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The '70s Aerosmith thread inspired this topic. I went with "favorite" over "great" so no one has to play rock historian. Some off the top of my head (not counting b-sides/extras and soundtrack albums, unless you want to):

 

- Hemispheres, PeW, MP

 

- Get Your Wings, Toys in the Attic, Rocks

 

- Wire's Pink Flag, Chairs Missing, 154

 

- Led Zeppelin IV, Houses of the Holy, Physical Graffiti

 

- Help!, Rubber Soul, Revolver

 

- Magical Mystery Tour, The Beatles, Abbey Road (Sgt Peppers through The Beatles would have worked fine too)

 

- Radiohead's The Bends, OK Computer, Kid A/Amnesiac double album (Kid A by itself is somewhat overrated I've always thought; Kid A plus Amnesiac plus some Amnesic B-sides like Cuttooth, The Fog and Kinetic would make a classic).

 

- Sufjan Stevens' Michigan, Seven Swans, Come on Feel the Illinoise

 

Lots of others I can think of, from Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, The Cure, New Order, The Smiths, The Church, but the above stand out.

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Bruce Springsteen- Born To Run, Darkness On The Edge Of Town, The River

 

Lacuna Coil- Unleashed Memories, Comalies, Karmacode

 

Rush- Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures

 

Paradise Lost- Draconian Times, One Second, Host

 

Sonata Arctica- Silence, Winterheart's Guild, Reckoning Night

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The Who - Tommy, Who’s Next, Quadrophenia

Genesis - Foxtrot, Selling England By The Pound, The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid M.A.A.D City, To Pimp A Buttrrfly, D***.

Radiohead - The Bends, OK Computer, Kid A

Aerosmith - Get Your Wings, Toys In The Attic, Rocks

Queen - Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night At The Opera

Rush - Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, Signals

Rush - 2112, A Farewell To Kings, Hemispheres

David Bowie - Hunky Dory, The Rise and Fall Of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, Aladdin Sane

David Bowie - Station To Station, Low, “Heroes”

The Beatles - Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

Megadeth - Rust In Peace, Countdown To Extinction, Youthanasia

Metallica - Ride The Lightning, Master Of Puppets, ...And Justice For All

Anthrax - Among The Living, State Of Euphoria, Persistance Of Time

Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast, Piece Of Mind, Powerslave

 

 

Oh there are so many more. Most great artists have a sognature three album run, and many have more.

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War,Unforgettable Fire,Joshua Tree

17 Sec,Faith,Pornography

Full Moon Fever, ITGWO, Wildflowers

Time Out Of Mind, Love And Theft, Modern Times

Off The Wall, Thriller, Bad

1999, Purple Rain, ATWIAD

Bowie’s Berlin trilogy

Aquemini,Stankonia,Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

DSOTM,WYWH,Animals

The Clash, Give Em Enough Rope, London Calling

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For me, ACDC's stunning six-album run with Bon Scott puts them in the running with Zep and VH as greatest run of albums ever.

 

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The Black Crowes - Shake Your Moneymaker, Southern Harmony..., Amorica

Incubus - Science, make yourself, morning view

RHCP - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan, mother's milk, Blood Sugar...

soundgarden - bad motorfinger, superunknown, down on the upside

cream - first 3 of 4

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How about these...

 

Black Sabbath- Vol.4 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Sabotage

 

ELO- Face The Music A New World Record Out Of The Blue

 

Metallica- Pastor Of Muppets And Justice For All Black Album

 

Motorhead- Iron Fist Another Perfect Day Orgasmatron

 

War- All Day Music The World Is A Ghetto Deliver The Word

 

The Monkees- Headquarter Pisces,etc… Birds Bees &The Monkees

 

Kyuss- Blues For A Red Sun Welcome To Sky Valley And The Circus Leaves Town

 

Queens Of The Stone Age- Rated R Songs For The Deaf Lullabies To Paralyze

 

Soundgarden- Badmotorfinger Superunknown Down On The Upside

 

Santana- lll Caravanserai Welcome

 

Judas Priest- Point Of Entry Screaming For Vengeance Defenders Of The Faith

 

Plenty more, I haven't even covered Rush or Ozzy, etc...

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The '70s Aerosmith thread inspired this topic. I went with "favorite" over "great" so no one has to play rock historian. Some off the top of my head (not counting b-sides/extras and soundtrack albums, unless you want to):

 

- Hemispheres, PeW, MP

 

- Get Your Wings, Toys in the Attic, Rocks

 

- Wire's Pink Flag, Chairs Missing, 154

 

- Led Zeppelin IV, Houses of the Holy, Physical Graffiti

 

- Help!, Rubber Soul, Revolver

 

- Magical Mystery Tour, The Beatles, Abbey Road (Sgt Peppers through The Beatles would have worked fine too)

 

- Radiohead's The Bends, OK Computer, Kid A/Amnesiac double album (Kid A by itself is somewhat overrated I've always thought; Kid A plus Amnesiac plus some Amnesic B-sides like Cuttooth, The Fog and Kinetic would make a classic).

 

- Sufjan Stevens' Michigan, Seven Swans, Come on Feel the Illinoise

 

Lots of others I can think of, from Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, The Cure, New Order, The Smiths, The Church, but the above stand out.

These are four and five album runs RUTLES, sometimes six, I'll have to correct you:

 

2112, A Farewell to Kings, Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures - that's a 5 album run

 

Aerosmith, Get Your Wings, Toys in the Attic, Rocks, Draw the Line - that's a 5

 

Led Zeppelin I, II, III, IV - that's a 4

 

Help, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Magical Mystery Tour, Sgt. Peppers - that's a 5

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