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Poll Question: What is the best run of 7 consecutive albums?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
4 [3.31%]
1 [0.83%]
2 [1.65%]
29 [23.97%]
13 [10.74%]
7 [5.79%]
6 [4.96%]
7 [5.79%]
8 [6.61%]
3 [2.48%]
3 [2.48%]
0 [0.00%]
9 [7.44%]
18 [14.88%]
11 [9.09%]
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Genesis followed by Gentle Giant.
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Genesis, followed by Rush and Tull.
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Just curious -- Adding the rating scores for each of the seven albums noted gives this:

Genesis - 30.48
Gentle Giant - 29.52
Pink Floyd - 29.37
VDGG - 29.05
Yes - 28.98
Porcupine Tree - 28.50
Rush - 28.36
Jethro Tull - 28.30
Marillion - 27.41
Eloy - 27.38
Flower Kings - 26.88
Moody Blues - 26.62
Camel - 26.31
Spock's Beard - 25.75

If you change Rush to 2112 to Grace Under Pressure, their score goes up to 29.12.

King Crimson is missing and would be 29.27 for In the Court to Red.
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Gentle Giant.
 
The quality through those albums was superb and consistently good throughout
 
I like Trespass, but don't rate it as highly as Selling England or Foxtrot and the quality was more variable through those Genesis albums IMO.
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Originally posted by The.Crimson.King The.Crimson.King wrote:


King Crimson - ITCOTCK -> Red
This. From the list Jethro.
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Black Sabbath had the best seven album run but from that list I voted Pink Floyd.
If Soft Machine had a more stable line up they could have given a good run for their money.
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Voted  for Yes but if it was Nursery Cryme to Duke I may have voted for Genesis. 
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Originally posted by Argo2112 Argo2112 wrote:

Voted  for Yes but if it was Nursery Cryme to Duke I may have voted for Genesis. 

That would be eight albums though and not seven.
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If one cheats a little, Renaissance had 7.  From Prologue to A Song for all Seasons, including Live at Carnegie Hall.  Since that live album was the introduction to the band for many, and sometimes their only possession by the band, it might make sense to include it
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Everyone is going on about how King Crimson were not on the list(something I didn't do on purpose)but not one person mentioned the fact that I also forgot Kansas. Kansas to Audio Visions should be on there as well(although admittedly mainly for their first five).
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Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:

If one cheats a little, Renaissance had 7.  From Prologue to A Song for all Seasons, including Live at Carnegie Hall.  Since that live album was the introduction to the band for many, and sometimes their only possession by the band, it might make sense to include it

I said early on no live albums. If I made an exception for one band I'd have to make an exception for others. I'm sure Yes would have more votes if I made it TYA to GFTO with Yessongs in there but it doesn't seem right to include live albums since it's mostly material from the previous albums.
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:

If one cheats a little, Renaissance had 7.  From Prologue to A Song for all Seasons, including Live at Carnegie Hall.  Since that live album was the introduction to the band for many, and sometimes their only possession by the band, it might make sense to include it

I said early on no live albums. If I made an exception for one band I'd have to make an exception for others. I'm sure Yes would have more votes if I made it TYA to GFTO with Yessongs in there but it doesn't seem right to include live albums since it's mostly material from the previous albums.

hmm, well we could include Renaissance Mach 1 albums which would really please at least one person who has been trolling these posts and conveying his love for that aggregation and his meh-ness for Mach 2.  If we did it would be an 8 album run from renaissance thru a song for all seasons.  Many people really love the s/t but I think the followup "Illusion" is slightly better.
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Not sure who has been trolling the posts, but I like pre-Haslam Renaissance (bit surprised it often seems to get neglected). The debut album to Novella is pretty strong methinks. Instead of Mach One, or Mark One as I would sooner call it, it might be called Relfaissance.
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These also have really great 7 albums run:
Wigwam: Hard N`Horny > Dark Album
Traffic: Mr. Fantasy > When the Eagle Flies
Caravan: s/t > Blind Dog at St. Dunstans
Gong: Magick Brother > Shamal
Amon Düül II: Phallus Dei > Hijack
Faust: st > Faust Wakes Nosferatu
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

I said early on no live albums. If I made an exception for one band I'd have to make an exception for others. I'm sure Yes would have more votes if I made it TYA to GFTO with Yessongs in there but it doesn't seem right to include live albums since it's mostly material from the previous albums.

Hmmm...sounds like an idea for a future poll LOL  ELP should get a few votes with this streak of 7:

1) ELP
2) Tarkus
3) Pictures at an Exhibition
4) Live at the Mar Y Sol Festival
5) Trilogy
6) Brain Salad Surgery
7) Welcome Back My Friends
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Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:



hmm, well we could include Renaissance Mach 1 albums which would really please at least one person who has been trolling these posts and conveying his love for that aggregation and his meh-ness for Mach 2.  If we did it would be an 8 album run from renaissance thru a song for all seasons.  Many people really love the s/t but I think the followup "Illusion" is slightly better.

In my opinion a "run" should also offer some consistency in terms of band members, band phase etc. I don't think it'd make a proper "run" integrating two largely different bands under the same name with a minimum element of continuity. Neither do I think that King Crimson had a "run" including the early 80s trilogy together with Red and the albums before, as much as this would in my view shatter any competition in terms of the sum of the individual qualities of these albums. This would lack continuity, so it shouldn't count.
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I could easily do ^ that one (great run, Crim), or Yes, or Renaissance, or, with some adjustment, Eloy and  Tangerine Dream. 

But how about this run? I mean, BÖC did do *some* proggy stuff! 

I. Tyranny and Mutation 
II. Secret Treaties 
III. Agents of Fortune 
IV. Spectres 
V. Mirrors 
VI. Cultosaurus Erectus 
VII. Fire of Unknown Origin 

And for Hawkwind (this is just my take, as I cheated and omitted P.X.R.5, which is an album recorded earlier than its release date suggests, and has some live performances):

I. Warrior on the Edge of Time 
II. Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music
III. Quark, Strangeness and Charm
IV. Sonic Attack 
V. Choose Your Masques 
VI. Church of Hawkwind 
VII. The Chronicle of the Black Sword 
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1-Yes and Genesis
2-ELP, Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant, VDGG, Rush, King Crimson and Camel
3-Dream Theater, Eloy, Renaissance
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Just wondering if anyone thinks "Feel Euphoria" is the reason Spock's Beard didn't get any votes(so far anyway). I always hear people say it's a weak one. However, I have Octane(which is rated lower)and don't think that's a bad album.
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