Here are some (not all) the albums I can can listen to perfectly without skipping a track:

1. Steely Dan: Aja
2. Bob Marley: Exodus/Catch A Fire/Burnin'
3. Janet: Rhythm Nation/The Velvet Rope
4. Stevie Wonder: Songs In The Key Of Life/Innervisions/Talking Book/Fulfillingness' First Fianle
5. Prince: Dirty Mind/Sign O The Times/Parade/1999/Purple Rain
6. Aretha Franklin: Hey Now Hey (The Other Side Of The Sky)/Lady Soul
7. Michael Jackson: Off The Wall/Thriller
8. Miles Davis: Kind Of Blue/In A Silent Way
9. Marvin Gaye: I Want You/What's Going On/Let's Get It On/Here My Dear
10. Jimi Hendrix: Axis/ Electric Ladyland/ Are You Experienced
11. Andre 3000: The Love Below
12. Pink Floyd: Dark Side Of The Moon
13. Rick James: Street Songs
14. Herbie Hancock: Headhunters
15. EW&F: All N All
16. Erykah Badu: Mama's Gun
17. D'angelo: Voodoo
18. The Beatles: Abbey Road/Sgt. Pepper/Revolver
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1.Mary J Blige: What's the 411/My Life
2.INXS: Kick
3.Janet: The Velvet Rope/Rhythm Nation/Janet
4.Sade: Love Deluxe/Stronger Than Pride
5.Michael Jackson: Dangerous
6:Loose Ends: Look How Long
7.Expose: Exposure
8.Soul II Soul: Keep on Movin
9.Prince: 1999/SOTT
10.En Vogue: Funky Divas
11.Brand Nubian: One For All
12.Def Leppard: Pyromania/Hysteria
13.George Michael: Faith
14.Jody Watley: Larger Than Life
15.Jodeci: Forever My Lady

...and so many more, I can't think right now.

Janet "Velvet Rope"
Joan Osborne "Relish"
Michael Jackson "Bad"
TLC "CrazySexyCool"
Janet "Design of A Decade"
Madonna "Erotica"
Madonna "Madonna"
Prince "Dirty Mind"
Brandy "Afrodisiac"
Sade "Promise"
Tori Amos "To Venus And Back"
Erykah Badu "Worldwide Underground"
Erykah Badu "Live"
A Tribe Called Quest "Anthology"

sade - promise
d'angelo - brown sugar
marvin gaye - what's going on
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Parliament Mothership Connection


Curtis Mayfield Curtis & SuperFly


Sly & The Family Stone Stand & Dance To The Music


Luther's early recordings in the 80's...

Bootsy's RubberBand Stretchin' Out In A RubberBand

Marvin Gaye TroubleMan

Stevie Wonder Innervisions
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too many albums by my favorite artists to list...typically, the biggest thing that makes me a fan of any band or artist is, "can i enjoy their stuff from beginning to end?" i think i was raised to value albums over singles or songs (not that one is better than the other either way), so i'd probably have an easier time listing bands who have lots of songs that i like but whose albums i don't care for.

With my favourite acts, I almost always listen to their albums all the way through, even when I cringe at the odd track - I even stick it out through Act Naturally when I listen to Help. There are a few albums that I think are a perfect ride, that are pristine, perfect (pardon me for using this phrase) song cycles:

John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
John Cale - Paris 1919
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
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All the 1980s Prince albums except for "Parade".

All the Rick James albums from 1978-1984 except for "Garden Of Love".

The Bar-Kays: "Night Cruising", "Propositions", and "Dangerous".

All of The Time's albums, Jesse Johnson's 1980s albums, Andre Cymone's albums, Vanity 6, Apollonia 6, and Sheila E.'s first album.

I'm a bit of a completist with my favorite artists, so there are countless albums on which I enjoy every track. I'm not really one to just grab a CD to put on just for a song or two. And even in this CD burning age, I almost always burn discs with an entire album and include the non-album material assosciated with it. With filesharing, I can't relate to all these kids who say, "I never buy CD's anymore, cuz I can just download the song I like." For me, it's a last resort after I've already purchased everything I can get my hands on but still need those last few elusive tracks. I'm definitely an album kinda guy. And like Damo said, even if there are a few songs I don't much care for, I'll stick it out just to have the full experience. I think the better question for me would be 'which albums do you think are perfect?'

