The Flaming Lips

(1990) In A Priest Driven Ambulance
(1992) Hit to Death in the Future Head

...arguably.

(1993) Transmissions from the Satillite Heart
(1995) Clouds Taste Metallic
(1997) Zaireeka
(1999) The Soft Bulletin
(2002) Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
(2006) At War With the Mystics

...definitely.

Anyone who thinks its all about the last three should probably brush up a little.

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Originally posted by Yay!:
The Flaming Lips

(1990) In A Priest Driven Ambulance
(1992) Hit to Death in the Future Head

...arguably.

(1993) Transmissions from the Satillite Heart
(1995) Clouds Taste Metallic
(1997) Zaireeka
(1999) The Soft Bulletin
(2002) Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
(2006) At War With the Mystics

...definitely.

Anyone who thinks its all about the last three should probably brush up a little.

I'd say the last two are the arguable part.

Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes, Under the Pink, Boys For Pele(her best....and when I stopped listening to her...)

PJ Harvey - Everything she's done from Dry to Uh Huh Her

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood, Couldn't Stand the Weather, Soul to Soul, In Step.

The house is a rockin'!

If Modern Times turns out to be another classic, and all indications point to yes:

Time Out of Mind
Love and Theft
Modern Times

Oh, the guy's name is Bod Dylan

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Originally posted by sunset3:
If Modern Times turns out to be another classic, and all indications point to yes:

Time Out of Mind
Love and Theft
Modern Times

Oh, the guy's name is Bod Dylan

That's still no:

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
The Times They Are A-Changin'
Another Side of Bob Dylan
Bringing it All Back Home
Highway 61 Revisited
Blonde on Blonde
John Wesley Harding
Nashville Skyline

Or even a:

Blood on the Tracks
The Basement Tapes
Desire
Hard Rain (Live)

P.S. And his name is Bob. No one's called him Bod since that wild weekend with Joan Baez and Judy Collins in '68.

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A Rolling-Stone sponsored blog says it may be The Hold Steady: "Has anybody made three albums this great in three consecutive years lately?"

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2006/07...nd-girls-in-america/

"Almost Killed Me" and "Separation Sunday" are great discs, so if "Boys and Girls in America" is as good as advertised, the above-quoted blog may be right (Pitchfork, too, is already saying that "Boys and Girls in America" is one of the best albums of the year).

Whoops, got me eric!! lol
I realize you can put together many, many lists for Dylan, and I know I'm in the minority in a big way, but I prefer the new stuff (slightly).

I like 3 really good albums in 3 consecutive years better than just 3 good albums in a row. I mean, I if Modest Mouse's new one is good, that would be 3 good ones in a row in my book, but is 3 good albums in a span of 7 years really that great? I don't think so.

Jason Molina released 3 great records in a 3-year span recently: Didn't It Rain, Magnolia Electric Co, and Pyramid Electric Co, from 2002-2004.

How about releasing 3 albums in one year, even if you'd have trouble making one good album out of all 3

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Originally posted by RavingLunatic:
I like 3 really good albums in 3 consecutive years better than just 3 good albums in a row. I mean, I if Modest Mouse's new one is good, that would be 3 good ones in a row in my book, but is 3 good albums in a span of 7 years really that great? I don't think so.

I'd say a great album is a great album, regardless of how long it takes to complete. If you took two albums of equal quality, I wouldn't say the one that was completed in less time is automatically better, it just shows a different creative process between the two.

It just really annoys me when an artist takes 4 years between albums like Modest Mouse did between Moon and Antarctica and Good News. I mean, I don't think any of the Mountain Goats albums are as good as Moon and Antarctica, but shit, he puts out good material every year. As a fan, you've gotta appreciate that. I don't really see how much fun it can be to be a fan of, say, the Counting Crows, who take 3-4 years between albums. Get with it, guys. It is your job to make music.

And as far as 3 good albums in one year, John Darnielle did it with All Hail West Texas, Tallahassee, and Martial Arts Weekend (under the Extra Glenns moniker) in 2002.

Also, Elephant Micah had 3 good albums in 2004 with And the Palmyra Palm, And the Loud Guitars, and Home of Astronauts EP, though And the Palmyra Palm is the only truly outstanding one out of those 3.

Also, in 2000 Jason Molina released two good albums (The Lioness and Ghost Tropic) a decent tour album of mostly new songs (Protection Spells) and two good split 7''s, one with Alasdair Roberts and another with Glen Hansard (of the Frames).

Well, come on now RL, during those "extended longeurs", you can check out the thousands of awesome bands you don't listen to.
For example, the Beatles put out 13 terrific albums in eight years (in the U.S., we got the same music on more albums in only seven years.)

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Originally posted by mark f:
Well, come on now RL, during those "extended longeurs", you can check out the thousands of awesome bands you don't listen to.

Exactly. If the band you love is taking to long to put out it's next album, there's tons of albums you can listen to. It's not as if there's a shortage on good music. I have no idea how many albums have been released in the past half century, but I've only heard a small fraction. I discover new old stuff all the time while I'm waiting for Radiohead to make another masterpiece.

I realize the two aren't always mutually exclusive, but I guess I'd always take quality over quantity. I've heard way too many double albums that would've made terrific single albums if the artist had just checked their ego at the door and stopped trying to be so damn prolific. Imagine how good Melon Collie would've been had Billy Corgan left the Infinite Sadness in the editing room. One diamond is better than a handful of coal.

Yeah, I agree. There's no shortage. But there's something exciting about being a fan of a band and not having to wait forever for their releases. I mean, I enjoy movies, but I like a good TV show more than a good movie because you get to look forward to it every week, and you can follow the development of characters and so forth.

I'm basically with Matt Friedberger on this one. He said this in a Pitchfork interview:

"I think for rock music fans, bands are supposed to make records quickly, and that's what's exciting...It's good to work, that's the only way you get better. I think people in rock bands should be forced to work more!"

and I think he's right on.


I suppose part of the reason I'm like this is that I never go to live shows. For me the albums are it.

And yeah, I know, Mark. I'll get around to the Beatles. Dang, I was at the Library today. I should've picked up some of their albums. There's kind of a lull in good 2006 albums right now. Oh well, I'll be back there soon.

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I'm basically with Matt Friedberger on this one. He said this in a Pitchfork interview:

"I think for rock music fans, bands are supposed to make records quickly, and that's what's exciting...It's good to work, that's the only way you get better. I think people in rock bands should be forced to work more!"

and I think he's right on.

Matt Friedberger is also probably the most shining example of someone who shouldn't release everything he records. I can't think of an artist who teeters between greatness and crap as often as he does. I think most of us would like to forget (and we probably will) the last couple Furnaces albums and his double-solo album from last month.

You know what? I've already forgot those two records as well as his solo albums because none of them were any good. BUT, I don't really care that they weren't good, because he's already working on two more albums. If even just one of those records is good, that means they'll have put out 4 records that I love in a span of 5 years. I'll take it. It's more than the Notwist have given me in the past 4 years. Better than just about any band really. I still love the Furnaces. If the next Shins album sucks, however, I'm gonna go really sour on them.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds:

Tender Prey, The Good Son, Henry's Dream, Let Love In

The New Pornographers haven't taken a wrong step yet.