A band's Trilogy/ Legacy

I was reading about one of my favorite bands on NLTM recently and Scott talked of Y & T's brilliant trilogy of Earthshaker, Black Tiger, and Mean Streak. I agree 100% and it got me thinking about other bands best 3 in a row; where they really hit their stride. I know that this is all personal opinion; but if you told someone you love a particular band and wanted to prove to them why, what 3 albums would you play for them.

I will get the most obvious out of the way:

Metallica : Kill 'Em All, Ride The Lightning, Master of Puppets.

And add:

Accept : Restless and Wild, Balls To The Wall, Metal Heart

What ya' got?

Maidens Powerslave,Number of the Beast and Piece of Mind

Testament-The Legacy,The New Order,Pratice what You Preach

thrasher73 wrote:

Maidens Powerslave,Number of the Beast and Piece of Mind

Testament-The Legacy,The New Order,Pratice what You Preach

AC/DC-Powerage, Highway to Hell, and Back in Black

Black Sabbath-Heaven and Hell, The Mob Rules, and Born Again

Aerosmith-Get Your Wings, Toys in the Attic and Rocks

Alice Cooper-Killer, School's Out, and Billion Dollar Babies

Slayer-Reign in Blood, South of Heaven, and Season in the Abyss

Judas Priest-Sad Wings of Destiny, Sin after Sin, and Stained Class

and finally

Deep Purple-In Rock, Fireball, and Machine Head

I could go on but I stop here for now

Dokken - Breaking the Chains, Tooth and Nail, Under Lock and Key

Styx - Crystal Ball, Grand Illusion, Pieces Of Eight

Van Halen - s/t, Van Halen II, Women and Children First.

xyz wrote:

Van Halen - s/t, Van Halen II, Women and Children First.

How could I forget one of the greatest American metal bands of all time?


also Jimi Hendrix Experience-Are you Experienced?, Axis: Bold as Love, and Electric Ladyland

Not metal, but:

Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals

Genesis: Foxtrot, Selling England By The Pound, The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Yes: The Yes Album, Fragile, Close To The Edge

Back to metal:

Queen: Sheer Heart Attack, A Night At The Opera, A Day At The Races

Rainbow: Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, Rising, Long Live Rock 'n' Roll

Good call with Floyd.

I'd go further back with Queen though. Queen, Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack

tohostudios wrote:

Good call with Floyd.

I'd go further back with Queen though. Queen, Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack

Maybe Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night At The Opera

xyz wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

Good call with Floyd.

I'd go further back with Queen though. Queen, Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack

Maybe Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night At The Opera

The first Queen album is a classic, like David Bowie meets Led Zeppelin, one of the best debuts in rock history.

Night At the Opera had some crap like Good Friends and Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon. ALthough "Prophet's Song" is one of my favorite Queen songs.

Man, that's tough. I was gonna post Thin Lizzy but I like Jailbreak,Johnny The Fox, and Black Rose. Bad Reputation gets in the way, not that it's a bad album because
I think it's great.

akeldama wrote:

Man, that's tough. I was gonna post Thin Lizzy but I like Jailbreak,Johnny The Fox, and Black Rose. Bad Reputation gets in the way, not that it's a bad album because
I think it's great.

I felt the same way with The Doors, my fav band while I think their self titled album and "STrange Days" are perfect albums, I feel that " Waiting for the Sun" while not a bad album it is not in the same league as the first two, I also agree about " Bad Reputation" great album but not as good as " Jailbreak" and " Johnny The Fox"

I would change Metallica to Lightning, Puppets & Justice!

Trilogy, pfft! How about a quartet of undisputed classics as good as each other stacked one after the other.....

Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers and Exile On Main Street
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey, The Good Son, Henry's Dream and Let Love In
Scott Walker - Scott, Scott 2, Scott 3 and Scott 4
Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality, Vol. 4, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Sabotage

I am probably the only who feels this way but...


Y&T - Earthshaker, Black Tiger, Mean Streak

W.A.S.P. - S/T, Last Command, Electric Circus

Grave Digger - The Grave Digger, Rheingold, The Last Supper

Enslaved - ISA, Ruun, Vertebrae

[quote="rattpoison"]Trilogy, pfft! How about a quartet of undisputed classics as good as each other stacked one after the other.....

Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers and Exile On Main Street
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey, The Good Son, Henry's Dream and Let Love In.

Excellent choices and thoses Stones albums are my favorite of their entire discography, I would add " Aftermath" but that would not fit in with theme of this thread, also a big Nick Cave fan since his Birthday Party days, as for Scott Walker I have no idea who he is.

[quote="manny"]

rattpoison wrote:

Trilogy, pfft! How about a quartet of undisputed classics as good as each other stacked one after the other.....

Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers and Exile On Main Street
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey, The Good Son, Henry's Dream and Let Love In.

Excellent choices and thoses Stones albums are my favorite of their entire discography, I would add " Aftermath" but that would not fit in with theme of this thread, also a big Nick Cave fan since his Birthday Party days, as for Scott Walker I have no idea who he is.

Scott Walker is one of the most influential and enigmatic rock figures of all time, i don't really no how too describe him....he really has that great dark haunted voice like all of my other fave singers like Morrison, Hazlewood, Cohen etc. All i'll say is every time i play one of those 4 records i have to pick my jaw off the ground.

Some songs.....

The Old Man's Back Again
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=w0FTe15YAO0

Montague Terrace (In Blue)
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=jLOTAJQF0Fo

Rainbow-Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow,Rising,& Long Live Rock 'n' Roll.

Testament-first three records
Megadeth-first four records
Flotsam and Jetsam-first two records

I like this thread!

Quote :

Maidens Powerslave,Number of the Beast and Piece of Mind

Or Start with Killers and end with #....either way.

Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle Earth, A Night At The Opera, A Twist In The Myth

Falconer - Any three in any order!!

Elvenking - Wyrd, The Winter Wake, The Scythe

Tourniquet - Stop The Bleeding, Psycho Surgery, Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance

Mortification - Self Titled, Scrolls Of The Megiloth, Post Momentary Affliction.



Rob Rock - Rage Of Creation, Eyes Of Eternity, Holy Hell

tohostudios wrote:

Styx - Crystal Ball, Grand Illusion, Pieces Of Eight

Absolutely!!!!

spectrefate wrote:

W.A.S.P. - S/T, Last Command, Electric Circus