We've been debating the last classic Stones album, and someone made the comment that a classic album requires every song on the album be a classic. I tend to disagree...

...but it raises a question that I don't know has been debated here: albums from the rock'n'roll era where EVERY song is a classic/masterpiece.

I'll start off with a couple of ideas:

Springsteen - Born to Run
Stones - Sticky Fingers

Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
The Beatles - The Beatles
Neil Young - Tonights the Night
Elvis Costello - This Years Model
Lucinda Williams - West
Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F.
David Bowie - Low

..just to start with...

2 1 2 0

Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Yes - Close to the Edge



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King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic
Stones: Let It Bleed

Rubber soul
Revolver
Plastic Ono band
Another side of bob Dylan
Beggars banquet
Get yer ya's out

Who's Next The Who
Abbey Road The Beatles
John Barleycorn Must Die Traffic
Workingmans Dead Grateful Dead
Led Zepplin I II IV (III's a little weak)
Blood on the Tracks Bob Dylan



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It's really hard to decide if certain albums have ONLY masterpieces on them. Exile? Not sure. The album may be the greatest ever made by anybody, but I'm not sure if Ventilator Blues, Turd on the Run or Soul Survivor qualify as masterpieces. Pretty much the same with Beggars Banquet -- perhaps my favourite Stones album, but are Factory Girl, Dear Doctor or Salt of the Earth masterpieces? Let It Bleed is almost the opposite -- I think Banquet is a better album but Bleed has pretty much only masterpieces on it. At least as far as songwriting goes -- there are a bunch of songs (Rambler, Live With Me, Love In Vain) that sounded better on Ya-Ya's, for example. Don't know if this makes sense at all...



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muddy waters live at newport

Cosmo's Factory - CCR

Led Zeppelin IV
Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
ACDC - Back In Black
Rush - Moving Pictures
Van Halen - Van Halen

will find more when I look at my collection

I'll include - The Velvet Underground & Nico

Although I know many people here don't care for it, I'll throw in Boston's first album.

Trying to avoid live albums (Ya-Ya's, Full House, Waiting For Columbus) is difficult.

Although not "Rock" albums, I don't know how often, if ever, I've fast forwarded through something on:

Keb Mo - Slow Down
John Hammond - Wicked Grin
Taj Mahal - Senor Blues

Peace,
Mr DJA

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We've been debating the last classic Stones album, and someone made the comment that a classic album requires every song on the album be a classic. I tend to disagree...

...but it raises a question that I don't know has been debated here: albums from the rock'n'roll era where EVERY song is a classic/masterpiece.

I'll start off with a couple of ideas:

Springsteen - Born to Run
Stones - Sticky Fingers

Dirty Work for sure

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keefriff99
We've been debating the last classic Stones album, and someone made the comment that a classic album requires every song on the album be a classic. I tend to disagree...

...but it raises a question that I don't know has been debated here: albums from the rock'n'roll era where EVERY song is a classic/masterpiece.

I'll start off with a couple of ideas:

Springsteen - Born to Run
Stones - Sticky Fingers

Beggars
Exile
Let It Bleed
Some Girls
Sticky Fingers
Tattoo You
Aftermath
Clash - first three albums

American Beauty - The Grateful Dead
Who's Next - The Who
Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
Sgt. Pepper - The Beatles
Revolver - The Beatles
Abbey Road - The Beatles
Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
Band on the Run - Paul McCartney & Wings
Layla - Derek and the Dominoes

And Rumours by Fleetwood Mac...

Nobody will say "Pet sounds?"

Also:
Sgt. Pepper's
Beggar banquet
if it wasn't for Goin' home, of course Aftermath.
Who's next
Any Chuck beery compilation will also be a collection of masterpieces

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Nobody will say "Pet sounds?"

Also:
Sgt. Pepper's
Beggar banquet
if it wasn't for Goin' home, of course Aftermath.
Who's next
Any Chuck beery compilation will also be a collection of masterpieces

Best of's or compilations do not apply

The Black Crowes - Southern Harmony & Musical Companion
EELS - Electroshock Blues
Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up On Me
Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You
Peter Wolf - Sleepless
Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed & Sticky Fingers

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Nobody will say "Pet sounds?"

