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Title: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on April 18, 2006, 09:35:00 pm
i kept repeating tracks 5-7 from the smith's "the queen is dead" during my commutes today
 
 "cemetry gates"
 "bigmouth strikes again"
 "the boy with the thorn in his side"
 
 doesn't get much better than those 3 in a row ... well, maybe tracks 2-4 from sgt. pepper's:
 
 "with a little help from my friends"
 "lucy in the sky with diamonds"
 "getting better"
 
 any more?
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: brennser on April 18, 2006, 09:58:00 pm
Therapy? Caucasian Psychosis
 
 "Loser Cop"
 "Innnocent X"
 "Dancin with Manson"
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: on April 18, 2006, 10:06:00 pm
â?¢ part 1 -- Prelude for a Toddler
 â?¢ part 2 -- Toddler's Lullaby
 â?¢ part 3 -- Safety is the Cootie Wootie
 
 The Residents, extra material added to CD The Big Bubble
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: you be betty on April 18, 2006, 10:19:00 pm
actually, i'd have to put in my vote for
 "Golden Slumbers,"
 "Carry That Weight," and
 "The End" off Abbey Road
 
 and i'm going to have to go with any three songs, as well, from 13 songs...that album flows so well...
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: helicon1 on April 18, 2006, 10:44:00 pm
Breathe
 Time
 Breathe (Reprise)
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on April 18, 2006, 11:08:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by you be betty:
  actually, i'd have to put in my vote for
 "Golden Slumbers,"
 "Carry That Weight," and
 "The End" off Abbey Road
 
 and i'm going to have to go with any three songs, as well, from 13 songs...that album flows so well...
but how can you cut off "polythene pam" and "she came in through the bathroom window" from that sequence?  the whole second side of that album is just one great multi-part song ... "bathroom window" is one of my favorite beatles tunes, i'd love to hear a 3 min version
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: slowgraffiti on April 18, 2006, 11:10:00 pm
#1-3 on sebadoh's harmacy
 on fire
 prince-s
 ocean
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: chancegardener on April 18, 2006, 11:11:00 pm
"On the Beach"
 "Motion Pictures"
 "Ambulance Blues"
 
 ... from Neil Young's "On the Beach"
 
 also
 
 "Welfare Mothers"
 "Sedan Delivery"
 "Hey Hey My My (Into the Black)"
 
 from Neil's "Rust Never Sleeps" isn't too shabby
 
 AND one more:
 
 "Born Under Punches"
 "Crosseyed and Painless"
 "The Great Curve"
 
 from Talking Heads "Remain in Light"
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: you be betty on April 18, 2006, 11:11:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
   
Quote
Originally posted by you be betty:
  actually, i'd have to put in my vote for
 "Golden Slumbers,"
 "Carry That Weight," and
 "The End" off Abbey Road
 
 and i'm going to have to go with any three songs, as well, from 13 songs...that album flows so well...
but how can you cut off "polythene pam" and "she came in through the bathroom window" from that sequence?  the whole second side of that album is just one great multi-part song ... "bathroom window" is one of my favorite beatles tunes, i'd love to hear a 3 min version [/b]
i had to pick three.  but i agree...that whole album, as well, flows beautifully.  those three are just...yeah.  don't worry, i love the whole album too.
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: Chip Chanko on April 18, 2006, 11:12:00 pm
And then throw away the rest.
 
 
Quote
Originally posted by slowgraffiti:
  #1-3 on sebadoh's harmacy
 on fire
 prince-s
 ocean
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: slowgraffiti on April 18, 2006, 11:13:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Chip Chanko:
  And then throw away the rest.
 
   
Quote
Originally posted by slowgraffiti:
  #1-3 on sebadoh's harmacy
 on fire
 prince-s
 ocean
[/b]
pretty much
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: stu47 on April 18, 2006, 11:39:00 pm
one I've always liked was the closing run of REM's Automatic for The People.....Man on The Moon, Nightswimming, and Find The River
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: Sage 703 on April 19, 2006, 12:10:00 am
U2's Joshua Tree, opening three:
 
 1. Where The Streets Have No Name
 2. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
 3. With or Without You
 
 Death Cab for Cutie's Transatlanticism:
 
 6. Tiny Vessels
 7. Transatlanticism
 8. Passenger Seat
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: you be betty on April 19, 2006, 05:57:00 am
Joshua Tree as a whole just flows really well, too.
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: eros on April 19, 2006, 08:09:00 am
Quote
Originally posted by stu47:
  one I've always liked was the closing run of REM's Automatic for The People.....Man on The Moon, Nightswimming, and Find The River
This is a good one.  I remember that sequence being called out in a review (Rolling Stone I think) when it first came out.
 
