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Are there any albums you consider perfect?

My daughter gave me an ipod for my birthday and I have been loading music to it slowly. As a perxon who listens to albums start to finish I have been loading albums I consider high quality beginning to end.
Makes me wonder how many perfect albums there are out there. Steely Dan's "Pretzel Logic" is to me perfect. What I mean by perfect is not one sound needs to be added or subtracted to make it better. Funny thing is, "Pretzel Logic" is not my favorite Steely Dan album, but its sound is perfect. I can only come up with a few.
Pink Floyd, "Wish You Were Here"
Tears For Fears, "Songs From The Big Chair"

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mapman
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""Emerson, Lake & Palmer" does not have a lighter cut."

"Lucky Man"

Very good + a hit, but light/commercial by ELP standards.
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'Lucky man' good song, ruined for me at end by the twonky tonk high pitched needless meanderings on the synths/keyboards.
Now where is that 'Trilogy' cd? for a bit of 'Hoedown!
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I'll never forget the beatdown ELP took when I saw them at the Fillmore East back in the day. I was a huge fan, excited that we scored tickets. Wasn't aware that Edgar Winter's White Trash was 2nd billing. Well, being the era that it was, I think the whole audience was trippin' on acid, expecting a psychedelic ELP roller coaster. Out comes Edgar & the boys, basically performing their whole 'Roadwork Live' record. Poor ELP had to follow FOUR sweaty encores! 1st song was 'Barbarian' followed by the side-long tune from Tarkus. People were walking out in droves! Ah, the good ol' days!;)
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I've picked up some good ideas and will be ordering them. The one album listed above that I might go along with as perfect is "The Crane Wife" by The Decemberists. It flows so well from start to finish which is difficult at it's length.
I suppose perfection is relevant to the time and place as much as the particular music set.
On my honorable mention list is:
The Counting Crows, "August And Everything After"
Joni Mitchell, "Blue"
REM, "Document," no wait, that one is perfect.
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