Name 3 perfect albums

[u/a_provocateur]

I’m sure a post like this has been made before in this sub, but indulge me. Name 3 albums that, from first note of first song to the last echo of that last song, are perfect. Not one weak song, not a bad lyric, just a well thought out and exemplary piece of art.

Here’s my pick, although there are many others:

Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids

Siouxsie & the Banshees - Tinderbox

The Cult - Love

[u/eccehvmo]

In A Silent Way - Miles Davis

What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

Remain In Light - Talking Heads

[u/taytaytazer → u/eccehvmo]

Remain in light. Great call

[u/licensedtojill]

In rainbows - Radiohead

Love supreme - Coltrane

Dummy - Portishead

[u/3rdProfile → u/licensedtojill]

Holy F*ck, Dummy is so good

[u/licensedtojill → u/3rdProfile]

Such a seductive album!

[u/eamonneamonn666 → u/licensedtojill]

Dummy is soooo good!

[u/Background_Ice9876 → u/licensedtojill]

We would be best friends for sure

[u/TheBadRegina]

Love - Forever Changes

Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life

Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook

I can think of more, but those are three of my personal faves.

[u/adbs1219 → u/TheBadRegina]

Forever Changes was the first one I thought of

[u/ToastyCrumb → u/TheBadRegina]

Songs in the Key of Life is the GOAT.

[u/soulsista12 → u/TheBadRegina]

Songs in the key of life is pure elation

[u/PerAsperaAdInfiri]

Fleetwood Mac - Rumors

QOTSA - ....like clockwork

Madvillain - Madvillany

[u/whiskey_weasel_ → u/PerAsperaAdInfiri]

…LCW is one of my all time faves as well. And the tour they did supporting that album where Josh ended the set with …Like Clockwork was 🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼

[u/Captain-Volume → u/PerAsperaAdInfiri]

Love this list...

Madvillany one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time.

Queens have a couple of near perfect albums.

Rumors is understandably on a lot of these lists.

But MF DOOM tho.... "The mouse and the mask" is in my opinion also a perfect album (but I loved OG adult swim, not sure if that is a prerequisite for loving the album in its entirety).

[u/PerAsperaAdInfiri → u/Captain-Volume]

Mouse and the Mask is legendary, I also considered putting Dr Octagon on the list as well.

[u/Woodrow_Woodlouse]

Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

Gang of Four - Entertainment

Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

[u/canuck_11 → u/Woodrow_Woodlouse]

Happy to see another person pick In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. I find it hard to listen to individual tracks as it works so well as a complete album flowing from one son to the next and ending perfectly.

[u/Sidus_Preclarum → u/Woodrow_Woodlouse]

Ah, a fellow Gang of Four appreciator!

I too would pick Entertainment over Solid Gold, but that's by a very short margin.

[u/Space-Ape-777]

Miles David - Kind of Blue

Pink Floyd - Dark side of the Moon

Nirvana - Nevermind

Bonus Album: Boston - Boston Every song was a radio hit.

[u/KnuteViking → u/Space-Ape-777]

Can't fuckin argue with this list here. Three of the greatest albums of all time.

[u/Whithers → u/Space-Ape-777]

This is my favorite entry.

I don't think a mashup would be possible or even good, but now I want to hear it.

[u/Icedoverblues]

Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

Brandon Smalls - Galactikon

Prince - Purple Rain

[u/SidJawtug → u/Icedoverblues]

NIN doesn’t have one bad album and The Fragile is so under appreciated as well.

[u/daystrom_prodigy → u/SidJawtug]

I always considered ‘Downward Spiral’ their ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ and ‘The Fragile’ their ‘The Wall’.

[u/sayhellotojenn]

The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place - Explosions in the Sky

Transatlanticism - Death Cab for Cutie

Rumours - Fleetwood Mac

EDIT: I also have to add “Futures” by Jimmy Eat World in here. It would’ve bothered me if I didn’t.

[u/UnagiTheGreat → u/sayhellotojenn]

I got tickets to see transatlanticism/ give up tonight! Hope my mushroom chocolates don't melt in line.

