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akinson Since: Dec, 2013
#1: Dec 15th 2013 at 11:48:03 AM

What albums do you think are near-perfect?

StillbirthMachine Heresiarch Command from The Womb ov Impurities Since: Mar, 2012
Heresiarch Command
#2: Dec 15th 2013 at 12:05:52 PM

At The Gates - The Red in the Sky is Ours

Phantasm - The Abominable

Infester - To the Depths... In Degradation

The Chasm - Farseeing the Paranormal Abysm

Cauldron Born - Born of the Cauldron

Manticora - Hyperion

Galneryus - The Flag of Punishment

Klaus Schulze - X

Univers Zero - Heresie

edited 15th Dec '13 12:10:07 PM by StillbirthMachine

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AcesoldierZero Acesoldier Zero from Vicenza, Italy Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I wanna know about these strangers like me
#3: Dec 15th 2013 at 12:57:56 PM

https://soundcloud.com/rich-justice-hinmen Too white for the black kids, too white for the white kids.
Rvdz Don't mock the shocker from in a bar, under the sea Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Don't mock the shocker
#4: Dec 15th 2013 at 1:31:56 PM

edited 15th Dec '13 1:33:44 PM by Rvdz

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LightPhaser from Is This Just Fantasy Zone Since: Jan, 2012
#5: Dec 15th 2013 at 2:50:49 PM

Hemispheres, for sure. For an album that only has 4 songs, you could argue that "perfection" wasn't very hard to achieve since filler is pretty much nonexistent, but those 4 songs... they did them extremely well.

edited 15th Dec '13 2:51:04 PM by LightPhaser

Alucard Lazy? from Vancouver, BC Since: Jan, 2011 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
Lazy?
#6: Dec 15th 2013 at 3:14:11 PM

So, are you just going to make one of these threads on every sub-forum?

LightPhaser from Is This Just Fantasy Zone Since: Jan, 2012
#7: Dec 15th 2013 at 4:11:54 PM

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That really wasn't necessary at all. Give the guy a break, he's just trying to start up a good conversation, and he seems like he's new.

Funden u wot m8 from the maintenance tunnels Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: It's complicated
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#8: Dec 15th 2013 at 5:03:28 PM

  • Muse - Origin of Symmetry
  • deadmau5 - Pretty much any of his albums (though I prefer 4x4=12 more than the others).

... I just realized I tend to listen to artists who don't release "albums" per se. Well.

Edit: formatting...

edited 15th Dec '13 8:31:46 PM by Funden

Halberdier17 We Are With You Zack Snyder from Western Pennsylvania Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
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#9: Dec 15th 2013 at 6:36:30 PM

AC/DC "High Voltage" North American release and Iron Maiden "Piece of Mind"

edited 16th Dec '13 6:07:00 AM by Halberdier17

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chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#10: Dec 15th 2013 at 6:42:57 PM

...Is it bad that I'm yet to find a 9.5+ album?

In terms of 9.0 albums, I can name some, like Ceremonials by Florence + the Machine, and Unorthodox Jukebox by Bruno Mars, but those kinds of albums usually have a couple of weak(er) tracks and not enough euphoria to go around.

MetaFour AXTE INCAL AXTUCE MUN from A Place (Old Master)
AXTE INCAL AXTUCE MUN
#11: Dec 15th 2013 at 7:26:34 PM

  • Duke Ellington: The Far East Suite
  • Talking Heads: Remain in Light
  • Daniel Amos: Doppelgänger
  • Runforyerlife: Runforyerlife
  • Orbital: In Sides
  • Starflyer 59: Talking Voice Vs. Singing Voice
  • Woven Hand: Ten Stones
  • A Hawk and a Hacksaw: Cervantine
  • Joy Electric: Dwarf Mountain Alphabet
  • Pepe Deluxé: Queen of the Wave

Alucard Lazy? from Vancouver, BC Since: Jan, 2011 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
Lazy?
#12: Dec 15th 2013 at 8:54:11 PM

That really wasn't necessary at all. Give the guy a break, he's just trying to start up a good conversation, and he seems like he's new.
Analyze what I said closely, and you really won't find anything particularly confrontational in what I said. I'm just making an observation.

You, on the other hand, are defending a person who has made 7 of these threads, and has yet to return to a single one. More than likely, he won't be able to appreciate your "help."

And on the topic, I think "Piece of Mind," "Powerslave," and "Dance of Death" by Iron Maiden are all, song-for-song, near-perfect.

"Black Bird" by Alter Bridge I also consider a modern masterpiece of rock.

CardsOfWar Handy-Dandy Chord Finder from The Ocean Bed Since: Apr, 2013
Handy-Dandy Chord Finder
#13: Dec 16th 2013 at 2:27:28 AM

  • Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth
  • Dragonland - Under the Grey Banner
  • Communic - Waves of Visual Decay

That's all I can think of at the moment, but there are probably more in the depths of my mind , lying somewhere around.

