Four (or more) classic albums in a row
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Four (or more) classic albums in a row
Alright, I'll start with Stevie Wonder:
Talking Book (1972)
Innervisions (1973)
Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974)
Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
Any other examples?
Talking Book (1972)
Innervisions (1973)
Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974)
Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
Any other examples?
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Re: Four (or more) classic albums in a row
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
The Times They Are a-Changin'
Another Side of Bob Dylan
Bringing It All Back Home
Highway 61 Revisited
Blonde on Blonde
John Wesley Harding
Nashville Skyline
The Times They Are a-Changin'
Another Side of Bob Dylan
Bringing It All Back Home
Highway 61 Revisited
Blonde on Blonde
John Wesley Harding
Nashville Skyline
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Re: Four (or more) classic albums in a row
not counting live albums or Greatest Hits collections
Bowie:
Diamond Dogs
Young Americans
Station To Station
Low
Heroes (I'd argue Lodger too but it seems to be so unknown outside of Bowie fans)
Prince:
Dirty Mind
Controversy
1999
Purple Rain
Queen:
Queen II
Sheer Heart Attack
A Night At The Opera
A Day At The Races
Elton John:
Tumbleweed Connection
Madman Across The Water
Honky Chateau
Don't Shoot Me
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Springsteen:
Born To Run
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
The River
Nebraska
Born In The USA
Tunnel Of Love
Bowie:
Diamond Dogs
Young Americans
Station To Station
Low
Heroes (I'd argue Lodger too but it seems to be so unknown outside of Bowie fans)
Prince:
Dirty Mind
Controversy
1999
Purple Rain
Queen:
Queen II
Sheer Heart Attack
A Night At The Opera
A Day At The Races
Elton John:
Tumbleweed Connection
Madman Across The Water
Honky Chateau
Don't Shoot Me
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Springsteen:
Born To Run
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
The River
Nebraska
Born In The USA
Tunnel Of Love
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Re: Four (or more) classic albums in a row
Metallica - Ride The Lightning/Master Of Puppets/Justice/Black Album
Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet/Sticky Fingers/Let It Bleed/Exile On Main Street
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon/Wish You Were Here/Animals/The Wall
Bruce Springsteen - Greetings From Asbury Park/The Wild, The Innocent, etc./Born To Run/Darkness on The Edge Of Town
Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet/Sticky Fingers/Let It Bleed/Exile On Main Street
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon/Wish You Were Here/Animals/The Wall
Bruce Springsteen - Greetings From Asbury Park/The Wild, The Innocent, etc./Born To Run/Darkness on The Edge Of Town
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Re: Four (or more) classic albums in a row
Could have been extended to Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy if Caribou wasn't in between.
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Re: Four (or more) classic albums in a row
The Kinks
Face to Face
Something Else by The Kinks
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One
Muswell Hillbillies
Face to Face
Something Else by The Kinks
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One
Muswell Hillbillies
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Re: Four (or more) classic albums in a row
Elliott Smith:
Elliott smith (debatable)
Either/Or
XO
Figure 8
From a BAsement on the Hill
Aimee Mann
Bachelor No. 2 (or the last remains of the dodo)
Lost in Space
The Forgotten Arm
F@#$!* Smilers
Smashing Pumpkins:
Siamese Dream
Melon Collie....
The Aeroplane flies High (I count this as an album anyways)
Adore
Sigur Ros:
Ágætis Byrjun
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Takk...
Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
Elliott smith (debatable)
Either/Or
XO
Figure 8
From a BAsement on the Hill
Aimee Mann
Bachelor No. 2 (or the last remains of the dodo)
Lost in Space
The Forgotten Arm
F@#$!* Smilers
Smashing Pumpkins:
Siamese Dream
Melon Collie....
The Aeroplane flies High (I count this as an album anyways)
Adore
Sigur Ros:
Ágætis Byrjun
()
Takk...
Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
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Re: Four (or more) classic albums in a row
Aphex Twin (I am a Aphex Twin fan)
LPs/full length only:
Selected Ambient Works I
Selected Ambient Works II
I Care Because You Do
Richard D. James The Album
The Beatles
LPs/full length only:
Selected Ambient Works I
Selected Ambient Works II
I Care Because You Do
Richard D. James The Album
The Beatles
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Re: Four (or more) classic albums in a row
some others:
Rolling Stones: Beggar's Banquet/Let It Bleed/Sticky Fingers/Exile On Main Street (Goat's Head Soup killed the streak)
Depeche Mode: Some Great Reward/Black Celebration/Music For The Masses/Violator (Songs Of Faith And Devotion killed the streak)
The Police: Outlandos/Regatta/Zenyatta/Ghost In The Machine/Synchronicity (streak ended with the breakup... a perfect streak IMO)
REM: Document/Green/Out Of Time/Automatic For The People (streak ended with Monster, which was good but not great)
ABBA: Arrival/The Album/Voulez-Vous/Super Trouper/The Visitors (streak ended with their breakup... each album was better than the previous one and then they released their best album and split)
Van Halen: Van Halen/II/Women And Children First/Fair Warning (streak would've continued with 1984 had Diver Down followed in between)
a current streak IMO:
Coldplay: Parachutes/A Rush Of Blood To The Head/X&Y/Viva La Vida
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Re: Four (or more) classic albums in a row
Led Zeppelin: I - Physical Graffiti
Cream: Fresh Cream - Goodbye
Lynyrd Skynyrd: Pronounced - Street Survivors
Cream: Fresh Cream - Goodbye
Lynyrd Skynyrd: Pronounced - Street Survivors
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Re: Four (or more) classic albums in a row
As for REM, my preference is
Murmur
Reckoning
Fables of the Reconstruction
Lifes Rich Pageant
Document
Green ended that streak because it was about half a great album
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Rod Stewart- Rod Stewart Album-Never A Dull Moment
ACDC- High Voltage-Back in Black
Def Lepard-On Through The Night-Hysteria
KISS-KISS-Destroyer
Creedence- First Album-Pendulum
Pink Floyd Dark Side-The Wall
Aerosmith Aerosmith-Rocks
Jethro TullThis Was-Aqualung
Allman Bros. First Album-Brothers And Sisters
Bad CompanyBad Co. - Desolation Angels
Scorpions Lovedrive - Love At First Sting
ACDC- High Voltage-Back in Black
Def Lepard-On Through The Night-Hysteria
KISS-KISS-Destroyer
Creedence- First Album-Pendulum
Pink Floyd Dark Side-The Wall
Aerosmith Aerosmith-Rocks
Jethro TullThis Was-Aqualung
Allman Bros. First Album-Brothers And Sisters
Bad CompanyBad Co. - Desolation Angels
Scorpions Lovedrive - Love At First Sting
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Re: Four (or more) classic albums in a row
Santana:
s/t
Abraxas
III
Caravanserai (highly underrated)
Flaming Lips:
Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
Clouds Taste Metallic
Zaireeka
Soft Bulletin
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Talking Heads:
77
More Songs About Buildings and Food
Fear of Music
Remain in Light
Speaking in Tongues
The Orb:
Adventures Beyond the Ultra World
U.f. Orb
Pomme Fritz
Orbus Terrarum
Miles Davis:
E.S.P.
Miles Smiles
Sorcerer
Nefertiti
Would have gone Filles De Killmanjaro>Jack Johnson, but Big Fun isn't quite up to "classic" status.
s/t
Abraxas
III
Caravanserai (highly underrated)
Flaming Lips:
Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
Clouds Taste Metallic
Zaireeka
Soft Bulletin
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Talking Heads:
77
More Songs About Buildings and Food
Fear of Music
Remain in Light
Speaking in Tongues
The Orb:
Adventures Beyond the Ultra World
U.f. Orb
Pomme Fritz
Orbus Terrarum
Miles Davis:
E.S.P.
