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.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/50/Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band.jpg/220px-Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band.jpg)
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.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/42/Beatles_-_Abbey_Road.jpg/220px-Beatles_-_Abbey_Road.jpg)
The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969)
![Thick As A Brick / 1972 - Vinyl.](https://lastfm-img2.akamaized.net/i/u/770x0/790b5e1349fc4765c728b479115207e1.jpg#790b5e1349fc4765c728b479115207e1)
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick (1972)
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Genesis - Foxtrot (1972)
![Yessongs front cover.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c9/Yessongs_front_cover.jpg/220px-Yessongs_front_cover.jpg)
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.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/74/Pink_Floyd-Animals-Frontal.jpg/220px-Pink_Floyd-Animals-Frontal.jpg)
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)
![Marillion misplacedchildhood.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/68/Marillion_misplacedchildhood.jpg/220px-Marillion_misplacedchildhood.jpg)
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)
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Marillion - Clutching at Straws (1987)
![King's X Gretchen Goes to Nebraska.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/36/King%27s_X_Gretchen_Goes_to_Nebraska.jpg/220px-King%27s_X_Gretchen_Goes_to_Nebraska.jpg)
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)
![Dream Theater - Images and Words.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8d/Dream_Theater_-_Images_and_Words.jpg/220px-Dream_Theater_-_Images_and_Words.jpg)
Dream Theater - Images and Words (1992)
![Spilt Milk albumcover.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/51/Spilt_Milk_albumcover.jpg/220px-Spilt_Milk_albumcover.jpg)
Jellyfish - Spilt Milk (1993)
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Galactic Cowboys - Space in Your Face (1993)
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Marillion - Brave (1994)
![Dream Theater - Awake.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/65/Dream_Theater_-_Awake.jpg/220px-Dream_Theater_-_Awake.jpg)
Dream Theater - Awake (1994)
![Kevin Gilbert Thud.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1a/Kevin_Gilbert_Thud.jpg/220px-Kevin_Gilbert_Thud.jpg)
Kevin Gilbert - Thud (1995)
![Afraid-of-sunlight.jpeg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/73/Afraid-of-sunlight.jpeg/220px-Afraid-of-sunlight.jpeg)
Marillion - Afraid of Sunlight (1995)
![Angra Holy Land-f.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/93/Angra_Holy_Land-f.jpg/220px-Angra_Holy_Land-f.jpg)
Angra - Holy Land (1996)
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Soundscape - Discovery (1997)
![A pleasant shade of gray.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/A_pleasant_shade_of_gray.jpg/220px-A_pleasant_shade_of_gray.jpg)
Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray (1997)
![KG Shaming.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/74/KG_Shaming.jpg)
Kevin Gilbert - The Shaming of the True (2000)
![Call Florence Pow - These Are the Plans.jpg](https://lastfm-img2.akamaized.net/i/u/770x0/0e02187c306f54b571636d56972a85b9.jpg#0e02187c306f54b571636d56972a85b9)
Call Florence Pow - These Are the Plans (2000)
![POS-PerfectElement.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/POS-PerfectElement.jpg/220px-POS-PerfectElement.jpg)
Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element I (2000)
![Distortedlullabies.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Distortedlullabies.jpg/220px-Distortedlullabies.jpg)
Ours - Distorted Lullabies (2001)
![Bath (2001.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f0/Bath_%282001.jpg)
maudlin of the Well - Bath (2001)
![Leaving Your Body Map.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Leaving_Your_Body_Map.jpg/220px-Leaving_Your_Body_Map.jpg)
maudlin of the Well - Leaving Your Body Map (2001)
![TransAtlanticBridgeAcrossForever.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1d/TransAtlanticBridgeAcrossForever.jpg)
Transatlantic - Bridge Across Forever (2001)
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Call Florence Pow - The Strange Situation (2002)
![PainOfSalvation-RemedyLane.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9a/PainOfSalvation-RemedyLane.jpg)
Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane (2002)
![Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3d/Dream_Theater_-_Six_Degrees_of_Inner_Turbulence.jpg/220px-Dream_Theater_-_Six_Degrees_of_Inner_Turbulence.jpg)
Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002)
![Dredgelcielo.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7f/Dredgelcielo.jpg/220px-Dredgelcielo.jpg)
dredg - El Cielo (2002)
![Arch TwistofFate.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/Arch_TwistofFate.jpg/220px-Arch_TwistofFate.jpg)
John Arch - A Twist of Fate (2003)
![I Am the Fun Blame Monster! (Front Cover).png](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b5/I_Am_the_Fun_Blame_Monster%21_%28Front_Cover%29.png/220px-I_Am_the_Fun_Blame_Monster%21_%28Front_Cover%29.png)
Menomena - I Am the Fun Blame Monster (2003)
![Marillion-Marbles.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Marillion-Marbles.jpg/220px-Marillion-Marbles.jpg)
Marillion - Marbles (2004)
![Bthats.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/29/Bthats.jpg)
The Receiving End of Sirens - Between the Heart and the Synapse (2005)
![Good Apollo.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/59/Good_Apollo.jpg/220px-Good_Apollo.jpg)
Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV: Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
![SetSail.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5b/SetSail.jpg)
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)
![Colors1.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cb/Colors1.jpg/220px-Colors1.jpg)
Between the Buried and Me - Colors (2007)
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Apes and Androids - Blood Moon (2008)
![Mercy300x266.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3c/Mercy300x266.jpg/220px-Mercy300x266.jpg)
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.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a8/Thedearhunterthecolorspectrum.jpeg)
The Dear Hunter - The Color Spectrum: The Complete Collection (2011)
![Pepe DeluxΓ© - Queen of the Wave (cover).jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/97/Pepe_Delux%C3%A9_-_Queen_of_the_Wave_%28cover%29.jpg)
Pepe DeluxΓ© - Queen of the Wave (2012)
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Small Leaks Sink Ships - Face Yourself, and Remove Your Sandals (2015)