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What is your idea of a Perfect Album?

I was just listening to Kid Creole and the Coconuts album "Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places" and came to the conclusion that it is a "perfect album". The story line, the instrumentation, the mix and even the artwork are all included in my rating of this record. Yes, the artwork and liner notes count as well. Dark Side of the Moon is a another good example. There's a million of them, whats yours?
rfigster
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One that takes you out but brings you back.
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waltersalas
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Just a few off the top of my head:

The Beatles, "Rubber Soul"
Van Morrison, "Astral Weeks"
Gram Parsons, "Grievous Angel"
Joni Mitchell, "Blue"
John Coltrane, "Love Supreme"
X, "Wild Gift"
The Band, "Music From the Big Pink"
Big Star, "Radio City"
Miles Davis, "Kind of Blue"
Husker Du, "Zen Arcade"
Freedy Johnston, "Can You Fly?"
PJ Harvey, "Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea"
Thelonious Monk, "Brilliant Corners"
The Clash, "The Clash"
The Replacements, "Let It Be"
New York Dolls, "New York Dolls"
Richard and Linda Thompson, "Shoot Out the Lights"
Neil Young, "Rust Never Sleeps"

All of these took me out and brought me back, but I wasn't the same when I returned.


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jsaah
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Peter Gabriel--"SO"
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waltersalas
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Oh yeah, can't bear leaving off Lucinda Williams' "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road."
jax2
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Tom Waits, Mule Variations
Anouar Brahem, Le Pas Du Chat Noir
Jordi Savall, Les Voix Humaines

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