Every album I’ve ever encountered seems to have a mixture of bangers and one or more meh or outright flops. It’s easier than ever to skip over the tracks now, but as the question asks: what’s is, in your opinion, the perfect album, or does one/can one even exist?

  • jeffw@lemmy.world
    3·
    8 months ago

    Name the genre and I’ll give you one.

    Edit: not like make the album, I’ll just tell you about one

        • jeffw@lemmy.world
          31·
          8 months ago

          Eh… the best stuff on their unplugged set was the covers. Bowie and Meat Puppets tracks. Hard to give an album a “best of its kind” designation when the best tracks are covers

          • Mike@lemmy.mlEnglish
            3·
            8 months ago

            That’s a weird qualifier. The album is perfect. The question wasn’t “is it perfect if you omit cover songs?”

      • jeffw@lemmy.world
        3·
        8 months ago

        Alt rock is broad, but if we’re going with grunge, I’d say Nevermind, although purists will say that’s not totally grunge. You run into similar issues with Ten. Both albums are insanely good start to finish though.

        In terms of movies, Bernard Hermann or Ennio Moriconne. Both had some bombs and also some bomb ass stuff. When they were on point they were amazing.

        • daddyjones@lemmy.world
          1·
          8 months ago

          Both Ten and Nevermind are, for me at least, perfect albums. In fact, Ten is the first one I thought of when I read the thread title.

          When it comes to soundtracks, Moriconne’s “The Mission” is also an example of perfection for me.

      • edric@lemm.ee
        1·
        8 months ago

        movie OST

        I find Arrival’s soundtrack by Johann Johannsson pretty much what you would consider a perfect album. All tracks are great. Obviously it’s a matter of taste at the end of the day.

      • Brickardo@feddit.nl
        1·
        8 months ago

        I think TBNH by The Brand New Heavies may only have a less than optimal track but other than that it’s absolutely fire

            • sangriaferret
              3·
              8 months ago

              Throbbing Gristle isn’t the first name that comes to my mind when someone says acid jazz. I like the idea of this person putting it on expecting Brand New Heavies and getting atonal noise.