5 Classics Albums, Same Artist -- Whodunnit?

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I was thinking of making a list of artists that have managed to release 10 must-own/classic albums. Then I realized that would be a REALLY short list ...

Even cutting it down to five eliminates many major competitors (joy division, velvet underground, probably beach boys ...) and is still shorter than I would have guessed

Should I set "rules"? No compilations, no eps...

Who definitely qualifies? Well Dylan and NY (you can pick your own 5 -- these guys are probably in the elite 10 group too)...

Who else? Beatles, Stones, sure ...

I'll throw out some other suggested possibilites:

Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, van Morrison (maybe not..), REM (??), tom waits, led zep (maybe not...), david bowie, e.costello, richard thompson ...

james brown probably fails on "real" albums, but definitely can count 5 of the recent compilations as classic...

sure, this list Has to slant to older artists who've hung around, but anyone more recent qualifying?

sonic youth are probably the band of most recent vintage who may qualify, but do they even get to five.

Actually, the mountain goats (!!) are probably the band of most recent vintage who may qualify -- indeed!

I'm being lazy, not naming the 5 classics ... try to do it :) Jazzfolks can increase the numbers so we can leave them out for now ..

― Matt Sab (Matt Sab), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 19:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Tom Waits has at least ten albums I'd consider classics -

1. Rain Dogs
2. Nighthawks at the Diner
3. Frank's Wild Years
4. Closing Time
5. Bone Machine
6. The Heart of Saturday Night
7. Small Change
8. Blue Valentine
9. Big Time
10.Swordfishtrombones

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Van Morrison yes!

-Astral Weeks
-Moondance
-Street Choir
-Tupelo Honey
-Veedon Fleece (my favorite!)

and if you want to count Them, there's six album that are must-have.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:08 (twenty-one years ago)

1) ready to die
2) conspiracy
3) life after death, disc one
4) life after death, disc two
5) born again

― francis m.h., Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:10 (twenty-one years ago)

No it's not that hard. Sesame Street managed to put out more than five classic albums.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:11 (twenty-one years ago)

francis, you must be kidding. Born Again?

― Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:12 (twenty-one years ago)

For my money:
Talking Heads
1) Remain in Light
2) Speaking in Tongues
3) Little Creatures
4) '77
5) Fear of Music

― Ben Boyer (Ben Boyer), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:13 (twenty-one years ago)

And (not to belabor a point from other threads) Stevie Wonder.

-Where I'm Coming From
-Music of My Mind
-Talking Book
-Innervisions
-Fulfillingness' First Finale
-Songs in the Key of Life
-Hotter than July

and Greatest Hits one and (especially) two are must-haves, definitely. So that's nine.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Substitute More Songs About Buildings and Food for Little Creatures in Ben's Talking Heads list and I'm in total agreement.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Autobahn, Radioactivity, Trans Europe Express, Man Machine, Computer World.

― rw, Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Buildings and Food makes a nice even six. No need to replace.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Thank God for Kenan, who makes my obsession with Stevie Wonder look a little less overpowering. I'll do the same for some others here by mentioning Prince, who easily has at least five no-discussion-allowed classic albums in Dirty Mind, 1999, Purple Rain, Sign o' the Times, and Small Club.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Miles Davis, pick 5 (or 10)
John Coltrane, I would probably pick:

Live at Birdland
Live at the Village Vanguard
Crescent
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
Love Supreme (hi george gosset!)

Or there's always:

The Bends
OK Comp
Kid A
Amnesiac
HttT

Boring picks, maybe, but hey. I'd like to say maybe King Crimson, but they only have three real classics, four at most.

Addendum: Sorry for breaking the no jazz rule. It's a good rule. It won't happen again.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:16 (twenty-one years ago)

The Cure...

1. Boys Don't Cry
2. Pornography
3. Head on the Door
4. Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
5. Disintegration

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Funkadelic, Maggot Brain, Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow, Standing on the Verge of Getting it On, One Nation Under a Groove.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, I'd say Zep belong here - probably their first 6 are classics, more depending on who you ask.

My vote: Boredoms
Vision Creation Newsun
Super ae
Super Roots 7
Pop Tatari
Soul Discharge

― dleone (dleone), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:20 (twenty-one years ago)

After the Gold Rush, Harvest, Tonight's the Night, On the Beach, Rust Never Sleeps.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:23 (twenty-one years ago)

REM

murmur
green
automatic
up
new adventures

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:26 (twenty-one years ago)

You really consider Up a classic?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Shit, Miles is a good one, for him I'd go with: Birth of the Cool, Sketches of Spain, Kinda Blue, The Sorcerer, Waterbabies, Files De Kilmanjaro, In a Silent Way, Bitches Brew, Rated X, Jack Johnson, Live: Evil, and the Pangaea/Agharta fiasco dealie.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Call The Doctor
The Hot Rock
One Beat
Dig Me Out
All Hands on the Bad One

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:27 (twenty-one years ago)

You really consider Up a classic?

