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re: The elusive trifecta -- artist or artist group who put out 3 albums that are all great

Posted on 3/29/17 at 10:41 am to
Posted by Frankie Machine
Member since Feb 2015
86 posts
Posted on 3/29/17 at 10:41 am to
Mr. Dylan: Back Home; 61; BOB.
Posted by timbo
Red Stick, La.
Member since Dec 2011
7900 posts
Posted on 3/29/17 at 10:57 am to
I don't know who had the better three album run: Dylan with Bringing it All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde; The Beatles with Revolver, Sgt. Pepper and The White Album; or The Stones with Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main St.

Oh, also while we're doing this:
David Bowie
Prince
U2
The Replacements
The Velvet Underground
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
91639 posts
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:36 am to
i think ELO would fit this as well.
Posted by djsdawg
Member since Apr 2015
39791 posts
Posted on 3/29/17 at 2:02 pm to
Most great bands can be listed. Some good bands can be listed.
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
91639 posts
Posted on 3/29/17 at 2:12 pm to
quote:

Most great bands can be listed. Some good bands can be listed.


yeah i'm seeing that the more this thread grows.

i guess i listen to alot of 2-album wonder shitty artists.

clearly lots of artists out there have maintained quality over a long period of time.
Posted by sweetwaterbilly
Member since Mar 2017
19588 posts
Posted on 3/29/17 at 2:31 pm to
Ryan Adams (& The Cardinals)

Not sure if they are too obscure to qualify, but I'd say Heartbreaker, Gold, Cold Roses, Jacksonville City Nights, and Easy Tiger are all held in pretty high regard.

Also loved his cover of 1989 (Taylor Swift). Not many people could have pulled that off.

Posted by Marciano1
Marksville, LA
Member since Jun 2009
19801 posts
Posted on 3/29/17 at 2:57 pm to
Soundgarden

Louder than Love
Badmotorfinger
Superunknown

And all three have a very different sound.
Posted by ItNeverRains
Offugeaux
Member since Oct 2007
28166 posts
Posted on 3/29/17 at 5:07 pm to
quote:

or.. did you mean they ONLY put out 3? In that case STP Core Purple Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop


STP had more than 3 studio albums, but these 3 albums in a row are as good as any first 3 releases by any band in recent memory. While others may have had slightly better commercial success, STP & Alice In Chains had incredible studio albums and were probably the strongest live performers of the era.
Posted by awestruck
Member since Jan 2015
13334 posts
Posted on 3/29/17 at 5:24 pm to
The Red Stick Ramblers

The Red Stick Ramblers
Bring it on Down
Right Key, Wrong Keyhole

Posted by josecanseco
Member since Feb 2009
891 posts
Posted on 3/29/17 at 7:28 pm to
DMB (Welcome the haters)

Under the Table
Crash
Before These Crowded Streets

Could add Remember Two Things on the front end and The Lillywhite Sessions on the back.
Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 3/29/17 at 7:33 pm to
The Cult

Love
Electric
Sonic Temple
Posted by TexTigah81
Member since Nov 2013
582 posts
Posted on 3/29/17 at 8:04 pm to
The Beatles

Sgt Pepper
The White Album
Abbey Road
Posted by tigertrueAU
Canyon Lake Texas
Member since Oct 2009
1287 posts
Posted on 3/30/17 at 2:14 am to
GnR

Grateful Dead

Jack Johnson

Aerosmith

Jimmy Buffett

Old crow medicine show





Posted by Dav
Dhan
Member since Feb 2010
8144 posts
Posted on 3/30/17 at 9:18 pm to
PJ

Ten
VS
Vitality
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
94811 posts
Posted on 3/30/17 at 9:20 pm to
Every Led Zeppelin studio album was great.

There - I said it.
Posted by Dandy Lion
Member since Feb 2010
51400 posts
Posted on 3/30/17 at 9:23 pm to
The OP definitely is advocating a group, as there are few bands that lasted for only three albums, and all three were great.

Three album run, is different, and nobody´s mentioned the obvious.
Posted by MidnightVibe
Member since Feb 2015
7896 posts
Posted on 3/31/17 at 2:21 am to
quote:

No I mean albums on a row with little to no drop in quality


Hold on, it has to be 3 consecutive albums?

Also, I saw where somebody posted that the beatles meet this test: so I'm guessing that word "great" is somewhere between flexible and quite flexible?


Posted by MidnightVibe
Member since Feb 2015
7896 posts
Posted on 3/31/17 at 2:22 am to
quote:

Every Led Zeppelin studio album was great.

There - I said it.


I think that is true.
Posted by MidnightVibe
Member since Feb 2015
7896 posts
Posted on 3/31/17 at 3:29 am to
Spoon definitely meets this test and may well double it.

Kill The Moonlight
Gimme Fiction
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Transference

Above reproach
Posted by MidnightVibe
Member since Feb 2015
7896 posts
Posted on 3/31/17 at 3:30 am to
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DMB (Welcome the haters)

Under the Table
Crash

Before These Crowded Streets


First two for sure. I disagree that the third is great.
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