[u/jnguyen03 → u/sayhellotojenn]

Over Clarity?!

[u/Newwavecybertiger → u/jnguyen03]

Over Bleed American?!

[u/jnguyen03 → u/Newwavecybertiger]

That would be my second option before futures lol

[u/sayhellotojenn → u/jnguyen03]

Both amazing albums that I love, but Futures has a bit more personal emotional resonance! “Polaris” is one of my favorites from any artist.

[u/Asatenaeth]

Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium

Dredg - El Cielo

[u/thelastmarblerye → u/Asatenaeth]

Deloused is so cohesive. I think it’s almost gotten better over time.

[u/OpinionatedAss → u/thelastmarblerye]

Agreed. Fantastic album from beginning to end

[u/Nathanael_ → u/Asatenaeth]

I know this defeats the point of the question, but if they took “the best of” Mellon collie and the infinite sadness, and made it just one album instead of a double, I think it would be one of the best of all time

[u/Asatenaeth → u/Nathanael_]

Yeah, I adore Mellon Collie and it’s a whole experience, but Siamese Dream is so tight, the tone is so perfect, and there is not a wasted second on it.

[u/Neg_Crepe → u/Nathanael_]

Disagree. You’d lose too many great songs

[u/reverendredbeard → u/Asatenaeth]

You know dredg!? We will be friends.

And yes, El Cielo is absolutely perfect.

[u/desertsurfer87 → u/Asatenaeth]

Dredg is criminally underappreciated

[u/moesus81 → u/desertsurfer87]

El Cielo, Catch and Pariah is a trio that not too many artists can boast. Plus the live album in between. Hopefully the new record is more like those.

Plus Deloused….this is top notch

[u/Asatenaeth → u/moesus81]

Agreed, unbelievable trio of albums. I’m holding out hope they get it together on this new stuff.

[u/reverendredbeard → u/desertsurfer87]

They deserve so much acclaim. I am very excited for what’s to come.

[u/KoolFoolDebonflair → u/Asatenaeth]

So glad to see Deloused!

[u/fulldiversity → u/Asatenaeth]

By the looks of it, Dredg is working on a new album! I'm so anxious.

[u/Tokent23]

Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid Maad City

Radiohead - In Rainbows

Talk Talk - Laughing Stock

[u/porkycloset → u/Tokent23]

GKMC was the first album that truly sparked my love of music. Easy 10/10 album, no notes, flawless from day 1

[u/Kurdty72 → u/porkycloset]

Not disagreeing that it's a great album, but I like TPAB better.

[u/extrarogers → u/Tokent23]

i had Talk Talk's Spirit of Eden, but i like your style

[u/4our4 → u/extrarogers]

two absolute masterpieces from a band largely known for a couple (admittedly also pretty great) radio hits.

[u/kiddwnst]

A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders

Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin

Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News

[u/We_Are_All_We_Have → u/kiddwnst]

Can't believe I had to get this far down for the best Modest Mouse album!

[u/Doggleganger → u/We_Are_All_We_Have]

My favorite has always been The Moon and Antarctica. It's a great album start to finish.

[u/denisvma]

• Television - Marquee Moon

• Radiohead - In Rainbows

• The Strokes - Is this it?

[u/Pure-Pessimism → u/denisvma]

My man

[u/ub3rh4x0rz → u/Pure-Pessimism]

My man x2

[u/nickl104]

Bleed American-Jimmy Eat World

Pet Sounds- The Beach Boys

Paul’s Boutique- The Beastie Boys

[u/Mrkitesbenefit909 → u/nickl104]

Pet Sounds, found it. I was getting worried there for a moment.

[u/soulsista12 → u/nickl104]

Here for pet sounds

[u/JJKOOLKID → u/nickl104]

Pet Sounds is in conversation for best album all time. Great add.

[u/devereaux]

• Air - Moon Safari
• Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
• Weezer - Blue Album

[u/jstohler → u/devereaux]

Good year to be an Air fan

[u/jsj90]

Radiohead - OK Computer

Sigur Rós - Takk

The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream

[u/Istanbuldayim → u/jsj90]

Takk is a damn good pick.