The gap between Murmur and Green is much too large on that list. If I had to pick only 5 REM albums, they'd be the first five.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:29 (twenty-one years ago)

XTC
Drums & Wires
Go2 (alot of folks don't agree on this one, but I think it's great)
Black Sea
English Settlement
Skylarking

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Re: REM, swamp Up with Chronic Town and I'll agree with ya.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:30 (twenty-one years ago)

And swap Go2 with Oranges and Lemons.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Music for the Masses, Black Celebration, Violator, Speak and Spell, Songs of Faith and Devotion, Some Great Reward, Exciter, and maybe even throw in construction time and again

― Felcher (Felcher), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:32 (twenty-one years ago)

-The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society
-Face to Face
-Muswell Hillbillies
-Arthur
-Kontroversy

― Kate Silver (Kate Silver), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:33 (twenty-one years ago)

No one'll agree, but.....

1.Killing Joke
2.What's THIS for...!
3.Revelations
4.Fire Dances
5.Night Time

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Mr. Tambourine Man, Younger Than Yesterday, Turn! Turn! Turn!, Fifth Dimension, Sweetheart of the Rodeo

― Christian Rawk (Christian Rawk), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Fifth Dimension is not a classic.

― rw, Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Camper Van Beethoven:

1. Telephone Free Landslide Victory
2. II & III
3. Camper Van Beethoven
4. My Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
5. Key Lime Pie.

Also, CCR, Eno, Roxy Music,AC/DC, Mekons, Sabbath, Husker Du, Pet Shop, Boys, Springsteen, Fugazi.

So close, yet so far: Pixies, Wire, Fleetwood Mac.

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Kiss....
Kiss
Dressed to Kill
Destroyer
Alive -- yes, it counts!
Love Gun

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Monster Movie
Soundtracks
Tago Mago
Ege Bamyashi
Future Days

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Charles Mingus:
Tijuana Moods
Blues and Roots
Mingus Ah Um
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus

easily could be ten as well.

― rob geary (rgeary), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:45 (twenty-one years ago)

RTX:
Twin Infinitives
Cats and Dogs
Thank You
Sweet Sixteen
Accelerator

― Sam J. (samjeff), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Steely Dan.

― Will (will), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:49 (twenty-one years ago)

you can pick any five you'd like.

― Will (will), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:50 (twenty-one years ago)

What if I don't like any of'em?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Kidding. relax.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Hey, that's fair. I was gonna offer up Pavement, but figured that'd piss EVERYBODY off...

― Will (will), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Ah fuck it....

Iron Maiden
Killers
Number of the Beast
Piece of Mind
Powerslave

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:58 (twenty-one years ago)

I thought i just posted, but i guess not.

Anyway, Al Green:

Let's Stay Together
I'm Still in Love with You
Call Me
Belle Album
Love Ritual (kind of a cheat, but not really)

Also, I unafashionably agree with Steely Dan:

Countdown to Ecstasy
Pretzel Logic
Aja
Katy Lied
Can't Buy a Thrill

― dylan (dylan), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:59 (twenty-one years ago)

george jones has about 5 classic greatest hits albums!

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 21:01 (twenty-one years ago)

I am very surprised nobody has mentioned:
Dirty Mind
1999
Purple Rain
Parade
The Sign "O" The Times

Subjectively, I would of course like to add Genesis (like Alex in NYC, i guess no one will agree). No more than "Foxtrot", "Selling England By The Pound", "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" and possibly "Duke" would quality for the "objective" canon (as in albums appearing in several surveys) though.

Fifth Dimension is not a classic.

I'd say it is. What is definitely certain is that "The Notorious Byrd Brothers" is.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 21:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Also, out of a zillon albums out of which several were duds:

Freak Out
We're Only In It For The Money
Hot Rats
One Size Fits All
Joe's Garage

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 21:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Agreeing with Alex in NYC shockah!

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 21:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Actually that Genesis list is spot on, although I'm more inclined towards Firth of Fifth than Duke, or even that live disc (if we can include live albums).

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 21:06 (twenty-one years ago)

dylan, I'd say that's my list to a T. Today, anyways...

