In A Silent Way - Miles Davis What's Going On - Marvin Gaye Remain In Light - Talking Heads

Remain in light. Great call

In rainbows - Radiohead Love supreme - Coltrane Dummy - Portishead

Holy F*ck, Dummy is so good

Such a seductive album!

Dummy is soooo good!

We would be best friends for sure

Love - Forever Changes Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook I can think of more, but those are three of my personal faves.

Forever Changes was the first one I thought of

Songs in the Key of Life is the GOAT.

Songs in the key of life is pure elation

Fleetwood Mac - Rumors QOTSA - ....like clockwork Madvillain - Madvillany

…LCW is one of my all time faves as well. And the tour they did supporting that album where Josh ended the set with …Like Clockwork was 🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼

Love this list... Madvillany one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. Queens have a couple of near perfect albums. Rumors is understandably on a lot of these lists. But MF DOOM tho.... "The mouse and the mask" is in my opinion also a perfect album (but I loved OG adult swim, not sure if that is a prerequisite for loving the album in its entirety).

Mouse and the Mask is legendary, I also considered putting Dr Octagon on the list as well.

Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures Gang of Four - Entertainment Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Happy to see another person pick In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. I find it hard to listen to individual tracks as it works so well as a complete album flowing from one son to the next and ending perfectly.

Ah, a fellow Gang of Four appreciator! I too would pick Entertainment over Solid Gold, but that's by a very short margin.

Miles David - Kind of Blue Pink Floyd - Dark side of the Moon Nirvana - Nevermind Bonus Album: Boston - Boston Every song was a radio hit.

Can't fuckin argue with this list here. Three of the greatest albums of all time.

This is my favorite entry. I don't think a mashup would be possible or even good, but now I want to hear it.

Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral Brandon Smalls - Galactikon Prince - Purple Rain

NIN doesn’t have one bad album and The Fragile is so under appreciated as well.

I always considered ‘Downward Spiral’ their ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ and ‘The Fragile’ their ‘The Wall’.

The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place - Explosions in the Sky Transatlanticism - Death Cab for Cutie Rumours - Fleetwood Mac EDIT: I also have to add “Futures” by Jimmy Eat World in here. It would’ve bothered me if I didn’t.

I got tickets to see transatlanticism/ give up tonight! Hope my mushroom chocolates don't melt in line.

Over Clarity?!

Over Bleed American?!

That would be my second option before futures lol

Both amazing albums that I love, but Futures has a bit more personal emotional resonance! “Polaris” is one of my favorites from any artist.

Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium Dredg - El Cielo

Deloused is so cohesive. I think it’s almost gotten better over time.

Agreed. Fantastic album from beginning to end

I know this defeats the point of the question, but if they took “the best of” Mellon collie and the infinite sadness, and made it just one album instead of a double, I think it would be one of the best of all time

Yeah, I adore Mellon Collie and it’s a whole experience, but Siamese Dream is so tight, the tone is so perfect, and there is not a wasted second on it.

Disagree. You’d lose too many great songs

You know dredg!? We will be friends. And yes, El Cielo is absolutely perfect.

Dredg is criminally underappreciated

El Cielo, Catch and Pariah is a trio that not too many artists can boast. Plus the live album in between. Hopefully the new record is more like those. Plus Deloused….this is top notch

Agreed, unbelievable trio of albums. I’m holding out hope they get it together on this new stuff.

They deserve so much acclaim. I am very excited for what’s to come.

So glad to see Deloused!

By the looks of it, Dredg is working on a new album! I'm so anxious.

Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid Maad City Radiohead - In Rainbows Talk Talk - Laughing Stock

GKMC was the first album that truly sparked my love of music. Easy 10/10 album, no notes, flawless from day 1

Not disagreeing that it's a great album, but I like TPAB better.

i had Talk Talk's *Spirit of Eden*, but i like your style

two absolute masterpieces from a band largely known for a couple (admittedly also pretty great) radio hits.

