Which band has the longest "Awesome albums in a row" streak?

[jerrydyer]

Haircut 100 did pretty well

Haircut 100 I
Haircut 100 II
Haircut 100 ( the white album)
Haircutt 100 ( the black album )
Haircut 100 Re-cut
Haircut 100 ( box set- "What the fuck happened to Haircut 100" )
Haircut 100 Permanent Waves
Haircut 100 The musical
Haircut 100 Highlights
Haircut 100 Reunion Tour

 

[geetarmikey]

No-one's mentioned the Stones yet -

Beggar's Banquet
Sticky Fingers
Exile
Goat's Head
It's Only Rn'R

 

[metalmaniac93]

Zeppelin is a no brainer, but you could through Black Sabbath into the mix with the S/T first LP up to and including Sabatoge. Maiden is up there from the S/T LP to Seventh Son!!

 

[metalmaniac93]

No-one's mentioned the Stones yet -

Beggar's Banquet
Sticky Fingers
Exile
Goat's Head
It's Only Rn'R

Their best IMO!!!

 

[metalmaniac93]

QUEEN!

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

Then they had to do Flash Gordon and Hot Space

 

[barnesjd]

Zeppelin is a no brainer, but you could through Black Sabbath into the mix with the S/T first LP up to and including Sabatoge. Maiden is up there from the S/T LP to Seventh Son!!

I don't love the first two Maiden albums, which makes their streak a bit short for my vote.

 

[Anonymous]

Some of you guys have pretty low standards
For me, "awesome" albums are ones which are ranked amongst the greatest of all time
I'll list streaks of 4 and more

Already mentioned:
The Beatles (pretty much all their stuff)
Led Zeppelin - First 6
Metallica - First 5
Pink Floyd - 4, from Dark Side Of The Moon to The Wall
Rolling Stones - 4, from Beggars Banquet to Exile On Main St.
U2 - 4, from War to Achtung Baby (if you don't count Rattle & Hum)

Add:
Radiohead - 6, from The Bends to In Rainbows
The Smiths - Their 4 albums
Talking Heads - First 4
Pixies - Their 4 albums
The Who - 4, from The Who Sell Out to Quadrophenia
Genesis - 4, from Foxtrot to A Trick Of The Tail

Not Bands:
Bruce Springsteen - 6, from The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle to Born In The USA
Neil Young - 5, from Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere to Tonight's The Night
Björk - 4, from Debut to Vespertine
David Bowie also had a few good streaks, with some weaker albums thrown in between

 

[Mudder]

Zeppelin is a no brainer, but you could through Black Sabbath into the mix with the S/T first LP up to and including Sabatoge. Maiden is up there from the S/T LP to Seventh Son!!

I don't love the first two Maiden albums, which makes their streak a bit short for my vote.

The D'Anno era is an acquired taste, but you can hear the beginnings of greatness.

 

[ibenhad]

Not a band I guess but still tons of good albums in a row...

Richie Kotzen


(1989) Richie Kotzen
(1990) Fever Dream
(1991) Electric Joy
(1994) Mother Head's Family Reunion
(1995) The Inner Galactic Fusion Experience
(1996) Wave of Emotion
(1997) Something to Say
(1998) What Is...
(1999) Bi-Polar Blues
(1999) Break It All Down
(2001) Slow
(2003) Change
(2004) Get Up
(2003) Acoustic Cuts
(2006) Ai Senshi Z×R (Music from the animation series Gundam)
(2006) Into The Black
(2007) Go Faster/Return Of The Mother Head's Family Reunion
(2009) Peace Sign
(2011) 24 Hours

As for Bands Waysted had these 4 in a row solid records..

Vices (1983) No. 78 UK
Waysted - EP (1984) No. 73 UK
The Good the Bad the Waysted (1985)
Save Your Prayers (1986) No. 185 US

 

[barnesjd]

(...)The D'Anno era is an acquired taste, but you can hear the beginnings of greatness.

Agreed 100%. I listen to them occasionally, but just don't love them like the BD era.

 

[barnesjd]

Some of you guys have pretty low standards
For me, "awesome" albums are ones which are ranked amongst the greatest of all time(...)

