"Perfect" albums

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Oh yeah The Wonder Years - The Greatest Generation

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

I'm being completely unironic.

[Badger]

Somehow completely forgot Jimi Hendrix, are you experienced

[7,052,770]

"Rumours" and "Quadrophenia" are the main ones that come to mind as albums where I love every song and could listen to nonstop at any time.

There are several classic metal albums that I really love ("The Number of the Beast" and "Ride the Lightning" are the top of the list), but only if I'm in the right mood.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Just the first 5 that come to mind:

Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
Silent Planet - When The End Began
Converge - Jane Doe
Death Grips - Exmilitary

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I can't believe I somehow haven't mentioned this one yet:

Jimmy Eat World - Clarity

[QAnonKelly]

Can't believe only one person has said My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. I'd say "All of the Lights" is the weakest song and that's probably just oversaturation. Easily the best album of the decade.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan

[Badger]

Pink floyd animals
Iron Maiden, piece of mind

[brucejoel99]

Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run

[Cokeland Saxton]

None. I'm very picky about my music.

[Gass3268]

Arcade Fire - Funeral
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Marley and The Wailers - Exodus
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
John Coltrane - Giant Steps
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
Metallica- Master of Puppets
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Prince - Purple Rain
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Clash - London Calling
Yes - Close to the Edge

[Mopsus]

ABBA - Greatest Hits
Queen - Greatest Hits
Scott Walker - Bish Bosch
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

[Grumpier Than Thou]

ABBA - Greatest Hits
Queen - Greatest Hits
Scott Walker - Bish Bosch
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

a "greatest hits" album is not an album, it's a compilation

and led zeppelin never made an album called stairway to heaven

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

[Alben Barkley]

In some cases, these aren't necessarily my favorite albums by these artists (though there is a strong correlation), as some have higher highs that outweigh the lower lows for me. But these I consider consistently very high quality all the way through.

No live albums or compilations counted. I also didn't bother with jazz or classical for this. (List would get a lot longer with jazz, and classical doesn't really have "albums" anyway.) List is far from exhaustive, just a few favorites.

Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited and Blood on the Tracks

Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run and Nebraska

The Clash: London Calling

Fleetwood Mac: Rumours

Jay-Z: The Blueprint and 4:44

Johnny Cash: American Recordings and The Man Comes Around

Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kendrick Lamar: good kid, m.A.A.d. city and To Pimp a Butterfly

Led Zeppelin: I, IV, and Houses of the Holy

Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man

Lou Reed: The Blue Mask and New York

Michael Jackson: Thriller

Nas: Illmatic

Neil Young: Rust Never Sleeps

Nirvana: Nevermind

The Notorious B.I.G.: Ready to Die

Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here and Animals

Pixies: Doolittle

Prince: Purple Rain

R.E.M.: Reckoning, Fables of the Reconstruction, and Automatic for the People

The Smiths: The Queen Is Dead

The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground & Nico, White Light/White Heat, and The Velvet Underground

Violent Femmes: Violent Femmes

Weezer: The Blue Album and Pinkerton

The Who: Who's Next

Willie Nelson: Stardust

No Beatles albums because I hate George's psychedelic sitar crap which ruins both Revolver and Sgt. Pepper, otherwise their two closest albums to perfection. Revolver is also marred by the presence of "Yellow Submarine." Pull that and "Love You To" off (better yet, replace them with "Paperback Writer" and "Rain") and it's a perfect record. For  Sgt. Pepper, all you have to do is remove George's slog that drags down the album right in the middle, "Within You Without You," and replace it with both "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane," and NOW you have a true contender for greatest album of all-time. (Yes, I'd even leave "When I'm 64" on there; I have a soft spot for that song because my mom used to sing it all the time when I was young.) As it is, I actually like The White Album better than both overall, but it's definitely less consistent. "Revolution 9" alone would disqualify it from this list!

[Former Crackhead Mike Lindell]

How has nobody mentioned "Thriller?!"