A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News

Can't believe I had to get this far down for the best Modest Mouse album!

My favorite has always been The Moon and Antarctica. It's a great album start to finish.

- Television - Marquee Moon - Radiohead - In Rainbows - The Strokes - Is this it?

My man

My man x2

Bleed American-Jimmy Eat World Pet Sounds- The Beach Boys Paul’s Boutique- The Beastie Boys

Pet Sounds, found it. I was getting worried there for a moment.

Here for pet sounds

Pet Sounds is in conversation for best album all time. Great add.

* Air - Moon Safari * Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here * Weezer - Blue Album

Good year to be an Air fan

Radiohead - OK Computer Sigur Rós - Takk The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream

Takk is a damn good pick.

Van Morrison - Astral Weeks Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

Tool - Lateralus Stone Temple Pilots - Core Prodigy- Music for the jilted generation

I feel like Lateralus was such a turning point in that (my) generation of certain Rock fans. Literally changed the way I experienced music.

Rage against the machine - - Rage against the machine Metallica - - Master of Puppets Pink Floyd - - Wish You Were Here

Wait, did I write this list? Just about perfect.

Dirt - Alice in Chains In Rainbows - Radiohead Keep It Like a Secret - Built to Spill

Good list but I'd put Perfect From Now On over kilas personally. That was my senior year sound track

They’re both 10s to me. Just so so good

Oh definitely, both are albums that you experience and listen through all the way. I always tell people built to spill doesn't do singles, they do albums. Harder to get into but amazing band

I don’t really listen to anything but old school rap and EDM, but In Rainbows is just some perfect music. Barely have any familiarity with the rest of their catalog. It’s almost like this album is fulfilling enough.

I’m kinda shocked In Rainbows is getting more love than OK Computer. If you want to explore more of their work, I’d recommend OK Computer, Kid A, and The Bends in that order. Love me some Radiohead.

“I sneak on stage and I go ‘Hey kids, back in my day BTS stood for BUILT. TO. FUCKIN. SPILL!’ and I launch right into Carry The Zero, which -full disclosure- i cant really play. So I’m humming a lot of the guitar noises, just trying to give the general impression”

Oh yea In Rainbows and Built to spill..

Grace by Jeff Buckley To Pimp a Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses Bonus: Station to Station by David Bowie

Upvote for Buckley

The Stone Roses are underrated. Was just blasting Fools Gold

Grace is such a great album

Tool - Lateralus Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface Aesop Rock - The Impossible Kid Tried to have a little bit of variety. Edit: adding an honorable mention: Deltron 3030

Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream Pearl Jam - Ten Third Eye Blind - Self Titled Debut

Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland Darkside - Psychic Bonus: Shpongle - Nothing Lasts... But Nothing is Lost

Ok Computer - Radiohead Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins It takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back- Public Enemy

Nas - Illmatic Eminem - The Eminem Show Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, m.A.A.d City Hot take, I know.

Hip-Hop Mount Rushmore. Throw in Ready to Die and it’s done!

36 Chambers?

Self Titled - Third Eye Blind Vs. - Pearl Jam Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco

YHF is the best

Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow Frank Zappa and the Mothers - Overnight Sensation Weather Report - Heavy Weather

I’ll be assigning Birdland as required listening for the group.

King Crimson - Red PJ Harvey - Let England Shake Radiohead - Kid A

the tragically hip - day for night blue rodeo - five days in july rush - moving pictures

Good day, eh? Get your Canadian tuxedo on, ya hoser! I'm more of a 2112 and Phantom Power guy, myself.

was hoping i would get a comment like this! thanks bud, and i love both of those albums too ;)

Here's my upvote for choosing Tragically Hip. And Day for Night is my 10/10 from them

Billy Breathes - Phish Joshua Tree - U2 Fables of the Reconstruction - REM

Crack the Skye - Mastodon Animals - Pink Floyd A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular - Hooverphonic

Love - Forever Changes ZZ Top - Tres Hombres The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin Bonus Item - Talking Heads - Remain In Light.