"I thought Djent was just a band" -Physical Stamina
LightPhaser from Is This Just Fantasy Zone Since: Jan, 2012
#14: Dec 16th 2013 at 12:30:40 PM

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Before this turns into something it really shouldn't, I have to wonder... what were you trying to accomplish with your observation?

Lots of people around here don't make many replies, if any, in the threads they start. He's already shared his opinion, why is it so horrible of him to not say anything else? He's made 7+ of these threads? Are... are you saying he's trying to start conversations outside of just one subforum?! The nerve of this guy, eh?

I think you need to calm yourself down and realize you're most likely the only person who has a problem with this happening. Lighten up, he isn't causing any trouble at all, nor doing anything really out of the ordinary.

Yes, I know, I have a habit of writing and talking a lot.

EDIT: Upon a quick re-check, it seems he didn't share his opinion in this particular thread, but has in some others he's started. Still, I don't think that's good enough reason to make a so-called observation about the many topics he's started. I think he knows very well that he's created a handful of them. Yeah, admittedly, maybe he should post in some other threads too to kind of even it out, and maybe that was your point, but I'd rather no one give the new guys the third degree for what's clearly not an issue at all.

edited 16th Dec '13 12:38:09 PM by LightPhaser

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
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#15: Dec 17th 2013 at 7:03:03 AM

Random Access Memories by Daft Punk

That's got to be the first album in recent memory where I've loved literally every song on it.

Oh really when?
MetaFour AXTE INCAL AXTUCE MUN from A Place (Old Master)
AXTE INCAL AXTUCE MUN
#16: Dec 17th 2013 at 3:31:55 PM

Some more I forgot in my prior post.

  • Stereolab: Dots and Loops
  • Spiritualized: Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space
  • Sufjan Stevens: Michigan
  • The Dingees: The Rebel Soul Sound System

JHM Apparition in the Woods from Niemandswasser Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hounds of love are hunting
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#17: Dec 17th 2013 at 3:37:20 PM

There is no such thing as a flawless album, because there is no such thing as a flawless anything in an absolute sense. However, there are some works that I consider to be exceptionally well-conceived and well-executed, some of which manage to convey a kind of ecstasy in me—when not a song disappoints or feels out of place, and all of them make me feel some kind of positive sensation, not necessarily a positive emotion in its own right (fear is a good response) but something potent in context.

I could list them, but then I would have to explain my reasoning and reconsider my choices, and that would take forever...

I'll hide your name inside a word and paint your eyes with false perception.
BrainSewage from that one place Since: Jan, 2001
#18: Dec 25th 2013 at 11:33:18 PM

Well, aside from the obligatory Beatles and Pink Floyd entries:

edited 25th Dec '13 11:35:32 PM by BrainSewage

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pagad Sneering Imperialist from perfidious Albion Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#19: Dec 26th 2013 at 1:39:07 PM

  • Opeth - Deliverance
  • Between The Buried And Me - The Great Misdirect
  • Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone
  • Devin Townsend - Accelerated Evolution
  • The Ocean - Anthropocentral *
  • Gojira - From Mars To Sirius

These are some of my favourite albums ever, but in each case there is something that causes it to fall just outside perfection (to me). The inclusion of a lengthy passage that is just a little too long, the inclusion of a song that just isn't quite as good as the rest of the music, the inclusion of an element that just doesn't quite fit...

edited 26th Dec '13 1:39:49 PM by pagad

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Akalabth Self-loathing and sandwiches. from Ghost Planet Since: Feb, 2012
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#20: Dec 26th 2013 at 3:11:36 PM

A perfect album (for me) has a few distinct qualities, which are quite simple : I need to love every song on it, the tracklist is flawless (it's those albums that I usually use to judge all other track orders against), I can listen to it pretty much any time and I'll always enjoy it... There are a couple of others (emotional attachment probably plays a part) and it's always a subjective choice. Nevertheless, here are a few :

  • Talking Heads - Remain in Light
  • Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun and Into the Labyrinth (can't decide)
  • King Crimson - Discipline
  • Kate Bush - The Dreaming
  • Kraftwerk - Computer World
  • Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
  • The Residents - Eskimo
  • Autechre - Draft 7.30

All these answer the above criteria. There are probably others though I'd say not a whole lot.

edited 26th Dec '13 3:12:13 PM by Akalabth

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#21: Dec 26th 2013 at 3:36:22 PM

Paul Simon - Graceland

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NEO from Qrrbrbirlbel Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
#22: Dec 28th 2013 at 5:51:36 PM

  • Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe
  • Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction
  • Soilwork - The Living Infinite

Mind Tricks by Disarmonia Mundi might be up there too, and maybe For Aeons Past by Solution .45...

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#23: Feb 10th 2014 at 1:56:47 PM

Since we've got the pinned recommendations threads back here, this is redundant. Also, akinson, stop making junk threads if you don't intend to participate.

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