Perfect Albums, Part 2

Join Pete Pardo & Martin Popoff for a discussion of our favorite 'perfect albums'...those albums that are, start to finish, absolute masterpieces! #perfectalbums​
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[@mayh6825]

QUEEN AND QUEEN 2 are absolutely perfect albums, great choice Martin!

[@davidg.8031]

Camel's Mirage or The Snow Goose are both pretty much perfect albums

[@shawnatlast]

or Moonmadness

[@MrHistorian123]

@@shawnatlast They all are.

[@kyle.sterritt]

I think this is a show but if not this show should officially be: Pardo n' Popoff

[@jaybone23]

Yes!!!

[@b.g.5869]

Popoff isn't always in the co-pilot seat however. I think if they had a radio show it could be HUGE.

[@steveseim]

After seeing last week's picks, I realized that *Boston* and Styx *The Grand Illusion* should have been on my list.

[@steveseim]

And now I want to add *Crime of the Century* too.

[@СалвадорДали-щ5э]

Rust in Peace is the perfect metal album. So good!

[@j.j.4150]

Peace Sells too

[@tonyjambor1984]

Yes it is a perfect album and so is Peace Sells 🤘

[@docdeens4030]

Yes. No damn filler on that. It's the definitive thrash statement in my opinion

[@СалвадорДали-щ5э]

@@j.j.4150 Peace Sells is another masterpiece!

[@СалвадорДали-щ5э]

@@docdeens4030 Absolutely man! Great stuff!

[@SPak-rt2gb]

Montrose first album is awesome even today

[@gottadomor7438]

@SP - Agreed. Remember when that came out - it rocked heavily then and as you say, still today.

[@greensombrero3641]

Montrose - outstanding!

[@johnbenard9550]

Another 5 perfect albums . . . U.K. - U.K. Yes - 90125 B.O.C - Cultosaurus Erectus Rush - Permanent Waves Queen - Innuendo

[@jaydogstephens7388]

For Yes I would chose Close to the Edge, 90125 has a lot of just ok songs in my opinion. It's nothing like most Yes albums anyway...

[@Waverley116]

Black Blade!!

[@Jackylone-]

1. Deep Purple-Machine Head 2. Alice Cooper-Killer 3. Black Sabbath-Master of Reality 4. Aerosmith-Get Your Wings 5.Judas Priest-Sin After Sin

[@dianamcdougall9251]

Killer - Great!!!

[@ldchappell1]

You have good taste in music. All of those albums are excellent. 🔊🎼🎶🎵

[@TheCornishCockney]

Machine Head is utter rock perfection.

[@danzemacabre8899]

I listed Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, but you might be right, Master of Reality might be the one

[@Jackylone-]

@@danzemacabre8899 Love Sabbath Bloody Sabbath very very much, it really is a tough choice, both are excellent!

[@MartyMurray]

I love the two BOC albums you guys picked, but I'm also a very big fan of both "Mirrors" and "Spectres," and I saw the tour for the latter, with the big laser show.

[@themetallian2112]

I love Popoff and Pardo! Great episode!

[@andrewrobinson3605]

As ever, great content. Love the shout out for Manic Street Preachers. "The Holy Bible" and its follow up "Everything Must Go" are two of the finest albums of the 90s by any British band.

[@thegodswerethere]

Led Zepppelin iv comes first to my mind as a perfect album...

[@symbiosisai]

The 2nd is the perfect one imo

[@PepsiPepe]

Never really been a big fan of Black Dog. I think its good but not for me all the time. Favorite track is battle of evermore

[@fuckamericanidiot]

@@PepsiPepe That's just silly

[@aviationlba747]

You could say that for every Led Zeppelin album…

[@paulbrookes413]

​@@aviationlba747 Only HOTH !

[@tdog5035]

Never thought I'd hear The Stranglers being mentioned on this channel (God bless Popoff). I'd argue their first album has no poor songs. Including their 'prog' epic Down in the Sewer.

[@stephaneherringtoniowritin9180]

Stranglers were awesome!

[@mahogany174]

Manic Street Preachers was also a surprise.

[@amnony1]

I think Aural Sculpture is the coolest album on earth.

[@analogkid2869]

The Cars One of the most amazing debuts of all time. The second side suite is stunning and still holds up today. They were so far ahead of their time. A timeless album. A classic debut.

