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Out of all the albums you've ever listened to, what ones (without any shadow of a doubt) would you rate as a 100% album?

My choices (yes I went through all my iTunes and albums, which total in the hundreds, to collect these):

Audioslave- Audioslave
Boston- Boston
Bruce Springsteen- Born to Run
Deep Purple- Machine Head
Dream Theater- Images & Words
Genesis- Foxtrot
Guns N' Roses- Appetite for Destruction
Incubus- Make Yourself
Journey- Journey
The Killers- Hot Fuss
Led Zeppelin- IV
Marillion- Misplaced Childhood
Metallica- Master of Puppets
Muse- Black Holes & Revelations
Pearl Jam- Ten
Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here
Rage Against the Machine- Rage Against the Machine
Smashing Pumpkins- Siamese Dream
Toto- Falling in Between
Van Halen- Van Halen

ProgRocker53 wrote:Out of all the albums you've ever listened to, what ones (without any shadow of a doubt) would you rate as a 100% album?

My choices (yes I went through all my iTunes and albums, which total in the hundreds, to collect these):

Audioslave- Audioslave
Boston- Boston
Bruce Springsteen- Born to Run
Deep Purple- Machine Head
Dream Theater- Images & Words
Genesis- Foxtrot
Guns N' Roses- Appetite for Destruction
Incubus- Make Yourself
Journey- Journey
The Killers- Hot Fuss
Led Zeppelin- IV
Marillion- Misplaced Childhood
Metallica- Master of Puppets
Muse- Black Holes & Revelations
Pearl Jam- Ten
Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here
Rage Against the Machine- Rage Against the Machine
Smashing Pumpkins- Siamese Dream
Toto- Falling in Between
Van Halen- Van Halen

Good call on Van Halen! GnR is another one I forgot about. I won't comment on the others (although LZ and Metallica are good choices).

Joey Tempest - A Place To Call Home
Talisman - Talisman
Talisman - Cats & Dogs
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Michael Jackson - Bad
Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force
Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
John Norum - Total Control
Humanimal - Humanimal
Helloween - Keeper of 7th key II
Boston- Boston
Dare - Out Of The Silence
Metallica - Metallica
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
Eyes - Eyes
Europe - Star From The Dark
Queen - The Miracle
Lita Ford - Stiletto

Might I add:

Cockroach - Danger Danger
Everybody Loves a Happy Ending - Tears for Fears
Allied Forces - Triumph
Crunch - Adriangale
A Trick of the Tail - Genesis
The Journey Will Never End - Jaded Heart

Behshad wrote:Michael Jackson - Thriller
Michael Jackson - Bad

I knew someone would bring up Thriller (really didn't consider Bad). Despite Thriller being one of the largest selling albums and obviously a very good album, I can't consider 100% because there is some shit on it (McCartney song and another one or two). Bad not even close. Edit: Not to mention Thriller the song sucks. That was all video.

Behshad wrote:Talisman - Talisman
Talisman - Cats & Dogs
Eyes - Eyes

Doubt it!

Behshad wrote:Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force
Europe - Star From The Dark

Interesting calls. Rising Force I would consider, definitely high 90's. Start from the Dark, I can't give a 100% but easily well into the 90's. MAJOR EDIT: I got my albums confused. Rising Force is not 100%, I was thinking Odyssey.

The others, I haven't listened to in full. There are a few that are good on the list I'm sure.

StocktontoMalone wrote:Might I add:

Cockroach - Danger Danger
Everybody Loves a Happy Ending - Tears for Fears
Allied Forces - Triumph
Crunch - Adriangale
A Trick of the Tail - Genesis
The Journey Will Never End - Jaded Heart

No you can't.

Boy, I'll have to really think about this

Dream Theater - Images and Words
Boston - Boston
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Fleetwood Mac - Rumors
Loverboy - Just Getting Started
Marillion - Clutching At Straws
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Pride of Lions - Pride of Lions
Queensryche - Empire
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous
Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything
Utopia - Utopia
Toto - IV

Maybe more to come...

Ehwmatt wrote:Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Dude, you shouldn't say that publicly. That's gay.

Pride of Lions absolutely not. Good album, low 80's though.

Ehwmatt wrote:Boy, I'll have to really think about this

Dream Theater - Images and Words
Boston - Boston
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Fleetwood Mac - Rumors
Loverboy - Just Getting Started
Marillion - Clutching At Straws
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Pride of Lions - Pride of Lions
Queensryche - Empire
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous
Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything
Utopia - Utopia
Toto - IV

Maybe more to come...