GangstaFam said:

I agree totally, I'm the exact same - even back in the old days before digital music, the only singles I ever bought were 12" for the extended versions and the only 7" singles I own were given to me by other people. I'd much rather listen to an album in it's entirety.

Here are some of the albums that I think are perfect and that I will only listen to the whole way through :

Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd - Animals
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Pink Floyd - The Final Cut

Roger Waters - The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking
Roger Waters - Radio KAOS
Roger Waters - Amused to Death

Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

Deep Forest - Deep Forest
Deep Forest - Boheme
Deep Forest - Comparsa
Deep Forest - Pacifique
Deep Forest - Music Detected

Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage

Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick

Scarlet's Walk? Are you serious? That album is fillersville...

Suedey said:

I'm a Tori Junkie!

Whenever I'm driving from Columbus to Dayton, I love to put this on and just go...

MikeMatronik said:

So am I... well, I've grown off her a bit lately but I'm still a huge fan. Her first 4 albums I could happily listen to from start to finish but she's lost her grip on quality control and the last 2 albums were painfully overlong.

Pixies-Surfer Rosa-I even like the chatter between Kim Deal & Frank Black between the songs.I could quote those verbatim.

Kim: "There were rumours he was into field hockey players"

Frank: "So I applied, basically.."

Frank: "You fuckin Die!"
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PhilG said:

"It was like so...hush hush."

Suedey said:

I loved The Beekeeper staight away, but Scarlet took me awhile. When I'm in the right mood though, I really love it now. It's just a bit sleepy.

OdysseyMiles said:

this was the first album i thought of when i originally saw this thread.

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Prince - Dirty Mind
Ben Folds - Songs for Silverman
Josh Rouse - 1972
Josh Rouse - Nashville
Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
Coldplay - X&Y
Coldplay - Parachutes
Bealtes- White Album
Bealtes- Revolver
Beatles- Rubber Soul
Paul McCartney - McCartney
Better Than Ezra- Closer
Beck - Guero
Radiohead Ok Computer
Radiohead- Amnesiac
Radiohead- Kid A
Ben Folds Five - Unauthorized Biography of Henry Mesner
Five for Fighting- Battle For Everything
Dissociatives- Dissociatives
Leaves - The Angela Test
John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
Vanilla Sky Soundtrack
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind Soundtrack
Paul McCartney - Wingspan
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oh cool like these types of topics..

1.David Bowie- Hunky Dory
2.David Bowie- Diamond Dogs
3. David Bowie- ziggy stardust
4.David Bowie-Station to station
5. David Bowie- Low
6. David Bowie- Outside
7. Smashing Pumpkins-Adore
8. Smashing pumpkins- Siamese Dream
9.Christian Death-Only Thearte Of Pain
10. Christian Death-Catastophrene(sic) Ballet
11. Rozz Williams-The Whorse Mouth
12. Tori Amos- Boys For Pele
13. Bjork-Post
14. Prince-Dirty Mind
15.Prince- Lovesexy
16.Prince-Black Album
17. Kate Bush-Hounds Of Love
18. Bauhaus- Mask
19. Siouxsie and the banshees- Juju,And Hyeana

i love this one! i just listened to it recently, in fact.

it reminds me of a cabaret disco in hell.

Anxiety said:

oh my gosh,i thought i was the only person who thought that too...its a shame its dismissed in my circle of friends.

Rick James - Street Songs
Rick James - Throwin Down
Rick James - Fire It Up
Rick James - Come Get It
Rick James - Garden Of Love
Rick James - Bustin Out Of L Seven
Stone City Band - IN'N'Out
Stone City Band - The Boys Are Back
Teena Marie - It Must Be Magic
Mary Jane Girls - Mary Jane Girls
Mary Jane Girls - Only For You
Chaka Khan - What Chu Gonna Do For Me
Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
Michael Jackson - Thiller
The Jacksons - Destiny
The Jacksons - Triumph
EWF - All'N'All
EWF - Graditude
EWF - That's The Way Of The World
Steve Arrington's Hall Of Fame - I.
Steve Arrington's Hall Of Fame - Positive Power
Van Halen - I.
Van Halen - For Woman And Children First
Van Halen - Fair Warning
Van Halen - 1984
John Coltrane - Giant Steps
John Coltrane - Ascension
Chic Corea - Return To Forever
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil
Miles Davis - E.S.P.
Miles Davis - Round About Midnight
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
Herbie Handcock - Headhunters
Herbie Hancock - Thrust
Parliament - Mothership Connection
Parliament - Clones Of Dr. Funkinstein
Mass Production - Three Miles High
Mass Production - In The Purest Form



