Love this thread!
Here's my top 10, in no order whatsoever:
1- Vitalogy - Pearl Jam
2- If I should Fall From Grace With God - The Pogues
3- Harvest Moon - Neil Young
4- Louder Than Bombs - The Smiths
5- L'amour est une sale affaire - Jean Leloup
6- Angel Dust - Faith No More
7- Up - Great Big Sea
8- Joshua Tree - U2
9- Quadrophenia - The Who
10- Ball-Hog or Tug-Boat - Mike Watt

Those are the ones that sping to mind, although now that I think of it, there are a few more that I should probably add...then again, if I do I won't be in bed before tomorrow night...

Mrs Osbourne, if you ever get fed up with Ozzy, you can manage me any time! Knowwhatimean?

There is only one perfect album, and it's:

What's Going On / Marvin Gaye

Here's my list, in no particular order, but I refuse to be limited to only ten:

1. Jethro Tull - Stand Up
2. Jethro Tull - Benefit
3. Jethro Tull - Aqualung
4. Jethro Tull - Living in the Past
5. Jethro Tull - A Passion Play
6. Jethro Tull - War Child
7. Rickie Lee Jones - The Magazine
8. Janis Joplin - Kozmic Blues
9. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
10. Pearl Jam - Live on 2 Legs
11. R. E. M. (any album)
12. The Tubes (self-titled album)
13. Crowded House (self-titled album)
14. Crowded House - Temple of Low Men
15. Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
16. Blind Faith (self-titled album)
17. Echo and the Bunnymen - Reverberation

OK, here we go... (no particular order)

Freak Show - Silverchair
The Joshua Tree - U2
Nevermind - Nirvana
Little Earthquakes - Tori Amos
The Black Album - Metallica
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
Laundry Service - Shakira
Razorblade Suitcase - Bush
Dream No. 7 - Reamonn (German band)
Music Box - Mariah Carey

aaargh! I have some more in store... well, no. This would take hours to name them all.

great post drewski..

Now, bear in mind I'm a dag but my life wouldn't be the same without these beauts..

Carole King - Tapestry
Bowie - Diamond Dogs, maybe Low
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
Pink Flloyd - The Wall
Monty Python - Soundtrack To The Holy Grail
MIke Oldfield - Tubular Bells
John Coltrane - Love Supreme
Lou Reed - Berlin or Transformer
Dire Straights - Brothers In Arms
Neil Young - Harvest
Beatles - Abbey Road? Maybe The White Album

Groan - I need a top 50 also!

'If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music'. good old Albert E

Same as everyone - no particular order......

The Wall - Pink Floyd
Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
Music From The Elder - KISS
Diary Of a Madman - Ozzy Osbourne
Long Cold Winter - Cinderella
Sign 'O' The Times - Prince
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
Empire - Queensryche
Thriller - Michael Jackson
any of Pink Floyd's other albums

1. WWE 'Forceable Entry'
2. Final Fantasy Vocal Collections II: Love Will Grow
3. Final Fantasy IV Celtic Moon
4. Aaliyah Aaliyah
5. Destiny's Child Survivor
6. Disney Babies Lullaby
7. Puddle of Mudd Come Clean
8. Ashanti Ashanti
9. Our Lady Peace Gravity
10. Final Fantasy X Tidus & Yuna Tribute

Ok, here we go

Eat to the Beat- Blondie
Rumours- Fleetwood Mac
(Oh, I'm gonna be different!) Mirage- Fleetwood Mac
The Other Side of the Mirror- Stevie Nicks
White Album- Beatles
Fly- Dixie Chicks
Up!- Shania Twain
Ziggy Stardust- David Bowie
Jagged Little Pill- Alanis Morrisette
Trouble in Shangri-La- Stevie Nicks

Perfect in my ears anyway:

Hotel California - The Eagles
Toto - Toto
Tapestry - Carol King
In The Volume Of The Book - 2nd Chapter of Acts
Breakfast in America - Supertramp
The Painter - John Micheal and Terry Talbot
Greatest Hits - James Taylor (sorry, had to include this one)
Live At Carnegie Hall - Andre Crouch
High Lonesome - Randy Travis
Point of Know Return - Kansas

You have all great taste in music. A few of mine are covered already so I had to say that.

1. Tapestry - Carole King
2. Kate Bush - Kick Inside
3. David Bowie - Hunky Dory or Low or Scary Monsters or Diamond Dogs.. heck, most of his pre 80's were near perfect
4. Billy Joel - The Stranger/ 52nd Street
5. PInk Floyd - The Wall/Dark Side/Pipers gate
6. Spandau Ballet - True
7. Elvis Costello - Armed Forces/My Aim is True
8. Led Zepplin - Led Zepplin IV/Houses Of The Holy
9. Harry Chapin - Verities & Balderdash
10. Neil Young - Decade

Damn thats ten, I'm on a roll - let me sneak these in -

Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield
Bread - Essentials
KD Lange - Ingenue / All You Can Eat
Joe Jackson - Night and Day / Body and Soul
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Boston - Third Stage

So many more. What happened to the great 8-10 song albums? You're lucky to get 2 good songs off an LP..

just noticed I already had a dig at this post.. memory like a goldfish.. at least I was consistent, not bad for off the top of my head. lol

This is a tough one, but I'm up to the task.

