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Originally posted by ezkcdude:
The New Pornographers haven't taken a wrong step yet.

This is true. One more great album and they'll have a solid string.

1. Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet, Let it Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main Street - The Gold Standard.

2. Velvet Underground - Nico, White Light/White Heat, Velvet Underground, Loaded. The only real challenger to Stones Hegemony.

3. Radiohead - The Bends, Ok Computer, Kid A, Amnesiac.

4. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde on Blonde, John Wesley Harding.

5. Led Zepplin - 1-4.

6. The Kinks - Funny Face, Something Else, Village Green, Lola

7. The Byrds - First 6 - Tambourine Man through Sweetheart of the Rodeo (Maybe the very longest consistenly excellent streak of any of the artists).

Can't Include the Beatles, Don't think it's fair to say Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt Peppers, White Album, Abbey Road, cause other Movie Soundtracks and collections where slipped in there (Help, Hey Jude, Magical Mystery Tour) and none of these are great.

Can't Include Springsteen, Cause I think the River blows.

Can't included REM, every third album was a dud or near dud (Fables, Green, Monster).

The Who's albums were off and on.

U2, like the Beatles, always had a throw away release to screw up the chain.

Like the mention of the early Talking Heads, but to be honest, if I had to, Mott The Hoople, an all but forgotten glam band, might be next with Their s/t debut, Brain Capers, All the Young Dudes, and Mott.

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5. Led Zepplin - 1-4.

No love for Houses of the Holy Illiniq? Following up Zep IV must've been tough, but I think they did a pretty good job. Houses contains some pretty sweet tunes. I don't think Zep had a real misfire until [i]Physical Graffiti[i]...the cursed double album.

Dont think these are mentioned:

(iggy &) the stooges
the stooges - funhouse - raw power

guided by voices
vampire on titus - bee thousand - alien lanes

nick drake
five leaves left - bryter layter - pink moon

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Originally posted by thor:
Dont think these are mentioned:

(iggy &) the stooges
the stooges - funhouse - raw power

You could probably add Iggy Pop's first two solo albums, The Idiot and Lust for Life, to the mix as well.

What about sufjan stevens?

(I have illinoise and I am wondering what to get next)

Well, Michigan is closest to Illinois in style, but my favorite album of his is Seven Swans, which is pretty much all amazing acoustic stuff. No orchestra songs, which I like least of his stuff.

I would probably say in my opinion:

1. The New Pornographers
2. Okkervil River (some people don't like "Don't Fall in Love with Everyone You See" but I love it)
3. Led Zepplin
4. Modest Mouse (from their early stuff up until "Good News for People Who Love Bad News" streak over)
5. Tom Waits (does this guy ever release bad albums?)

For my money, The Pernice Brothers have yet to put out a bad album. They are at five and counting. Many think their first is their weakest, and they may be true, but it's still pretty damn good.

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Originally posted by PRG:
For my money, The Pernice Brothers have yet to put out a bad album. They are at five and counting. Many think their first is their weakest, and they may be true, but it's still pretty damn good.

I used to wonder if I was the world's biggest Pernice Brothers fan. I think "The World Won't End" and "Yours, Mine & Ours" are absolute masterpieces, but I think the latest is only pretty good. I'm also partial to "Overcome by Happiness" over "Discover a Lovelier You".

Hard to beat the four Uncle Tupelo albums in my book.

Fugazi would be my knee-jerk answer.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Illiniq:

Can't Include the Beatles, Don't think it's fair to say Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt Peppers, White Album, Abbey Road, cause other Movie Soundtracks and collections where slipped in there (Help, Hey Jude, Magical Mystery Tour) and none of these are great.



I have to say that soundtrack or not, I think Magical Mystery Tour is underrated and indeed great. Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields and All You Need Is Love are probably enough on their own to do that, although the rest is good too (Walrus, Fool on the Hill, etc.).

