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5 November 2011
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The Beatles
Revolver , Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles (I don’t count Magical Mystery Tour as it was just an EP)
Bob Dylan
The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, The Times They Are A Changin’, Another Side of Bob Dylan
Simon and Garfunkel
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme; Bookends; Bridge Over Troubled Water
Billy Joel
The Stranger, 52nd Street, Glass Houses
Taylor Swift
Long Live, Red, 1989
Jonas Brothers
Jonas Brothers, A Little Bit Longer; Lines, Vines and Trying Times
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12.18am
14 June 2016
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@Little Piggy Dragonguy said
Taylor Swift
Long Live, Red, 1989
Do you mean Speak Now?
Here | There | Everywhere
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"Sometimes I wish I was just George Harrison" - John Lennon
8.28am
20 January 2012
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A few more from my list:
Jackson Browne — Late for the Sky; The Pretender; Running on Empty
Led Zeppelin — IV; Houses of the Holy; Physical Graffiti (I never quite warmed to LZ III, which knocks out any of those combos for me)
Warren Zevon — Warren Zevon; Excitable Boy; Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School
Grateful Dead — Live/Dead; The Grateful Dead (aka Skull and Roses and/or Skullfuck); Europe ’72 (this is a Dead “live” HT, ignoring the intervening studio albums)
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8.43am
5 November 2011
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@Little Piggy Dragonguy said
Taylor Swift
Long Live, Red, 1989Do you mean Speak Now?
Oh y
William Shears Campbell said
@Little Piggy Dragonguy said
Taylor Swift
Long Live, Red, 1989Do you mean Speak Now?
eah. Idk why I I called it Long Live. 
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11.59am
20 January 2012
Offline Creedence Clearwater Revival: Green River; Willy and the Poor Boys ; Cosmo’s Factory
Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel; Peter Gabriel; Peter Gabriel. Ok, that’s a smartass list, but when your first four solo albums are called Peter Gabriel (or are untitled), what do you expect? In this case, I mean the first three, which by their cover photos are sometimes referred to as “Car,” “Scratch” (or “Scratches” depending on if you are using the word as a verb or as a plural noun) and “Melt,” in order.
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5.30pm
12 November 2015
Offline Thought of a bunch more of these
Jethro Tull: Songs From The Wood (1976), Heavy Horses (1977), Stormwatch (1979)
Queen: Queen (1973), Queen II (1974), Sheer Heart Attack (1974)
Ween: GodWeenSatan (1990), The Pod (1991), Pure Guava (1992)
Black Sabbath: Black Sabbath (1970), Paranoid (1970), Master Of Reality (1971)
Eric Clapton: Blind Faith (1969), Eric Clapton (1970), Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Emerson, Lake, & Palmer (1970), Tarkus (1971), Trilogy (1972)
Yes: Close To The Edge (1972), Tales From Topographic Oceans (1973), Relayer (1974)
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6.59pm
23 July 2016
Offline I think that Sheer Heart Attack, A Night At The Opera, and A Day At The Races works as a better Queen trinity because all 3 albums have the same sound, whereas there first 2 albums are a lot less commercial sounding and are more prog rock than their latter efforts.
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10.46am
14 June 2016
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Two Virgins , Life With The Lions , Wedding Album
Billy Joel(Piano Man era):
Cold Spring Harbor, Piano Man, Streetlife Saranade
Taylor Swift(More country than pop:
Taylor Swift, Fearless, Speak Now
George Harrison (Late apple albums):
Living In The Material World , Dark Horse , Extra Texture
Ringo Starr (The three that people care about):
Ringo, Goidnight Vienna, Ringo Rotogravure
Paul McCartney (The new melenium’s albums):
Driving Rain , Chaos And Creation In The Back Yard, Memory Almost Full
Terry Draper(The modern classic albums):
Stranded, When The World Was Young, Searching
The Beatles(Beatlemania):
Please Please Me , With The Beatles , A Hard Days Night
I’m gonna adjust my choices from my last post and do a pair instead of shoehorning in another album to make it a trio.
Paul McCartney (Amazing Early 80’s Pair):
Here | There | Everywhere
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"Sometimes I wish I was just George Harrison" - John Lennon
11.15am
17 January 2016
Offline Lots of mine have been given. Love these so far! Let’s see if I can come up with a couple and hopefully I don’t repeat:
The Smiths: The Smiths, Meat Is Murder, The Queen Is Dead
Michael Jackson: Off The Wall, Thriller, Bad
Radiohead: The Bends, OK Computer, Kid A
Stevie Wonder: Innervisions, Fulfillingness’ First Finale, Songs in the Key of Life
Yes: Yes, Fragile, Close to the Edge
Aerosmith: Toys in the Attic, Rocks, Draw The Line
As far as the Taylor Swift albums mentioned above, I agree with the trilogy of Speak Now, Red and 1989. I like those last three she did more than the others.
