Best Ever Albums

Re: Albums with nothing but good songs

SquishypuffDave — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:38:21 GMT

Author: SquishypuffDave

Posted: 03/12/2011 00:38

To make it harder for me (I think there are heaps) I'll limit myself to albums with 10 tracks or more, and one album per artist:

Porcupine Tree - Signify
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Arcade Fire - Funeral
The Beatles - Revolver
Sonic Youth - EVOL
Aphex Twin - Richard D James Album
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
The Cure - Disintegration
The Shins - Wincing the Night Away

Re: Albums with nothing but good songs

kingofwine — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:16:22 GMT

Author: kingofwine

Posted: 03/11/2011 18:16

Wow! Got some crazy picks out there but this is a tough list. There are very few continuous listen albums, especially now a days (yes I'm dating myself) but consideration should be given to the "concept" albums. Here are a few:

Pink Floyd - D.S.O.T.M.
Radiohead - O.K. Computer
Black Sabbath - Debut album
King Crimson - Red (yes I know every album was a concept but I like this one best)
Prince - Purple Rain

Also, any of Led Zeppelin's first 3 albums don't have a track I would skip over. I would have included VI but most of those songs have been played to death.

Re: Albums with nothing but good songs

acb27 — Wed, 9 Mar 2011 19:50:20 GMT

Author: acb27

Posted: 03/10/2011 00:50

Weezer- Blue Album
Weezer- Pinkerton
Radiohead- OK Computer
Pink Floyd- Animals
Eminem- The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem- The Slim Shady LP
Kanye West- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Californication

Re: Albums with nothing but good songs

mooseboy101 — Tue, 8 Mar 2011 20:56:06 GMT

Author: mooseboy101

Posted: 03/09/2011 01:56

Mourinho_is_God wrote:

I've got to agree with Bad Faith, I do the same thing. Especially in the age of itunes/foobar, it's so easy to switch songs. I rarely listen to a full album electronically.

That's why I own the lp's of my favorite albums that I consider classics. Playing records is a nice method of "forcing" myself to listen to them in entirety.

you got a point there, but you can skip songs on lp's. but it is better to listen to the whole side.

Re: Albums with nothing but good songs

Mourinho_is_God — Tue, 8 Mar 2011 12:34:35 GMT

Author: Mourinho_is_God

Posted: 03/08/2011 17:34

I've got to agree with Bad Faith, I do the same thing. Especially in the age of itunes/foobar, it's so easy to switch songs. I rarely listen to a full album electronically.

That's why I own the lp's of my favorite albums that I consider classics. Playing records is a nice method of "forcing" myself to listen to them in entirety.

Re: Albums with nothing but good songs

badfaith — Tue, 8 Mar 2011 07:59:06 GMT

Author: badfaith

Posted: 03/08/2011 12:59

My general rule of thumb, or that which has come to seem to me a truism, is that the more original, experimental, and ambitious an album, and the artist who made it is, the more likely I am to skip tracks... but that's not a bad thing in a sense, because as they offer a richer and more diverse experience with a greater variation of music on the album, those tracks individually or as groups of tracks appeal to my different tastes and moods at different times, depending on what I'm looking for from a musical experience at any giveen moment.
But those albums which have that 'non-skip-ability' tend for me to be the more consistently themed and toned pop-ish and melodic albums which have greater accessibility and are not too challenging, but where I'm more likely to visit individual tracks from the former category on a more regular basis, I am more likely to listen to those later calssification of tuneful whole albums only occasionally, as the particular mood that strikes for that more general tone occurs only as frequently as the mood for a particular track from another album... Am I making any sense here?

For instance, I might be in the mood for three or four tracks from Kid A say on Monday and Tuesday, but a diffferent group of tracks from that same album on Wednesday-Friday, but the mood for a whole album of more melodic stuff like Feeder or Fleetwood Mac's Rumours only on Saturday, so I've spent the whhole week listening to Kid A in Various groupings and with greater frequency and combinations over more time than a more 'one shot' album like Rumours, whoch may not then come out again for a couple of months.