 Another one...it's only 2 songs, but "Airbag" and "Paranoid Android" flow together really well.  I have them joined as one file so they always play together when the iPod is on shuffle.
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: chaz on April 19, 2006, 08:31:00 am
Closing out Tim by the Replacements
 
 Left of the Dial
 Little Mascara
 Here Comes a Regular
 
 And the opening three from the Unforgettable Fire (a much better record than Joshua Tree, in my opinion)
 
 A Sort of Homecoming
 Pride
 Wire
 
 Can't believe both of these came out over 20 years ago.
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: renton007 on April 19, 2006, 08:33:00 am
I would have gone with:
 My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)
 Thrasher
 Ride My Llama
 
 Others:
 Bad Religion - Suffer
 Suffer
 Delerium of Disorder
 Part II (The Numbers Game)
 
 Johnny Cash - American Recordings
 Tennessee Stud
 Down There By The Train
 Redemption
 
 Zappa/Mothers - Were Only In It For the Money
 Let's Make the Water Turn Black
 The Idiot Bastard Sun
 Lonely Little Girl
 
 
Quote
Originally posted by chancegardener:
 
 "Welfare Mothers"
 "Sedan Delivery"
 "Hey Hey My My (Into the Black)"
 
 from Neil's "Rust Never Sleeps" isn't too shabby
 
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: SalParadise on April 19, 2006, 09:05:00 am
that tasty, middle chunk from the rapture album:
 
 "i need your love">"the coming of spring">"house of jealous lovers"
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: Sir HC on April 19, 2006, 09:14:00 am
Quote
Originally posted by you be betty:
  actually, i'd have to put in my vote for
 "Golden Slumbers,"
 "Carry That Weight," and
 "The End" off Abbey Road
 
 and i'm going to have to go with any three songs, as well, from 13 songs...that album flows so well...
First three, the fact that they are somewhat related in theme helps.
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: eros on April 19, 2006, 09:41:00 am
Quote
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
 maybe tracks 2-4 from sgt. pepper's:
 
 "with a little help from my friends"
 "lucy in the sky with diamonds"
 "getting better"
 
 any more?
How can you not include the title track too?  It flows right into "a little help".  In fact, I'd say 1-3 works better than 2-4.
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: s0u1surfer on April 19, 2006, 09:47:00 am
untitled
 obstacle 1
 nyc
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: on April 19, 2006, 09:53:00 am
What's with the youth of today and the Beatles obsession?  It's music that my dad likes ferchrissakes!
 
 The Beatles suck!  They ruined rock and roll.
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: bearman🐻 on April 19, 2006, 10:21:00 am
Oh right...because music has sucked so much since 1969.   :)
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: Relaxer on April 19, 2006, 10:30:00 am
Quote
Originally posted by Laura Zepam:
  The Beatles suck!  They ruined rock and roll.
This statement -- even if in jest, irony or assholiness -- cannot be allowed to stand. The Beatles invented modern rock and roll. Noone compares. Not Elvis, not Dylan, not Maiden. In terms of quality, global impact, development and longevity, nothing and noone can compare.
 
 My three favorite three-song sequences:
 Meat Puppets II:
 8 New Gods
 9 Oh, Me
 10 Lake of Fire
 
 Jesus & Mary Chain Psychocandy
 11 My Little Underground
 12 You Trip Me Up
 13 Something's Wrong
 
 Minutemen Buzz or Howl Under Influence of Heat
 6 I Felt Like a Gringo
 7 The Product
 8 Little Man with a Gun in His Hand
 
 If I had to come up with a fourth, I'd agree with Betty's concluding trio from Abbey Road.
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: jude376 on April 19, 2006, 10:33:00 am
Quote
Originally posted by Laura Zepam:
  What's with the youth of today and the Beatles obsession?  It's music that my dad likes ferchrissakes!
 
