Are there any albums that I would award a score of 10.0, Pitchfork style? Well, being a bit more generous in places than Pitchfork, yes. There is still a little bit of overlap between the two sets of albums (the Pitchfork one used to be a group page on Wikipedia, but I think it’s since disappeared), but there are also some fairly substantial differences. Without further ado:
Amon Tobin – Supermodified
Arcade Fire – Funeral
Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
David Bowie – Low
The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin
Gorillaz – Demon Days
LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver
Led Zeppelin – IV
Massive Attack – Mezzanine
Modest Mouse – The Moon And Antarctica
Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
Queens of the Stone Age – Songs for the Deaf
Radiohead – OK Computer
Radiohead – Kid A
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Sigur Rós – Ágætis Byrjun
Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
Steely Dan – Aja
Talking Heads – Remain In Light
Tortoise – TNT
Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
The main thing with this list that it overlooks possible faults with individual songs on albums in the pursuit of perfection as a whole. A 10.0 album, in my book, should be cohesive and thematic, without necessarily needing to have every song nailed.
…”without necessarily needing to have every song nailed”…
Clearly, as Franz did that with their first. Also, A Certain Trigger gets very close, although I could understand why either haven’t made your list.
With you all the way on Mezzanine and TNT