The Best 3 Albums In a Row from a Band

[dumb]

massive attack and primus come to mind that i don't remember being posted

carcass - symphonies../descanting../heartwork

grails - black tar prophecies/burning off impurities/take refuge in clean living

 

[The OBSTacle]

Black Sabbath

1) Black Sabbath
2) Paranoid
3) Master of Reality

The most influential first 3 albums in rock and roll history.

 

[La Dispute]

For Bowie I'd say any three of Station To Station - Low - Heroes - Lodger - Scary Monsters

Yep

 

[Rusty Brookes]

Some great nominations (Stooges first three, Stones 69-72 output, the Saints, Led Zep, Ramones, Motorhead, Sabbath even Electric Wizard).

Here are some I'd add:

MC5 - Kick Out the Jams, Back in the USA, High Time

Blue Oyster Cult - Self-titled, Tyranny and Mutation, Secret Treaties (was released as a box set some time in the late 90s)

Love - Self-titled, Da Capo, Forever Changes

Black Mountain - Self-titled, In the Future, Wilderness Heart

Dead Meadow - Shivering Kings and Others, Feathers, Old Growth

The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Welcome to the Infant Freebase, Extended Revelation, Behind the Music

 

[Escobar123]

Muse

Origin of Symmetry - Absolution - Black Holes and Revelations

 

[Sebastian Balboa]

Already been said, but I'd probably go with Metallica. Ride The Lightning / Master of Puppets / ...and Justice for All. 3 absolutely amazing albums.

But even more impressive, I reckon Iron Maiden have the best run of 5 albums ever.

Number of the Beast / Piece of Mind / Powerslave / Somewhere in Time / Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

Mate, go 6 albums:

Number of the Beast / Piece of Mind / Powerslave / Live After Death / Somewhere in Time / Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

 

[The_Big_Ship]

The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge / What Does Anything Mean? Basically / Strange Times

The Cure - Seventeen Seconds / Faith / Pornography

Portishead - Dummy / Portishead / Third

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

Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food / Fear of Music / Remain in Light

Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring / Spirit of Eden / Laughing Stock

Wire - Pink Flag / Chairs Missing / 154

 

[volcboy]

Fugazi - Repeater, Steady Diet Of Nothing, In On The Killtaker

I like this very much

massive attack and primus come to mind that i don't remember being posted

Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese, Pork Soda, Tales from the Punchbowl

 

[HARKER]

King Crimson...Larks Tongues In Aspic, Starless and Bible Black, Red (1973-1975)

In the Court, In the Wake of Poseidon and Lizard don't go to bad as starters either.

Someone must have said Pink Floyd, but for me it would be"
Meddle, Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here.

Burial: Burial, Untrue and the recent release with Four Tet & Thom Yorke.

 

[Rusty Brookes]

The Dictators - Go Girl Crazy, Manifest Destiny, Bloodbrothers

 

[TheBigT]

Boris - Flood, Heavy Rocks, Akuma no Uta

 

[sixteenstraws]

Songs of Leonard Cohen
Songs From a Room
Songs of Love and Hate

 

[Extortion Threat]

Ramones - Ramones, Leave Home, Rocket To Russia
Bad Religion - Suffer, No Control, Against The Grain
Converge - When Forever Come Crashing, Jane Doe, You Fail Me
Descendents - Milo Goes to College, I Don't Wanna Grow Up, Enjoy!
Good Riddance - A Comprehensive Guide to Moderne Rebellion, Ballads From the Revolution, Operation Phoenix
Husker Du - Everything Falls Apart, Metal Circus EP, Zen Arcade
Strung Out - Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues, Twisted By Design, The Element of Sonic Defiance EP
Ignite - Call On My Brothers, Past Our Means EP, A Place Called Home

 

[krisholio14]

The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge / What Does Anything Mean? Basically / Strange Times

The Cure - Seventeen Seconds / Faith / Pornography

Portishead - Dummy / Portishead / Third

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

Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food / Fear of Music / Remain in Light

Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring / Spirit of Eden / Laughing Stock

Wire - Pink Flag / Chairs Missing / 154

You can add to that Magazine - Real Life/Secondhand Daylight/Correct Use Of Soap

 

[Papa G]

They gradually came to annoy me but...Midnight Oil: Place Without a Postcard, 10-1, Red Sails In the Sunset.

