Tasty rock nuggets

A moment, please, to reflect on the beauty of the Police's Outlandos d'Amour. It's one of those albums where you don't have to skip over any tracks. Brilliance, one song after another.
There are several other albums worth mentioning that are great, start to finish -- no superfluous effort, no wasted time on throw-away tracks. These are the Rachael Ray 30-Minute Meals of rock and roll:

1. The Cars, The Cars
2. Purple Rain, Prince and the Revolution
3. Lola versus Powerman and the Money-Go-Round, Part One, The Kinks
4. Listen Like Thieves, INXS
5. 1984, Van Halen
6. Diesel and Dust, Midnight Oil
7. Between the Bridges, Sloan
8. No. 4 Record, You Am I
9. Cowboy in Flames, The Waco Brothers
10. Too Far To Care, Old 97's
11. Make Up the Breakdown, Hot Hot Heat
12. London Calling, The Clash
13. Abbey Road, The Beatles

(This list is in no way exhaustive. In addition, I am not equating these albums artistically or in terms of historical importance or influence. Merely that I listen to all of them straight through, all the time.)

Hold on. The Rachael Ray metaphor may not work. It implies that the end result, while streamlined and judiciously produced, may sacrifice quality. I will not allow a Prince song to be compared to "POP-sta Pasta Bar with Three Sauces." If I must pursue a Food Network analogy, perhaps a better one might be Alton Brown. Yes, these albums are the Good Eats of rock and roll. Focused and well-crafted, with an emphasis on process, high-quality ingredients and equipment and delicious results.