Perfect Rock Albums.

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[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

Basically, no "best of" or "compilations" albums. These are the best albums that you could listen without skipping a track. I broke it down by decade.

The 1960's:
Beatles - Revolver
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
Frank Zappa - We're Only In It For The Money
The Stooges - The Stooges
Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I
Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
Cream - Disraeli Gears

The 1970's:
Big Star - #1 Record
Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
Modern Lovers - Modern Lovers
Janis Joplin - Pearl
Grateful Dead - American Beauty
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks Here Are The Sex Pistols
Kiss - Alive
Doors - L.A. Woman
Clash - London Calling
Elvis Costello - My Aim is True
Bob Dylan - Shot of Love
Police - Outlandos d'Amour

The 1980's:
Black Flag - Damaged
Police - Ghost in the Machine
Talking Heads - Little Creatures
Duran Duran - Seven & the Ragged Tiger
Ministry - Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste
Bob Dylan - Infidels
Cars - Heartbeat City
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
They Might Be Giants - Flood

The 1990's:
Nirvana - Nevermind
Green Day - Dookie
Cake - Fashion Nugget
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
Cure - Wish
U2 - Achtung Baby
Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
Sonic Youth - goo
Soundgarden- Superknown
Rollins Band - End of the Silence
Weezer - Weezer (1st Album)
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet

The 2000's:
um . . . um . . . um . . .

[MotleyGirl70]

1970s

Second Helping-Lynyrd Skynyrd

Dark Side of the Moon-Pink Floyd

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

I am one of those rare people who likes "The Final Cut"

[WhiteGuy]

Ramones are awesome. don't get me wrong . . . but no perfect albums come to mind. again = an album where there are no skip-able tracks, not greatest hits or compilation album.

Springsteen is good although he's a commie traitor scum, but his albums are also padded with filler tracks.


C'mon............................

were you at any Boss concerts in the 70's & 80's?

I was at dozens................

I don't recall any politics - and then as now I don't care.

ROCK or leave - I don't care who you vote for.

Of course you're probably too young (looking) to really remember these two..................

(That's my story! :') )

Some Springsteen filler tracs were some of my favs........

i.e. "Meeting Across the River"

[MotleyGirl70]

Rumors (Fleetwood Mac) 80's: Pyromania (Def Leppard)

Those would make my list too.

[WhiteGuy]

Great stuff!! Brings back memories of high school.


Admit your age!!!!!!

NEVER

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

I just got into Cake recently . . . I figured out their song "Italian Leather Sofa" is the theme to "Mission Hill"

I listented to the album ten times straight.

[stands2reason]

Police - Ghost in the Machine


"J'aurais toujours faim de toi!"

I played the crap outta that album when I was 14...

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

beat on the brat
beat on the brat
with a baseball bat!

[Thombo2]

Animals is a good album.I've been listening to Wish You Were Here,and it dawned on me that PF has pretty much made a career(or a major part)writing and performing songs about mental illness ala Syd Barrett.

[tacticalogic]

Went into a record shop once and asked if they had any Van Morrison. The kid showed me where the Doors albums were.

[freedumb2003]

Your list is great, bit I would add:
Frampton comes alive (not heard from before or since BTW)
Hotel California (Eagles)
Star Wars soundtrack
Eliminator (ZZ Top)
Made In Japan (Deep Purple)

End the list at 1990 (and I am being generous).

[nonliberal]

I don't like politics
I don't like communists
I don't like games and fun
I don't like anyone.

[Quix]

Even in my teen years I felt the same way . . .

I had a hard time conceptualizing the

BEST ROCK album

Then I realized why.

The best ROCK album for me

is the one most closely approximating 100% silence.

[freedumb2003]

Nirvana is absolute dreck.

Thank you for telling the truth. Corbain sucked.

[SuzyQue]

That's so sad.

[tacticalogic]

Not quite "perfect", but pretty close is Jackon Browne's Runnin' on Empty

[nonliberal]

Nirvana was simply people mistaking a lack of talent for genius.

[Pox]

2 more exceptional albums:

Back in Black - AC/DC
Hysteria - Def Leppard

[Yardstick]

Yeah, I got into Cake recently, too. I always liked the song Going the Distance but didn't realize how good their other stuff was. As it turns out, they are a truly cool band. The guitar player has a raggedy lo-fi tone that I find appealing and I really like his old-school rockabillyesque chops. I had Fashion Nugget in my car and listened to it repeatedly for about a month.

[stands2reason]

Core by ummm.... those guys. (brainfart) (90s)