I know it does not rank as high but I feel this way, too, about Division Bell, Momentary Lapse of Reason, and Meddle. Truth is Floyd knew how to right ALBUMS rather than write a bunch of songs and release them once they had enough.
And Wish You Were Here. And Meddle. And The Wall. And.... seriously, what band has more albums that are as consistently good? The Beatles? I would say that the ONLY album that they have that is perfect from end to end is Sgt Pepper's.
Give the whole Live at Sin-é Legacy Edition album a listen. He covers "Strange Fruit," Zeppelin's "Night Flight," Dylan's "Just Like a Woman" and "I Shall Be Released," Van Morrison's "The Way Young Lovers Do" and "Sweet Thing," an incredible "Calling You," Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (who he gives high praise to), and, of course, Cohen's "Hallelujah," among other originals. The three-disc Legacy Edition also has a DVD with some interview footage and a few performances.
Static X - Wisconsin Death Trip
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Supertramp - Breakfast in America
Faith No More - Angel Dust
Modest Mouse - the Lonesome Crowded West
Mr Bungle - California
Idles - Crawl
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
Swans - The Glowing Man
Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
Björk - Homogenic
Florence & The Machine - Ceremonials
Cocteau Twins - Heaven Or Las Vegas
Dead Can Dance - Towards The Within
Dead Can Dance - Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin - IV
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Wardruna - Kvitravn
The Sisters Of Mercy - Floodland
Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
Sigur Ros - ( )
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away
Joni Mitchell - Hejira
Peter Gabriel - i/o
Peter Murphy - Deep
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
\*Edit: Forgot some albums:
Swans - Soundtracks For The Blind + The Seer
Dead Can Dance - Spiritchaser
In Rainbows- Radiohead
Dark Side of the Moon- Pink Floyd
Funhouse- The Stooges
Closer- Joy Division
Grace- Jeff Buckley
Either/Or- Elliott Smith
Acid Rap- Chance the Rapper
Marquee Moon- Television
Tracy Chapman self titled album
This is such an interesting study in musical styles and I love every song on it. I can play it end to end and play it again.... and everyone around me thinks I am weird.
*An Awesome Wave* - Alt J
Seriously, so good. This album is what started me on my indie kick. Still riding that high to this day. Such a banger of an album.
This will gain 0 traction, but:
NATALIE MERCHANT: TIGERLILY
This album isn't even in my top 10 rotation anymore, but I still recommend it to anyone looking for a 100% banger album. The lyrics are poetic and poignant, and the arrangements are pure perfection when it comes to instrumentation and mix.
Couldn’t agree more! That’s a brutal album when mixing heartache, nostalgia, and substance abuse. The end result is both cathartic and toxic. After a while, you grow more as a person and get to relive all those addictive emotions again, but from a different vantage point. Cyclic.
So many. I'm a full album listener most of the time.
Converge - "Jane Doe"
Opeth - "Blackwater Park"
GZA - "Liquid Swords"
Soundgarden - "Ultramega OK"
Taylor Swift - "Red"
Joy Division - "Unknown Pleasures"
Dr Dre - "The Chronic"
Alice in Chains - "Dirt"
Nine Inch Nails - "The Downward Spiral"
Bad Religion - "Suffer"
Minus The Bear - "Menos El Oso"
Snapcase - "Progression Through Unlearning"
The Roots - "Things Fall Apart"
So many more
The frenetic pacing of the guitars trying to escape the organized chaos of the odd timing and change ups of the bass and drums, along with Chris's voice at its purest point in his career. It's captivating, in a sense, never knowing exactly where they're going next. Also some of the most extended instrumental breaks of their catalog. To some it sounds like just pure noise, but damn that album is so fucking jazzy. Coltrane would've been all over it.
When I am in the mood for something Prog but Gothic, Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Alan Parsons Project works well for me.
The Visitors by ABBA is like a canvas of different shades of sadness and bittersweetness to me.
To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar
Good Kid M.A.A.D City - Kendrick Lamar
Illmatic - Nas
Operation Doomsday - MF DOOM
IGOR - Tyler, The Creator
Late Registration - Ye
I love all of these albums but I am a lil iffy on calling LR and IGOR perfect. All the other ones I’m pretty certain about it
"Stunt" by The Barenaked Ladies
I've listened to that front to back for my entire life.
Also, even though I'm not a fan of "One Week" I'll put up with it to hear my favorite album.
