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re: First Three Albums By A Group Or Artist Which Got Progressively Better

Posted on 3/13/26 at 8:28 am to
Posted by Cdawg
TigerFred's Living Room
Member since Sep 2003
61978 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 8:28 am to
Love and Rockets
Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven
Express
Earth, Sun, Moon
Posted by hogcard1964
Alabama
Member since Jan 2017
19607 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 8:30 am to
Please Please Me
With The Beatles
A Hard Day's Night

My Aim Is True
This Year's Model
Armed Forces

England's Newest Hit Makers
12 x 5
The Rolling Stones Now
Posted by Lsut81
Member since Jun 2005
84955 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 8:56 am to
quote:

Opiate is an EP, not a full album.


Its an album... The whole EP vs FL is argument is fricking stupid.

So just discredit anything a band did prior to going longer than 6 songs or 30 min?

What if a band does an EP in middle of their careers, do you just forget about that as it didn't exist and it gets a pass?

This post was edited on 3/13/26 at 8:59 am
Posted by The Seaward
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2006
11530 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 9:34 am to
quote:

Pixies Come on Pilgrim (technically an EP, but it's 8 songs) Surfer Rosa Doolittle


Almost posted this, but wasn’t sure if Come On Pilgram counted and kind of feel that both Surfer Rosa and Doolittle are the third level of the meme.

Almost posted Modest Mouse too but felt Lonesome Crowded West was too good to fit.
This post was edited on 3/13/26 at 9:37 am
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
30134 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 9:41 am to
quote:

Its an album... The whole EP vs FL is argument is fricking stupid.

So just discredit anything a band did prior to going longer than 6 songs or 30 min?

What if a band does an EP in middle of their careers, do you just forget about that as it didn't exist and it gets a pass?

I didn't make the rules and I'm not going to argue with you about it. EPs have never been considered albums.
Posted by Saintsisit
Member since Jan 2013
5246 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 9:50 am to
quote:

Opiate is an EP, not a full album.


Also add to that, Opiate and Undertow songs were all written at the same time. Kind of goes against the progression question of the OP.
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
30134 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 10:19 am to
The Weeknd

Kiss Land
Beauty Behind the Madness
Starboy
Posted by rebelrouser
Columbia, SC
Member since Feb 2013
13219 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 10:21 am to
Minutemen:

The Punchline (1981)
What Makes a Man Start Fires (1983)
Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)--brilliance achieved.

Husker Du
Everything Falls Apart (1983)
Zen Arcade (1984)--you can argue this was their best but IMO:
New Day Rising (1985)

I almost did Talking Heads (Fear of Music ruined it) and The Clash (Give 'Em Enough Rope ruined it).
Posted by Mathieu
Gov. Gau's Frozen Wasteland
Member since Dec 2020
349 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 10:56 am to
Lush

Gala
Spooky
Split
Posted by Bass Tiger
Member since Oct 2014
55655 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 11:05 am to
The Allman Brothers Band (1969): The debut studio album, Allmanbrothers.com, featuring "Don't Want You No More" and "Whipping Post".

Idlewild South (1970): The second studio album, bourbonandvinyl.net, containing classics like "Midnight Rider" and "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed".

At Fillmore East (1971): The critically acclaimed live album, Allmanbrothers.com, recognized as one of the greatest live albums in rock history.
Wikipedia
Wikipedia
+4
Posted by r3lay3r
EBR
Member since Oct 2016
2541 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 11:51 am to
Yes

Yes
Time and a Word
The Yes Album

and throw in Fragile for 4 in a row
Posted by wartiger2004
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Member since Aug 2011
20191 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 12:13 pm to
KISS

Self Titled

Hotter Than Hell

Dressed to Kill
Posted by rebelrouser
Columbia, SC
Member since Feb 2013
13219 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 1:12 pm to
quote:

Yes
Time and a Word
The Yes Album

and throw in Fragile for 4 in a row


...and throw Close to the Edge (the end of my favorite three album run of all time) in for five in a row.
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
95540 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 1:27 pm to
quote:

Def Leppard

On Through the Night
High 'n' Dry
Pyromania




Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
30134 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 2:27 pm to
Steve Vai

Flex-Able
Passion and Warfare
Sex and Religion

Joe Satriani

Not of This Earth
Surfing with the Alien
Flying in a Blue Dream
Posted by RollTide1987
Baltimore, MD
Member since Nov 2009
71077 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 6:49 pm to
Queen

Queen
Queen II
Sheer Heart Attack
Posted by TheTideMustRoll
Birmingham, AL
Member since Dec 2009
10691 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 7:42 pm to
Came here to post Radiohead but I was beaten to the punch not once but twice.
Posted by flvelo12
Palm Harbor, Florida
Member since Jan 2012
3606 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 7:44 pm to
Hell, I'll give you 5.

Jackson Browne (1972)
For Everyman (1973)
Late for the Sky (1974)
The Pretender (1976)
Running on Empty (1977)
Posted by prouddawg
Member since Sep 2024
9104 posts
Posted on 3/14/26 at 6:28 pm to
Wet Willie
Wet Willie II
Keep on Smilin’

Bryan Adams
You Want It You Got It
Cuts Like A Knife

Johnny Lee
For Lovers Only
Here’s Johnny
Lookin’ For Love
This post was edited on 3/14/26 at 6:31 pm
Posted by TigersMaul Bammers
Normandy Park, WA
Member since Apr 2009
951 posts
Posted on 3/14/26 at 7:15 pm to
Jane's Addiction (live)
Nothing's Shocking
Ritual de lo Habitual
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