You AM I: Sound As Ever, Hi Fi Way, Hourly Daily

 

[Eddie Dingle]

They gradually came to annoy me but...Midnight Oil: Place Without a Postcard, 10-1, Red Sails In the Sunset.

You AM I: Sound As Ever, Hi Fi Way, Hourly Daily

Papa G I reckon if you sub out Red Sails and whack in Head Injuries you have the Oils best 3 albums.

 

[sherb]

Fountains of Wayne (self-titled, 1996); Utopia Parkway (1999); Welcome Interstate Managers (2003).

 

[FlyingBurittoBro]

Rise Against
Revolutions Per Minute
Siren Songs of the Counter Culture
The Sufferer and the Witness

Oasis
Definitely Maybe
What's the Story (Morning Glory)
Be Here Now

Incubus
S.C.I.E.N.C.E
Make Yourself
Morning View

Eminem
The Slim Shady LP
The Marshall Mathers LP
The Eminem Show

I wonder if your mother would still think you're cool if she saw that list.

 

[Higs]

In the Court, In the Wake of Poseidon and Lizard don't go to bad as starters either.

Someone must have said Pink Floyd, but for me it would be"
Meddle, Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here.

Burial: Burial, Untrue and the recent release with Four Tet & Thom Yorke.

you mean those 2 songs?

although you could probably bank on Burial's third album being up there with 'Untrue'

 

[Groggyk]

Fountains of Wayne (self-titled, 1996); Utopia Parkway (1999); Welcome Interstate Managers (2003).

Great choice.

I'll throw in somethin a bit different:

Andrew Bird- Weather Systems, Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production of Eggs, Armchair Apocrypha

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

The Angles - Face to Face, No Exit, (Out of the Blue EP) Dark Room

 

[Papa G]

Papa G I reckon if you sub out Red Sails and whack in Head Injuries you have the Oils best 3 albums.

Yeah, came into consideration, but I'm a big fan of Red Sails to tell the truth. When the Generals Talk, Best of Both Worlds, Sleep, Minutes to Midnight, Who can stand in the Way, Kosciusko, Helps me helps you all great songs. Great album cover as well.

Head injuries is more raw and a great album, would probably put it in before Place Without a Postcard, but doesn't then fit the criteria for 3 in a row if I want Red Sails.

 

[Team DJ]

Nah I meant the albums before Help!, since this is about the number of brilliant albums in a row. Yellow Submarine comes after The White Album which ruins the streak, if Abbey Road came after The White Album, I'd be saying 7 brilliant albums in a row.

I agree about Let It Be being an underrated album. It's got a similar quantity of great songs to that of their classic albums, (Two Of Us, Across The Universe, I've Got A Feeling, The Long And Winding Road, Let It Be, Get Back), but the quality of most of their best songs, I don't feel, match up to the one's in the classic albums, but they're not far off. It isn't rated well because it's unfairly compared to its predecessors.

I agree with AMG, they gave the album 4.5, that's what I'd give it. I think it's superior to Please Please Me, With The Beatles, A Hard Day's Night, and Beatles For Sale.

Even the Beatles lesser albums that have been mentioned are still much better then most bands best. Many classic singles on them, the whole album not quite as good, but thats in comparison to the standard they set themselves.

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Yeah, came into consideration, but I'm a big fan of Red Sails to tell the truth. When the Generals Talk, Best of Both Worlds, Sleep, Minutes to Midnight, Who can stand in the Way, Kosciusko, Helps me helps you all great songs. Great album cover as well.

Head injuries is more raw and a great album, would probably put it in before Place Without a Postcard, but doesn't then fit the criteria for 3 in a row if I want Red Sails.

Yeah fair enough. I'm a bit the opposite I would always have Place Without A Postcard as it is my favourite Midnight Oil album and in my humble opinion their best work.

Either way Red Sails is where it all ended sadly...

 

[bungalow_bill]

Some that haven't been mentioned

Reproduction / Travelogue / Dare

3 synth classics from The Human League

Any three of these by the original synth masters Kraftwerk

Autobahn / Radio Activity / Trans Europe Express / The Man Machine / Computer World