3 Favorite 3-Album Runs

[pawpaw]

Alright, lets play a game. Name your three (and ONLY your top three...no honorable mentions!) favorite, 3 consecutive album runs. This includes live albums. I'll go first:

Rolling Stones: Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! (1970)
                         Sticky Fingers (1971)
                         Exile On Main Street (1972)

Neil Young: On The Beach (1974)
                   Tonight's The Night (1975)
                   Zuma (1975)

Radiohead: The Bends (1995)
                   OK Computer (1997)
                   Kid A (2000)

[wolof7]

Rush - 2112
           Farewell to Kings
           Hemispheres

Dylan - Time out of Mind
            Love and Theft
            Modern Times

Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
             A Night at the Opera
             A Day at the Races

[Penny Lane]

ewwww...i love the trifecta question

Rolling Stones
Beggars Banquet
Let it bleed
Exile on Main St

Drive-by Truckers
Southern Rock Opera
Decoration Day
The Dirty South

Whiskeytown
Faithless Street
Stranger's Almanac
Pneumonia

[Ruckus]

Hooray games! :D
Can I play by Wolof's rules? ;D

Its the usual suspects for me.
MMJ
AD
ISM
Z

Rush
Hemispheres
Permanent Waves
Moving Pictures

A Tribe Called Quest
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
The Low End Theory
Midnight Marauders

[mike]

Springsteen:
Born To Run
Darkness
The River

The Who
Tommy
Who's Next
Quadrophenia

Allman Brothers
The Allman Brothers Band
Idlewild South
At Fillmore East

U2
War
Unforgettable Fire
The Joshua Tree

Stones
Let It Bleed
Sticky Fingers
Exile

[Ruckus]

My 18 favorite 3 album runs

[FiddleCastro]

The Who:
Who's Next
Quadrophenia
The Who By Numbers

Clutch:
Blast Tyrant
Robot Hive/Exodus
From Beale Street to Oblivion

I'll get back to you when I think of another one.

[pawpaw]

My 18 favorite 3 album runs

::) Sheesh, I know.  ;D

I actually thought it was really hard to narrow it to three, and I like giving other folks a chance to call out ones that might've been fourth (MMJ) or fifth (hasn't been named yet) for me.

[pawpaw]

The Who:
Who's Next
Quadrophenia
The Who By Numbers

Clutch:
Blast Tyrant
Robot Hive/Exodus
From Beale Street to Oblivion

I'll get back to you when I think of another one.

I don't think I've ever heard any Clutch. Link their most badass youtube in here and get me fired up about 'em.

[mike]

Well in my case it was simply impossible to name only 3. I could however cut it off at the 5 I named. Really there are countless bands for me who have great 3 album runs in their peaks and some who would be included more than one time with 3 album runs at different points in their careers.

[wolof7]

Can I play by Wolof's rules? ;D

HA I pretty much ignored the thread title sorry, my b bbill

Outta respect let's take the national out of there....the other 3 fit just fine!

btw Ruckus nice Rush picks I was tempted to list 2112-Signals but I thought it would be disrespecting the game  ;D

[ManNamedTruth]

The Clash:
S/T
Give 'Em Enough Rope
London Calling

The Beatles:
Rubber Soul
Revolver
Sgt. Pepper's

Neko Case:
Blacklisted
Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
Middle Cyclone

[ManNamedTruth]

ewwww...i love the trifecta question

Rolling Stones
Beggars Banquet
Let it bleed
Exile on Main St

Drive-by Truckers
Southern Rock Opera
Decoration Day
The Dirty South

Whiskeytown
Faithless Street
Stranger's Almanac
Pneumonia

Both penny and bbill have Stones albums and end with Exile, but with different other albums. Something's not right.

EDIT:
just looked it up and turns out neither of you are right  :-\ Correct order:
Let It Bleed
Sticky Fingers
Exile on Main St.

ReEDIT: Just saw that Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out is a live album and wasn't listed on the first discography site I researched. I guess that counts, but I still think the 3 I listed is more proper.

[johnnYYac]

Grateful Dead
Live/Dead
Workingman's Dead
American Beauty

Pink Floyd
Dark Side of the Moon
Wish You Were Here
Animals

My Morning Jacket
At Dawn
It Still Moves
Z

[woodnymph]

Grateful Dead
Live/Dead
Workingman's Dead
American Beauty

Pink Floyd
Dark Side of the Moon
Wish You Were Here
Animals

My Morning Jacket
At Dawn
It Still Moves
Z

Hearty picks JY  8)

[pawpaw]

Can I play by Wolof's rules? ;D

HA I pretty much ignored the thread title sorry, my b bbill

Outta respect let's take the national out of there....the other 3 fit just fine!

btw Ruckus nice Rush picks I was tempted to list 2112-Signals but I thought it would be disrespecting the game  ;D

;D No problem dude. The rule was mostly in place for when the Cap'n comes in here and tries to list 35 three-album runs and steal everyone elses thunder.

ReEDIT: Just saw that Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out is a live album and wasn't listed on the first discography site I researched. I guess that counts, but I still think the 3 I listed is more proper.

Except that I made the rules to this silly little game and said that live albums are included. Thanks for trying to keep things proper though.  ;D

Well in my case it was simply impossible to name only 3. I could however cut it off at the 5 I named. Really there are countless bands for me who have great 3 album runs in their peaks and some who would be included more than one time with 3 album runs at different points in their careers.

Dude, this almost requires its own thread. The fact that we're only considering consecutive releases disqualifies a lot of bands from this elite group, imo. Neil Young definitely has multiple plateaus of 3-album runs of greatness throughout his career though.

[kydiddle]

Can I play by Wolof's rules? ;D

HA I pretty much ignored the thread title sorry, my b bbill

Outta respect let's take the national out of there....the other 3 fit just fine!

btw Ruckus nice Rush picks I was tempted to list 2112-Signals but I thought it would be disrespecting the game  ;D

;D No problem dude. The rule was mostly in place for when the Cap'n comes in here and tries to list 35 three-album runs and steal everyone elses thunder.

;D

[FiddleCastro]

The Who:
Who's Next
Quadrophenia
The Who By Numbers

Clutch:
Blast Tyrant
Robot Hive/Exodus
From Beale Street to Oblivion

I'll get back to you when I think of another one.

I don't think I've ever heard any Clutch. Link their most badass youtube in here and get me fired up about 'em.

Well, you said Badass. Clutch - "Burning Beard" DRT Entertainment

[Penny Lane]

Can I play by Wolof's rules? ;D

HA I pretty much ignored the thread title sorry, my b bbill

Outta respect let's take the national out of there....the other 3 fit just fine!

btw Ruckus nice Rush picks I was tempted to list 2112-Signals but I thought it would be disrespecting the game  ;D

;D No problem dude. The rule was mostly in place for when the Cap'n comes in here and tries to list 35 three-album runs and steal everyone elses thunder.

;D

awe..we wuv you, Scotty... ;D ;)

[Crispy]

Late to the party as usual, and trying not to repeat what others have chosen here, because I totally would have.

Wilco
A.M.
Being There
Summerteeth

The Flaming Lips
The Soft Bulletin
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
At War with the Mystics

Stars
Heart
Set Yourself on Fire
In Our Bedroom After the War


(looking forward to seeing the Capn's legion of choices...  ;D )