didn't Try This kinda suck, tho.
― eye, music snob... (Ioannis), Monday, 28 September 2009 15:46 (fourteen years ago) link
This is actually kinda hard. I dig Longwave's 4 albums but they're hardly "the best". The first 3 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club albums are great and then the 4th took a dive. Not too many people know who The Black Watch are but their 00 albums have been consistently great. Camera Obscura's been fun, too. I'd love to offer The Fall but there hasn't been 4 straight excellent albums this decade. Everything Hem's done has been in heavy rotation for me. New Model Army continue to release one great album after another. There are other candidates - Pernice Brothers, Grant Lee Phillips, Plus Minus, TV Smith (yes, really), They Might Be Giants kids albums, but in terms of sheer volume of play when they came out, it's these two:
Ryan Adams: (excluding odds and sods _Demolition_)Heartbreaker (2000)Gold (2001)Rock N Roll (2003)Love Is Hell (2004)
Neko Case: (excluding live album)Furnace Room Lullaby (2000)Blacklisted (2002)Fox Confessor (2006)Middle Cyclone (2009)
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 28 September 2009 15:47 (fourteen years ago) link
missy elliot could be up in there, if you like 'the cookbook'.
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Monday, 28 September 2009 15:48 (fourteen years ago) link
If Thug Motivation 103 is the nuts (and released by the end of the year), Jeezy wins this hands down imo.
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Monday, 28 September 2009 15:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Deerhoof's been pretty consistent all decade long
ReveilleApple O'Milk ManThe Runners FourFriend OpportunityOffend Maggie
that oneida list above is good, but I'd go with Each One, Teach One and onward. secret wars and the wedding are can't miss releases of theirs.
― Bastards of Young Dro, Monday, 28 September 2009 15:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Does it need to be uninterrupted?
it's the stevie awards! of course it does!
― unban dance squad (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 28 September 2009 15:49 (fourteen years ago) link
oooh Oneida yeah
― Mr. Que, Monday, 28 September 2009 15:49 (fourteen years ago) link
mass romanticthe electric versiontwin cinemachallengers
― yellow card for favre (call all destroyer), Monday, 28 September 2009 15:50 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm hoping I can say Broadcast once I've listened to '...Witch Trials Of The Radio Age', following The Noise Made By People, haha sound and Tender Buttons (not counting Microtronisc)...and the three EPs were all great too
― modescalator (blueski), Monday, 28 September 2009 15:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Hip-hop, strangely enough I'd probably go with:
500 DegreezTha CarterTha Carter IITha Carter III
― xhuxk, Monday, 28 September 2009 15:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Dunno if anyone will agree with me but this is a pretty great run:
Ghetto Pop Life (w/ Jemini)The Grey Album (w/ Jay-Z and The Beatles)The Mouse and The Mask (w/ DOOM)St. Elsewhere (w/ Cee-Lo).
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Monday, 28 September 2009 15:57 (fourteen years ago) link
xp Or
Book of Thugs: Chapter AK Verse 47Thugs Are UsThug HolidayThug Matrimony: Married To The Streets
― xhuxk, Monday, 28 September 2009 15:59 (fourteen years ago) link
xhuxk otm re trick daddy
The Tyranny of DistanceHearts of OakShake the SheetsLiving with the Living
― some dude, Monday, 28 September 2009 16:02 (fourteen years ago) link
hahaha, glad I actually looked at the thread title again before I started posting about the 60s and 70s.
