These guys deserve more spotlight! This whole album is awesome!!

These guys are great too!

Spotted this thread for the first time today, clicked, and immediately saw Nomeansno's Wrong in the image gallery. I've loved that album for 30 years. Never imagined I'd see it mentioned on pinside. Sadly I can't quite cosign "perfect album" status as there are a couple songs I skip, but the highs are SO damn high. Major props to you.

My brothers! Popular choice, and well deserved. Forgive me for what I'm about to say, but my one perfect, desert island record is actually the green album.

If you love melody, walls of guitar, hooks for days, and the never-ending pursuit of an ideal three-minute power pop song, I propose you can do no better than Weezer's second self-titled (and third overall) album. It's a wonder I have any eardrums left after blasting this thing in my car seemingly nonstop since the summer of 2001.

Green is a controversial choice, especially among Weezer diehards (shout out to Matt Damon on SNL), but I stand by my pick as Rivers Cuomo's singular flawless masterwork, and the most perfect 30 minutes of popular music assembled by mankind.

You guys should both be ashamed of yourselves!
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Pretty Hate Machine is the correct answer.
I LOVE the first half of Downward Spiral (even if i forgive Closer) but the second side is a drag. Hurt is great & Eraser serviceable; but the rest is lame.

Maybe it's because the first half was so overplayed (at least in my bubble), but I actually grew to prefer the second half? I really got sucked in by the whole '90s nihilist concept album thing, which made me love every one of those side B tunes, even the title track, which is suffocating out of context but perfect for the "story." Downward Spiral is probably my Dark Side of the Moon, or Wall, or whichever Floyd album is supposed to be good.

Bonus points for A Warm Place which I later learned was basically a Bowie cover and turned me onto the Berlin trilogy, Eno, etc.

Sonic Youth-EVOL

Black Sabbath-Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

For your consideration

James Reyne

Designed for living
Was also part of legendary Australian Crawl band

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This may not be a lot of pinsiders cup of tea but if you were in the right age bracket when this album dropped, you know how huge it was, and rightfully so. Its a banger front to back. The original Chronic is considered a classic and a masterpiece, and rightfully so, but this is Dr. Dre's magnum opus. From the into with the THX sound going into the sounds of a low rider hopping, you know you're gonna be in for a treat. This album spawned many hit singles but even the deeper cuts will have your head boppin, and thats what makes this....a perfect album

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Eat A Peach by The Allman Brothers Band.
Duane’s last album

I'm right yer wrong babe sorry
With Teeth is the perfect sex album.

R&B / Funk with a little bit of Zappa inspiration

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I never heard of this but I checked it out a little bit. I dig it. Will probably have to go onto my weekend playlist to give it a proper spin

Say no more. Only takes a few listening sessions to figure this one out

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https://theaggros.bandcamp.com/album/rise-of-the-aggros

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A beautiful, dare I say, perfect album. It's a bit easier not to misstep since it's more of an EP than a full length. For anybody who likes heavy music, it's instrumental metal/hardcore (metalcore? crossover?) by Parris Mayhew, the guy who wrote most of the Cro-Mags stuff. I don't particulary care about the Cro-Mags and I don't really see a similarity, but you can see the guy has various influences and is a great composer and player.

That one has never clicked with me; I think it’s being forcefed it during the 90s when I was still devouring every thrash band I could find

Alteady been mentioned but the early Alice Cooper stuff, particularly School's Out and Billion Dollar Babies. I have no idea how he got away with I Love The Dead

Electric Wizard - Come My Fanatics. Heaviest band ever?

Judas Priest Unleashed in the East is pretty excellent although I believe the lyrics were re-recorded later so arguably a semi-live album.

Hahah “Unleashed in the Studio”, lots of overdubs on that record. Still great!

Yes, it's quality nonetheless

One I failed to mention earlier is Drivin and Cryin, Fly me Courageous from 1991.

John

When you need to get your sad on, this is unbeatable. The opening number is a serial killer’s wistful complaint that “things ain’t the same no more.”

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Unquestionably one of the finest hip hop albums to ever be produced, and number 44 on Rolling Stones best albums of all time. If you’ve never given it a listen from front to back, I highly suggest giving it a shot.

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I have been wanting to actually. Not rwlly my era so I don't know much aboot hom but I've heard it's a killer album

My older cousin dropped the needle on this record and my 12 year old world was changed forever !!!
..." we're vacant and we don't care "...

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Been a while hasn't it?

Sepultura - Chaos AD

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Nick Cave - Let Love In

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Death - Human

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The Sadies - Colder Streams

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Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

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Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the 36 Chambers

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Hank III - Straight to Hell

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Big Pantera fan - when I listen to this one, first half I think masterpiece, but second half I think it runs a bit out of steam. Far Beyond Driven for my taste but I wouldn't argue anyone calling Vulgar Display their magnum opus.

Subhumans 29:29 Split Vision
Just under a half hour of perfection.

Arguably the best of anything recently released

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LOL!!!

This album start to finish is perfection.

It was so good before. Now . . . [chef’s kiss]

As I have said before, The Replacements rule.

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There are so many really excellent.......

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The Black Crows. Three snakes and a charm.

John

Tim and Let It Be are really great albums. I really like the unique song writing and lyrics.

Don't really listen to black metal, but this one is a classic - every song is a banger. Great riffs, not too lo-fi, not too operatic.

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https://open.spotify.com/album/5sjN4nlIXM8k8ilUb23Pj2?si=UY5MvNf2QOi3GZWa8ZrxSA

I feel this album is perfect.

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All fine music, however,Deric and the Dominoes,Lala,is the top spot!Then,and now!

Megadeth-Rust in Peace
Testament-The New Order
Anthrax-Among the Living
Metallica-Master of Puppets
Slayer-Reign in Blood
Pantera-The Great Southern Trendkill

In no particular order, could listen to either of these albums non stop for days.

I love volbeat, and beyond hell/above heaven is one of their best albums IMO.

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Portugal. The Man - Evil Friends

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Hash Pipe is fun but the band was never the same after Matt Sharp left imho.

I read both Patti and Eric's autobiographies. They have very different memories of how their affair started. I like how after Patti left George she wanted to marry Eric. Her father had passed so she asked her ex-husband George if he'd give her away at the wedding and he said GLADLY! Ok, he did walk her down the aisle and give her away, but I made up the "GLADLY" comment.

Here's a few I don't think have been mentioned. It's a bit difficult to compare albums of different eras and genres so keep that in context.

Beck - Midnite Vultures
Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle
Chicago Transit Authority - Chicago Transit Authority
The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette
The Doors - L.A. Woman
Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow
John Coltrane - Blue Train
King Crimson - Discipline
Led Zeppelin - Presence
Ministry - Psalm 69
Muse - Will of the People (I have to pick one Muse)
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Queen - A Night at the Opera
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
Radiohead - Kid A (a few have already mention OK Computer which is great as well)
The Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed
Rush - Signals (others inlcuding myself may have pick another album but this one suited the time so well)
Sam Cooke - One Night Stand
Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun
Sly and the Family Stone - Stand
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
Stray Cats - Built for Speed
Steevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble - Texas Flood
Talking Heads - Remain in the Light
Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog
Tool - Aenima
Trentmoller - The Last Resort
The Yardbirds - Yardbirds '68
Yes - Fragile

This is a great list. There's a couple records on here I despise LOL