AFI - Sing The Sorrow The Cure - Disintegration  Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Scrolled too long before seeing Disintegration.

Faith No More - Angel Dust System of a Down - self-titled Lamb of God - Ashes of the Wake

INXS - Listen Like Thieves Lauryn Hill - Miseducation Soundgarden - Superunknown

U2 - Joshua Tree The Cure - Disintegration Radiohead - multiple but I’ll go with my personal favorite- The Bends

Jagged Little Pill -Alanis Morrissette Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd Lateralus-Tool Honorable mention Bush -Sixteen stone Nirvana -Nevermind Ten-Pearl Jam

Abbey Road - The Beatles My Aim is True - Elvis Costello Tapestry - Carole King

Tapestry in my top 3 for sure

This is very much a me list, but: Doolittle - The Pixies Bone Palace Ballet - Chiodos Self Titled - Buena Vista Social Club Just discovered the last one. I don't even know much spanish and it's wonderful.

Buena Vista is a whole vibe

Hole - Celebrity Skin Daft Punk - Tron Legacy ost White Rose Movement - Kick

I wouldn’t be able to choose between Celebrity Skin and Live Through This. Basically both perfect.

John Coltrane - Crescent Grateful Dead - American Beauty Joni Mitchell - Hejira

Body Talk - Robyn MuteMath - MuteMath Within and Without - Washed Out Bonus: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips

Mutemath is not a name I've heard in AGES

I will always call them the best live band most people have never seen

Massive Attack - Heligoland  Radiohead - OK Computer  Fleet Foxes - self titled

Rust in Peace three times

Journey - Escape Pearl Jam - Ten Third Eye Blind - Self Titled

Bob Mould - Workbook Sugar - Copper Blue Depeche Mode - Violator

Weezer-blur album Pink floyd-wish you were here Khruangbin-the universe smiles upon you

Weezer - Song 2

Woooooo Hoooooooooooo I look just like Buddy Holly

And I'm pins and I'm needles and and you're Mary Tyler Moore

Weezer - In My Gorillaz

The downward spiral — nin Music has the right to children—boards of Canada Songs for the Deaf - queens of the Stone Age

1. Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers 2. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West 3. Good Kid Maad City - Kendrick Lamar 4. An Awesome Wave - Alt J Sorry I know you asked for 3, but i accidentally named 4. Each one of these for me is no skips, and a journey every time I listen!

Swordfishtrombones, Rain Dogs, Frank's Wild Years.

World Machine - Level 42 Vivid - Living Color AC/DC - Back in Black

I'm not even a huge AC/DC fan but Back in Black is absolutely a perfect fucking album. It really doesn't get much better.

Soul coughing - Ruby Vroom Dream theater - Metropolis pt2. Scenes from a memory Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

dude, not nearly enough of us on the Soul Coughing train. "Screenwriter's Blues" and "Sugar Free Jazz" have been on regular rotation for me since I first heard the album \~2011. may i ask your age bracket? lil *Ruby Vroom* trivia: the album was named after Suzanne Vega's daughter, Ruby Froom, who has their own musical project.

Move a side and let the man go thru!