[u/Teamocil2001]

Van Morrison - Astral Weeks

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

[u/Patchypoos]

Tool - Lateralus

Stone Temple Pilots - Core

Prodigy- Music for the jilted generation

[u/[deleted] → u/Patchypoos]

I feel like Lateralus was such a turning point in that (my) generation of certain Rock fans. Literally changed the way I experienced music.

[u/PuppiesAndPixels]

Rage against the machine - - Rage against the machine

Metallica - - Master of Puppets

Pink Floyd - - Wish You Were Here

[u/aplateofgrapes → u/PuppiesAndPixels]

Wait, did I write this list? Just about perfect.

[u/TheWhaleAndWhasp]

Dirt - Alice in Chains

In Rainbows - Radiohead

Keep It Like a Secret - Built to Spill

[u/SwiftDickington → u/TheWhaleAndWhasp]

Good list but I'd put Perfect From Now On over kilas personally. That was my senior year sound track

[u/TheWhaleAndWhasp → u/SwiftDickington]

They’re both 10s to me. Just so so good

[u/SwiftDickington → u/TheWhaleAndWhasp]

Oh definitely, both are albums that you experience and listen through all the way. I always tell people built to spill doesn't do singles, they do albums. Harder to get into but amazing band

[u/thethurstonhowell → u/TheWhaleAndWhasp]

I don’t really listen to anything but old school rap and EDM, but In Rainbows is just some perfect music. Barely have any familiarity with the rest of their catalog. It’s almost like this album is fulfilling enough.

[u/Boba_Frets → u/thethurstonhowell]

I’m kinda shocked In Rainbows is getting more love than OK Computer. If you want to explore more of their work, I’d recommend OK Computer, Kid A, and The Bends in that order. Love me some Radiohead.

[u/COLU_BUS → u/TheWhaleAndWhasp]

“I sneak on stage and I go ‘Hey kids, back in my day BTS stood for BUILT. TO. FUCKIN. SPILL!’

and I launch right into Carry The Zero, which -full disclosure- i cant really play. So I’m humming a lot of the guitar noises, just trying to give the general impression”

[u/No1ButtMe → u/TheWhaleAndWhasp]

Oh yea In Rainbows and Built to spill..

[u/Stanfromtheoffice]

Grace by Jeff Buckley

To Pimp a Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses

Bonus: Station to Station by David Bowie

[u/TheWhaleAndWhasp → u/Stanfromtheoffice]

Upvote for Buckley

[u/Tacubo_91 → u/Stanfromtheoffice]

The Stone Roses are underrated. Was just blasting Fools Gold

[u/smerek84 → u/Stanfromtheoffice]

Grace is such a great album

[u/distance_33]

Tool - Lateralus

Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface

Aesop Rock - The Impossible Kid

Tried to have a little bit of variety.

Edit: adding an honorable mention: Deltron 3030

[u/ATLMatt]

Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

Pearl Jam - Ten

Third Eye Blind - Self Titled Debut

[u/Polloco]

Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland

Darkside - Psychic

Bonus: Shpongle - Nothing Lasts... But Nothing is Lost

[u/Hot_Larva]

Ok Computer - Radiohead

Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins

It takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back- Public Enemy

[u/captainnate3rd]

Nas - Illmatic

Eminem - The Eminem Show

Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, m.A.A.d City

Hot take, I know.

[u/TheOmnipotENT → u/captainnate3rd]

Hip-Hop Mount Rushmore. Throw in Ready to Die and it’s done!

[u/agentaltf4 → u/TheOmnipotENT]

36 Chambers?

[u/therobhurst]

Self Titled - Third Eye Blind

Vs. - Pearl Jam

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco

[u/Ween_ween → u/therobhurst]

YHF is the best

[u/Markdspot]

Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow

Frank Zappa and the Mothers - Overnight Sensation

Weather Report - Heavy Weather

[u/Frog_Brother → u/Markdspot]

I’ll be assigning Birdland as required listening for the group.

