― eedd, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:57 (eighteen years ago) link
Why is that people are disqualifying Stevie Wonder when the impetus for this thread was the Talking Heads? Mentalists.
Stewart, Strictly Personal is awesome and far superior to Mirror Man. Hell, I like it better than Safe As Milk!
And anyway Prince wins everything. Mentalists.
― J (Jay), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:58 (eighteen years ago) link
I'm sure there's an REM partisan waiting to make his bid. What about Kraftwerk? They kinda count as rock. Or Motorhead (who definitely do)?
― js (honestengine), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― js (honestengine), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:13 (eighteen years ago) link
I agree with pretty much everything you say (except wrt Radiohead - personally I think Amnesiac is the best album they've ever done!) however there's a big difference between consistent high quality and consistently high quality, which is what you seem to be demanding.
Bossa Nova and Trompe Le Monde may not be as good as Surfer Rosa and Doolittle; and Something Else and Lola may not be as good as Village Green or Face To Face; but they're still extremely good albums.
If consistently high quality is the criteria, then I'd have to start by taking issue with the suggestion that would then be inherent in the premise of the thread that More Songs About Buildings And Food is as good as '77, Fear Of Music Or Remain In Light - 'cos it just ain't!
"I'm sure there's an REM partisan waiting to make his bid. What about Kraftwerk? They kinda count as rock. Or Motorhead (who definitely do)?"
I already done dat.
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:19 (eighteen years ago) link
I second Sabbath, Velvets, and...
Brian Eno: Here Come the Warm Jets, Taking Tiger Mountain, Another Green Day, Before and After Science (arguably Discreet Music is somewhere in the middle there screwing things up)
Misfits: Static Age, 12 Hits From Hell, Walk Among Us, Earth A.D.(arguably one of the most underappreciated runs in punk rock history)
RZA (arguably the architect of these releases, which came out over the course of two years): Wu Tang's Enter the 36 Chambers, Method Man's Tical, ODB's Return To The 36 Chambers, Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx..., GZA's Liquid Swords (arguably, 5 records)
Wire: Pink Flag, Chairs Missing, 154 (arguably, only 3)
Minutemen: The Punch Line, What Makes A Man Start Fires, Howl and Buzz Under The Influence of Heat, Double Nickel on the Dimes (arguably)
Stooges: The Stooges, Fun House, Raw Power, Metallic KO (argh)
Yeah, this is fun...
― Edward III (edward iii), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― Edward III (edward iii), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― werner t., Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:30 (eighteen years ago) link
yeah, you should HEAR the albums...
*rimshot*
― eedd, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:42 (eighteen years ago) link
Has Dylan ever done 4 really great records in a row?
You could make a case for three, with "Subterranean Homesick Blues"-"Blonde On Blonde" and "Planet Waves"-"Desire", but four? Not really.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:45 (eighteen years ago) link
As far as the last ten years, may I submit:Queens of the Stone Age > R > Songs for the Deaf > Lullabies to Paralyze
The most recent one is far from their best, but I think it's a very admirable run.
― digestion (digestion), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― billstevejim (billstevejim), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:50 (eighteen years ago) link
The other archetype is when you throw a sprawling, inconsistent double album in the mix eg
Fleetwood Mac > Rumors > Tusk > Mirage
If Tusk had been a single LP we'd be going for it like CCR (who had some filler in there, people).
― mitya can't remember his frigging password, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― merritt ranew (merritt), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 21:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 21:04 (eighteen years ago) link
I am shocked, shocked at all the negativity towards Hail To The Thief, that's my favorite album of theirs by far.
The Stones still win, but if we count stuff that was heard on bootleg first, then you have to give it up for Dylan: Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61, Blonde on Blonde, The Basement Tapes
What about Gram Parsons? Sweetheart of the Rodeo/Gilded Palace/GP/Grevious Angel is a pretty impressive run.
― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 21:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 21:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 21:17 (eighteen years ago) link
murmur (masterpiece)reckoning (a bit rushed)fables (brilliant, the best of the lot)life's rich... (very good)document (very good)green (very good)
so it would have to be fables -> green
the rest is not worth mentioning (!)
― AET, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 21:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Uncle Nacho, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 22:23 (eighteen years ago) link
Dark Side Of The MoonWish You Were HereAnimalsThe Wall
...or did I miss something?
I'll second (fifth?) REM, along with Dinosaur Jr - Dinosaur - Green Mind
― viborgu, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 22:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― js (honestengine), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 22:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― douglas eklund (skolle), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 22:38 (eighteen years ago) link
Would other people choose My Aim Is True instead of Trust?
― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 22:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pete Scholtes, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 22:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Al (sitcom), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 22:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― js (honestengine), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 22:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 22:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― greg k, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 22:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― Al (sitcom), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 23:00 (eighteen years ago) link
Maybe because it didn't? Read, like, the first post (and my answer a few posts down)
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 23:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― me, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 23:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Al (sitcom), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 23:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― merritt ranew (merritt), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 23:16 (eighteen years ago) link
How about The Rod Stewart Album, Gasoline Alley, Every Picture Tells A Story and Never A Dull Moment?
For the past ten (eleven, actually...) years, I'd submit the Blue Album, Pinkerton, the Green Album and Maladroit.
― John Fredland (jfredland), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 23:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― John Fredland (jfredland), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 23:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― douglas eklund (skolle), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 23:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― keyth (keyth), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 23:30 (eighteen years ago) link
The Residents: Present The Third Reich And Roll > Fingerprince > Eskimo > Commercial Album
Camper Van Beethoven: II >>>> Key Lime Pie
Cocteau Twins: Garlands > Head Over Heels > Treasure > Victorialand
all favorite runs of mine, also Half Japanese's 1st 4
― sleeve (sleeve), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 23:34 (eighteen years ago) link
Also: Al Green (from Al Green Gets Next To You to Call Me, people!
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 23:35 (eighteen years ago) link