Top 10 Perfect Albums of ALL Time!
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- This is just a fun video of my top 10 list of the most perfect albums of all time. My criteria for judging a perfect album includes:
1. No skip tracks
2. Memorable lyrics from start to finish
3. Appeal to new fans of the particular artist
0:00 Introduction
1:36 Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
2:54 Genesis - Trick of the Tail
4:47 Depeche Mode - Violator
5:54 Peter Gabriel - So
7:27 Paul Simon - Graceland
8:16 Billy Joel - The Stranger
9:05 Steely Dan - Aja
10:45 The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers
12:15 Michael Jackson - Thriller
13:15 Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
14:35 Rush - Moving Pictures
15:26 Pat Metheny - Still Life Talking
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All the albums here I pretty much agree with. As cliche as it sounds, I'd also include Fleetwood Mac Rumours. No skip tracks and the music is amazing.
Yep Rumours is a phenomenal album
Tango in the Night
I've tried to ignore it because it reminds me of people I'm not crazy for but yes, it is a great record start to finish.
So good that Silver Spring didn’t even make the cut. That album is perfection with absolutely no skips. Even the deluxe edition doesn’t contain a skip.
No argument there.
That is one heck of an album.
Ask ten people for the ten best albums and you'll get 100 different answers -- but this is a respectable list
Everybody better say dark side of the moon though otherwise wtf
Dark Side of the Moon - “This record is Time-less”. Haha, good one Gene.
The tracks on Dark Side of the Moon are like potato chips. You can't have just one.
Much lesser known are a couple Waters' solo efforts The Pros and Cons of Hitch-hiking and Radio Kaos. Both are impeccably produced 45 minute stories that walk you through a host of emotions while providing the critical listener with all the ear candy one could ask for.
Random Access Memories by Daft Punk.
In Atmos on Apple Music….Masterpice
Narrowing it down to 10 would be difficult even though I agree with your list. Supertramp's Breakfast in America and Deep Purple's Machine Head are others on my list and I can't forget Van Halen's debut album.
Great selection and 100% agreement on your list here. Depeche Mode's Violator is so underrated and not often mentioned as an audiophile album listen. Sounds so good nearly every song is solid through and through , the bass hits hard and tight and the instrument separation with Dave Gahans vocals is simply sublime.
I agree but Memento Mori is even better!
Need to Add: Queen - Night at Opera, Pink Floyd - The Wall, Miles Davis - Kind of Blue, my favorite Pat Methany is First Circle, Beatles - White Album or Revolver, Tom Petty - Wildflowers, Fleetwood Mac - Rumors
The bass and drums on moving pictures are amazing. Tom Sawyer has been played to death but the bass and drums on great speakers with subs are out of this world.
Yeah, Tom Sawyer was overplayed, but it's hard not to drum Neil Peart's drum break on the steering wheel while driving. Red Barchetta (pronounced correctly it has a hard K instead of a CH) is probably the greatest driving song ever recorded, and we're closer to that reality than you think.
Sounds great on my Dolby atmos system played through Apple Music
I play Tom Sawyer anytime I want to test new equipment!
Trick of the Tail is my favourite album of all time, even though my favourite band is Rush.
My first indoor concert at Sheffield City Hall, The Floyd Darkside Tour 1973. Quadraphonic Sound Stage. Wicked. Still play this album weekly and now in spatial on apple. Woohoo!
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms...... is the definitive album of all time. It will never be surpassed.
Hepcats - Out of Nowhere, or Hepcats - Scientific ............. absolutely fantastic albums. If you like ska music, the drums are out of control.
Nice List Gene! I grew up and started to listen to music regularly in the 80's on Long Island. I have half of the albums on your list and I'll purchase the others to improve my library.
The 1980s was the pinnacle of music production
Great selections Gene. So difficult to narrow down to just 10, but some notable worthy omissions, AC/DC - Back In Black, Boston self titled, Fleetwood Mac - Rumours or even their self titled album is amazing from start to finish.
You're maybe 10 years older than I. The more I get into quality audio, the more I find myself listening to all of these old albums. And now a few more. thanks.
Nice list. For me it's hard to pick a top ten as I like a lot of genres and albums for different reasons. That said if we are talking favorite albums by groups. I would change the following on your list.
Dire Straights - Love Over Gold
Pink Floyd - Animals
Rush - Signals
So hard to do these lists. Appetite for Destruction and Love at First Sting would be on my list for sure. Great job getting the convo going Gene!
