other than that, StanM says what I'd say: those first four Nick Cave solo joints are to my mind the most incredible four-album run ever
― Banana Nutrament (ghostface), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:19 (eighteen years ago) link
The Return of Doug SaldanaDoug Sahm and BandTexas TornadoGroover's Paradise
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:20 (eighteen years ago) link
I assume you're going by release date rather than by recording date (i.e. you're not including Mirror Man) in order to make that 4 - but even so, Strictly Personal wasn't exactly one of Don's crowning achievements.
I'd be more inclined to go by recording date (thus conveniently moving Mirror Man back before Trout Mask Replica) ans suggest TMR > Decals > Spotlight Kid > Clear Spot.
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― AET, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― BarabadabaDadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:23 (eighteen years ago) link
american fooluh-huhscarecrowthe lonesome jubilee
over much of what has been argued here.
― my name is john. i reside in chicago. (frankE), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mark (MarkR), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:27 (eighteen years ago) link
1980 Dirty Mind Warner1981 Controversy Warner1983 1999 Warner1984 Purple Rain Warner1985 Around the World in a Day Paisley Park1986 Parade Paisley Park1987 Sign 'O' the Times Wea
― knife (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― BarabadabaDadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:28 (eighteen years ago) link
The Name of this Band ... did not make P+J, but Xgau himself liked it (A-) and concluded his review:
Five years and not a misstep--think maybe they're gunning for world's greatest rock and roll band?
― Matt Sab (Matt Sab), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:29 (eighteen years ago) link
For consistent brilliance, I repeat the Ramones and add Tom Waits (any four starting with Swordfishtrombones, obvs).
Also, the Replacements -- Hootennany to Pleased to Meet Me. And has anyone said REM yet?
― A|ex P@reene (Pareene), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:30 (eighteen years ago) link
It's the weakest one of the four certainly - but it's still better than Strictly Personal or Mirror Man.
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:31 (eighteen years ago) link
sabbath? nah, i thought of them, but sabbath 4 has too much cocaine and not enough supernaut
forgot i ranked cheap trick's too-much-big-star second so much higher than their way superior first in stairway. guess i was listening to clock strikes ten over and over again that day or something.
prince's self-titled second album is better than anything he did after purple rain (hell, i'll probably take it *over* purple rain).
and nick cave??? i have no words.
(i do like the fall nomination, though.)
john cougar (and my name is john. i reside in chicago) wins, though, i think.
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:31 (eighteen years ago) link
that's CRAZY!
you're missing out all the good stuff!
― knife (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:32 (eighteen years ago) link
yeah but...you're...you know...chuck eddy!
― knife (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― carly (carly), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:34 (eighteen years ago) link
?
though it must be:rubber soulrevolversgt. pepperwhite album(magical... excluded. a 2x7" EP on inital release)
BUT nothing ever tops the velvets...
― AET, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:34 (eighteen years ago) link
Pavement's actually not such a bad choice, though Wowee Zowee is the weak link in the Slanted & Enchanted -> Brighten the Corners chain.
Bossa Nova spoils this for the Pixies.
You could make a case for Sonic Youth for Sister -> Dirty.
Beefheart I don't think works because either you pick up Spotlight Kid or Strictly Personal or Mirror Man, any one of which are deal breakers.
― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:36 (eighteen years ago) link
The Wonderful and Frightening World of...This Nation's Saving GraceBend SinisterThe Frenz Experiment
is one hell of a quartet.
― Curt Wastor (Curt Soda), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― AET, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― sovietpanda (sovietpanda), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― TRG (TRG), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― AET, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:42 (eighteen years ago) link
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― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:44 (eighteen years ago) link
any fall run would HAVE to include either live at the witch trials or hex enduction hour by definition (if not both, but that's impossible, right? i don't have my calculator handy); avoiding all the mediocrities they made after this nation's savings grace would also be a priority.
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:45 (eighteen years ago) link
you're missing out all the good stuff!"
I assume you're referring to Tom waits and Swordfishtombones / Raindogs / Franks Wild Years? Great albums, but unfortunately they're sandwiched between One From The Heart (pointless, disposable drivel) and either Big Time (superfluous and less than inspiring live album) or (if you're discounting live albums and only counting studio ones) Night On Earth (boring and tedious).
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:46 (eighteen years ago) link
Without Confusion is Sex, I don't think this list stands up.
― QuantumNoise (Justin Farrar), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Zack Richardson (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― for and on behalf of Alex In NYC (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:48 (eighteen years ago) link
Killing Joke makes more sense if you count Ha! instead of Fire Dances.
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:50 (eighteen years ago) link
But there are some others...
Roxy Music: For Your Pleasure, Stranded, Country Life, Siren
Yo La Tengo: Painful, Electro-Pura, Heart Beating As One, And Then Nothing...
White Stripes: De Stijl, White Blood Cells, Elephant, Get Behind Me...
Husker Du: Zen Arcade, New Day Rising, Flip Your Wig, Candy Apple Grey
Drive-By Truckers: Pizza Deliverance, Soutern Rock Opera, Decoration Day, Dirty South
Radiohead: OK Computer----Hail To The Thief (add The Bends for 5)
― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:52 (eighteen years ago) link
Time Fades Away, On The Beach, Tonight's The Night, Zuma
― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― AET, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:54 (eighteen years ago) link
This is pretty tough to beat.
― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:59 (eighteen years ago) link
You've forgotten Hissing of Summer Lawns (between C&S and Hejira), but that's not a problem as it just makes a great five-record run.
― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:00 (eighteen years ago) link
I think "arguably" is a good word if used sparingly; e.g., when making an argument that's nonintuitive or even counterintuitive, yet which stands up to scrutiny:
Good: Annie Lennox, arguably one of the best r&b singers of the '80sBad: Stevie Wonder, arguably one of the best r&b singers of the '70sWorse: Limahl, arguably one of the best r&b singers of the '80s
xpost - Paul, thanks; I knew I was forgetting one ...
― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:04 (eighteen years ago) link
Face To Face > Something Else By The Kinks > The Village Green Preservation Society > Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire) > Lola vs. The Powerman & The Money-Go-Round (that’s five)
Astral Weeks > Moondance > His Band & The Street Choir > Tupelo Honey > St. Dominic’s Preview (another five)
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:07 (eighteen years ago) link
Jefferson Airplane: ...Takes off, Surrealistic Pillow, After Bathing at Baxter's, and Crown of Creation
This is obviously not the winner but it is a darn good run of four records.
― QuantumNoise (Justin Farrar), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:08 (eighteen years ago) link
(xxpost) I'd work around that stuff with anyone. For Elvis, I was thinking Elvis Presley/Elvis/For LP Fans Only/A Date with Elvis, which would entail skipping the Christmas album (which I know is highly regarded itself). You also get a lot of Sun stuff scattered across those albums.
― clemenza, Monday, 21 December 2015 18:08 (eight years ago) link