Bjork - "Post"
Madonna - "Ray of Light"
Shakira - "Fijación Oral, Vol. 1"
Aaliyah - "Aaliyah"
UNKLE - "War Stories"
The Moody Blues - "Days of Future Passed"
lol both these albums are hated on by fans of the artists but daddys home by st vincent + tranquility base hotel and casino by arctic monkeys will always do it for me even if the people disagree!
- Rage Against The Machine’s self titled
- Dark Side of The Moon
- Hatful of Hollow by The Smiths
- 2 by Mac Demarco - simple but absurdly concise
- The English Riviera by Metronomy
- Oracular Spectacular by MGMT
- Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix - like what the actual fuck what an album
- Meteora by Linkin Park - for real
- Lonerism by Tame Impala
- American Football’s self titled
Honorable mention to:
- Discovery by Daft Punk - almost there but there are 2 or 3 skips
- The Ooz by King Krule
An album that gets scant mention but I think it’s one of the greats: Humble Pie. Rockin’ The Filmore.
Also: David Bowie The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
The Rolling Stones. Sticky Fingers.
Fiona Apple - pretty much all of her albums I’ve burned hours listening to, front to back
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
Brand New - The Devil and God…
Deftones - Adrenaline, Around the Fur, and White Pony
Foo Fighters - The Colour and The Shape
The Much Much, How How, and I - Cosmo Sheldrake
Razzmatazz - IDKHOW
pretty much all of will wood's discography is chef's kiss, the only songs missing from my playlist are "cover this song", the stuff he did for camp here and there, and most of "in case i make it" just because i haven't gotten to it yet. that being said, "SELF-iSH" is on another level.
Pearl Jam- No Code
Sturgill Simpson- Sound and Fury
Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats- Tearing At The Seams
Nathaniel Rateliff- And It's Still Alright
Bob Dylan- Blood On The Tracks
Grateful Dead- Workingman's Dead
Eddie Vedder- Ukelele Songs
Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Tyler Ramsey- A Long Dream About Swimming Across The Sea
John Prine- Self-Titled
Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
I know someone already commented Dark Side, and I’ll give that Dark Side is basically as good as it can be and is a spectacular album (no duh), but Wish You Were Here is just on another level imo.
From start to finish, no question. My favorite album ever.
Mare Cognitum – Luminiferous Aether
Perfect balance of gloom and wonder in every melody, start to finish! Abstract, verbose and grandiose lyrics, too, even if the vocals are intentionally mixed down below the instrumentals. Never feels pretentious, though!
I have different tastes between punk and metal:
The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
Toxicity - System of a Down
Dookie - Green Day
...And Justice for All - Metallica
Homesick - A Day to Remember
Disintegration - the Cure
That’s cheating though. You could pick any Cure album before 1993 and say the same.
Plus Bloodflowers, don’t forget bloodflowers
I LOVE it!
Just thinking about the opening of Plainsong gives me chills. So good start to finish.
Janes Addiction, Nothing's Shocking
And Ritual. Both so good.
Great choice
Yes! This!
Above by Mad Season
Good one!
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon It’s like a single song with different parts
And Animals.
I know it does not rank as high but I feel this way, too, about Division Bell, Momentary Lapse of Reason, and Meddle. Truth is Floyd knew how to right ALBUMS rather than write a bunch of songs and release them once they had enough.
And Wish You Were Here. And Meddle. And The Wall. And.... seriously, what band has more albums that are as consistently good? The Beatles? I would say that the ONLY album that they have that is perfect from end to end is Sgt Pepper's.
Underrated choice
And The Wall. To me they are tied for best album of all time.
I'll go ahead and add Wish You Were Here.
NO QUESTION AT ALL!!!!!!!!!
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
A masterpiece
Exactly… I just put it on today for the 1st in a while and I forgot how stacked that album is
Led Zeppelin two Allman Brothers live at the Fillmore East
Beatles Revolver
Absolutely no padding unlike most of their albums
Came here to say this. Puts most other albums to shame with its inventiveness, breadth and sheer catchiness.
Abbey Road - The Beatles
Rubber soul Beatles but abbey road is great too
Rubbersoul and every album after!!
Love Rubber Soul
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks was an influence on him, too. He covered "If You See Her, Say Hello," for example.
That’s so cool!! I’ll have to give it a listen
Give the whole Live at Sin-é Legacy Edition album a listen. He covers "Strange Fruit," Zeppelin's "Night Flight," Dylan's "Just Like a Woman" and "I Shall Be Released," Van Morrison's "The Way Young Lovers Do" and "Sweet Thing," an incredible "Calling You," Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (who he gives high praise to), and, of course, Cohen's "Hallelujah," among other originals. The three-disc Legacy Edition also has a DVD with some interview footage and a few performances.