― Will (will), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 21:07 (twenty-one years ago)

"Firth Of Fifth" wasn't an album, but an album track on "Selling England By The Pound". My reason for mentioning "Duke" was that it occcasionally pops up in those polls. Personally I'd rather choose "A Trick Of The Tail", and if I am to choose five, then "Wind And Wuthering" is the fifth one.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 21:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Organix
Do You Want More!!?!?!
Illadelph Halflife
Things Fall Apart
Phrenology

x-post ha ha D'OH! I realized after I posted that I meant Trick of the Tail.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 21:09 (twenty-one years ago)

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Minutemen:

The Punch Line
Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat
What Makes a Man Start Fires?
Double Nickels on the Dime
Post-Mersh, Vol. 3 (a compilation, yeah, but the first time many fans got hold of this music)

― Pete Scholtes, Thursday, 27 January 2005 08:27 (twenty years ago)

erm, um, folks, Saint Etienne!

Foxbase Alpha
So Tough
Tiger Bay
Too Young to Die(yes it counts)
Finisterre

― derrick (derrick), Thursday, 27 January 2005 09:02 (twenty years ago)

Not terribly serious about this, but:

Ready For The House
Interstellar Discussion
Telegraph Melts
Blue Corpse
Live at Instal 04

― baktovis, Thursday, 27 January 2005 10:41 (twenty years ago)

Eno:

Here Come The Warm Jets
Another Green World
Discreet Music
Ambient 1: Music For Airports
Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks

― Nic de Teardrop (Nicholas), Thursday, 27 January 2005 11:11 (twenty years ago)

I know it's been done, but I think those 5 are better choices as classics.

― Nic de Teardrop (Nicholas), Thursday, 27 January 2005 11:12 (twenty years ago)

Gluey Porch Treatments
Ozma
Bullhead
Lysol
Houdini

― Snappy (sexyDancer), Thursday, 27 January 2005 15:35 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

Revive!

Solo Wu-Tang-ers!

Destroyer!!

Jorge Ben!!!

― Matt Sab (Matt Sab), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 20:37 (nineteen years ago)

Hell, I'll do it, and i'm not ashamed:

The Boy With the Arab Strap
If You're Feeling Sinister
Tigermilk
Dear Catastrophe Waitress
Push the Barman to Open Old Wounds (yes, this counts)

― Tape Store (Tape Store), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 20:50 (nineteen years ago)

Jailbreak
Johnny the Fox
Bad Reputation
Live and Dangerous
Black Rose: A Rock Legend

― Major Alfonso (Major Alfonso), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 21:49 (nineteen years ago)

I would've seconded Radiohead for their _The Bends_ -->
_Hail_ run, but recently I've become very disillusioned
by _Hail To The Thief_. It just seems to long, droney
and samey. They're going over the same ground again
and again. They should've shelved it and released
_The Eraser_ as Radiohead.

― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 23:30 (nineteen years ago)

George Best
Bizarro
Seamonsters
The Hit Parade 1&2
Watusi

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 00:32 (nineteen years ago)

Game Theory

1st Album (w/ "It Gives Me Chills)
Real Nighttime
Lolita Nation
Big Shot Chronicles
2 Steps From the Middle Ages

Loud Family

Plants & Birds & Rocks & Things
Tape of Only Linda
Interbabe Concern
Days For Days

Ok, not quite. But: shared members, same genius songwriter/vocalist.

Also:

Aquiring the Taste
Three Friends
Octopus
Free Hand
Power & the Glory (I would pick PLAYING THE FOOL but it is live)

― matt riedl (veal), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 00:55 (nineteen years ago)

Drive-By Truckers are 1 away...

Pizza Deliverance
Southern Rock Opera
Decoration Day
Dirty South

Blessing and a Curse doesn't quite make the grade, but next one will get them into the club.

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 00:55 (nineteen years ago)

The Mollusk
Chocolate and Cheese
GodWeenSatan: The Oneness
Quebec
The Pod

Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Meddle
Wish You Were Here
Ummagumma
Atom Heart Mother

Something Else
Face to Face
Village Green Preservation Society
Kink Kontroversy
Arthur

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 01:26 (nineteen years ago)

s/t
de stijl
white blood cells
elephant
get behind me satan

― nicky lo-fi (nicky lo-fi), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 02:39 (nineteen years ago)

Push the Barman to Open Old Wounds (yes, this counts)

What part of "Should I set "rules"? No compilations" does this qualify under. Replace with The Life Pursuit, but even I, massive Belle and Sebastian fan that I am, couldn't really call five classic albums.

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 04:12 (nineteen years ago)

Ok, I lose, but if ep comps don't count, I don't think live albums should either.
Anyway, I wouldn't replace Barman with The Life Pursuit...If anything, maybe Storytelling.

