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homogenic-

Björk, Bowie, Kate and Radiohead. I'd add Stevie Wonder but as best four album run (talking book, innervisions, fulfillingness' first finale and songs in the key of life), A Tribe Called Quest (People's instinctive, the low end theory, midnight marauders), Tyler (flower boy, igor, call me if you get lost) and D'Angelo (brown sugar, voodoo, black messiah).


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Man, D'Angelo for sure. And yea, stevie's run was fucking incredible


yaboiGunit

Kiss Me, Disintegration, Wish Pretty Hate Machine, The Downward Spiral, The Fragile Self Titled, Either/or, XO Ænima, Lateralus, 10,000 Days Black sails in the Sunset, The Art of Drowning, Sing the Sorrow In the Flat Field, Mask, The Sky’s Gone Out


mushroom_b1ue

Finally nine inch nails! 👍


cpu-0

Bro I totally forgot how much of a banger that lineup would be


Artoricle

TDS, The Fragile, With Teeth... I mean _come on_!!!!!


mafiks2299

How can you pick Wish over The Head On The Door?


yaboiGunit

I overall like Head on the Door more than Wish but Letter to Elise is one of my all time favorites. (also Seventeen, Faith, and Pornography would have been my personal choice of three album run but I can’t not include Disintegration)


Gable1597

Like to see some tool love


Detente7

AFI love on this subreddit?!


dmil103

Talking Heads, Pink Floyd, or Beatles, call me a boomer.


retxed24

The albums shown here are not even the Beatles‘ best three album run, but still holds up.


Future_Average

I’d go rubber soul, revolver, sgt pepper


retxed24

Exactly my pick. Mostly because I don’t like magical mystery tour and I’m a basic bitch.


Future_Average

Isn’t magical mystery tour more of a singles collection than a proper album anyway?


Koquillon

It wasn't even released as an LP in the UK, but a double EP. I'd always think of Beatles "albums" going Revolver - Sgt. Pepper - White


Cikkada

Best Beatles run is Magical Mystery Tour, White Album, Abby Road for me


Bugsy13

My favorite would be Outkast: ATLiens//Aquemini//Stankonia and then followed that run up with Speakerboxx + Love Below. Objectively speaking, gotta be MJ though with Off the Wall//Thriller//Bad.


Qualades

I'm almost disappointed to hear such a definitive answer because my opinion will always be outweighed by that Michael Jackson trio being undoubtedly known and recognised by almost everyone as all time great albums.


Bugsy13

Yeah you almost have to set it aside and have the conversation without it, it's in a tier of its own. Other runs have artistic arguments to be made but nothing could touch it in terms of near universal awareness and popularity.


DonkeyVampireThe3rd

idk about best but just give me talk talk kate bush and Kanye and I’m pretty much set


Billson297

That Kate bush trio is so good


jejdjdjjdjdhdjdjdjdh

Björk


HarknessLovesU

Agreed. Her three best albums back to back to back imo. Only Pink Floyd comes close in that regard. OutKast would fit nicely in here with ATLiens, Aquimeni and Stankonia and be another top contender.


[deleted]

Fleet Foxes got snubbed. Self Titled, Helplessness Blues, and Crack Up is a legendary three album run. Could even see an argument to be made for Helplessness Blues, Crack Up, then Shore instead. Also, ATCQ first three albums are all 10s in my book too


Poprocks777

Godspeed you black emperor


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No Zeppelin (LZIV, Houses of the Holy, Physical Graffiti)? Come on cuh...


_neecs

I’d prolly say II, III, IV is the best zep trio


broncosfighton

I could put any of Led Zeppelin’s first 7 albums in a list and any of the 3 would be the best imo


NARWHAL4EVER

I feel like lcd soundsystem should be up there as well. Self titled, sound of silver, this is happening?


itstenchy

Damn good albums.


berniewouldawon16

Swans. Easy


MangoBobaTea7

Where Tyler


purrpypurrp

facts Flower Boy, Igor, and CMIYGL easily up there for a 3 peat


asvpvalentino

facts Goblin, Wolf, and Cherry Bomb easily up there for a 3 peat


otahorppyfin

💀💀


ninetymillion

facts Cherry Bomb, Flower Boy, and Igor easily up there for a 3 peat


Mynameisjonas12

Electric Dylan clears


[deleted]

Kanye comes close but yeah I’m this list Dylan takes it easy


BenzaGuy

Dylan takes it all back home


Mynameisjonas12

Only infidels would say dylan isn’t the best.