 The Beatles suck!  They ruined rock and roll.
Correction. The Beatles are rock n roll. Without them, there would be nothing.
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: amnesiac on April 19, 2006, 10:41:00 am
Radiohead,  The Bends:
 "(Nice Dream)"
 "Just"
 "My Iron Lung"
 
 
 Neutral Milk Hotel,  In The Aeroplane Over The Sea:
 "The King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. One"
 "The King of Carrot Flowers, Pts. Two & Three"
 "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea"
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: bearman🐻 on April 19, 2006, 10:44:00 am
One of my faves is from the Buzzcocks' "A Different Kind of Tension" LP:
 
 4) You Know You Can't Help It
 5) Mad Mad Judy
 6) Raison d'Etre
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: grotty on April 19, 2006, 11:16:00 am
Quote
Originally posted by stu47:
  one I've always liked was the closing run of REM's Automatic for The People.....Man on The Moon, Nightswimming, and Find The River
This is a GREAT choice.
 
 Tho I'd cut it down to just the last two.
 
 Nightswimming is probably the best REM song that gets no love.
 
 *************
 
 I like these:
 
 Tracks 2,3 & 4 on Sticky Fingers (RS):
 Sway
 Wild Horses
 Can't You Hear Me Knocking
 
 and
 
 Tracks 2,3 & 4 on Gentlemen (Afghan Whigs):
 Gentlemen
 Be Sweet
 Debonair
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: tinygee on April 19, 2006, 11:43:00 am
WHIGS 1965:
 
 1. somethin hot
 2. crazy
 3. uptown again
 
 three smashing starters for an album
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: Shadrach on April 19, 2006, 11:48:00 am
Had to know it was coming from me...
 
 Clutch - "Blast Tyrant"
 
 Track 1 - Mercury
 Track 2 - Profits of Doom
 Track 3 - The Mob Goes Wild
 
 What a way to start an album off. Three solid heavy rock numbers that leave you breathless and tired from singing along.
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: grotty on April 19, 2006, 12:22:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Shadrach:
  Had to know it was coming from me...
 
 Clutch - "Blast Tyrant"
 
 Track 1 - Mercury
 Track 2 - Profits of Doom
 Track 3 - The Mob Goes Wild
 
 What a way to start an album off. Three solid heavy rock numbers that leave you breathless and tired from singing along.
So...would you recommend buying this record then?
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: Shadrach on April 19, 2006, 12:27:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by The Artist Formerly Known As grotty:
   
Quote
Originally posted by Shadrach:
  Had to know it was coming from me...
 
 Clutch - "Blast Tyrant"
 
 Track 1 - Mercury
 Track 2 - Profits of Doom
 Track 3 - The Mob Goes Wild
 
 What a way to start an album off. Three solid heavy rock numbers that leave you breathless and tired from singing along.
So...would you recommend buying this record then? [/b]
Of course.
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: grotty on April 19, 2006, 12:30:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Shadrach:
   
Quote
Originally posted by The Artist Formerly Known As grotty:
     
Quote
Originally posted by Shadrach:
  Had to know it was coming from me...
 
 Clutch - "Blast Tyrant"
 
 Track 1 - Mercury
 Track 2 - Profits of Doom
 Track 3 - The Mob Goes Wild
 
 What a way to start an album off. Three solid heavy rock numbers that leave you breathless and tired from singing along.
So...would you recommend buying this record then? [/b]
Of course. [/b]
F'in itunes...doesn't have it.
 Was lookin for some instant rock gratification
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: vansmack on April 19, 2006, 12:46:00 pm
Most of these I agree with.
 
 I would add:
 
 Boston
 
 More than A Feeling
 Piece of Mind
 Foreplay/Longtime
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: vansmack on April 19, 2006, 12:50:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Chaz, Lover of all Beings:
  And the opening three from the Unforgettable Fire (a much better record than Joshua Tree, in my opinion)
 
 A Sort of Homecoming
 Pride
 Wire
 
True.
 
