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Originally posted by Argo2112 Argo2112 wrote:

I didn't see anyone mention Renaissance. 
Not sure what the PA ratings are on all of these but five pretty solid albums. 

  • Ashes are Burning
  • Turn of the Cards
  • Scheherazade
  • Novella
  • A Song for All Seasons


I checked on them last night without posting about it, and I believe the scores show that streak passes. It may add Prologue onto the front end as well.
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Originally posted by Sacro_Porgo Sacro_Porgo wrote:

To round out the Big 6 (which I was doing semi unintentionally just looking through the top albums of the PA top 100 list), here's Emerson, Lake, And Palmer. Similar to Pink Floyd, there is one way you can cheat them in, and I'm actually partial to this. As far as their standard studio discography goes, they just miss the mark with that opening 4 albums run:

Emerson, Lake, And Palmer ~ 4.23
Tarkus ~ 4.06
Trilogy ~ 4.14
Brain Salad Surgery ~ 4.14
Works Vol. 1 ~ ....2.94 ouch

BUT! If you toss in Pictures At An Exhibition, sitting between the debut and Tarkus, you can turn that four album run into five. Pictures doesn't pass the 4.00 mark, but it manages to get close with a score of 3.88. Why am I more partial to this cheat than to cheating with Pink Floyd? Typically, live albums shouldn't really count for these discussions, not because they're recorded live, but because they don't feature any new material, or perhaps a single new song or new cover. However, Pictures is an exception to this tendency, as the whole album features ELP playing material which cannot be heard on any of their studio releases: a massive rendition of the orchestral piece by the same name, but totally reinterpreted ELP style (with lyrics and vocals!). To many ELP fans it functions as an album much the same way as any of their studio recordings, despite being live and despite being (technically) a massive cover. So I'm for including it. With Floyd on the other hand, one would have to play by a different set of rules which would negate soundtrack albums on account of their soundtrackiness. Presumably any rule which would negate soundtracks, despite being composed of new material and presented much the same as albums proper, would also negate live albums, even Pictures At An Exhibition. So I think it comes down to whether you'd like Floyd to have the 5 album run or ELP. I'll go with ELP, since they don't get enough love for what they did.
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Voyager:
Univers (2007) - 3.87
I Am The Revolution (2009) - 4.16
The Meaning of I (2011) - 3.96
V (2014) - 3.92
Ghost Mile (2017) - 3.84

Symphony X:
The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1997) - 4.13
Twilight in Olympus (1998) - 3.75
V: The New Mythology Suite (2000) - 4.14
The Odyssey (2002) - 3.96
Paradise Lost (2007) - 3.80

Vanden Plas:
The God Thing (1997) - 3.88
Far Off Grace (1999) - 3.84
Beyond Daylight (2002) - 4.01
Christ 0 (2006) - 3.93
The Seraphic Clockwork (2010) - 3.80





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Originally posted by Sacro_Porgo Sacro_Porgo wrote:

How about Kansas?

Kansas ~ 4.00
Song For America ~ 4.14
Masque ~ 3.66
Leftoverture ~ 4.22
Point Of Know Return ~ 4.17

and indeed if they put out two more highly rated albums they'll have a second streak of five starting with 2000's Somewhere To Elsewhere.

I see no problem with this streak. Spirit and Freaks are fine Kansas records!

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That BBT & PFM are very strong.
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I didn't see anyone mention Renaissance. 
Not sure what the PA ratings are on all of these but five pretty solid albums. 

  • Ashes are Burning
  • Turn of the Cards
  • Scheherazade
  • Novella
  • A Song for All Seasons



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Interesting thread. Here are my personal picks (even though these are not my personal ratings) except the obvious ones like Genesis, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, etc.

And you can see my 5-stars album in blue.