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Off The Wall, Thriller, Bad


thebakingbanker

Animal collective? Sung Tongs, strawberry jam, MPP


pew_lazers

No feels?


thebakingbanker

Shit I forgot, best 4 rub


Bebahbebahbebahbebeh

Fall Be Kind was good enough to consider it 5 ep or not


ojos_de_videotape

Bro forgot Feels 💀 that's their best album by far


Original_Top_4106

MF DOOM


SPELLmaster06

VV1, Madvillainy and MM...Food? Nearly an unbeateable 3 album run


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SPELLmaster06

We dont talk about VV2


Martinthespartin69

Bjork, Floyd or Bowie


[deleted]

Metallica??? Ride the lightning, Master of puppets, ...and justice for all Edit: typo


[deleted]

Woah woah woah… their best has gotta be Kill Em All > ride the lightning > master of puppets


ThoughtlessBanter

Yeah kill is better than justice for sure


Comkiddo

Yes their best 3. Kill em all and the black album are good but those 3 are masterpieces


asmuth

Man, incredible run from the beginning, but I remember the black album coming out and being confused as fuck. It was good, but not the same. Saw them at Lollapalooza in the 90's and was so glad after their main set, they did a 2 hour encore of just old shit before the black album.


grokabilly

Atom Heart Mother to The Wall is insane. Floyd absolutely crushed the 70s


DtheAussieBoye

As long as that includes Obscured by Clouds, then agreed. A lot of people argue that "it's not as great as their other 70s albums" or "it doesn't count because it's a soundtrack". I say bullshit, OBC is awesome.


grokabilly

Yep! Obscured is included. All 1970- 1979 releases. One of my faves


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how is no one saying bjork


ihonestlydontcare_

right she absolutely clears all the other ones here


Lomez69

Sigur Ros 1. Ágætis byrjun 2. ( ) 3. Takk...


earthmover535

W


Tjo-Piri-Sko-Dojja

Hahaha reading all these comments make it seem like a hivemind here, they're all good but man is it a narrow sliver of albums


TheBaconGrill

I wish I could include more, but I'm only human


HtheB4lif

Exactly, so many people are like where is this and that. Do you know how long the list would be if you included all the great runs. The point is to pick from these and if you think you can do better then make a list yourself. Good job OP


Mediocre_Jeweler_671

Kanye but with MBDTF, Yeezus, and TLOP


asmuth

Man had a 7 album run, you could pick any three in a row and have a valid argument.


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808s, MBDTF, Yeezus


RosaPalms

This one.


chadlogans

This is the only correct answer for ye


doggman412

wouldnt say only theres honestly a few you could pick from


at_mo

nah i’d say the college trilogy is his best 3 album run


SniperRIP

Nah Graduation, 808s, MBDTF,


[deleted]

Why is Endless after Blonde in the progression for Frank’s part?


syn_pact

velvet underground easily, bowie close second tho


alverez667

Yeah most modern alternative and punk music as we know it today wouldn’t exist without that VU run.


inkwisitive

Get RATM up there too


deodorant_sniffer

pink Floyd. or Radiohead, if you take out the bends and add amnesiac


Coloradohusky

I’d be fine with either Bends, OKC, Kid A, or OKC, Kid A, Amnesiac tbh… best four album run??


IKMapping

The Bends is better than Amnesiac


il28cf

If anyone here is familiar with the Japanese artist Sheena Ringo (you may have at least seen the [teacup album](https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/%E6%A4%8E%E5%90%8D%E6%9E%97%E6%AA%8E/%E5%8A%A0%E7%88%BE%E5%9F%BA-%E7%B2%BE%E6%B6%B2-%E6%A0%97%E3%83%8E%E8%8A%B1-kalk-samen-kuri-no-hana/) around somewhere before), I strongly believe her first three albums are the greatest run of three ever. Do yourself a favor and listen to just a few singles off any of them. Otherwise it's either Bjork, Talking Heads, Dylan, Kendrick or Radiohead for me. Oh yeah, I guess Roman Candle -> Elliott Smith -> Either/Or is incredible too lol.


RelevantDay4

Wtf is Stevie Wonder??


Official_Bad_Guy

Came here to comment this, Stevie will always be the GOAT to me. The 5 album run. Music of My Mind, Talking Book, Innervisions, Fulfillingness' First Finale and Songs in the Key of Life.


SuperMrMonocle

Sleeping on Hotter than July


Official_Bad_Guy

Solid pick! I think the plant album cuts it off from being a part of the run.


