What's your Perfect Album?

[4NDR01D]

Swervedriver -Mezcal Head is pretty much perfect too to bottom.

And I’d say Husker Du “Flip Your Wig” except for “the baby song”, except, I love the way its sequenced right before Flexible Flyer.

[Jorge Galvan]

Gary Moore: Run for Cover
Asia-Astra
Asia-Then & Now
Cream-Disreali Gears
Cream-WHeels of Fire
Thin Lizzy-Black Rose
Queen-Innuendo

to name only a few

[Hector]

Anybody mention Jethro Tull Aqualung yet ?

I love that album. I like Songs from the Woods too.

[Hector]

Put me down for RUSH - Moving Pictures

I was going to list that one as my third pick.

[Mikey]

Anybody mention Jethro Tull Aqualung yet ?

[Mongoose1983]

I can name about ten albums that would fit. Most them have been mentioned in here before. Now I just wanted to point out a 1989 LP by POCO called Legacy.

From start to finish, and yielding the band's hit single "Call it Love", there isn't a bad track in this album. It's a real pleasure to play the CD without having to click "skip"!

[megoapesnut]

Put me down for RUSH - Moving Pictures

[B-Lister]

Perhaps I should come to MegoMeet as the Criminologist. Is it scary that I have all those costume components on hand?

JCS and Phanton of the Paradise are faves on mine too, Brian.

No intent to derail...

Do you have no F#cking neck?

[B-Lister]

Lou Reed Transformer off the top of my head.

I'm an album listener. I hate compilations and greatest hits. An album, to me, is like a book. It's a journey to be taken as a whole.

[GlobalObserver]

[Mikey]

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[rykerw1701]

Hotel California and Abbey Road. I never skip a track and I'm always a little sad when they're over.

[Hedji]

Great score! But again, the album presentation... I think only a single disc hurt this one.

I never warmed up to the CE3K album arrangement. Although quite good, it doesn't progress in the same way the complete and chronological presentation... from completely atonal to lush melodic beauty.

But yes, if we are talking full scores and not albums, Superman and CE3K both easily make the list.

[Hector]

You should include Superman, dammit...

BTW, you left out a BIG one...

[Hedji]

Oh, you meant PERFECT?



John Williams has always been really good at eschewing chronological film order, and arranging cues and mixing in concert arrangements for a really good listening experience. The Star Wars 2LP gave the score lots of breathing room, and a classic listening experience, that while incomplete, is still cherished today. His single LP arrangements for Raiders, E.T. and Jaws are a close second.





I can't include Superman-The Movie because it is unfathomable why he left off the helicopter sequence!