Big Big Train
4.17 - The Underfall Yard - 2009
4.20 - English Electric (Part One) - 2012
4.11 - English Electric (Part Two) - 2013
4.02 - Folklore - 2016
3.99 - Grimspound - 2017

Dixie Dregs
3.64 - The Great Spectacular - 1975
3.78 - Free Fall - 1977
4.18 - What If - 1978
3.77 - Night Of The Living Dregs - 1979
3.81 - Dregs Of The Earth - 1980

The Flower Kings
4.03 - Back In The World Of Adventures - 1995
3.76 - Retropolis - 1996
3.93 - Stardust We Are - 1997
3.96 - Flower Power - 1999
3.85 - Space Revolver - 2000

Major Parkinson
3.71 - Major Parkinson - 2008
4.05 - Songs from a Solitary Home - 2010
3.99 - Twilight Cinema - 2014
3.95 - Blackbox - 2017
?.?? - [TBA] - 2021 * yes, I'm cheating, but I'm sure it will be great!

Motorpsycho
3.82 - Heavy Metal Fruit - 2010
4.17 - Motorpsycho & Stĺle Storlřkken: The Death Defying Unicorn - 2012
3.92 - Still Life With Eggplant - 2013
3.99 - Behind The Sun - 2014
3.86 - Here Be Monsters - 2016

Pain Of Salvation
4.11 - Entropia - 1997
3.91 - One Hour By The Concrete Lake - 1998
4.23 - The Perfect Element - Part 1 - 2000
4.23 - Remedy Lane - 2002
4.09 - Be - 2004

Anthony Phillips
4.06 - The Geese And The Ghost - 1977
3.80 - Wise After The Event - 1978
3.32 - Private Parts & Pieces - 1978
3.04 - Sides - 1979
3.79 - Private Parts & Pieces II - Back To The Pavillion - 1980

P.F.M.
4.34 - Storia Di Un Minuto - 1972
4.40 - Per Un Amico - 1972
4.02 - Photos Of Ghosts - 1973
4.22 - L'Isola Di Niente - 1974
4.02 - The World Became the World - 1974

Steely Dan
3.57 - Can't Buy a Thrill - 1972
4.02 - Countdown to Ecstasy - 1973
3.71 - Pretzel Logic - 1974
3.72 - Katy Lied - 1975
3.75 - The Royal Scam - 1976
4.15 - Aja - 1977
3.69 - Gaucho - 1980

The Tangent
3.99 - The Music That Died Alone - 2003
3.75 - The World That We Drive Through - 2004
3.84 - A Place In The Queue - 2006
3.87 - Not as Good as the Book - 2008
3.74 - Down And Out In Paris And London - 2009 * not sure about this one

Transatlantic
4.07 - SMPT:e - 2000
4.17 - Bridge Across Forever - 2001
4.04 - The Whirlwind - 2009
3.82 - Kaleidoscope - 2014
3.97 - The Absolute Universe - 2021 * any version!

Steven Wilson
4.19 - Grace For Drowning - 2011
4.28 - The Raven That Refused to Sing (and Other Stories) - 2013
4.29 - Hand. Cannot. Erase. - 2015
3.51 - 4 ˝ - 2016
3.57 - To the Bone - 2017

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Here's one I found very interesting. Dream Theatre don't pass! Out of their 14 (soon to be 15) studio albums there's not a single streak of 5 that stays above the 3.50 mark on PA. The closest we get it from Scenes From A Memory through Octavarium, but that streak is mercilessly cast aside by Falling Into Infinity on one end and Systematic Chaos on the other.

Falling Into Infinity ~ 3.33
Metropolis Part 2: Scenes From A Memory ~ 4.30
Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence ~ 4.14
Train Of Thought ~ 3.60
Octavarium ~3.67
Systematic Chaos ~ 3.31

Failling Into Infinity also cuts off the double whammy of Images And Words and Awake from continuing. A Dramatic Turn Of Events is a dramatic turn of score, hitting 3.84, but the self titled and The Astonishing ruin any chance this has at starting a new streak with Distance Over Time.
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How about Kansas?

Kansas ~ 4.00
Song For America ~ 4.14
Masque ~ 3.66
Leftoverture ~ 4.22
Point Of Know Return ~ 4.17

and indeed if they put out two more highly rated albums they'll have a second streak of five starting with 2000's Somewhere To Elsewhere.
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I see going by PA scores picked up a little traction from other posters, awesome! What else can we find?
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Goblin, anyone?

