Rutlefan Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 The Radiohead thread got me thinking about this. Sometimes albums seem to belong together, compliment one another, or work great side by side. Album buddies, if you will. Here's some that come immediately to my mind: The Bends and OK Computer (by Radiohead) A Farewell to Kings and Hemispheres (of course) Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures (of course) Led Zeppelin IV and Houses of the Holy (hard to explain, but every other Zeppelin album seems to stand on its own, but these two have always seemed a pair to me) Michigan and Illinois (by Sufjan Stevens) Rubber Soul and Revolver Something Else by the Kinks and The Kinks are the Village Green Society (like Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures, in that the earlier album was a break-out album in its own right, yet sets the table for the following album of even greater renown) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman (Ozzy) Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules (Black Sabbath with Ronnie James Dio) Metallica and Load (Metallica) Piece of Mind and Powerslave (Maiden) Holy Diver and The Last in Line (Dio) Ghost in the Machine and Synchronicity (The Police) Screaming for Vengeance and Defenders of the Faith (Judas Priest) Sgt. Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour (The Beatles) I'll think of some more I'm sure. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I would post Wire albums, but I can't seperate the first three albums. It's an unbreakable trilogy. Off the top of my head: Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules The Replacements - Tim and Pleased to Meet Me Yes - Fragile and Close to the Edge The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Magical Mystery Tour John Lennon - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King and In the Wake of Poseidon 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I always thought the Roth-era Van Halen albums paired off quite nicely: Van Halen - Van Halen and Van Halen II Van Halen - Women and Children First and Fair Warning Van Halen - Diver Down and 1984 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Okay, either: Wire - Pink Flag and Chairs Missing or Chairs Missing and 154 Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones and Rain Dogs or Rain Dogs and Franks Wild Years 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 (edited) For me: Atom Heart Mother and MeddleLive at Leeds and Who's NextToys in the Attic and RocksLed Zep I and II ( both released in 1969 ) - I got II for Xmas that year, along with my first pair of bell bottom pants !!!Fragile and Close to the EdgeMaster of Reality / Vol IVWomen and Children First and Fair WarningThick as a Brick and A Passion PlaySticky Fingers and Exile on Main StreetA Farewell and HemispheresMagical Mystery Tour and The White AlbumTarkus and TrilogySelling England By the Pound and A Lamb Lies Down on BWayKiller and School's Out Edited March 19, 2014 by custom55 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I always thought the Roth-era Van Halen albums paired off quite nicely: Van Halen - Van Halen and Van Halen II Van Halen - Women and Children First and Fair Warning Van Halen - Diver Down and 1984 A perfect run !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushBoingo Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Rush-Power Windows and Hold Your Fire They Might Be Giants-Join Us and Nanobots Owl City-Of June and Maybe I'm Dreaming Oingo Boingo-Dark at the end of the Tunnel and Boingo Animal Collective-Strawberry Jam and Merriweather Post Pavillion Panda Bear/Animal Collective-Tomboy and Centipede Hz Green Day-American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 (edited) Powerage and Highway to HellI picked these two because they are pretty similar in style and sound. Let There Be Rock is better than both (or any) IMO but is more raw than these two also. Obvious that Back In Black is different too (for sad reasons)... Edited March 19, 2014 by Narpski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Led Zep I and II ( both released in 1969 ) - I got II for Xmas that year, along with my first pair of bell bottom pants !!! That's funny. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Powerage and Highway to HellI picked these two because they are pretty similar in style and sound. Let There Be Rock is better than both (or any) IMO but is more raw than these two also. Obvious that Back In Black is different too (for sad reasons)... Actually Narp, now that you mention it, Back in Black and For Those About To Rock. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 You can pair off Queen albums. How can you NOT listen to these albums back-to-back: Queen - A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Fragile and Close to the Edge /thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Ok, not /thread Black Country Communion - Black Country and 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 The Grand Illusion and Pieces Of Eight 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclonus X-1 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Jethro Tull -- Songs from the Wood and Heavy HorsesAmon Duul II -- Yeti and Tanz der Lemminge I agree with a lot of the ones already mentioned, especially Toys in the Attic/Rocks and Fragile/Close to the Edge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Steely Dan- Katy Lied and The Royal Scam Dream Theater- Metropolis Pt II and Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence. Captain Beefheart- Trout Mask Replica and Lick my Decals Off Baby Tom Waits- Swordfishtrombones and Rain Dogs Toto-Fahrenheit and The seventh One. Rush- Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures Queen-Queen and Queen II Genesis- Duke and Abacab Peter Gabriel-Melt and Security Beatles- Rubber Soul and Revolver. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 (edited) XTC - Drums and Wires and Black Sea XTC - Apple Venus, Vol. 1 and Wasp Star (Apple Venus, Vol. 2) The Cars - The Cars and Candy-O Big Country - The Crossing and Steeltown Edited March 20, 2014 by ReRushed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Bowie - Ziggy and Aladdin; Low and HeroesR.E.M. - Reckoning and FablesTom Petty - Damn The Torpedoes and Hard PromisesOasis - Definitely Maybe and What's The Story Morning GlorySpringsteen - Born To Run and Darkness On The Edge Of TownDylan - Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde On BlondePearl Jam - Ten and Vs.Stone Temple Pilots - Core and Purple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x1yyz Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Metallica - Master of Puppets & Ride the Lightning. Those two are so similar I can never remember which songs are from which. Rush - A Farewell to Kings & Hemispheres. I know someone already mentioned it but they're worth mentioning again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobo73 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Powerage and Let There Be Rock have ALWAYS been the perfect pair to me :) Heaven Tonight and Dream Police by Cheap Trick Those 2 immediately came to mind. To me, for some reason, they go hand in hand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat 3 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Kansas - Leftoverture & Point of Know Return 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat 3 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Boston - Boston & Don't Look Back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat 3 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Of course, as ReRushed already pointed out...the top of the list absolutely, positively has to be... Queen - A Night at the Opera & A Day at the Races http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4d/Queen_A_Night_At_The_Opera.png http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/31/A_Day_at_the_Races_%28Queen%29.jpg 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 ReGorLaTroy is stuck in some type of pop/prop 1970's mode! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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