 And the best 3 songs in a row on the Tree are:
 
 Running To Stand Still
 Red Hill Mining Town
 In God's Country
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: Chip Chanko on April 19, 2006, 12:58:00 pm
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
 
 Over and Over
 The Ledge
 Think About Me
 
 Edited...more:
 
 Judybats - Native Son
 
 Native Son
 Daylight
 Convalescing in Spain
 
 Yes - Close to the Edge
 
 Close to the Edge
 And You And I
 Siberian Khatru
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: amnesiac on April 19, 2006, 01:02:00 pm
Archers of Loaf,  All the Nations Airports (since all three run together, I can never break them up):
 
 Worst Defense
 Attack of the Killer Bees
 Rental Sting
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on April 19, 2006, 01:02:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Chaz, Lover of all Beings:
  Closing out Tim by the Replacements
 
 Left of the Dial
 Little Mascara
 Here Comes a Regular
great call ... "regular" might be one of my favorite album closers
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: xneverwherex on April 19, 2006, 01:55:00 pm
1. godless
 2. mohammed
 3. nietzsche
 
 -dandy warhols 13 tales
 
 i love how these 3 songs just blend into each other. one of my all time favorite albums!
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: Venerable Bede on April 19, 2006, 02:01:00 pm
Red House Painters "Down Colorful Hill"- 24, Medicine Bottle, Down Colorful Hill
 
 Pavement "Crooked Rain Crooked Rain"- Elevate Me Later, Stop Breathin, Cut Your Hair (although, if i could skip one song, i would prefer Unfair, Gold Soundz, skip 5-4=Unity, Range Life)
 
 Luna "Penthouse"- 23 Minuets in Brussels, Lost In Space, Rhythm King
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: ggw on April 19, 2006, 02:02:00 pm
Sucked Out
 Cynicality
 Destination Ursa Major
 
 from Superdrag's Regretfully Yours
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: ggw on April 19, 2006, 02:15:00 pm
Story of My Life
 Sick Boys
 Ring of Fire
 
 Social Distortion's S/T
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: eros on April 19, 2006, 02:33:00 pm
Enjoy the Silence
 Policy of Truth
 Blue Dress
 
 Depeche Mode "Violator" (another one where the whole album flows)
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: ratioci nation on April 19, 2006, 02:51:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  Sucked Out
 Cynicality
 Destination Ursa Major
 
 from Superdrag's Regretfully Yours
if carried wasnt stuck in the middle i would prefer
 Slot Machine
 Phaser
 Sucked Out
 
 
 Guided By Voices - Propellor
 Metal Mothers
 Lethargy
 Unleashed! The Large Hearted Boy
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: Venerable Bede on April 19, 2006, 03:04:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by pdx pollard:
 
 Guided By Voices - Propellor
 Metal Mothers
 Lethargy
 Unleashed! The Large Hearted Boy
speaking of which-
 
 Guided by Voices "Bee Thousand"
 Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory
 Hot Freaks
 Smothered in Hugs
 
 although, really, the whole album is non-stop.
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: ratioci nation on April 19, 2006, 03:04:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
  speaking of which-
 
 Guided by Voices "Bee Thousand"
 Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory
 Hot Freaks
 Smothered in Hugs
 
 although, really, the whole album is non-stop.
I almost picked those very same 3
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: you be betty on April 19, 2006, 03:29:00 pm
also, i'd like to add the first 3-4 on Psychocandy.
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: thirsty moore on April 19, 2006, 03:29:00 pm
Sonic Youth - Confusion is Sex
 
 Inhuman
 World Looks Red
 Confusion is Next
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: vansmack on April 19, 2006, 04:18:00 pm
Intersting side bar for the album owners back in the day: How many of these tracks we're actually consecutive before CD's?
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: palahniukkubrick on April 19, 2006, 04:22:00 pm
King Crimson's "Red"
 Red
 Fallen Angel
 One More Red Nightmare
 
 The first three songs on PJ Harvey's "Stories from the City..."
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: kookiemnstr8 on April 19, 2006, 04:26:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by amnesiac:
 
 Neutral Milk Hotel,  In The Aeroplane Over The Sea:
 "The King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. One"
 "The King of Carrot Flowers, Pts. Two & Three"
 "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea"
Agreed. That album is a masterpiece.
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: phokus on April 19, 2006, 04:27:00 pm
another vote for side 2 of neil young's "on the beach"
 
 on the beach
 motion pictures
 ambulance blues
 
 laid back epitomized
 
 that neutral milk album rox too
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on April 19, 2006, 04:42:00 pm
ryan adams - "heartbreaker", #s 2-5
 