― Hugh Manatee (WmC), Monday, 28 September 2009 16:03 (fourteen years ago) link
I haven't heard the newest album, but Yoko Ono's two remix albums in the 2000s were killer, and Blueprint For A Sunrise very beautiful:
Blueprint for a Sunrise (2001)Yes, I'm a Witch (2007)Open Your Box (2007)Between My Head and the Sky (2009)
Pretty good for a woman a few days older than my Grandma!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 28 September 2009 16:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Murray StreetSonic NurseRather RippedThe Eternal
― some dude, Monday, 28 September 2009 16:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Another pretty good rock one:
Black Lips! - 2003 We Did Not Know the Forest Spirit Made the Flowers Grow - 2004 Let It Bloom - 2005 Good Bad Not Evil - 2007
― xhuxk, Monday, 28 September 2009 16:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Furnace Room LullabyBlacklistedFox COnfessor Brings the FloodMiddle Cyclone
― mottdeterre, Monday, 28 September 2009 16:07 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm SeriousTrap MuzikUrban LegendKing
― some dude, Monday, 28 September 2009 16:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Spaceheater/Perfect InteriorBetween The DeadGrandeur Of HairOccasion
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 28 September 2009 16:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Objectively, White Stripes. Subjectively, Jay Reatard's run of 57 songs in 40 months is one for the ages. Works out to four albums if you count the comps.
― bendy, Monday, 28 September 2009 16:11 (fourteen years ago) link
it's Ghostface by a mile.
yep.
I'm cool with the Stripes, AC, and Spoon bein closely behind tho
― man, motherfuck a paddington bear (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 28 September 2009 16:11 (fourteen years ago) link
four albums' worth of material in 3 and a half years is not exactly superhuman, tbh (xpost)
― some dude, Monday, 28 September 2009 16:12 (fourteen years ago) link
def. Broadcast too
― man, motherfuck a paddington bear (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 28 September 2009 16:12 (fourteen years ago) link
ScarTiny VoicesCiviliansBlood From Stars
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 28 September 2009 16:12 (fourteen years ago) link
I was gonna suggest that Ted Leo run.
― Simon H., Monday, 28 September 2009 16:14 (fourteen years ago) link
oh this won't count but in so many ways it's my answer
love/hatehow to be a lady: vol 1love vs. moneymemoirs of an imperfect angel
― lex pretend, Monday, 28 September 2009 16:29 (fourteen years ago) link
This four-album run would be somewhere in my Top Five for the decade:
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 28 September 2009 16:58 (fourteen years ago) link
four is ~really~ tough, esp. within this decade. Dylan(3), Wussy(3), Drive-by Truckers(3, but not in a row) & Sonic Youth come close. But the best run of four in a row, for my money, is Youssou N'Dour:Joko (The Link) Nothing's in VainEgyptRokku Mi Rokka
― outdoor_miner, Monday, 28 September 2009 17:16 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^oh, yeah, that's a good one.
― eye, music snob... (Ioannis), Monday, 28 September 2009 17:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Felt MountainBlack CherrySupernatureSeventh Tree
isn't too shabby
― modescalator (blueski), Monday, 28 September 2009 17:18 (fourteen years ago) link
How about
CatharsisThe Illusion Of MotionThe Unreal Never LivedThe Great Cessation
or even
Blast TyrantRobot Hive: ExodusFrom Beale Street To OblivionStrange Cousins From The West
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 28 September 2009 17:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Despite outdoor_miner's comments to the contrary, I was jumping in to specifically post the run of:
Pretty fantastic run imho.
― Size-zero-brigade-embrace-token-chubby-chops (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 28 September 2009 17:27 (fourteen years ago) link
I'd actually be really curious to hear jazz nominations for the '00s. Though that might be tough, I guess, since some of those guys seem to realease four albums in a single year, and with collaborations it might not be obvious which albums to count as regular releases. Still curious who would be nominated, though -- James Carter, David S. Ware, Dave Douglas? Or more likely, somebody I know nothing about.
― xhuxk, Monday, 28 September 2009 17:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Luomo:
VocalcityThe Present LoverPaper TigersConvivial
But I consider Paper Tigers a dud.
