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that is a perfect record, Tourist, I fully agree.

I think that David Sylvian's 'Secrets of the Beehive' is another perfect record.

I listen to all of Bill's lately as albums and I can think of five of his -- off the top -- that are perfection, 'Northern Dreamer', 'Modern Music', 'Alchemical Adventures of Sailor Bill', 'Here Comes Mr. Mercury', 'Theatre Of Falling Leaves', 'Clocks & Dials', 'Model Village' and 'Fancy Planets.'

Can't stick to just one.

I've got lots of other records that I think are perfection all the way through:

'13' - Lee Hazlewood
'Code' - Cabaret Voltaire
'Creach' - The Ku-Ling Bros
'Catch A Fire', 'Exodus' - Bob Marley & The Wailers
'Electric Warrior' - T-Rex
'Darkness' - Maki Asakawa
'In The Future' - Pablo Moses
'Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus' - Vince Guaraldi
'Pet Sounds', 'Wild Honey', 'Friends', '20/20', 'Surf's Up', 'Landlocked' - The Beach Boys
'Bananamour', 'Whatevershebringswesing' - Kevin Ayers
'Gilberto with Turrentine' - Astrud Gilberto and Stanley Turrentine
'Time Out' - The Dave Brubeck Quintet
'Sweet Exorcist' - Curtis Mayfield
'Allegory & Self', 'Dreams Less Sweet', 'Move The Hand of Chance' - Psychic TV
'December Poems' - Gary Peacock
'Tonspuren', 'Ding' - Dieter Moebius
'Gentlemen Take Polaroids' - Japan
'Paris 1919' - John Cale
'Forever Changes', 'Four Sail', 'Out Here' 'Black Beauty' - Arthur Lee & Love
'Vanishing Point' - Primal Scream
'Elvis' Golden Records' - Elvis Presley
'Is This Desire?' - PJ Harvey
'Jardin Au Fou' - Hans-Joachim Roedelius
'Cluster & Eno' - Cluster & Eno
'After The Heat' - Moebius, Roedelius, Eno
'Zuckerzeit', 'Sowiesoso', 'Qua' - Cluster
'Ralf and Florian', 'Radio Activity' - Kraftwerk
'Before & After Science', 'Music for Films', 'Another Green World' - Brian Eno
'Countdown to Ecstasy' - Steely Dan
'S.F. Sorrow' - The Pretty Things
'Sell Out' - The Who
'Playboy Playgirl', 'Romantic 96', 'Happy End of the World' - Pizzicato Five
'Conversations With Myself' - Bill Evans
'Homogenic', 'Post' - Björk
'Melting Face' - Peter Gabriel
'Rubber Soul', 'Magical Mystery Tour', 'The White Album', 'Abbey Road' - The Beatles
'Bitches Brew', 'A Kind of Blue', 'Get Up With It,' 'Dark Magus' and 'Big Fun' - Miles Davis
'Giant Steps', 'A Love Supreme' - John Coltrane
'Piper At The Gates of Dawn' - Pink Floyd
'The Madcap Laughs', 'Barrett' - Syd Barrett
'Histoire de Melodie Nelson' - Serge Gainsbourg
'The Hissing of Summer Lawns' by Joni Mitchell is perfect.
'Low', 'Heroes', 'Lodger' - David Bowie
'Avalon' by Roxy Music
'The Black Album', 'Crucial', 'Diamonds And Pearls', and 'Parade' by Prince
'Off The Wall' - Michael Jackson
'Innervisions' and 'The Secret Life of Plants' by Stevie Wonder
'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road', 'Captain Fantastic and the Browndirt Cowboy' - Elton John
'Ram' by Paul McCartney
'Plastic Ono Band' by John Lennon
'Tubeway Army', 'Replicas', 'The Pleasure Principle', 'Telekon', 'Dance' and 'Warriors' by Gary Numan
'The Shape of Things' - John Foxx and the Maths
'Metamatic' - John Foxx
'Systems of Romance' - Ultravox
'What's Going On?' - Marvin Gaye
'The Concrete Twin' - Mick Karn
'Coincidence Music' - Haruomi Hosono
'B2 Unit' - Ryuichi Sakamoto
'What Me Worry?' 'Always A Fool', 'Poisson d'avril' - Yukihiro Takahashi

'Avalon Sutra / As Long as I Can Hold My Breath', 'By Dawn's Early Light' and 'Pavilion of Dreams' by Harold Budd are perfect.

'Sunday's Child' by John Martyn is perfection all the way through.

'Five Leaves Left', 'Bryter Layter' and 'Pink Moon' by Nick Drake are perfection and so is

'Mr. Gone' '8:30' by Weather Report, along with

'Tiny Bubbles' by Don Ho.

'Cheap At Half The Price' and 'Guitar Solos' by Fred Frith are both perfect.

'Greener Postures', 'Manual of Errors' and 'Night of Desireable Objects' by Snakefinger are perfect records and so is

'Commercial Album' and 'Not Available' by The Residents = perfection.

There are a few there alec that i would definitely agree with!

And I think we probably share the dilemma, EERO, of thinking of half-perfect albums or albums that contain a few perfect songs!

A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
Birds Of fire - The Mahavishnu Orchestra
A Black Box - Peter Hammill
Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
Still Life - VDGG
Pink Moon - Nick Drake
A Kick Inside - Kate Bush
Tallis Fantasia - Vaughan Williams (not an album as such but a perfect "track")

Those I own.

Thought you might

M.S. Subbulakshmi - 'Meera Bhajans'
Pharoah Sanders - 'Thembi', 'Karma'
McCoy Tyner - 'Focal Point'
Elvin Jones - 'Mr. Jones'
Miles Davis - 'Milestones', 'Sketches of Spain'
George Harrison - 'Wonderwall Music'
The Bee Gees - 'Odessa'
Scott Walker - 'Scott 4', 'Climate of Hunter'
Steve Jansen - 'Slope'

Must check out the Elvin and McCoy albums - thanks

Hell yes.