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RE: "Perfect" albums (was RE: beatles)

>I have a *huge* problem with _Invisible Touch_! The title track is such a
>horrible, awful, Phil Collins-written non-Genesis-y pop piece of crap! It's
>a black eye on an otherwise fine album. This is why Perfect Albums (I'll
>capitalize that for good measure) are so rare -- it just takes one track
>that always makes you reach for the "skip" button to disqualify it.

I skip NO tracks on _Invisible Touch_.  It's a Perfect Album of 80's pop/rock.  In fact, it's one of 2 Genesis albums with no skippable tracks.  (the other being _Trick Of The Tail_)

>I'm surprised, Chris, that you didn't throw _Tales..._ or _Relayer_ in there
>(Yes albums, for the uninitiated). They're not on my personal list, either,
>but I figured one of them would be on yours. Nice pick with _Discipline_
>though!

_Discipline_ is a given.  It's concise, compact, perfect, and simply fucking amazing.

Tales From Topographic Oceans has too much filler to be considered "Perfect".  You can't really skip tracks on a 4 song double album, but there's definitely 5 minute segments of 'The Ancient' that I'd fast forward through if I could.

Relayer is brilliant, but too disjointed in places.  The continuity isn't there like it is in an Avalon or Discipline.

Honesty, Yes is too inconsistent to have any "Perfect" albums.  90125 would be there if it wasn't for the simply godawful 'City Of Love'   Drama is a favorite, but I often get impatient during 'Machine Messiah'.

Some that I forgot before:
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (3rd album - melting face cover)
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats


~C

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