[@mahogany174]

Check out Rick Beato’s show that deconstructs Just What I Needed. It gives a new appreciation to the Cars songwriting.

[@patriottex4813]

I had the Heartbeat City album. Loved The Cars.

[@mahogany174]

@Luis Liebler WTF are you talking about?

[@theyescapedtheweightofdarkness]

You gotta be right with a profile picture like that. Also analog kid is a really underrated rush song

[@dwightplock1162]

And their 2nd wasn’t far behind

[@ilovevinyl620]

AC/DC - Highway to Hell Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth Mercyful Fate - Don't break the Oath Nightwish - Dark Passion Play

[@jennycooper5364]

great blind guardian i think lmaginations is also superb er all there albums are fantastic

[@danzemacabre8899]

Nightfall in Middle earth and DBTO, right on! Two that are so important to me , and it sounds like i really need to go check some Nightwish , i keep hearing good things and i see on this list, I'm probably gonna find a little treasure thats gotten lost in the great dark forest of great music, it happens

[@psychedelicpunkster6840]

Ahhh Queen! Agree whole Heartedly... a Night at the Opera was my first Love. Until i heard the debut, great king rat wow ! I beat that album to death and still have the original copy when I was a kid. Surprisingly it sounds superb thanks again fellows two 👍👍up

[@ryandlion6961]

This channel has introduced me to some bands but more importantly reminded me of bands that I may have just heard the name but never listened to yet,like Montrose,cactus,mc5. I also started listening to Alice Cooper,which with what I'm into,I have no idea why I haven't really before there's only so many hours a day I guess.

[@chrislegner4816]

Always enjoy Martin Popoff. Very professorial in the best of ways. Excellent choices by both of you.

[@davidvondusseldorf1208]

He's a solid lad

[@romelovesdan]

Really love and admire Martin's writing and his passion for spreading the gospel of Rock and Roll. Have enjoyed Pete's videos that I have viewed. I will check some more out.

[@yankeefan1208]

I play Motörhead’s Ace of Spades start to finish

[@LarryFleetwood8675]

Absolutely, all their classic line-up albums work for me.

[@Katzeninsel1]

Yeah! This is a perfect concept album and the concept is: "Make no prisoners!"

[@JRChiossi]

And Overkill is also perfect

[@doplinger1]

Loved this episode, guys - I typically may not be in agreement because you’re so much more into heavy metal and punk than I am, but PETE!! That number 1 pick made me gasp, as I absolutely love that album myself. Thanks guys for all the recommendations and comments, you always talk about groups and albums that I may have missed in my 60 years, so I always make a point of checking out most of those picks I’m not so familiar with. Many people out are searching for great music from new bands but there’s tons of great music under our noses that we’ve just never noticed before. Look back, dig deep and you’ll find it in abundance!

[@lonegroover]

I love that Manics album as well, played it to death in the late '90s. As someone who loved a lot of the Britpop bands, including Oasis, I find it hard to separate them from that crowd myself. Here's a Britpop band that I bet Martin likes - Kula Shaker. What a great band.

[@jerrychetty2524]

100 % kula shaker, that is very good stuff really

[@victorlloyd6529]

Got to give credit to Physical Graffiti for being the perfect DOUBLE album ! Challenge everyone to give me one bad song on that album... wait, you can’t.

[@russellgentile4719]

I dig Pete and Martin's videos on SoT. Can't wait for their next video idea. It sounds great!!

[@denizotan2569]

Pink floyd: meddle, dark side, Wishyou were here, Animals(my fav album of all time),wall, the final cut, division bell Queen: 1,2 sheer hearth atacak, night at the opera(fav by them), Â day at the races, news of the world,jazz, made in heaven Beatles:rubber soul, revolver, magical mystery tour, sgt pepper, white album, abbey road(fav by them) Alan parsons project: I robot, eye in the sky, turn of a friendly card, ammonia avenue, pyramid Dire straits:Love over gold, Brothers in arms , dire straits Toto: toto4 ,fahrenheit Led zeppelin: 2,3,4,physical grafiti, Pressence My fav albums from my fav bands

[@gergelystechnicmodels8565]

I love pink floyd but imo Meddle is ruined by Seamus. It would be pretty much perfect without that song.

[@bernardmaasdijk734]

Perfect too: Lights Out - UFO Earthshaker - Y&T Script for a Jester's Tear - Marillion The Crossing - Big Country Master of Puppets - Metallica A surprising number of perfect albums from the 19eighties.

