Line Out - Comments on Perfect From Now On http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on So my friend Jasen says to me: "You should take a poll on Line Out about records people think are perfect. Mine's Elton John's Tumbleweed Connection." He said that album is 100% perfect, everything about it is exactly as it... Copyright 2008 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:40:29 -0800 Tue, 25 Dec 2007 05:47:36 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by christopher hong Wire - Pink Flag
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
David Bowie - Aladdin Sane

]]> christopher hong http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880515 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880515 Album Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:47:44 -0800 Comment by cosby obvious choice:
radiohead 'ok computer'

relatively unknown choice:
bows 'blush'
(this album is seamless, from the fantastic packaging to an unfolding series of concepts that aren't apparent upon the first listen. it's available at pretty much every used cd store - though it took me over a year to find it originally.)

does it count?:
coldcut 'journeys by dj'
(best dj mix ever period.)

]]> cosby http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880519 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880519 Album Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:49:31 -0800 Comment by cosby 'pink flag' is a REALLY good pick, i was thinking about it myself. is anyone else really not feeling the rest of the wire catalog though? i think i have given up on trying to understand "smart music" - i'd much rather listen to 'pink flag' a million times rather than 'chairs missing' once again.

]]> cosby http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880526 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880526 Album Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:51:58 -0800 Comment by A 'Buhloone Mindstate', 'Angeldust', 'Tago Mago', 'Bone Machine'

]]> A http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880536 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880536 Album Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:00:14 -0800 Comment by terry miller A-ha - Hunting High And Low

not a single bad song on the whole album. It got me through junior high/high school.

]]> terry miller http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880539 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880539 Album Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:03:24 -0800 Comment by Paulus @4 "Buhloone Mindstate" is pretty damn amazing. I never understood why people would want to listen to Quest when you could listen to De La.

]]> Paulus http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880544 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880544 Album Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:09:39 -0800 Comment by Jeff Kirby pink moon by nick drake
ys by joanna newsom
until your heart stops by cave in

]]> Jeff Kirby http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880563 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880563 Album Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:29:27 -0800 Comment by left coast Nevermind (not being ironic), Ten (repeat, not being ironic), Surfer Rosa, Hatful of Hollow (I don't care, it's hardly a compilation).

]]> left coast http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880584 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880584 Album Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:45:20 -0800 Comment by Peknuld Ys, What's Going On

]]> Peknuld http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880585 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880585 Album Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:45:53 -0800 Comment by left coast Wish You Were Here.

]]> left coast http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880589 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880589 Album Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:47:09 -0800 Comment by Katelyn Rebecca St. James -- "God"
(Being Ironic)
(Still though, that was the first cd I ever owned. I'm positive I could still sing along to every single Christian Alt Rock song on that album. As far as 11 yr old Katelyn was concerned, it was perfect.)

]]> Katelyn http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880649 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880649 Album Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:39:27 -0800 Comment by Ben First ones that come to mind for me:
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Spiderland - Slint
Repeater - Fugazi
You Forgot It In People - BSS
Pinback - 1st album
Tortoise - 1st album

...I'd probably add more than a couple Radiohead albums, maybe Weezer's Blue album even.

I like the Bows 'Blush' pick by Cosby too-- that record IS way overlooked.

]]> Ben http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880651 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880651 Album Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:42:44 -0800 Comment by Brian Ys, I See a Darkness, Rain Dogs. And I really wanted to pick any one of Springsteen's first four records, but I can't quite justify it.

]]> Brian http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880658 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880658 Album Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:52:29 -0800 Comment by christopher hong @2 Chairs Missing has some great songs on it, "Outdoor Miner" is a great abbreviated pop song and there's something about the droning "I am the Fly," that I am really taken by. I can totally understand why someone who liked Pink Flag would hate any of the albums that came afterwards. I really like the atmosphere and (relative) minimalism of Chairs Missing and 154-- and taken as a clump, in the span of a few years Wire were ahead of the curve, making really excellent post-punk and new wave-ish records before they were genres unto themselves. After 154 though, I've largely ignored the rest of the catalog. When I was first getting into them I mistakenly bought an industrial-ish noise thing by them from the '90s that was pretty bad.

I also may change my vote for perfect David Bowie album to 'Hunky Dory."

