Red Mosquito

Hourly daily - you am I

Captures Sydney in the mid 90s perfectly.

Got a kinks pop kinda thing going on, whimsical, funny, succinct...

Great songs, tied up perfectly into a loose concept.

The back half isn't quite as strong as the first, but that's because the first half is flawless.

Reference points: the 'mats, teenage fanclub, the kinks, big star.

Just about to be issued on wax, get on it.

The Caretaker - Persistent Repetition of Phrases

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I think some of us are getting a little loose with our definition of "perfect". I only said one (that I'm pretty sure is perfect) and left off easy heavy-weights like Raindogs and Exile on Main Street.

what was your one perfect album?

Gods' Die wrote:I think some of us are getting a little loose with our definition of "perfect". I only said one (that I'm pretty sure is perfect) and left off easy heavy-weights like Raindogs and Exile on Main Street.

What if I'd mentioned Raindogs and Exile on Main Street but thought your choice was shit?

stip wrote:what was your one perfect album?

Gods' Die wrote:In the Aeroplane over the Sea

there are more perfect albums than I realized.

William Basinski - Melancholia
Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists
Radiohead - Kid A
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentleman...
DJ Shadow - Entroducing
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
Modest Mouse - Lonesome Crowded West

I just can't think of an album that I can't imagine being better, or where there isn't a song I wouldn't mind being replaced.

stip wrote:I just can't think of an album that I can't imagine being better, or where there isn't a song I wouldn't mind being replaced.

i feel like for all of my favorite albums, there's at least one song that doesnt hit me the right way, or just some indulgent bullshit the artist put on the record. ok computer has 'fitter happier'. vitalogy has all that 10 minutes of bullshit at the end. i really got nothin for this thread yet.

lets just bemoan the general lack of standards around here

warehouse wrote:

stip wrote:I just can't think of an album that I can't imagine being better, or where there isn't a song I wouldn't mind being replaced.

i feel like for all of my favorite albums, there's at least one song that doesnt hit me the right way, or just some indulgent bullshit the artist put on the record. ok computer has 'fitter happier'. vitalogy has all that 10 minutes of bullshit at the end. i really got nothin for this thread yet.

I agree on Vitalogy but Fitter Happier couldn't be more perfect for OKC.

stip wrote:I just can't think of an album that I can't imagine being better, or where there isn't a song I wouldn't mind being replaced.

There is only one perfect album that I've ever heard. And I posted it earlier. To me, Kind of Blue by Miles Davis could not be improved in any way. That one gets everything right.

zeb wrote:

warehouse wrote:

stip wrote:I just can't think of an album that I can't imagine being better, or where there isn't a song I wouldn't mind being replaced.

i feel like for all of my favorite albums, there's at least one song that doesnt hit me the right way, or just some indulgent bullshit the artist put on the record. ok computer has 'fitter happier'. vitalogy has all that 10 minutes of bullshit at the end. i really got nothin for this thread yet.

I agree on Vitalogy but Fitter Happier couldn't be more perfect for OKC.

i mean, it allows me to snap out of the trip the album puts me in, but ive never wanted to hear it.

Most of my favorite albums I wouldn't want to change anything about, so they're perfect in that way. I guess I don't get this thread.

There are a lot of albums I love inspite of their imperfection.

Actually, you know what, Dark Side of the Moon is also a perfect album.