Xiu Xiu:
Knife PlayA PromiseFabulous Muscles La Foret
Lawrence:
LawrenceAbsence of BlightThe Night Will Last ForeverUntil Then, Goodbye
― lou, Monday, 28 September 2009 17:33 (fourteen years ago) link
ok we're officially stretching now
― unban dance squad (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 28 September 2009 17:36 (fourteen years ago) link
you can't start an open-ended list thread and expect people to just stop posting after they cover all the canonical bases, even if you explicitly tell them to
― some dude, Monday, 28 September 2009 17:37 (fourteen years ago) link
u can't be surprised that this turned into "artists who released 4 albums in the 2000s"
― yellow card for favre (call all destroyer), Monday, 28 September 2009 17:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, I guess I'm not really willing to make an argument for any of those. I'll shut up now. :)
― lou, Monday, 28 September 2009 17:40 (fourteen years ago) link
xp Also, "best" vs "personal pet favorites" is a false dichotomy in the first place, obviously.
― xhuxk, Monday, 28 September 2009 17:41 (fourteen years ago) link
posts very much in character
― unban dance squad (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 28 September 2009 17:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Look forward to the singles version of this thread (though maybe the criteria needs to be a bit more stringent?).
― sw00ds, Monday, 28 September 2009 17:46 (fourteen years ago) link
already had it best consecutive 5 singles of this decade
― some dude, Monday, 28 September 2009 17:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Ahh, cool, thanks.
― sw00ds, Monday, 28 September 2009 17:48 (fourteen years ago) link
I'd actually be really curious to hear jazz nominations for the '00s.
Nicole Mitchell/Black Earth Ensemble:
Vision Quest (2001)Hope, Future, Destiny (2004)Black Unstoppable (2007)Xenogenesis Suite (2009)
http://www.nicolemitchell.com/
― sleeve, Monday, 28 September 2009 17:51 (fourteen years ago) link
automatic midnightsuicide invoiceaudit in progressthunder down under
― omar little, Monday, 28 September 2009 17:57 (fourteen years ago) link
rocket to the moonthe power outaxesno shouts, no calls
― omar little, Monday, 28 September 2009 17:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Pretty fantastic run imho
just for the record- i don't disagree at all, jon, but i just don't love nurse as much as i want to.
― outdoor_miner, Monday, 28 September 2009 18:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Sea ChangeGueroThe InformationModern Guilt
― late adopter, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 00:46 (fourteen years ago) link
The College DropoutLate RegistratonGraduation808s & Heartbreak
― late adopter, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 00:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Think of all the ways Whiney would call somebody a Brony if they started this exact thread today
― some dude, Thursday, 7 November 2013 16:18 (ten years ago) link
Trouble Over BridgwaterCammell Pairs Social ClubAchtung BonoCSI: Ambleside
― durianlychee (imago), Thursday, 7 November 2013 16:21 (ten years ago) link
*Laird, fucken autocorrect
Hardly anyone outside American indie fans gives a shit about Spoon, but as they're pretty much the only people who care about canon these days they might as well let anyone in no matter how insignificant in the wider world.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 7 November 2013 16:24 (ten years ago) link
Autechre a good shout too tho I need to get into Quaristice
― durianlychee (imago), Thursday, 7 November 2013 16:26 (ten years ago) link
This is actually really hard because hardly anyone releases four albums in a row without one of them being underwhelming at best - ie I would have thought the YYYs were nailed on for this but then Mosquito happened.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 7 November 2013 16:32 (ten years ago) link
Like it's really annoying that Paper Tigers exists because Vocalcity -> The Present Lover -> something better than Paper Tigers -> Convivial would equal pretty much any artist of the 00s.
― Matt DC, Friday, 8 November 2013 13:05 (ten years ago) link
Porcupine Tree:
In AbsentiaDeadwingFear of a Blank PlanetThe Incident
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Friday, 8 November 2013 13:15 (ten years ago) link
really? The Incident was post-2009 anyway
― durianlychee (imago), Friday, 8 November 2013 13:22 (ten years ago) link
I tell a lie. But still.