All I can say on my own behalf is, "DOH!" Can't believe I left that off my list.

Peace,
Mr DJA

No Compilation, else you can include "best of" for a series of bands..
"Pet sounds" of course

The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed
Pink Floyd - The Dark side of the moon
The who - Who's next
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die
Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes
John Mayall - Turning point
King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic
The Doors - The Doors
Cream - Disraeli Gears
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for destruction
AC/DC - Back In Black
Aerosmith - Rocks
Ry Cooder - Paradise and lunch
Nirvana - Nevermind
Led Zeppelin - II & IV
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping
Yes - Close to the edge
Genesis - Nursery Cryme

"masterpiece", "classic", these terms have no meaning the way folks are throwing them around.

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Cosmo's Factory - CCR

While there are several obvious ones mentioned in this thread......this is a good call

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Nobody will say "Pet sounds?"

All I can say on my own behalf is, "DOH!" Can't believe I left that off my list.

Peace,
Mr DJA

If I only had to pick one album that qualifies it would be Pet Sounds. Pure genius running all the way through it. Revolver a close second but Yellow Submarine can hardly qualify as a masterpiece - can it?

Oh - and Marvin Gaye's What's Going On of course.

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The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed
Pink Floyd - The Dark side of the moon
The who - Who's next
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die
Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes
John Mayall - Turning point
King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic
The Doors - The Doors
Cream - Disraeli Gears
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for destruction
AC/DC - Back In Black
Aerosmith - Rocks
Ry Cooder - Paradise and lunch
Nirvana - Nevermind
Led Zeppelin - II & IV
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping
Yes - Close to the edge
Genesis - Nursery Cryme

Cream - Disraeli Gears "Blue Condition" is not a masterpiece



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The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed
Pink Floyd - The Dark side of the moon
The who - Who's next
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die
Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes
John Mayall - Turning point
King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic
The Doors - The Doors
Cream - Disraeli Gears
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for destruction
AC/DC - Back In Black
Aerosmith - Rocks
Ry Cooder - Paradise and lunch
Nirvana - Nevermind
Led Zeppelin - II & IV
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping
Yes - Close to the edge
Genesis - Nursery Cryme

Cream - Disraeli Gears[/b] "Blue Condition" is not a masterpiece

From this point of view also Live with me is not a masterpiece.

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pepganzo
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed
Pink Floyd - The Dark side of the moon
The who - Who's next
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die
Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes
John Mayall - Turning point
King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic
The Doors - The Doors
Cream - Disraeli Gears
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for destruction
AC/DC - Back In Black
Aerosmith - Rocks
Ry Cooder - Paradise and lunch
Nirvana - Nevermind
Led Zeppelin - II & IV
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping
Yes - Close to the edge
Genesis - Nursery Cryme

Cream - Disraeli Gears[/b] "Blue Condition" is not a masterpiece

From this point of view also Live with me is not a masterpiece.

Live with me is more a classic song than Blue Condition which is Ginger Baker trying to sing on key

Odessa - Bee Gees come to mind and there are some more .......

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pepganzo
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed
Pink Floyd - The Dark side of the moon
The who - Who's next
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die
Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes
John Mayall - Turning point
King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic
The Doors - The Doors
Cream - Disraeli Gears
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for destruction
AC/DC - Back In Black
Aerosmith - Rocks
Ry Cooder - Paradise and lunch
Nirvana - Nevermind
Led Zeppelin - II & IV
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping
Yes - Close to the edge
Genesis - Nursery Cryme

Cream - Disraeli Gears[/b] "Blue Condition" is not a masterpiece

From this point of view also Live with me is not a masterpiece.

Live with me is more a classic song than Blue Condition which is Ginger Baker trying to sing on key

Live with me is a classic stones track not a classic track.in general.
Anyway I wrote here some albums that have not got bad tracks. Maybe I used a wrong topic. But a perfect album with songs good at the same level does not exist in my opinion.