What albums for you are 10/10?

[stokeriño]

Albums with tracks I don't skip? Ricochet, Tangerine Dream. On the basis that it only has two tracks.

[DFF]

Actually, I've thought of one!

X Japan - Art of Life

It's not possible to listen to the whole album without skipping a track - the album is a single 29 minute song.

[GA!]

There's been many over the years, and I could give a long list of favourite albums. The latest album that's 10/10 is 'Get to Heaven' by Everything Everything - an absolutely stunning contrast R'n'B-styled indie pop and pitch black lyrics about depression, terrorism, 24/7 news cycles, and the rise of the far right.

I think this video sums the album up well...

 

And now I'm going to tag @9 to 5 for no particular reason.

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"He's going to do it, isn't he? He's going to post that fucking 'Distant Past' video?"

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"You fucking dare, GA. You fucking dare."

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"Swear to fuck, GA"

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[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

@9 to 5

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[livid]

All three Run The Jewels albums really. I'm also one of those people that typically doesn't like every song on an album but I can't really say that about any of the RTJ albums. Some songs aren't quite as good as others but I will rarely skip any of them when they come up.

[9 to 5]

Vampire @GA!, you motherfucker!

[R.W.]

There are only 3 albums I always listen to without skipping a track / deleting a track before putting it onto the phone, and 2 are fairly recent which surprised me. Even some of my favourite albums miss out because of one dodgy track (yeah, I'm looking at you Black & White Boy, you don't belong on Together Alone at all)

Invisible Touch by Genesis

The Desired Effect by Brandon Flowers

Drones by Muse

[Cymbols]

Ooh The Desired Effect is a good shout. Probably not unskippable for me, but one of my favourite albums nonetheless. 

[GA!]

1 hour ago, R.W. said:

Drones by Muse

I wish this was my answer, but Revolt and Sailing Aftermath are on there.

Mandatory Muse answer: although I prefer Origin of Symmetry and Absolution, Black Holes and Revelations is their most unskippable album as it was programmed to work as a single entity rather than a series of tracks. Muse have always been weird with their track orders, though - like, why was Unsustainable the penultimate track of The 2nd Law when it's quite clearly an opener?

[R.W.]

Muse are the biggest culprits for me - always just the one track I skip normally. Uno on Showbiz, Darkshines on OOS, Sing For Absolution on Absolution, Supermassive Black Hole on Black Holes & Animals on 2nd Law

Resistance nearly made it, but MK Ultra is very much a mood song - sometimes it will get skipped.

I know what you mean about track sequencing though. Black Holes feels better with Take A Bow and Knights Of Cydonia swapped round. With 2nd Law, Supremacy is a fine opener, and Unsustainable / Isolated System is the only other thing that feels like it could be a closer to me.

And now you've put the Sailing thing in my head for Aftermath I won't unhear that for a while  but I always drew comparisons with it to U2's One (which I forgave them for) - think it's that guitar at the start.

[thatshortguy]

Going off the dome here, but alas:

-Days of the New I
-Soundgarden's "Superunknown" and "Down on the Upside"
-TV on the Radio's "Nine Types of Light"
-Hozier's self-titled album.
-Pinback's "Information Retrieved"
-Punch Brothers's "Who's Feeling Young Now?"
-Gotye's "Making Mirrors"

[GA!]

4 hours ago, R.W. said:

Muse are the biggest culprits for me - always just the one track I skip normally. Uno on Showbiz, Darkshines on OOS, Sing For Absolution on Absolution, Supermassive Black Hole on Black Holes & Animals on 2nd Law

Resistance nearly made it, but MK Ultra is very much a mood song - sometimes it will get skipped.

I know what you mean about track sequencing though. Black Holes feels better with Take A Bow and Knights Of Cydonia swapped round. With 2nd Law, Supremacy is a fine opener, and Unsustainable / Isolated System is the only other thing that feels like it could be a closer to me.

And now you've put the Sailing thing in my head for Aftermath I won't unhear that for a while  but I always drew comparisons with it to U2's One (which I forgave them for) - think it's that guitar at the start.

Take a Bow and Knights could work either way. I love Knights at the end as most albums I listen to mostly end on a downer, while that's obviously far more kick-arse. Also, Supermassive Black Hole is one of my favourite Muse songs, and never I understand why it gets such a muted response (compared to their other hits) at gigs.

In terms of skippable tracks: Showbiz on Showbiz, Butterflies and Hurricanes on Absolution, I Belong to You on Resistance, and Explorers, Big Freeze, and Save Me on The 2nd Law - sometimes Follow Me (it was a very average album in hindsight).

[Rich]

On 27/02/2017 at 18:14, Maxx said:

On the Impossible Past by The Menzingers

preach

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On reflection, I've decided Lower Than Atlantis' self titled album fits this for me.

[Hellraiser]

The one I discovered most recently is My Chemical Romance's "Thee Cheers For Sweet Revenge". I enjoyed all MCR records to an extent but (except for the debut which I can't get into) but it's their 2nd album that I can listen to over and over again without skipping a single track.

 

[VerbalPuke]

Adolescents self titled. It's one of my absolute favorites. 

Did I mention Nomeansno - Wrong? I should have, it is perfect.

[nickhastie2004]

Sum 41 - All Killer No Filler

Slipknot - Self Titled, Iowa, .5 The Gray Chapter

Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory

Limp Bizkit - Results May Vary

Royal Republic - We Are The Royal, Save The Nation

Bring Me The Horizon - There is a Hell..., Sempiternal, Thats the Spirit

All Time Low - Nothing Personal

The Blackout - We Are The Dynamite, Best In Town, Hope

Boy Jumps Ship - Wake Up

Enter Shikari - Take To The Skies, Common Dreads, Flash Flood of Colour

Killers - Hot Fuss

Lostprophets (I know...) - Fake Sound of Progress, Start Something, The Betrayed, Weapons

Marina and the Diamonds - Electra Heart

Young Guns - All Our Kings are Dead

 

Think thats it in terms of albums with no tracks I skip.

[RPS]

I cannot believe I never responded to this thread. Damn. I know I had a running list at one point: 

• The Clash: London Calling
• Michael Jackson: Thriller
• De La Soul: Three Feet High and Rising
• Blur: Parklife
• Refused: The Shape of Punk to Come
• M.I.A - Arular
• Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair
• Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
• Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell 
• Frank Ocean - Blonde

[VerbalPuke]

London Calling is a good call. 

Also forgot to mention LAMF by Johnny Thunders. That's always been one of my favorite albums. 

Zen Arcade by Husker Du probably gets my endorsement here as well.

[Pooker]

Without counting greatest hits or live CDs, I can think of two "perfect" CDs.

Metallica's The Black Album

The Beatle's The White Album.