Best complete album

[unleasHell]

always liked Unknown Pleasures better than Closer...

as far as releases without a clunker on them, how about:

Ziggy Stardust: by you know who
Cave Down to Earth: Far East Family Band
Mirage: Camel
Madness: Madness
Eloy: Floating
Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick

[Dusty Chalk]

I think it's a step beyond all-killer-no-filler. There's something about several albums that have been mentioned here:

Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Marillion, Misplaced Childhoold
Jethro Tull, A Passion Play, Thick as a Brick
Dream Theater, Scenes from a Memory

etc. that just require one to listen to them in their entirety.

Mine:

Slowdive, Just for a Day
Tool, Lateralus
Shotgun Messiah, Violent New Breed
Skinny Puppy, Too Dark Park (although I usually resequence it as 6-10,1-5)
most live albums (Rush's All the World's a Stage comes to mind as one I would never play in anything less than its entirety)

[Bernd]

always liked Unknown Pleasures better than Closer...

as far as releases without a clunker on them, how about:

Ziggy Stardust: by you know who
Cave Down to Earth: Far East Family Band
Mirage: Camel
Madness: Madness
Eloy: Floating
Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick

Hey-an Eloy man. I like it. How about Eloy-The Planets that's a great album.

Like your selection

A couple more that have not been mentioned without a filler:

Stan Ridgeway-Mosquitos
Lou Reed-New York
Neil Young-This Note's for You
Christy Moore-Smoke and strong Whiskey
Martin Stephenson-Gladsome,Humour and Blue

Do you agree that in order to have a great complete album,the recording needs to be of a high quality too? My complete fav's. are all decent quality.

Peace

Bernd

[ForeverAutumn]

Also, as start to finish listens, is any of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra disks. Most of the songs will stand well on their own, but they just don't have the same impact without the flow of them all together.