[@ukrocksounds3419]

Yes Earthshaker is killer.

[@dtltmtgt]

Great show again gentlemen! Love the picks and the discussion on totally amazing albums.

[@christopherbull2512]

loved it when martin pulled out everything must go album out. what a brilliant album. it has also got a song which would have been a great pick from another one of your previous shows which was killer closing songs on a album. the song i say is no surface but all feeling

[@DavysFlicks]

Big shout out to Martin for mentioning The Manics this week and Waterboys last week. Both HUGE in the 80s and 90s respectively. Shame they're unknown in North America relatively.

[@sherryraisbeck9547]

Al Stewart~Year of the cat The Church ~Starfish Candlebox Judas Priest~sad wings of Destiny Tom Petty~damn the torpedoes VH

[@kolchak357]

Year of the cat is a great one. I always play it all the way through. 👍

[@rsqyoung]

I still remember Al Stewart around Year of the Cat, and perhaps better, Time Passages, as one of the best all round concerts I have ever seen, though not exactly hard rock. At that time 10cc and Renaisance were amongst the best live bands. That is hard to explain to some, but their presentation was up there with Genesis, Camel and Wishbone Ash and their musicianship second to none.

[@dtltmtgt]

Bon Scott's last "Highway to Hell" for me fits as "perfect". Agree with Martin on "Rocks", no skipping tracks for that one. "Aja"! Great pic Pete. I was thinking of that one too.

[@dianamcdougall9251]

Highway to Hell, their best album and a great pick!

[@ronoakes1131]

5 ) The Police - ' Zenyatta Mondata ' 4 ) AC / DC - ' Back In Black ' 3 ) Steely Dan - ' Aja ' 2 ) The Moody Blues - ' Days Of Future Past ' 1 ) The Eagles - ' Hotel California '

[@russellgentile4719]

Hell of a top 5!

[@ronoakes1131]

Didn't want to repeat artists ...

[@russellgentile4719]

@@ronoakes1131 it's a great list. I had a crazy list on here that people might look at and say "what?" Anyway this was fun!

[@ronoakes1131]

Was going to put , ' Wish You Were Here ' as my # 1 , but put , ' Dark Side Of The Moon ' last time ... same with ' Sgt. Peppers ' - had , ' Abbey Road ' last time ...

[@johnforan2973]

You always remember your first records you bought as a child when you had the money or in my case went to the "Record Town Store" that I later worked at when I was 18 ish/ 19 ish as a youngster. My first BUY was Scorpions Blackout. I liked it but it was my next BUY that really impressed me to listen over and over again. That was Queen' Greatest Hits that they put together sometime in the early 1980's . I listened to that record to death and then started my collection at the time. I would have been around 7 years old when I bought that first Scorpions Blackout CD. CD's were new at the time. The same day my DAD bought a limited first or second generation Beatles Library. At the time If my memory serves me correct was like $200/300 bucks for all of the Studio Vinyl's. I will never forget that day. Shortly after I bought the Queen Greatest hits on CD. I loved all of the tracks. I think it was believe it or not the Flash sound track that made me think that this Band was completely different than all of the rest. The other stuff did it too but it was the Sci Fi with movies and music combination that got me really started back when I was about 8 years old. I knew every track on every album of Queen. Of course I branched off and found the Zep catalogue, Priest, Styx, Boston, all of the great 70's trying to catch up to what I had missed. All amazing. I had lots of great times with Yes, Aerosmith, The Grunge era, Motley Crue early era especially. I bought everything that I could afford. Music buying was my hobby along with baseball cards. Loads of fun. We are all waiting for that next big blossom and fruit of a change. I think if we can fix Big Big Executives that are getting older and more corrupt at the top then we have a Real chance at the next big thing. There are so much talent that we have not heard about out there. Sign bands and give them a chance already. Let the fans Decide. Love your channel. Especially love what Martin and Pete knowledge . You guys are a decade ahead of me. I was born in 1975. I love it guys. Keep it coming. Awesome!

[@jeffreywebb7932]

SecretTreaties is my fave BOC.I also like Mirrors and FOAUO.Great vid,as usual,guys.Keep em coming🙂

[@psychedelicpunkster6840]

Martin my Man comming through again with another fantastic underrated Album.... No doubt That The Clash, Give Em Enough Rope Is super charged with Great songs beginning to end . It Rocks , It kicks Ass ! second favorite. From a top notch Punk Group... Way to go ! 😎👍

[@patrickwalsh3655]

Absolutely amazing band.

