I can never really pin it down to just one album but to save on an essay I'll post about two of mine. The first is Bat Out Of Hell 2. I grew up listening to this album, I can listen to any song from it again and again and never get bored. It's an absolutely perfect album with very little to no flaws whatsoever.
Secondly, now I always have a problem pinning down my favourite Dream Theater album but I generally say my favourite is the first one of theirs I bought. It's called Octavarium, it's got eight tracks on it culminating in a twenty four minute epic also titled 'Octavarium.' It's a bit of a polarising album for Dream Theater fans but most are in agreement that the title track is one of if not their best song. For me the album is again perfect, it takes you from light to dark, showcases amazing musical talent with a lot of emotion.
Notable mentions
Transatlantic - The Whirlwind: Transatlantic have three albums, all of which are incredible prog rock journeys. The Whirlwind is a 77 minute suite of music that never gets dull or boring.
Opeth - Still Life: I could put any Opeth album here really because they're all brilliant. Still Life is probably my favourite althought 'My Arms, Your Hearse' and 'Ghost Reveries' come very close.
Ayreon - The Human Equation: I discovered Ayreon randomly on Last.FM. A song came on called 'Loser' and I quite liked it so looked into the album and artist and found out it was the brainchild of Arjen Lucasson and the Ayreon Project is a series of albums that tell a story. Human Equation is the story of a man in a coma after a car accident, he is trapped in his mind, etc. It also features one of my favourite vocalists James Labrie, playing the role of the man.
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