Mmmmm-whah! Perfecto!

[allterrain]

There are very few perfect albums in the world. Before the age of getting music by the track, I used to spend a LOT of money on CD's...which have netted very few perfect albums. Here are some of my favs. Notice that they are all pretty much pre-1993. I think that says a lot about when I stopped buying whole CD's...and the fact that for me

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[old_age]

Thriller but no Purple Rain!? Come on!

obscurities

[cornekopia]

I have a lot of these ... on records. Though some I have repurchased on CD. "Xymox: Twist of Shadows." Wow.

[anonymous]

For my list, I chose Erasure's Wild! album. The Innocents and Wild, though separate releases, make a perfect double album. I chose the latter mostly because the songs were written for Andy's lower register. I'd read that it was an intentioned move to give him more diverse material for live performance, some music so that he could rest his voice from falsetto. An ex of mine told me that "Drama!" described me (!!!) and I love songs with "galloping" rhythm, so "Star" is a favorite.

[pteroglyph]

Huh. Somehow I got all logged out n stuff.

[djxatlanta]

I've tried and tried to capture you — what more can one mere mortal do? All excellent albums... although I didn't own all of these, I played nearly all this stuff on my radio show (except for Miss Jackson, Metallica, and the Beastie Bitches).

[smauger]

Yep, I think I've all of these in your collection. If I had to guess.... The Smiths is probably one of your top among these.