Saturday, June 22, 2019

5-Star Albums

So, here's a close-to but still not 100% definitive list of perfect 5-star albums, mostly all-of found on my 5-star ratings on rateyourmusic.com (clicking on the 2nd-4th pages shows the other 3-pages-worth of albums).

I wanted to publish this for a few reasons. Maybe the 1st being it seems people ask for favorite all-time albums or albums list, or I refer to them, and have type-out or LINK my rym page.

Well here's a not too extensively long list.

The list is in chronological order, so not ranked.

And that is one of the other reasons;

63 albums

3 live albums (Yessongs, Live at the Roxy, Live at the Troubadour)
2 compilations that I kind of consider 1 (Nuts and Bolts)
2 releases, released the same day I sort of consider 1 (Bath and Leaving Your Body Map)

subtracting the 3 live albums and counting each of those others as 1 instead of 2, there are
62 5-star releases.

And I see the top 3 as kind of a definitive top 3:
Brave
The Shaming of the True
Blood Moon

But among the other 59, I have a hard time ranking them. So for me to figure out a Top 10 albums, it's usually those 3 and any 7 out of those 59 others.

But this entry hopefully will serve a 1-stop-shop LINK to refer others to. I may try and put it up on rym as well.

I would love-to, and maybe of course with time, try and do 4.5-star list and even some day an epic 4-star. With the artwork? eh, only if it were in multiple entries.

These also would potentially be good YouTube videos (physical item/props hopefully and with my music collection finally coming out of storage in a matter of days, the hope to do that soon may not be too far away = maybe August/September/October?)

Also 5-star Movies? that may be something to look at soon..

The Beatles, holding marching band instruments and wearing colourful uniforms, stand near a grave covered with flowers that spell "Beatles". Standing behind the band are several dozen famous people.
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

The cover of Abbey Road has no printed words. It is a photo of the Beatles, in side view, crossing the street in single file.
The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969)

Thick As A Brick / 1972 - Vinyl.
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick (1972)

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Genesis - Foxtrot (1972)

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Yes - Yessongs (1973)

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Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973)

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Genesis - Selling England by the Pound (1973)

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Jerry Goodman and Jan Hammer - Like Children (1974)

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Yes - Relayer (1974)

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Queen - A Night at the Opera (1975)

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Jack Lancaster and Robin Lumley - Marscape (1976)

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Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior (1976)

An image of the Battersea Power Station in England, where a giant pig can be seen flying between its left chimneys.
Pink Floyd - Animals (1977)

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Rush - A Farewell to Kings (1977)

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Rush - Hemispheres (1978)

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Yes - Drama (1980)

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Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)

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Marillion - Clutching at Straws (1987)

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King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)

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Toy Matinee - Toy Matinee (1990)

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Toy Matinee - Live at the Roxy (1991)

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Dream Theater - Images and Words (1992)

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Jellyfish - Spilt Milk (1993)

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Galactic Cowboys - Space in Your Face (1993)

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Marillion - Brave (1994)

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Dream Theater - Awake (1994)

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Kevin Gilbert - Thud (1995)

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Marillion - Afraid of Sunlight (1995)

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Angra - Holy Land (1996)

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Soundscape - Discovery (1997)

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Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray (1997)

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Kevin Gilbert - The Shaming of the True (2000)

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Call Florence Pow - These Are the Plans (2000)

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Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element I (2000)

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Ours - Distorted Lullabies (2001)

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maudlin of the Well - Bath (2001)

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maudlin of the Well - Leaving Your Body Map (2001)

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Transatlantic - Bridge Across Forever (2001)

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Call Florence Pow - The Strange Situation (2002)

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Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane (2002)

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Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002)

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dredg - El Cielo (2002)

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John Arch - A Twist of Fate (2003)

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Menomena - I Am the Fun Blame Monster (2003)

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Marillion - Marbles (2004)

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The Receiving End of Sirens - Between the Heart and the Synapse (2005)

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Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV: Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)

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Kaddisfly - Set Sail the Prairie (2007)

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The Dear Hunter - Act II: The Meaning of, and All Things Regarding Ms. Leading (2007)

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Between the Buried and Me - Colors (2007)

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Apes and Androids - Blood Moon (2008)

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Ours - Mercy (Dancing for the Death of an Imaginary Enemy) (2008)

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Bend Sinister - Stories of Brothers, Tales of Lovers (2008)

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The Stiletto Formal - ¡Fiesta, Fiesta, Fiesta, Fiesta! (2008)

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Soundscape - Grave New World (2009)

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Kevin Gilbert - Bolts (2009)

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Kevin Gilbert - Nuts (2009)

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Kevin Gilbert - Welcome To Joytown - Thud: Live At Troubadour (2009)

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The River Empires - The River Empires (Epilogue) (2010)

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Hotel of the Laughing Tree - Terror and Everything After (2011)

Cover for the "complete edition", featuring the full project.
The Dear Hunter - The Color Spectrum: The Complete Collection (2011)

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Pepe Deluxé - Queen of the Wave (2012)

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Small Leaks Sink Ships - Face Yourself, and Remove Your Sandals (2015)