best 3 song sequence on an album

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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.

Oh right…because music has sucked so much since 1969. :)

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.

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.

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"

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

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.

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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

WHIGS 1965:

1. somethin hot
2. crazy
3. uptown again

three smashing starters for an album

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.

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?

Originally posted by The Artist Formerly Known As grotty:

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?

Of course.

Originally posted by Shadrach:

Originally posted by The Artist Formerly Known As grotty:

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?

Of course.

F'in itunes…doesn't have it.
Was lookin for some instant rock gratification

Most of these I agree with.

I would add:

Boston

More than A Feeling
Piece of Mind
Foreplay/Longtime

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

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

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

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

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!

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