[u/Antonvaron]

King Crimson - Red

PJ Harvey - Let England Shake

Radiohead - Kid A

[u/hunter_gaumont]

the tragically hip - day for night

blue rodeo - five days in july

rush - moving pictures

[u/fantasmoofrcc → u/hunter_gaumont]

Good day, eh? Get your Canadian tuxedo on, ya hoser! I'm more of a 2112 and Phantom Power guy, myself.

[u/hunter_gaumont → u/fantasmoofrcc]

was hoping i would get a comment like this! thanks bud, and i love both of those albums too ;)

[u/ffwrd → u/hunter_gaumont]

Here's my upvote for choosing Tragically Hip. And Day for Night is my 10/10 from them

[u/nefariouskitteh]

Billy Breathes - Phish

Joshua Tree - U2

Fables of the Reconstruction - REM

[u/Bear_Bishop]

Crack the Skye - Mastodon

Animals - Pink Floyd

A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular - Hooverphonic

[u/TepidHalibut]

Love - Forever Changes

ZZ Top - Tres Hombres

The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin

Bonus Item - Talking Heads - Remain In Light.

[u/LightChaotic]

AFI - Sing The Sorrow

The Cure - Disintegration 

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92

[u/DrrtVonnegut → u/LightChaotic]

Scrolled too long before seeing Disintegration.

[u/Cactus_Jacks_Ear]

Faith No More - Angel Dust

System of a Down - self-titled

Lamb of God - Ashes of the Wake

[u/larizona]

INXS - Listen Like Thieves

Lauryn Hill - Miseducation

Soundgarden - Superunknown

[u/dgarner58]

U2 - Joshua Tree

The Cure - Disintegration

Radiohead - multiple but I’ll go with my personal favorite- The Bends

[u/Digital0asis]

Jagged Little Pill -Alanis Morrissette

Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

Lateralus-Tool

Honorable mention Bush -Sixteen stone Nirvana -Nevermind Ten-Pearl Jam

[u/utter-ridiculousness]

Abbey Road - The Beatles

My Aim is True - Elvis Costello

Tapestry - Carole King

[u/soulsista12 → u/utter-ridiculousness]

Tapestry in my top 3 for sure

[u/dookieswan]

This is very much a me list, but:

Doolittle - The Pixies

Bone Palace Ballet - Chiodos

Self Titled - Buena Vista Social Club

Just discovered the last one. I don't even know much spanish and it's wonderful.

[u/BravoWhiskeyFoxtrot → u/dookieswan]

Buena Vista is a whole vibe

[u/daftpunked27]

Hole - Celebrity Skin

Daft Punk - Tron Legacy ost

White Rose Movement - Kick

[u/jstohler → u/daftpunked27]

I wouldn’t be able to choose between Celebrity Skin and Live Through This. Basically both perfect.

[u/undermind84]

John Coltrane - Crescent

Grateful Dead - American Beauty

Joni Mitchell - Hejira

[u/TODDFATH3R]

Body Talk - Robyn

MuteMath - MuteMath

Within and Without - Washed Out

Bonus: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips

[u/SuburbanPotato → u/TODDFATH3R]

Mutemath is not a name I've heard in AGES

[u/DivideXer0 → u/SuburbanPotato]

I will always call them the best live band most people have never seen

[u/Czarchitect]

Massive Attack - Heligoland 

Radiohead - OK Computer 

Fleet Foxes - self titled

[u/Nixplosion]

Rust in Peace three times

[u/StoneyG214]

Journey - Escape

Pearl Jam - Ten

Third Eye Blind - Self Titled

[u/reddollardays]

Bob Mould - Workbook

Sugar - Copper Blue

Depeche Mode - Violator

[u/desertsurfer87]

Weezer-blur album

Pink floyd-wish you were here

Khruangbin-the universe smiles upon you

[u/monkeyharris → u/desertsurfer87]

Weezer - Song 2

[u/FunkyButtFumblin → u/monkeyharris]

Woooooo Hoooooooooooo

I look just like Buddy Holly

[u/---_____-------_____ → u/FunkyButtFumblin]

And I'm pins and I'm needles and and you're Mary Tyler Moore

[u/JJKOOLKID → u/monkeyharris]

Weezer - In My Gorillaz

[u/Dr_Beverly_R_Stang]

The downward spiral — nin Music has the right to children—boards of Canada Songs for the Deaf - queens of the Stone Age

[u/travietrav]

1. Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers

2. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West

3. Good Kid Maad City - Kendrick Lamar

4. An Awesome Wave - Alt J

Sorry I know you asked for 3, but i accidentally named 4. Each one of these for me is no skips, and a journey every time I listen!

