Best Grand Slam Ever??

Which of these 4 LP runs is the best???

  • Beatles: Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Peppers, MMT

    Votes: 131 36.3%

  • Stones: Beggars, Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exiles

    Votes: 73 20.2%

  • Pink Floyd: DSOTM, WYWH, Animals, The Wall

    Votes: 157 43.5%
  • Total voters
    361
Andyman

Andyman

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Here's a set of three sequential 4 LP runs that is pretty tough to beat; which do you think is the best?

I'll bet 95% of us here have at least one of these LPs; many of us may have them all. Me, I'm a piker with only 10. Cast your vote, and let us know why, or if there's another band that I've missed, bring it up and let's see how they fare.

Me, I'm voting for the Stones :yes:

FWIW, all four of their LPs are must haves in my book. I was going to make it a hat trick at 3, but when I did the discographies, I found out that I really needed 4 to get Pink Floyd in with "The Wall", so I extended it out to 4. "Magical Mystery Tour" and "Animals" to me aren't as strong as the rest of the groups for Pink Floyd and The Beatles, but all four of those Stones LPs are killers.

Here's the choices in full as the poll only had limited room:

The Beatles: Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Peppers' Lonely Hearts Club Band, Magical Mystery Tour.

The Rolling Stones: Beggar's Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main Street

Pink Floyd: Dark side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall
 
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Although I am a total Floyd devotee, I had to give it to the Beatles. They just influenced to many folks to not hand it to them. I listen more to Floyd by leaps and bounds, but have to acknowledge the immeasurable importance of those Beatles albums. They easily eclipse even DSOTM. Pun intended.
 
Gave it to Floyd. I just love to listen to all four of those albums and do it in sequence.

Love the Beatles overall more and think they are a more influential/important group, but this is purely a selfish answer.:yes:

Stones music was just too irratic really good mixed in with marginal...of course the Stones have never been near the top of any of my lists. They did some really great stuff, but I never heard a single album where I thought every song on it was fantastic. I guess it's just me but I always thought the personalities of the members of the band outshone their music.
 
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pinning these three mighty forces of nature together and asking for a vote should be considered cruel and unusual punishment for the ardent classic rock fan. three way tie for the hat-trick.
mike
 
Of the groupings up for consideration, I'm with Andy: the Rolling Stones grand slam of 1968-1972 is one of the best in the rock music genre. As such, it is my second favorite four-album run in the rock music genre, my own top choice being these four sequential studio releases from The Who:

The Who Sell Out (1967)
Tommy (1969)
Who's Next (1971)
Quadrophenia (1973)
 
I might add...

Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord, On the Threshold of a Dream, To Our Children's Children's Children, A Question of Balance

Cream - Fresh Cream, Disraeli Gears, Wheels of Fire, Goodbye Cream

Santana - Santana, Abraxis, Santana III - Okay a triple, but a really solid triple.

Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic, Katy Lied, Aja, Gaucho

I'm sure there are more.
 
Those three are really the default answer, but how 'bout something not quite as old? My pick would be the first 4 Van Halen albums: VH, VHII, Women and Children First, and Fair Warning. VHII is the weakest of the bunch but it still has it's moments. The other three just flat-out ROCK!!!
 
Mystic said:
Of the groupings up for consideration, I'm with Andy: the Rolling Stones grand slam of 1968-1972 is one of the best in the rock music genre. As such, it is my second favorite four-album run in the rock music genre, my own top choice being these four sequential studio releases from The Who:

The Who Sell Out (1967)
Tommy (1969)
Who's Next (1971)
Quadrophenia (1973)
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Yep, that's a goodie too

Catswold said:
I might add...

Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord, On the Threshold of a Dream, To Our Children's Children's Children, A Question of Balance

Cream - Fresh Cream, Disraeli Gears, Wheels of Fire, Goodbye Cream

Santana - Santana, Abraxis, Santana III - Okay a triple, but a really solid triple.

Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic, Katy Lied, Aja, Gaucho

I'm sure there are more.
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Some great stuff here too, but I don't think the overall groupings are quite on the same level as the poll LPs, which are among the epitome of rock music. Those poll LPs are darn near all Holy Grails :yes:

Just for chits and giggles, I went to the The Rolling Stone top 500 LP list from 2003 to see how these LPs fared.

The Beatles kicked ass, with #1, #3, and #5,then the Stones w/ #7, #32, #57, and #63. Pink Floyd had #43 w/ DSOTM and #87, and Fresh Cream was #101. Tommy was in the top 100 and I'm pretty sure "Who's Next" was too (#28). But it also looks like Dylan and Zeppelin could hold their own in this game too with the poll sets. Hendrix too...

Here's a link to that list, FWIW...

Rolling Stones' Top 500
 
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MMT knocks The Beatles to the curb- weakest effort of their career. The 3rd option is no option for me. Stones win by default.
 
allright i voted for the stones. as an aside if you go to keef's website he's got some really great soundclips of answers to fanmail.
mike
 
tentoze said:
MMT knocks The Beatles to the curb- weakest effort of their career. The 3rd option is no option for me. Stones win by default.
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I think the other end was "Help" and I can't recall any songs on that.

well, OK, the title...duh...:rolleyes:

I guess you can write in Dylan if you like :D
 
Floyd for me.

And also in the classic rock genre, Led Zep I-IV, though I'm sick of hearing almost every song on those albums thanks to the relentless nature of classic rock radio.
 
Andyman said:
Some great stuff here too, but I don't think the overall groupings are quite on the same level as the poll LPs, which are among the epitome of rock music. Those poll LPs are darn near all Holy Grails :yes:
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Okay how about this one...Led Zepplin, Led Zepplin II, Led Zepplin III, Led Zepplin IV?:D

Ouch JohnVF beat me to it...oh well...
 
Yep, that's a goodie too :thmbsp:

Man, we really were spoiled with the good stuff back in the day eh???

Hendrix too, but was "Cry of Love" his 4th? What came after "Electric Ladyland"???

OK, "Band of Gypsys" and that's fine by me too.
 
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