In Absentia was on mine, but I had to force myself to lop it off. While certainly a great album, a 95%+ and one of my all-time favorites, the mellow songs on the record are too "samey" for me and tend to drag on a bit. I don't mind at all, but it detracts very slightly from what is otherwise one of the best albums of the century so far and PT's best offering.

Ehwmatt wrote:Boy, I'll have to really think about this

Pride of Lions - Pride of Lions

really?!?!? To me, POL pales in comparison to the Survivor catalogue. Granted, the theatrical aspect of POL does absolutely nothing for me, so maybe that's why. I just don't get the high scores for this one at all.

Tito wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Dude, you shouldn't say that publicly. That's gay.

Pride of Lions absolutely not. Good album, low 80's though.

Only good song on PoL is 'Sound of Home'...

Tito wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Dude, you shouldn't say that publicly. That's gay.

Pride of Lions absolutely not. Good album, low 80's though.

If you ever come with Dan to a show I'll bend you over and show you gay

kgdjpubs wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:Boy, I'll have to really think about this

Pride of Lions - Pride of Lions

really?!?!? To me, POL pales in comparison to the Survivor catalogue. Granted, the theatrical aspect of POL does absolutely nothing for me, so maybe that's why. I just don't get the high scores for this one at all.

I like the theatre aspect of it, totally understand why it wouldn't be some people's bags. I'm thinking about Vital Signs still. You reminded me how much I'm ambivalent about Popular Girl, so I might have to withdraw my 100% endorsement earlier.

Ehwmatt wrote:

kgdjpubs wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:Boy, I'll have to really think about this

Pride of Lions - Pride of Lions

really?!?!? To me, POL pales in comparison to the Survivor catalogue. Granted, the theatrical aspect of POL does absolutely nothing for me, so maybe that's why. I just don't get the high scores for this one at all.

I like the theatre aspect of it, totally understand why it wouldn't be some people's bags. I'm thinking about Vital Signs still. You reminded me how much I'm ambivalent about Popular Girl, so I might have to withdraw my 100% endorsement earlier.

one really needs to get you to listen to Premonition, if you haven't already. Totally different band and a pure rock & roll record.

Ehwmatt wrote:

kgdjpubs wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:Boy, I'll have to really think about this

Pride of Lions - Pride of Lions

really?!?!? To me, POL pales in comparison to the Survivor catalogue. Granted, the theatrical aspect of POL does absolutely nothing for me, so maybe that's why. I just don't get the high scores for this one at all.

I like the theatre aspect of it, totally understand why it wouldn't be some people's bags. I'm thinking about Vital Signs still. You reminded me how much I'm ambivalent about Popular Girl, so I might have to withdraw my 100% endorsement earlier.

I like Popular Girl. ( I guess). The song that doesn't do it for me on the album is Singer not the Song (but it's still ok). POL had a few good songs on it. SOH, She Gone, and a couple more (can't remember as I haven't listened to it in awhile). But, the rest was ehhh.

Not those two albums mentioned above, but I think part of the problem with some albums is they have 1 or 2 too many tracks on them. Had they stopped at 10 songs, they would've had 100%

kgdjpubs wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:

kgdjpubs wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:Boy, I'll have to really think about this

Pride of Lions - Pride of Lions

really?!?!? To me, POL pales in comparison to the Survivor catalogue. Granted, the theatrical aspect of POL does absolutely nothing for me, so maybe that's why. I just don't get the high scores for this one at all.

I like the theatre aspect of it, totally understand why it wouldn't be some people's bags. I'm thinking about Vital Signs still. You reminded me how much I'm ambivalent about Popular Girl, so I might have to withdraw my 100% endorsement earlier.

one really needs to get you to listen to Premonition, if you haven't already. Totally different band and a pure rock & roll record.

Oh I've heard them all, Premonition is a hell of an album.Summer Nights and Poor Man's Son rank among my top Survivor tracks. I'm a huge Survivor fan, probably as much so as Journey.

kgdjpubs wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:

kgdjpubs wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:Boy, I'll have to really think about this

Pride of Lions - Pride of Lions

really?!?!? To me, POL pales in comparison to the Survivor catalogue. Granted, the theatrical aspect of POL does absolutely nothing for me, so maybe that's why. I just don't get the high scores for this one at all.

I like the theatre aspect of it, totally understand why it wouldn't be some people's bags. I'm thinking about Vital Signs still. You reminded me how much I'm ambivalent about Popular Girl, so I might have to withdraw my 100% endorsement earlier.

one really needs to get you to listen to Premonition, if you haven't already. Totally different band and a pure rock & roll record.

