I'm talking about albums in which every single track is great with no flaws. And you can use music from all different genres, but "greatest hits" and "best of" albums don't count because they're meant to be perfect with all the best songs of an artist. Here are mine (in no particular order):

1) Michael Jackson-Thriller
2) Bone Thugs-N-Harmony-E. 1999 Eternal
3) Dr. Dre-The Chronic
4) Snoop Doggy Dogg-Doggystyle
5) 2Pac-All Eyez On Me
6) Big L-Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous
7) Ghostface Killah-Ironman
8) Bone Thugs-N-Harmony-The Art Of War
9) Dr. Dre-2001
10) The Pharcyde-Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

That's just 10 off the top of my head, but there's still more...

In no order:

Dark side of the moon...............Pink Floyd
Shepherd Moons......................Enya
Making Movies.......................Dire Straits
Rainbow Rising......................Rainbow
New boots & Panties.................Ian Dury
The Celts...........................Enya
Wish you were here..................Pink Floyd
What's the story morning glory......Oasis
Electric Ladyland...................Jimi Hendrix
The white album.....................Beatles

I think that list shows just how varied my taste in music is

I don't honestly believe the perfect album exists, so I don't have a list without "greatest hits" or "best of" albums. Maybe next time.

Here is my list of perfect albums:

1. Led Zeppelin - (untitled)
2. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
3. U2 - The Joshua Tree
4. Boston - Boston
5. Tears for Fears - Songs From the Big Chair
6. Prince - Sign 'O' the Times
7. Queen - The Game
8. Elton John - Too Low for Zero
9. Def Leppard - Hysteria
10. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

U2 - Joshua Tree
Beatles - White Album
Beatles - Rubber Soul
Beatles - Revolver
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Pete Yorn - Musicforthemorningafter
Police - Zenyatta Mondatta
Chris Isaak - San Francisco Days
Miles Davis - Birth of The Cool
Giant Steps - John Coltrane

..this is a trick question, right?

1. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Armed Forces
2. The Beatles - Abbey Road
3. Ray Charles - Anthology
4. Radiohead - The Bends
5. Radiohead - OK Computer
6. The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
7. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey
8. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
9. They Might Be Giants - Flood
10. Jeff Buckley - Grace

ahhhhhhhh, good.

We get to put our top 10 up.

Following on from the earlier top 5, and surely no 'live' albums allowed.

Here goes:
(As per, in no particular order, apart from No.1)

1. The Wall - Pink Floyd

2. The Raven - The Stranglers
3. The Black Album - The Damned
4. Black & White - The Stranglers
5. Machine Gun Etiquette - The Damned
6. Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me - The Cure
7. Hatful of Hollow - The Smiths
8. 10 - Pearl Jam
9. Outside, Inside - The Tubes
10. Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy - Elton John (and Bernie Taupin)(How the hell did that get in here????)

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In no particular order:
U2 The Joshua Tree
The Smiths Meat Is Murder
R.E.M. Reckoning
The Clash London Calling
Pink Floyd The Wall
The Cure Disintegration
Radiohead The Bends
Old 97's Fight Songs
Jane's Addiction Nothing's Shocking
Wilco and Billy Bragg Mermaid Avenue

Ok in no order
1 Making Movies Dire Straits (even with Les boys)
2 King Tide Weddings, Partys, Anything
3 London Calling The Clash (is this the greatest album ever)
4 Lonesome Jubilee John Cougar Mellencamp
5 Murmur REM
6 Back in Black ACDC (i know its juvenile but it rocks)
7 Little Creatures Talking Heads
8 b52s B52s
9 Pleased to meet me The Replacements
10 Solitude Standing Suzanne Vega

Wow that was harder than i thought!

1.Rumours...Fleetwood Mac
2.Tapestry...Carole King
3.Thriller...Michael Jackson
4.Born in the USA..Bruce Springsteen and E Street Band
5.Night Moves..Bob Seger and Silver Bullet Band

The rest of mine are movie sountracks, or cast recordings from plays, which I think would be complilations? But I do Love the CD from Shrek, and A Knight's Tale so much, I just have to mention them!

These are my favs, in no particular order.

Dark Side Of The Moon--------Pink Floyd
Get Your Ya Ya's Out-----------The Stones
Blood On The Tracks----------Bob Dylan
Rumours-----------------------Fleetwood Mac
Abbey Road-------------------The Beatles
Photographs and Memories-----Jim Croce
If I Should Fall To Grace From God--The Pogues
Damn The Bollocks...---------The Sex Pistols
Bad Habits-------------------The Monks
Outlandos D'amour------------The Police
Aftermath--------------------The Stones

Okay, my what a toughie.

1. Secret Story.......Pat Metheny
2. Letter from Home...Pat Metheny Group
3. The Netherlands....Dan Fogelberg
4. Tapestry...........Carole King
5. River of Souls.....Dan Fogelberg
6. Arc of A Diver.....Steve Winwood
7. Kind of Blue.......Miles Davis
8. Just You, Just Me..Dave Brubeck
9. Bang ! Zoom!.......Bobby McFerrin
10. Sgt. Pepper's......The Beatles

Mine are:

10) The Doors "Stoned Immaculate"
9) Alanis Morissette "Unplugged"
8) Fiona Apple "Tidal"
7) Creed "My Own Prison
6) Alanis Morissette "Supposed..."
5) Creed "Human Clay"
4) Alanis Morissette "Jagged Little Pill"
3) Alanis Morissette "Under Rug Swept"
2) Creed Weathered
1) any Michael Jackson CD

OK, it's difficult to find a perfect album, but here are my ten favourite ones, anyway!