 "to be young"
 "my winding wheel"
 "amy"
 "oh my sweet carolina"
 
 it would be better without "amy", but i could definitely listen to those on a loop for a long time
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on April 19, 2006, 04:45:00 pm
oh, and for REM, i'd take tracks 3-5 from "reckoning":
 
 "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)"
 "Pretty Persuasion"
 "Time After Time (Annelise)"
 
 although that whole first side (1-5) is pretty much perfect (hard to leave "harborcoat" and "7 chinese brothers" out)
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: SPARX on April 19, 2006, 04:57:00 pm
Iggy Pop's Lust for Life...1)Lust for Life...2)Sixteen...3)Some Weird Sin
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: Venerable Bede on April 19, 2006, 05:04:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
  oh, and for REM, i'd take tracks 3-5 from "reckoning":
 
 "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)"
 "Pretty Persuasion"
 "Time After Time (Annelise)"
 
 although that whole first side (1-5) is pretty much perfect (hard to leave "harborcoat" and "7 chinese brothers" out)
according to pavement, "time after time is my least favorite song."
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on April 19, 2006, 05:26:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
 according to pavement, "time after time is my least favorite song."
oh shit!!  malkmus said that!?!  i better change my opinion!
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: dfmcpete on April 19, 2006, 05:29:00 pm
Speaking of Pavement
 opening of Wowee Zowee:
 
 1. We Dance
 2. Rattled by the Rush
 3. Black Out
 
 Why wasn't this album more popular?
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: fooschae on April 19, 2006, 05:38:00 pm
I Wanna Be Adored
 She Bangs The Drums
 Elephant Stone
 
 Stone Roses s/t
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: Venerable Bede on April 19, 2006, 05:42:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by dfmcpete:
  Speaking of Pavement
 opening of Wowee Zowee:
 
 1. We Dance
 2. Rattled by the Rush
 3. Black Out
 
 Why wasn't this album more popular?
i think that wowee zowee is just so disjointed, there's no sense that it's going anywhere.  that being said, father to a sister of thought is one of my favorite pavement songs.  
 
 however, when a song from wowee zowee comes up on my ipod, i don't skip it.  individually, i like the songs, as an album. . .ehhh.  sort of also how i feel about rem's "green."
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: BookerT on April 19, 2006, 05:50:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
   
Quote
Originally posted by dfmcpete:
  Speaking of Pavement
 opening of Wowee Zowee:
 
 1. We Dance
 2. Rattled by the Rush
 3. Black Out
 
 Why wasn't this album more popular?
i think that wowee zowee is just so disjointed, there's no sense that it's going anywhere.  that being said, father to a sister of thought is one of my favorite pavement songs.  
 
 however, when a song from wowee zowee comes up on my ipod, i don't skip it.  individually, i like the songs, as an album. . .ehhh.  sort of also how i feel about rem's "green." [/b]
malkmus always said it was an album best appreciated on shuffle, and it makes sense. i'll always like "crooked rain" most for sentimental reasons, but "wowee zowee" is definitely the best in my book. it's got that perfect midpoint of slacker charm but malkmus also really trying to make a great album. "slanted" has tons of classic tunes, but it's very one-dimensional, fidelity-wise. WZ's got everything -- faux brit-folk, snotty punk, kraut-rock, slide guitar country rock, etc. i've always maintained that it's like their "exile on main street" and it will take a couple decades for people to really catch on. so i guess we've got 10 more years. and if it wasn't for "flux=rad," the "grave architecure"/"at & t"/"fight this generation" trio would be tough to top.
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: Venerable Bede on April 19, 2006, 05:57:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by BookerT:
  and if it wasn't for "flux=rad," the "grave architecure"/"at & t"/"fight this generation" trio would be tough to top.
ok, i'll agree with that.  which begs a question- did pavement purposefully throw in a crappy song to mix things up?  as i noted above, take out 5-4=unity and unfair, gold soundz and range life are classic pavement songs. . .what i can't remember is, and smackie made the reference above, was the album made for album/tape or cd?  obviously, that would make a difference on setting up the tracks.
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: BookerT on April 19, 2006, 06:26:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
   