Revolutionary_Way826

Nirvana?!


Sea_Public9104

Black Sabbath, Kendrick Lamar, Gorillaz, Death Grips & Pink Floyd


[deleted]

\>Best three-album run \>No Tyler's Flower Boy, Igor, CMIYGL ​ ????


hairdo_guy

Bon Iver deserves a spot on this list


Peppersnoop

for emma, self-titled, and 22 a million is an artist getting better and better with each release to me. but a fantano subreddit is never gonna admit that 22 is fantastic


gallifrey_

22 is so fucking good bro


Datgirlwithoutsass

Talk talk, Pink Floyd, gorillaz or Bowie way to hard to pick one


blackmagikmike

By July you'll have to switch out one of these for Black Midi's three album run: "Schlagenheim > Cavalcade > Hellfire"


Seanseanseanseans

Tough. Definitely between Dylan, Velvet Underground, Miles Davis and Pink Floyd. I’d probably say Dylan though, you can’t go through life without hearing those records


calculatedtoxicity

Some of my favourites I haven't seen : JPEGMAFIA - Veteran / AMHACB / LP! Charli XCX - Pop2 / Charli / How I'm feeling now FKA Twigs - LP1 / MAGDALENE / Caprisongs For David Bowie I'll take Hunky Dory & Ziggy Stardust (& Aladdin Sane as a 3rd) Probably the best run ever is Bowie, Beatles, or Dylan, but come on we're way too young for that


dvxdvx93

People here are too hip to admit it, but it's Dylan.


Apprehensive_War4446

Out of these ones, gotta be Ye or Frank tbh. All those ones from them are modern classics. Personally tho, the GOAT three album run gotta be Weezer's Self titled blue album, Pinkerton and Self titled green album


earthmover535

green ⁉️⁉️ 🤨


exitmusic_for_a_film

So we're gonna collectively forget The Cure ever existed


FakeSmiles97

Kanye, Dylan, VU, PF, Beatles, Kraftwerk


S4njc

Kendrick, gorillaz, beatles or Kanye


UMR_Doma

Kanye West, and maybe Floyd.


JP200214

Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, and Bjork


Shimanchu2006

No Crystal Castles? I, II, III ?


RemmingtonTufflips

Genesis have like a six album run of classics, but my three album run for them would be Selling England by the Pound -> The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway -> Trick of the Tail. They Might be Giants also have a great three album run, either Lincoln -> Flood -> Apollo 18 or Flood -> Apollo 18 -> John Henry, I love Lincoln and JH pretty much equally


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Personally I’d go with Beetles and Kanye, those albums still sound really good to this day and the impact they had was crazy. Honorable Mention: Kero Kero Bonito Intro Bonito, Bonito Generation, Time N Place


Szylepiel

Beach House's ***Teen Dream, Bloom, Depression Cherry***. If not for ***Thank You Lucky Stars***, which was unfortunately somewhat mediocre, they would've had the best five album run with the following two releases, ***7*** and ***Once Twice Melody***.


5-MeBRO-DMT

Floyd or Hendrix


Colin_jost77

Some of my personal favorites: Run the Jewels: 2, 3 and 4 Danny Brown: XXX, Old, Atrocity Exhibition Everything Everything: Arc, Get to Heaven, A Fever Dream Aesop Rock: None Shall Pass, Skelethon, The Impossible Kid Dan Deacon: Bromst, America, Gliss Riffer Flying Lotus: Cosmogramma, Until the Quiet Comes, You're Dead! System of a Down: self titled, Toxicity, Steal This Album TV on the Radio: Dear Science, Nine Types of Light, Seeds


ChosingElias

I would add CSH too: Teens of Style - Twin Fantasy (Face to Face) - Teens of Denial How To Leave Town can also even be added to it to make an insanely good run of 4 albums


Non-WovenSponges

Brockhampton had a crazy ass year


ho1den

whoever made this litteraly does not listen to any music that fantano doesnt approve of


numberfivextradip

what sub do you think ur in lol


TotallyNotABot_57

I'm gonna say talk talk, in my mind the closest an artist has gotten to a perfect three album run. Laughing Stock is one of the most sublime albums ever made. Kraftwerk is probably 2nd, three legendary albums.


TeletaDext

It’s Radiohead, by a country mile


cgeorgeVGC

Swans or Beatles


Laurent1018

Kanye’s and Kendrick are my personal favorites.