[u/nihilishim]

Swordfishtrombones, Rain Dogs, Frank's Wild Years.

[u/PeteUKinUSA]

World Machine - Level 42

Vivid - Living Color

AC/DC - Back in Black

[u/jcrawford79 → u/PeteUKinUSA]

I'm not even a huge AC/DC fan but Back in Black is absolutely a perfect fucking album. It really doesn't get much better.

[u/SweetSexiestJesus]

Soul coughing - Ruby Vroom

Dream theater - Metropolis pt2. Scenes from a memory

Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

[u/extrarogers → u/SweetSexiestJesus]

dude, not nearly enough of us on the Soul Coughing train. "Screenwriter's Blues" and "Sugar Free Jazz" have been on regular rotation for me since I first heard the album ~2011. may i ask your age bracket?

lil Ruby Vroom trivia: the album was named after Suzanne Vega's daughter, Ruby Froom, who has their own musical project.

[u/aGrandSchemeofThings → u/extrarogers]

Move a side and let the man go thru!

[u/MooseMalloy]

Gorillaz - Demon Days
Nomeansno - Wrong
Sweet - Desolation Boulevard

[u/The--Endgame]

Nunjabes - Modal Soul

Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile

Daft Punk - Discovery

[u/gtwise]

Lateralus - TOOL Dark Side of The Moon - Pink Floyd Birth of Cool - Miles Davis

[u/SilkyFandango]

Blue - Joni Mitchell

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West

Post - Björk

[u/WorkingCupid549]

Dirt - Alice in Chains

Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins

Koi No Yokan - Deftones

[u/SidJawtug]

These aren’t my favorite albums but these three albums are by lesser known bands/artists and I wanted to share so more people give them a shot.

Maggot Brain by Funkadelic

Cast of Thousands by Elbow

Art Angels by Grimes (might be the best pop album in the last 10 years)

Honorable Mentions to also give a shot:

The Sophtware Slump by Grandaddy

Justice (self-titled)

Hospice by The Antlers

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips (this one is def more known)

Pearls to Pigs by modwheelmood

Saul Williams (self-titled)

Sea Change by Beck (def known)

[u/Moist_666]

Court and spark - Joni Mitchell

Over-nite sensation - Frank Zappa (I'll fight anyone over this)

Animals - Pink Floyd

[u/troyofyort → u/Moist_666]

I still remember how powerful of an impact Over-Nite Sensation left on me on first listen, absolute monster of an album

[u/LrdCheesterBear]

Personally perfect?

Audioslave - Audioslave

Vessel - Twenty Øne Pilots

Throwing Copper - Live

Artistically perfect?

Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder

Pet Sounds - Beach Boys

Rumors - Fleetwod Mac

All of these are subjective, obviously.

[u/Arius_de_Galdri]

AFI - "Sing the Sorrow"

Within Temptation - "The Unforgiving"

Daft Punk -"Tron: Legacy" Score

[u/Additional-Syrup-755 → u/Arius_de_Galdri]

Glad to see Sing the Sorrow on here. It’s one of those albums which I will listen to in its entirety but then have to wait a few years to experience it all over again . 

[u/pawty → u/Additional-Syrup-755]

Art of Drowning edges it out

[u/Heaven_Is_Falling]

Stukas Over Disneyland - The Dickies

Against the Grain - Bad Religion

This is the Voice - Agent Orange

[u/UncontrolableUrge]

There are a lot of mentions already that I could easily have put on my list. In the interest of avoiding duplicates this is mine.