Quote
Originally posted by BookerT:
  and if it wasn't for "flux=rad," the "grave architecure"/"at & t"/"fight this generation" trio would be tough to top.
ok, i'll agree with that.  which begs a question- did pavement purposefully throw in a crappy song to mix things up?  as i noted above, take out 5-4=unity and unfair, gold soundz and range life are classic pavement songs. . .what i can't remember is, and smackie made the reference above, was the album made for album/tape or cd?  obviously, that would make a difference on setting up the tracks. [/b]
i think pavement was always doing little things to fuck with people. i remember when WZ was released the promo copies had wrong song titles and all the reviews had bad titles. and yeah, "unfair," "gold soundz" and "range life" were three of their easiest to like songs, so of course they'd throw their brubeck tribute in the middle. they certainly weren't a band to frontload an album.
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: ggw on April 19, 2006, 06:49:00 pm
Highway 61 Revisited
 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
 Desolation Row
 
 Dylan's Desolation Row
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: Mobius on April 19, 2006, 06:55:00 pm
The opening of The Stooges Funhouse
 
 Down on the Street
 Loose
 T.V. Eye
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: BookerT on April 19, 2006, 06:57:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  Highway 61 Revisited
 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
 Desolation Row
 
 Dylan's Desolation Row
i was gonna say that any three consecutive songs from "bringing it all back home," "highway 61 revisited" or "desire" (not counting any strings that include "joey") would be better than anything mentioned here, but, y'know. no need to bring dylan into a silly (but fun) game like this.
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: ggw on April 19, 2006, 07:07:00 pm
Glass Slipper
 If I'm A Man
 Arctic Snow
 
 Burning Brides - Fall of the Plastic Empire
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: ggw on April 19, 2006, 07:19:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by BookerT:
 but, y'know. no need to bring dylan into a silly (but fun) game like this.
How about "Best of" albums?
 
 Paranoid
 War Pigs
 Iron Man
 
 Black Sabbath - We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n Roll
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: brennser on April 19, 2006, 07:33:00 pm
what grotty said
 
   
Quote
Tracks 2,3 & 4 on Gentlemen (Afghan Whigs):
 Gentlemen
 Be Sweet
 Debonair  
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: palahniukkubrick on April 19, 2006, 07:42:00 pm
DJ Shadow's Endtroducing:
 7. Stem/ Long Stem
 8. Mutual Slump
 9. Organ Donor
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: ggw on April 19, 2006, 07:45:00 pm
Jumping Someone Else's Train
 Boys Don't Cry
 Plastic Passion
 
 The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (original vinyl tracklisting)
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: ggw on April 19, 2006, 07:47:00 pm
You Are Invited
 Gyroscope
 The City
 
 Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: eros on April 19, 2006, 08:22:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
 How about "Best of" albums?
 
A Design For Life
 Motorcycle Emptiness
 If You Tolerate This Then Your Children Will Be Next
 
 Manic Street Preachers - Forever Delayed
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: Barcelona on April 19, 2006, 08:26:00 pm
Lots of them, four that I have now in front of me.
 
 Jonathan Richman - Jonathan sings
 That summer feeling
 This kind of music
 The neighboors
 
 Ballboy - Club Anthems (the whole first five songs)
 
 Arcade Fire - Funeral
 Wake up
 Haiti
 Rebellion (Lies)
 
 Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust
 Artic World
 Warakurna
 The Dead Heart
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on April 19, 2006, 08:39:00 pm
Outkast "ATLiens", tracks 1-3
 
 "You May Die"
 "Two Dope Boyz (In a Cadillac)"
 "ATLiens"
 
 Beach Boys "Pet Sounds", tracks 7-9
 
 "Sloop John B"
 "God Only Knows"
 "I Know There's an Answer"
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: godsshoeshine on April 19, 2006, 08:48:00 pm
big dipper
 car
 fling
 
 built to spill - there's nothing wrong with love
 
 motor away
 hit
 my valuable hunting knife
 
 alien lanes (just to be different)
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: chancegardener on April 19, 2006, 11:21:00 pm
"Safe European Home"
 "English Civil War"
 "Tommy Gun"
 from the Clash's "Give Em Enough Rope"
 
 "Lost in the Supermarket"
 "Clampdown"
 "Guns of Brixton"
 from the Clash's "London Calling"
 
 "Uptown"
 "Head"
 "Sister"
 from Prince's "Dirty Mind"
 
