Obama's comments on Stevie Wonder's amazing 5 album run got me thinking...
Obama revealed to the The Telegraph: "If I had one musical hero, it would have to be Stevie Wonder.
"When I was at that point where you start getting involved in music, Stevie had that run with Music of My Mind, Talking Book, Fulfillingness' First Finale and Innervisions, and then Songs in the Key of Life.
“Those are as brilliant a set of five albums as we've ever seen."
My mom has all those albums on vinyl and I grew up listening to them; today I'm not a fan of R&B in general but that run is still fucking awesome to me. What are some other examples of great
consecutive album runs in you guys' opinions. Would be cool if you separate genres
(No particular order outside of the first)
Rock/metal:
Led Zeppelin:Led Zeppelin I (1969): Zeppelin's predominantly blues reworking
jacking album simply rocks
Led Zeppelin II (1969): Blues era continues simultaneously as the band's song writing becomes more prevalent
Led Zeppelin III (1970): Under appreciated at release but imo the album was the perfect transition to IV
Led Zeppelin IV (Zoso, 1971): While II features many of my favorite Zep songs, IV features the best of their repertoire - the ballad (Goin to California), the epic (Stairway), folk (Battle of Evermore), blues reworks (When the Levee Breaks)
Pink Floyd:Dark Side of the Moon (1973): Like Zeppelin III for Zeppelin, Meddle seemed to be the album that best foreshadowed the group's future. Not much to say about DSOTM that hasn't been said already
Wish You Were Here (1975): My favorite Floyd album by far. I've read that it had a mixed reception due to people expecting/demanding DSOTM II eh. Shine On pt I is better than that album imo
Animals (1977): Took me awhile to get into this album. There aren't many songs here but there's no filler
The Wall (1979): Overrated but still features a bunch of awesome songs. But like every double album I've heard...there's some filler here.
Iron Maiden:The Number of the Beast (1981): See, this is the metal I like - melodic yet heavy shit with vocals that can soar when needed and punch you in the face without cookie monster barking
Piece of Mind (1983): Same as above
Powerslave (1984): Good poster, great album. The last track is one of the most epic songs I've ever heard
Hip hop/rap:A Tribe Called QuestPeople's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990): Hip hop is full of classic debut albums, this being among them. I miss the Native Tongue movement as well as more jazz oriented production, which really propels this album.
The Low End Theory (1991): While their first album is a great album, this is a masterpiece. The live instrumentation - from Ron Carter and other jazz musicians - created such a beautiful canvas for Q-Tip and Phife to paint over.
Midnight Marauders (1993): Another absolute classic. The jazz influence is still prevalent but they really funked things up on tracks like Oh My God and Lyrics to Go
MF DOOMVaudeville Villain (2003), as Viktor Vaughn: DOOM's first full length album since his 1999 debut. Vaudeville Villain is one of the oddest hip hop albums I've ever heard. The production is good overall, and DOOM uses every opportunity to drop his mentally deranged rhymes, from teenage love (the hilarious Let Me Watch) to a how-to-rob guide for crooks too cheap to buy bullets (Modern Day Mugging)
Madvillainy (2004), as Madvillain: Madlib's brilliant colab album with DOOM - it's always in my playlist/CD player. One of the absolute best hip hop albums of the 21st century
MM...FOOD (2004): Food metaphors and samples galore, DOOM continued his ownage of 2004 with another great album. While the album features a collection of great songs it also includes some of the most entertaining skits I've ever heard
More later. add on
