An Unmatched Run of Greatness?

I agree about the Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, early Black Sabbath, Dio, and King's X. I would also add:

Rush: Fly By Night-Moving Pics
Metallica: Kill Em All-Black Album
Scorpions: (Pick an album from the 70's)-Blackout

stepcousin wrote:

I agree about the Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, early Black Sabbath, Dio, and King's X. I would also add:

Rush: Fly By Night-Moving Pics

I would extend that to the debut through Grace Under Pressure, but that's just my opinion.

stepcousin wrote:

I agree about the Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, early Black Sabbath, Dio, and King's X. I would also add:

Rush: Fly By Night-Moving Pics
Metallica: Kill Em All-Black Album
Scorpions: (Pick an album from the 70's)-Blackout

Was just going to add Scorps

In Trance (75)
Virgin Killer (76)
Taken By Force (77)
Tokyo Tapes (78)
Love Drive (79)
Animal Magnetism (80)
Blackout (82)
Love At First Sting (84)

How about KISS?

KISS (74)
Hotter Than Hell (74)
Dressed To Kill (75)
Alive! (75)
Destroyer (76)
Rock And Roll Over (76)
Love Gun (77)
Alive II (77)

Amazing that they released 6 Studio albums and 2 live albums in 4 years time!

All of Lizzy Borden's albums are really good. They are 6 for 6.

What about AC/DC? I will list the US releases in order, since that's what I grew up with:

High Voltage (76)
Let There Be Rock (77)
Powerage (78)
Highway To Hell (79)
Back in Black (80)
Dirty Deeds (81 in US/76 elsewhere)
For Those About To Rock (82)

Pretty good run!!!

Also agree with King's X, Slayer, Rush. Metallica had a great 5 album run (I'd include The Black Album as I like it and it was the last great Metallica album)

Since we've been having fun at "The Geoff"'s expense, they did one helluva run:

EP
The Warning
Rage For Order
O:MC
Empire

I'll leave Promised Land off since that is open to debate.

All joking aside, Fates Warning from Spectre Within to Inside Out is all fantastic, in my opinion.

I think KING DIAMOND takes the cake in this category.

Temple of Blood wrote:

I think KING DIAMOND takes the cake in this category.

agreed, not a dud among them....

Melissa
Don't Break the Oath
In the Shadows
Time
Into The Unknown
Dead Again*
9
Fatal Portrait
Abigail
Them
Conspiracy
The Eye
The Spider's Lullabye
The Graveyard*
Voodoo
House Of God
Abigail II: The Revenge*
The Puppet Master
Give Me Your Soul...Please

(*albums that while still great, are not absolutely perfect imho)

plus, he has a new 3 album contract with Metal Blade... so were finally gonna get more!

S.D. wrote:

This particular album cycle ain't too shabby...

Show No Mercy
Haunting The Chapel (yeah, it's an EP, it still counts)
Hell Awaits
Reign In Blood
South Of Heaven
Seasons In The Abyss

Definitely. I would also add Divine Intervention to that, as I love it. South through Divine is the quintessential Slayer run for me.

Also, about Slayer, I think it's impressive that they released all of the albums you listed with the same line up. They are the only big 4 thrash band to maintain the same line up throughout the 80s.

Led Zeppelin-s/t
Led Zeppelin- II
Led Zeppelin- III
Led Zeppelin-IV
Led Zeppelin-Houses of the Holy
Led Zeppelin- Physical Graffti

Black Sabbath-s/t
Black Sabbath-Paranoid
Black Sabbath-Master of Reality
Black Sabbath-Volume 4
Black Sabbath-Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Black Sabbath- Sabotage

Alice Cooper-Love it to Death
Alice Cooper-Killer
Alice Cooper-School's Out
Alice Cooper-Billion Dollar Babies

Deep Purple-In Rock
Deep Purple-Fireball
Deep Purple- Machine Head
Deep Purple-Made In Japan

The first two that came to mind for me was Maiden and Overkill.

manny wrote:

Alice Cooper-Love it to Death
Alice Cooper-Killer
Alice Cooper-School's Out
Alice Cooper-Billion Dollar Babies

I will boldly take it ten steps further and say Alice's run of greatness goes from Pretties for You through Welcome 2 My Nightmare. But if I have to break it down, I definitely agree with your list there, but add Muscle of Love and Welcome to My Nightmare.

His next run of absolute (if not underrated) greatness, is Flush the Fashion through DaDa, and then his next, though nothing separates it from his last, other than a style change, is Constrictor through The Last Temptation.

ZombieHavoc wrote:

manny wrote:

Alice Cooper-Love it to Death
Alice Cooper-Killer
Alice Cooper-School's Out
Alice Cooper-Billion Dollar Babies

I will boldly take it ten steps further and say Alice's run of greatness goes from Pretties for You through Welcome 2 My Nightmare. But if I have to break it down, I definitely agree with your list there, but add Muscle of Love and Welcome to My Nightmare.

His next run of absolute (if not underrated) greatness, is Flush the Fashion through DaDa, and then his next, though nothing separates it from his last, other than a style change, is Constrictor through The Last Temptation.

I am huge Alice fanboy, while I like it, I felt the Alice band created a good album but not as good as those earlier discs on 'Muscle of Love'

Aerosmith - Get Your Wings
Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
Aerosmith - Rocks
Aerosmith - Draw the Line
Aerosmith - Night in the Ruts

Their s/t debut is a personal favorite of mine, but they didn't quite have their signature sound yet. And Rock In A Hard Place might have made the cut too, but I don't think it was very well-received in it's day. I think that one got better with age.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Aerosmith - Get Your Wings
Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
Aerosmith - Rocks
Aerosmith - Draw the Line
Aerosmith - Night in the Ruts

Their s/t debut is a personal favorite of mine, but they didn't quite have their signature sound yet. And Rock In A Hard Place might have made the cut too, but I don't think it was very well-received in it's day. I think that one got better with age.

Excellent run and I personally would include their Stones like debut disc, thou I agree they did not completey capture their sound til 'Toys' which is still a kick ass rock n roll album

manny wrote:

ZombieHavoc wrote:

manny wrote:

Alice Cooper-Love it to Death
Alice Cooper-Killer
Alice Cooper-School's Out
Alice Cooper-Billion Dollar Babies

I will boldly take it ten steps further and say Alice's run of greatness goes from Pretties for You through Welcome 2 My Nightmare. But if I have to break it down, I definitely agree with your list there, but add Muscle of Love and Welcome to My Nightmare.

His next run of absolute (if not underrated) greatness, is Flush the Fashion through DaDa, and then his next, though nothing separates it from his last, other than a style change, is Constrictor through The Last Temptation.

I am huge Alice fanboy, while I like it, I felt the Alice band created a good album but not as good as those earlier discs on 'Muscle of Love'

I definitely agree it's not as good, but it's hard for me to not call MoL great when it contains probably my favorite Alice song ever, "Teenage Lament '74".

Although their studio discography is short, Cinderella had a nice run...

Night Songs
Long Cold Winter
Heartbreak Station
Still Climbing

All quality albums in my opinion. Not a bad one in the bunch.

Wurthless wrote:

stepcousin wrote:

I agree about the Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, early Black Sabbath, Dio, and King's X. I would also add:

Rush: Fly By Night-Moving Pics

I would extend that to the debut through Grace Under Pressure, but that's just my opinion.

yes, I would too. I was trying to pick an era this board would agree with. Heck, I'd go with the S/T to Clockwork Angels

ZZ Top

Rio Grande Mud (mileage may vary)
Tres Hombres
Fandango
Tejas
Deguello
El Loco
Eliminator