Perfect Album

[MARKVECTOR82]

What is in your opinion a perfect album for Guitar. From start to finish every track a killer. No throw aways. Does'nt matter what style... For me its...

Rock: Rocks-A-smith or Cheap tricks 1st its a toss up

Jazz: Travels-Pat Metheny

Fusion(for lack of a better term) Wired-Jeff Beck

Blues: Live at the Regal-BB King

New Blues(or Newer) Livin w/the law Chris Whitley

What do you think?

[specialized2]

experimental/noise rock: sonic youth- daydream nation

space rock: hum- heavenward is downward

shoegaze: my bloody valentine- loveless

post punk / hardcore: At the Drive In- Vaya or Vacancy EPs

alt rock: incubus- morning view

nu metal: lostprophets- the fake sound of progress

chill / ambient: acoustic vol. 1-4

[Guest galejt]

A Steve Kimock compilation I put together from legal downloads off the Web. I'd be happy to "pay forward" a few copies if you send me an email.

Jim

[pesocaster]

Personal fav: Tommy Boiln...... Teaser

Classic: Zep.... In through the out door

Pop: STP .... Purple

Slide: Sonny Landreth ... South of !-10

New: Jeff Beck ...... Jeff

Speed: Steve Morse ... The Introduction

Acoustic: Dimeola / Lucia / McLaughlin .... Pasion Grace and Fire

[MrGuitarguy]

Satriani - Surfing With The Alien

Van Halen - Van Halen

Ozzy - Blizzard of Ozz

Megadeth - Rust in Peace

Gary Hoey - Endless Summer II

Mark Knopfler - Sailing to Phillidelphia

Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experiance

[hardheartedbill]

Queen - A Night at the Opera

[lord nelson]

Opeth - morningrise.

Not a single bad riff, and there are hundreds of them.

[Guest pirateflynn]

The Beatles- Revolver

Jimi Hendrix- Blues

Miles Davis- Kind of Blue

Elton John- Tumbleweed Connection

Cat Stevenson- Tea for the Tillerman

Led Zeppelin- Houses of the Holy

The Who- Who's Next (remaster w/ bonus tracks)

[atquinn]

Instrumental: Steve Morse - High Tension Wires

Power Pop: The Grays - Roshambo, Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend

Alternative: Radiohead - OK Computer

-Austin

[edgar_allan_poe]

Queen - A Night at the Opera

+1

Bad Company - Bad Company

AC/DC - Back in Black

[Brooks]

scofield - a go go

beck - wired

zep - physical graffitti

sabs - sabbath bloody sabbath

VH - fair warning

ac dc - highway to hell

[serial]

Van Halen 1-Duh

Highway to Hell-AC/DC

Electric-The Cult

Girlfriend-Matthew Sweet

Gotta give some props to Cheap Trick's 1st lp too.

[gwayne]

Led Zep II

[Guest hectorp2]

XTC: Oranges and Lemons

Squeeze: Babylon and On

Beatles: The American version of Revolver

Mountain: Climbing

Johnny Winter: Progressive Blues Experiment/Second Winter

Tony Williams: Lifetime (with Holdsworth)

Jimi Hendrix: Are you Experienced

Adrian Belew: Here

Gentle Giant: Octopus/Three Friends

Jeff Beck: Truth/Beckola/Who Else?

[Jason01]

Queensryche- Operation Mindcrime

Van Halen - 5150

Extreme- s/t

Metallica- Master of puppets

Joe Satriani- The Extremist

Ozzy- The Ultimate Sin

SRV- In Step

[eightyfour]

Van Halen I - my personal favorite for the second by second guitar woody, with not a single dead spot on the whole record.

[jujisque]

Queen - A Night at the Opera

+1

Bad Company - Bad Company

AC/DC - Back in Black

+1 to all of those

Steely Dan - Royal Scam

Beatles - Revolver

SRV - Couldn't Stand the Weather

Stevie Wonder - Music of my Mind (ok, so this one doesn't have a ton of guitar)

[Buzzy Fretts]

Tull: Aqualung

Who: Whos Next

Zep: Zep II

Beatles: Abby Road

Hendrix: Are you Experienced

Jeck Beck: Wired

Yes: Close to the Edge

Pat Metheny: This Way Up

Pink Floyd: Division Bell

Neil Young: Harvest

[belikerick]

A Steve Kimock compilation I put together from legal downloads off the Web.

I know I'm old school but that is NOT an album. Also greatest hits albums are bogus too. JMO

+1

Hendrix - Are You Experienced?

Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend

VH - VH

AC/DC - Back in Black

Led Zep II

PLUS...

Sabbath - Black Sabbath/Paranoid/Master of Reality

The Cars - Candy-O

Joe Bonamassa - Blues Deluxe

Derek and the Dominos - Layla and ...

Satriani - Surfing with the Alien

Billy Idol - Rebel Yell

Meat Puppets - Huevos

[mudshark]

Derek and the Dominoes - Layla

Jimi Henrix - Band of Gypsies

Danny Gatton - Cruisin Deuces, Redneck Jazz Explosion

Joe Maphis - Fire on the Strings

Merle Travis - Walkin' the Strings

Chuck Berry - The Great 28

The Best of Freddie King

Allman Brothers Band - Live At the Fillmore East

Albert Lee - Speechless

Little Feat - Waiting For Columbus, Sailin' Shoes

Stratosphere Boogie - The Flaming Guitars of Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West

[belgian]

The one I bought at least 5 copies of since I discovered it, and pops up on my turntable/cd-player every month since more than 25 years is...

Midnight Blue from Kenny Burrell

[SirDouglas]

Rush - any album

Cheap Trick - cheap trick and all shook up

Kiss - Rock and Roll Over

Saliva - Every 6 Seconds

Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage

Cream - any

Black Sabbath - Paranoid and The Mob Rules

Beatles - Any

Ted Nugent - any

Sir Douglas

Randy

[jwhitcomb3]

The Cars - The Cars

The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight

Frank Zappa - Apostrophe/Overnite Sensation

A.C. Newman - The Slow Wonder

The Cavedogs - Joy Rides for Shut-ins

Big Star - #1 Record/Radio City

Francine - 40 on a Fall Day

Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

Half Perfect (best album sides, and yes I know this dates me):

X - More Fun in the New World (side 1)

Psychedelic Furs - Mirror Moves (side 1)

-Jonathan

[Guest teefus2]

jazzy guitar hero stuf - bill connors "step it"

college type alternative - the church "starfish"

[silentman]

Dream Theater - Images and Words, Awake, Scenes From a Memory

Journey - Escape

Queensryche - Op: Mindcrime, Rage for Order