Best first 3 studio album runs?

Band or solo artist count.

I wanted to make it 2 because of Joy Division yet they didn’t make it to 3 studio albums. Also 3 albums offers more scope and pulls in the whole Thrash Metal scene ridiculously easily.

Anyway, Ramones?

1 Like

Roman Candle
Elliott Smith
Either/Or

15 Likes

Entire discography but if just first 3…

Steely Dan
Can’t Buy a Thrill
Countdown to Ecstasy
Pretzel Logic

11 Likes

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Pumpkins

Gish
Siamese Dream
Mellon Collie

14 Likes

I love Siamese Dream, but the other 2 fall flat for me, your namesake does it better?

While I personally love his debut it’s not a masterwork. He’s straight fire for 10 years after that though.

3 Likes

Rage Against the Machine
Evil Empire
Battle of Los Angeles

12 Likes

The Velvet Underground and Nico
White Light/White Heat
The Velvet Underground

29 Likes

Pixies

22 Likes

Lazer Guided Melodies
Pure Phase
Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

21 Likes

The best one is the Pumpkins, but since @NeilYoung got there first, I’ll nominate

Modest Mouse
This Is a Long Drive
Loneseome Crowded West
The Moon and Antarctica

Unbelievable

7 Likes

Also

Silversun Pickups
Pikul
Carnavas
Swoon

Sneakily one of the best all-time runs.

2 Likes

Not sure if it counts because of The Afghan Whigs but

The Twilight Singers
Twilight as Played by the Twilight Singers
Blackberry Belle
Powder Burns

1 Like

The Stooges
Funhouse
Raw Power

30 Likes

Facelift
Dirt
Alice in Chains

4 Likes

ooooffft

2 Likes

Iron maiden
Killers
The number of the beast

3 Likes


You can count this as 1 for both of them, or start the clock with their following solo albums.

2 Likes

Peoples instinctive travels…
The low end theory
Midnight marauders

19 Likes