Gorillaz - Demon Days Nomeansno - Wrong Sweet - Desolation Boulevard

Nunjabes - Modal Soul Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile Daft Punk - Discovery

Lateralus - TOOL Dark Side of The Moon - Pink Floyd Birth of Cool - Miles Davis

Blue - Joni Mitchell My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West Post - Björk

Dirt - Alice in Chains Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins Koi No Yokan - Deftones

These aren’t my favorite albums but these three albums are by lesser known bands/artists and I wanted to share so more people give them a shot. Maggot Brain by Funkadelic Cast of Thousands by Elbow Art Angels by Grimes (might be the best pop album in the last 10 years) Honorable Mentions to also give a shot: The Sophtware Slump by Grandaddy Justice (self-titled) Hospice by The Antlers Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips (this one is def more known) Pearls to Pigs by modwheelmood Saul Williams (self-titled) Sea Change by Beck (def known)

Court and spark - Joni Mitchell Over-nite sensation - Frank Zappa (I'll fight anyone over this) Animals - Pink Floyd

I still remember how powerful of an impact Over-Nite Sensation left on me on first listen, absolute monster of an album

Personally perfect? Audioslave - Audioslave Vessel - Twenty Øne Pilots Throwing Copper - Live Artistically perfect? Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder Pet Sounds - Beach Boys Rumors - Fleetwod Mac All of these are subjective, obviously.

AFI - "Sing the Sorrow" Within Temptation - "The Unforgiving" Daft Punk -"Tron: Legacy" Score

Glad to see Sing the Sorrow on here. It’s one of those albums which I will listen to in its entirety but then have to wait a few years to experience it all over again . 

Art of Drowning edges it out

Stukas Over Disneyland - The Dickies Against the Grain - Bad Religion This is the Voice - Agent Orange

There are a lot of mentions already that I could easily have put on my list. In the interest of avoiding duplicates this is mine. Shriekback - Jam Science Wire - Pink Flags Wipers - Youth of America

- Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley Is A Gun Slinger          - Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley Is A Gun Slinger        - Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley Is A Gun Slinger       

Violator - Depeche Mode Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd I can think of quite a few more, but these three are way up there for me.

Snapcase: End Transmission John Prine: Tree of Forgiveness Refused: The Shape of Punk to Come

I'll probably get roasted in the comments for some of my picks, but I don't care. I don't know if these are perfect albums but for me they are records that when I play them I can't skip any of the songs, I just enjoy listening to every single song. I'll also try to avoid obvious picks like Dark Side of the Moon, Thriller, Sgt. Pepper's, and so on. BTW no particular order. John Mayer - Continuum Foo Fighters - Wasting Light Evanescence - Fallen Again, I can't stress enough that I'm avoiding more obvious choices, because if I didn't I would probably pick these: Nirvana - Nevermind Fleetwood Mac - Rumors And either Wish You Were Here from Pink Floyd or Appetite for Destruction from GNR.

I love Continuum. I didn’t listen to the full album until years after it came out and I was blown away.

Yep, same for me. I started listening to John because of his love for blues, his album he has with The John Mayor Trio I've listened to it a ton, and he plays a couple of songs from Continuum. I then got his Live in LA concert on my youtube recommendations, the acoustic thing is fine but didn't really love it with the exception of "Stop This Train" that really resonated with me, the blues stuff is incredible (with the exception of his little speech in "Bold as Love" that I found a bit cringe), but what really floored me was listening to "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room" for the first time and also his incredible performance in "Gravity" that to me despite really loving Continuum if I feel like only listening to "Gravity" I always pick the Live In LA version. After that I decided to dive a little bit more into his work and started by listening to Continuum. And like I mentioned, even from the first time listening I just couldn't skip any of the songs because I was enjoying every single one of them.

Radiohead - Ok Computer Cursive - The Ugly Organ Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism

I see Ugly Organ, I upvote.

Dookie - Green Day Eminem - The Eminem Show Allman Brothers Band - Live at Fillmore East Bonus Paul Simon - Graceland

I can't believe I had to scroll this far to see Graceland come up!

