The Best 3 Albums In a Row from a Band

[Hanis]

A thread about the best 3 albums in a row from a band (personal taste - not a competiton)

For me

Biffy Clyro - Blackened Sky, Vertigo of Bliss, Infinity Land

Devo - Are We Not Men We Are Devo, Duty Now For the Future, Freedom of Choice

Smashing Pumpkins - Gish, Siamese Dream, Mellom Collie and the Infinite Sadness

Idlewild - Hope is Important, 100 Broken Windows, The Remote Part

Pearl Jam - Ten, Vs, Vitalogy

Pixies - Doolittle, Bossanova, Trompe Le Monde

Elbow - Cast of Thousands, Leaders of the Free World, The Seldom Seen Kid

Radiohead - Choose any 3 albums in a row

I'm sure there are many others - personal choice though!!

 

[HugeJohnson]

Metallica - Master of Puppets/ ...And Justice For All/ Metallica
or Ride The Lightning/ Master Of Puppets/ ...And Justice For All

Iron Maiden - Number of The Beast/ Piece of Mind/ Powerslave

Pantera - Cowboys From Hell/ Vulgar Display of Power/ Far Beyond Driven

The Beatles - Revolver/ Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band/ The White Album

Megadeth - Rust In Peace/ Countdown To Extinction/ Youthanasia

Anthrax - Spreading the Disease/ Among The Living/ State Of Euphoria

 

[omit]

InB4 Suspense posts Boris discography

Arcade fire - Funeral, Neon Bible, the Suburbs
At the Drive-in - In/Casino/Out, Vaya, relationship of command (I know i'm cheating here)

 

[collo21]

Fleetwood Mac, Rumours, Tusk - Buckingham at his most influential!
You're gonna get it, Damn the Torpedos, Hard promises

 

[Bradesmaen]

Muse - Showbiz, OoS, Absolution. Their best three.

 

[mockingbeat]

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals
Tool - Undertow, Aenima, Lateralus
Alice In Chains - Facelift, Dirt, Self Titled

 

[AndyLesPaul]

Pixies Surfer Rosa Doolittle Bossa Nova, ideally.

Led Zep 1 2 3

 

[Gough]

The Band: Music from the Big Pink, The Band and Stage Fright.

 

[Phone]

bringing all it back home, highway 61 revisted and blonde on blond &
velvet underground & nico, white light/white heat and velvet underground

obviously

the divine comedy - promenade, casanova, a short album about love
the kinks - something else, village green, arthur
felt - forever breathes the lonely word, poem of the river, the pictorial jackson review
spiritualized - lazer guided melodies, pure phase, ladies and gentleman we are floating in space

 

[SunKing]

Rubber Soul / Revolver / Sgt Pepper - The Beatles

Meat Is Murder / The Queen Is Dead / Strangeways Here We Come - The Smiths

Modern Life Is Rubbish / Parklife / The Great Escape - Blur

 

[Conan Troutman]

Kyuss - Blues For The Red Sun, Welcome To Sky Valley, ...And The Circus Leaves Town

 

[Bomber Bears]

Bad Religion - Suffer, No Control, Against The Grain

 

[sblack]

The Strokes.

Radiohead - Ok Computer, Kid A, and then one either side, would probably take The Bends.

 

[Plugger35]

Tool - Undertow, Aenima, Lateralus

Seconded.

Radiohead - The Bends, Ok Computer & Kid A is pretty hard to top too.

Also The Church - Heyday, Starfish & Gold Afternoon Fix or Starfish, Gold Afternoon Fix & Priest = Aura

 

[kid_a]

Seconded.

Radiohead - The Bends, Ok Computer & Kid A is pretty hard to top too.

Also The Church - Heyday, Starfish & Gold Afternoon Fix or Starfish, Gold Afternoon Fix & Priest = Aura

it cant be topped, probs only the beatles have it over them

 

[Bradesmaen]

it cant be topped, probs only the beatles have it over them

With a name like that.. a comment like that is hardly unexpected But imo they aren't overall great albums. Some good songs but I'm not a fan of atleast half on each.

 

[kid_a]

With a name like that.. a comment like that is hardly unexpected But imo they aren't overall great albums. Some good songs but I'm not a fan of atleast half on each.

haha yeah i suppose my colours are bit too easy to see, ah you sound like my brother, he likes 4-5 songs each radiohead album but hasnt grasped the feel of the albums in thier entirity...(yet, everyone comes around)

 

[00Stinger]

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals
Tool - Undertow, Aenima, Lateralus
Alice In Chains - Facelift, Dirt, Self Titled

I dont know about best 3 albums in a row but if you add 'The Wall' they definately have the best 4 albums in a row

 

[bunsen burner]

Best 4 in a row:

Beggars Banquet
Let It Bleed
Stick Fingers
Exile On Main St


From memory Elton John's first 4 or 5 albums went Gold.

 

[MelbourneCrow]

I dont know about best 3 albums in a row but if you add 'The Wall' they definately have the best 4 albums in a row

You're onto something there.....maybe the Beatles and Radiohead get 4 too though.

 

[hans moleman]

Rubber Soul / Revolver / Sgt Pepper - The Beatles

Agree with these 3 for The Beatles.

Metallica - Master of Puppets/ ...And Justice For All/ Metallica
or Ride The Lightning/ Master Of Puppets/ ...And Justice For All

Agree with the RTL/MOP/Justice but I'd prefer Kill 'Em All over the Black Album in the other trio (but only just).


Others personal favourites that haven't been mentioned yet:

A Tribe Called Quest - Peoples Instinctive Travels..., Low End Theory, Midnight Marauders.
Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express, The Man-Machine, Computer World.

 

[Plugger35]

With a name like that.. a comment like that is hardly unexpected But imo they aren't overall great albums. Some good songs but I'm not a fan of atleast half on each.

OK Computer isn't a great album? You obviously haven't listened to it enough, it's as close to musical genius as I have come across. Only Tool's Aenima can rival it imo. Both those albums are mindblowing and are on another level to anything else I've heard.

The Bends and Kid A are both great albums too but suffer in comparison to OK Computer.

 

[Jabso]

For me it's the holy trinity of punk rock:

Bad Religion - Suffer (1988), No Control (1989), Against The Grain (1990)

This is pretty awesome too:

Propagandhi - Today's Empires, Tomorrows Ashes (2001), Potemkin City Limits (2005), Supporting Caste (2009)

 

[lards]

You're onto something there.....maybe the Beatles and Radiohead get 4 too though.

Also Led Zep 1-4.

 

[SunKing]

You're onto something there.....maybe the Beatles and Radiohead get 4 too though.

The Beatles have Rubber Soul/Revolver/Pepper/White Album/Abbey Road..untouchable IMO.

RE: Ok Computer I concur it's pure genius and I rank it up with The Beatles best.