Spoon fed artists like The Beatles, Stones, Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Yes, Queen, Van Halen, etc.?

You want a bold statement, here's one. This whole idea that you have to go out and look for good music is straight up bullshit. Music was a hell of a lot better when it was a shared experience. It's a lot more exciting to be part of something larger than life than to have this treasured secret that only a select few will ever enjoy.

Pink Floyd is boring as fuck if your not on any drugs. Zeppelin are a bunch of plagerists,and listening to a lot of pre 1960s Blues and then trying to relisten to artists like Zeppelin,The Stones and Cream is weird. They are pretty much the Iggy Azalea's of their time.

This is a fantastic thread! Some observations are spot on and some are just f**king hilarious, but it's all entertaining.

Lola v Powerman is a really good album, but it's easily the weakest link in an otherwise near-flawless run. Plus you're ignoring Percy... not that I blame you

But as a five-album run, I'd still put it behind Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, MMT, and the White Album. But not that far behind.

The Clash - Give 'Em Enough Rope - London Calling - Sandinista! - Combat Rock

Prince - Dirty Mind - Controversy - 1999 - Purple Rain

Murmur -> Document
Number Of The Beast -> Seventh Son
2112 -> Signals
EVOL -> Dirty

Nope. Kinks run is still better, overall. These others might have a better album or two, and/or some better songs, the overall entirety of those 5 albums from The Kinks still beats the entirety of those mentioned above.

My take on Beatles vs. Kinks on those 5-album runs (and I love both):

Rubber Soul vs. Something Else? Rubber Soul. It's an extraordinary album, a game-changer not just for The Beatles but for the concept of album rock as a whole. Something Else is a fantastic album too, the moment where The Kinks really came into their own as a unique band more at home in the world of British folk, pub, and dance-hall than "simple" Invasion blues rock (although "Face To Face" would be just as welcome in this album run).

Revolver vs. VGPS? Son of a bitch... tough one. Revolver, for me, by a hair. You really can't go wrong with either. Both are magnificent.

Sgt. Pepper vs. Arthur? Arthur. Pepper has higher highs but also lower lows. Arthur is much more consistent and overall a stronger album.

MMT vs. Lola v Powerman? Side 2 of MMT alone beats ALL of Lola v. Powerman.

White Album vs. Muswell? White Album for its eccentric, chaotic genius but Muswell is far from
any slouch. It's a classic album in its own right, and the last time The Kinks were every totally brilliant from start to finish.

All in my opinion, of course.

Maybe this is true among us music nerds but let's be honest here: the vast, vast majority of the population of people who have heard of Pink Floyd (itself a small-ish subset of the population of the United States) have heard maybe Dark Side and The Wall and that's it. Piper is almost entirely ignored, at least by the mainstream. Anyway, it's one of my favorite albums of all time.

Those three are definately better than the Kinks run.

Zeppelin seems to be getting trashed a lot in here, but I'll take LZ I through House of the Holy over the Kinks any day.

Hell, you could include Face to Face ('66) and call it a 6-album run. I think it goes neck and neck with the Beatles (Rubber Soul to Abbey Road).

How about Tumbleweed Connection through to Goodbye Yellow Brick Road? That's a pretty fine 5 album streak.

Five album runs?

The Grand Wazoo
Over-Nite Sensation
Apostrophe (')
Roxy & Elsewhere
One Size Fits All



Lola is hands down a better LP than Muswell.

I also think Lola vs is one of their stronger ones.Love them both too, and I've been familiar with all 10 albums since the mid-'80s, or so, and I just haven't gotten tired of the Kinks albums like I have the Beatles albums, for some reason.

Also, I didn't mean to compare them 1 for 1, but all 5 as a whole. And honestly, while those 5 Beatles albums reach higher heights, they also have far lower lows than the Kinks stuff.

Though I'd still put the Stones ahead of the Beatles, and say that they have the best four consecutive album run*.

*Beggars Banquet, Let it Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main St.

Bold statement: Currently, I'd listen to The Zombies Odessey and Oracle before all ten of the Kinks/Beatles albums being discussed.

His live album, 17-11-70, could be my favorite Elton John record (and it's live so it doesn't count. ) Raw power from piano, bass, and drums.

One of my faves :

Killing Joke - What's THIS For...! - Revelations - Fire Dances - Night Time

If we're talking a 4-album run, then I'd have to go with Dylan:

Bringing it all Back Home
Highway 61 Revisited
Blonde on Blonde
John Wesley Harding

Oh ye gods, this is a great one. Tumbleweed, Madman, and Honky Chateau are pretty peerless, and Yellow Brick Road is just one of those great self-indulgent double albums in the Exile, Key Of Life, White Album, Something/Anything vein. Don't Shoot Me... though, is a bit wonky.

Speaking of that:

The White Album is a mess. Its official title "The Beatles" is ironic as most of the songs were NOT done by the Beatles as a group, more as individual members doing their own tracks and throwing them together on a 2-record set. It was a sure sign that the Beatles would soon be coming to an end.

It's a magnificent mess

Greatest five album run:
Roxy Music
For Your Pleasure
Stranded
Country Life
Siren

Unbelievable consistancy of vision and quality.

I prefer the slightly less-harsh Killing Joke--I could never get into Revelations. My favorite run of theirs would be Fire Dances, Night Time, and Brighter Than a Thousand Suns. Really amazing stuff.

I'll see your five album streaks, and raise ya one...

Queen
Queen II
Sheer Heart Attack
A Night at the Opera
A Day at the Races
News of the World

Hell, even Jazz was a pretty darn good album.

Station to Station
Low
Heroes
Lodger
Scary Monsters