― Tape Store (Tape Store), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 04:45 (nineteen years ago)

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (CHEATING! CHEATING! CHEATING! CHEATING!)
Ironman
Supreme Clientele
The Pretty Toney Album
Fishscale

― It's Rodney, currently unemployed! (R. J. Greene), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 07:37 (nineteen years ago)

Trout Mask Replica
Safe as Milk
Lick my Decals Off
Clear Spot
Shiny Beast (Bat chain puller)
oh I have to stop now, don't i?

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 07:41 (nineteen years ago)

Meet the Residents
Not Available
The Third Reich 'n' Roll
Duckstab/Buster and Glen
The Commercial Album

― Sploshette Moxy (Dada), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 08:25 (nineteen years ago)

Heyday
Starfish
Priest = Aura
Forget Yourself
Uninvited Like The Clouds

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 08:34 (nineteen years ago)

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (CHEATING! CHEATING! CHEATING! CHEATING!)
Ironman
Supreme Clientele
The Pretty Toney Album
Fishscale

Er, Bulletproof Wallets was between Supreme Clientele and Pretty Toney. Though I think it's actually better than SC.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 08:36 (nineteen years ago)

Tres Hombres
Fandango
Deguello
El Loco
Eliminator

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 08:37 (nineteen years ago)

Skylarking
Drums and Wires
Black Sea
English Settlement
Big Express

Let's change Big Express to Chips From The Chocolate Fireball

― zeus (zeus), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 08:38 (nineteen years ago)

Rattus Norvegicus
No More Heroes
Black And White
The Meninblack
La Folie

― zeus (zeus), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 08:39 (nineteen years ago)

The Smiths
Meat Is Murder
The Queen Is Dead
Strangeways, Here We Come
The World Won't Listen

Can't believe no one wrote these

― zeus (zeus), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 08:41 (nineteen years ago)

Also:

Viva Hate
Bona Drag
Your Arsenal
Vauxhall & I
You Are The Quarry (perhaps it deserves...)

― zeus (zeus), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 08:42 (nineteen years ago)

Because "The World Won't Listen" is a compilation perhaps? See above:

Should I set "rules"? No compilations, no eps...

― Sploshette Moxy (Dada), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 08:43 (nineteen years ago)

The Fela list is kinda wrong, Zombie certainly didn't come after Gentleman. But this looks like a classic run:

Fela's London Scene
Live!
Open & Close
Roforofo Fight
Shakara
Afrodisiac
Gentleman

I'd argue that by the mid-seventies Fela had settled into a pattern, so while there's still classics among his later work (He Miss Road, Zombie, Coffin for Head of State, etc), the sameyness gets kinda boring.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 08:43 (nineteen years ago)

"Chips From The Chocolate Fireball" is also a compilation

― Sploshette Moxy (Dada), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 08:44 (nineteen years ago)

There were a lot of compilations above...
But then 'Psonic Sunspot' instead of 'Chips...'

― zeus (zeus), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 08:48 (nineteen years ago)

from the original post: james brown probably fails on "real" albums, but definitely can count 5 of the recent compilations as classic...

― Tape Store (Tape Store), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 14:22 (nineteen years ago)

Monkey Man
From the Roots
Funky Kingston
In the Dark
Reggae Got Soul

Swingin' Doors
I'm a Lonesome Fugitive
Mama Tried
Sing Me Back Home
Hag

― ramon fernandez (ramon fernandez), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 19:58 (nineteen years ago)

Love It To Death
Killer
School's Out
Billion Dollar Babies
Welcome To My Nightmare

― hank (hank s), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 20:12 (nineteen years ago)

Er, Bulletproof Wallets was between Supreme Clientele and Pretty Toney. Though I think it's actually better than SC.

I quite intentionally didn't list Bulletproof Wallets. Also, thinking BW > SC = crazyfaced.

― It's Rodney, currently unemployed! (R. J. Greene), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 20:37 (nineteen years ago)

The Fela list is kinda wrong, Zombie certainly didn't come after Gentleman.-- Tuomas (lixnix...), July 26th, 2006

Er, Bulletproof Wallets was between Supreme Clientele and Pretty Toney. Though I think it's actually better than SC.
-- Tuomas (lixnix...), July 26th, 2006.

You seem to be thinking that the question was about 5 classic albums "in a row." It's just 5 classic albums period.

― ramon fernandez (ramon fernandez), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 22:09 (nineteen years ago)

Aquiring the Taste
Three Friends
Octopus
Free Hand
Power & the Glory (I would pick PLAYING THE FOOL but it is live)

Nice to see love for them here... Great picks!