[@elfensteen5222]

"The Chameleons" 'Strange Times' wow wow wow one of my favorites and of course "Script Of the Bridge' also very cool live band

[@matma84]

Great band! Wasn‘t expecting some love for post-punk! Pleasant surprise! 😀

[@nickdowdell2441]

@@matma84 When he held up the cd cover i thought good choice and maybe a bit left field for this channel .Still stands up as a truly great band /albums ,underrated.

[@erikkeller6389]

Love The Clash pick Martin! Such a Great band.

[@brianpetty6323]

Pete and Martin, you guys are SPOT ON today......Bravo! Love all your picks for perfect albums. Your lists for perfect albums today are......Perfect.

[@Jimbo4691]

Love the BOC love!!! And totally agree!!!

[@robertlawler87]

Cool to hear Martin talk about some of his favorite alternative stuff. Love that Chameleons album.

[@roccopatrone8843]

love this topic Doobie Brothers - The Captain & Me...could have picked Vices are now Habits too...those early albums were gems Jethro Tull -Songs from the Wood...JT has maybe 4 perfect albums Supertramp- Crime of the Century- crisis/what crisis is great too Chicago 7 ...love the jazzy feel of the first half and big hits of the 2nd Bad Company- debut album...every track is classic

[@jerrychetty2524]

Yes definitely bad company debut is absolutely timeless

[@fourseasons4105]

1. ELP- Trilogy 2. Metallica- ...And justice for all 3. UK- UK 4. Return to forever- Where have i known you before 5. Genesis- The lamb lies down on broadway (Never understood why a lot of people dismiss the second half of the album or think it's any less spectacular than the first, a perfect journey from start to finish IMO)

[@rickpaul4216]

I'd have to say that Genesis' "Trick of the Tail." is my perfect selection. A masterpiece from beginning to end.

[@arryrocks9167]

A few faves of mine. Either of the first 2 Skids records, no filler, all great tunes. The debut Danger Danger release. Yeah, if you're a sucker for the 80's glam/sleaze sound, this is something you need to own. I wore out this CD and every time I hear a tune from it, I almost need to listen to it again. And usually more than once. The debut from Fifth Angel. Holy cow, this is so great, imo. Again, another that I played ad infinitum/nauseum and can still listen to till this day start to finish without skipping. The Vain debut. Again, glam/sleaze but top to bottom, you'll never skip a track. Lastly, the solo effort from Don Dokken. Jesus, it's a masterpiece. I'm looking at what I am about to post and if you asked me to pick one of these to take to a desert island I wouldn't pick any of them. Because that would be Powerslave. Not because it's perfect, but because it has the perfect song. But if you held a gun to my head as which is more perfect than the others? Pull the trigger because they're all magical. OK, I think I'd prefer to stay on the right side of the dirt and ima go with Don Dokken which is so counterintuitive since I don't think I've seen or spent any more time with bands than Skid Row. That's how strongly I feel about this record. I know I have others but these were just off the top of my head. Maybe they'll make Act III...

[@stephaneherringtoniowritin9180]

Ram-Paul & Linda McCartney Abbey Road/White/Revolver/ Rubber Soul-Beatles Beggars Banquet/Let It Bleed/Exile on Main St- Rolling Stones Highway 61-Bob Dylan Meddle-Pink Floyd I could name more!!!Lol

[@ericdinse5047]

Just listened to this episode - great choices !!!

[@jerryattwooll4864]

Ironage Mothers Finest. Every track a raucous funky heavy metal corker. Kansas Leftoverture The perfect blend of prog and melodic hard rock Not a mediocre track on it Both above produced by Jeff Glixman.

[@flyfishincrazy]

“The only ones who drink tea out of Jack Daniel’s bottles are the Clash baby!!!!”DLR

[@smolderingjay3360]

Nice pull Martin! Fire of Unknown Origin is so balanced and has such inertia.. Buck's feedback on 'Heavy Metal, Black and Silver" ..might not be your tune, but it tees up "After Dark". One of the memorable track to track transitions from my youth. ...and I love the Heavy Metal soundtrack. I know Pete can't do "Open Arms", but by virtue of being on this soundtrack, it's tough for me to hate. Should the Heavy Metal Soundtrack be on this list?

