The 150 Top "Perfect" Albums (according to Reddit)
A list of the top 150 albums which are perfect, from beginning to end. (Note: as listed in Reddit)
There's a fun thread on Reddit that got going when someone shared what they consider 'perfect albums', as in: ""Perfect" meaning you never skip any songs, the album flows seamlessly, and there's an overall theme."
In an era of Spotify singles and playlist-centric listening, it's an interesting idea to ponder. It's sort of a throwback to the physical media days when the cassette or record after every song was impractical. So having an album that was 'perfect' all the way through was a find.
As you can imagine, there are a LOT of suggested albums in the thread. So to break it down, I've taken all the suggested albums, removed duplicate mentions, and ranked them alphabetically.
How to use this list:
- See an album and remember "Oh yeaaaaahhhh, I like that!". And then go listen to it.
- See an album you don't know, but looks interesting. And then go listen to it.
- Think to yourself, "This list is terrible!". Add your own suggestions in the comments below.
The 150 Top "Perfect" Albums (according to Reddit)
| AC/DC - Highway to Hell |
| Afghan Whigs - 1965 |
| Air - Moon Safari |
| Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill |
| Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies |
| Allman Brothers - Live at the Filmore East |
| Angra - Rebirth |
| Aphex Twin - Richard D James album |
| Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare |
| Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not |
| At the Drive In - Relationship of Command |
| BB King/Eric Clapton - Riding With The King |
| Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique |
| Behemoth - The Satanist |
| Bjork - Homogenic |
| Blink 182 - TOYPAJ |
| Bloc Party - Silent Alarm |
| Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks |
| Bob Seger - Against The Wind |
| Boston - Boston |
| Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me |
| Bright Eyes - Fevers and Mirrors |
| Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run |
| Bumblefoot - Normal |
| Carole King - Tapestry |
| Clutch - Blast Tyrant |
| Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas |
| Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Vol. I: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness |
| Counting Crows - August and everything after. |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory |
| Curtis Mayfield - Superfly |
| Cynic - Traced in Air |
| Daft Punk - Discovery |
| Daft Punk - Random Access Memories |
| Dave Brubeck - Time Out |
| David Bowie - Hunky Dorie |
| David Bowie - The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the spiders from mars |
| Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism |
| Decemberists - The King is Dead |
| Destroyer - Kaputt |
| Dire Straits - Alchemy ~ Live 1984 |
| Dj shadow - Endtroducing |
| Dr Dre - The Chronic |
| Dream Theater - Scenes From a Memory |
| Elliott Smith - Either/Or |
| Elvis Costello - My Aim is True |
| Failure - Fantastic Planet |
| Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief (1969) |
| Fall Out Boy - Take This To Your Grave |
| Fleetwood Mac - Rumours |
| Fugazi - The Argument |
| Fugees- the score |
| Ghost Reveries, Damnation - Opeth |
| Gorillaz - Demon Days |
| Gregory Alan Isakov - This Empty Northern Hemisphere/The Weatherman |
| Guns n Roses - Appetite for Destruction |
| The offspring - Smash |
| Husker DU - Zen Arcade |
| Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights |
| Jeff Buckley - Grace |
| Joy Division - Closer |
| Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly |
| King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic |
| Kyuss - Welcome To Sky Valley |
| Lauryn Hill - the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill |
| LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver |
| Led Zeppelin - IV |
| Lou Reed - Transformer |
| Marillion - Misplaced Childhood |
| Marvin Gaye - What's Going On |
| Metallica - .... Justice for All |
| Metallica - Master of puppets. |
| MF Doom - Madvillainy |
| Michael Jackson - Thriller |
| Miles Davis - Kind of blue. |
| Moby - Play |
| Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West |
| Molly Hatchet - Molly Hatchet |
| Morning View - Incubus |
| Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star - Black Star |
| My Bloody Valentine - Loveless |
| Nas - Illmatic |
| Neil Young - Harvest |
| Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea |
| Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The boatman’s call. |
| Nick Drake - Pink Moon |
| Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine |
| Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral |
| Outkast - Aquemini |
| Paul Simon - Graceland |
| Peter Gabriel - So |
| Phoeboe Bridgers - Punisher |
| Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon |
| Pink Floyd - The Wall |
| Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here |
| Pixies - Doolittle |
| Portishead - Dummy |
| Pretenders - Pretenders |
| Prince - Purple Rain |
| Protest The Hero - Kezia |
| Queen - Queen II |
| Queens of the Stone Age - Self titled Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R |
| Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf |
| Radiohead - In Rainbows |
| Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music |
| REM - Automatic for the people. |
| Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight |
| Robert Palmer - Sneaking Sally Through The Alley |
| Roddy Woomble - My Secret Is My Silence |
| Royal Blood - Royal Blood |
| Rush - Moving Pictures |
| Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream |
| Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation |
| Soul Coughing - Ruby Vroom |
| Steely Dan - Aja |
| Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life |
| Sufjan Stevens - Illinois |
| Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary |
| System of a Down - Toxicity |
| Talking Heads - Remain in Light |
| The (English) Beat - Special Beat Service |
| The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds |
| The Beatles - Abbey Road |
| The Beatles - Rubber Soul |
| The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
| The Clash - London Calling |
| The Cure - Disintegration |
| The Jam - All Mod Cons |
| The killers - Hot Fuss |
| The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute |
| The Postal Service - Give Up |
| The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street |
| The Smiths - The Queen is Dead |
| The Strokes - Is This It |
| The Strokes - The New Abnormal |
| The Tragically Hip - Road Apples |
| The Who - Quadrophenia |
| The Wonder Years - The Greatest Generation |
| They Might Be Giants - John Henry |
| Three Dog Night - Hard Labor |
| Tom Petty - Wildflowers |
| Tom Waits - Closing Time |
| Tool - animea |
| Tool - Lateralus |
| Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History |
| Tyler Childers - Purgatory |
| Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards |
| Weezer - Blue Album |
| Wolf alice - blue weekend |
| Wu Tang Forever - Wu Tang Clan |