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Found a DVD a few years ago that was all about the recording of Aja..... really cool, highly recommend.
Quoted from Chisox:Holy shit that's a great album. Never thought I'd find a fellow Raygun fan in here.
Indianapolis, IN
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My perfect album long ago at 15 and still holds true.
Saw them on this tour back in '88(?). So badass.
Quoted from Gryszzz:This week it's been Mob Rules all day everyday. Not sure it's a perfect album, but Sign of the Southern Cross IS absolute PERFECTION.
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This was a Vette I had about 10 years ago...MOB RULZ license plate 
Got a lot of interesting looks from people that likely had no idea what it was actually referencing :p
Otherwise, Rainbow Rising is the album I'd add to this thread.
Awesome topic! This is a conversation I often have with my friends.
Guns N Roses - Appetite for destruction
Metallica - kill em all
Beastie boys - license to ill
Weezer - blue album
Sublime - sublime
Wu tang clan - enter the 36 chambers
Eminem - the Marshall mathers lp
Foo fighters - wasting light
Slipknot - Iowa
Eazy E - eternal e
Mudvayne - L.D. 50
Nirvana - nevermind
Marilyn Manson - antichrist superstar
In the era of MP3 players it's less and less common to find new albums that you actually want to hear front to back but this is my list of essentials.
And I think Queensryche is worthy of this title....Operation Mindcrime
One of the the best shows I have ever seen....it was '91 or '92 and on their Empire tour....they played about a 45min Empire set then took about a 20-30min break/set change and played Mindcrime in its entirety.....amazing performance.
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My perfect album long ago at 15 and still holds true.
I saw that tour! Huge mosh pit..i like Think forYourself the best in that one
Toronto, ON
Quoted from NimblePin:Better (more Rancid) than Rancid...
For me it's Out Come the Wolves.
It's the only album I still listen to end to end to this day.
What most Pinheads will know:
AC/DC "Back In Black"
Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon"
U2 "The Joshua Tree"
Albums I really love (and very few will get me for it):
Marc Cohn "Marc Cohn"
Bruce Hornsby "The Way It Is"
K'Naan "For Country, God or the Girl"
Elton John "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (2 discs!!)
Fleetwood Mac "Rumours"
Quoted from Pickle:Kill em All
Ride the Lightning
Master of Puppets
Gotta agree. After all the years of Hendrix, Sabbath, Zep, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, AC/DC etc. these albums took it to a new level. These three are the last of the great music by Metallica or anyone else for that matter. Whenever I am feeling down and need an aural pick-me-up this right here is where I inevitably go. Crank it up and let it rip and my mood always improves.
Don't get me wrong, my vote remains with DSOTM as the best album ever. And everything posted so far is great stuff no doubt. But these songs probably have 100 times the play count of any others in my stash of 9000. Which I will be soon expanding cause I got some new ideas here of some stuff I forgot about and some I didn't know about.
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
Yes - Close to the Edge
Rush - Fly by Night
DSOTM, obviously. I only wish I could hear it again for the first time.
And for something completely different, try this one:
https://juliamassey.bandcamp.com/album/five-letters-from-far-away
No way you can get through the first track without agreeing that it's a great tune. The whole album is amazing, start to finish.
Quoted from SR230CC:AC/DC - Powerage
I'm a huge fan. Thought I was blown away by all their albums I heard before. To me this one is perfect and very underated.
Totally agree with this. I wore out my Powerage cassette. I had to buy it again.
Sana'a
Rammstein - SEHNSUCHT
You know this is a perfect album when many millions of people who don't understand a word of German, have bought it.
Of course the non-German don't understand the funny wordplay going on, they don't even bother to look for translation, they just want to rock out.
This whole album is HEAVY. The mix is crazy deep, the vocals are deep, the tunings are deep.
Guys headbang to it, strippers strip to it, it never gets old.
If you have not pulled this disc out in 20 years, mach es jetzt.
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Quoted from Masspinballfan:Billy Squiers second album "Don't say No" in 1981 has ten really good songs. A few B sides of course but what a rocking album.
That is a great album. Saw him twice back in the day. I still spin In The Dark in my jukebox.
Excellent thread by the way. I need more good music like I need air.
I wanted to say the best most perfect album I have heard in a few years:
Primus and the chocolate factory. Seeing it live was amazing. The album is great to me. It tied my favorite movie to a concert or two I went to. The poster for my night is included. Including the immortal gene wilder.
Quoted from Methos:That is a great album. Saw him twice back in the day. I still spin In The Dark in my jukebox.
In the dark saw it live he opened for Queen I think.
I remember seeing the entire crowd of women just on his ass. I was about 12.
the album is very good. I'm gonna rock out lonely is the night in a minute.
A clever album too. Stroke.
Quoted from mbaumle:Steely Dan's "Aja"
Easily among the most sonically refined albums of all time--if not the most refined. Every song (all 7 of them) is tasteful, well crafted, and supremely well versed. While not my personal favorite, I think it's their best.
So Right!
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