Best 3 album run by any band/artist

[fishbob]

And the best tracks won't ever reach the level of tracks like Within You Without You, A Day In The Life, She's Leaving Home etc etc

Dear Prudence is better than every single one of those songs. So is Yer Blues.

Dear Prudence maybe, Yer Blues.....not even the slightest of chances

[bada]

There are only two Beatles songs I really can't stand and one of them is She's Leaving Home.

[stip]

Led Zeppelin 3-4-Houses of the Holy is pretty great

[Kevin Davis]

Do people not consider "Magical Mystery Tour" a proper Beatles album?

[EJ]

Dear Prudence is better than every single one of those songs.

And, many, many others. That's a top 10 Beatles song, for sure.

[bada]

Do people not consider "Magical Mystery Tour" a proper Beatles album?

Not really. It's like an EP and singles smashed together on a CD. Great songs though.

[Oh, Jimmy]

Led Zeppelin 3-4-Houses of the Holy is pretty great

You could pretty much go any combo of their first 6. I'd go 7, but I'm sure alot of people don't think Presence is as great as I do.



At Dawn>It Still Moves>Z
The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion>Amorica>3 Snakes and One Charm
DSOTM>WYWH>Animals>The Wall
Undertow>Aenima>Lateralus
Are You Experienced>Axis>Electric Ladyland

[Kevin Davis]

I'm sure alot of people don't think Presence is as great as I do.

You've got me and Super Nintendo Chalmers in your corner, dog.

[Oh, Jimmy]

Stones: Let it Bleed - Sticky Fingers - Exile on Main St

Without a doubt, in my mind, best back-to-back-to-back of all-time.

This MUST be code for Queen 2>SheerHeart Attack> A Night At The Opera, clearly, the best

I'd opt for Day at the Races instead of 2.

[ccanad]

To the annoyance of Stip, I'll first list my favorite bands and their best 3 album run:

AC/DC - Highway to Hell, Back in Black, For Those About to Rock
Alice in Chains - Dirt, Jar of Flies (EP), Alice in Chains
Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South, Eat a Peach, Brothers and Sisters
Arcade Fire (4 album set) - Funeral, Neon Bible, The Suburbs, Reflektor
- I've listened to Reflektor like 10 times now, it's definitely equal to the 1st three albums
Beach Boys - Summer Days, Pet Sounds, Smiley Smile
The Beatles (4 album set) - Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's, White Album
- Really, you can pick any 3 album stretch. Also, these four were released in a 4-year window...
Billy Joel - The Stranger, 52nd St, Glass Houses
Blink-182 - Dude Ranch, Enema of the State, Take Off Your Pants and Jacket
Bob Marley - Exodus, Kaya, Survival
Coldplay (4 album set) - Parachutes, A Rush of Blood to the Head, X&Y, Viva La Lida
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River, Willy and the Poor Boys, Cosmo's Factory
Dave Matthews Band - Under the Table and Dreaming, Crash, Before These Crowded Streets
Death Cab For Cutie - Plans, Narrow Stairs, Codes & Keys
The Eagles - On the Border, One of These Nights, Hotel California
Elton John (4 album set) - Madman Across the Water, Honky Chateau, Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Eminem - Slim Shady LP, Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem Show
Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac, Rumours, Tusk
Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape, There Is Nothing Left to Lose, One by One
- Lots of choices here too, this is my personal favorite stretch
Green Day - Dookie, Insomniac, Nimrod
Incubus (4 album set) - S.C.I.E.N.C.E., Make Yourself, Morning View, A Crow Left of the Murder
Jack Johnson - Brushfire Fairytales, On and On, In Between Dreams
James Taylor - Sweet Baby James, Mud Slide Slim, One Man Dog
Jimmy Buffett - A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean, Living & Dying in 3/4 Time, A1A
Kanye West - The College Dropout, Late Registration, Graduation
Kings of Leon (4 album set) - Youth & Young Manhood, Aha Shake Heartbreak, Because of the Times, Only By the Night
Led Zeppelin (5 album set) - Led Zeppelin I, Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin IV, Houses of the Holy
Live - Throwing Copper, Secret Samadhi, The Distance to Here
Lynyrd Skynyrd - (Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd), Second Helping, Nuthin Fancy
Metallica (4 album set) - Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, ...And Justice For All, Black Album
Michael Jackson (4 album set) -- Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad, Dangerous
My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves, Z, Evil Urges
Nirvana - Nevermind, Incesticide, In Utero
O.A.R. - The Wanderer, Soul's Aflame, Risen
Oasis - Definitely Maybe, (What's the Story) Morning Glory, Be Here Now
The Offspring - Smash, Ixnay on the Hombre, Americana
Outkast - ATLiens, Aquemini, Stankonia
Pearl Jam - (Best stretch) Ten, Vs, Vitalogy; (Favorite stretch) Vitalogy, No Code, Yield
- Pearl Jam forum, this will/should be dissected by the group, whatever
Pink Floyd (4 album set) - Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall
The Police (4 album set) - Reggatta de Blanc, Zenyatta Mondatta, Ghost in the Machine, Synchronicity
Radiohead (4 album set) - The Bends, OK Computer, Kid A, Amnesiac
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication, By the Way, Stadium Arcadium
The Rolling Stones (4 album set) - Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main St
Smashing Pumpkins - Gish, Siamese Dream, Melancholy and the Infinite Sadness
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger, Superunknown, Down on the Upside
Steve Miller Band - The Joker, Fly Like an Eagle, Book of Dreams
Stone Temple Pilots - Core, Purple, Tiny Music
The Strokes (4 album set) - Is This It, Room on Fire, First Impressions of Earth, Angles
Tesla - Mechanical Resonance, The Great Radio Controversy, Psychotic Supper
U2 - War, The Unforgettable Fire, The Joshua Tree
Van Halen - Van Halen I, Van Halen II, Women and Children First
Weezer - Blue Album, Pinkerton, Green Album
The Who - Tommy, Who's Next, Quadrophenia
311 (4 album set) - 311, Transistor, Soundsystem, From Chaos

