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04-18-2005, 05:59 PM
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Great Musical Runs
Thinking about the thread that got temporarily derailed on the baseball side by my "Beatles intrusion," I got to thinking about great runs made by bands in their prime, that is, unbroken stretches of great albums by any particular band. What leaps to mind, of course, is the string beginning with Rubber Soul and ending with Let It Be (1965-1970), this being the gold standard in terms of greatness and volume of work released over a span of time. Most other bands would be reduced to ashes by comparison to this run of greatness. But other shorter runs exist, to be sure: The Rolling Stones (Beggars Banquet to Exile), Pixies (Surfer Rosa and Doolittle--okay that's a short one, but very, very bright), Sonic Youth (EVOL to Daydream Nation), Bowie (Low to Lodger), Pavement (Slanted to Wowee Zowee), all incredible runs in rock music, dizzying, in fact. What are yours? (Remember there can't be broken streaks--no clunkers breaking up the run--live albums and b-sides collections don't count).
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04-18-2005, 06:02 PM
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Re: Great Musical Runs
Neil Young 70-79
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04-18-2005, 06:04 PM
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04-18-2005, 06:08 PM
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True, but I can stomach his crap at times.
Wilco is in the midst of a nice run Replacements Let it Be to Please to meet me. |
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04-18-2005, 06:12 PM
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04-18-2005, 06:39 PM
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Camper Van Beethoven
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04-18-2005, 07:45 PM
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Re: Great Musical Runs
Clash
The Clash Give 'Em Enough Rope London Calling Black Market Clash Sandinista! Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV Houses of the Holy Physical Graffiti You could go longer with them dependent on how you feel about III and Presence Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon Wish You Were Here Animals The Wall The Final Cut U2 War The Unforgettable Fire The Joshua Tree Bad Brains Rock for Light I Against I Fugazi Can I just toss out Steady Diet of Nothing and count their whole career? Please. The Misfits Earth A.D. Walk Among Us Legacy of Brutality I prefer Static Age to LoB - which was mostly a SA remaster, but no one knew it existed until long after the band split The Ramones Ramones Leave Home Rocket to Russia Road to Ruin End of the Century Pleasant Dreams Saving the world from AOR in the process AC/DC High Voltage Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap Let There Be Rock Powerage Highway to Hell Back in Black
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04-18-2005, 11:38 PM
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Re: Great Musical Runs
I think a "musical run" needs to contain at least three albums.
In addition to U2, the Pixies (I think you can include Bossanova and Trompe Le Monde in their run), and Fugazi, here are a few others: Soul Coughing - Ruby Vroom, Irresistible Bliss, and El Oso. All three albums are masterpieces. Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me, Bug, Green Mind, Whatever's Cool with Me, Where You Been? Afghan Whigs - Congregation, Gentlemen, Black Love. Gentlemen was one of the best albums of the '90s, IMO. Black Love was very good, but you could feel the greatness slipping away. Smashing Pumpkins - Gish, Siamese Dream, and the ten good songs scattered throughout Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.
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04-18-2005, 11:54 PM
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At the risk of sounding like a tool--(Tool!)
 -- I liked everything Rush did from 2112 until Vapor Trails. That's covers more than 20 years.And REM had a nice little thing going until "Green."
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04-19-2005, 01:24 AM
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Re: Great Musical Runs
The Stooges 1969-1972
The Stooges Fun House Raw Power The Velvet Underground 1967-1970 The Velvet Underground and Nico White Light/White Heat The Velvet Underground Loaded The MC5 1969-1972 Kick out The Jams Back in the USA High Times Captain Beefheart 1967-1972 Dropout Boogie Safe as Milk Strictly Personal Trout Mask Lick My Decals Off, Baby Clear Spot The Spotlight Kid I dunno, call me silly for still playing those stupid vinyl records, but I've gotten a kick out of these for a long time. In my mind nothing beats slumping down in my record room for a few hours on a tuesday afternoon spinning them and drinking beer. No one's ever accused me of being some kinda sophisticate anyway.
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04-19-2005, 01:29 AM
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[b]The Ramones[/b] Ramones Leave Home Rocket to Russia Road to Ruin End of the Century Pleasant Dreams Saving the world from AOR in the process So true, and you can also say that they're still saving the world from another great evil....O.A.R. (yeeeeccchhh) You'd get a kick out of my record collection.
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04-19-2005, 02:28 AM
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I know y'all gonna love this...
Buffett, Jimmy 1978-2004 All platinum (I think) and still chugging. I think...
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04-19-2005, 09:17 AM
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Please, let us not forget the Boss and his run from 1975-1980...
Born To Run. Released August 25, 1975. Chart high #3. Darkness On the Edge of Town. Released June 2, 1978. Chart high #5. The River. Released October 10, 1980. Chart high #1. 
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