Perfect Albums?

[Cliff_m85]

One Size Fits All - Frank Zappa
Rednecks - Randy Newman
Banana Album - Velvet Underground

 

[Cliff_m85]

Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve.

Has a very cold, machine like sound, a very sad, nihlistic and bleak atmosphere.

Man... high five!

Other albums worthy of mention:
Tool - Lateralus, AEnema, Undertow
Moonsorrow - Tulimyrsky [EP]
Behemoth - Evangelion
Cradle of Filth - Midian, Dusk And Her Embrace, Nymphetamine
Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant, Death Cult Armageddon
Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects - Sol Niger Within
Meshuggah - Chaosphere, Nothing
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Slayer - Show No Mercy, Hell Awaits, Reign In Blood
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - In Glorious Times

Blargggg @ Cradle - Dimmu

"Hey guys, I want to be lead singer but I can't sing for shit."
-"Damn, well how about you just garble and scream instead?"
"No one would be daft enough to consider that talent though!"


*looks at you*

 

[TaborMallory]

Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve.

Has a very cold, machine like sound, a very sad, nihlistic and bleak atmosphere.

Man... high five!

Other albums worthy of mention:
Tool - Lateralus, AEnema, Undertow
Moonsorrow - Tulimyrsky [EP]
Behemoth - Evangelion
Cradle of Filth - Midian, Dusk And Her Embrace, Nymphetamine
Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant, Death Cult Armageddon
Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects - Sol Niger Within
Meshuggah - Chaosphere, Nothing
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Slayer - Show No Mercy, Hell Awaits, Reign In Blood
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - In Glorious Times

Blargggg @ Cradle - Dimmu

"Hey guys, I want to be lead singer but I can't sing for shit."
-"Damn, well how about you just garble and scream instead?"
"No one would be daft enough to consider that talent though!"


*looks at you*

Hehe, you can think whatever you want, but I like the way their singing sounds. It adds nicely to the feel of their music.

 

[Vlane]

Thats a funny way to put it, its not about how the skilled band is, its about what comes out of them, and orion was a good instrumental, not the best, but it was an intresting experiment.

If the band isn't skilled nothing perfect can come out when you make an instrumental song. You can write the best song in history but if there is nobody skilled enough to play it it doesn't matter how good the song could be.

An instrumental song is about skill because there is nothing else to distract you. No vocals and no meaningful lyrics so you can only rely on your skill.

Maybe you get what I mean by watching this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYxrdrzmuUw] video. I consider this the greatest instrumental song ever created and it sends chills down my spine every time I listen to it. I don't think it's so good because he plays fast but what he can do (for example getting a sound like that just by tapping at 3:57).

 

[similar.squirrel]

Hm..
Hail To The Thief [Radiohead]
Origin of Symmetry [Muse]
The Hawk Is Howling [Mogwai]

 

[Cliff_m85]

Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve.

Has a very cold, machine like sound, a very sad, nihlistic and bleak atmosphere.

Man... high five!

Other albums worthy of mention:
Tool - Lateralus, AEnema, Undertow
Moonsorrow - Tulimyrsky [EP]
Behemoth - Evangelion
Cradle of Filth - Midian, Dusk And Her Embrace, Nymphetamine
Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant, Death Cult Armageddon
Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects - Sol Niger Within
Meshuggah - Chaosphere, Nothing
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Slayer - Show No Mercy, Hell Awaits, Reign In Blood
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - In Glorious Times

Blargggg @ Cradle - Dimmu

"Hey guys, I want to be lead singer but I can't sing for shit."
-"Damn, well how about you just garble and scream instead?"
"No one would be daft enough to consider that talent though!"


*looks at you*

Hehe, you can think whatever you want, but I like the way their yelling sounds. It adds nicely to the feel of their music.

No prob. Diff strokes for diff folks. Some of the albums you listed are good, I just can't stand those two. My brother was heavily into them and tried to get me to listen to them, listened to about 2 albums and each time he had to give me the lyrics so I knew what "GREWWBAHLLL TREBBLIEEEEE NAUGGGGGGHHHHHHHH" was supposed to be.

 

[Abedeus]

Eee. Does "REM - The Best of 88-00" count as an album?

If so, then I choose it.

 

[Disaster Button]

Aside from the obvious choices like Dark Side of the Moon..

Brand New Eyes by Paramore?

 

[Willwillwritehiswill]

Crack the skye by Mastodon. I can never listen to just one song on that album. i have to listen to it from start to finish.

 

[Death_Korps_Kommissar]

Toxicity and System of a Down by System of a Down

 

[Kasawd]

Death - The sound of Perseverance

Lamb of God - Sacrament

 

[Jumping_Over_Fences]

I am really surprised no one has said this yet, but...

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

It is such a great album, in fact it was the inspiration for The Beatles Sgt. Pepper.

 

[Onewayheart]

Deloused in the Comatorium - The Mars Volta

Amor Vincit Omnia - Pure Reason Revolution

How Strange, Innocence - Explosions in the Sky

Identity Crisis - Thrice

On Letting Go - Circa Survive

Brand New Day - Sting

The Reminder - Feist

Mer De Noms - A Perfect Circle

Orchids and Ammunition - Drist

The Gray Race - Bad Religion

Transatlantcism - Death Cab for Cutie

Box of a Billion Lights - The October Game

Small Fires - Adrienne Pierce

North - Something Corporate

Make Yourself - Incubus

Stay What You Are - Saves the Day

Dummy - Portishead

More than I thought.

 

[Nigh Invulnerable]

Crack the skye by Mastodon. I can never listen to just one song on that album. i have to listen to it from start to finish.

This album gets constant rotation in my car stereo and I would have to agree on its perfectness. Another album or two I absolutely love would be "Aenima" by Tool, "Leviathan" also by Mastodon, and maybe "Scenes From a Memory: Metropolis pt. 2" by Dream Theater.

 

[Vlane]

Thats a funny way to put it, its not about how the skilled band is, its about what comes out of them, and orion was a good instrumental, not the best, but it was an intresting experiment.

If the band isn't skilled nothing perfect can come out when you make an instrumental song. You can write the best song in history but if there is nobody skilled enough to play it it doesn't matter how good the song could be.

An instrumental song is about skill because there is nothing else to distract you. No vocals and no meaningful lyrics so you can only rely on your skill.

Maybe you get what I mean by watching this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYxrdrzmuUw] video. I consider this the greatest instrumental song ever created and it sends chills down my spine every time I listen to it. I don't think it's so good because he plays fast but what he can do (for example getting a sound like that just by tapping at 3:57).

So what your saying is there is no emotion or atmosphere in instrumentals, and the only thing that matters is skill? Lol.

Watch. The. Video.

And while you are at it watch this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8akmP6Sjv2o] one too.

 

[The Last Parade]

Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)

Actually I have to agree with that one (even though a LOT of people won't).

You sir are a scholar and a gentleman... well no, but you're alright =p

 

[skywalkerlion]

Best of Bowie, disk 1.

Mostly because I love all of his songs