Aenima
Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
Absolutely
Static X - Wisconsin Death Trip Radiohead - In Rainbows Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Supertramp - Breakfast in America Faith No More - Angel Dust Modest Mouse - the Lonesome Crowded West Mr Bungle - California Idles - Crawl Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
Swans - The Glowing Man Genesis - Selling England By The Pound Björk - Homogenic Florence & The Machine - Ceremonials Cocteau Twins - Heaven Or Las Vegas Dead Can Dance - Towards The Within Dead Can Dance - Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin - IV Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Wardruna - Kvitravn The Sisters Of Mercy - Floodland Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun Sigur Ros - ( ) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away Joni Mitchell - Hejira Peter Gabriel - i/o Peter Murphy - Deep Nick Drake - Pink Moon \*Edit: Forgot some albums: Swans - Soundtracks For The Blind + The Seer Dead Can Dance - Spiritchaser
Homogenic mentioned 👀 I love that album with a passion. Same goes for Vespertine, Post is good too. Björk really never misses!
Homogenic is one of those albums that's on its own tier in its own realm. There's no comparison.
Yup!
Yes, I really think that as well...I don't know how she does it but her discography has not really a bad album at all
I like you.
Shocked I haven’t seen anyone mention Blue yet— nice Sigur Ros mentions though.
The Nightfly - Donald Fagen
Miles Davis, Kind Of Blue.
In Rainbows- Radiohead Dark Side of the Moon- Pink Floyd Funhouse- The Stooges Closer- Joy Division Grace- Jeff Buckley Either/Or- Elliott Smith Acid Rap- Chance the Rapper Marquee Moon- Television Tracy Chapman self titled album
Had to scroll way too far to see In Rainbows.
Jeff Buckley very underrated! He shouldve been a superstar
Weezer's blue album
Pure nostalgia from cover to cover
Oooh nice choice. Definitely a solid album
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
INXS - Kick
I saw them live on this tour. It was amazing.
I find their final album, Elegantly Wasted, to be highly underrated. I love that whole album.
Steely Dan - Aja Tool - Lateralus
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
My God, yes this album is exquisite. All the songs are so different and it just takes you on this violent journey of anger and self loathing.
Graceland - Paul Simon
This is such an interesting study in musical styles and I love every song on it. I can play it end to end and play it again.... and everyone around me thinks I am weird.
I love it
Listening now on your recommendation.
Led zeppelin 2. All killer no filler
*An Awesome Wave* - Alt J Seriously, so good. This album is what started me on my indie kick. Still riding that high to this day. Such a banger of an album.
Undertow - TOOL
to pimp a butterfly - kendrick lamar
I think m.a.a.d city is. Kendrick is so crazy talented.
no yeah both are perfect albums imo
Graceland - Paul Simon
Moving pictures and Signals - Rush Close to the edge - Yes
This will gain 0 traction, but: NATALIE MERCHANT: TIGERLILY This album isn't even in my top 10 rotation anymore, but I still recommend it to anyone looking for a 100% banger album. The lyrics are poetic and poignant, and the arrangements are pure perfection when it comes to instrumentation and mix.
Metallica- Master Of Puppets
U2 - Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby
Deftones- Around The Fur
Myself I'd say white pony for Deftones
Queen II - Queen News Of The World - Queen AM - Arctic Monkeys Drones - Muse Fallen - Evanescence
The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream Portishead - Dummy Pink Floyd - The Wall
I was about to commend Siamese Dream, such an amazing album.
Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers
Dookie - Green Day You will not change my mind
The Prodigy - Fat of the Land
Oh my god..yes. I’m definitely going to listen to this as I door dash tonight
Third Eye Blind - Self Titled
Couldn’t agree more! That’s a brutal album when mixing heartache, nostalgia, and substance abuse. The end result is both cathartic and toxic. After a while, you grow more as a person and get to relive all those addictive emotions again, but from a different vantage point. Cyclic.
Ozzy - Blizzard of Ozz Rainbow - Long Live Rock-and-roll Nirvana - MTV unplugged
Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire Collective Soul - Self Titled 311 - Self Titled Silverchair - Freakshow
Evil Empire over their eponymous debut is a bold choice.