and that's only some of them.....LOL!!!
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Meshell Ndegeocello - Peace Beyond Passion
Prince - Dirty Mind/Parade/ATWIAD/SOTT/Lovesexy
Janet Jackson - Control
Michael Jackson - Thriller/Bad
Maxwell - Urban Hang Suite
Erykah Badu - Worldwide Underground
Anita Baker - Rapture
Run DMC - Raising Hell
Run DMC - King of Rock

Cannonball Adderley - Mercy Mercy Mercy
Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun
Brand New Heavies - Brother Sister
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Bootsy Collins - Aah The Name Is Bootsy Baby
Common - Electric Circus
D'Angelo - Voodoo
Betty Davis - Betty Davis
Miles Davis - Miles Smiles
Earth Wind & Fire - All N All
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Funkadelic
Funkadelic - Let's Take It To the Stage
Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop
Marvin Gaye - all of his 70s albums
Graham Central Station - Ain't No 'Bout A-Doubt It
Herbie Hancock - Headhunters
Roy Hargrove - The Vibe
Eddie Hazel - Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
The Isley Brothers - 3+3
The Isley Brothers - Go For Your Guns
Quincy Jones - Mellow Madness
Rick James - Street Songs
Madhouse - 8
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns
Meshell Ndegeocello - Peace Beyond Passion
Meshell Ndegeocello - Dance of the Infidel
Ohio Players - Honey
Ohio Players - Contradiction
Omar - This Is Not A Love Song
Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information
Parliament - Mothership Connection
Parliament - The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein
Parliament - Motor Booty Affair
Prince - For You
Prince - 1999
Prince - Parade
Prince - The Truth
Prince - The Rainbow Children
Roger - The Many Facets of Roger
The Roots - Things Fall Apart
Rufus - Street Player
Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything
Sly and the Family Stone - Stand
Sly and the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin On
Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh
Sly and the Family Stone - Small Talk
Steely Dan - Aja
Syreeta - Stevie Wonder Presents Syreeta
Lewis Taylor
Lewis Taylor - The Lost Album
Tony Toni Tone - The Revival
Tony Toni Tone - House of Music
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Mauraders
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Barry White - Sings For Someone You Love
Stevie Wonder - all the 70s albums
Jaguar Wright - Denials Delusions and Decisions
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Miles Davis-Tutu
Miles Davis-You Are Arrest
Mark Isham-Blue Sun
St. Germain Tourist
St. Germain Boulevard
Loreena Mckennit-Book Of Secrets
Loreena McKennit-The Mask & The Mirror
Peter Sterling-Harp Dreams
Earth Wind And Fire The Way Of The World
Prince-Purple Rain
Prince-Parade
Prince-Controversy
Prince-1999
Tina Turner-Private Dancer
Etta James- Live In San Francisco
Pat Matheny- Are We There Yet
Patrick O'hearn Eldorado
Youssou N'Dour-Eyes Open
Angelique Kidgo-Oremi
Weather Report-Black Market
D'Angelo-Brown Sugar
P-Funk-Mothership Connection
P-Funk-Motor Affair
Rick James-Street Songs
Jimi Hindrix- The Jimi Hindrix Experience
Bootsy Coolins-Aah The Name Is Bootsy Baby
Sly & The Family Stone- There's A Riot Going On
Curtis Mayfield-Superfly
Rick James-Throwing Down
Lenny Kravitz-5
A Tribe Called Quest-People's Instinstive Travels And Paths In Rhythm
Depeche Mode-Exciter
Depeche Mode-Music For The Mases
Kem-Kemistry
Kem-Album II
Steve Wonder-All of 70's Catalogue
Barry White-Whole Catalogue
Issac Hayes-Hot Buttered Soul
Bob Marly-Exodus
Al Green-Whole 70's Catalogue
Marvin Gaye-Whole 70's Catalogue
Phyllis Hymen-Living All Alone
Chaka Kahn & Rufus-Whole 70's Catalogue
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Jill Scott- Who Is Jill Scott