Interesting idea: what is your pick for the "perfect album"? (Defined as an album with no weak tracks.)

I don't think I have one. The closest I can get is probably "It's Too Late to Stop Now."

Comments

[The Eclectic Econoclast]

My pick: Overnight Sensation by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. Either that or Toscanini's rendition of Beethoven's 3rd Symphony.

[Phil Miller]

I like hard rock/metal. GNR's Appetite for Destruction is one that I'd pick, along with Metallica's black album and Iron Maiden's Killers.

[Ted]

Not a single weak track on R.E.M.'s "Life's Rich Paegant" and "Document." Sleater-Kinney's "Dig Me Out" is close, eleven tracks out of thirteen. I could play the Cocteau Twins' "Heaven or Las Vegas" on random for hours without needing to hit the skip button. A case can be made for Talking Heads' "Little Creatures."

[David]

Van Morrison is indeed a great choice, but a two-record album/CD such as "its too late to stop now" has too many tracks to satisfy the 'no weak tracks' criteria. I'd probably go with "Moondance" instead.

[Tim Worstall]

Oh, this is easy. Mike Oldfield. "Tubular Bells". There’s only two tracks and that’s because it needed to be fitted onto an LP. It’s really one track with references on the second to themes from the first.

Of course, the downside of this is that huge numbers of people hate the entire thing instead of just a few tracks on a more normal album.

[Pete]

This quickly gets down to personal taste, as in "what kind of music do you like?"

For me, the answer is obvious: Who's Next. Not only no weak tracks, but no tracks that don't absolutely kick ass.