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Kayah i Bregović. This album is amazing from the beginning to the end: the composition, her voice, the lyrics (I don't speak Polish so I follow them through translations), everything.
Someone else already mentioned David Bowie, but not this album: "Heroes". Yeah, the titular song is great, but so are the others - and the album as a whole is fun, diverse, trippy.
Jeff Rosenstock's WORRY. is a 10/10 masterpiece that hits just as hard every time I put it on
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco
Twin Fantasy - Car Seat Headrest
Perfect from Now On - Built to Spill
I tend to listen to music by the album, so after getting used to one any not-so-great songs will start to shine in their own way?
That said, a bit of genre whiplash here:
A few that I don't see mentioned ...
i listen to a lot of songs from albums that have a lot of filler on them, but the one i always listen to straight through is born to run. thunder road is how every album should start, every side flip should be rewarded with born to run, and every album should end with jungleland.
throw-in: the sound of three fans clapping to welcome thunder road was also the perfect way to start the live set.
I have loads of albums, and it depends on my mood as to what I think is perfect at a certain time. Some of mine are, and in no particular order;
Sparks - Kimono In My House
Bowie - Blackstar
Bowie - Earthling
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
Pet Shop Boys - Actually
Blur - Modern Life is Rubbish
Pixies - Doolittle
De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
Divine Comedy - Casanova
The Rezillos - I Can't Stand The Rezillos
Madness - Keep Moving
The Beloved - X
Adam and The Ants - Prince Charming
The Who - Who Are You
Lush - Lovelife
Sleeper - Smart
Echobelly - Everyone's Got One
Pulp - His n' Hers
Oh, I will stop, I could go on for ages.
AC/DC's 3 Mutt Lange albums spring to mind (Highway to Hell, Back In Black, For Those About to Rock). Metamodern Sounds in Country Music and Sound 'n' Fury by Sturgill Simpson as well.
Coincidentally, I just re-listened to the entirety of Billy Joel's "The Stranger" the other day and that album is absolutely brilliant, front to back. I'd say that's a perfect album.
EDIT: Oh, I gotta throw Maroon 5's "Songs About Jane" on here. I'm not a fan of Maroon 5 in general, but that album was a monster when it cane out and there's not a bad song on it.
My favorite album is The Stranger by Billy Joel, love all tracks there! Close seconds are Glass Houses by Billy Joel, Rubber Soul and Revolver by The Beatles.
But I think those are pretty popular already, so gonna throw out some other ones in case you wanna check out new things :)
And if you wanna try some Brazilian music:
One record I will regularly play from start to finish is Alt-J - An Awesome Wave.
"Gorillaz - Demon Days" It is like a story unfolding, where they really have fun with the music, and effortlessly meld through different genres.
Paramore Paramore
Deer - The Beautiful Undead. Does anyone have suggestions for similar music? Can't find anything like it