 "Fight Like A Brave"
 "Funky Crime"
 "Me & My Friends"
 from Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Uplift Mofo Party Plan"
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: stu47 on April 19, 2006, 11:48:00 pm
punch drunk
 postcard
 d.boon
 
 from Uncle Tupelo's Still Feel Gone
 
 Windfall
 Live Free
 Tear Stained Eye
 
 from Son Volt's Trace
 
 Darklands
 Deep One Perfect Morning
 Happy when it Rain
 
 from Jesus and Mary Chain's Darklands
 
 Little Too Clean
 Sometime To Return
 Cartoon
 
 from Soul Asylum's Hang Time
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: thingsfallapart on April 20, 2006, 09:47:00 am
Quote
Originally posted by you be pickup:
  DJ Shadow's Endtroducing:
 7. Stem/ Long Stem
 8. Mutual Slump
 9. Organ Donor
Yes motherfucker.
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: thingsfallapart on April 20, 2006, 09:49:00 am
How about the first three tracks of "Daydream Nation":
 
 Teen Age Riot
 Silver Rocket
 The Sprawl
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: pj on April 20, 2006, 11:09:00 am
See, I think a good Pavement trio is:
 
 Gold Soundz
 5-4=unity
 Range Life
 
 I think the instrumental kind of breaks things up nicely. this is one I planned to post and then saw some others had commented on Pavement.
 
 Also: Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
 
 Root Down
 Sabotage
 Get It Together
 
 
Quote
Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
   
Quote
Originally posted by BookerT:
  and if it wasn't for "flux=rad," the "grave architecure"/"at & t"/"fight this generation" trio would be tough to top.
ok, i'll agree with that.  which begs a question- did pavement purposefully throw in a crappy song to mix things up?  as i noted above, take out 5-4=unity and unfair, gold soundz and range life are classic pavement songs. . .what i can't remember is, and smackie made the reference above, was the album made for album/tape or cd?  obviously, that would make a difference on setting up the tracks. [/b]
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: thirsty moore on April 20, 2006, 12:00:00 pm
I never got into The Sprawl.  However, the trilogy at the end of Daydream might be a contender!
 
 
Quote
Originally posted by thingsfallapart:
  How about the first three tracks of "Daydream Nation":
 
 Teen Age Riot
 Silver Rocket
 The Sprawl
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: boweswana on April 21, 2006, 09:45:00 am
Welcome To The Jungle    
 It's So Easy
 Nightrain
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: brennser on April 21, 2006, 10:09:00 am
A House - The Way We Were
 
 Endless Art
 Why Me?
 The Comedy Is Over
 
 
Quote
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
   
Quote
Originally posted by BookerT:
 but, y'know. no need to bring dylan into a silly (but fun) game like this.
How about "Best of" albums?
 [/b]
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: brennser on April 21, 2006, 10:12:00 am
The Boo Radleys - Kingsize
 
 Heavens at the Bottom of this Glass
 Kingsize
 High as Monkeys
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: brennser on April 21, 2006, 10:18:00 am
The The - Infected
 
 First three songs (although every song on the album is amazing)
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: attache on April 21, 2006, 10:22:00 am
Walk on the Wildside
 Make Up
 Satellite of Love
 
 Lou Reed - Transformer
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: thirsty moore on April 21, 2006, 11:06:00 am
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
 
 Sugarcube
 Damage
 Deeper Into Movies
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: jhw5g on April 21, 2006, 02:02:00 pm
Interesting topic.  
 
 I've always thought every great record has to have a really kick-ass three song suite that you could just listen to on repeat all day...or at least I've found that to be the case on the ones that I fall in love with.
 
 Anyway, not sure if I'd classify AiH's "In Case We Die" as a truly great record....but I could definitely listen to these three on repeat:
 
 4. Wishbone
 5. Maybe You Can Owe Me
 6. Do the Whirlwind
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: Jaguar on April 21, 2006, 02:07:00 pm
Sennen (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000B6VV5Q/qid=1145643228/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_10_1/026-2173825-0474835)
 
 The Widows CD
 
 These 3 songs are at the end of the disc and always make me want to start the CD over again from the beginning, especially since the 1st song, I Couldn't Tell You, is just as good and powerful as this trio of songs. The 1st 2 songs on this list actually slide right into each other making them a natural pair.
 