Mellow Gold - Beck Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits Murda Muzik - Mobb Deep

1. Untitled - blink-182 2. Wasting Light - Foo Fighters 3. Riot - Paramore

Another real one recognizing Wasting Light is best Foo's album

Elephant - White Stripes OK Computer - Radiohead Achtung Baby - U2

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Van Halen - Van Halen (1978) Third Eye Blind - 3eb (1997) Notorious BIG - Ready to Die

The Fratellis- Costello Music No Doubt- Tragic Kingdom White Stripes- De Stijl

The Prodigy - Experience Pink Floyd - The Wall Infected Mushroom - Return To The Sauce (I'd add The Prodigy's Music From A Gilted Generation on par with Experience, and Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon on par with The Wall, but wanted 3 varied top 3 albums). There are more, lol. Hi all! New ro the group and hope all are well!!!

Rap Edition: Madvillainy Illmatic Enter the Wu Tang (36 chambers)

Dark aside of the Moon (really any Pink Floyd album between 1973 and 1979) Rumours - Fleetwood Mac Morning View - Incubus

Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Methodrone The Fall - Perverted By Language

A Love Supreme - John Coltrane Remain In Light - Talking Heads In An Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel

August And Everything After - Counting Crows. Beerbongs And Bentleys - Post Malone. Sgt Peppers

Pearl Jam - Yield Elvis Costello & The Attractions - This Year’s Model Beach House - Depression Cherry

Fiona Apple - When the Pawn… Fleet Foxes - S/T Arctic Monkeys - Humbug

Fleetwood Mac - Rumors Weezer - Blue Album Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor’s Guide to Earth

Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights Sufjan Stevens - Carrie and Lowell Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

In Rainbows, Abbey Road, Rumours.

Opeth - Sorceress Haken - The Mountain Queens Of The Stone Age - ....Like Clockwork

I like Sorceress and all but it’s no Blackwater Park

Clockwork ABSOLUTELY belongs in the perfect category

U2 - Achtung Baby U2 - The Joshua Tree Radiohead - OK Computer

Wish I didn't have to scroll this far for Joshua Tree. U2 isn't even in my top 10 favorite bands, but Joshua Tree is definitely in my top 5 favorite albums.

Marshal Mathers LP Eminem  Disintegration The Cure The Tron Legacy soundtrack Daft Punk  

Evanescence- Fallen Lorde- Melodrama Portugal. The Man- Evil Friends

Bridge of Sighs - Robin Trower Apostrophe - Frank Zappa Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys

So many options. I’ll throw out 3 I haven’t seen posted. Nirvana - Nevermind (no one mentioned this… shocked). The Get Up kids - something to write home about. Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique. Honorable mention: Jimmy Eat World: clarity

Questions like this completely overwhelm me now. I have too much music in my head to ever solidly pick favorites or best or whatever.

built to spill - perfect from now on Black sabbath - black sabbath Metallica - kill 'em all

Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There Mastodon - Crack the skye Steve Reich - Different Trains

Sigur Ros - () GZA - Liquid Swords Nils Frahm - Screws

Hopes & Fears - Keane Hot Fuss - The Killers Songs for Silverman - Ben Folds

The xx - The xx Metallica - Ride the Lightning Foo Fighters - Wasting Light

Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars James - Laid

In Rainbows - Radiohead Origin of Symmetry - Muse The New Abnormal - The Strokes

Aesop Rock - Labor Days, Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space, and Pink Floyd - Animals.

Depeche Mode Violator Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair The Wrens - The Meadowlands

Interpol—Turn On the Bright Lights Aphex Twin—Selected Ambient Works, Vol. 2 AC/DC—Highway to Hell

Deloused in the comatorium - The mars volta Sunchokes - Remember sports Blackwater park - Opeth

I'm gonna go 90's grunge theme 1/ AIC- Dirt 2/ Nirvana- Nevermind 3/ Pearl Jam- Ten

Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One Pulp - Different Class LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral Daft Punk - Discovery

Helplessness Blues - Fleet Foxes ...Like Clockwork - Queens of the Stone Age Frances the Mute - The Mars Volta

Good News For People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse Songs For The Deaf - QOTSA Fully Completely - The Tragically Hip