Your (perfect) record

Simon & Garfunkel "Bookends" 
(It screams the moment in time in which it was recorded)

Chicago "Transit Authority"
(Their first & best lp. Ahead of it's time, still recalls past times.)

Moving forward………

Tom Petty "Southern Accents"
In the exact same vein as the lps above, this one brings all of the emotion, the history of a rock n roll star examining his roots and taking that to another plane.

so many...Revolver, Pet Sounds, Rumours, Dark Side of the Moon, Who's next, London Calling....all so cohesive and the tracks belong on the same "record" in time.

Where to start....lol.

I suppose to start with my reference goto album which for me has not one single bad track on it.
And bdp24, it's definitely not old school and not probably to many liking here but.


Nightmare ... Avenged Sevenfold.

If you have never listened to Victim or So Far Away, well you are missing out imho.

However if we want to talk old school a little then a few candidates.


2112 ... Rush.

Paradise Theater ... Styx

Crime of the Century ... Supertramp

Tubular Bells ... Mike Oldfield

Deceptive Bends ... 10cc

Rainbow Rising


And on and on

Truth be told I would say it is IMPOSSIBLE to pick just one perfect album for myself.

A few more: Dylan's Blonde On Blonde, John Wesley Harding, and Blood On The Tracks, Rockpile's Seconds Of Pleasure, John Hiatt's Bring The Family and Slow Turning, Loudon Wainwright's Last Man On Earth, Weezer's s/t ("green" album), The Byrds Sweethearts Of The Rodeo, The Dwight Twilley Band's Sincerely, Emitt Rhodes' s/t debut, Ry Cooder's Bop 'Til You Drop (musically, not sonically, unfortunately---the very first digital Pop album). So much music, so little time.