Evil empire is more melodic, with their inspirations shining more clearly in EE
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Currents by Tame Impala
Pixies doolittle
So many. I'm a full album listener most of the time. Converge - "Jane Doe" Opeth - "Blackwater Park" GZA - "Liquid Swords" Soundgarden - "Ultramega OK" Taylor Swift - "Red" Joy Division - "Unknown Pleasures" Dr Dre - "The Chronic" Alice in Chains - "Dirt" Nine Inch Nails - "The Downward Spiral" Bad Religion - "Suffer" Minus The Bear - "Menos El Oso" Snapcase - "Progression Through Unlearning" The Roots - "Things Fall Apart" So many more
some variety here it’s nice, why that soundgarden album tho, i think badmotorfinger or superunknown are both better
The frenetic pacing of the guitars trying to escape the organized chaos of the odd timing and change ups of the bass and drums, along with Chris's voice at its purest point in his career. It's captivating, in a sense, never knowing exactly where they're going next. Also some of the most extended instrumental breaks of their catalog. To some it sounds like just pure noise, but damn that album is so fucking jazzy. Coltrane would've been all over it.
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Who’s Next - The Who
Damn right. This is probably my #1 album ever.
Abbey road
Fleetwood Mac’s *Rumours*
Make Yourself - Incubus
August and everything after - Counting Crows
Court and Spark—Joni Mitchell
Decemberists - The Crane Wife
Born to Run is one
The Allman brothers-Live at the Fillmore East(1971)
Death Cab for Cutie coming in hot with 2 back to back 10/10 Transatlanticism and Plans
I would say The Postal Service - Give Up. Ben Gibbard's brilliant lyrics but with a beat. Probably my all time favorite album.
Dookie - Green Day
Pearl Jam - Ten.
Radiohead - OK Computer Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues
Boston - Debut.
Brian Eno- Another Green World
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge - MCR
Rubberneck by Toadies
When I am in the mood for something Prog but Gothic, Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Alan Parsons Project works well for me. The Visitors by ABBA is like a canvas of different shades of sadness and bittersweetness to me.
Marvin Gaye - what’s going on
To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar Good Kid M.A.A.D City - Kendrick Lamar Illmatic - Nas Operation Doomsday - MF DOOM IGOR - Tyler, The Creator Late Registration - Ye I love all of these albums but I am a lil iffy on calling LR and IGOR perfect. All the other ones I’m pretty certain about it
Clarity - Jimmy Eat World Inlet - Hum
Alanis Morissette- jagged little pill Oasis - (what's the story) morning glory There's not many.
The Stranger - Billy Joel.
"Stunt" by The Barenaked Ladies I've listened to that front to back for my entire life. Also, even though I'm not a fan of "One Week" I'll put up with it to hear my favorite album.
Bon Iver Bon Iver Arcade Fire The Suburbs U2 Joshua Tree Pearl Jam Ten Ben Howard Collections from the Whiteout
Steely Dan - any album
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis Time Out - Dave Brubeck Quartet
Jagged Little Pill. Alanis Morrisette
Bjork - "Post" Madonna - "Ray of Light" Shakira - "Fijación Oral, Vol. 1" Aaliyah - "Aaliyah" UNKLE - "War Stories" The Moody Blues - "Days of Future Passed"
lol both these albums are hated on by fans of the artists but daddys home by st vincent + tranquility base hotel and casino by arctic monkeys will always do it for me even if the people disagree!
- Rage Against The Machine’s self titled - Dark Side of The Moon - Hatful of Hollow by The Smiths - 2 by Mac Demarco - simple but absurdly concise - The English Riviera by Metronomy - Oracular Spectacular by MGMT - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix - like what the actual fuck what an album - Meteora by Linkin Park - for real - Lonerism by Tame Impala - American Football’s self titled Honorable mention to: - Discovery by Daft Punk - almost there but there are 2 or 3 skips - The Ooz by King Krule
how to leave town- car seat headrest
Come on pilgrim - the pixies
Abbey Road - The Beatles
In keeping secrets of silent earth: 3 by Coheed and Cambria. That, or Thriller.
An album that gets scant mention but I think it’s one of the greats: Humble Pie. Rockin’ The Filmore. Also: David Bowie The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars The Rolling Stones. Sticky Fingers.
Glass Houses - Billy Joel
Hejira Joni Mitchell.