"World Of Our Own" by Westlife
"Wide Open Spaces" by Dixie Chicks
"Greatest Hits: Chapter One" by Backstreet Boys
"Woman In Me" by Shania Twain
"Westlife" by Westlife
"Coast To Coast" by Westlife
"I'm Already There" by Lonestar
"Gold" by Steps
"Different Class" by Pulp
"Evan and Jaron" by Evan and Jaron

Tricky one and all things considered probably best tackled post-pub . Thus:
Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five
The Facts of Life - Blackboxrecorder
Freak Out - Zappa / Mothers
Revolver - The Beatles
Woodface - Crowded House
Let Love In - Nick Cave / Bad Seeds
Arthur - The Kinks
Casanova - The Divine Comedy
His N Hers - Pulp
Coming Up - Suede

Sweet topic. I'd have to say . . .

1) DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - Pink Floyd
2) SGT. PEPPER'S - The Beatles
3) COLIN JAMES & THE LITTLE BIG BAND - Colin James
4) THE WALL - Pink Floyd
5) BAT OUT OF HELL - Meatloaf
6) STUNT - Barenaked Ladies
7) ZOOT SUIT RIOT - Cherry Poppin' Daddies
8) DISCOVERY - Daft Punk
9) NO CURE FOR CANCER - Denis Leary
10) SILVER - Moist

1. Slayer-God Hates Us All
2. Kittie-Oracle
3. Nirvana-Incesticide
4. Megadeth-Rust In Peace
5. Slayer-Reign In Blood
6. Ice Cube-War and Peace Vol.1(the war disc)
7. Ice-T-O.G.(Original Gangster)
8. Metallica-...And Justice For All
9. Alice In Chains-Dirt
10. Misfits-Collection 2
This list is in no particular order. I could post 100 great albums.

1. Slayer-God Hates Us All
2. Kittie-Oracle
3. Nirvana-Incesticide
4. Megadeth-Rust In Peace
5. Slayer-Reign In Blood
6. Ice Cube-War and Peace Vol.1(the war disc)
7. Ice-T-O.G.(Original Gangster)
8. Metallica-...And Justice For All
9. Alice In Chains-Dirt
10. Misfits-Collection 2
This list is in no particular order. I could post 100 great albums.

Oh....what an excellent topic! Okay, following the precedent set by my fellow members, this list is in no particular order:

1) R.E.M. 'Fables of the Reconstruction'
2) Alice in Chains 'Jar of Flies'
3) MC 900 Ft. Jesus 'Welcome to My Dream'
4) XTC 'Oranges and Lemons'
5) Filter 'Title of Record'
6) Jerry Cantrell 'Boggy Depot'
7) Talking Heads 'Speaking in Tongues'
8) Ghandarvas 'Sold for a Smile'
9) Blinker the Star 'August Everywhere'
10) Red Hot Chili Peppers 'Californication'

It was so hard to narrow it down to ten! Many of my favourite bands are missing, but I was trying to follow the rule of allowing only albums (CDs?) with non-stop excellent tracks, and no filler.

A list from Europe

1) Dead Kennedys - 'Fresh fruit for rotting vegetables'
2) Deacon Blue - 'Raintown'
3) Tröckener Kecks - '1 op 1.000.000' (Dutch)
4) Sierra Maestra - 'Rumbero Soy'
5) The (English) Beat - 'I just can't stop it'
6) Splodgenessabounds - 'Splodgenessabounds'
7) Steve Miller Band - 'Fly like an eagle'
8) Pogues - 'If I should fall with grace'
9) Leningrad Cowboys - 'The Total Balalaika Show'
10)Jonathan Richman - 'Jonathan goes country'

Good stuff! I do so love lists!

Not at all definitive, here are ten perfect albums.....

Boards Of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children
Hardfloor - Respect
The Stranglers - The Raven
FischerSpooner - First
Husker Du - Warehouse Songs & Stories
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
The Sisters Of Mercy - Floodland (Old goth that I am)
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician
The Velvet Underground & Nico

How many more are there? Quite a few, I can tell you!

Oh Vermic...

How did I forget 'Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables'? (Please forgive me Jello.) It's one of my all-time favourites! While I'm here, I should add 'Junior Relaxer' by King Cobb Steelie (Not to be confused with anything resembling Steely Dan music....uggghhh *shudder*). Okay that puts me at twelve, and I haven't even scratched the surface. Perhaps I should make an attempt to add a post to the 'top fifty' thread that's kicking around here somewhere...

hum... top 10 huh?
(no particular order)

1. "Dilate" - Ani Difranco
2. "Barricades & Brick Walls - Kasey Chambers
3. "You Were Here" - Sarah Harmer
4. "Essence" - Lucinda Williams
5. "Songs You Know By Heart" - Jimmy Buffet
6. "Blind" - The Sundays
7. "Reveling/Reckoning" - Ani Difranco
8. "The Captain" - Kasey Chambers
9. "Distillation" - Erin McKeown
10. "Like I Said" - Ani Difranco

ok they are not in order, but here they are...

1) Diary of a Madman-Ozzy Osbourne
2) Ziggy Stardust- David Bowie
3) Eat to the Beat- Blondie
4) White Album-Beatles
5) London Calling- The Clash
6) Road to RUn- Ramones
7) Bad Reputation- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
8) Distillers- The Distillers
9) Bark at the Moon- Ozzy Osbourne
10) Sabbath Bloody Sabbath- Black Sabbath

I don't know if I can't think of 10 right now, but I'd say "London Calling" by The Clash, "The Bends" by Radiohead, "Public" by Emm Gryner, "Boys for Pele" by Tori Amos and "Nevermind the Bollocks" by Sex Pistols.