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    I define a PERFECT album as having the following criteria: at least 75% of the songs are GREAT and the rest are, at the very least, VERY GOOD. There are no bad/filler songs.

    Personally, I'd also add that the following:
    1. The songs are originals written by/for the band itself.
    2. Not a greatest hits album.
    Originally posted by Martin
    Who the fuck is Kellan Lutz?
    Originally posted by gravedigger
    Basically what I'm saying is that, based on what I've watched so far, we should all listen to Matt more often.
    Originally posted by Martin
    And who the FUCK is Peaches Geldof?
    Kellan Lutz's girlfriend?

  • #2
    The Killers.

    Hot Fuss.

    COME AT ME BRO
    Me quick one want slow

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    • #3
      1. Pearl Jam: 'VS'

      Their second album. It fulfills the promise that the first album merely hinted at. I can listen to it front to back without any issue. It's literally filled with absolutely classic rock:
      'Animal'
      'Daughter'
      'Dissident'
      'Rearviewmirror'
      'Elderly Woman Behind...'
      'Leash'
      'Indifference'

      The rest of the songs are, at the very least, REALLY GOOD.

      It's filled with passion and energy. It has a 'recorded live in one take' feel to it that emphasizes the mistakes (and there are a few) to the overall benefit of the vibe that the album generates.

      Love it.
      Originally posted by Martin
      Who the fuck is Kellan Lutz?
      Originally posted by gravedigger
      Basically what I'm saying is that, based on what I've watched so far, we should all listen to Matt more often.
      Originally posted by Martin
      And who the FUCK is Peaches Geldof?
      Kellan Lutz's girlfriend?

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      • #4
        At The Drive-In's Relationship of Command.

        While it has a couple of lulls in the absolute sonic fury present everywhere else on the album, it is an out-and-out amazing and nigh-relentless swan song that to me remains an amazing time capsule before everyone and their mother came out of the woodwork to rape and pillage its corpse with unoriginal and uninspired postpunk asshattery.

        Almost perfect is perfect in this case.

        And I was serious about Hot Fuss too. It is a fantastic glam/pop/dance-rock record from start to finish.
        Me quick one want slow

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        • #5
          I'm going to go unconventional.

          Bonnie Rait - Nick of Time

          Probably the third tape I owned that I wore out.

          Thing Called Love gets the most love but the entire album is blues/folk gold.
          We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
          - Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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          • #6
            That is a great fucking album.

            Nice choice, H.

            I'll go ahead and also say that Fountains of Wayne's Welcome Interstate Managers is also a perfect record. Seriously. No. Stop laughing. Looking beyond that "Stacy's Mom" explosion from years back, it is an expertly crafted and robust pop album.
            Last edited by Captain Russ; 07-20-2011, 12:39 PM.
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            • #7
              'Nick of Time' is fantastic. Haven't listened to that one in a long, long time. I remember 'Luck of the Draw' being pretty damned solid too.
              Originally posted by Martin
              Who the fuck is Kellan Lutz?
              Originally posted by gravedigger
              Basically what I'm saying is that, based on what I've watched so far, we should all listen to Matt more often.
              Originally posted by Martin
              And who the FUCK is Peaches Geldof?
              Kellan Lutz's girlfriend?

              Comment


              • #8
                Love her voice. I've always had a soft spot for blues.

                Ok. An obvious choice.

                Michael Jackson - Thriller

                A part of me wishes that he could have recorded a comeback album. Would have been interesting, at the very least.
                We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
                - Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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                • #9
                  Rush: 'Moving Pictures'. It's not my favorite Rush album, but it's the one that probably comes the closest to being perfect. The songs, the musicianship, the production...it's all there. Front to back, it's perfect.

                  CLOSE to perfect:
                  'Permanent Waves'
                  'Signals'
                  'Hemispheres'
                  '2112'
                  'A Farewell to Kings'
                  Originally posted by Martin
                  Who the fuck is Kellan Lutz?
                  Originally posted by gravedigger
                  Basically what I'm saying is that, based on what I've watched so far, we should all listen to Matt more often.
                  Originally posted by Martin
                  And who the FUCK is Peaches Geldof?
                  Kellan Lutz's girlfriend?

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                  • #10
                    I'd argue with you on 'Signals', and raise you 'Power Windows' on the Rush perfection scale, but solid choice, regardless, Matt.

                    My perfect choices, at the moment:
                    Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
                    Pearl Jam - Vs.
                    Motorhead - Orgasmatron
                    Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
                    Nirvana - Nevermind
                    Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

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                    • #11
                      Tim by the 'Mats. It is perfect. Per. Fick. Every song is a bottled promise of something great, something tragic, something nostalgic, or sometimes all of those things.
                      Me quick one want slow

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                      • #12
                        'Tim' is great, but I always preferred 'Pleased to Meet Me'.
                        Originally posted by Martin
                        Who the fuck is Kellan Lutz?
                        Originally posted by gravedigger
                        Basically what I'm saying is that, based on what I've watched so far, we should all listen to Matt more often.
                        Originally posted by Martin
                        And who the FUCK is Peaches Geldof?
                        Kellan Lutz's girlfriend?

                        Comment


                        • #13
                          That's another perfect one.

                          Preference is inconsequential, you'll enjoy the hell out of both or my name ain't Nathan Arizona.
                          Me quick one want slow

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Matt View Post
                            'Tim' is great, but I always preferred 'Pleased to Meet Me'.
                            Both are pretty solid, and worthy, inclusions to the list. I'd lean towards 'Pleased to Meet Me' mostly for the song 'Alex Chilton'.

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                            • #15
                              If not for that, certainly for 'Valentine'.
                              Me quick one want slow

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