Gang of Four ~ Entertainment!
Elvis Costello ~ This Year's Model
The Clash ~ London Calling (this is the one that seems to be mentioned most often in this thread)
The Rolling Stones ~ Beggar's Banquet
The Who ~ Who's Next
The Sex Pistols ~ Nevermind the Bollocks
Miles Davis ~ Bitches Brew
Neil Young ~ Tonight's the Night
Talking Heads ~ Remain in Light
Traffic ~ John Barleycorn Must Die

10 perfect albums, to me, though not my favorite 10 perfect albums, in fact, just the first 10 perfect albums that come to mind.

North Circular Bevis Frond
Life's Rich Pageant REM
Gas Food Lodging Green On Red
Heart Like A Wheel Linda Ronstadt
Blood On the Tracks Bob Dylan
The Datsuns The Datsuns
Elephant The White Stripes
Innervisions Stevie Wonder
Mariah Carey Mariah Carey
Countdown To Ecstasy Steely Dan

In no particular order except for the first one ^_^. Er, I only have 5:

- Be Not Nobody Vanessa Carlton
- Broken Bracelet Michelle Branch
- Thriller Micheal Jackson
- Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous Good Charlotte
- Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd

I made the last five...they have no titles:

Mix of Vanessa Carlton's Songs that aren't on her album
Mix of Michelle Branch's Songs that aren't on her album...
you get the idea! ^_^_^_^

STYX - "The Grand Illusion"
STYX - "Paradise Theatre"
STYX - "Cyclorama"
MEAT LOAF - "Bat Out Of Hell"
KRS-ONE/BDP - "By All Means Necessary"
GHETTO MENTALITY - "Birth Of A Legacy"
ALANIS MORRISETTE - "Jagged Little Pill"
AIR SUPPLY - "The One That You Love"
AIR SUPPLY - "Hearts In Motion"
AIR SUPPLY - "Now And Forever"

These are in no order

Minor Threat-Complete Discography
Rancid-...And out come the wolves
GC-GC
GC-The Young and Hopeless
The Casualties-Die Hards
NFG-NFG
Mest-Mest
Warped Tour '03
Brand New- Deju Entendu
Die Trying-Die Trying

Blondie - Parallel Lines
UB 40 - Labour of Love
Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land
New Order - Technique
New Order -Republic
The KLF - The White Room
Pet Sop Boys- Actually
Travis - The Man Who..
Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair
Human League -Dare

There are no perfect albums, in my opinion. But these come close (in no particuar order):

Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
The Wall - Pink Floyd
Moondance - Van Morrison
Oh Mercy - Bob Dylan
Into the Music - Van Morrison
His Band and the Street Choir - Van Morrison
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme - Simon and Garfunkel
Bop Til You Drop - Ry Cooder
Sentimental Hygiene--Warren Zevon
Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac

10. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles (I know I'm being unfair to this one but I'm anti - hyped)
09. A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles
08. Tommy - The Who
07. Rubber Soul - The Beatles
06. Thich as a Brick - Jethro Tull
05. A Salty Dog - Procol Harum
04. The White Album - The Beatles
03. Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles
02. Revolver - The Beatles
01. Abbey Road - The Beatles

No special order:

Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon"
The Divine Comedy - entire catalogue
Bob Dylan "Desire"
Bob Dylan "Blood on the Tracks"
Joni Mitchell "Blue"
Dire Straits "Making Movies" (smiles at Sparky)
The Smiths "The Queen is Dead"
Van Morrison "Moondance"
Neil Young "After the Goldrush"
Deep Purple "Stormbringer"

It's fascinating seeing what other people listen to. So much variety. Here I go with mine then...

1) Beautiful South - Welcome To The Beautiful South
2) Pulp - His 'n' Hers
3) Black Box Recorder - Passionoia

(Okay, that's my three musical obsessions done. Now for the rest... )

4) Shakespears Sister - Hormonally Yours
5) Portishead - Dummy
6) Garbage - Garbage
7) Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
8) No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
9) Dubstar - Disgraceful
10) Elastica - Elastica

What if I can't think of 10?

There is only one-no, maybe two-perfect albums in my eyes...

1. METEORA-Linkin Park
2. HYBRID THEORY-Linkin Park

1 Hotel California-----The Eagles
2 Nevermind ------Nirvana
3 Tubular Bells -----Mike Oldfield
4 Stars -----Simply Red
5 Labour of Love -----UB40
6 Labour of Love 2 --UB40
7 Thriller ----Michael Jackson
8 Legend ----Bob Marley
9 Hearsay ----Alexander O'Neal
10 Sands of Time --The S.O.S Band
Each one brings back a memory or three!

Well it looks like Pink Floyd and the Beatles win hands down
Perm any ten from many !