Greatest 4 Album Run in Rock History?
Greatest 4 Album Run in Rock History? 27 votes
6 votes
1 vote
1 vote
6 votes
5 votes
3 votes
4 votes
1 vote
Comments
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
The Rolling Stones: 'Beggars Banquet' (1968), 'Let It Bleed' (1969), 'Sticky Fingers' (1971), 'Exile on Main St.' (1972)
JTFC @chuck … let's not get carried away, pal.
-
Van Halen, 'Van Halen' (1978), 'Van Halen II' (1979), 'Women and Children First' (1980), 'Fair Warning' (1981)
Change rock guitar forever then pop off
-
AC/DC: 'Let There Be Rock' (1977), 'Powerage' (1978), 'Highway to Hell' (1979), 'Back in Black' (1980)
Someone needs some help from @TheChart
-
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
-
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 like guitar players that don’t die.
-
The Rolling Stones: 'Beggars Banquet' (1968), 'Let It Bleed' (1969), 'Sticky Fingers' (1971), 'Exile on Main St.' (1972)
Keef is older than Jimmy by like 2 weeks and he’s not a pedo.
-
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
Being a pedo is in these days. Point to Page.
-
The Rolling Stones: 'Beggars Banquet' (1968), 'Let It Bleed' (1969), 'Sticky Fingers' (1971), 'Exile on Main St.' (1972)
If I played guitar I’d be Jimmy Page. The girlies I like are underage.
-
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!
-
The Rolling Stones: 'Beggars Banquet' (1968), 'Let It Bleed' (1969), 'Sticky Fingers' (1971), 'Exile on Main St.' (1972)
This is true.
-
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.
-
The Beatles: 'Rubber Soul' (1965), 'Revolver' (1966), 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' (1967), 'The Beatles' (1968) (or Revolver to Abbey Road)
Huh?
-
The Rolling Stones: 'Beggars Banquet' (1968), 'Let It Bleed' (1969), 'Sticky Fingers' (1971), 'Exile on Main St.' (1972)
The late 80s early 90's Neil stuff. Very good, but not all timer.
-
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. -
The Rolling Stones: 'Beggars Banquet' (1968), 'Let It Bleed' (1969), 'Sticky Fingers' (1971), 'Exile on Main St.' (1972)
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.
-
The Rolling Stones: 'Beggars Banquet' (1968), 'Let It Bleed' (1969), 'Sticky Fingers' (1971), 'Exile on Main St.' (1972)
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.
-
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.
-
Neil Young: 'Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere' (1969), 'After the Gold Rush' (1970), 'Harvest' (1972), 'On the Beach' (1974)
High and Dry
Pyromania
Hysteria
And there is no 4th
-
The Rolling Stones: 'Beggars Banquet' (1968), 'Let It Bleed' (1969), 'Sticky Fingers' (1971), 'Exile on Main St.' (1972)
Jimi has a chance to win the 3 album run sweepstakes. There was not a 4th.
-
The Rolling Stones: 'Beggars Banquet' (1968), 'Let It Bleed' (1969), 'Sticky Fingers' (1971), 'Exile on Main St.' (1972)
I just don't think there's a 90s contender here with the exception of Radiohead if you're into them. They did have a pretty epic 3 or 4 album run. I'm just not super versed in that band and didn't feel comfortable including them.
All of the first 5 Beastie albums are legendary, but not really a true rock band.
Pearl Jam's first 3 albums are all essential but they didn't really stretch that into No Code (good but not great)
Nirvana had 2 great (studio) albums and a collection of B-Sides. The live album doesn't count here.
U-2 had 2 terrific albums, but the rest don't measure up to the task of being in this competition.
Weezer's 1st albums are top notch, but the rest aren't worthy of being in this pole.
REM had a great albums but I don't think they had 4 in a row.
I don't feel like Aerosmith had 4 classic albums in a row.
-
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
The best modern-day 4 album run is courtesy of Muse.
Showbiz
Origin of Symmetry
Absolution
Black Holes & Revelations
-
The Rolling Stones: 'Beggars Banquet' (1968), 'Let It Bleed' (1969), 'Sticky Fingers' (1971), 'Exile on Main St.' (1972)
White Stripes had a great 3 album run from De Stijl thru Elephant.
-
The Rolling Stones: 'Beggars Banquet' (1968), 'Let It Bleed' (1969), 'Sticky Fingers' (1971), 'Exile on Main St.' (1972)
Long Player - Faces
Every Picture Tells a Story - Rod Stewart
Nod is as good a wink - Faces
Never a Dull Moment - Rod Stewart
I changed my mind @RaceBannon and am putting Hot Rod on the list.
-
Neil Young: 'Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere' (1969), 'After the Gold Rush' (1970), 'Harvest' (1972), 'On the Beach' (1974)
EPTAS is a legit classic
-
The Rolling Stones: 'Beggars Banquet' (1968), 'Let It Bleed' (1969), 'Sticky Fingers' (1971), 'Exile on Main St.' (1972)
I'm taking screen shots!
-
The Beatles: 'Rubber Soul' (1965), 'Revolver' (1966), 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' (1967), 'The Beatles' (1968) (or Revolver to Abbey Road)
I think REM had a great run of good albums
When it comes to "alternative" bands, REM had a pretty solid run of decent records. I first heard of REM reading The Rocket and seeing who the "college bands" were in the back of Rolling Stone.
Life's Rich Pageant / Document / Green / Out of Time / Automatic for the People / Monster
-
AC/DC: 'Let There Be Rock' (1977), 'Powerage' (1978), 'Highway to Hell' (1979), 'Back in Black' (1980)
REM is the band most likely to have to punching people to change the station. I fucking can’t stand their music.