Re: Albums with nothing but good songs

Anonymous — Sun, 6 Mar 2011 12:51:54 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/06/2011 17:51

I've only got two albums rated 100--Since I Left You and In the Aeroplane Over the Sea-- and of those I would have to say I think only NMH has only good songs (I find myself skipping Etoh off SILY alot). picky? maybe

and there are alot of albums that you couldn't take a song away cause it would ruin the atmosphere, but that doesn't make them good (e.g. Myrrhman from Laughing Stock)

Re: Albums with nothing but good songs

GARY — Sun, 6 Mar 2011 11:28:22 GMT

Author: GARY

Posted: 03/06/2011 16:28

(1)Revolver - Beatles
(2)Rubber Soul - Beatles
(3)Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
(4)Who's Next - The Who
(5)Powerslave - Iron Maiden
(6)Animals - Pink Floyd
(7)Heaven And Hell - Black Sabbath
(8)IV - Led Zeppelin
(9)Magical Mystery Tour - Beatles
(10)I Robot - Alan Parsons Project
(11)Accident At Birth - Bruce Dickinson
(12)Born In The U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen
(13)D.S.O.T.M. - Pink Floyd
(14)Tumbleweed Connection
(15)Paradise Theater - STYX
(16)Humbug - Arctic Monkeys
(17)Dream Evil - DIO
(18)Black Rose - Thin Lizzy
(19)No. 4 - Stone Temple Pilots
(20)The Stranger - Billy Joel
(21)Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
(22)Killers - Iron Maiden
(23)And Justice For All - Metallica
(24)Mob Rules - Black Sabbath
(25)Holy Diver - DIO
(26)Shout At The Devil - Motley Crue
(27)The Cars - The Cars
(28)Stranger In Town - Bob Seger
(29)Here's Little Richard - Little Richard
(30)Equinox - STYX
(31)Pyromania - Def Leppard
(32)The Chemical Wedding - Bruce Dickenson
(33)Permanent Waves - RUSH
(34)Superunknown - Soundgarden
(35)The Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden
(36)Moving Pictures - RUSH
(37)Ten - Pearl Jam
(38)Back In Black - AC/DC
(39)Close To The Edge - YES
(40)Achtung Baby - U2
(41)Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
(42)Operation Mindcrime - Queensryche
(43)Defenders Of The Faith - Judas Priest
(44)Pieces Of Eight - STYX
(45)90125 - YES
(46)Paranoid - Black Sabbath
(47)Cornerstone - STYX
(48)Grace Under Pressure - RUSH
(49)British Steel - Judas Priest
(50)Dreamboat Annie - Heart
(51)Sad Wings Of Destiny - Judas Priest
(52)Diary Of A Madman - Ozzy
(53)Zenyatta Mondatta - Police
(54)Hotel California - Eagles
(55)Crime Of The Century - Supertramp
(56)52nd. Street - Billy Joel
(57)II - Led Zeppelin
(58)Houses Of The Holy - Led Zeppelin
(59)Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
(60)Sgt. Peppers - Beatles
(61)Let It Be - Beatles

Re: Albums with nothing but good songs

Chemical Smile — Sat, 5 Mar 2011 06:29:38 GMT

Author: Chemical Smile

Posted: 03/05/2011 11:29

40footwolf wrote:

There are so, so few albums that don't have at least one clunker in them.

I agree, that makes it all so much better when you finally do discover an album thats great from start to finish. My list would be:

The Strokes - Is This It
Bouncing Souls - How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Digable Planets - Blowout Comb
Green Day - Dookie
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - World's Apart
Deftones - Diamond Eyes
Nada Surf - Lucky

There are lots of albums that are so so close to being perfect, if only that one dodgy filler track was left off!

De La Soul - Buhloone Mind State: remove tracks 8 & 14 and you'd have a perfect album!
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds: Sloop John B - obviously!
Blink 182 - Blink 182: the monologue at the end of 'Violence'. I think i've listened to it once!
Pearl Jam - Vitology: Hey Foxymophandlemama.....etc etc - brilliant album - but what the hell is this thing on at the end? Has anyone EVER listened to all of it?!
RATM - RATM: Settle For Nothing - sounds like a b-side - no as good as the rest of the album!

