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?

  • kyrla@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Radiohead’s Kid A has no filler tracks. Anyone who thinks Treefingers is filler is wrong

  • rancidity9480@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    A few that I don’t see mentioned …

    • Carol King - Tapestry
    • Pearl Jam - Yield
    • Van Morrison - Moondance
    • Fountains of Wayne - self titled
  • metal_opera@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago
    • Bat out of Hell - Meat Loaf
    • Appetite for Destruction - Guns N Roses
    • Good Kid, MAAD CIty - Kendrick Lamar
    • When the Kite String Pops - Acid Bath
    • Crimes of Passion - Pat Benatar
    • Metropolis Part II - Dream Theater
    • Master of Puppets - Metallica
    • Rust in Peace - Megadeth
    • A Boat on the Sea - Moron Police
    • Painted from Memory - Evlis Costello & Burt Bacharach
    • Operation Mindcrime - Queensrÿche
    • American Idiot - Green Day
    • Ten - Pearl Jam
  • TerryMcGinniss@feddit.dk
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    1 year ago

    “Gorillaz - Demon Days” It is like a story unfolding, where they really have fun with the music, and effortlessly meld through different genres.

  • fl1ghtless@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique is and always will be an absolute masterpiece to me. It was awesome 20 years ago and still goes hard to this day.

  • nowrongnotes@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie - Jazz At Massey Hall

    John Coltrane - My Favorite Things

    Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue, In A Silent Way

    Jimi Hendrix - Electric Lady Land

    Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection

    Talking Heads - Remain In Light, Speaking In Tongues

    Aretha Franklin - Live At Fillmore West

    Deodato - Prelude

    Antonio Carlos Jobim - Wave

    Earth Wind & Fire - Head To The Sky

    Dave Brubeck - Take Five

    Fishbone - Truth And Soul, The Reality Of My Surroundings

    Esperanza Spalding - Emily’s D-Evolution

    Nina Simone - Black Gold

    The Roots - Things Fall Apart

    Sons Of Kemet - Your Queen Is A Reptile

    A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory

    Paul Simon - Graceland

    Funkadelic - Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On

    Chick Corea - Light As A Feather

    Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters

    Wu Tang Clan - Enter The Wu Tang

    That’s probably enough for now…