best 3 song sequence on an album

[HoyaSaxa03]

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?

[brennser]

Therapy? Caucasian Psychosis
 
 "Loser Cop"
 "Innnocent X"
 "Dancin with Manson"

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

[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...

[helicon1]

Breathe
 Time
 Breathe (Reprise)

[HoyaSaxa03]

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

[slowgraffiti]

#1-3 on sebadoh's harmacy
 on fire
 prince-s
 ocean

[chancegardener]

"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"

[you be betty]

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
   

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.

[Chip Chanko]

And then throw away the rest.
 
 

Originally posted by slowgraffiti:
  #1-3 on sebadoh's harmacy
 on fire
 prince-s
 ocean

[slowgraffiti]

Originally posted by Chip Chanko:
  And then throw away the rest.
 
   

Originally posted by slowgraffiti:
  #1-3 on sebadoh's harmacy
 on fire
 prince-s
 ocean

[/b]

pretty much

[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

[Sage 703]

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

[you be betty]

Joshua Tree as a whole just flows really well, too.

[eros]

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.