Sequences of great/classic al***s

Stones and Beatles are easy and most would agree:

Stones, Beggers Banquet -> Exile on Main St (4 albums)

Beatles - Rubber Soul -> Abbey Road (5 albums)

Dylan I would not quite agree. I would only put Bringing it all Back Home -> Blonde on Blonde (3 albums) as iron clad classics.


Others:

Steve Wonder. Talking Book -> Songs in Key of Life (4 albums). You could also add Music on my Mind at the start maybe.


Bowie Hunky Dory -> Aladdin Sane (3 albums) some might contine this to Lodger but I'd say the sequence is broken by the likes of Pin Up's. But maybe another run Station to Station -> Lodger (4 albums)

Led Zepplin 1 -> iV

Kraftwerk - AutoBahn -> Computer World ( 5 albums)

More less obvious ones when I think of them.

PS - I'm taking sequence as meaning at least 3 albums

Neil Young - Everyone Knows This Is Nowhere -> Harvest

Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill -> Aja ?

Can - Tago Mago -> Future Days. Soundtracks probably means leaving out Monster Movie.

Sonic Youth - EVOL -> Daydream Nation

Simon

[This message was edited by Lo Fi Si on Fri 23 April 2004 at 16:32.]

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Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill -> Aja ?

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I don't consider Katy Lied a classic, but if you are goinf to go to Aja why not include Gaucho as well?

An interesting thread but one which shouldn't just be about 'established' classics [as someone who would dispute that Sgt Pepper's is a classic]

Talking Heads 77>More Songs about>Fear of Music>Remain in Light [4 albums] 5 if you extend to The Name of this Band is...[live]

Joy Division Unknown Pleasure>Closer [OK, only 2 but it is a classic run of 100%]

Mothers of Invention Freak Out>Absolutely Free>We're Only in it for the money>Uncle Meat [4, 5 if you count the Zappa 'symphony' Lumpy Gravy]

Grateful Dead Live Dead>Workingman's Dead>American Beauty>Skull Fuck [aka Grateful Dead, aaka Skull and Roses]>Europe 72>Wake of the Flood [6 albums, OK so some are live but they feature heavily new material]

The Residents Meet the Residents>Third Reich 'n' Roll>Fingerprince>DuckStab>Not Available>Eskimo>Mark of the Mole>Intermission>Tunes of Two Cities>Commercial Album [at 10 in a row the WINNER!!! -- note this is the order they were released, not the order of recording]

Kraftwerk as noted above

Lambchop What another>Nixon>Is a Woman>Aw/No [4 or 5 depending how you count the current release]

plus loads more I'm too tired to remember...


Leopold

Jackson Browne from 'Saturate before using' to 'Running on Empty' (5 great albums).

Tom waits with Swordfishtrombones, Rain Dogs and Franks wild years - an epic trilogy IMO.

Katy Lied - not a classic!!!!

Joni Mitchell was certainly hitting her stride between:
The hissing of summer lawns, Hejira, Don Juan's reckless daughter and mingus.

Four absolute crackers althogh what came before and after is not exactly shoddy!!

Humm. Obviously some different definitions of classic to that which I use, though each to their own.

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I wonder what definition of classic you do use to not describe this as one!!

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Katy Lied - not a classic!!!!

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Glad you agree with me!



Some others

Deep Purple : In Rock >Fireball> Machine Head> Made in Japan

Prince : Purple Rain > Around the world in a day> Parade> Sign of the Times

Elvis COstello: My Aim is True>This Years's Model> Armed Forces> Get Happy (Maybe)

Yes: The Yes Album> Fragile>Close to the Edge


Pink Floyd - Frustratingly I don't think they have a 3 album run!

One of the greatest reigns ever, by Joni Mitchell ... 12 brilliant albums spanning 12 years, hitting the ground running from the very first album:


SONG TO A SEAGULL (1968)

CLOUDS (1969)

LADIES OF THE CANYON (1970)

BLUE (1971)

FOR THE ROSES (1972)

COURT AND SPARK (1974)

MILES OF AISLES (LIVE) (1974)

HISSING OF SUMMER LAWNS (1975)

HEJIRA (1976)

DON JUAN'S RECKLESS DAUGHTER (1977)

MINGUS (1979)

SHADOWS AND LIGHT (LIVE) (1980)

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Originally posted by greeny:

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Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill -> Aja ?

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I don't consider Katy Lied a classic, but if you are goinf to go to Aja why not include Gaucho as well?

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If Katy Lied is not a classic, then I have no idea what a classic is. And, yes, I would include Gaucho, too.

King Crimson: Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Starless and Bible Black, Red.

Talk Talk: The Colour of Spring, Spirit of Eden, Laughing Stock.

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Originally posted by greeny:
Beatles - Rubber Soul -> Abbey Road (5 albums)

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Assuming we're considering UK releases, I'd definitely go back earlier and include A Hard Day's Night, Beatles For Sale, and Help.

