Morrissey - Viva Hate
    Nick Cave - Let Love In
    Nick Cave - The Boatmans Call
    Nick Cave - Push the Sky Away
    Pixies - Surfer Rosa
    Pixies - Doolittle
    PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
    PJ Harvey - Is This Desire?
    PJ Harvey - Stories From the City Stories From the Sea
    Radiohead - OK Computer
    Radiohead - Kid A
    Radiohead - In Rainbows
    St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
    St. Vincent - St. Vincent
    Talking Heads - Fear of Music
    Talking Heads - Remain In Light
    Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues
    The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
    The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come
    Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
    Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
    Tom Waits - Franks Wild Years
    Tom Waits - Bone Machine
    Tom Waits - Mule Variations
    Valerie June - Pushin' Against A Stone
    Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
    White Stripes - White Blood Cells
    White Stripes - Elephant
     
  2. Acm

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    Any Beatles album (except a few of the early ones), Ziggy Stardust (too lazy to type the full name)- David Bowie, London Calling- The Clash, Electra Heart- Marina and the Diamonds, Funeral- Arcade Fire, The Suburbs- Arcade Fire, Neon Bible- Arcade Fire, Aladdin Sane- David Bowie
    There's a few more I like but I don't know all of the songs well enough. I don't listen to full albums that much, mostly songs
     
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    Los Lonely Boys [self-titled] is a flawless gem. The only other one I can think of where I loved every song on it, excluding Greatest Hits compilations, is Jimmy Buffett's Barometer Soup. Hootie and the Blowfish come very close with Cracked Rear View, but they're just "really good" as opposed to great, and idk about the last song on there lol.
     
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    Bob Dylan-Blonde on Blonde
    David Bowie-Hunky Dory
    Rolling Stones-Exile on Main Street
    Rolling Stones-Let it Bleed
    Rolling Stones-Sticky Fingers
    Rolling Stones-Beggar's Banquet
    Rolling Stones-Tattoo You
    Talking Heads-Remain in Light
    Brian Eno-Here Come the Warm Jets
    Brian Eno-Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy
    Pink Floyd-Wish You were here
    Nick Drake-Five Laves Left
    Nick Drake-Pink Moon
    Belle & Sebastian-If You're Feeling Sinister
    Morphine-Cure for Pain
    Iggy and the Stooges-Funhouse
    Butthole Surfers-Locust Abortion Technician
    Joy Division-Unknown Pleasures
    New Order-Power, Corruption and Lies
    Dead Kennedys-Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
    Velvet Underground-Another VU
    Lou Reed-Transformer
    Joni Mitchell-Blue
    Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones



    ...and there must be more, but these come to mind, at this hour of the night. I forgot to list any Jazz, that would be a whole other list, as well as early R&B/Soul.
     
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  5. Oddish

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    Oh boy.

    Joy Division - Closer / Unknown Pleasures
    My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
    Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
    Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
    David Bowie - Low / Hunky Dory
    The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
    Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate / Songs of Leonard Cohen
    Pink Floyd - The Wall
    Pixies - Surfer Rosa
    Bjork - Post
    Velvet Underground - VU / [White Light / White Heat]
    Television - Marquee Moon
    Talking Heads - Remain in Light
    Brian Eno - Another Green World / Here Come the Warm Jets
    Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind / To Be Kind
    The Clash - London Calling / debut
    The Durutti Column - LC
    Minutemen - Double Nickles on the Dime
    Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
    Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
    Morrissey - Your Arsenal
    Nick Drake - Pink Moon
    Sigur Ros - Ágætis byrjun

    etc etc
     
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    Oh no... you didn't ask for this. It will take forever to list all the albums I think they are 10/10. However they are becoming rare and rare nowadays.

    For sake of saving space I will keep my list to 10 who springs to my mind now. Not they are best of the best.