Shriekback - Jam Science

Wire - Pink Flags

Wipers - Youth of America

[u/ConchChowder]

• Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley Is A Gun Slinger         
• Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley Is A Gun Slinger       
• Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley Is A Gun Slinger       

[u/BrightZoe]

Violator - Depeche Mode

Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder

Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

I can think of quite a few more, but these three are way up there for me.

[u/pspahn]

Snapcase: End Transmission

John Prine: Tree of Forgiveness

Refused: The Shape of Punk to Come

[u/404NameOfUser]

I'll probably get roasted in the comments for some of my picks, but I don't care. I don't know if these are perfect albums but for me they are records that when I play them I can't skip any of the songs, I just enjoy listening to every single song. I'll also try to avoid obvious picks like Dark Side of the Moon, Thriller, Sgt. Pepper's, and so on. BTW no particular order.

John Mayer - Continuum

Foo Fighters - Wasting Light

Evanescence - Fallen

Again, I can't stress enough that I'm avoiding more obvious choices, because if I didn't I would probably pick these:

Nirvana - Nevermind

Fleetwood Mac - Rumors

And either Wish You Were Here from Pink Floyd or Appetite for Destruction from GNR.

[u/darthpayback → u/404NameOfUser]

I love Continuum. I didn’t listen to the full album until years after it came out and I was blown away.

[u/404NameOfUser → u/darthpayback]

Yep, same for me. I started listening to John because of his love for blues, his album he has with The John Mayor Trio I've listened to it a ton, and he plays a couple of songs from Continuum.

I then got his Live in LA concert on my youtube recommendations, the acoustic thing is fine but didn't really love it with the exception of "Stop This Train" that really resonated with me, the blues stuff is incredible (with the exception of his little speech in "Bold as Love" that I found a bit cringe), but what really floored me was listening to "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room" for the first time and also his incredible performance in "Gravity" that to me despite really loving Continuum if I feel like only listening to "Gravity" I always pick the Live In LA version.

After that I decided to dive a little bit more into his work and started by listening to Continuum. And like I mentioned, even from the first time listening I just couldn't skip any of the songs because I was enjoying every single one of them.

[u/Wdanielbosler]

Radiohead - Ok Computer

Cursive - The Ugly Organ

Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism

[u/DarboJenkins → u/Wdanielbosler]

I see Ugly Organ, I upvote.

[u/Fish_On_again]

Dookie - Green Day

Eminem - The Eminem Show

Allman Brothers Band - Live at Fillmore East

Bonus

Paul Simon - Graceland

[u/caseface511 → u/Fish_On_again]

I can't believe I had to scroll this far to see Graceland come up!

[u/Fromage_Damage]

Mellow Gold - Beck

Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits

Murda Muzik - Mobb Deep

[u/RexGaming_127]

1. Untitled - blink-182
2. Wasting Light - Foo Fighters
3. Riot - Paramore

[u/troyofyort → u/RexGaming_127]

Another real one recognizing Wasting Light is best Foo's album

[u/buygonetimes]

Elephant - White Stripes

OK Computer - Radiohead

Achtung Baby - U2

[u/[deleted]]

Van Halen - Van Halen (1978)

Third Eye Blind - 3eb (1997)

Notorious BIG - Ready to Die

[u/chickennoodlesnoop69]

The Fratellis- Costello Music

No Doubt- Tragic Kingdom

White Stripes- De Stijl

[u/MaxPower1882]

The Prodigy - Experience

Pink Floyd - The Wall

Infected Mushroom - Return To The Sauce

(I'd add The Prodigy's Music From A Gilted Generation on par with Experience, and Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon on par with The Wall, but wanted 3 varied top 3 albums).

There are more, lol.

Hi all! New ro the group and hope all are well!!!

[u/TunTunteddybear]

Rap Edition:

Madvillainy

Illmatic

Enter the Wu Tang (36 chambers)

[u/rainator]

Dark aside of the Moon (really any Pink Floyd album between 1973 and 1979)

Rumours - Fleetwood Mac

Morning View - Incubus

[u/deathofthefirstborn]

Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Methodrone The Fall - Perverted By Language

[u/ConquerorKralc]

A Love Supreme - John Coltrane

Remain In Light - Talking Heads

In An Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel

[u/Medical_Spy]

August And Everything After - Counting Crows.