Re: Albums with nothing but good songs

Norman Bates — Sat, 5 Mar 2011 04:29:08 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 03/05/2011 09:29

I consider all albums on my chart to be flawless, or I wouldn't have put them there.

Re: Albums with nothing but good songs

Hayden — Fri, 4 Mar 2011 20:43:43 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 03/05/2011 01:43

There probably won't be more than 10 albums that could be listed here...But, for my personal taste, every song on these albums are great:

In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
Funeral - Arcade Fre
Kala - M.I.A.
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis
and maybe I'd put Thriller :s, but that's a bit iffy.

Also, after reading this, I'm interested in listening to Black Sabbath's debut...

Re: Albums with nothing but good songs

Cryptozoologist — Fri, 4 Mar 2011 20:19:09 GMT

Author: Cryptozoologist

Posted: 03/05/2011 01:19

Rubber Soul
Revolver
Sgt. Pepper's
Trout Mask Replica
The Bends
OK Computer
Funeral

Re: Albums with nothing but good songs

SquishypuffDave — Fri, 4 Mar 2011 19:48:57 GMT

Author: SquishypuffDave

Posted: 03/05/2011 00:48

I think there are plenty. Especially considering albums with just a few great long songs (In the Court of the Crimson King, F#A#∞, The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady). Maybe upping the anti to all GREAT songs would narrow it down, but most of the albums on my chart have nothing on them that I straight-up dislike.

Re: Albums with nothing but good songs

videoheadcleaner — Fri, 4 Mar 2011 17:27:52 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 03/04/2011 22:27

The way I organise my chart, the top 5 include all great songs.

Disintegration
Absolution
The Colour Of Spring
Echolalia
Asleep In The Back

Re: Albums with nothing but good songs

Applerill — Fri, 4 Mar 2011 16:29:38 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 03/04/2011 21:29

Weezer-The Blue Album
Patti Smith-Horses
Black Sabbath-Black Sabbath
Neutral Milk Hotel-In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Billy Joel-The Stranger
Nirvana-Nevermind

Re: Albums with nothing but good songs

cartoken — Fri, 4 Mar 2011 16:18:20 GMT

Author: cartoken

Posted: 03/04/2011 21:18

not that much (albums with only 4/5 - very good- and 5/5 -excellent- songs). between brackets the rank in my top 500 albums.

1. The Strokes - Is This It (1st)
2. Ramones - Ramones (8th)
3. The Stooges - Fun House (26th)
4. Stan Getz & João Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto (69th)
6. Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (195th)
5. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (230th)

but i've never listened to a very perfect album yet (only 5/5 songs).

Re: Albums with nothing but good songs

Anonymous — Fri, 4 Mar 2011 16:11:48 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/04/2011 21:11

Yeah I can't think of many albums without at least one or two average tracks, but as for the ones that are great from start to finish, I'd go with

PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Led Zep IV

Re: Albums with nothing but good songs

40footwolf — Fri, 4 Mar 2011 15:29:46 GMT

Author: 40footwolf

Posted: 03/04/2011 20:29

Man, the "nothing but" part makes this tough. There are so, so few albums that don't have at least one clunker in them.

From my own top 50, I might go with:

Black Sabbath-debut
Thin Lizzy-Black Rose
Cynic-Traced in Air
The Zombies-Odessey and Oracle

...Damn, maybe that's it.

Albums with nothing but good songs

mooseboy101 — Fri, 4 Mar 2011 15:01:44 GMT

Author: mooseboy101

Posted: 03/04/2011 20:01

I havent been on this site for that long, there might have been a topic like this before (show me a link if there is). But i'v realized there aren't that many albums with consecutive stand out amazing songs. there is always at least one song that you would skip on your mp3 player. the only albums on the top of my head that i haven't been able to deal with this is
DSOTM
ok computer
blind faith
magical mystery tour
meddle
little earthquakes
and velvet underground & nico