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:
Murray StreetSonic NurseRather RippedThe Eternal
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
^my vote
― truth bomber ginsburg (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 01:10 (fourteen years ago) link
wish i liked late reg more it'd be mine too
― yellow card for favre (call all destroyer), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 01:10 (fourteen years ago) link
wayne:
carter 2dedication 2lil weezyanada drought 3
(this is stretching tho cuz i cherry picked mixtapes)
― truth bomber ginsburg (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 01:11 (fourteen years ago) link
i've always been butthurt about people not adhering strictly to the 5 singles premise in that thread - i wanted video game soundtrack singles & joy division covers counted against!
― truth bomber ginsburg (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 01:12 (fourteen years ago) link
of Montreal:
2004 Satanic Panic in the Attic 2005 The Sunlandic Twins 2007 Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? 2008 Skeletal Lamping
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 01:24 (fourteen years ago) link
camera obscura's four albums of the decade are pretty strong:
biggest bluest hi fi (2001)underachievers please try harderlet's get out of this countrymy maudlin career
― electric sound of jim (original version) (electricsound), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 01:27 (fourteen years ago) link
i want to say lucksmiths but two of their six albums this decade are comps, and their last album wasn't very good.
― electric sound of jim (original version) (electricsound), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 01:28 (fourteen years ago) link
i dig stars albums quite a bit:
# Nightsongs (2001)# Heart (2003)# Set Yourself on Fire (2004)# In Our Bedroom after the War (2007)
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 01:33 (fourteen years ago) link
z-ro
life of joseph w mcveylet the truth be toldi'm still livincrack
project pat!
mista don't playlayin da smack downcrook by da bookwalki bank roll
― surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 01:43 (fourteen years ago) link
tom waits:
Blood Money (2002) Alice (2002) Real Gone (2004)Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards (2006)
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 01:46 (fourteen years ago) link
i like the of montreal one
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 01:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Rated R (2000)Desert Sessions 7 & 8 (2001)Songs For The Deaf (2002)Desert Sessions 9 & 10 (2003)
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 01:49 (fourteen years ago) link
High On Fire:
Art of Self DefenseSurrounded by ThievesBlessed Black WingsDeath is this Communion
― surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 01:50 (fourteen years ago) link
FYHCYWLaPStorytellingDear Catastrophe Waitresswhatever that last album was called
― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 01:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Read & Burn 01 (2002)Read & Burn 02 (2002)Send (2003)Read & Burn 03 (2007)Object 47 (2008)
I guess those first 2 can count as one.. But some of the same songs are on "Send".. so yeah, that's a weird one..
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 01:54 (fourteen years ago) link
High On Fire might be a serious contender if that new album drops by the end of the year
― bantos party hoos (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 01:56 (fourteen years ago) link
The Dynasty: Roc La Familia (2000)The Blueprint (2001)The Blueprint 2 (2002)The Black Album (2003)
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 01:56 (fourteen years ago) link
haha I dare someone to try this w/Madlib
― if I don't see more dissent, I'm going to have to check myself in (Matos W.K.), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 01:58 (fourteen years ago) link
"remember: strict chronological order, kids"
also really like these runs:
Wilco:
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (April 23, 2002)A Ghost Is Born (June 22, 2004)Sky Blue Sky (May 15, 2007)Wilco (The Album) (June 30, 2009)
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 01:59 (fourteen years ago) link
The Blueprint 2 (2002)
gtfo
― bantos party hoos (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 01:59 (fourteen years ago) link
it was worth a shot
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 02:00 (fourteen 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