    1- Madonna - Erotica
    2- Michael Jackson - Black or White
    3- Tori Amos - Boys for the Pele
    4- Kylie Minogue - Fever
    5- Barbra Streisand - Back to Broadway
    6- Janet Jackson - Janet.
    7- Sarah Brightman - Encore
    8- Samantha Fox - Samantha Fox
    9- Prince - Batman OST
    10- George Michael - Older
     
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    1- Smoke And Mirrors by Lifehouse
    2- Leave This Town by Daughtry
    3- Daughtry by Daughtry
    4- Life Starts Now by Three Days Grace
    5- One-X by Three Days Grace
    6- Three Days Grace by Three Days Grace
    7- The Fray by The Fray
    8- Dizzy Up The Girl by The Goo Goo Dolls
    9- More Than You Think You Are by Matchbox Twenty
    10- Yourself or Someone Like You by Matchbox Twenty
    11- Let Love In by The Goo Goo Dolls
    12- David Cook by David Cook
    13- This Loud Morning by David Cook
    14- Analog Heart by David Cook
    15- Puzzle by dada
     
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    My problem is my music collection doesn't have many full albums, I mostly just take individual songs I like! But some of the albums I have actually listened to in full and love are:

    Ayreon - 01011001
    Keane - Under The Iron Sea
    King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
    Anglagard - Viljans Oga
    The Cranberries - No Need To Argue

    Special mentions go to King Crimson - Red and White Ladder - David Gray because I don't feel they're as consistently amazing but their best songs really are amazing.
     
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    Architecture in Helsinki — In Case We Die
    Cat Power — Moon Pix
    David Bowie — Hunky Dory
    Everything Everything — Man Alive
    Fiona Apple — The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
    Neutral Milk Hotel — In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
    The Olivia Tremor Control — Black Foliage: Animation Music Volume 1
    Popol Vuh — Hosianna Mantra
    Vampire Weekend — Modern Vampires of the City
    The Velvet Underground & Nico — The Velvet Underground & Nico
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    Contemplating adding American Football — American Football, The Flaming Lips — Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Swans — The Seer, Dirty Projectors — The Getty Address, Kanye West — Yeezus to the list, but I haven't listened to these enough. Vampire Weekend's debut as well.
     
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    I might have never heard a GREAT album, but these are some that I've listened to all the way through many many many times.

    Lisa Mitchell - Wonder
    Boy & Bear - Moonfire
    Angus & Julia Stone - Down The Way
    Gotye - Making Mirrors
    Bernard Fanning - Tea & Sympathy
    Passenger - All the little lights
    Tim McGraw - Everywhere
    Garth Brooks - In Pieces
     
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    Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
    Arcade Fire - Funeral
    Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
    Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
    Foals - Antidotes
    Foals - Holy Fire
    Joy Division - Closer
    Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
    Late of the Pier - Fantasy Black Channel
    My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
    Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane over the Sea
    Patrick Wolf - The Bachelor
    Portishead - Third
    The Knife - Silent Shout
     
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    I love this thread. Here's my list of what I think are a well deserved top 10 album:

    D'Angelo - Voodoo , This is one of a smooth album and if you're into slow jam r&b and hiphop, this is for you. It's a shame that after this album release he has been into a lot of arrests and completely stepped out of the music industry

    Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill,I think this proved how Lauryn can really sing and write her own songs after her disband from the Fugees. It won a lot of grammy nominations and it's no wonder why. Sadly Lauryn Hill took similar paths with D'Angelo and was even sent to jail for not paying her taxes.

    Portishead - Dummy, I think this band really helped elevate the popularity of Triphop during its time. It was a very underrated genre during the 90's and Beth Gibbons' cabaretish voice is a highlight in this album.

    Bjork- Vespertine, I could pick any Bjork album I like but this one is my personal favourite. Sure it didn't have much electronic beat to it but that's what Bjork is heading for. She claims it as something more introverted compared to her previous album and that's what makes me intrigued about it. It's more of a self-exploration. Pagan Poetry is easily my favourite song in this album. Bjork explores marriage, sex, love, etc.

    Fleetwood Mac - Rumours, it's an album that's mostly written about the band's rocky relationship with each other but for some reason the outcome of it turned out to be very cohesive. The song Dreams is one of the popular tracks in this album with the line "Thunder only happens when it's raining/Players only love you when they're playing is so damn catchy.