― durianlychee (imago), Friday, 8 November 2013 13:31 (ten years ago) link
― some dude
lol at first i thought it was a joke thread and stevie meant 'steve hyden'
― balls, Friday, 8 November 2013 14:07 (ten years ago) link
to help prove that Spoon is the best band from this last decade:
Our top overall artist of the decade: Spoon
http://www.metacritic.com/feature/best-music-of-the-decade
― Bee OK, Saturday, 9 November 2013 03:36 (ten years ago) link
settled
lock thread
― mookieproof, Saturday, 9 November 2013 03:38 (ten years ago) link
lol, not saying that but some people is this thread are dismissing them. i wanted the counter argument and hey i was able to back it up.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 9 November 2013 03:40 (ten years ago) link
spoon are classic, fuiud
― old homophobic boom bap rap traditionalist (The Reverend), Saturday, 9 November 2013 04:45 (ten years ago) link
DJ Quik
Balance & Options (2000)Under tha Influence (2002)Trauma (2005)BlaQKout (2009)
― Me & Mahomies (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Saturday, 9 November 2013 04:47 (ten years ago) link
oh shit
― old homophobic boom bap rap traditionalist (The Reverend), Saturday, 9 November 2013 04:48 (ten years ago) link
Influence is kind of the weak link but still
yeah obv but still awesome
― Me & Mahomies (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Saturday, 9 November 2013 04:48 (ten years ago) link
This kind of cheating but I'd like to add The Go-Betweens.
The Friends of Rachel Worth (2000)Bright Yellow Bright Orange (2003)Oceans Apart (2005)The Evangelist (2008)
The last one was obviously a Robert Forster solo album but it did feature contributions from Grant and was a tribute to him so I'm counting it. Really great set of albums that are not far off the quality of the run they had in the 80s.
― Kitchen Person, Saturday, 9 November 2013 05:12 (ten years ago) link
I guess i need to hear Convivial.
― brimstead, Saturday, 9 November 2013 06:11 (ten years ago) link
certainly
paper tigers is unaccountably disfavored, too
― j., Saturday, 9 November 2013 06:34 (ten years ago) link
Yeah I never got why paper tigers was so bad and hated
― Geoffrey Schweppes (jaymc), Saturday, 9 November 2013 07:09 (ten years ago) link
one touch (2000)angel with dirty faces (2002)three (2003)taller in more ways (2005)
― prolego, Saturday, 9 November 2013 07:32 (ten years ago) link
sung tongsfeels strawberry jammerriweather post pavilion
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Saturday, 9 November 2013 08:21 (ten years ago) link
Wussy deserve some mention here even though the last one came out in 2011.
Funeral Dress 2005Left for Dead 2007Wussy 2009Strawberry 2011
If you add the last two Ass Ponys albums from 2000 and 2001 Chuck Cleaver has a Stevie and a half going.
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 9 November 2013 14:44 (ten years ago) link
lambchop
Is a womanAw cmon/No you cmonDamagedOhioMr. M
― subaltern 8 (Michael B), Saturday, 9 November 2013 17:30 (ten years ago) link
i still think EPs (or mini-albums or whatever you wanna call them) should count for this especially if they are considered among the artist's strongest output (like "Young Liars" for example) and especially if the EP was crafted by the artist as a self-contained sequence of music (as opposed to b-sides collections like "Airbag/How Am I Driving" or remix albums like "Further Down The Spiral"). within certain contexts, i think this exception makes perfect sense.
my reasoning is that the initial stevie wonder 4-in-a-row that inspired this idea was built from 4 consecutive releases without EPs or shorter releases scattered in between. and plus they were all released within a 4-year span as opposed to getting spread across all 10 years of the 70s like many of the 2000s artists mentioned in this thread. (stevie had 8 albums throughout the 70s.)
― billstevejim, Saturday, 9 November 2013 22:13 (ten years ago) link
Would be interested in a 90s version of this.
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 9 November 2013 23:40 (ten years ago) link