It was so important in the days of vinyl. So many fantastic album sleeves and inserts. Dark Side of The Moon, the Hangman's Beautiful Daughter and most Yes albums spring to mind ( Never was a fan of Yes as a band though)
I really miss flicking through album sleeves to choose what I want to...
It does, I am happy to embrace an album purely for the music in the digital age, I would have been more in agreement with you in the days of vinyl though.
So by that logic a brilliant album with shit artwork made by a band with internal conflict cannot be a complete album? That discounts Rumours by Fleetwood Mac as the strife in the band made that album. (Not suggesting the artwork was shit btw). For me Rumours is 100% the complete album though...
An album without a duff track will do for me as a complete album. Are you suggesting they should have a theme or that the tracks should be seemless or maybe something else?
Have we had Led Zeppelin, the first album ?
Raising Sand by Alison Krauss and Robert Plant. Took me a while to really like this album but it is quality.
Pretty well all the albums I would have mentioned, have been. Apologies if I missed these.
Brothers and Sisters The Allman Brothers
Van Morrison Tupelo Honey
Carly Simon No Secrets
Poco A Good Feeling To Know
Santana 3
I'd add a couple of Unplugged albums
Eric Clapton and Neil Young