best FOUR ALBUM RUN of the 2000s (aka the Stevie Awards)

Good call on Liars

The Getty Address
New Attitude EP
Rise Above
Bitte Orca

Liars is a great call!!!

I JUST SAID EPS DONT COUNT EEN!

(I figure they don't for the same reason dj-mixes wouldn't) xxxxpost

they don't

mass romantic
the electric version
twin cinema
challengers

agree but

Mass Romantic
The Electric Version
The Slow Wonder
Twin Cinema

kinda down with Josh Homme too

this one is pushing it...

Ween:
White Pepper (2000)
Quebec (2003)
All Request Live (2004)
Shinola Vol 1 (2005)

I just can't bring myself to include La Cucaracha, especially since All Request Live is so awesome and it's technically live-in-studio..

I don't know Black Dice well enough but I'm sure they would work for this.

re: ween

one of those is a live album and one of those is a B-sides comp and you're essentially trolling me at this point

haha sorry

hahaha i was just going to post all the Burial EPs but couldn't bring myself to count Moth/Wolf Cub as an EP, BUT MAN THINK OF THE TROLLING THAT COULD'VE GONE DOWN

also i'm sure there are plenty of Dirty Projectors fans who would've put Slaves' Graves and Ballads in there but i just don't get that one

There are at least a dozen great NWW albums in the 00's, but I don't think there's a run of four without some sort of dud.

so many rules for this thread

girls aloud

# 2003 – Sound of the Underground
# 2004 – What Will the Neighbours Say?
# 2005 – Chemistry
# 2007 – Tangled Up

the doldrums
worn copy
house arrest
lover boy

(ariel pink's haunted graffiti)

trembling blue stars just sneak in

# Broken By Whispers, February 2000
# Alive To Every Smile, October 2001
# The Seven Autumn Flowers, January 2005
# The Last Holy Writer, April 2007

have you guys LISTENED to those project pat albums!?!? come on!!

totally forgot liars which may actually be my answer

stephen malkmus
pig lib
face the truth
real emotional trash

phoenix

2000 - united
2004 - alphabetical
2006 - its never been like that
2009 - wolfgang amedeus phoenix

Bersuit Vergabarat:
Hijos del Culo
De la Cabeza
La Argentinidad al Palo
Testosterona

I love The Cookbook so Missy is in; T.I. shd be in w/I'm Serious, but even if you count T.I. vs. T.I.P. the average is so high with Paper Trail that it shouldn't matter.

flood
heavy rocks
akuma no uta
boris at last - feedbacker

eps count def - an ep is an album theres no real dif - sry whiney yr overruled

you know, I hate the guy who trolls the annual best-of threads with "another shitty year for music", my reaction is usually "yeah there were TONS of great albums you didn't hear"

but this thread is making me bummed about the oughties

closest I can get to agreeing on is lightning bolt, and even one of those albums is not particularly good

luv the cookbook too

# Miss E… So Addictive (2001)
# Under Construction (2002)
# This Is Not a Test! (2003)
# The Cookbook (2005)

eps count def - an ep is an album theres no real dif - sry whiney yr overruled

― ice cr?m, Monday, September 28, 2009 11:31 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

That's fucking bullshit. You're pissing on Stevie's grave and he's not even dead yet.

destroyer

streethawk
this night
your blues
destroyer's rubies

^ pretty solid imo.

This is full of mediocrity.

Ladies and Gentlemen?

This Is Not A Test! sucks dudes. Sucks worse than The Cookbook.

Confield
Draft 7.30
Untilted
Quaristice

Loop-finding-jazz-records
La nouvelle pauvreté
Kosmischer Pitch
Tierbeobachtungen

Deerhoof's been pretty consistent all decade long

agree with destroyer, radiohead, animal collective, mastodon and possibly phoenix. tempted to ride with deerhoof as well, but i'm not a massive fan.

here's one:

oceanic
panopticon
in the absence of truth
wavering radiant

should be able to think of more. i mean if bands like blonde redhead or converge had even put out four albums in the 00s, there'd probably be a good case for them.

Lawrence

2002 Lawrence
2003 The Absence of Blight
2005 The Night Will Last Forever
2009 Until Then, Goodbye

Alasdair Roberts (5!)

2001 The Crook Of My Arm
2003 Farewell Sorrow
2005 No Earthly Man
2007 Amber Gatherers
2009 Spoils

I have no idea of she's "canonical", but I would nominate Meshell Ndegeocello:

Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape (despite the title this is a proper album)
Comfort Woman
The Spirit Music Jamia: Dance of the Infidel
The World Has Made Me the Man of My Dreams

She's supposed to release a new album this autumn, if it's anywhere as good as the previous two, it might be a 5 album royal flush.

Another great example would be Burnt Friedman:

Con Ritmo (2000)
Just Landed (with The Nu Dub Players, 2000)
Plays Love Songs (2001)
Can't Cool (with The Nu Dub Players, 2003)
First Nigh Forever (2007)

All these are four or five star albums, IMO. During the 00s Friedman's also released three collaborative albums with Jaki Liebezeit and two with Atom Heart, I know some people rate them quite high, but I'm not familiar enough with them to say whether they'd belong on the list.

These two four album runs are in a league of its own as far as the 00s go. Nobody else comes even remotely near them:

* Parachutes (2000)
* A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)
* X&Y (2005)
* Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008)

# Origin of Symmetry (2001)
# Absolution (2003)
# Black Holes and Revelations (2006)
# The Resistance (2009)

haaaaa

Bollocks to canonical, Juana Molina has been solid in the 00's:

Segundo (2000)
Tres Cosas (2002)
Son (2006)
Un Día (2008)

tbh, though, coldplay/muse hardly more risible than the white stripes, who haven't even had a one-album run.

Oh, didn't get the boldly indicated "canonical" tag in the original post. Of course I just listed favorites :)

xxpost to Tuomas: I heard/loved the first Friedman/Liebezeit album but haven't heard any of the above - what's your favorite, Tuomas? (or: which one of those would you recommend as a first?)

I just want to agree with everyone who said Opeth.

also:

YOB
Catharsis (2003)
The Illusion of Motion (2004)
The Unreal Never Lived (2005)
The Great Cessation (2009)

I guess Opeth & YOB have been covered. Anyway, great bands.

How about this for an incredible run then? I present you William Basinsi:

# 2002: The Disintegration Loops (2062)
# 2002: The River (Raster-Noton)
# 2003: The Disintegration Loops II (2062)
# 2003: Watermusic II (2062)
# 2003: Melancholia (2062)
# 2003: The Disintegration Loops III (2062)
# 2003: A Red Score in Tile (Three Poplars)
# 2003: The Disintegration Loops IV (2062)
# 2004: Variations: A Movement in Chrome Primitive (Durtro/Die Stadt)
# 2004: Silent Night (2062)
# 2006: The Garden of Brokenness (2062)
# 2006: Variations for Piano and Tape (2062)
# 2007: El Camino Real (2062)
# 2008: Melancholia (2062)
# 2009: 92982 (2062)

lcd soundsystem
introns
45:33
sound of silver

Spoon is the only one I can get behind. I quite like Ghostface I'm just not that into rap so can't say if his 4 album run is better than everyone else's.

i was never even aware of the existence of 'introns' before now. cheers dude.

This thread has got me wondering when a new Blonde Redhead record will appear.