Perfect Albums

[Ollie Stench]

Grunch's post about the Love album being perfect gave me the idea for this thread. What, in your opinion, are perfect albums? Consider the songs, production, track sequence, artwork, not one thing you would change...

For me I can only think of 1, and that is Avalon by Roxy Music. While I don't like every song on the record as a whole package it is flawless.

2 close contenders would be the Purple Rain soundtrack and "The Trinity Sessons" by The Cowboy Junkies, but I think the artwork could have been better on both.

[edisonoside]

The perfect album for me is KRAFTWERK's "Computer World"(1981)...A tight album in all dimension.

Second place goes to A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS debut album(1982)...The whole album is good... Bill Nelson produced it, I ran is one of the best new-wave songs ev

[MikeP]

Perfect albums ... for me one stands out very clearly, and that is [i]A Secret Wish[/i] by Propaganda. To me, it epitomizes the very best of 80's synthpop and the glossy Trevor Horn/Steve Lipson production is top notch.

[n/a5]

If I had to take just one with me on a desert island....New Model Army's Thunder and Consolation. The following would be the rest of the 9 (if I could take 10)...in no particular order:

Eye of the Hurricane - The Alarm
His and Her's - Pulp
October -

[Jason²]

Hey Nero - You might want to grab New Model Army's "Thunder and CONSOLATION" - lest you bring the wrong "perfect" album with ya...

I had posted on this topic on another message board, but it was, like, 100 albums long, so in the interest of brevity, I

[n/a5]

HA HA! Ooopps[:0] I always do that. I fixed it now. As punishment I will subject myself to one entire day of listening to:

Debbie Gibson
Tiffany
New Kids on the Block
Menudo

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[Sean]

These are a few of my perfect albums:

1) Tensongs & Sound Of My Heart - Hubert Kah
2) Scoundrel Days - A-ha
3) Forever Young - Alphaville (Afternoons In Utopia is a better album in terms of strength of songs but there's too many interruptions in t

[cubby]

Here are some of mine:

Roxy Music-Avalon
Ultravox-Quartet
The Pixies-Doolittle
Cocteau Twins-Heaven or Las Vegas
Siouxsie and the Banshees-Hyaena
The Clash-London Calling
Manic Street Preachers-Everything Must Go
Suede-Coming Up

[i_like_lectric_motors]

For me, there is only one:

Squirrel Bait's 1985 self-titled album.
8 songs in only 18 minutes but that's all it needs to absolutely annihilate you. It even has a song called "Perfect" on it. What more could you ask for? Criminally underrated band. Her

[Jason²]

Not to start a "how could that POSSIBLY be perfect" debate here, but Sean I have GOT to take issue with your thought that "With Sympathy" is a "perfect" album. Now, I realize it's a matter of opinion and I would agree that it's a good, if not great, album

[Otters Walk Among Us]

a few:

Minutemen - Double Nickels On The Dime
The Cure - Disintegration
ABC - The Lexicon Of Love
Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
James Brown - Live At The Apollo
Housemartins - London 0 Hull 4
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
Dead Ca

[Frau_Blucher]

Great picks on Avalong and Queen is Dead.

I'll say Echo's "Ocean Rain" - theme, hooks, front to back quality, it's all there.

[knowitallrecs]

"Virgins and Philistines" - the Colourfield
"Bringing Home the Ashes" - the Wild Swans
"High Land, Hard Rain" - Aztec Camera
"Louder Than Bombs" - the Smiths
"Heaven Up Here" - Echo & the Bunnymen
"The Sun and the Moon" - the Sun and the Moon
"Stran

[skinnytie]

Here are some of mine:

XTC - "Black Sea"
Cowboys International - "The Original Sin"
Boomtown Rats - "V Deep"
Siouxsie & the Banshees - "Kiss in the Dreamhouse"
Sparks - "No. 1 Song in Heaven"
Motors - "Tenement Steps"
Pearl Harbour - "Don't Follo

[tenpole]

Lots of 'perfect' albums in the list so far.

I'll add another (imho):
Peter Murphy - Deep