Great album. I love the first album too. In a lot of respect I like those two over VS. But, I understand the greatness of VS, hence the grade. The first two albums are high 90's to 100% for me personally, but not to everyone else. That's what I'm getting at with my grades.

Ehwmatt wrote:

kgdjpubs wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:

kgdjpubs wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:Boy, I'll have to really think about this

Pride of Lions - Pride of Lions

really?!?!? To me, POL pales in comparison to the Survivor catalogue. Granted, the theatrical aspect of POL does absolutely nothing for me, so maybe that's why. I just don't get the high scores for this one at all.

I like the theatre aspect of it, totally understand why it wouldn't be some people's bags. I'm thinking about Vital Signs still. You reminded me how much I'm ambivalent about Popular Girl, so I might have to withdraw my 100% endorsement earlier.

one really needs to get you to listen to Premonition, if you haven't already. Totally different band and a pure rock & roll record.

Oh I've heard them all, Premonition is a hell of an album.Summer Nights and Poor Man's Son rank among my top Survivor tracks.

Agreed. Sad thing is, the way this country is going in about 20 years, our kids are going to be asking us, What's a Chevy (Nights)?

One more thing, don't forget about the EOTT album too. That's probably their best album and I may have overlooked that one as a 100%.

Ehwmatt wrote:

Tito wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Dude, you shouldn't say that publicly. That's gay.

Pride of Lions absolutely not. Good album, low 80's though.

If you ever come with Dan to a show I'll bend you over and show you gay

He's never going to a show with Dan again

Tito wrote:
Agreed. Sad thing is, the way this country is going in about 20 years, our kids are going to be asking us, What's a Chevy (Nights)?

One more thing, don't forget about the EOTT album too. That's probably their best album and I may have overlooked that one as a 100%.

I'm pretty big on Caught In The Game too. Not a bad track on there, maybe a mediocre one or two.

Ehwmatt wrote:
Oh I've heard them all, Premonition is a hell of an album.Summer Nights and Poor Man's Son rank among my top Survivor tracks. I'm a huge Survivor fan, probably as much so as Journey.

So am I. I think Journey probably had more "A level songs", but album for album and track for track, I think the Survivor catalogue is stronger overall.

btw, ever heard Cold Chisel? If not, take a listen to this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFY9TY1Y-0k

kgdjpubs wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:
Oh I've heard them all, Premonition is a hell of an album.Summer Nights and Poor Man's Son rank among my top Survivor tracks. I'm a huge Survivor fan, probably as much so as Journey.

So am I. I think Journey probably had more "A level songs", but album for album and track for track, I think the Survivor catalogue is stronger overall.

btw, ever heard Cold Chisel? If not, take a listen to this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFY9TY1Y-0k

I agree, several Survivor albums come close to 100% for me, but honestly, no Journey album as a whole would rate any higher than 92% or so for me. Survivor's catalogue is stronger through and through, but Journey's hits are BIG and very memorable/good.

Is that the JJ cut kept from Crossroads Moment? If so, I haven't heard it yet, but I will listen when I get home tonight, thanks.

Ehwmatt wrote:

kgdjpubs wrote:btw, ever heard Cold Chisel? If not, take a listen to this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFY9TY1Y-0k

Is that the JJ cut kept from Crossroads Moment? If so, I haven't heard it yet, but I will listen when I get home tonight, thanks.

no, different band. One from my list. Pure legend in Australia, and regarded as one of the best live acts of all time, but self-destructed before they could break out anywhere else. Their story with the US record labels is one for the ages.

speaking of JJ though, if anyone got his version of Sound of Home that was on his myspace page for a few days last fall, I'd love to get a copy of it.

Ehwmatt wrote:

Tito wrote:
Agreed. Sad thing is, the way this country is going in about 20 years, our kids are going to be asking us, What's a Chevy (Nights)?

One more thing, don't forget about the EOTT album too. That's probably their best album and I may have overlooked that one as a 100%.

I'm pretty big on Caught In The Game too. Not a bad track on there, maybe a mediocre one or two.

Probably my least favorite Survivor album (which shows how strong the cataloge is). The first side is pretty strong but the first two songs on side 2, may be their worst two songs (What Do You Really Think is easily their worst song) and drag the album down. Slander and especially Santa Winds rescue side 2. Note: I have that on vinyl hence my referencing to side 1 and 2.