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Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: beetsnotbeats on April 21, 2006, 02:44:00 pm
Sun - self-titled cd
 
 2. Reach For The Sky
 3. Leave It On Its Own
 4. Moon
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: DaveKShape on April 21, 2006, 03:09:00 pm
led zeppelin - houses of the holy
 
 1.  song remains the same
 2.  rain song
 3.  over the hills and far away
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: thingsfallapart on April 21, 2006, 03:45:00 pm
The Sprawl is definitely the weak link of the three.  I was thinking about the trilogy, but I don't think Eliminator Jr. (the last part)is up to par with the other two sections.
 
 
Quote
Originally posted by econo:
  I never got into The Sprawl.  However, the trilogy at the end of Daydream might be a contender!
 
   
Quote
Originally posted by thingsfallapart:
  How about the first three tracks of "Daydream Nation":
 
 Teen Age Riot
 Silver Rocket
 The Sprawl
[/b]
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: Mobius on April 21, 2006, 05:27:00 pm
Sometimes
 Blown a Wish
 What You Want
 
 MBV - Loveless tracks 8 - 10
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: muke on April 21, 2006, 05:28:00 pm
pink floyd - the final cut
 the fletcher memorial home/southampton dock/the final cut
 
 aerosmith
 mama kin/write me a letter/movin' out
 
 hold steady - almost killed me
 most people are dj's/certain songs/knuckles
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: clyde725 on April 21, 2006, 06:27:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by jhw5g:
  Interesting topic.  
 
 Anyway, not sure if I'd classify AiH's "In Case We Die" as a truly great record....but I could definitely listen to these three on repeat:
 
 4. Wishbone
 5. Maybe You Can Owe Me
 6. Do the Whirlwind
I would consider In Case We Die to be a pretty great album.
 
 As far as pavement goes, I would say the first three songs from Brighten the Corners:
 
 1.Stereo
 2.Shady Lane
 3.Transport is Arranged
 
 And, how about from Modest Mouse's Lonesome Crowded West:
 
 1.Doin the Cockroach
 2.Cowboy Dan
 3.Trailer Trash
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: thingsfallapart on April 21, 2006, 06:32:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by jhw5g:
  Interesting topic.  
 
 I've always thought every great record has to have a really kick-ass three song suite that you could just listen to on repeat all day...or at least I've found that to be the case on the ones that I fall in love with.
 
 Anyway, not sure if I'd classify AiH's "In Case We Die" as a truly great record....but I could definitely listen to these three on repeat:
 
 4. Wishbone
 5. Maybe You Can Owe Me
 6. Do the Whirlwind
I'd also consider it a great album.
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: diedslippy on April 21, 2006, 08:38:00 pm
6. Because I Do
 7. Blue Spark
 8. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
 
 X's Under the Big Black Sun
 
 
 1. Working Girls (Sunlight Shines)
 2. 7:30
 3. Our Time Has Passed
 
 Pernice Brothers' The World Won't End
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: pj on April 22, 2006, 06:49:00 am
Quote
Originally posted by DaveKShape:
  led zeppelin - houses of the holy
 
 1.  song remains the same
 2.  rain song
 3.  over the hills and far away
Oh definitely a good choice. Song Remains the Same still stands as my ultimate "get the adrenaline pumping" song.
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: kosmo vinyl on April 24, 2006, 11:02:00 am
ok kinda of hard to play along without one of them fancy digital music players or a stack of cds... so with a stack next to me.
 
 David Bowie - "Scary Monsters" and all on side A.
 "Scary Monsters(and Super Creeps)"
 "Ashes to Ashes"
 "Fashion"
 
 Prince - "1999"
 "1999"
 "Little Red Corvette"
 "Delirious"
 
 Brendan Benson - "One Mississippi"
 "Tea"
 "Bird's Eye View"
 "Sittin' Pretty"
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: kosmo vinyl on April 24, 2006, 11:05:00 am
The Jam - "Sound Effects"
 "Set The House Ablaze"
 "Start!"
 "That's Entertainment"
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: zoso483 on April 24, 2006, 02:39:00 pm
Continuing story of Bungalow Bill
 While My Guitar Gently Weeps
 Happiness is a Warm Gun
 
 I caught myself listening to that three song set all weekend.  Martha My Dear is no slouch either.
Title: Re: best 3 song sequence on an album
Post by: on April 24, 2006, 04:01:00 pm
Donâ??t Eat The Yellow Snow
 Nanook Rubs It
 St.Alphonso's Pancake Breakfast
 
 by Zappa, off the Apostrophe album