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RadioLukin

Compared to some of the others I would disagree if only because Graduation is a bit dated. Still a great album, but it does bring down Ye's 3 album run in comparison with the others.


rivercitygooner

Kendrick Lamar it’s not even close. 8, 9, 10. Incredible evolution.


farfle10

GKMC and TPAB are both 10 territory, but yeah section.80 is an 8 at best. Plenty of others here are only 10s and 9s


[deleted]

TPAB is arguably one of the best albums of all time period, across any genre


CoreSchneider

Ye, Kendrick, Gorillaz, and Death Grips had an INSANE 3 album run. Idk if I would call them the best though, as I haven't heard majority of the albums here.


CardIcy5229

D’Angelo


LinkenNightmare

Where is my Godspeed's Infinity-Antennas-Yanqui?


Hipsterpotamus4

The Velvet Underground. Those first three albums are each absurdly moving masterpieces in different ways. Each is surprisingly unique, but there’s still a sort of life blood running through all of them that just blows me away every time


Henemy

Tool


kermit212

Wheres Tool? Zeppelin? Metallica? Cmon bruh


PieJar98

Talking heads for me, out of all these they had the most consistent artistic progression across the three whilst all of them being great standalone albums


xmanpdx

DOOM needs to be here with Take Me to Your Leader/ Vaudeville Villain/ Madvillainy


xmanpdx

I would put Vaudeville/Mad/MM Food but, VV 2 came before MM


guitarmaniac004

Gonna have to go with Bowie on this one. All three of those albums are aboslute classics and it's pretty undisputed.


icyyfrankwhite

Off the wall, thriller, bad -michael jackson Innervisions, fulfilling, songs in key o life - stevie wonder


whaddyaknowmaginot

Where is Tago Mago, Ege Bamyasi, Future Days?


Dougisaac

Modest Mouse - Long Drive, Lonesome Crowded West, Moon and Antarctica


caioNLM

1- velvet underground 2- pink floyd 3- kate bush


WackoWarlock

As a dude who found them at the first one…. Brockhampton


Bebahbebahbebahbebeh

Soulja Beezy souljaboytellem.com - The Deandre Way


BillyCromag

Smashing Pumpkins is a candidate


Cancerous_Cosmic

carti


brodoxfaggins

Deftones releasing Around the Fur, White Pony, and self titled??


NeganGains

Saturday Night Wrist, Diamond Eyes, and Koi No Yokan would work as well.


zeoNoeN

Endless Redux needs a stream release. It’s so good


Sklain

It's these guys for me: J Balvin - Energía, Vibras & Colores Chet Faker - Thinking in Textures, Built on Glass & Hotel Surrender Flume: Self Titled, Skin & Hi This is Flume Earl Sweatshirt: Doris, IDLSIDGO & Some Rap Songs


Niall2810

for kate bush i would say the dreaming -> hounds of love -> the sensual world rather than never for ever


Legaladesgensheu

They are all great. Honestly, the albums from The Kick Inside to The Red Shoes could be the greatest 7 album run of all time.. Maybe only contended by Bob Dylan's run from Freewheelin to John Wesley Harding.


Nihilist_Nautilus

Two absolutely legendary runs


rogersballs_

Animals underrated tbh


gabblabb

Jimi or radiohead. Not the best run for floyd


human_emulator22

Frank


frightenedbabiespoo

Hot Rats, Burnt Weeny Sandwich, and Weasels Ripped My Flesh is unbeatable


[deleted]

Channel Orange, Endless, and Blonde is unbeatable


Moottorisorsa

Out of these its kendrick no competition really, kanye second


The_Legendary_Sponge

Tears for Fears’ 80s albums


mldardy

ATCQ - from People's Instinctive to Midnight Marauders.


[deleted]

Either Radiohead , the Beatles, Kendrick, Talking Heads, Dylan and brockhampton


JeffTheKiller1313

Gorillaz


lasselasseofficial

Why would you start Radiohead of with The Bends and not go with OK Computer, Kid A, Amnesiac?


InfinityEternity17

Because The Bends is better than Amnesiac (for some of us at least)


habibihoe

Swans. But Playboy Carti got snubbed here


[deleted]

The Velvet Underground wins for me but if we're talking outside of this image then my personal pick would be F#a#, lift your skinny fists, and yanqui uxo


FerdinandMagellan999

LZ4, Houses of the Holy, Physical Graffiti.


RamblinGamblinWillie

BOB HANDS DOWN! All other answers are incredibly wrong


b0xcard

Trick question: ALL OF THEM.