Tito wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:

Tito wrote:
Agreed. Sad thing is, the way this country is going in about 20 years, our kids are going to be asking us, What's a Chevy (Nights)?

One more thing, don't forget about the EOTT album too. That's probably their best album and I may have overlooked that one as a 100%.

I'm pretty big on Caught In The Game too. Not a bad track on there, maybe a mediocre one or two.

Probably my least favorite Survivor album (which shows how strong the cataloge is). The first side is pretty strong but the first two songs on side 2, may be their worst two songs (What Do You Really Think is easily their worst song) and drag the album down. Slander and especially Santa Winds rescue side 2. Note: I have that on vinyl hence my referencing to side 1 and 2.

Yeah, I had What Do You Really Think in mind and maybe Ready for the Real Thing too for my mediocre picks. Slander and Santa Ana Winds are BRUTAL songs though. So good.

Ehwmatt wrote:

Tito wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:

Tito wrote:
Agreed. Sad thing is, the way this country is going in about 20 years, our kids are going to be asking us, What's a Chevy (Nights)?

One more thing, don't forget about the EOTT album too. That's probably their best album and I may have overlooked that one as a 100%.

I'm pretty big on Caught In The Game too. Not a bad track on there, maybe a mediocre one or two.

Probably my least favorite Survivor album (which shows how strong the cataloge is). The first side is pretty strong but the first two songs on side 2, may be their worst two songs (What Do You Really Think is easily their worst song) and drag the album down. Slander and especially Santa Winds rescue side 2. Note: I have that on vinyl hence my referencing to side 1 and 2.

Yeah, I had What Do You Really Think in mind and maybe Ready for the Real Thing too for my mediocre picks. Slander and Santa Ana Winds are BRUTAL songs though. So good.

Half Life is the first song. RFTRTT is a good one. (I guess again).

Tito wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:

Tito wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:

Tito wrote:
Agreed. Sad thing is, the way this country is going in about 20 years, our kids are going to be asking us, What's a Chevy (Nights)?

One more thing, don't forget about the EOTT album too. That's probably their best album and I may have overlooked that one as a 100%.

I'm pretty big on Caught In The Game too. Not a bad track on there, maybe a mediocre one or two.

Probably my least favorite Survivor album (which shows how strong the cataloge is). The first side is pretty strong but the first two songs on side 2, may be their worst two songs (What Do You Really Think is easily their worst song) and drag the album down. Slander and especially Santa Winds rescue side 2. Note: I have that on vinyl hence my referencing to side 1 and 2.

Yeah, I had What Do You Really Think in mind and maybe Ready for the Real Thing too for my mediocre picks. Slander and Santa Ana Winds are BRUTAL songs though. So good.

Half Life is the first song. RFTRTT is a good one. (I guess again).

Oh man, I like Half Life a lot.

Tito wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:

Tito wrote:
Agreed. Sad thing is, the way this country is going in about 20 years, our kids are going to be asking us, What's a Chevy (Nights)?

One more thing, don't forget about the EOTT album too. That's probably their best album and I may have overlooked that one as a 100%.

I'm pretty big on Caught In The Game too. Not a bad track on there, maybe a mediocre one or two.

Probably my least favorite Survivor album (which shows how strong the cataloge is). The first side is pretty strong but the first two songs on side 2, may be their worst two songs (What Do You Really Think is easily their worst song) and drag the album down. Slander and especially Santa Winds rescue side 2. Note: I have that on vinyl hence my referencing to side 1 and 2.

CITG might be my least favorite also. Love the dark tones of it however, and I hear a lot of this album in the heavier parts of Too Hot To Sleep. Santa Ana Winds is one of their best songs, and easily worth the price of admission. You could tell Bickler's voice was going fast on that album though. I think the Tiger tour must have shot his voice with those really high vocal lines (much higher than he was on Premonition).

As far as What Do..., not my favorite, but I love the bridge part which almost rescues the song. If only the rest of the song was on that level.

Ehwmatt wrote:Oh man, I like Half Life a lot.

for you then.

Boston - Boston
Appetite For Destruction - Guns & Roses
Hi Infidelity - REO Speedwagon
Pyromania - Def Leppard
Slipper When Wet - Bon Jovi
The Final Cut (The remastered version which includes "When the Tigers Broke Free") - Pink Floyd
Crimes Of Passion - Pat Benatar
Led Zeppelin 2 - Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin 4 - Led Zeppelin
Asia - Asia
Van Halen - Van Halen
Piece Of mind - Iron Maiden