Greatest 4 Album Run in Rock History?

[huskyhooligan]

Why do you hate The Monkees! The disrespek!!!1!

Kinda wild Zep IV was prevented from charting number one in the US by Carol King and Sly and the Family Stone.

Pearl Jam had a good run to start. U2 had a great run of number ones starting with Joshua Tree. I'm a fan of the Weezer Blue to Maladroit quad. Aerosmith had a couple good runs. Oh and Pink Floyd Dark Side to Wall is pretty solid. More recently I'm a fan of all four of Royal Bloods albums. And partial rock, Beastie Boys License to Ill to Hello Nasty, all excellent.

 

[RaceBannon]

High and Dry
Pyromania
Hysteria
And there is no 4th

 

[YellowSnow]

High and Dry
Pyromania
Hysteria
And there is no 4th

Jimi has a chance to win the 3 album run sweepstakes. There was not a 4th.

 

[YellowSnow]

Why do you hate The Monkees! The disrespek!!!1!

Kinda wild Zep IV was prevented from charting number one in the US by Carol King and Sly and the Family Stone.

Pearl Jam had a good run to start. U2 had a great run of number ones starting with Joshua Tree. I'm a fan of the Weezer Blue to Maladroit quad. Aerosmith had a couple good runs. Oh and Pink Floyd Dark Side to Wall is pretty solid. More recently I'm a fan of all four of Royal Bloods albums. And partial rock, Beastie Boys License to Ill to Hello Nasty, all excellent.

I just don't think there's a 90s contender here with the exception of Radiohead if you're into them. They did have a pretty epic 3 or 4 album run. I'm just not super versed in that band and didn't feel comfortable including them.
All of the first 5 Beastie albums are legendary, but not really a true rock band.
Pearl Jam's first 3 albums are all essential but they didn't really stretch that into No Code (good but not great)
Nirvana had 2 great (studio) albums and a collection of B-Sides. The live album doesn't count here.
U-2 had 2 terrific albums, but the rest don't measure up to the task of being in this competition.
Weezer's 1st albums are top notch, but the rest aren't worthy of being in this pole.
REM had a great albums but I don't think they had 4 in a row.
I don't feel like Aerosmith had 4 classic albums in a row.

 

[BleachedAnusDawg]

The best modern-day 4 album run is courtesy of Muse.
Showbiz
Origin of Symmetry
Absolution
Black Holes & Revelations

 

[YellowSnow]

The best modern-day 4 album run is courtesy of Muse.
Showbiz
Origin of Symmetry
Absolution
Black Holes & Revelations

White Stripes had a great 3 album run from De Stijl thru Elephant.

 

[YellowSnow]

Didn't see a Rod Stewart option

Long Player - Faces
Every Picture Tells a Story - Rod Stewart
Nod is as good a wink - Faces
Never a Dull Moment - Rod Stewart
I changed my mind @RaceBannon and am putting Hot Rod on the list.

 

[RaceBannon]

EPTAS is a legit classic

 

[YellowSnow]

EPTAS is a legit classic

I'm taking screen shots!

 

[El_K]

I think REM had a great run of good albums
When it comes to "alternative" bands, REM had a pretty solid run of decent records. I first heard of REM reading The Rocket and seeing who the "college bands" were in the back of Rolling Stone.
Life's Rich Pageant / Document / Green / Out of Time / Automatic for the People / Monster

 

[CFetters_Nacho_Lover]

REM is the band most likely to have to punching people to change the station. I fucking can’t stand their music.

 

[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?