As for the best 3-album span of all time, I would have to say the Beatles Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Peppers. I don't think you can be more successful without being almost completely different from 1st to 3rd album.

[Oh, Jimmy]

I'm sure alot of people don't think Presence is as great as I do.

You've got me and Super Nintendo Chalmers in your corner, dog.

Thinking on PJ a little more.....No Code>Yield>Binaural

Think I'm going Rubber Soul>Revolver>Sgt Pepper's for the great Beatles debate

The Bends>OK Comp>Kid A
White Blood Cells>Elephant>Get Behind Me, Satan
Live At Leeds>Who's Next>Quadrophenia

[surfndestroy]

Eminem - The Slim SHady LP, The Marchal Mather LP, The Eminem Show

[Kevin Davis]

Definitely, Maybe and What's the Story... were good albums. After that, pfft. I remember my dad liking the song "Do you Know What I Mean?" when it came out, and I really tried hard to agree, and I listened to it over and over again, before realising that "All the people right here right now, do you know what I mean?" were the worst lyrics I'd ever heard, and that was the day I put Oasis down for good.

D'You Know What I Mean? is brilliant. The weird feedback and loops and blips and the NWA drum samples slowed down to god-knows-what, the 29 different guitar overdubs, the huge, slow build up into the fantastic opening lines ("Step off the train all alone at dawn/Back into the hole where I was born..."), the way the music shifts and gets all anxious in the pre-chorus when Liam's voice jumps up a register and he sings "I met my maker, I made him cry," the video with Liam in the gigantic parka and the helicopters dropping people off on the island. Man, hearing that song for the first time is a moment I'll never forget. Great memories for me.

I have no interest in Oasis's career as a whole, but I love "Be Here Now" pretty much from beginning to end. My feelings on "D'You Know..." are pretty much identical to this. Great stuff.

[harmless]

Pretty much all you have to do to get from "Wonderwall" to "D'you Know What I Mean?" is plug the guitar in.

[Kevin Davis]

And write a different song. Otherwise, yeah.

[harmless]

[bada]

Fun Fact: D'You Know What I Mean? and Wonderwall have the same chord progression.

[harmless]

Yup. I think I hated that song so much because by then, "Wonderwall" had become a British institution and I'd heard it everywhere. Everyone I knew except for my dad was totally bored of the song, and then they wrote it again.

[stip]

I'm struck by how few bands I like that I think have 3 great albums in a row. Truly great albums

Oh, I should throw Unforgettable Fire--Joshua Tree--Achtung Baby in there, but I don't know if skipping rattle and hum counts.

[Heathen]

I'm struck by how few bands I like that I think have 3 great albums in a row. Truly great albums

Are there that many bands you like besides these two anyway?