[@markwebb1040]

burning For You is some of the most fun I've ever had playing bass.

[@bigheezee]

Thanks for turning me on to the UFO album at the end. Graci

[@josephdoyle2780]

Just to name a few... Pink Floyd - Animals Metallica - Ride the Lightning AC/DC - Highway to Hell Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden Judas Priest - Stained Class BOC - Fire of Unknown Origin (as much as I like this album, it could be more perfect if Don't Turn Your Back swapped positions with Joan Crawford. Closing the album with JC would have been the perfect ending.

[@thatguy542]

Nice ones. I think Somewhere in Time and Killers are also perfect but I like IM more than most.

[@paulharper9711]

As “my part 2,” I could only come up with 3 albums that meet the criteria. Besides the first 5 I mentioned on the previous post, I would go with: Ace Frehley - Kiss 78 solo album Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever ( a contrarian pick I guess) Guns and Roses - Appetite For Destruction All the others I thought of just had that one song where I was like, “eeeh, not quite feeling it.”

[@ndmich88]

Please keep doing these. And thank you for doing so.

[@MrTarkus1]

Images and Words....it pops up in most positive lists. Excellent!

[@alanwhitelock7514]

Michael Schenker Group Assault Attack. Bonnets voice is perfection And a shout out to HammerFalls Legacy of Kings ! Pure Metal goodness

[@mahogany174]

Dancer is a bit crap though.

[@Nephilim-81]

Popoff and Pardo. My music Anthropologists. :)

[@nicholasadams9881]

Really enjoying this show guys...looking forward to seeing picks from the rest of the gang here are my five of the day...trying not to duplicate my list from last time so hopefully i will have different picks this time around... UFO - No Place to Run (I love that ballad Martin) Iron Maiden - Powerslave (Start to finish not their best but definitely their most perfect) On A Storytellers Night - Magnum Houses Of The Holy - Led Zeppelin Master of Reality - Black Sabbath Thanks Nick

[@Jimbaud1]

Here's some of my picks for album perfection: The Beatles - Revolver Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited Roxy Music - Avalon Fleet Foxes - s/t The Sex Pistols - Never MInd the Bollocks... Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love U2 - The Joshua Tree Stereolab - Dots and Loops Radiohead - In Rainbows Sam Phillips - The Indescribable Wow Soundgarden - Superunknown Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Imperial Bedroom Morphine - Good Portishead - Dummy XTC - Skylarking Joni Mitchell - Blue Nirvana - Nevermind R.E.M. - Murmur Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring Gentle Giant - Octopus The Ramones - s/t

[@billydow9798]

Talk Talk...great band excellent albums....especially towards the end of their career..

[@SJHUE]

Another great video by you two guys!

[@freaky_j2207]

The Beatles Revolver and Judas Priest Sad Wings of Destiny come to mind.

[@samiam7241]

revolver has love you too, good day sunshine and yellow submarine. Abbey Road and Sgt Pepper are definitely more 'perfect'

[@freaky_j2207]

@@samiam7241 I could make an argument there all pretty perfect but I’d have to go back and listen to them in sequence again to double check that opinion. Not much I don’t like but obviously even the Beatles may have had one or two tracks here or there that were just ok compared to the classics.

[@samiam7241]

@@freaky_j2207 yeah its a hard question

[@peterock4210]

I actually anticipated other people from SoT weighing in on this concept. Excellent idea.

[@jimtoms7591]

I agree with several that were mentioned in the video. Some that I thought of just off the top of my head, for me, are: Allman Bros. Band: Idlewild South Black Sabbath: Heaven and Hell Steely Dan: The Royal Scam Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers Queensryche: The Warning

[@terryguire1321]

I'm glad you are going to continue this series as I believe there are quite a few more. But, there are many more near perfect ones. Idea: Next Series "Near Perfect Albums" - that's a rich subject.

[@philwilliams953]

Give am enough rope. Wow! Strange choice but maybe a good one. Maybe the best entry level Clash album for newbies.

[@j.j.4150]

Last Child is easily one of the best Aerosmith Tunes ever for me

[@philiphalpenny3783]

Truly...kind of a funk/ reggae hybrid...

[@markc4050]

No More No More and Sweet Emotion. Remove the novelty Big Ten Inch and the overplayed Walk This Way.....and you have Aerosmith perfection. Rocks was their bookend to Toys...

