5 album challenge

[Bobby4Ever]

Robin Trower

Twice Removed
Bridge of Sighs
For Earth Below
Long Misty Days
In City Dreams

[chuckcouples]

This one should draw a few criticisms:

Silver Side Up
The Long Road
All The Right Reasons
Dark Horse
Here and Now

Garth Brooks:
No Fences
Ropin' The Wind
The Chase
In Pieces
Fresh Horses

[Atomic Wedgy]

Dark Side
WUWH
Animals
The Wall
Final Cut

But.... Final Cut.

[Atomic Wedgy]

No one should argue against Sabbath!

I think Clutch and The Rheostatics did it, but likely too obscure to be considered.

Prolly shouldn't mention RA now cause stuff.

I submit for appraisal... Wilco. The evolution of the band expressing the same true self at the same time was exquisite.

AM
Being There
Summerteeth
YHF
AGIB

[Atomic Wedgy]

How about...

Heartattack and Vine
Swordfishtrombones
Rain Dogs
Franks Wild Years
Bone Machine

[GinFizz]

So far
Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
Black Sabbath

im interested in hearing the case for Wilco and The Tragically Hip.

Beastie Boys is a good one. Have to think about that...
we are missing g a bunch here ladies and gents...

[GinFizz]

Remember great means great....not good. Not there’s a few good songs. Most have to be very good to great songs.

Yes i known it’s subjective as all hell

[GinFizz]

This one should draw a few criticisms:

Silver Side Up
The Long Road
All The Right Reasons
Dark Horse
Here and Now

Garth Brooks:
No Fences
Ropin' The Wind
The Chase
In Pieces
Fresh Horses

why do you do this to me...... no to both.


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Robin Trower

Twice Removed
Bridge of Sighs
For Earth Below
Long Misty Days
In City Dreams

Good not great. Love Bridge if sighs

[GinFizz]

Not rock and roll in the strict sense, but definitely 5 great albums in a row

Licensed to Ill
Paul's Boutique
Check your head
Ill communication
Hello nasty

In fact, I'd argue To the 5 boroughs makes it 6 in a row, but I'm a big fan.

i like this one but not sure if I can add it to the list. Please hold.....

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I would say Metallica, but I am not sure if they fit the criteria or if people would agree with me :-)
Kill em All
Ride the Lightning
Master of Puppets
...And Justice for All
Garage Days Inc...

The issue is that most don’t consider Garage Days to be considered a real album. Which means the self titled album (Black Album) becomes the 5th album, and I personally think that the Black Album is brutal. ...And Justice for All is the last truly brilliant cover to cover album they did.

Rylant

correct! No Mettalica

[finnys_fanatsy]

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap Released: 20 September 1976 US: 6× Platinum
Let There Be Rock Released: 21 March 1977 US: 2× Platinum
Powerage Released: 5 May 1978 US: Platinum
Highway to Hell Released: 27 July 1979 US: 7× Platinum
Back in Black Released: 25 July 1980 US: Double Diamond (22× Platinum)
For Those About to Rock We Salute You Released: 23 November 1981 US: 4× Platinum
Flick of the Switch Released: 15 August 1983 US: Platinum
Fly on the Wall Released: 28 June 1985 US: Platinum
Who Made Who Released: May 24, 1986 US: 5x Platinum
Blow Up Your Video Released: 18 January 1988 US: Platinum
The Razors Edge Released: 24 September 1990 US: 5× Platinum

iim a HUGE AC/DC fan, but anything after this im not a fan of..

to string 5 together i knew would be tough as there were some stinkers in there as far as im concerned anyway, but it seems they did well in sales.

[RizzeeDizzee]

Ramones

Self-Titled
Leave Home
Rocket to Russia
Road to Ruin
End of the Century

The first four are masterpieces, and the fifth, although a comparative step down, is still great.

Honorable mention to Husker Du (Zen Arcade, New Day Rising, Flip Your Wig, Candy Apple Grey, Warehouse: Songs and Stories) and Sonic Youth (EVOL, Sister, Daydream Nation, Goo, Dirty)

[Doug Glatt]

Not sure how these guys havent come up yet, but...U2

Boy 1980
October 1981
War 1983
Unforgettable Fire 1984
The Joshua Tree 1987
Rattle and Hum 1988

[Doug Glatt]

Another of my faves from childhood...Van Halen

Van Halen 1978
Van Halen II 1979
Women and Children First 1980
Fair Warning 1981
Diver Down 1982
1984

[Dennis]

I'm not sure if anyone else here is a fan but I'm throwing Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds name in here

Tender Prey
The Good Son
Henry's Dream
Let Love In
Murder Ballads
The Boatman's Call

Henry's Dream is the weak one in my opinion but giving it some thought I only consider it good not great compared to the others. In a vacuum it's great.

[Pengwin7]

AV Club had good article on this a few years back.
Queen and REM are two favourite groups of mine that I'd include... but understand if others would not.

Author does a good job of going through by decade:
60s: Includes The Kinks, The Byrds, and The Who
70s: Includes Led Zeppelin, Queen, Neil Young, Springsteen, Steely Dan, Pink Floyd, and Cheap Trick
80s: REM, U2, Replacements

Then it gets harder & subjective in the 90s, when one would need to know more indie groups like Yo La Tengo and Wilco.
Author mentions Kanye West in 2000s... but that's not rock.

Though... this author qualifies as "very good"... not "excellent"... so you can weed some of these out by one's own definition of "excellent".
And then at the end the author tries to make an argument for Fountains of Wayne - which I can't say I know behind the two poppy hits most of us heard on radio... so... IDK.

But thought I'd throw this one out for discussion.

Great thread!!!