Great picks 👍
While I'm not sure it has as much mass appeal, i would vote Radiohead's OK Computer on a GOAT list for sure . Have a listen Gene if you haven't already its a great one! :)
Santana Abraxas should be on this list.
The one downside of it is the quality of the recording is sub par. At least the one I have.
@@johnloupis9344 I have a format called dtsCD, no longer produced, that sounds fantastic. 5.1 surround, mixed brilliantly, yet sounds smooth and lively like vinyl. Available on SACD too. Haven’t heard that version yet.
@@erieeddie8683 I have a few DTS discs. In that case I bet it sounds dramatically better.
@audioholics Gene, thank you for all the continued great content. This was a highly anticipated video. However, you brushed the topic of the multiple formats of each of these albums. Is there any way in the video description narrative you can tell us which versions of each of these albums stood out as the best presentation: SACD, DVD-A, Atmos, Blu-ray, or plain old original or re-release rebook? (I agree with you that Animals was great, especially the SACD 2018 remix release).
Great 👍 choices, my compliments!
Great album choices! One thing I miss about the "old days" (the pre-Napster days) was that you fell in love with not just one or two songs from a good album but most or all of the songs in the album. When I bought an album, I would listen to the whole album and really get to like the songs that don't get much airtime and wind up really liking the album. These days, you just listen to the songs you know, and don't really get to know the other songs in the album.
Like ur list but I'd add Purple Rain, Kind of Blue, Joshua Tree, Nevermind, Led Zeppelin IV
This is honestly the best list I've seen. Could only add Fleetwood Mac Rumors.
powerquatsi is such a mesmerising piece of video soundtrack
Nice list, I have most of these on vinyl, and will check out the others.
Thanks to this impressions. Some of your favourite albums are some of mine, too. Others are new to me and are now scheduled to my next time playlists. Just missing Queen. Imho "A kind of Magic" as well as "Innuendo" are worth to be mentioned. Best regards from northern germany.
I don't have to agree with you on the albums to enjoy a video like this. Love it! For me the hobby is all about enjoying the music.
Gene thanks for the video. Top 10 lists are always fun to review and debate. There are probably no 2 lists that are identical. All 10 on your list are excellent. Two that I would add are one, A Space in Time by Ten Years After. I remember playing side one over and over and eventually flipping the record to side two. The second is Bridge of Sighs by Robin Trower. Incidentally the 50th anniversary edition was just released. Every song on the album is essential. Rock on!
Excellent 2 records. Great choices.
Rush- Farewell to kings
King Crimson- Red
Khan - Space Shanty
II Balleto di Bronzo- Ys
Osanna- Palepoli
Electric Moon- Stardust Rituals
Neu-Neu
Lard Free- Lard Free
Nektar- A tab in the Ocean
Pulsar- Pollen
Prog bands for the adventurous, just the tip of the iceberg.
Thank you Sir for sharing your knowledge,
Fabian
Cheers from San Francisco
Great list.
I got chills. I agree (and have) all of these except Depeche mode. Definitely a list for 50 somethings. Lol absolutely love Pat Metheny and Genesis. Thanks again for your fine work
There are so many great albums out there, and I agree with all your favorites. If the list were expanded, I would add "Return to forever, Romantic Warrior" , as well as "Jeff Becks, Wired". Chick and Jeff Rip.
Actually a pretty decent list that you came up with. I am right there with most of them. Here are a few additional ones that you may want to look at
- Marillion (Clutching at Straws)
- Rolling Stones (Exile on main Street)
- Velvet Underground (VU and Nico)
- Fleetwood Mac (Rumors)
- Phil Collins (Face Value)
- U2 (Joshua Tree)
- David and David (Boomtown)
- David Bowie (Rise and Fall of Ziggy)
- The Blue Nile (Hats)
- The Cure (Disintegration)
- Mike Oldfield (Tubular Bells)
As a U2 fan since Boy, Unforgettable Fire is their best album IMHO.
Love the prog picks Gene! Rush - Moving Pictures is definitely at the top of my list. I would round out my list with these:
Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory
Transatlantic - Whirlwind
Yes - Close to the Edge
Asia - Asia
I Love "Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory" but it is not for everybody.
Good selection
Love your top 10 list as I owns all of them and listen to them regularly. But for me, my taste, my humble opinion 😅, my #2 spot right after Pink Floyd DSM is Supertramp Crime of the Century. To me it’s a non-skip album with a story telling from the beginning to the end. I’ll make sure to listen to your top 10 keeping in mind what you have said about them so I audition them differently . And for that, I thank you! Keep the good work and stay safe.
