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Great albums from start to finish.

Easily:

The White Stripes - ELEPHANT
KISS - Dressed To Kill
Danzig - Danzig II: Lucifuge
Manowar - Kings of Metal
James Horner - Krull
Clint Mansell - The Fountain
Christopher Young - Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - All The Roadrunning

There are others but I need time to think about it.
 
Off the top of my head...

Pearl Jam - Ten
Social Distortion - Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
U2 - Achtung Baby
Green Day - Insomniac
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come
 
Two MUSE albums:
* Origin of Symmetry (spotify:album:1AP6uGYHdakRgwuWQsP5pK)
* HAARP (spotify:album:2EcBoQ1Hb39hgSUEgrtR3j)

Great ones!
 
Streetlight Manifesto - Everything goes numb, somewhere in the between.
Catch 22 - Keasbey Nights
Enter Shikari - Take to the skyes
Rancid - ...And out come the wolves, Indestructible
Bad Religion - How could hell be any worse
Gaslight anthem - Sink or swim, the '59 sound.

Just some favorites of mine...
 
Counting Crows - August and Everything After
REM - End of Time
Any of The Smiths albums.
 
MacRy said:
Ooh I didn't know that. Day after my birthday...I sense a present on the horizon :)
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Wow. Same here.


I'd like to contribute:

Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends~Coldplay
American Idiot~Green Day
Black Holes and Revelations~Muse
The Cool~Lupe Fiasco
Food And Liquor~Lupe Fiasco
 
IgnatiusTheKing said:
Off the top of my head...

Pearl Jam - Ten
Social Distortion - Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
U2 - Achtung Baby
Green Day - Insomniac
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come
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Ahh...beat me to it! I was surprised not to see Pearl Jam's Ten on the first page. A few others that I consider noteworthy include:

- Dave Matthews Band: Under the Table and Dreaming
- Radiohead: Kid A
- Death Cab for Cutie: Plans

&

- Incubus: Morning View
 
Topher15 said:
Lost in Translation OST
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Good recommendation. The best song on that soundtrack, in my opinion, is MBV - Sometimes, which originally comes from another outstanding album:

My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

One of the most outstanding albums of the past two decades actually, in my opinion.


Some other excellent albums that came to mind:
Neil Young - Decade
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Elliott Smith - Figure 8
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F#A#infinity
Brian Eno - Another Green World
David Bowie - Space Oddity
The Harder They Come OST

edit -- agreed on The Bends being a noteworthy album, as well. I've been shunned for calling it Radiohead's best album to date.

edit #2 -- Clint Mansell's soundtrack for The Fountain is another excellent album, good call on that one.
 
Topher15 said:
Recommend albums that you can listen straight through without skipping a track.

I'll add:

Forever Changes - Love
Lost in Translation OST
The La's - The La's

And I've recently been listening to these two in their entirety:

Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb - U2
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I'm delighted to see one of my own personal favourites here - Arthur Lee's (ie Love's ) wonderful album "Forever Changes"; one of my all time favourites and terrific for listening to from start to finish.

Likewise, Melrose has also mentioned Pink Martini, another of my favourites. I love Hang On Little Tomato, but listen to Symapthique from start to finish as well; it's a great album. I'm with Melrose on Pink Floyd, Enya and Enigma too (Cross of Changes is an amazing album, listen to that straight through). A recent favourite of mine is Pepe and the Bottle Blondes - Late Night Betty, a lovely album from start to finish. Go listen, sheer bliss.

Cheers
 
Let's see..... in no particular order, here are some that I found from scanning my library:

The Joel Plaskett Emergency ~ Ashtray Rock
Arcade Fire ~ Funeral
Pink Floyd ~ Animals
Frank Zappa ~ Apostrophe/Overnight Sensation
Frank Zappa ~ Hot Rats
The Tragically Hip ~ In Violet Light
Bob Dylan ~ Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan ~ Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan ~ Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan ~ Infidels
Neil Young ~ After The Goldrush
Neil Young ~ Live Rust
Wyclef Jean ~ The Carnival
King Khan & The Shrines ~ The Supreme Genius of.....
David Bowie ~ Ziggy Stardust
The New Pornographers ~ Challengers
Sam Roberts ~ Chemical City
Beastie Boys ~ Ill Communication
Radiohead ~ OK Computer
Phish ~ Rift
The Beatles ~ Rubber Soul


Wow.... I guess I've got some good albums.....:cool:

It doesn't surprise me though. I'm very much an album kind of music consumer. I really never (maybe once or twice) have bought a single song.
 
Notorious BIG - Ready To Die
Nas - Illmatic
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
2pac - Me Against the World
(would almost suggest 2pac - All Eyez on Me but there are like 2 or 3 songs on disc 1 that I don't care too much for)
All 5 System of a Down CDs
Offspring - Americana
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
Sublime - Selftitled
 
Some good albums listed.....

Depeche Mode - Violator
Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
Dead By Sunrise - Out Of Ashes
Offspring - Splinter

There's probably more, but these are the ones that are always sync'd and always listened to whole....
 
A lot of good stuff has been mentioned so far.

+1 to:
Pearl Jam - "Ten"
Enigma - "MCMXC A.D."
Weezer - "Weezer" (The Blue Album)
Snoop Dog - "Doggystyle"
Counting Crows - "August & Everything After"
Beastie Boys - "Licensed to ill"

Some I would add:
The Black Crowes - "Shake Your Money Maker"
Run D.M.C. - "Raising Hell"
Tom Petty - "Full Moon Fever"

That's all I can think of for now. :)
 
Abstract said:
My post was awesome from start to finish, but you must have disagreed, since you didn't make it all the way through. ;)
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Haha no I agree with most all of the albums you listed. I don't know how I saw past your inclusion of PJ's Ten :eek:

I really like Coldplay's Parachutes and Fleet Foxes self-titled record as well :D
 
Forever Changes - Love
Lost in Translation - OST
The La's - The La's
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb - U2

I'll add some more to mine:

Magic and Medicine - The Coral
Roots and Echoes - The Coral
The Invisible Invasion - The Coral
Is This It - The Strokes
Room On Fire - The Strokes
Tenacious D - Tenacious D
Whatever People Day I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys
A Rush of Blood To The Head - Coldplay
Rockferry - Duffy
Twentysomething - Jamie Cullum
Travelling Without Moving - Jamiroquai
Youth & Young Manhood - Kings of Leon
Inside In/Inside Out - The Kooks
Off The Wall - Michael Jackson
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
Feels Like Home - Norah Jones
Don't Believe The Truth - Oasis
The Masterplan - Oasis
What's The Story (Morning Glory) - Oasis
By The Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Ogdens Nut Gone Flake - The Small Faces
Spiders - Space
Performance and Cocktails - Stereophonics
 
Nine Inch Nails' The Fragile is the first one that comes to mind.

Others:

Godhead - Evolver
Disturbed - Believe **
Ill Nino - Confession
Korn - Issues
Lostprophets - Start Something**
No Motiv - Daylight Breaking
A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms
Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason, Dark Side of the Moon
Rise Against - Siren Song of the Counter Culture
Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe
10 Years - The Autumn Effect
Staind - Break the Cycle **
Three Days Grace - One-X
40 Below Summer - The Mourning After

**These albums have that extreme nostalgic effect where no matter where you are or what you're doing, you're taken back.
 
I listen to the majority of my albums from start to finish so its a little difficult for me to recommend any one over another but I'll try.

My vote is for
dredg - El Cielo

It is a progressive rock album that I feel needs to be heard in its entirety to fully appreciate.

They are, without a doubt, my favorite band.
 
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