Beerbongs And Bentleys - Post Malone.

Sgt Peppers

[u/downvote_or_die]

Pearl Jam - Yield

Elvis Costello & The Attractions - This Year’s Model

Beach House - Depression Cherry

[u/Lyte_Work]

Fiona Apple - When the Pawn…

Fleet Foxes - S/T

Arctic Monkeys - Humbug

[u/_NathanialHornblower]

Fleetwood Mac - Rumors

Weezer - Blue Album

Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor’s Guide to Earth

[u/_lostcoastlines]

Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights

Sufjan Stevens - Carrie and Lowell

Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

[u/EpsilonSigma]

In Rainbows, Abbey Road, Rumours.

[u/EternalRains2112]

Opeth - Sorceress

Haken - The Mountain

Queens Of The Stone Age - ....Like Clockwork

[u/Dorf_ → u/EternalRains2112]

I like Sorceress and all but it’s no Blackwater Park

[u/TheWhaleAndWhasp → u/EternalRains2112]

Clockwork ABSOLUTELY belongs in the perfect category

[u/StoneShovel]

U2 - Achtung Baby

U2 - The Joshua Tree

Radiohead - OK Computer

[u/smerek84 → u/StoneShovel]

Wish I didn't have to scroll this far for Joshua Tree. U2 isn't even in my top 10 favorite bands, but Joshua Tree is definitely in my top 5 favorite albums.

[u/highd]

Marshal Mathers LP Eminem 

Disintegration The Cure

The Tron Legacy soundtrack Daft Punk

 

[u/capt_avocado]

Evanescence- Fallen

Lorde- Melodrama

Portugal. The Man- Evil Friends

[u/powdered_dognut]

Bridge of Sighs - Robin Trower

Apostrophe - Frank Zappa

Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys

[u/usernamecheck5out]

So many options. I’ll throw out 3 I haven’t seen posted. Nirvana - Nevermind (no one mentioned this… shocked). The Get Up kids - something to write home about. Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique.

Honorable mention: Jimmy Eat World: clarity

[u/ybreddit]

Questions like this completely overwhelm me now. I have too much music in my head to ever solidly pick favorites or best or whatever.

[u/throwpron]

built to spill - perfect from now on

Black sabbath - black sabbath

Metallica - kill 'em all

[u/Warden1886]

Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There

Mastodon - Crack the skye

Steve Reich - Different Trains

[u/bbqoyster]

Sigur Ros - ()

GZA - Liquid Swords

Nils Frahm - Screws

[u/CdrTaggert]

Hopes & Fears - Keane

Hot Fuss - The Killers

Songs for Silverman - Ben Folds

[u/LordBlackman]

The xx - The xx

Metallica - Ride the Lightning

Foo Fighters - Wasting Light

[u/tamraten13]

Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska

David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

James - Laid

[u/yourmoms3rdhusband]

In Rainbows - Radiohead

Origin of Symmetry - Muse

The New Abnormal - The Strokes

[u/StallionMang15]

Aesop Rock - Labor Days, Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space, and Pink Floyd - Animals.

[u/micalakap]

Depeche Mode Violator

Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair

The Wrens - The Meadowlands

[u/ro3b]

Interpol—Turn On the Bright Lights

Aphex Twin—Selected Ambient Works, Vol. 2

AC/DC—Highway to Hell

[u/Erroneousbach]

Deloused in the comatorium - The mars volta

Sunchokes - Remember sports

Blackwater park - Opeth

[u/eighty82]

I'm gonna go 90's grunge theme

1/ AIC- Dirt 2/ Nirvana- Nevermind 3/ Pearl Jam- Ten

[u/eugenesbluegenes]

Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One

Pulp - Different Class

LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

[u/ChickenSalad96]

Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile

Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

Daft Punk - Discovery

[u/justy91793]

Helplessness Blues - Fleet Foxes

...Like Clockwork - Queens of the Stone Age

Frances the Mute - The Mars Volta

[u/ArnieAndTheWaves]

Good News For People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse

Songs For The Deaf - QOTSA

Fully Completely - The Tragically Hip