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11.50am
1 December 2009
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This is a cool topic! I’ve always had a special place in my brain for 3-album runs, 3 being a kinda magical number because of trilogies and trinities and the “rule of 3” and all that. Many of my obvious favourites have been mentioned already (Beatles 1965-67, Dylan’s initial electric trio, Jimi’s Experience, Velvet Underground, more) so here’s some different ones:
Stooges – The Stooges, Fun House, Raw Power
Ramones – Ramones, Leave Home, Rocket To Russia
Joni Mitchell – Ladies of the Canyon, Blue, For The Roses
MX-80 Sound – Hard Attack, Out of the Tunnel, Crowd Control
Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention – Freak Out!, Absolutely Free, We’re Only In It For The Money
Yes – The Yes Album, Fragile, Close To The Edge
Miles Davis – In A Silent Way, Bitches Brew, Jack Johnson
Prince – Controversy, 1999, Purple Rain
Minutemen – The Punch Line, What Makes A Man Start Fires, Double Nickels on the Dime
Parliament – Mothership Connection, The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein, Funkentelechy vs. The Placebo Syndrome
The Byrds – Fifth Dimension, Younger Than Yesterday , The Notorious Byrd Brothers
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The Hippie Chick, BluemeanAl, pepperland, MarthaGEORGE: In fact, The Detroit Sound. JOHN: In fact, yes. GEORGE: In fact, yeah. Tamla-Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles. JOHN: We like Marvin Gaye. GEORGE: The Impressions PAUL & GEORGE: Mary Wells. GEORGE: The Exciters. RINGO: Chuck Jackson. JOHN: To name but eighty.
6.30am
20 January 2012
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Steely Dan — Katy Lied; The Royal Scam; Aja
Police — Zenyatta Mondatta; Ghost in the Machine; Synchronicity. This one seemed kind of obvious to me when I first thought about it, but I realized it’s a little sketchy as a Holy Trinity when I remembered that, during the vinyl age, I typically only listened to one side of each of these albums, with the other side being a bit weak in comparison. (This reminds me of one of our vinyl age ongoing music debates: “Which side is better, Side 1 or Side 2?” Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve had that kind of conversation with anyone!)
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10.19am
19 October 2016
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John Prine, Diamonds In the Rough, Sweet Revenge
Sonic Youth:
EVOL, Sister, Daydream Nation
Some Neil Young has already been mentioned, but you have to love the “ditch” trilogy:
Time Fades Away, On The Beach, Tonight’s The Night
And also: Freedom, Ragged Glory, Harvest Moon
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9 March 2017
Offline Here’s 10 of them:
The Beatles:
Rubber Soul , Revolver , Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Jimi Hendrix Experience:
Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold As Love, Electric Ladyland
Queen:
Sheer Heart Attack, A Night At The Opera, A Day At The Races
Led Zeppelin:
Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin III, Zoso
Cream:
Fresh Cream, Disraeli Gears, Wheels Of Fire
Nirvana:
Bleach, Nevermind, In Utero
Green Day:
Dookie, Insomniac, Nimrod
AC/DC:
Highway To Hell, Back In Black, For Those About To Rock
Black Sabbath:
Black Sabbath, Paranoid, Master Of Reality
Michael Jackson:
Off The Wall, Thriller, Bad
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5.08pm
27 February 2017
Offline Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin IV, Houses Of The Holy,
David Bowie: Young Americans, Station To Station, Low or maybe Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust, Alladin Sane
Radiohead: Ok Computer, Kid A, Amnesiac
Stevie Wonder: Innervisions, Fullfillingness’ First Finale, Songs In The Key Of Life
And the best one of all… Rubber Soul , Revolver , Sgt Pepper ‘s Lonely Heart Club Band
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Von Bontee, Beatlebug, WeepingAtlasCedarsNot once does the diversity seem forced -- the genius of the record is how the vaudevillian "When I'm 64" seems like a logical extension of "Within You Without You" and how it provides a gateway to the chiming guitars of "Lovely Rita. - Stephen T. Erlewine on Sgt Pepper's
5.17pm
14 June 2016
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Help ! | Rubber Soul | Revolver
Rubber Soul (US) | Yesterday And Today | Revolver (US)
Billy Joel:
The Bridge | Storm Front | River Of Dreams
The Stranger | 52nd Street | Glass Houses
Ringo Starr :
Y Not | Ringo 2012 | Postcards From Paradise
Ringo’s Rotogravure | Ringo The 4th | Bad Boy
George Harrison :
Thirty Three & 1/3 | George Harrison | Somewhere In England
Eagles:
One Of These Nights | Hotel California | The Long Run
Paul McCartney :
Press To Play | Flowers In The Dirt | Off The Ground
McCartney | RAM | Wildlife
Here | There | Everywhere
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6.10pm
14 December 2009
Offline This thread feels imperfect to me since many of these 3 lp runs are actually part of 4-or-5 (or more!) runs of perfection and I can’t decide which extraneous albums to leave out! But anyways, a few more that haven’t been covered by myself or any of you…
BOC – Blue Oyster Cult, Tyranny & Mutation, Secret Treaties
Husker Du – Zen Arcade, New Day Rising, Flip Your Wig
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6.36pm
14 December 2009
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19. Rush
2112, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures
Unfortunately this doesn’t count…you jumped from 1976 to ’79 and missed the two albums in between 🙁
I tried to find room for Rush but they never did more than two consecutive great (as opposed to merely good) LPs, imo.
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6.44pm
26 January 2017
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ATLiens
Aquemeni
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-Bob Dylan, Subterranean Homesick Blues
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-Brian Wilson, Surfer Girl
7.05pm
9 March 2017
Offline Von Bontee said
HMBeatlesfan said
19. Rush
2112, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures
Unfortunately this doesn’t count…you jumped from 1976 to ’79 and missed the two albums in between 🙁
I tried to find room for Rush but they never did more than two consecutive great (as opposed to merely good) LPs, imo.
That was before i was aware that they had to be in consecutive order.
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8.22am
26 January 2017
Offline Rubber Soul , Revolver , Sgt Pepper .
Smashing Pumpkins: Gish, Siamese Dream, Melon Collie And The Infinite Sadness.
Pink Floyd: Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals.
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He seemed a little haggard, but it did not slow him down,
he was humming to the neon of the universal sound.
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