Yeah, but then its a little more subjective, as if it wasn't subjective enough already. So I went with Clutch because the length is 8.

 

[tribalfusion]

Tribal Tech. Every album.

 

[ibenhad]

Some would say Michael Jackson.... I would after more thought say NIN!

 

[AndyK]

Scorpions
Dokken

 

[dirtyfunkg]

Red Hot Chili Peppers 7: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Freakey Styley, Uplift Mofo Party Plan, Mother's Milk, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, One Hot Minute, Californication
Radiohead 6: The Bends, OK Computer, Amnesiac, Kid A, Hail to the Thief, In Rainbows
Soundgarden 6: Ultramega OK, Louder than Love, Badmotorfinger, Superunknown, Down on the Upside, King Animal
Led Zeppelin 5: Led Zeppelin IV, Houses of the Holy, Physical Graffiti, Presence, In Through The Out Door
Pink Floyd 5: Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall, The Final Cut
Pearl Jam 5: Ten, Vs., Vitalogy, No Code, Yield
QOTSA 5: Rated R, Songs for the Deaf, Lullabies to Paralyze, Era Vulgaris, ...Like Clockwork
Muse 4: Showbiz, Origin of Symmetry, Absolution, Black Holes & Revelations
Alice in Chains 4: Facelift, Dirt, Tripod, Black Gives Way to Blue
Tool 4: Undertow, Aenima, Lateralus, 10,000 Days
Faith No More 4: The Real Thing, Angel Dust, King for a Day Fool For a Lifetime, Album of the Year
Incubus 4: S.C.I.E.N.C.E., Make Yourself, Morning View, A Crow Left of the Murder
The Mars Volta 4: Deloused in the Comatorium, Frances the Mute, Amputecture, The Bedlam in Goliath
STP 4: Core, Purple, Tiny Music, No. 4
Silverchair 4: Frogstomp, Freak Show, Neon Ballroom, Diorama
Mastodon 4: Leviathan, Blood Mountain, Crack the Skye, The Hunter

Not including EP's.

 

[Rushtallica]

Iron Maiden had about 7 in a row in the 80's.

Nobody will top what Rush has done! ...and are still doing.

I'm going to have to agree with this, though I also loved the runs Zep and Sabbath had. 8)

 

[Rushtallica]

Some of you guys have pretty low standards
For me, "awesome" albums are ones which are ranked amongst the greatest of all time

Some of it's going to come down to personal taste. I don't like Radio Head at all, for example, and others may hate some bands I like. And many albums considered great only have a song or two I like a lot. But when I mention Rush, Zep, or Sabbath, the runs of albums have at least a few songs I like a lot if not the entire albums. 8) These albums have that -- for me. 8)

Rush:
self-titled
Fly by Night
Caress of Steel
2112
All the World's a Stage
Farewell to Kings
Hemispheres
Permanent Waves
Moving Pictures
Exit Stage Left
Signals
Grace Under Pressure. That's 10; 12 if counting the great live albums. They have some others I like a lot -- even their newest one -- but not in a row and not quite as much.

Zep:
I
II
III
Zoso
Houses of the Holy
Physical Graffiti
Presence
In Through the Out Door. That's 8. I almost never listen to Coda and can't count it for my list.

Sabbath: they come close to many in a row, but there's a break of a couple albums I can't say I love:
self-titled
Paranoid
Master of Reality
Volume IV
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Sabotage. Then break for Technical Ecstasy, and I only like the title track off Never Say Die
Then:
Heaven and Hell
Mob Rules. And Born Again is great... every once in a while.
Then their Live Evil album fits in for me.

 

[Zombify]

So many to name. Here are a few with some great back to back (...to back, to back) records;

- Judas Priest
- Metallica's first 4
- King Diamond from the first onward.

 

[Hail Satin]

Aerosmith: up to night in the ruts

Pat Travers: Makin Magic up to Hot Shot

UFO: up to Misdemeanor

Thin Lizzy: Hell, they're all great...

 

[LowDesertSludge]

Ween has yet to disappoint.