Greatest 4 Album Run in Rock History?

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• YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 35,341

  May 21

  The Rolling Stones: 'Beggars Banquet' (1968), 'Let It Bleed' (1969), 'Sticky Fingers' (1971), 'Exile on Main St.' (1972)

  Honorable mentions for me are:

  First 4 Talking Heads LPs

  First 4 Velvet Underground LPs

  Royal Scam screws up Steely Dan run, although Can't Buy a Thrill »> Katy Lied merits consideration

  CCR Green River > Pendulum

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• chuck Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 10,998

  May 21

  The Beatles: 'Rubber Soul' (1965), 'Revolver' (1966), 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' (1967), 'The Beatles' (1968) (or Revolver to Abbey Road)

  FO row Peter puffer, you left off Neil Young, Freedom through Sleeps with Angels. I guess Harvest Moon was an unplugged album so maybe it doesn't count. That would be my choice though:

  Freedom

  Ragged Glory

  Harvest Moon

  Sleeps With Angels

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• RaceBannon Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 105,444

  May 21

  Neil Young: 'Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere' (1969), 'After the Gold Rush' (1970), 'Harvest' (1972), 'On the Beach' (1974)

  Didn't see a Rod Stewart option

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• YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 35,341

  May 21

  The Rolling Stones: 'Beggars Banquet' (1968), 'Let It Bleed' (1969), 'Sticky Fingers' (1971), 'Exile on Main St.' (1972)

  https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/comment/1966523#Comment_1966523

  JTFC @chuck … let's not get carried away, pal.

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• Joey Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 6,662

  May 21

  Van Halen, 'Van Halen' (1978), 'Van Halen II' (1979), 'Women and Children First' (1980), 'Fair Warning' (1981)

  Change rock guitar forever then pop off

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• CFetters_Nacho_Lover Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 30,240

  May 21

  AC/DC: 'Let There Be Rock' (1977), 'Powerage' (1978), 'Highway to Hell' (1979), 'Back in Black' (1980)

  https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/comment/1966533#Comment_1966533

  Someone needs some help from @TheChart

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• Fishpo31 Member Posts: 2,416

  May 22

  The Rolling Stones: 'Beggars Banquet' (1968), 'Let It Bleed' (1969), 'Sticky Fingers' (1971), 'Exile on Main St.' (1972)

  Honorable mention for me…ZZ Top

  Rio Grande Mud

  Tres Hombres

  Fandango

  Tejas

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• PurpleJ Member Posts: 37,208

  May 22

  Led Zeppelin: 'Led Zeppelin III' (1970), 'Led Zeppelin IV' (1971), 'Houses of the Holy' (1973), 'Physical Graffiti' (1975) or any combo of the first 6 LZ Albums

  https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/comment/1966557#Comment_1966557

  I like guitar players that don’t die.

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• YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 35,341

  May 22

  The Rolling Stones: 'Beggars Banquet' (1968), 'Let It Bleed' (1969), 'Sticky Fingers' (1971), 'Exile on Main St.' (1972)

  https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/comment/1966599#Comment_1966599

  Keef is older than Jimmy by like 2 weeks and he’s not a pedo.

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• PurpleJ Member Posts: 37,208

  May 22

  Led Zeppelin: 'Led Zeppelin III' (1970), 'Led Zeppelin IV' (1971), 'Houses of the Holy' (1973), 'Physical Graffiti' (1975) or any combo of the first 6 LZ Albums

  https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/comment/1966600#Comment_1966600

  Being a pedo is in these days. Point to Page.

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• YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 35,341

  May 22 edited May 22

  The Rolling Stones: 'Beggars Banquet' (1968), 'Let It Bleed' (1969), 'Sticky Fingers' (1971), 'Exile on Main St.' (1972)

  https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/comment/1966607#Comment_1966607

  If I played guitar I’d be Jimmy Page. The girlies I like are underage.
  

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• PurpleJ Member Posts: 37,208

  May 22

  Led Zeppelin: 'Led Zeppelin III' (1970), 'Led Zeppelin IV' (1971), 'Houses of the Holy' (1973), 'Physical Graffiti' (1975) or any combo of the first 6 LZ Albums

  Civilization was built on child brides!