Thx, I will check out Supertramp too
You make a great point with DSOTM, it is popular and overplayed, but for good reason and was part of Pink Floyds’ peak. Wish You Were Here is my favorite, and Animals is right up there…but I usually want to hear all of DSOTM, while others I generally pick songs. For better or worse, it is an album that makes you want to stop what you are doing and just listen…hard to be productive when it draws you in…for me, not many other albums illicit that kind of response(for the entire album)
I would include Neil Young - Harvest and The Eagles - Desperado (and a lot more, Supetramp, ELO, Led Zeppelin)
Some albums not on your list which I favour...
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Paul Weller - Wild Wood
The Who - Quadrophenia
10,000 Maniacs - Blind Man's Zoo
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
Carole King - Tapestry
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Also, I would agree that Sgt. Pepper's... is a sonic treasure. The separation is bliss!
Love Brothers in Arms. I have the Anniversarry SACD. One of the albums that sounds really great in multi channel audio. Also takes me back to happier simpler times too. But an amazing album.
Some excellent choices there Gene, like Dire Straits, Pink Floyd and of course, my all-time favorite album Steely Dan’s Aja. I would also add iRobot by Alan Parsons, 2112 by Rush, bridge Of Sighs by Robin Trower and morning phase by Beck among others, of course.
Nice to see Morning Phase acknowledged. Great album.
Nice list. I have seven of these, either on vinyl or cd.
Nice list, lots of British artists there. I don't think I could come up with a list of 10 albums with unskippable tracks, but there's one album that got me into metal and is still one of my all time favourite albums: Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. Totally agree with Thriller, there's a reason why it's one of the best selling records of all time.
A few of mine: Garbage’s first album. Stone Temple Pilot’s Core and Purple album, Lincoln Park’s first album, Beach Fossils’ Somersault, and The Smashing Pumpkins’ Siamese Dream.
Violator is an easy gateway into Depeche Mode. My favorite Depeche album is Some Great Reward. Sounds amazing and great songs.
To me, Music for the Masses is their best work.
A good list for the most part. Per your criteria, I can see why you have Thriller on there, though I would never put anything from MJ on a list.
Hey Gene,
Really good choices but you forgot the original Journey there first two albums are in the category you are discussing.. I will agree with you on all but Steele Dan. And Journey of a Lifetime or Look into the Future.
Thoughts.?
On a completely unrelated note: Any idea when your review of the Marantz Cinema 30 will release? It's on my short list for use as a AV Prepro.
Brothers in Arms in SACD is truly a demonstration piece.
Great picks! I probably would have picked Moving Pictures as #1 and also put Boston in there somewhere.
Artist: Florence + The Machine
Album: Lungs or Ceremonials.
Every time CZcams Music or Amazon Music plays a random track from either of these albums I switch over to playing the whole album.
"remain nameless" will blow out plenty of subs and speakers
I think ceremonials is better. Just an opinion of course,but they are both great
Hi Gene, excellent choices. The trick with The Trick Of The Tail is the original LP or CD. The remastered CD is 'harsh' in comparison. I stupidly bought the remaster & gave the original to a relative. After a couple of years of trying to like the remaster I gave up. Luckily my non-audiophile relative agreed to a swap! I've had to do that with several remasters, so the're used to my requests!! Enjoy!!!
Good list You should do the same thing but with Live Albums !
I really appreciate seeing Rush on here.
One of my all time favs is 2112
This was the first album I ever bought. I had just purchased a Sansui AU-7700, KLH 2 way speakers and a Phillips Turntable all for $250 new from Bryn Mawr Stereo, I believe it was the summer of 1974.
I still have this album and play it often.
Take Care
Bill
For a nice variant on Rush: Moving Pictures, try Exit, Stage Left (ESL). Many live tracks from Moving Pictures on ESL.
Pat metheny album u mentioned, just awesome n soothing. Guess lve overplayed it much over the years, it just overwhelmed me sometimes
Loved your list from 10 to off course N•1 but U thought that Prince 's undeniable Purple Rain was missing from your list. Thank you!
I prefer the Gabriel era of Genesis but I appreciate Trick of the tail... Selling is amazing. I will check out Violator as I love depeche mode. Animals and Wish you were Here are amazing for sure. As a Canadian anything Rush is amazing. 2112 especially.
You are the best, thank you
Great list. I was going to mention Violator but you included it and I agree about Music for the Masses. DM is my favorite band. I like Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here more than DSOTM.