Really, why on Earth wouldn't one include these?

Hendrix "Are you experienced" "Axis bold as love" " Electric Ladyland". The Greatest trilogy of all time?

Yours in Music

Syd

Greeny

Re reading my post I can see that I misled.

When I said "Katy Lied - not a classic!!!!"
I meant to imply that how could anybody not consider that album a classic!!

In terms of consistently high quality output I know of no other band that can come close to the dan.

Half Man Half Biscuit - Back In The DHSS -> Cammell Laird Social Club (9 albums)

Not a dud album in there. Probably the most inspired band I know.

Jonathan

Hi,

I have listed a few artist's off the top of my head, who have produced a quality run of albums, before their star truly dimmed. I'm not saying every album in this run is an out and out classic, but up to a very good standard.

Bowie - Hunky Dory to Scary Monsters ( a magnificent run of 9 albums of the highest standard ! )

Costello- My aim is true to Blood and Chocolate. 11 albums ( one or two ropey one's in the middle)

Talking Heads - 77 to Remain in light. 4 albums

Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones to Franks Wild years. 3 albums

Tindersticks- 1st album to Simple Pleasures. 4 albums

Roxy Music -1st album to Siren. 5 albums

Rem - Murmur to Up . 11 albums ( one or two slighter albums, but they meant well, Up and New adventues in hi-fi are all underrated)

Michelle Mcmanus ( Pop Idol winner) - 1st album to hopefully no more !

Regards,

Rod

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If Katy Lied is not a classic, then I have no idea what a classic is.

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When I said "Katy Lied - not a classic!!!!"
I meant to imply that how could anybody not consider that album a classic!!

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Simon, I know what you meant

I'd be interested to see where you put Katy Lied in Dans output if you were to rate the 70's albums Best to Worst. To me this is the one Dan album that doesn't quite maintain the high level of the others. If a layman asked for a Dan recommendation who would go for Katy Lied??

For this reason I don't consider it a classic. Doesn't mean it's not a good album though.

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Assuming we're considering UK releases, I'd definitely go back earlier and include A Hard Day's Night, Beatles For Sale, and Help.

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You're probably right Fred, But I find these albums a bit disjointed and less cohesive than those that follow (personal opinion), However by most definitions of classic I guess you should include them.

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Rem - Murmur to Up . 11 albums ( one or two slighter albums, but they meant well, Up and New adventues in hi-fi are all underrated)

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I've never quite understood why Up and New adventures get slated. These are great albums IMO.

U2: Boy --> Rattle and Hum
AC/DC: Powerage --> Back In Black

Cheese

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Originally posted by Simon Matthews:
In terms of consistently high quality output I know of no other band that can come close to the dan.

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I do ... The Beatles.

Lucinda Williams

Car Wheels on a Gravel Road

followed by

Essence

followed by

World without Tears

Agree with the Steely Dan and Joni Mitchell nominations.

What about The Who

Meaty, Beaty....
Tommy
Who's Next
Quadrophenia

Hard to beat.

Colin Lorenson

I'm just feeling that way. I don't know why.

Bruce Springsteen - 6 consecutive classics

(1) Greetings from Asbury Park, New Jersey; (2) The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle; (3) Born to Run; (4) Darkness on the Edge of Town; (5) The River; and (6) Nebraska.

Six classic albums. The progressions also are very interesting. No. 1 is infectious but raw, with greater maturity shown on No. 2, with a number of songs (e.g., Rosalita) clearly setting the stage for Nos. 3 and 4 (two of the all-time best rock albums IMHO), with No. 5 having some great rock songs, while also setting the stage for No. 6 (which, while very different than the others, is a definite classic in my mind). Although I confess to being a huge fan of all things Bruce, I'd stop the line of classics at Nebraska, thereby excluding Born in the U.S.A. While Born in the U.S.A. may have been his best selling album, it actually is one of his weakest, with only a few true gems.

My two cents,

MBM

My goodness - what have I started?

Anyway, Talking Heads - gotta agree with those 4. Not so sure about the first six Bruce albums though. I love Greetings but that doesn't make it a classic.

Lucinda Williams - ah yes. Can't disagree with those.What about Emmylou though?

REM - I have to disagree - the classics run from Murmur and probably end with Automatic for the People.

Now what about jazz and blues? What about folk beyond Bob?

Etc. Etc. Etc.

LIttle Feat : Sailin Shoes/Dixie Chicken/Feats Don't Fail/Last record Album/Time loves a hero/Down on the Farm.

The Cure - everything from "Three Imaginary Boys" to "The Head in The Door" is very good. Also Echo and the Bunnymen, the first three albums are excellent.

Emmylou...great? classic??

OK, but Wrecking Ball and Red Dirt Girl isn't much of a sequence.

Not wild about the new one though