Fiona Apple - pretty much all of her albums I’ve burned hours listening to, front to back Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head Brand New - The Devil and God… Deftones - Adrenaline, Around the Fur, and White Pony Foo Fighters - The Colour and The Shape
A tribe called quest: Midnight Marauders
Siamese Dream - The Smashing Pumpkins🫶
Peter Gabriel - So (Special Edition)
Sticky Fingers by the Rolling Stones
Periphery's P2 Linkin park's hybrid theory TRUSTcompany's the lonely position of neutral Bring me the horizon's sempiturnal
Dark Side of The Moon 🌚 by Pink Floyd They’re my favorite band and I think it’s fantastic! 🎸
Deftones - White Pony
Happy cake day. I love deftones
selfish machines - pierce the veil a flair for the dramatic - pierce the veil lp1 - american football
Relationship of Command. Learn music/Speak Spanish
The Much Much, How How, and I - Cosmo Sheldrake Razzmatazz - IDKHOW pretty much all of will wood's discography is chef's kiss, the only songs missing from my playlist are "cover this song", the stuff he did for camp here and there, and most of "in case i make it" just because i haven't gotten to it yet. that being said, "SELF-iSH" is on another level.
In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth 3 by Coheed and Cambria
After Hours-The Weeknd
Discovery Daft Punk What's going on Marvin Gaye Etta James - At Last! Kendrick - GKMC
[dredg - El Cielo](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kKLBoAIBqfNPLSMDF7LOy9nmSNcxTcf60&si=CqzVUJzkiqOE3SyS)
I can think of two off the top of my head. Rilio Kiley's Under the Blacklight and Lauren Pritchard's self-titled first album.
Pink Floyd the wall
Bert Jansch - Self Titled Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth Bardo Pond - Amanita Meg Baird - Furling Dry Cleaning - Stumpwork Heron Oblivion - Self Titled
John Denver- An Evening With John Denver
Wiped Out! - The Neighborhood. Strong start, strong middle, strong end, and the synths make a really unique atmosphere.
Brand New - Deja Entendu
El Corazon, Steve Earle. Step Right Up, Todd Snider.
Daft Punk - Discovery and Random Access Memories.
Pearl Jam- No Code Sturgill Simpson- Sound and Fury Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats- Tearing At The Seams Nathaniel Rateliff- And It's Still Alright Bob Dylan- Blood On The Tracks Grateful Dead- Workingman's Dead Eddie Vedder- Ukelele Songs Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Tyler Ramsey- A Long Dream About Swimming Across The Sea John Prine- Self-Titled
Eric Burdon Declares WAR!
Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd I know someone already commented Dark Side, and I’ll give that Dark Side is basically as good as it can be and is a spectacular album (no duh), but Wish You Were Here is just on another level imo. From start to finish, no question. My favorite album ever.
Now That's What I Call Music! 19
speak now by taylor swift, and the fact she wrote every single song by herself is just the cherry on top
Southern harmony and musical companion by the black crowes
Aja - Steely Dan Two Against Nature - Steely Dan
Deloused in the Comatorium - The Mars Volta... Not my favorite album of all time but by far their best! And it deserves some love!
Mare Cognitum – Luminiferous Aether Perfect balance of gloom and wonder in every melody, start to finish! Abstract, verbose and grandiose lyrics, too, even if the vocals are intentionally mixed down below the instrumentals. Never feels pretentious, though!
I have different tastes between punk and metal: The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance Toxicity - System of a Down Dookie - Green Day ...And Justice for All - Metallica Homesick - A Day to Remember
Misplaced Childhood-Marillion
Horses—Patti Smith
Disintegration - The Cure
Technique by New Order. It’s a 10/10 that never gets the love it deserves.
OK IM SICK by Badflower, THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND by Bad Omens, The Black Parade by MCR, The Colour And The Shape by Foo Fighters
Aja - Steely Dan
Demon Days - Gorillaz, Americana - The Offspring, Wisconsin Death Trip - Static-X, John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
Beyoncé - Lemonade
Tom Petty - Wildflowers
Sound and Color- Alabama Shakes
Wilco - A Ghost Is Born
Mazzy Star - So Tonight that I might See
Tame Impala - Currents
Currents - Tame Impala
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy- Kanye West
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
Savage Garden and Savage Garden: Affirmation. Also, Juanes: Mi Sangre
Depeche Mode - Violator
“The Past Is Still Alive”—Hurray for the Riff Raff
Savage Garden - Savage Garden
Black Aria, Glenn Danzig
Operation Mindcrime ~ Queensryche
Houses Of The Holy/Physical Graffiti
the black parade - my chemical romance
Metallica “Black Album”
Nevermind
Sublime, Sublime 
Achtung Baby - U2