Def Leopard-Hysteria, but I like Pyromania more.
The Cure-Disintegration
Metallica-Black album
Alice in Chains-Dirt
AC/DC-Back in Black
Boston-Boston
The Cars-The Cars
U2-Joshua Tree
Duran Duran-Rio
Evanescence-Fallen
INXS-Kick
Led Zepplin-IV
Madonna-True Blue
Pearl Jam-Ten
Nirvana-Nevermind
Prince-Purple Rain
The Police-Synchronicity
The Sisters of Mercy-Floodland
Tears for Fears-Songs From The Big Chair (The Hurting is my choice)
Van Halen-Van Halen
Black Sabbath-Black Sabbath
So many choices to make a top 10 list.
I own almost every INXS CDs. Kick was their most famous work, but Listen Like Thieves is their best work.
Brothers in Arms is a favorite. But even better is the XRCD version taken from the same master tape. Separation is phenomenal and puts the soundstage further apart and to the outside of the speakers.
Although Peter Gabriels "So" is a great record with mass appeal, I love his third self-titled album (AKA "Melt). It had a hit with Games Without Frontiers and Biko also got some airplay. But the rest of the tracks are weirdly outstanding with some great musicians lending a hand. I love "Intruder" (Phil Collins on drums using the gated reverb technique), "Family Snaphot" (A song imagining the assassination of a leader) and "Lead A Normal Life" about someone in a mental institution (Where else are you going to get the lyrics "Eating with a spoon, they don't give your knives"? All in all, a great list you came up with!
Agree, so is excellent, but PG III steals the show for me. Music, lyrics, concepts all are amazing. To me it is a concept album of a journey into the real life, challenges with society starting with his own issue- Intruder, I Don't Remember, Start, Family snapshot, then expanding to the society we live in "Games without frontiers", borders we create "Not one of us", the sufferings "Lead a normal life" and then finally ultimate sacrifice for the society with "Biko" to show the resistance against the oppression by the socirty
As a big Genesis (Gabriel era) fan....I have to agree with your assessment of A Trick of the Tail, I prefer Selling England, Foxtrot and my personal fav. The Lamb...however none of those have the mass appeal of Trick. Aja and The Stranger brings my mind back to a carefree time, single, doing whatever I want.....almost brings tears to my eyes. Thanks Gene!
I like your list and have a few of those albums. I would have added Taco- Puttin' on the Ritz.
Good list. Agree with a lot of it. Mine would be (grew up in the eighties so...) in no particular order:
Curiosity Killed the Cat - Keep Your Distance (not a great production though)
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (great in Atmos)
Depeche Mode - Violator (but Music for the Masses, Ultra and Songs of Faith and Devotion are right up there). Please give us Atmos versions of all of those!
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
Steely Dan - Gaucho
George Michael - Ladies and Gentlemen (compilation, I know... But it's just a great collection of fantastic songs)
Peter Gabriel - So
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms or Love Over Gold
Many honorable mentions. Like: Norah Jones, Jamiroquai, Zero 7, INXS, Eagles... Hard to choose 🙂
You need to make this a regular feature of the channel. Also, got to do the same for home theater with live performance with immersive audio.
Thanks I wasn't sure if people would appreciate a video like this. I'll do more.
Not a bad list! I would probably leave out Genesis, Peter Gabriel, and Depeche Mode to include Supertramp's Breakfast in America, Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, and Jethro Tull's songs From the Woods. Also very difficult to leave out the first Boston album. Making a 10-album list is necessarily cruel.
My personal top three:
Spock's Beard "Snow"
Dream Theater "Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory"
Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco de Lucía "Friday Night in San Francisco"
Have a DVD AUDIO of Brothers in arms, the surround mix exceeds the SACD in bass depth and surround distribution.
I have one that won't make many lists, but I encourage anyone looking for a great album full of unique lyrics and fantastic music craft from Jack Holder on guitar and production. It's John Kilzer's Memory in the Making. There are some killer tracks with "Give me a Highway" stealing the show as an unreleased killer tune.
'Convergence', by Malia and Boris Blank. Excellent pop album from 2014 with a very good sound quality.
I agree with your criteria but not a couple of your picks (although they _are_ pretty good!). I would skip the first, and potentially the second _and_ third tracks from _Thriller_ before you really get to the good stuff! I always thought this album was overrated in that way. As such, my additional criteria would be that a good album overall trumps an album with some of the best songs, but lots of average ones too.