    Beach House - Bloom, this Dream Pop album is one of best thing that came out in 2012.
    Whilst it's not entirely different or "groundbreaking" compared to Teen Dream, I think Bloom's song lyrics are pretty different. Victoria Legrand's contralto vocal range and
    Scally are totally in sync which makes this album sound so effortless. It's smooth sailing as if you were at the top of the roller coaster but you get a sense of comfort. It makes you enjoy the ride without having to scream because you don't need to. I think that's how I can explain this album especially their song, On the Sea (which is also my personal favourite)

    Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel is Wiser Than The Driver of The Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do , Fiona isn't new to making such a long ass album title (see When The Pawn..) and whether you find it pretentious or poetic, there's no denying how genius her songwriting skills are. When I first heard this album, I really HATED it. I have always been a Fiona Apple fan and I was really pumped to hear her new work after 7 long years of Hiatus. It took me a week to finally realise how this album is pure art with its very punching lyrics field with such raw emotion. This album is not something you would enjoy as a background music because I do think Fiona wants you to really listen closely to what she is trying to say. The song Valentine talks about an unrequited love with the lines "I'm a tulip in a cup/I stand no chance of growing up" (thus the inspiration of my username) , I'm amorous but out of reach", I made it to a dinner date/my teardrops seasoned every plate". I think this is Fiona's most experimental and at the same time her most minimal album which works very well IMO.

    I'll probably add more if I can think of more albums that I really like a lot.
     
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    Queen - Queen II
    Queen - A Night At The Opera
    Queen - Innuendo
    Queen - Made In Heaven
    Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballe - Barcelona
    Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
    Sarah Brightman - La Luna
    Emilie Autumn - Laced/Unlaced
    Nightwish - Century Child
    Brian May - Back to the Light

    I really really love Queen so I might be a little biased here but I've restrained myself from putting in even more Queen. They were just so perfect in general.
     
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    ooops, forgot one:

    The Kinks-Village Green Preservation Society
     
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    Ooh wow, I like a lot of the lists but I could pretty much just copy this, well most of it.

    The Smiths - The Smiths
    Neil Young - After The Gold Rush
    Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Love And Hate
    The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
    Galaxie 500 - On Fire
    The Strokes - Is This It
    Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
    The Clash - The Clash
    Nick Drake - Pink Moon
    The Jesus And Mary Chain - Psychocandy
    The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
    Patti Smith - Horses
    Tricky - Maxinquaye
    Love - Forever Changes
    The Kinks - Something Else By The Kinks
    The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle

    Notorious BIG - Ready to Die
    Kanye West - The College Dropout
    Wu Tang Clan - 36 Chambers
    GZA - Liquid Swords
    Nas - Illmatic
    Good Kid MAAD City - Kendrick Lamar
    Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star

    Some which came to mind
     
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    Another addition:
    Laura Marling - Once I was an Eagle (my favourite break up album)
    Digable Planets - Blowout Comb
    St. Vincent - Actor
    Alanis Morrissette - Jagged Little Pill
    Death Grips - The Money Store (favourite experimental album)
    Jose Gonzalez - Veneer

    Albums I'm still trying to listen to and a potential favourite:
    Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
    John Fahey - The Dance of Death and Other Plantation Favourites
    Garbage - Version 2.0
    Pj Harvey - Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
     
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    I forgot these:

    The Sound of Madness by Shinedown
    Amaryllis by Shinedown
    The Best of INXS by INXS
    Horse Of A Different Color by Big & Rich
    Comin' To Your City by Big & Rich
    Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace by Big & Rich
    Judge Jerrod and the Hung Jury by Jerrod Niemann

    So... Maybe I was raised on country music. And Big & Rich was the first band I ever saw live.
     
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    My favourites:
    Please Please Me by The Beatles
    Nevermind by Nirvana
    Ten by Pearl Jam
    Vitalogy by Pearl Jam
    Into the Wild Soundtrack- Eddie Vedder
    The End of History by Fionn Regan
    The Bunkhouse Vol 1 by Fionn Regan

    For the most part I only like a handful of songs by an artist, so favourite albums is a little difficult.
     
  19. Miles16

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    A bunch of awesome lists here.

    Mine in no particular order:

    Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
    There's a Riot Goin' On - Sly & the Family Stone
    Exile on Main St. - Rolling Stones
    A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
    Up on the Sun - Meat Puppets
    Remain in Light - Talking Heads
    In a Silent Way - Miles Davis
    Marquee Moon - Television
    Spirit of Eden - Talk Talk
    Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea - PJ Harvey
    Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder
    Animals - Pink Floyd
    Revolver - The Beatles
    w h o k i l l - tUnE-yArDs
    Station to Station - David Bowie
    Disintegration - The Cure
    Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow - Funkadelic
    Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
    Pet Sounds - Beach Boys
    Filles de Kilimanjaro - Miles Davis
     
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    Got to say Sam Smith's In the Lonely Hour is pretty close at the moment.
    I was emotionally numb before I heard this album.