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

Just disagree. Harvest Moon is basically Harvest redone, but better. Alabama is the only song on Harvest that, for me, stands up to or beats the best on Harvest Moon. Plus Harvest has a couple of automatic skips for me. After the Gold Rush requires a certain mood, though Cripple Creek Ferry is my only skip. Everybody Knows has two of his best songs, but Cinnamon Girl is overrated for me and the rest is just OK by his standards aside from Cowgirl In the Sand and Down By the River.
Ragged Glory is perfect aside from Mother Earth which I skip. Freedom finishes with 4-5 of his best tracks, and Sleeps With Angels is him at his gloomy best. I don't care for the title track but Change Your Mind, Prime of Life and Trans Am are some of my favorites. Even the little piano ditties that open and close the album really hit for me.
On the Beach is the only one from the option listed that is in my Neil top 4. That's just me though. I'm not bloviating about facts either real or imagined or pretending to be objectively correct in any way. That's just how I feel.

 

[CallMeBigErn]

If Neil Young and Bobby D are considered rock alongside Metallica and AC/DC, I don't know what's happening.
If Skynyrd and/or CCR were on the list, my vote may change, but many of my formative teenage years were performed under the AC/DC and Metallica banner. Also Slayer. AC/DC gets the nod for pure rock and roll. I like the fact that 3 Bon Scott albums and the one great Brian Johnson album were included. That's the correct listing. Bon Scott >>> Brian Johnson all day, but I can't argue with Back in Black. It was great and it was meaningful. What a comeback that album was. The story behind it as well.
AC/DC! Oy! Oy!

 

[YellowSnow]

If Neil Young and Bobby D are considered rock alongside Metallica and AC/DC, I don't know what's happening.
If Skynyrd and/or CCR were on the list, my vote may change, but many of my formative teenage years were performed under the AC/DC and Metallica banner. Also Slayer. AC/DC gets the nod for pure rock and roll. I like the fact that 3 Bon Scott albums and the one great Brian Johnson album were included. That's the correct listing. Bon Scott >>> Brian Johnson all day, but I can't argue with Back in Black. It was great and it was meaningful. What a comeback that album was. The story behind it as well.
AC/DC! Oy! Oy!

You may surprised to learn that "rock" is a very broad genre and includes such sub genres as: folk rock, country rock, roots rock, blue rock, hard rock, heavy metal, southern rock, etc. So yes Neil Young and Bob Dylan are rock musicians.
Skynyrd's 3rd and 4th albums aren't all time classic stuff, so they don't make the cut IMO.
I can, however, make a case for CCR being in the pole.

 

[CallMeBigErn]

If Neil Young and Bobby D are considered rock alongside Metallica and AC/DC, I don't know what's happening.
If Skynyrd and/or CCR were on the list, my vote may change, but many of my formative teenage years were performed under the AC/DC and Metallica banner. Also Slayer. AC/DC gets the nod for pure rock and roll. I like the fact that 3 Bon Scott albums and the one great Brian Johnson album were included. That's the correct listing. Bon Scott >>> Brian Johnson all day, but I can't argue with Back in Black. It was great and it was meaningful. What a comeback that album was. The story behind it as well.
AC/DC! Oy! Oy!

You may surprised to learn that "rock" is a very broad genre and includes such sub genres as: folk rock, country rock, roots rock, blue rock, hard rock, heavy metal, southern rock, etc. So yes Neil Young and Bob Dylan are rock musicians.
Skynyrd's 3rd and 4th albums aren't all time classic stuff, so they don't make the cut IMO.
I can, however, make a case for CCR being in the pole.

I think Bobby D is straight folk, not even folk rock. Neil Young may have a case for rock like Pink Floyd may have a case for rock, but still. I don't consider either real rockers.
I love Neil Young, Bob Dylan, and Pink Floyd. Not meant to be a slight on any of them. It's a classification thing.
"Classic rock" is the stupidest classification known to man imo.

 

[YellowSnow]

If Neil Young and Bobby D are considered rock alongside Metallica and AC/DC, I don't know what's happening.
If Skynyrd and/or CCR were on the list, my vote may change, but many of my formative teenage years were performed under the AC/DC and Metallica banner. Also Slayer. AC/DC gets the nod for pure rock and roll. I like the fact that 3 Bon Scott albums and the one great Brian Johnson album were included. That's the correct listing. Bon Scott >>> Brian Johnson all day, but I can't argue with Back in Black. It was great and it was meaningful. What a comeback that album was. The story behind it as well.
AC/DC! Oy! Oy!