Maggot Brain
Hardcore Jollies
Cosmic Slop
Let's Take it to the Stage
Electric Spanking of War Babies

― Mallory L . O'Donnell (That Bitch Camille), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 22:34 (nineteen years ago)

Transformer
Berlin
Street Hassle
Blue Mask
New York

Pandemonium Shadow Show
Aerial Ballet
Nilsson Sings Newman
The Point
Nilsson Schmilsson

― ramon fernandez (ramon fernandez), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 22:47 (nineteen years ago)

Boys Don't Cry
17 Seconds
The Head on the Door
Disintegration
Mixed Up

Yes, I realize no one will think the last one counts. But fuck it.

― Mallory L . O'Donnell (That Bitch Camille), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 22:54 (nineteen years ago)

Infected
Mind Bomb
Dusk
NakedSelf
45 RPM remix LP

Scandalously overlooked...

― Louis Jagger (Haberdager), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 22:58 (nineteen years ago)

Dr Octagon
Dr Doom
Matthew
Spankmaster
The Personal Album

probably Critical Beatdown should go on here (though its more of a stretch than Dr Oc) but i'm not super familiar with it and The Personal Album is (imo) definately good enough.

Oxygene 1-6
Zoolook
Rendez-Vous
Revolutions
The Concerts in China

my eno list would definately have The Plateaux of Mirror on it but maybe this isn't allowed because he only produced it?

drumming
different trains + electric counterpoint
early works
sextet + six marimbas
tehillim

they're not really his albums but all his music recorded by other artists and all 'classic'.

― Andrew Harrison (andrewtothemax), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 23:32 (nineteen years ago)

I don't buy the live album ban. There are live albums that are bona fide classic albums, not only within a given ouevre, but just damned classic in every possible sense. I think the Lizzy's Live and Dangerous the Who's Live at Leeds make the grade, the first more so than the second. And then in Jazz and Blues it's even crueller to disregard live albums. I'd put At Newport 1956 as my number one Ellington album for example, absolute classic. Mingus at Antibes is another, I'd have down as a certified Classic

― Major Alfonso (Major Alfonso), Thursday, 27 July 2006 00:03 (nineteen years ago)

Psychocandy
Darklands
Honey's Dead
Stoned & Dethroned
Munki (A disaster you say? Yeah, a brilliant one ..)

― bkjj40a (bkjj40a), Thursday, 27 July 2006 00:09 (nineteen years ago)

Drive Like Jehu
Yank Crime
Automatic Midnight
Suicide Invoice
Audit in Progress

― a.b. (alanbanana), Thursday, 27 July 2006 00:13 (nineteen years ago)

You seem to be thinking that the question was about 5 classic albums "in a row." It's just 5 classic albums period.

Whoops, sorry there was another thread which was about 5 great albums in a row, and I thought someone revived that one. Should've read the original post before contributing here.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 27 July 2006 05:36 (nineteen years ago)

John Martyn:

Bless the Weather
Solid Air
Inside Out
Sunday's Child
One World

Replace Sunday's Child with Live at Leeds or Road to Ruin if you prefer.

― bham (bham), Thursday, 27 July 2006 07:55 (nineteen years ago)

what, the ramones album?

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 27 July 2006 08:02 (nineteen years ago)

The thread about albums in a row was also started by me (if you are thinking about this one):

"the greatest four-record run in rock history"

I started this one and pardon my contradictory-ness about compilations. I never mentioned live albums either way, did I? I did just exclude 'jazzfolk' as a whole though.

Will Craig Finn et al. make it with the upcoming Boys+GirlsinAmerica? (or have they already, if you include the Lifter Puller debut, as well as Half Dead & Dynamite, Fiestas&Fiascos and the two Hold Steady albums?)

― Matt Sab (Matt Sab), Thursday, 27 July 2006 12:54 (nineteen years ago)

bill dixon:

- intents and purposes
- in italy vol. 1
- vade mecum
- papyrus vol. 1
- berlin abbozzi

― Lawrence the Looter (Lawrence the Looter), Thursday, 27 July 2006 13:38 (nineteen years ago)

oh no you didn't mention live albums either way, that was a response to people thinking it was dubious to include live albums. I mean obviously it has limits. At least nobody tested those limits by listing the Pearl Jam live cds or something
Excluding jazz makes enough sense, that's a whole can of worms. I couldn't possibly pick just five Mingus albums. Archie Shepp, Coltrane, Monk etc, same deal, too much gold.

― Major Alfonso (Major Alfonso), Thursday, 27 July 2006 13:50 (nineteen years ago)

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