Some picks I think definitely show your (our) age(s) or possibly the ages of our parents, as I would definitely pick _Rubber Soul_ and _52nd Street_ for The Beatles and Billy Joel respectively.
Looking though my "albums" playlist of 233 hours, I decided to pick a theme to narrow it down and went with Australian music, as it should be different to other lists here and might give your audience a few things they have not heard before. They are in no particular order except perhaps where they appeared in the playlist (which is probably alphabetical by artist, I just totally contradicted myself)!
Birds of Tokyo - Birds of Tokyo
Choirboys - Big Bad Noise
Cold Chisel - East
Icehouse - Measure for Measure
INXS - The Swing
James Reyne - James Reyne (The Australian version, sadly I think most streaming services have the US version which is not as good.)
Jimmy Barnes - For the Working Class Man
Midnight Oil - Red Sails in the Sunset
Noiseworks - Noiseworks
Turns out I ended up with just as many "honorable mentions", listed below with the reason they did not make the cut.
Australian Crawl - Sons of Beaches: This may not be to everyone's taste, the mixing is quite agricultural.
Boom Crash Opera - Boom Crash Opera: Would probably be 11 on the list.
Company of Strangers - Company of Strangers: Excluded because of the woeful track _Welcome to the Sounds of Detroit._
Daryl Braithwaite - Edge: Once again, the last track is terrible. At least it is the last track, so you can just stop the CD/LP!
INXS - Listen Like Thieves: Pretty much bumped out in favour of _The Swing_. One of the two bands in this list that I would say had 4 great albums in a row (along with Midnight Oil).
Models - Media: Hmm, maybe this would have been 11!
Pseudo Echo - Autumnal Park: Once again, this just didn't quite make the list. Even the newer CD version of this album with some added tracks doesn't really slip up.
Savage Garden - Savage Garden: Both their albums are good, but I am sure everyone knows them already.
Silverchair - Neon Ballroom: I think this album takes quite a bit of time and a number of listens to really appreciate.
The Superjesus - Jet Age: Once again no real reason, it is not quite of the standard of the top 10.
I am looking forward to other's lists, especially of someone does a British one. I saw enough in my playlist to probably do one myself!
Easy to disagree with some of these. I would add Supertramps Crime of the century, and Queens Night at the opera. Also, I think Genesis was better with Gabriel as vocalist.
Well, we do have similar tastes. Regarding Pink Floyd, I tend to gravitate more towards The Wall. Turns out, last weekend, I listened to CD-1 on Friday, then CD-2 on Saturday. Yes, I don't get tired of listening to Dark Side of the Moon. Rush, I am currently working on completing my collection. I listen to Xanadu almost every weekend. Music transports and "Soothes the Soul." Last, you can never go wrong with Pat Metheny.
Great list I've got eight out of ten.
I could quite happily live with that list. My favourite album of all time is Seconds Out. I got it for Christmas when it came out and subsequently bought the vinyl many more times as I'd drum along to it constantly and wear them out. Put the headphones on loud to drown out most of my playing and I believed I was playing Apocalypse in 9/8! I'm now 61 and listen to that album, or bits of it every week. I agree with all your albums , and also love One Trick Pony, The Leprechaun, Made in Japan, Yellowjackets,,,any with Will Kennedy, Dave Grusin's stuff like Gershwin and his Westside Story from 1998. I also love Feels So Good by Chuck Mangione, Night Fly, Sowing the Seeds of Love album with Manu Kache and bring on the night Live with Omar Hakin. It's hard to condense it to 10 and they don't quite fit your criteria. Also the Broadway Album with Barbara Streisand and Liza Minelli at Carnegie Hall with the great Bill LaVorgna as MD and drummer......Really enjoyed the video, thanks.
excellent alternatives. Agreed, Second's Out is a masterpiece and perhaps the best live performance in rock of all time.
Do you also know Ashra, Blackout's album, it might be something for you, I love it
Great list although I haven't yet heard Aja or any Pat Metheny. Reading through the comments I'm picking up a lot or recommendations which will keep me busy for a while. So I have a recommendation of my own - Tangled in Reins by Steel Heart. I love this album from start to finish and the production is very good. I think it's a sound thing, if you love the sound you will love the whole album, if you don't then never mind. Tommy Vance (Friday Night Rock Show on BBC Radio 1 80's and 90's) thought they would be huge but they came around just as grunge was taking over and then the lead singer nearly died when a lighting rig collapsed on him in the middle of a concert.
