Favourite successive albums?

+1 on Shadows and Light, it made me much more interested in the post-Court & Spark material.

 

Talk Talk:
It's My Life
Colour of Spring
Spirit of Eden
Laughing Stock

 

I'd say all the early EC albums through Imperial Bedroom with the exception of Almost Blue, which irritates me for some reason.

 

My Dying Bride discography

• As the Flower Withers (1992)
• Turn Loose the Swans (1993)
• The Angel and the Dark River (1995)
• Like Gods of the Sun (1996)
• 34.788%...Complete (1998)
• The Light at the End of the World (1999)
• The Dreadful Hours (2001)
• Songs of Darkness, Words of Light (2004)
• A Line of Deathless Kings (2006)
• For Lies I Sire (2009)
• A Map of All Our Failures (2012)
• Feel the Misery (2015)

I'd only throw one out, so that's pretty good.

 

From various threads I've seen posted here, the most successful ones seem to stipulate precisely the OP's intentions in the very first post.

Also, the Thread Title should successfully encapsulate the subject, too.

Otherwise, I've seen threads, and created ones myself, that can easily "go astray".

How so?
Readers will skim the Thread Title and instantaneously want to post their reply.
Or, if they quickly read the first post by the OP, they may just "jump" to the end.

They may not read the OP's thread tweakings (admonishments) on page 3 or 4.

Well, you did ask for "Favorites"... Some of us really do enjoy whole discographies!

But, there's not really too many of those listed here; so I wouldn't be bothered by those.

Your thread is interesting, thanks!

 

I also would go several steps further for MacManus:

My Aim is True
This Years Model
Armed Formes
Get Happy!
Trust

 

Bringing it all Back Home
Highway 61 Revisited
Blonde on Blonde
John Wesley Harding
Nashville Skyline

 

Music From Big Pink (1968)
The Band (1969)
Stage Fright (1970)

 

Yep, this was my choice too.

 

The Idiot (1977)
Lust for Life (1977)
New Values (1979)
Soldier (1980)
Party (1981)
Zombie Birdhouse (1982)
Blah Blah Blah (1986)
Instinct (1988)

 

Slanted and Enchanted (1992)
Crooked Rain Crooked Rain (1994)
Wowee Zowee (1995)
Brighten the Corners (1997)

 

RUSH: I would hone in on these four. I don't dislike the albums before or after but this is the meat of their discography.
A Farewell to Kings
Hemispheres
Permanent Waves
Moving Pictures

 

I never cared that much for My Aim Is True except a couple of songs.
Trust is good.

..I dunno, these are the three I chose.
I like em.

 

So put em down then.

 

Peter Cetera

Solitude/Solitaire
One More Story
World Falling Down
(love all three but esp. the 3rd)

Rod Stewart
Body Wishes
Camouflage

 

Phil C.

 

Richard Thompson (also including Richard & Linda Thompson)

Henry the Human Fly
...
[no end in sight]

 

Your list is solid.

For me My Aim is True is an all timer:

Miracle Man
No Dancing
Watching the Detectives
Welcome to the Working Week
Alison
Angels Wanna Wear My Red Shoes

all classics

I would go up to Trust, skip Almost Blue then push on until I get to Spike or even the much maligned Mighty Like a Rose which are widescreen awesome.

 

Just my 2cents - add Blame It On Cain, Less Than Zero, and Pay It Back.

 

Correction

The Party's Over
It's My Life
The Colour of Spring
Spirit of Eden
Laughing Stock

Talk Talk doesn't have one bad album in my opinion. I used to be a bit apprehensive on the first one but it's still damn good compared to their contemporaries at the time.
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My list though -

A Trick of The Tail
Wind and Wuthering
And Then There Were Three

Genesis's romantic trilogy. They were never better during this period I'd argue. I think I just really love Tony Banks probably.

 

Queensryche - Warning / Rage Fro Order / Operation:Mindcrime

Judas Priest - Stained Class / Killing Machine / British Steel

H.I.M. - Razorblade Romance / Deep Shadows... / Love Metal

Loudness - Devil Soldier / The Law Of Devils Land / Disillusion / Thunder In
The East / Lightning Strikes

Ratt - Out Of The Cellar / Invasion Of Your Privacy / Dancing Undercover

Dokken - Tooth And Nail / Under Lock And Key / Back For The Attack

 

hüsker dü

metal circus
zen arcade
new day rising
flip your wig
candy apple grey
warehouse: songs and stories

 

I used to believe this couldn't possibly be true, now I'm close to being convinced, the three problem albums for me and perhaps some others are the ones that just seemed to slip by me for some reason. 'Henry the Human Fly' I now completely buy into, Sunnyvista: I'm getting there, 'Electric': I've managed to almost completely ignore for some reason

 

Tim Buckley's 4 album run in 1969-1970

Fairport Convention 3 album run in 1969

Joni Mitchell's 4 album run 1975-1979 (I know this is the minority view)

Nina Simone's 1964-1970 run 2 Colpix 7 Philips 7 RCA albums

Incredible String Band 1967-1968 4 albums

Bill Callahan/(smog) 6 album run 2003-2013