Greatest 4 Album Run in Rock History?

[YellowSnow]

Honorable mentions for me are:
First 4 Talking Heads LPs
First 4 Velvet Underground LPs
Royal Scam screws up Steely Dan run, although Can't Buy a Thrill »> Katy Lied merits consideration
CCR Green River > Pendulum

 

[chuck]

FO row Peter puffer, you left off Neil Young, Freedom through Sleeps with Angels. I guess Harvest Moon was an unplugged album so maybe it doesn't count. That would be my choice though:
Freedom
Ragged Glory
Harvest Moon
Sleeps With Angels

 

[RaceBannon]

Didn't see a Rod Stewart option

 

[YellowSnow]

FO row Peter puffer, you left off Neil Young, Freedom through Sleeps with Angels. I guess Harvest Moon was an unplugged album so maybe it doesn't count. That would be my choice though:
Freedom
Ragged Glory
Harvest Moon
Sleeps With Angels

JTFC @chuck … let's not get carried away, pal.

 

[Joey]

Change rock guitar forever then pop off

 

[CFetters_Nacho_Lover]

Didn't see a Rod Stewart option

It's very strong, just doesn't feel quite like Top 10 because of the 1st and last albums of the run. If I cheat and add in the Faces, then he's on here for sure.

Someone needs some help from @TheChart

 

[Fishpo31]

Honorable mention for me…ZZ Top
Rio Grande Mud
Tres Hombres
Fandango
Tejas

 

[PurpleJ]

Change rock guitar forever then pop off

I like guitar players that don’t die.

 

[YellowSnow]

Change rock guitar forever then pop off

I like guitar players that don’t die.

Keef is older than Jimmy by like 2 weeks and he’s not a pedo.

 

[PurpleJ]

Change rock guitar forever then pop off

I like guitar players that don’t die.

Keef is older than Jimmy by like 2 weeks and he’s not a pedo.

Being a pedo is in these days. Point to Page.

 

[YellowSnow]

Change rock guitar forever then pop off

I like guitar players that don’t die.

Keef is older than Jimmy by like 2 weeks and he’s not a pedo.

Being a pedo is in these days. Point to Page.

If I played guitar I’d be Jimmy Page. The girlies I like are underage.

 

[PurpleJ]

Civilization was built on child brides!

 

[YellowSnow]

Civilization was built on child brides!

This is true.

 

[BleachedAnusDawg]

I almost took the VH bait. If I was voting with my heart I would have, but if I'm being honest the Zeppelin stuff is GOAT level. Sorry to The Beatles fans out there.

 

[chuck]

FO row Peter puffer, you left off Neil Young, Freedom through Sleeps with Angels. I guess Harvest Moon was an unplugged album so maybe it doesn't count. That would be my choice though:
Freedom
Ragged Glory
Harvest Moon
Sleeps With Angels

JTFC @chuck … let's not get carried away, pal.

Huh?

 

[YellowSnow]

FO row Peter puffer, you left off Neil Young, Freedom through Sleeps with Angels. I guess Harvest Moon was an unplugged album so maybe it doesn't count. That would be my choice though:
Freedom
Ragged Glory
Harvest Moon
Sleeps With Angels

JTFC @chuck … let's not get carried away, pal.

Huh?

The late 80s early 90's Neil stuff. Very good, but not all timer.

 

[El_K]

The Beatles are hard to beat. And as much as I love Van Halen, that would have been too much of a homer vote

Respect to Pink Floyd. Dark Side. Wish you were here. Animals. The Wall.

 

[YellowSnow]

I almost took the VH bait. If I was voting with my heart I would have, but if I'm being honest the Zeppelin stuff is GOAT level. Sorry to The Beatles fans out there.

The 3 strongest contenders on this list are Beatles, Stones and Zep. I can make a skrong case for any of the 3 winning the Gold and ultimately it comes down to taste.
Rubber Soul through White Album is the most critically acclaimed of the bunch and that's merited. This stretch did more to move the genre forward than anything else here. But I get that the Beatles aren't everyone's cup of tea and each of those 4 albums has a few songs that are fluff.
The first 6 Zep albums are arguable the greatest consistent stretch in rock. Every album was a classic with almost no weak songs. I mean seriously, name me a crap song on one of those records.
I still think the Stones winning streak trumps them all as this music was the finest distillation of the roots of rock and roll- i.e., country, blues, soul, folk all blended together into the most perfect mix. The Stones did blues and country better than Zep in my opinion.
All of the others on this list are deserving, but I can poke a few holes in each.

 

[YellowSnow]

The Beatles are hard to beat. And as much as I love Van Halen, that would have been too much of a homer vote

Respect to Pink Floyd. Dark Side. Wish you were here. Animals. The Wall.

Animals isn't an all time classic like the other 3 in this run. It screws things up with 4 albums in a row of greatness.