[@alexandergilles8583]

I love that song. Easy top 3

[@j.j.4150]

@@markc4050 Rocks is still their best from start to finish and easily the one with the best flow. Toys is great too though.

[@davidmatela9868]

Last Child is the BEST!!!

[@joshualind437]

Great discussion! I don’t mind “good,” either, Martin! Probably a lot of choices possible here, but one that comes to mind is Bruce Dickinson, “The Chemical Wedding.” I never skip a track, and it seems perfectly paced. It has a great and carefully-crafted emotional trajectory.

[@mutant_blues]

Suede's debut is pop perfection

[@captainbeyond7469]

Love this album heavy Bowie 70’s glam influenced.

[@joshuacottton6985]

Dog Man Star is even better

[@mutant_blues]

@@joshuacottton6985 It's great!!! But, for me, not perfect!

[@SiLatics56]

I like it a lot but I dislike a couple of the singles. Metal Mickey and Animal Nitrate always bugged me. The slower ones work best for me. Sleeping Pills and The Next Life are haunting masterpieces.

[@sideshowbobrobert]

i remember the Black-n-Blue tour with Sabbath and BOC ! too young to go unaccompanied (there was NO f'n way my dad - who i was living with at the time - would've gone with...), one o' the biggest regrets o' my strapping young lad days...

[@lars-peterroos8324]

Thanks. very interesting choices. I saw Supertramp here in sweden 1975 and they played most of the crime songs. Totally amazing! actually one of my first big concerts experiences. I agree on the Clash....a bit of nostalgia...that was my first Clash record. Ijust love Safe European home. I haven´t been a big Queen fan but I will give them a serious go. and also Aerosmith and Kansas. I also saw Black Sabbath here in Sweden 1976 and AC/DC did the warm up!! Back in those days they played very loud. AC/DC was heavy but when it was time for Sabbath it was almost unbarable. But it was an amazing consert. Thanks once more for some inspiration to look for (new) old records.

[@KowankoMusic]

Agree so much re: Aerosmith's unmatched string of 70s ballads ("Dream On", "Season of Wither", "You See Me Cryin", "Home Tonight", "MIA"). The fact that they felt they needed a song doctor in the 80s, only to produce such a middling result as "Angel" is incomprehensible. And Rocks is the best because it's a treasure trove of fan favorites, there are no songs you're sick of hearing, and it's just oozing with all the narcotic intangibles of swaggering 70s rock excess. (Plus, it's the ONLY Aerosmith album where they tuned down their guitars!)

[@tedkay_music]

QueenII Queen-The Game Godley and Creme-Ismism Godley and Creme-Consequences Godley and creme-L Abbey Road-The Beatles The White Album-The Beatles Asia-Asia Styx-Pieces of eight

[@pjeffries301]

Great subject, as usual guys. My 2 cents: 1. Montrose S/T 2. Yes "Close to the Edge" 3. Fountains of Wayne "Welcome Interstate Mangers" 4. Jellyfish "Bellybutton" 5. John Coltrane "A Love Supreme" 6. Crack the Sky S/T 7. Foghat "Energized" 8. Led Zeppelin IV 9. Frank Zappa "Bongo Fury" 10. Genesis "A Trick of the Tail"

[@mannyruiz1954]

Last Child is my favorite track from ROCKS.

[@ironfarmer9332]

Death - Sound of Perseverance

[@marcessex7831]

Personally I would go with Leprosy, but you could make the case that all of Death's seven albums are damn near perfect.

[@psychopoison]

Symbolic also

[@ironfarmer9332]

I agree. I picked that one on the last episode.

[@cozmicpfunk]

I understood this to mean perfect albums, not just perfect R&R albums and these records all had some kind of radio play. Starting with my first, the best ever produced record of my ALL time list: Beatles- St. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band Joni Mitchell- Blue Pat Metheny- First Circle Fleetwood Mac- Rumours Rush- Permanent Waves Alternate/Hon Mention: Jean Michelle Jarre- Oxygene

[@beetlebum7760]

Perfect Albums The Band - The Band The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds Belle and Sebastian - If You’re Feeling Sinister Guy Clark - Old No 1 Elvis Costello - This Year’s Model Dream Theater - When Dream and Day Unite Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On Portishead - Portishead John Prine - John Prine

[@philiphalpenny3783]

Great list. Prine's debut could almost be a best of...masterclass of song craft...

