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@HMBeatlesfan said
I guess Star Wars isn’t as popular in the UK as it is, but the order goes Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return Of The Jedi. Sure, John scored other films like Superman and Raiders Of The Lost Ark in between, but when was the last time you’ve heard someone say “The Superman with Christopher Reeve is the perfect gap between Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back”.  

On your first point, I said:

Definitely not a John Williams HT as he released 6 albums between Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back and another 10 albums between that and Return of the Jedi.

That’s exactly the same order as you say I should be using: Star Wars – 6 other albums – The Empire Strikes Back – 10 other albums – Return of the Jedi. Where is the difference?

On your second point, this isn’t meant to be a pick and mix affair. As @BluemeanAl made clear in his first post. It is meant to be three consecutive albums, or creative releases, as the same things exists with films, books, etc. While many may think Superman and Raiders aren’t among the very best of Williams’ work, I’m sure that most would agree Close Encounters is him at his most inspired, and it’s the soundtrack that immediately follows Star Wars.

In fact, it might be considered interesting that he was working on two of his most iconic scores, both for very different types of sci-fi movies, at roughly the same time.

BluemeanAl didn’t make up the rules for what a “Holy Trinity” is, no more than I did. They are something that are discussed, a known factor.

Three classic/acclaimed albums coming one after the after without interruption.

It’s not meant to be just any three albums, and it’s meant to be just any three chronological albums. They’re meant to represent the artist hitting peaks.

I don’t think anyone here would pretend that either Yellow Submarine or Let It Be are in the top half of Beatles cannon albums. In fact, both pretty near the bottom. And yet both have been used.

This isn’t meant to be a game, but a discussion of artists who are so at the top of their game that they can string three classics together in a row.

To my mind, even The Beatles only managed it once (Rubber Soul , Revolver and Sgt. Pepper ). Their other great albums were interrupted by lesser albums, of which Yellow Submarine and Let It Be are good examples.

I understand exactly, @HMBeatlesfan. You don’t like the definition so you want to change it.

The definition of a HT is three consecutive albums by an artist that shows them firing on all cylinders, but you want to ignore the 15 albums and 6 years that separated those three albums.

Sorry, you can call it a “trinity” because it is, but it is not a HT.

Just as you cannot elevate a mediocre album like Let It Be  or Beatles For Sale  to the status of among their best to make a three album run.

And I’m not saying anything I haven’t said from my first post in this thread, where I explained in great detail the problems with Dylan’s ’70s HT.