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I was listening to LCD Soundsytem's Sound of Silver and had the revelation that, for me, it's a perfect album. Meaning that there's not one thing I would change about it. Not a single track or even just a song length.

And to clarify, there are plenty of albums that I would consider great that don't necessarily meet this criteria. For example, I think Kanye's MBDTF is a masterpiece, but I would probably have cut some time off the end of it. Anyways, I'm curious what albums others might deem "perfect".

Also, I know there's been a perfect songs thread so I apologize if this one's been done before too.
 
Lauryn Hill
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

A Tribe Called Quest
The Low End Theory
 
D'Angelo
Voodoo

Whiskeytown
Faithless Street

Nas
Illmatic

Stevie Wonder
Songs in the Key of Life

The Impressions
This is My Country

Minnie Riperton
Adventures in Paradise

Pixies
Surfer Rosa
 
Illmatic is the perfect rap album. Thriller is the perfect pop album. Led Zeppelin III is the perfect rock album.

I think Kind of Blue is a perfect album.
 
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My field of view is admittedly limited since I don't really listen to hip hop, R&B, pop, and only a little bit of jazz, but here are a few "perfect albums":

Dark Side of the Moom
Day Dream Nation
The Joshua Tree
Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
In the Aeroplane over the Sea
 
Abbey road
Dark side of the moon
Life's rich pageant
Odelay
Damn the torpedoes
Working mans dead
Moon dance
 
Dark Side of the Moon
Kind of Blue
In a Silent Way
 
Graceland - Paul Simon

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Murmur - R.E.M.
The Queen is Dead - The Smiths
The Monitor - Titus Andronicus
Western Teleport - Emperor X
Weezer (Blue) - Weezer
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Surfer Rosa - Pixies
Geogaddi - Boards of Canada
Neu! - Neu!
And Their Refinement of the Decline - Stars of the Lid
There's Nothing Wrong with Love - Built to Spill
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Giant Steps - John Coltrane
Rumors - Fleetwood Mac
Brighten the Corners - Pavement
I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One - Yo La Tengo

obvious indie rock skew.
 
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The Velvet Underground and Nico

Spiderland

Tonight's the Night

Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars

Highway 61 Revisited

(I'm) Stranded
 
Wish You Were Here
Led Zeppelin III is a good call too (previously mentioned by Townie)
 
Agree on Astral Weeks. Also Sun Kil Moon--Ghosts of the Great Highway and Jose Gonzalez--Veneer.

I have lots that are one or two songs away, but even The Joshua Tree has Trip Through Your Wires.
 
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