Because The Girl is Mine sucks lmao

[Mike Thick]

I will define this as albums where every single song is a banger and it isn't too long or anything stupid like that

Blonde by Frank Ocean
good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar
Melodrama by Lorde
Remind Me Tomorrow by Sharon Van Etten
Actor by St. Vincent
Marry Me by St. Vincent
St. Vincent by St. Vincent
Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
Ctrl by Sza
Fear of Music by Talking Heads
Remain in Light by Talking Heads
Big Fish Theory by Vince Staples

[vitoNova]

Cibo Matto's Stereotype A.

Absolutely no filler.  Why am I now only discovering them?

[Samof94]

I will define this as albums where every single song is a banger and it isn't too long or anything stupid like that

Blonde by Frank Ocean
good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar
Melodrama by Lorde
Remind Me Tomorrow by Sharon Van Etten
Actor by St. Vincent
Marry Me by St. Vincent
St. Vincent by St. Vincent
Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
Ctrl by Sza
Fear of Music by Talking Heads
Remain in Light by Talking Heads
Big Fish Theory by Vince Staples

St Vincent has a new song.

[Samof94]

Fever To Tell- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
This album never fails to throw a punch and uses Karen O’s vocal range well. It was sonically groundbreaking for the time it was made as well. Her best song is here, about a bad boyfriend she was dating then.

[Mike Thick]

I will define this as albums where every single song is a banger and it isn't too long or anything stupid like that

Blonde by Frank Ocean
good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar
Melodrama by Lorde
Remind Me Tomorrow by Sharon Van Etten
Actor by St. Vincent
Marry Me by St. Vincent
St. Vincent by St. Vincent
Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
Ctrl by Sza
Fear of Music by Talking Heads
Remain in Light by Talking Heads
Big Fish Theory by Vince Staples

St Vincent has a new song.

I was in her top .005% of listeners on Spotify last year, so I know.

[Samof94]

I will define this as albums where every single song is a banger and it isn't too long or anything stupid like that

Blonde by Frank Ocean
good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar
Melodrama by Lorde
Remind Me Tomorrow by Sharon Van Etten
Actor by St. Vincent
Marry Me by St. Vincent
St. Vincent by St. Vincent
Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
Ctrl by Sza
Fear of Music by Talking Heads
Remain in Light by Talking Heads
Big Fish Theory by Vince Staples

St Vincent has a new song.

I was in her top .005% of listeners on Spotify last year, so I know.

That’s so cool!!!!

[LAKISYLVANIA]

Grimes - Halfaxa (2010)
Grimes - Visions (2012)
Grimes - Art Angels (2015)
Grimes - Miss Anthropocene (2020)
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (1991)
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
The Velvet Underground - White Light / White Heat (1968)
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground (1969)
yeule - Serotonin II (2019)
Cocteau Twins - Garlands (1982)
Cocteau Twins - Head over Heels (1983)
Cocteau Twins - Treasure (1984)
Cocteau Twins - Victorialand (1986)
Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll (1988)
Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas (1990)
Panda Bear - Person Pitch (2007)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
The Cure - Disintegration (1989)
FKA twigs - LP1 (2014)
FKA twigs - Magdalene (2019)
Radiohead - OK Computer (1997)
Radiohead - Kid A (2000)
Radiohead - Amnesiac (2001)
Empress Of - Me (2015)
Aseul - Slow Dance (2020)
Bjork - Vespertine (2001)
Melody's Echo Chamber - Melody's Echo Chamber (2012)
Melody's Echo Chamber - Bon Voyage (2018)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
Nirvana - Nevermind (1991)
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights (2002)

Perhaps:
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead (1986)
The Strokes - Is This It (2001)
Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See (1993)
The Doors - The Doors (1967)
The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding (2017)
Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015)
Bauhaus - In The Flat Field (1980)
Black Sabbath - Paranoid (1970)
Kelly Lee Owens - Kelly Lee Owens (2017)
Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song (2020)
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love (1985)
Comus - First Utterance (1971)
Linda Perhacs - Parallellograms (1970)
Can - Tago Mago (1971)
Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates of Dawn (1967)
Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets (1968)

[Dr. MB]

Pierce the Veil - Collide with the Sky

Gotta be the album I play the most. I don’t even love Pierce the Veil’s other stuff that much but this one is alltime top 5.