What albums can you truly, honestly, through giving every song a perfect 10/10, actually rate as perfect?
I've done a lot of thinking about this one, and I've determined that I can only rate eleven albums a perfect 10/10 (or, rather, 100/100 on here), arranged from highest ranked on my list to lowest:
OK Computer
Pet Sounds
Kid A
Doolittle
What's Going On
The Downward Spiral
The Dark Side of the Moon
Kind Of Blue
Remain In Light
Mutemath
Pinkerton
Now, there are a few albums ranked in-between and above these. The reason for this is that, although every song on Mutemath is a 10/10 for me, I enjoy The Bends more, and also happen to rank every song on The Bends a 10/10, except for Sulk, which is something like a 9.9 or 9.75 or whatever increment is fair. Basically, The Bends is as close to perfect as an album can be, without actually being perfect, because I feel that Sulk - ever so slightly - kills the momentum of the album. Therefore, even though The Bends is a better album than Mutemath, The Bends is not a perfect/10 out of 10 album, while Mutemath is. You see my logic here?
Anyway, what are yours? How many do you have? I'm quite interested to see what choices people make here.
JasonconfusedIf We Make It We Can All Sit Back and LaughProfile California
My former definition of a "perfect" album is an album where each song is at least 7/10, which means the song is enjoyable. LZ4 is the highest on my chart because it is the only album I've come across where every song is at least 8/10. But I'm rethinking my definition of a perfect album. I think the album must carry at least two 9/10 songs. It should be more than one, but how often do you get a song like that? Most of my song ratings range from 7-8.5. Besides, I haven't come across albums with a song like that lately. LZ4 has 4 songs with a 10/10, a 9, an 8.5, an 8, and a 9.5 (in order of the tracks). 4 five star songs. This reason, and the 8/10 reason are enough for LZ4 TO be my nuber 1.
Another criteria could be that every track is at least 7 and the feel and flow of the album is phenomenal. That could make it a perfect album. Just ONE song lower than a 7 will ruin the chances of it being a perfect album no matter what. But yeah, this is a criteria so far.
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LZ4, Rumours. The two most perfect albums I've had the pleasure of hearing.
Bat
Who's Next
Houses
Graceland
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Welcome to My Nightmare
Bat 2
Operation Mindcrime (super freaking awesome!)
DSOTM
1984
Ziggy Stardust
First five Zeppelin albums
Love at First Sting
Quadrophenia
Slippery When Wet
A Night at the Opera
To name a few...
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SingingPeasant96Coming-of-AgeProfile In the aeroplane (maybe it's over the sea)
Not a bad idea for a topic... weird criteria given so far. Perfect is kind of a silly word. At the end of the day, I think cohesion is pretty central to "perfection." An album like Revolver might have only killer tracks, but is it cohesive? Not really. It still seems like a "perfect" album to me, though.
Whenever someone mentions the perfect album, I always tend to think of "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot." Really can't think of a flaw there, both in terms of song quality and cohesion. It flows so well and each song is fantastic.
Disintegration
In Rainbows
Absolution
Ravedeath, 1972
Echolalia
Asleep In The Back
The Colour Of Spring
Teenage Snuff Film
Ziggy Stardust
Wish You Were Here
Not perfection but the top 3 are as close as I have got.
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