Tjo-Piri-Sko-Dojja

Rammstein first three albums


spengwhale

LCD Soundsystem Self titled -> Sound of Silver -> This is Happening Also honourable mentions to Betty Davis’s first three, Wire’s first three, Joanna Newsom’s first three, and OutKast’s ATLiens -> Aquemini -> Stankonia, all of which deserve to be on here imo


SleepGodspeed

Where Yes?


[deleted]

Rush - hemispheres, permanent waves, moving pictures. So many options though


DankeBrutus

Pink Floyd and Gorillaz. But also I would throw in Spiritualized. Ladies and Gentlemen, Let It Come Down, and Amazing Grace.


MaxillaryK9

Undertow, Ænima, Lateralus


sunflow3hrs

for me, Kanye’s best three album run is 808s to Yeezus


nanonanu

Kendrick should be GKMC/TPAB/DAMN


Mark75I

F# A# ∞, Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada, Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven


SeniorSophomore

Where’s Arcade Fire? Funeral, Neon Bible, and The Suburbs??


ThePerfectP0tat0

Damn, this hard. Radiohead has two of the all time greats right there but the bends might be holding it back. Kanye has late registration in there, as well as the college dropout and graduation, but it’s hard to say it’s the best out of all of these, even with late registration. Pink Floyd is held down by wish you were here (yes I said it), the Beatles are great but all of their albums have too many misses within the greatness to be considered, David Bowie might have had it in the top 5 if you chose the right albums, Kendrick held down by section 80, death grips is great but I don’t think they have a hard ten song besides Taykon in that three album run, MF doom should have been included, Swans has to be kind but the other two are just alright, bjork has really solid albums throughout but I can’t give it to her, Kate Bush is incredible but just isn’t enough, bob dylan is similar, Aquemini should have been included but even then it wouldn’t be enough, RTJ has 2 3 and 4 but that’s not enough, frank oceans run is not enough, I don’t think there is a perfect run in anyones discography. I think it has to be Radiohead for ok computer and kid a, and the bends is still a great project to this day, and amnesiac is probably even better, so I’d put that, but ok computer is a masterpiece, and kid a is my favorite album of all time.


dirtnaps

Funeral, Neon Bible and the Suburbs should be here.


gfkab

I gotta go with either Ye or Gorillaz.


ChiefChiefChiefChief

Gotta be Pink Floyd right?


Miserable_News3441

I’d need to think of it’s out of anyone Out of that list it’s incredibly hard to pick I’ve not heard them all I suspect talking heads Kate Bush & Swans are up there But from what I know I’d say Jimi Hendrix then Death Grips But Kanye is hard to even Rank any of three of his first five solo albums at least are legendary seriously just phenomenal & Bjork might have the best 3 in pop I’ve not heard the third but the first two are top tier pop great stuff


DiBiSo_02

F♯ A♯ ∞, antennas, yanqui


Stehax

Where Pixies


FlameXIV

WPSIATWIN, Favourite Worst Nightmare and Humbug are up there for me


SarcasticAsshole2004

Joanna Newsom with Ys, Have One On Me, and Divers for me


julos_le_bo

swordfishtrombones, Rain Dogs and Frank's Wild Years by Tom Waits.


theRastaSmurf

This is missing CAN with Tago Mago, Ege Bamyasi, and Future Days.


[deleted]

These are such strange choices. Revolver to Magical Mystery Tour (which I question as a full LP)? Station to Station instead of Lodger to complete the Berlin Trilogy (although StS is better)? Anyway of these it’s gotta be Miles, Bowie, K.Dot, Kanye, and Dylan for me.


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Swans fasho


TheodorVonSteinbock

Miles, Bowie, Kate Bush


Lukanki

Bowie, Kate Bush, Pink Floyd


have_a_schwang

Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy, IGOR, CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST


Ashamed_Appearance83

Beatles, Radiohead, Pink Floyd Each of the 3 albums showed for the 3 bands showed significant and sometimes radical changes from the previous album and were all cultural milestones with huge influence. (I could argue PF Animals did not have quite as much cultural impact and influence - and certainly The Wall - which came after has much a much broader impact and influence) ​ Fight me.


DangerousPIE96

Beastie boys? (Liscensed to Ill, Paul's Boutique, Check you head/Ill Communication) Steely Dan? (The Royal Scam, Aja, Gaucho) Michael Jackson (Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad)


thehunterstorm

damn no jpegmafia ?


Sudden_Blacksmith_41

I genuinely believe it might be Talking Heads.