You may surprised to learn that "rock" is a very broad genre and includes such sub genres as: folk rock, country rock, roots rock, blue rock, hard rock, heavy metal, southern rock, etc. So yes Neil Young and Bob Dylan are rock musicians.
Skynyrd's 3rd and 4th albums aren't all time classic stuff, so they don't make the cut IMO.
I can, however, make a case for CCR being in the pole.

I think Bobby D is straight folk, not even folk rock. Neil Young may have a case for rock like Pink Floyd may have a case for rock, but still. I don't consider either real rockers.
I love Neil Young, Bob Dylan, and Pink Floyd. Not meant to be a slight on any of them.

With all due respect, you couldn't possibly be more off the mark.
When Dylan plugged in and "went electric" he was no longer a straight folk artist. It was only one of the biggest outrages of the mid 60s.
Bringing it Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, and Blonde on Blonde all had rock and roll on them.
@chuck care to weigh in?

 

[CallMeBigErn]

If Neil Young and Bobby D are considered rock alongside Metallica and AC/DC, I don't know what's happening.
If Skynyrd and/or CCR were on the list, my vote may change, but many of my formative teenage years were performed under the AC/DC and Metallica banner. Also Slayer. AC/DC gets the nod for pure rock and roll. I like the fact that 3 Bon Scott albums and the one great Brian Johnson album were included. That's the correct listing. Bon Scott >>> Brian Johnson all day, but I can't argue with Back in Black. It was great and it was meaningful. What a comeback that album was. The story behind it as well.
AC/DC! Oy! Oy!

You may surprised to learn that "rock" is a very broad genre and includes such sub genres as: folk rock, country rock, roots rock, blue rock, hard rock, heavy metal, southern rock, etc. So yes Neil Young and Bob Dylan are rock musicians.
Skynyrd's 3rd and 4th albums aren't all time classic stuff, so they don't make the cut IMO.
I can, however, make a case for CCR being in the pole.

I think Bobby D is straight folk, not even folk rock. Neil Young may have a case for rock like Pink Floyd may have a case for rock, but still. I don't consider either real rockers.
I love Neil Young, Bob Dylan, and Pink Floyd. Not meant to be a slight on any of them.

With all due respect, you couldn't possibly be more off the mark.
When Dylan plugged in and "went electric" he was no longer a straight folk artist. It was only one of the biggest outrages of the mid 60s.
Bringing it Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, and Blonde on Blonde all had rock and roll on them.
@chuck care to weigh in?

I don't think being plugged in is a hall pass to rockdom.

 

[CallMeBigErn]

What genre is Elvis? Chuck Berry? That's rock and roll, baby!

 

[YellowSnow]

What genre is Elvis? Chuck Berry? That's rock and roll, baby!

Christ.
Dylan was born and raised in St. Louis County, Minnesota. Following his self-titled debut album of traditional folk songs in 1962, he made his breakthrough with The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan the next year. The album featured "Blowin' in the Wind" and "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" which, like many of his early songs, adapted the tunes and phrasing of older folk songs. He released the politically charged The Times They Are a-Changin' and the more lyrically abstract and introspective Another Side of Bob Dylan in 1964. In 1965 and 1966, Dylan drew controversy among folk purists when he adopted electrically amplified rock instrumentation, and in the space of 15 months recorded three of the most influential rock albums of the 1960s: Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited (both 1965) and Blonde on Blonde (1966). When Dylan made his move from acoustic folk and blues music to rock, the mix became more complex. His six-minute single "Like a Rolling Stone" (1965) expanded commercial and creative boundaries in popular music.[11][12]
Bob Dylan - Wikipedia

 

[CallMeBigErn]

The point of all of this is
CCR and AC/DC. That's my 4 album streak winners.
I'm just being a little bitch about everything else because it's fun and I also kind of think the things I do but also not really.