What albums are perfection, start to finish?

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Wiseacre wrote: Wed Aug 27, 2025 12:38 am KISS - Alive!
Live albums don't count... oh, right...
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AC/DC - Back In Black
Aerosmith - Pump
Aerosmith - Nine Lives
Alice Cooper - Brutal Planet
Anthrax - Sound Of White Noise
Armored Saint - Symbol Of Salvation
Bob Seger - Against The Wind
Bob Seger - Stranger In Town
Boston
Brandi Carlile - Firewatcher's Daughter
BulletBoys
BulletBoys - Freakshow
The Darkness - Permission To Land
The Darkness - One Way Ticket To Hell
David Lee Roth - Eat 'Em And Smile
Def Leppard - Pyromania
Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Kiss - Revenge
Kix - Blow My Fuse
Love/Hate - Blackout In The Red Room
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction
Megadeth - Youthansia
The first 5 Metallica albums
Motorhead - Overkill
Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
Motley Crue - Shout At The Devil
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
Poppy - I Disagree
Prince - Purple Rain
Ratt - Out Of The Cellar
Rush - Clockwork Angels
Rush - Moving Pictures
Taylor Swift - Red
Taylor Swift - 1989
The first 6 Van Halen albums with DLR
Van Halen - F.U.C.K.
Wildside - Under The Influence
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Quite the list of unperfect albums there LitaStrauss.

I like a lot of those albums but calling them perfect is one hell of a stretch.
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pieceofme wrote: Wed Aug 27, 2025 4:35 pm Quite the list of unperfect albums there LitaStrauss.

I like a lot of those albums but calling them perfect is one hell of a stretch.
Same. I love a lot of albums from this thread....But perfect from start to finish...cmon

Pyromania for sure..maybe Shout at the Devil or Mindcrime. Rest have at least 1 clunker
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BIB, HTH
Mindcrime
Alive!
Montrose
Hagar - All Night Long
Number of the Beast
Sad Wings
Travers - Go For What You Know
Crimson Idol
Cars - Candy O
Eddie Money - ST
Boston - Don't Look
Type O - any of them
The Datsuns - ST
The Hellacopters - Grace of God
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pieceofme wrote: Wed Aug 27, 2025 4:35 pm Quite the list of unperfect albums there LitaStrauss.

I like a lot of those albums but calling them perfect is one hell of a stretch.
I didn't realize my opinion was wrong. Next time I will ask you what albums I should think are perfect so I can be correct.

Those are all albums I enjoy from top to bottom without skipping any tracks, so I don't know what to tell you.
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Jellyfish - Spilt Milk
Van Halen - 1984
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Steely Dan - Aja
Tony Rice Unit - Mar West
Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries
Led Zeppelin - IV
The Beach Boys - the eventually-finished SMiLE
Rush - Power Windows
Def Leppard - Pyromania (and pretty close is High 'N Dry)
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Paradise Lost - Draconian Times
Trixter -Hear!
White Zombie - Devil Music
Metallica- Ride the Lightning
Cinderella- Long Cold Winter

* hate all you want Paris Hilton debut is perfection
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kreamygoodness wrote: Tue Aug 26, 2025 10:11 pm Off the top of my head...
Scorpions - Lovedrive
Y&T - Black Tiger
Motley - Shout at the Devil
I can believe that.
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Van Halen 1
Prince "Purple Rain"
Cinderella "Night Songs"
Kane Roberts "Saints And Sinners"
Shotgun Messiah "Second Coming "
Ratt "Invasion Of Your Privacy"
Alice Cooper "Billion Dollar Babies"
Warrior Soul "The Space Age Playboys"
Rob Zombie "The Sinister Urge"
Malice "License To Kill"
Judas Priest "Painkiller"
69 Eyes "Paris Kills"
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LitaStrauss wrote: Wed Aug 27, 2025 2:54 pm AC/DC - Back In Black
Aerosmith - Pump
Aerosmith - Nine Lives
Alice Cooper - Brutal Planet
Anthrax - Sound Of White Noise
Armored Saint - Symbol Of Salvation
Bob Seger - Against The Wind
Bob Seger - Stranger In Town
Boston
Brandi Carlile - Firewatcher's Daughter
BulletBoys
BulletBoys - Freakshow
The Darkness - Permission To Land
The Darkness - One Way Ticket To Hell
David Lee Roth - Eat 'Em And Smile
Def Leppard - Pyromania
Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Kiss - Revenge
Kix - Blow My Fuse
Love/Hate - Blackout In The Red Room
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction
Megadeth - Youthansia
The first 5 Metallica albums
Motorhead - Overkill
Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
Motley Crue - Shout At The Devil
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
Poppy - I Disagree
Prince - Purple Rain
Ratt - Out Of The Cellar
Rush - Clockwork Angels
Rush - Moving Pictures
Taylor Swift - Red
Taylor Swift - 1989
The first 6 Van Halen albums with DLR
Van Halen - F.U.C.K.
Wildside - Under The Influence
Where did you copy this list from?
I will give you Back in Black, Appetite for Destruction, Blow My Fuse, and Shout at the Devil.
I meant the whole entire album is awesome start to finish.
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Van Ailin' wrote: Wed Aug 27, 2025 6:13 pm Jellyfish - Spilt Milk
Van Halen - 1984
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Steely Dan - Aja
Tony Rice Unit - Mar West
Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries
Led Zeppelin - IV
The Beach Boys - the eventually-finished SMiLE
Rush - Power Windows
Def Leppard - Pyromania (and pretty close is High 'N Dry)
I agree with Master of Puppets. I should have included that.
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Oh, another on I forgot.
WASP! S/T
It is perfection, start to finish!
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Reign in Blood
Master of Puppets
Van Halen I
American Beauty (Grateful Dead)
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For everyone who has Back in Black in their list I have a question.

