Awesome run of excellence

[Gordon Williams]

Ok, what artists, and which albums, do you think were an uninterrupted period (or run) of greatness?

Here is a few I think were awesome stretches....

UFO - from the time Schenker first joined, to the time he (first) left...6 straight awesome albums...Phenomenom, Force It, No Heavy Petting, Lights Out, Stangers In The Night, and Obsession...thats 6 straight records that were all awesome in my opinion.

Aerosmith - the first 4 to start their career...Aerosmith, Get Your Wings, Toys In The Attic, and Rocks. Have not come close to reaching those heights since then...for my musical tastes, at least.

Van Halens entire output up until David Lee Roth left. Was that 5, or 6, straight killer albums? Van Halen, Van Halen II, Women And Children First, Fair Warning, Diver Down...and oh yes, 1984...so that makes 6 straight great records.

ZZ Top....from about 1972 thru 1976...4 albums...from their second one...Rio Grande Mud, all the way through Tres Hombres, Fandango, and Tejas.

The Nuge...from Ted Nugent, to Free For All, to Cat Scratch Fever, to Double Live Gonzo.

So what are some more awesome, un-interrupted, runs of excellence for anyone else?

[RJhog]

Foreigner:

Foreigner (S/T)
Double Vision
Head Games
4

Def Leppard:

High 'N' Dry
Pyromania
Hysteria
Adrenalize

Kiss:

Kiss (S/T)
Hotter Than Hell
Dressed To Kill
Alive!
Destroyer
Rock And Roll Over
Love Gun

(I'm a little biased on this one, so I'll stop at 7, but I could go on)

I agree with you on Van Halen's first six....

Journey:

Infinity
Evolution
Departure
Captured
Escape
Frontiers
Raised On Radio

[Jon]

Queen: "Sheer Heart Attack", "A Night At The Opera", "A Day At The Races", "News Of The World", "Jazz", "The Game"

King's X: "Out Of The Silent Planet", "Getchen Goes To Nebraska", "Faith Hope Love", "King's X", "Dogman", "Ear Candy", "Tape Head"

Thin Lizzy: "Fighting", "Jailbreak", "Johnny The Fox", "Bad Reputation", "Black Rose", "Chinatown", "Renegade", "Thunder And Lightning"

[Bluesman Mark]

All of Led Zep's studio albums, from the first album through "In Through The Out Door".

The Doobie Brothers from their second album, "Toulouse Street" through their eight album "Minute By Minute".

Little Feat from their second album, "Sailin' Shoes" through the fifth one, "The Last Record Album."

The J Geils Band from their first album through their last one with Peter Wolf, the live album "Showtime". That's ten studio albums & three live albums.

All six of Peter Wolf's solo albums after leaving the J Geils Band.

The Allman Brothers Band from their first album through their fifth one, "Brothers & Sisters", including "Live At Fillmore East".

Every album Otis Redding recorded before his tragic death.

Every album recorded by the original Lynyrd Skynyrd, (notwithstanding the departure of Ed King & Bob Burns, I'm referring to the band as long as Ronnie was alive).

The Black Crowes, first album through to the new one. That's eight studio releases, (nine if you count the free download available with the purchase of the new album), & four live releases, not including downloadable "Instant Live" CD's, plus the two CD "The Lost Crowes" compilation of two unreleased albums.

Every release by Stevie Ray Vaughn before he died.

Given time I can probably list quite a few more.

[STID]

Starz - Starz, Violation, Attention Shoppers and Coliseum Rock.

Max Webster - Max Wester, Hight Class In Borrowed Shoes, Mutiny Up My Sleeve, A Million Vacations and Live Magnetic Air.

Kim Mitchell - Kim Mitchell, Akimbo Alogo, Rockland, Shaking Like A Human Being, I Am A Wild Party, Aural Fixation, Itch, Kimosabe, Fill You Head With Rock and Ain't Life Amazing.

Kansas - Kansas, Song For America, Masque, Leftoverture, Point Of Know Return and Two For The Show.

Starcastle - Starcastle, Fountains of Light, Citadel and Real To Reel.

Rose Tattoo - Rose Tattoo, Rock 'N' Roll Outlaw, Assault And Battery, Scarred For Life and Southern Stars.

