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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"

timrhu
mhedges
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I don't think anyone has covered the Bluegrass Genre so I will step in -

The Gibson Brothers - Bona Fide
JD crowe and the new south - JD crowe and the new south
Johnson Mountain boys - live at the old schoolhouse
The country gentlemen - calling my children home

Mark
donjr
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I agree with Macdadtaxes. I have ELP's Brain Salad Surgery and I don't know why. I got sick of all the old crap that's been in rotation forever. I've seen more than half of the bands mentioned on this thread and with the exception of Steely Dan, I wouldn't go see any of them again. It's like eating a hamburger every day for 40 something years.
timrhu OP
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I gave up burgers as a steady part of my diet years ago. I gave up prog rock as part of my musical diet decades ago. Actually, I never got it.
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tpreaves
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The Archies first album is a start to finish masterpiece.
darkkeys
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For jazz you must hear "Speak Like a Child" by Herbie Hancock. It is a six piece band and is a magical performance in my opinion.

I listen to it almost daily. It's been a long time since I've had any music that I play this much.
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