How the fuck can you think Shake a Leg is near perfection? That song is horrible.
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Fleetwood Mac "Rumours"

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DOGMA first album
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SW wrote: Wed Aug 27, 2025 11:29 pm For everyone who has Back in Black in their list I have a question.

How the fuck can you think Shake a Leg is near perfection? That song is horrible.
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Not a huge Warrant fan, but "Dog Eat Dog" is solid front to back. Faster Pussycat's "Wake Me..." And Marvelous 3's "Ready, Sex, Go."
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Boston - S/T
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April Wine-Nature Of The Beast
REO-High Infidelity
Alice Cooper-Flush The Fashion
Devo-Freedom Of Choice
Cheap Trick-One On One
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Bon Jovi- forever- legendary edition
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LitaStrauss wrote: Wed Aug 27, 2025 2:54 pm
BulletBoys - Freakshow
I agree on this.....but also recognize that this album doesn't 'hit' with everyone.

But I love every track on it.
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Metal Sludge wrote: Wed Aug 27, 2025 8:04 pm
LitaStrauss wrote: Wed Aug 27, 2025 2:54 pm AC/DC - Back In Black
Aerosmith - Pump
Aerosmith - Nine Lives
Alice Cooper - Brutal Planet
Anthrax - Sound Of White Noise
Armored Saint - Symbol Of Salvation
Bob Seger - Against The Wind
Bob Seger - Stranger In Town
Boston
Brandi Carlile - Firewatcher's Daughter
BulletBoys
BulletBoys - Freakshow
The Darkness - Permission To Land
The Darkness - One Way Ticket To Hell
David Lee Roth - Eat 'Em And Smile
Def Leppard - Pyromania
Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Kiss - Revenge
Kix - Blow My Fuse
Love/Hate - Blackout In The Red Room
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction
Megadeth - Youthansia
The first 5 Metallica albums
Motorhead - Overkill
Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
Motley Crue - Shout At The Devil
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
Poppy - I Disagree
Prince - Purple Rain
Ratt - Out Of The Cellar
Rush - Clockwork Angels
Rush - Moving Pictures
Taylor Swift - Red
Taylor Swift - 1989
The first 6 Van Halen albums with DLR
Van Halen - F.U.C.K.
Wildside - Under The Influence
Where did you copy this list from?
My iTunes.
I meant the whole entire album is awesome start to finish.
Yeah, I know. I understood the assignment. I think all those records are awesome from top to bottom and if you don't, then great, you don't have to. You asked a question, I answered, and that's that.
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SW wrote: Wed Aug 27, 2025 11:29 pm For everyone who has Back in Black in their list I have a question.

How the fuck can you think Shake a Leg is near perfection? That song is horrible.
I concur. That song is a clunker.
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Just thought of another perfect album: The Big Lad in the Windmill by It Bites. Perfect blend of new wave, prog rock, and power pop. Calling all the heroes!
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I reconsidered my initial list and have since taken all those records and thrown them in the trash. My opinion was wrong and I can admit it.

My new list of perfect albums is as follows and many people say these are the best records and they've never seen such perfect records.

Def Leppard "Songs From The Sparkle Lounge"
Guns N Roses "Chinese Democracy"
Iron Maiden "Virtual XI"
Judas Priest "Demolition"
Motley Crue "Generation Swine"
Megadeth "Risk"
Metallica "St. Anger"
Poison "Hollyweird"
Skid Row "Subhuman Race"
Van Halen "3"

Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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TravisBicklesMohawk wrote: Thu Aug 28, 2025 3:18 am Forgot Prince 1999 8)
Nah, don't like Free.
Put Moonbeam Levels on it's spot, and we've got a deal. Or Extralovable.
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The Stone Roses - S/T
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
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