The Perfect Album

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No such thing.

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If artists could release "perfect" art then they should just quit once they've done so since they could never top it.

That's not what SUC means and you know it. Stop being absurd. Or at least stop contaminating our good time!

Temple of Blood wrote:

No such thing.

There is such a thing... an album that has no filler and every song is classic. Back in Black is one example.

none.

Not sure about "perfect" but here are some that at least definitely come close...

Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Motorhead - Overkill
Led Zeppelin - 1
Jimi Hendrix - Axis Bold As Love
Witchfinder General - Death Penalty
Riot - Fire Down Under
King's X - Gretchen Goes To Nebraska
Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
Slayer - Reign In Blood
Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs
Judas Priest - Unleashed In The East
Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
Trouble - Psalm 9
High On Fire - The Art of Self Defense
Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales

Thin Lizzy-Johnny The Fox & Black Rose
Megadeth-Rust In Peace
Tea Party-Splendor Solis
Rainbow-Rising
Tesla-Psychotic Supper

Primus-Frizzle fry

I'll be here all night.....

Temple of Blood wrote:

If artists could release "perfect" art then they should just quit once they've done so since they could never top it.

Thankfully, there is always something more for artists to strive for to keep them going.

I sure hope you're not the barrel of fun in the outside world, like you are here.

He is a barrel of fun, but first he must drink his lemon juice (unsweetened) and take a bitter, angry dump first thing in the morning....then he's fine!!

Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet
Iron Maiden - 7th Son
GnR - Appetite

Man there are several others.

Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
Ozzy - Blizzard of Oz

Thats again a hard one but here are some:
FASTWAY:TRICK OR TREAT
RIOT:THUNDERSTEEL
BARON ROJO:LARGA VIDA AL R´N´R
THOR:ONLY THE STRONG
WRATHCHILD UK:STAKK ATAKK
KREATOR:ENDLESS PAIN
and a long etc...

AC/DC - Back In Black (Probably the best rock/metal album ever!)
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Metallica - Ride The Lightning

More recent stuff:

Hibria - Defying the Rules

Black Sabbath - the first few
Mercyful Fate - Melissa
Nevermore - Dead Heart in a Dead World
Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
Iron Maiden- Killers
Destruction - Infernal Overkill

I am also considering Gory Blister - Skymorphosis

there are more for me.

A couple more came to mind since my initial list:

Rush - Moving Pictures
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Deja Vu (okay, shoot me)
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
King Crimson - Red
Unida - Coping With The Urban Coyote
Jethro Tull - Stand Up

AC/DC - Back In Black
Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
King's X - Dogman
Slayer - Reign In Blood
Riot - Fire Down Under
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Iron Maiden - Killers
Kyuss - Welcome To Sky Valley

Of course there are albums I consider to be the best of all time but not a single one that I would rate perfect. There is always at least one song I listen to less than the other ones on the same record. The album that comes closest though is Master Of Puppets in Metal and Back In Black in Hard Rock.

I'll come back to this as I have many to do but too little time to do it in (bedtime in 30 minutes then I'm busy until Tuesday evening.

Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

I'm sure there are others in my collection if I gave it some thought, but I need to walk down to the office and get another cup of coffee, so I'll go with the 1st one that comes to mind:

GnR - Appetite for Destruction

scottmitchell74 wrote:

He is a barrel of fun, but first he must drink his lemon juice (unsweetened) and take a bitter, angry dump first thing in the morning....then he's fine!!

I don't get it, but I am laughing hard.

These are albums I consider to be a 10/10, where I never hit the skip button:

Accept: Restless and Wild
Anthrax: Among the Living
Badlands: Badlands
Cinderella; Night Songs
Dio: Holy Diver
Dream Theater: Scenes from A Memory; Images and Words
Europe: Wings of Tomorrow
Fates Warning: Awaken the Gaurdian; No Exit; Spectre Within
Fifth Angel: Fifth Angel
Iron Maiden: Somewhere In Time
Judas Priest: Stained Class; Screaming; Defenders; Painkiller
Keel: Lay Down The Law
Kiss: Destroyer
Leatherwolf: Street Ready
Lillian Axe: Love and War
Megadeth: Rust in Peace
Metal Church: S/T
Metallica: Kill 'Em All
Queensryche: The Warning
Rainbow: Long Live Rock and Roll
Ratt: Out of the Cellar
Savatage: Power of the Night; Hall of the Mountain King
Vanhalen: VH1; VH2; 1984
Whitesnake: Lovehunter; Slide It In; 1987; Good to Be Bad
Y & T: Mean Streak; In Rock We Trust; Contagious; Ten