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Kayla
On 3/11/2016 at 2:36 PM, Tyler said:

There are some pretty low standards for a 'masterpiece' nowadays, it would seem. At least if this thread is anything to go by. Being a great album doesn't automatically make something a masterpiece. I wouldn't say Gaga has made a masterpiece at this stage and I've loved her since 2009. 

 

I agree, although Born This Way makes it into my personal list of masterpieces, and I admit I'm totally biased because it's simply my favorite Gaga album.
Of course, some of the actual "best" albums in the world are also albums I personally don't like, so when I made my list I was looking at the albums that I like and actively listen to, and then looking at those and determining which I think are truly "masterpieces."

To me a "masterpiece" album (based on my own personal tastes) isn't just a good album where I can enjoy every song. It's a cohesive album, a unique album, one with great sounds and great lyrics, an album that shows knowledgeable execution of an interesting concept. A "Masterpiece" album has to go above and beyond "Wow, this is a great song!" It needs definable merit. 

I really enjoy Animal by Kesha, Fly by the Dixie Chicks, and The Open Door by Evanescence, but I wouldn't consider them "masterpieces," y'know?

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PERFECTIONIST

Natalia Kills - Trouble

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Duella Dvil

The progression of True Blue and Like A Prayer tell a very emotional story and the subplots in each are wonderful. Dear Jessie to Oh Father is a subplot about her mother dying and her father spiraling into addiction. And also the way she kisses goodbye to the love not found in True Blue is beautiful.

Panic at the Disco a fever You Can't Sweat Out. The lyricism on this album is wonderful really Paints the picture of decay

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Sister

Too many from Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and David Bowie, The Velvet Underground, The Cult, Iggy Pop, search all of their discography and you'll find Gold.

HIM - Greatest Love Songs Vol 666

Richard Ashcroft - Alone With Everybody

Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster

Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence

 

The future's uncertain and the end is always near.
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mcphee

I think of each artist as having their own individual 'masterpiece'

Gaga - Born This Way

P!nk - Misundaztood

Britney - Circus

etc etc

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7 hours ago, Kayla said:

To me a "masterpiece" album (based on my own personal tastes) isn't just a good album where I can enjoy every song. It's a cohesive album, a unique album, one with great sounds and great lyrics, an album that shows knowledgeable execution of an interesting concept. A "Masterpiece" album has to go above and beyond "Wow, this is a great song!" It needs definable merit.

I absolutely agree. You summed it up perfectly. It has to be a cohesive work of art with concept, experimentation and an aim towards new territory; high-quality execution, whilst required, is not enough. A masterpiece should transcend the vast majority of high-quality work and standalone, incomparable to the other works. 

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TEANUS

The Fame Monster

ARTPOP

Drake - Nothing Was The Same

Michael Jackson - Bad, Dangerous

The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness

Def Leppard - Hysteria

Beyonce - BEYONCÉ

Off the top of my head

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Chump

Marilyn Manson: Antichrist Superstar, Mechanical Animals, Holy Wood

Radiohead: The Bends, OK Computer, In Rainbows

Nine Inch Nails: Pretty Hate Machine, Downward Spiral, The Fragile

Avenged Sevenfold: Blinded In Chains, Avenged Sevenfold

Gaga: TFM, Born This Way

Placebo: Without You I'm Nothing, Sleeping With Ghosts, Meds

Green Day: Warning

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Gaga: The Fame Mons†er,   Born This Way

Muse: Absolution,   Black Holes and Revelations

Lorde: Pure Heroine

Franz Ferdinand: Franz Ferdinand

The Hives: Tyrannosaurus Hives

 

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1. Ultraviolence - Lana Del Rey - Even though this album receives a decent amount of praise from people, I still feel like it's criminally underrated. It's by far her best album to date. She'll never top it.

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TRILL MONSTER

Madonna -confessions on a dance floor

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literally an album that every song is good

 

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the greatest electronic album ever made

 

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eargasm after eargasm 

 

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greatest rap album ever

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Galactastica

Adam and The Ants-Kings of the Wild Frontier

Regina Spektor-Soviet Kitsch

Rufus Wainwright-Poses

Sage Francis-Personal Journals

The Postal Service-Give Up

The Unicorns-Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? 

They Might Be Giants-Flood

Sia-1000 Forms of Fear

Tori Amos-Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos-From The Choirgirl Hotel

Yeah Yeah Yeah-Fever to Tell

 

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dannydevito
On 12/3/2016 at 11:03 AM, Haroon said:

No the only ones I've heard & bought are Hard Candy, MDNA, and Rebel Heart :spin: 

wow you literally grabbed the ugliest part of the cake

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Indiana

Rihanna - ANTi, Rated R & Unapologetic (All of them are tbh)

Lana Del Rey - Born To Die, Paradise & Ultraviolence

Kanye West - TLOP, 808's & MBDF

Lady Gaga - ARTPOP & BTW

Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Adele - 21

Beyoncé - Beyonce

Nicki Minaj - The Pinkprint (ish)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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