]]> christopher hong http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880661 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880661 Album Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:56:04 -0800 Comment by Danniel There Will Be Blood Tonight - The Divorce
There's Nothing Wrong With Love - Built To Spill

]]> Danniel http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880679 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880679 Album Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:10:58 -0800 Comment by I'm a Nuclear Bomb LCD - Sound of Silver
HaloBenders - God Don't Make No Junk
New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
Caustic Resin - Fly Me to the Moon
Can - Soundtracks
Yo La Tengo - Electro-pura

]]> I'm a Nuclear Bomb http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880712 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880712 Album Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:52:09 -0800 Comment by segal Miles Davis - On the Corner
Kraftwerk - Computer World
Et Cetera - Et Cetera
Can - Future Days
Funkadelic - Funkadelic
Terry Riley - In C

]]> segal http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880714 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880714 Album Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:54:14 -0800 Comment by cosby a few more:

portishead 'portishead'
public enemy 'fear of a black planet'
this mortal coil 'it'll end in tears'

+ it doesn't count because it's a compilation:

the buzzcocks 'singles going steady'

]]> cosby http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880810 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880810 Album Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:04:38 -0800 Comment by cosby @ 17:
'maggot brain' by funkadelic is a must have if you've not heard it. this would be an applicable perfect / near perfect album as well.

]]> cosby http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880812 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880812 Album Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:06:09 -0800 Comment by Jeff Kirby Getz/Gilberto

]]> Jeff Kirby http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880822 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880822 Album Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:18:29 -0800 Comment by MK Sigur Ros - (), Takk
Pearl Jam - VS, Ten
Two Gallants - What The Toll Tells
Radiohead - The Bends
The Beatles - Let It Be
Pink Floyd - Darkside, WYWH, Animals
Led Zeppelin - I, IV
Elliott Smith - Any Album
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
Nirvana - Nevermind, Unplugged
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary
The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
Tool - Lateralus
Wolfmother - Wolmother
Alice In Chains - Unplugged
Muse - Absolution
Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump
APC - Mer De Noms
Weezer - Album
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Built To Spill - You In Reverse
DCFC - Transatlanticism

]]> MK http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880848 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880848 Album Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:18:34 -0800 Comment by parkman wolf parade - apologies for the queen mary

]]> parkman http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880923 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c880923 Album Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:41:35 -0800 Comment by bunnypuncher #7 - I feel you on Until Your Heart Stops. I would also include Jupiter on my list.

]]> bunnypuncher http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881258 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881258 Album Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:05:28 -0800 Comment by euro speedo stereolab 'dots and loops'

tortoise 'tnt'

]]> euro speedo http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881380 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881380 Album Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:47:47 -0800 Comment by blip um, no you guys are all wrong. The perfect records are as follows...

Fleetwood Mac, Rumors
Bruce Springsteen, Nebraska
Willie Nelson, Red Headed Stranger
Daft Punk, Homework
...and more recently
LCD Soundsystem, Sound of Silver

Duh.

]]> blip http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881413 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881413 Album Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:38:38 -0800 Comment by fortoday Theres a few elvis costello records but "Get Happy!" is way way up there for me

]]> fortoday http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881415 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881415 Album Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:39:53 -0800 Comment by Schneid There are some close calls but no perfect albums for me.

Near-misses:

OK Computer except for the annoying spoken-word bit.

London Calling except for a couple songs.

Can's say I love all of Pink Flag, but "Reuters" is so great that it smoothes over other imperfections. Same rule applies for "Cold, Cold Ground" from Frank's Wild Years.

]]> Schneid http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881421 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881421 Album Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:44:17 -0800 Comment by Hernandez Televison "Marquee Moon"
Misfits "Walk Among Us"

AND, one that probably no one will agree with me on:

Midnight Oil "Head Injuries"

]]> Hernandez http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881483 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881483 Album Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:37:28 -0800 Comment by jz outkast, aquemini
flaming lips, the soft bulletin
public enemy, fear of a black planet
wilco, yhf
pearl jam, vs
de la soul, stakes is high
tribe called quest, low end theory
led zeppelin, houses of the holy

]]> jz http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881523 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881523 Album Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:57:10 -0800 Comment by christopher hong @23 Jupiter is a great sounding album, but has some silly ass lyrics, "Hey candycane brain?"

John Coltrane - Giant Steps
Smog - Knock Knock
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak

In the "it doesn't count b/c it's a comp" category: Mice - For Almost Ever Scooter
Fela Kuti - Best Best of Fela Kuti

]]> christopher hong http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881574 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881574 Album Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:28:59 -0800 Comment by cosby @29:
not that this is the comment string to post this, but:

'midnight marauders' is a better album than 'low end theory'. both are great, but 'midnight marauders' has slightly better production and is much more cohesive as one piece of work; at points 'low end' feels a little disjointed.

@30:
'best of fela kuti' is solid. for my own personal taste, i would say 'shakara' is his best single album. it's an unbelievably sexist album, but is as heavy as any funk album from the same mid-70's time period. 'shakara' is like kuti's 'the payback'.

]]> cosby http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881582 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881582 Album Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:35:59 -0800 Comment by Abby Bauhaus- In the Flat Field
The Cure- Disintegration
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists- Hearts of Oak

]]> Abby http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881599 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881599 Album Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:56:34 -0800 Comment by nipper Fuck, I'm sorry this list is SO exhaustive, but I CAN be a lover not a griper!!! Sometimes that is!