[@beetlebum7760]

@@philiphalpenny3783 Absolutely. And to be honest, it’s the only album of his that I own and really know for that matter. Need to find the time to dig deeper into his catalog. But as far as I read so far the debut remains his best by far.

[@philiphalpenny3783]

@@beetlebum7760 It's clear why Dylan, Elvis Costello, Springsteen etc. revered him!

[@markgatica12]

Five more of my perfect albums: The Colour and the Shape - Foo Fighters Silk Degrees - Boz Scaggs Making Movies -Dire Straits More Fun in the New World - X Love Deluxe - Sade Pete - Kansas was my first concert in 1975. They rocked. Martin - I am one who considers London Calling a perfect album. I don't skip anything on it.

[@alanmilne1070]

Apart from the obvious , Abbey Road , Moving Pictures etc , I have a few which are way below the usual radar - Coil by Toad the Wet Sprocket, Remote Control by The Tubes and I want to See the Bright Lights Tonight by Richard and Linda Thompson

[@nimzyzamzam431]

Remote Control! There’s a dark horse. What a great album!

[@robertheaney1685]

Siamese Dream by Smashing Pumpkins. In Rock - Deep Purple Peace Sells - Megadeth Animal magnetism - Scorpions. Queensryche - Operation mindcrime

[@simond1574]

1. Dream Theater - Images & Words 2. The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour 3. Queen - Sheer Heart Attack 4. King Crimson - In the court of the Crimson King 5. Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets 6. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds 7. Yes - Close to the Edge 8. Tiamat - Wildhoney 9. Blind Guardian - Imaginations from the other Side 10.Marillion - Script for a jester's tear Honorable Mentions Cream - Disraeli Gear The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes Small Faces - Ogden's Nut Gone Flake Slayer - Reign in Blood Savatage - Dead Winter Dead Porcupine Tree - In Absentia Love - Forever Changes Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy Genesis - Foxtrott Edge of Sanity - Crimson Agalloch - The Mantle

[@mikeryanmikeryan4740]

Hi Guys. Martin Nice Y & T shirt. I agree with most of your picks especially Restless and Wild and Secret Treaties.

[@maximegervais2213]

Anathema " judgement" , Queensryche " operation mindcrime", opeth " blackwater park", perfect albums in my opinion

[@davidburgreen1607]

I was thinking either "Blackwater Park" or "Ghost Reveries".

[@mahogany174]

Judgement is a fantastic album

[@mvwmark8955]

1. AC/DC - Back in Black 2. Iron Maiden - Powerslave (plus "2 Mins...." B'side: Rainbows Gold) 3. Scorpions - World Wide Live 4. Citizen Cain - Serpents in Camouflage 5. Among the Living - Anthrax

[@greensombrero3641]

Aerosmith ROCKS is incredible - some of the best rock and roll ever - and some of the worst later

[@markandersen793]

Aerosmith was 2 different bands, a kick ass rock band in the seventies and a castrated MTV friendly rock/pop band in the eighties.

[@bevofrancis4309]

Walked Out On Them 3 Different Concerts...... Horrible, Horrible

[@greensombrero3641]

@@bevofrancis4309 After Draw the Line, there are only a handfull of songs for me from the later Airosmith

[@greensombrero3641]

@@markandersen793 Aerosmith and Airosmith

[@terryguire1321]

It was their pinnacle. I always hoped they would want to return to make another album that came from that same gritty place as Rocks, but it never came.

[@dr.victorfrankenschtein7053]

Bolt Thrower "for those once loyal"

[@frankelgueta1350]

Absolutely! Like most Bolt Thrower albums: amazing.

[@markc5771]

This is so hard because there are a lot of "perfect albums" out there.

[@jamesbeshears6717]

1) Led Zeppelin 3 2)Beatles With 3) Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here 4)Ry Cooder Bop till You Drop 5)John Lennon Plastic Ono Band Here's five I love from start to finish....in no particular order 🎶✌❤🎶😷🎶🍏☃️🎶

[@joelutz4348]

UFO- Obsession Triumph- Allied Forces Scorpions- Lovedrive/Animal Magnetism/Blackout Judas Priest- British Steel KISS- Rock And Roll Over

[@marcm9999]

Wishbone Ash Argus!!!