AC/DC - High Voltage, , Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, Let There Be Rock, Powerage, If You Want Blood, You've Got It, Highway To Hell, Back In Black, For Those About To Rock (We Salute You), Flick Of The Switch, 74 Jailbreak, Fly On The Wall, Who Made Who, Blow Up Your Video, The Razors Edge, Ballbreaker, Live, Stiff Upper Lip and Black Ice.

Magnum - Kingdom Of Madness, Magnum 11, Marauder, Chase The Dragon, The Eleventh Hour, On A Storytellers Night, Vigilante, Wings Of Heaven, Goodnight L A, and Sleepwalking.

PFM - Photos Of Ghosts, World Becomes The World, Chocolate kings, and A Celebration Live.

Richard And Linda Thompson - Pour Down Like Silver, I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight, Hokey Pokey, Sunnyvista and Shoot Out The Lights.

Big Country - The Crossing, Steeltown, Peace In Our Time, No Place Like Home, The Seer and Why The Long Face.

Gamma - Gamma 1, Gamma 2, Gamma 3 and Gamma 4.

Horslips - Dancehall Sweethearts, The Unfortunate Cup Of Tea, Drive The Cold Winter Away, Horslips Live, The Book Of Invasions, The Man Who Built America, Aliens and Short Stories Tall Tales.

Styx - Equinox, Crystal Ball, The Grand Illusion and Pieces of Eight.

[Dave Morgan]

To PFM, I would add "Jet Lag".

[Peter Jones]

Deep Purple - In Rock, Fireball, Machine Head, Made in Japan, Who Do We Think We Are

Judas Priest - Stained Class, Hell Bent for Leather, Unleashed in the East, British Steel, Point of Entry, Screaming for Vengeance, Defenders of the Faith

Iron Maiden - Everything from Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

Cheap Trick - S/T, In Color, Heaven Tonight, Live at Budokan, Dream Police, All Shook Up

Pink Floyd - Meddle, Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall

Rush - 2112, All The World's A Stage, A Farewell To Kings, Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, Exit..Stage Left

just a sample ....

en

[Niels]

The Beatles:

Rubber soul
Revolver
Sgt. Pepper
"The Beatles"
Abbey road

(Magical mystery tour was an EP and Let it be was offcourse recorded before but was released after Abbey road)

The Who:

....sell out
Tommy
Live at Leeds
Who's next
Quadrophenia
(THATS a run of greatness !!!!)



Queensrÿche:

The Warning
Rage for order
Operation mindcrime
Empire

Metallica:

Ride the lightning
Master of puppets
...And Justice for all
"Metallica"

and I agree with Def Leppard, but like this:

On through the night
Hig'n'dry
Pyromania
Hysteria

[Isaac]

Jethro Tull- Songs From The Wood, Heavy Horses, Stormwatch

Rolling Stones- Beggers Banquet, Let it Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main St.

Santana- Santana, Abrexas, Santana III

[Niels]

How could I forget about the Stones?! Exactly the 4 albums, I would have picked.

[Scott]

Heres a couple I think are missing from the list...

Bad Company...
- Bad Company
- Straight Shooter
- Run with the Pack
- Burnin' Sky
- Desolation Angels

Dire Straits...
- Dire Straits
- Communique
- Making Movies
- Love Over Gold
- Brothers In Arms

[Jon]

Thought of some more;


Marillion--"Script For A Jester's Tear" thru "Clutching At Straws" (4 albums)
Funkadelic--"Free Your Mind..." thru "One Nation Under A Groove" (8, not counting comps or live)
Raven--"Rock Until Your Drop" thru "All For One" (3)
Accept--"Restless And Wild" thru "Metal Heart" (3)
Savatage--"Hall Of The Mountain King" thru "Poets & Madmen" (8)
Megadeth--"Rust In Peace" thru "Cryptic Writings" (4)
Blue Oyster Cult--"Blue Oyster Cult" thru "Agents Of Fortune" (4) and "Mirrors" thru "The Revolution By Night" (4). I just have never been able to get into "Spectres for some reason, that's why the split.

[Bluesman Mark]

I agree with you on Funkadelic, but the first album has to be included as well, along with the album after "One Nation...", "Uncle Jam Wants You". Great music & more daring than 90% of 70s rock or R&B ever tried to be.