Electric Music For The Mind & Body - Country Joe & The Fish
SF Sorrow - Pretty Things
Tomorrow - Tomorrow
Skip Bifferty - Skip Bifferty
Vincebus Eruptum - Blue Cheer
Forever Changes - Love
Mad River - Mad River
The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Arthur Brown
Rolling Stones - Rolling Stones/Englands Newest
Odessey & Oracle - Zombies
Bee Gees First - Bee Gees
The Pink Floyd - Piper @ Gates (UK vers)
Outside The Law - Epitaph
Mercator Projected - East Of Eden
S/T - The Gun
S/T - New York Dolls
Backdoor Men - Shadows Of Knight
The Psych Sound Of The...- 13th Floor Elevators
Star Booty - Bitch Magnet
Rites Of Spring - Rites Of Spring
In This Life - Articles Of Faith
Eye For An Eye - COC
S/T - Die Kreuzen
Dial 'M' for Motherfucker - Pussy Galore
Damned Damned Damned - Damned
Milo Goes To College - The Descendents
The Real Kids - Real Kids
Play Their Own Records - The Mummies

]]> nipper http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881633 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881633 Album Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:26:29 -0800 Comment by jz cosby--you may be right. but i like low end theory better. its all about ron carter on the bass.

]]> jz http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881668 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881668 Album Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:57:58 -0800 Comment by Dougsf #14 - agree with your assessment of Wire.

I was thinking just the other day "this is a record that is completely perfect", but I totally forget what I was listening to now damnit, so off the top of my head...

The Scruffs - Meet the Scruffs
The Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society and ALMOST Victoria as well

]]> Dougsf http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881896 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881896 Album Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:14:09 -0800 Comment by Dougsf Also, what Nipper said (mostly)

]]> Dougsf http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881898 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881898 Album Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:15:20 -0800 Comment by Abe yeah, no kidding Nipper. Interesting how 3 Can albums were named but not Ege Bamyasi, I remember a High Fidelity-esque conversation between record store clerks saying "that's all you need to listen to from Can". I wouldn't mind adding "Soon Over Babaluma" to the list. Where there any live albums up there? How about NOFX "I Heard They Suck Live"? Seriously.

]]> Abe http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881912 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881912 Album Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:28:23 -0800 Comment by Jasen Chris - Well done with Born to run.

Segal - I just picked up On the Corner last week. Brilliant!

Abby - I absolutely love TL/RX, but Hearts of Oak is taken out of the running due to the sonic abomination that kicks the album off. So close, Ted. So close.

]]> Jasen http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881956 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881956 Album Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:58:46 -0800 Comment by kebabs Weezer, Pinkerton
Several Beatles albums, but I'll go with Abbey Road
U2, Achtung Baby
Shins, Chutes Too Narrow
The Clash (US version)

]]> kebabs http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881967 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c881967 Album Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:21:29 -0800 Comment by jeb666 Black Sabbath - Born Again

]]> jeb666 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c882008 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c882008 Album Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:36:42 -0800 Comment by Paulus JZ - Never really felt Quest. They just seemed so repetitive and monotonous. Especially when contrasted with Prince Paul's everything-including-the-kitchen-sink production on Bulhoone, I never found a reason to listen to them.

]]> Paulus http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c882027 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c882027 Album Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:11:56 -0800 Comment by Flossie OK Computer is a perfect album.

]]> Flossie http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c882047 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c882047 Album Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:37:30 -0800 Comment by segal Dial 'M' for Motherfucker - Pussy Galore

My respect for you just skyrocketed, Nipper.

But as much as I love Forever Changes, that damned "Old Man" mars it. Not perfect.

I should've included SF Sorrow, too. Flawless.

]]> segal http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c882077 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c882077 Album Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:53:22 -0800 Comment by mattereaterlad B1000 by guided by voices.

]]> mattereaterlad http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c882249 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c882249 Album Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:53:13 -0800 Comment by rob 1) bruce springsteen- "nebraska"
2) radiohead- "kid a"
3) reindeer section- "son of an evil reindeer"
4) talk talk- "laughing stock"
5) wilco- "being there" (flaws and all)

]]> rob http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c882279 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c882279 Album Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:56:16 -0800 Comment by kelly CAN - Soon over Babaluma
Radiohead - Kid A; OK Computer
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient works II
Henryk Gorecki - Symphony No. 3
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Steve Reich - Drumming
Fugazi - Red Medicine
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
Brian Eno - Music for Airports
The Books - The Lemon of Pink

]]> kelly http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c882378 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c882378 Album Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:19:11 -0800 Comment by the boognish GOD. WEEN. SATAN.

]]> the boognish http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c882699 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/perfect_from_now_on#c882699 Album Tue, 25 Dec 2007 05:47:36 -0800