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• YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 35,341

  May 22

  The Rolling Stones: 'Beggars Banquet' (1968), 'Let It Bleed' (1969), 'Sticky Fingers' (1971), 'Exile on Main St.' (1972)

  https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/comment/1966609#Comment_1966609

  This is true.

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• BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 11,432

  May 22

  Led Zeppelin: 'Led Zeppelin III' (1970), 'Led Zeppelin IV' (1971), 'Houses of the Holy' (1973), 'Physical Graffiti' (1975) or any combo of the first 6 LZ Albums

  I almost took the VH bait. If I was voting with my heart I would have, but if I'm being honest the Zeppelin stuff is GOAT level. Sorry to The Beatles fans out there.

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• chuck Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 10,998

  May 22

  The Beatles: 'Rubber Soul' (1965), 'Revolver' (1966), 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' (1967), 'The Beatles' (1968) (or Revolver to Abbey Road)

  https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/comment/1966530#Comment_1966530

  Huh?

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• YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 35,341

  May 22

  The Rolling Stones: 'Beggars Banquet' (1968), 'Let It Bleed' (1969), 'Sticky Fingers' (1971), 'Exile on Main St.' (1972)

  https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/comment/1966649#Comment_1966649

  The late 80s early 90's Neil stuff. Very good, but not all timer.

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• El_K Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,198

  May 22

  The Beatles: 'Rubber Soul' (1965), 'Revolver' (1966), 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' (1967), 'The Beatles' (1968) (or Revolver to Abbey Road)

  The Beatles are hard to beat. And as much as I love Van Halen, that would have been too much of a homer vote

  
  Respect to Pink Floyd. Dark Side. Wish you were here. Animals. The Wall.
  

  
  

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• YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 35,341

  May 22

  The Rolling Stones: 'Beggars Banquet' (1968), 'Let It Bleed' (1969), 'Sticky Fingers' (1971), 'Exile on Main St.' (1972)

  https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/comment/1966647#Comment_1966647

  The 3 strongest contenders on this list are Beatles, Stones and Zep. I can make a skrong case for any of the 3 winning the Gold and ultimately it comes down to taste.

  Rubber Soul through White Album is the most critically acclaimed of the bunch and that's merited. This stretch did more to move the genre forward than anything else here. But I get that the Beatles aren't everyone's cup of tea and each of those 4 albums has a few songs that are fluff.

  The first 6 Zep albums are arguable the greatest consistent stretch in rock. Every album was a classic with almost no weak songs. I mean seriously, name me a crap song on one of those records.

  I still think the Stones winning streak trumps them all as this music was the finest distillation of the roots of rock and roll- i.e., country, blues, soul, folk all blended together into the most perfect mix. The Stones did blues and country better than Zep in my opinion.

  All of the others on this list are deserving, but I can poke a few holes in each.

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• YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 35,341

  May 22

  The Rolling Stones: 'Beggars Banquet' (1968), 'Let It Bleed' (1969), 'Sticky Fingers' (1971), 'Exile on Main St.' (1972)

  https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/comment/1966833#Comment_1966833

  Animals isn't an all time classic like the other 3 in this run. It screws things up with 4 albums in a row of greatness.

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• huskyhooligan Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 5,407

  May 23

  Led Zeppelin: 'Led Zeppelin III' (1970), 'Led Zeppelin IV' (1971), 'Houses of the Holy' (1973), 'Physical Graffiti' (1975) or any combo of the first 6 LZ Albums

  Why do you hate The Monkees! The disrespek!!!1!

  

  Kinda wild Zep IV was prevented from charting number one in the US by Carol King and Sly and the Family Stone.

  Pearl Jam had a good run to start. U2 had a great run of number ones starting with Joshua Tree. I'm a fan of the Weezer Blue to Maladroit quad. Aerosmith had a couple good runs. Oh and Pink Floyd Dark Side to Wall is pretty solid. More recently I'm a fan of all four of Royal Bloods albums. And partial rock, Beastie Boys License to Ill to Hello Nasty, all excellent.

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