Miles Smiles
Sorcerer
Nefertiti
Would have gone Filles De Killmanjaro>Jack Johnson, but Big Fun isn't quite up to "classic" status.
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Re: Four (or more) classic albums in a row
while she's probably too dance-pop for a lot of posters here, I think many would argue
Janet Jackson: Control/Rhythm Nation/janet./The Velvet Rope, yet she followed those 4 with four albums that are almost universally despised, although Damita Jo and Discipline are decent IMO
Janet Jackson: Control/Rhythm Nation/janet./The Velvet Rope, yet she followed those 4 with four albums that are almost universally despised, although Damita Jo and Discipline are decent IMO
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Re: Four (or more) classic albums in a row
EVOL > Sister > Daydream Nation > Goo
The Real Thing > Angel Dust > King For A Day... > Album Of The Year
The Black Rider > Blood Money > Alice > Real Gone
Los Angeles > Wild Gift > Under The Big Black Sun > More Fun In The New World
The Warning > Rage For Order > Operation Mindcrime > Empire
Gretchen Goes To Nebraska > Faith Hope Love > King's X > Dogman
The Real Thing > Angel Dust > King For A Day... > Album Of The Year
The Black Rider > Blood Money > Alice > Real Gone
Los Angeles > Wild Gift > Under The Big Black Sun > More Fun In The New World
The Warning > Rage For Order > Operation Mindcrime > Empire
Gretchen Goes To Nebraska > Faith Hope Love > King's X > Dogman
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Re: Four (or more) classic albums in a row
Greetings
Wild, Innocent
Born To Run
Darkness
The keyboards in The River threw a wrench in it for me....
Sting
Ten Summoner's Tales
Mercury Falling
Brand New Day
Sacred Love
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Pixies:
Surfer Rosa, Doolittle, Bossanova, Trompe Le Monde
The Rolling Stones:
Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main Street
The Beatles (US Releases):
Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, White Album, Abbey Road, Let It Be
Johnny Cash:
American Recordings I-IV (IMO, V was a quick cash grab)
Leonard Cohen:
Songs From a Room, Songs of Love and Hate, New Skin for the Old Ceremony, Death of a Ladies Man
Various Positions, I'm Your Man, The Future, Ten New Songs
David Bowie:
Diamond Dogs, Young Americans, Station to Station, Low, Heroes, Lodger
Bjork:
Debut, Post, Homogenic, Verpertine, Medulla
Nine Inch Nails:
Pretty Hate Machine, Downward Spiral, The Fragile, With Teeth, Year Zero, The Slip
Pink Floyd:
Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall
Ice Cube:
Amerikkkas Most Wanted, Death Certificate, The Predator, Lethal Injection
Nick Cave:
Let Love In, Murder Ballads, The Boatman's Call, No More Shall We Part
Surfer Rosa, Doolittle, Bossanova, Trompe Le Monde
The Rolling Stones:
Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main Street
The Beatles (US Releases):
Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, White Album, Abbey Road, Let It Be
Johnny Cash:
American Recordings I-IV (IMO, V was a quick cash grab)
Leonard Cohen:
Songs From a Room, Songs of Love and Hate, New Skin for the Old Ceremony, Death of a Ladies Man
Various Positions, I'm Your Man, The Future, Ten New Songs
David Bowie:
Diamond Dogs, Young Americans, Station to Station, Low, Heroes, Lodger
Bjork:
Debut, Post, Homogenic, Verpertine, Medulla
Nine Inch Nails:
Pretty Hate Machine, Downward Spiral, The Fragile, With Teeth, Year Zero, The Slip
Pink Floyd:
Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall
Ice Cube:
Amerikkkas Most Wanted, Death Certificate, The Predator, Lethal Injection
Nick Cave:
Let Love In, Murder Ballads, The Boatman's Call, No More Shall We Part
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