My music knowledge is restricted, but as far as I know, I'll go with these strings:

Wilco : Summerteeth, YHF, A ghost is born

Primus : Frizzle fry, sailing the seas of cheese, pork soda

Rage against the machine : RATM, Evil Empire, the battle of Los Angeles

Godspeed you! black emperor : slow riot for new zero kanada, lift your skinny fists like anthennas to heaven!, Yanqui U.X.O.

Dumas: Dumas, Le cours des jours, les aimants, fixer le temps

The white stripes : white blood cells, elephant, get behind me satan

Kid Koala: carpal tunnel syndrome, some of my best friends are dj, your mom's favorite

Ladytron: 604, light & magic, witching hour

I still say AC/DC or Sabbath.

Fugazi was a good choice on leland's part.

Rush.

Nobody has mentioned the Beastie Boys yet.

Licensed to Ill
Paul's Boutique
Check Your Head

are we talking about a short string of really great albums, or a long streak of solid albums?
'cuz for overall consistency, i'd reach for Matt Johnson and The The anyday...

soul mining, infected, mind bomb, dusk, solitude, and hanky panky are all incredible and worth checking out.

I'm not going to even bother putting up any of the Cure's albums, because as most of you may know (or now know), they're my favorite band, so I will just end up putting all of their albums .

Phallus Dei, Yeti, Tanz der Lemminge - Amon Duul II

Station To Station, Low, "Heroes" - David Bowie

The Dreaming, Hounds Of Love, The Sensual World - Kate Bush

Tago Mago, Ege Bamyasi, Future Days - Can

Here Come The Warm Jets, Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), Another Green World, Discreet Music, Before & After Science - Brian Eno

Faust, So Far, The Faust Tapes, Faust IV - Faust

Trans-Europe Express, The Man-Machine, Computer World - Kraftwerk

At Dawn, It Still Moves, Z - My Morning Jacket

Power Corruption & Lies, Low-Life,
Brotherhood, Technique - New Order

Doolittle, Bossanova, Trompe le Monde - Pixies

The Bends, OK Computer, Kid A, Amnesiac - Radiohead

Agaetis Byrjun, ( ), Takk... - Sigur Ros

Talking Heads: 77, More Songs About Buildings & Food, Fear Of Music, Remain In Light - Talking Heads

The White Stripes, De Stijl, White Blood Cells - The White Stripes

Scott, Scott 2, Scott 3, Scott 4 - Scott Walker

Knife Play, A Promise, Fabulous Muscles - Xiu Xiu

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Originally posted by ericg75:

David Bowie - TMWSTW, Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust, Alladin Sane

REM - Murmur, Reckoning, Fables, Life's Rich Pageant, Document, Green

Spoon - A Series of Sneaks, Girls Can Tell, Kill The Moonlight, Gimme Fiction

Ditto re the above - especially pleased to see some recognition of the ongoing brilliance of Spoon.

Re REM - I never liked document and like it less now (the production sucks - too tidy/flat - but then Fables is my fave with its murky echoes!) but I recognise it as a well written cohesive album that stands out from the pack at the time.

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Originally posted by TigerG:

Re REM - I never liked document and like it less now (the production sucks - too tidy/flat - but then Fables is my fave with its murky echoes!) but I recognise it as a well written cohesive album that stands out from the pack at the time.

I don't like Document either (apart from the singles from it), but Murmur, Reckoning, Fables, and Life's Rich Pageant is still a good run. They've generally had a good run (which ended after Up).

As for the overall winner, I'd have to go for the Rolling Stones (Beggars to Exile).

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The true answer is (and it has probably already been suggested, but I'm too lazy to read the whole thread):

Wire - Pink Flag, Chairs Missing, 154. Made even more impressive in that all these were released within a year of each other.

My personal favorite is:

Built to Spill - There's Nothing Wrong With Love, Perfect From Now On, Keep It Like a Secret

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