While great albums I wouldn’t say most of those are perfect. Agree with Thriller and Dark Side. I’d have to go with The Cars first album, Led Zep IV, Appetite For Destruction, Rumours, The Joshua Tree, Van Halen 1 to name a few. That said the albums in this list are amongst my favorite of all time.
Mostly agree however, for me, I like Genesis Duke better than Trick of the Tail. Each track builds on the others and it just flows so well starting with Behind the Lines and concluding with Duke’s Travels/End. I’m also a big fan of Wish You Were Here, especially knowing some of the Sid Barrett backstory.
I think your list is spot on but there was so much iconic music that came out of the 60's, 70's and early 80's. So, IMHO it is impossible for any to define a perfect album. My list is comprised of notable songs that the album is known for, I did not focus on the quantity of hits or continuity of an overall theme, but that the song/songs that is on it is one that everyone knows and is able to sing the lyrics to. My 10 picks: Chicago 17, Eagles Desperado, Kansas Point of No Return, Led Zeppelin IV, REO Speedwagon Hi Infidelity, Doobie Brothers What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits, Natalie Merchant Tiger Lily, Sade Diamond Life, Journey Infinity. Honorable mentions: Aerosmith Aerosmith, Steppenwolf Steppenwolf, The Doors L.A. Women, Rolling Stones (I can't get no.) Satisfaction, Metallica Metallica ( The Black Album) AC DC Back in Black..
Gene an underrated album to check out is Oxygene by Jean-Michel Jarre. Avoid all the new remasters/reissues and try finding an old Dreyfus pressing be it vinyl or the early CD pressings. Would be nice to hear your opinions on the album.
DSOTM is awesome, especially in Dolby Atmos, the remastering has removed the background tape hiss.
Better than the SACD in dynamics and information retrieval.
As a Depeche Mode fan, I too agree Music for the Masses in their best album. I have it on SACD.
Very good list. Some albums not (or barely) mentioned here that I would put on the same table: Band on the Run. Rumors. Wish You Were Here. Breakfast in America. God Shuffled His Feet. The Trinity Session. Zoso (4). Abbey Road. Madman Across the Water. No need to mention the artists; if you know, you know. If you don't, find out.
I agree with all of your "perfect album picks". We grew up in roughly the same music era. However, most guys my age (58) stopped listening to anything new after their mid to late 20's. But for some reason I seem to have an insatiable Appetite for new music! There are new albums that are every bit as good if you take the time to EXPLORE. No one is curating new music for you anymore. Streaming services are force feeding everyone with content that their algorithm thinks you want to hear. I still purchase most of my music. mostly in the form of digital downloads from the likes of Bandcamp. Some of my perfect album picks over just the last month are; Audio Vertigo by Elbow, What Kinda Music by Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes, A Southern Gothic by Adia Victoria and Nobody Smiling by Common. These are just some of my most recent dicoveries.
I would add Black Sabbath “Heaven & Hell” and Radiohead “In Rainbows” to this already great list!
You put out a solid list there. Mentioning Depeche Mode reminded me how much I also really enjoyed the 2-CD live recording by them titled "101".
Do you have preference between the 2 channel or 5.1/ATMOS versions?
What about Who’s Next? When they used to play Perfect Album Sides in NYC (can’t remember if it was WPLJ or WNEW), that was one where they could play either side.
I agree with many of these--especially the need of Graceland to be in spatial audio!
In my case, I would substitute Dire Straits Love Over Gold over the more "commercial" BIA. LoG also has my favorite Dire Straits song in "Industrial Disease"
And add:
John Cougar Mellencamp Scarecrow
Supertramp Crime of the Century
J Geils Band Freeze Frame
Talking Heads Little Creatures
ELP Brain Salad Surgery (esp in 5.1 w/Lucky Man)
The Tubes Outside / Inside
Men at Work Business as Usual
Human League Dare
And the genius of Los Lobos Kiko
Glaring omission: Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks. Ticks all three boxes.
Nice list, though I would've put in Fleetwood Mac Rumours and Eagles Hell freezes over. both great sounding Albums.
This is a good case for owning albums or LP etc (as well as streaming). So take Thriller for example, on Tidal at least there is no OG version, only special versions which DEFINITELY have skippable tracks
Don't rely of streaming only people!
I would add, but not for everyone Chemical Brothers - Exit Plant Dust
Nick Cave - Live From KCRW
Some excellent choices. For me Love Over Gold instead of Brothers in Arms and I'd have Rush - Moving Pictures in the top 10 and Pat Metheny's self-titled album instead of Still Life.. (even though I love that album). Sonically perfect, great songs, great atmosphere.