[@petertaylorson5783]

Great to hear The Chameleons mentioned by Martin. One of the very finest eighties bands from the UK. Strange Times is a fine album, but falls short of their previous two which you should really give a listen to. Namely 1983's Script of The Bridge, and 1985's What Does Anything Mean, Basically? Give them an ear, you won't regret it.

[@SiLatics56]

Gotta admit, loving the diversity of Martin's musical taste. Was totally not expecting mentions of The Clash, Manic Street Preachers and absolutely not The Chameleons [anyone watching should check out many of their songs at least. Swamp Thing and Up The Down Escalator spring to mind]. Here is mine off the top of my head: Probably not gonna go down well with the general demographic of the people who watch this channel but my list is as follows: Nick Drake - Pink Moon. Acoustic folk guitaring at it's finest. The poor, troubled young lad was a genius. Check out the song Northern Sky for a start [not on this album but still] REM - Green/Document/Automatic For The People U2 - The Joshua Tree/Achtung Baby Mansun - Six. Another band who got put in the Britpop category when they were more like prog combined with certain 80's new wave bands, and some heavy rock stuff in a similar vein to Manic Street Preachers. NEO-prog they were labelled by some critics and Six is an album I recommend to all. Cancer is an amazing musical journey and loads of songs on it are 'progressive.' The album contains Opera/classical samples, spoken word samples from the likes of Tom Baker, piano breaks, etc. all combined with crazy drumming and often heavy guitars with some nice solos, without being overly melodramatic. Awesome. Might take a bit of time for people to fully appreciate it though. Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible. Not an easy listen but lyrically you won't find better from anyone really. Way underrated rhythm section but mainly the great guitar work from lead singer James Dean Bradfield. Richey Edwards the main lyricist before his disappearance soon after this album. Enya - A Day Without Rain. Wonderful production, as is the case with most of her albums. Beautiful, relaxing, ethereal music. Probably not gonna do down well with many on here but there you go. Heavy or soft, doesn't matter to me, brilliant melody is brilliant melody. The Smiths - Hatful Of Hollow. Not a studio album as such with different versions of songs plus B-sides, etc. but works brilliantly as a whole. Faith No More - Angel Dust. Mike Patton is a crazy genius. Glad he moved away from his 'metal' style whiny, nasal vocals heard on the previous album, The Real Thing. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son. I'm no Maiden officianado but many years ago I owned a lot of Iron Maiden albums and this always stands out as the best. Love the synth sounds combined with the usual Maiden sound. Quite proggy also, especially the title track. A few years ago I would have picked London Calling. Played it to death though and I think my love for The Clash has dropped a bit over the years. For me, Aqualung by Jethro Tull was a great album, but not quite perfect. The production for me seemed a little too stuck in the time of when it was released. The sound could have been brought forward much more to make the killer riffs sound that bit more powerful. All too 'low' and distant sound quality to me. A few years ago I would have picked a few more Iron Maiden albums probably.

[@bustergoldenrod]

I know you guys (like most rock fans) focus on bands but I’d love to see you discuss/rank albums by solo artists for a change.

[@matsetizar65]

Yes they have. Robin trower, Jeff beck, Robert plant, gary moore, rory gallagher, pat travers all have been featured, plus many more.

[@SwanShadow]

Oh, and Point of Know Return, too! (You can tell I'm commenting as I watch... I didn't know this one was coming up.)

[@russw3736]

I love Petes channel and a lot of the bands he covers, but I'm really glad Martin throws in bands like The Clash, Magazine and the Manics that Pete and his regular crew wouldn't really be into.

[@NapoleanThePug]

Kudos to Martin - Everything Must Go is the real deal, and I agree, a perfect album.

[@louderthanlife]

Five more perfect albums off the top of my head: Dead Kennedys "Plastic Surgery Disasters" The Dickies "Dawn Of The Dickies" Sparks "Propaganda" UFO "Obsession" Badfinger "Straight Up"

[@johnhagopian2630]

Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon; Elton John Madman Across the Water; Allman Brothers Band Live at the Filmore

[@blahpine]

Loved Martin's shout-out to the Manics album. Great songs front-to-back.

[@kenwhite8103]

Martin so nice to see some love for the Chameleons. Script of the Bridge is also just awesome. They had such a unique sound unlike anything else back in the 80's. For those of you who never heard their music I highly recommend give them a listen.

[@ukrocksounds3419]

Script of the bridge is way better, their guitar sound is way more evidence, what does anything mean basicially also very good.