Profondo Rosso (1975)
Roller (1976)
Suspiria (1977)
Il Fantastico Viaggio del "Bagarozzo" Mark (1978)
Zombi aka Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Zombi

Cosmos (2004)
Surface to Air (2006)
Spirit Animal (2009)
Escape Velocity (2011)
Shape Shift (2015)

Tangerine Dream (Froese-Franke-Baumann line-up)

Phaedra (1974)
Rubycon (1975)
Ricochet (1975)
Stratosfear (1976)
Sorcerer(1977)

Tangerine Dream (Froese-Franke-Schmoelling line-up)

Quichotte aka Pergamon (1980)
Tangram (1980)
Thief (1981)
Exit (1981)
White Eagle (1982)
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Originally posted by essexboyinwales essexboyinwales wrote:

Definitely IQ, from Ever, through Subterranea, The Seventh House, Dark Matter, Frequency and Road Of Bones😎

Actually, for me, it would be from Tales From The Lush Attic through to Road Of Bones, as I love the Menel albums too. So that's 10 in a row!

It's a shame about Resistance....

Why is it a shame? Confused Resistance happens to be my favourite IQ album. Embarrassed
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I agree with loads of the bands already mentioned. Here's a few not mentioned:

The Residents
1 Meet the Residents – 1974
2 The Third Reich 'n Roll – 1976
3 Fingerprince – 1977
4 Not Available – 1978
5 Duck Stab/Buster & Glen – 1978
6 Eskimo – 1979
7 Commercial Album – 1980
9 Mark of the Mole – 1981
10 The Tunes of Two Cities – 1982
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11 Intermission – 1982 (long EP)
12 Title in Limbo - 1983 (Renaldo and the Loaf-collab)

Miles Davis
1 E.S.P. (1965)
2 Miles Smiles (1967)
3 Sorcerer (1967)
4 Nefertiti (1968)
5 Miles in the Sky (1968)
6 Filles de Kilimanjaro (1968)
7 In a Silent Way (1969)
8 Bitches Brew (1970)
(I suppose only the last four is related to prog - not too crazy about Jack Johnson which is why I stopped after Bitches)

Can
1 Monster Movie (1969)
2 Soundtracks (1970)
3 Tago Mago (1971)
4 Ege Bamyasi (1972)
5 Future Days (1973)
6 Soon Over Babaluma (1974)
7 Landed (1975)


Catherine Ribeiro
1 Catherine Ribeiro + 2bis (1969)
2 N°2 (1970)
3 Âme debout (1971)
4 Paix (1972)
5 Le Rat débile et l'Homme des champs (1974)
6 Libertés ? (1975)
7 Le temps de l'autre (1977)

Embryo
Opal (Ohr, 1970)
Embryo's Rache (1971)
Father Son and Holy Ghosts (1972)
Steig Aus (1973)
We Keep On (1973)
Rocksession (1973)

Terje Rypdal
1968: Bleak House
1971: Terje Rypdal
1973: What Comes After
1974: Whenever I Seem to Be Far Away
1975: Odyssey

Soft Machine first till fifth, Talk Talk - all their albums,

If I included jazz artists and soundtrack composers I could have kapt at it for the rest of the day.
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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Mostly Autumn, who pass the five album test with flying colours with 25 five-star albums to their credit in a row. Thumbs Up


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You're not a fan of Mostly Autumn then. Tongue

They're fine, a nice band, I find it somewhat hard to believe that even their most rabidly psychotic fanboy thinks that every single release is an essential masterpiece. 
I agree, there is no way that there is anyone in the history of music that has released 25 consecutive albums that can be classified as "masterpieces".
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Definitely IQ, from Ever, through Subterranea, The Seventh House, Dark Matter, Frequency and Road Of Bones😎

Actually, for me, it would be from Tales From The Lush Attic through to Road Of Bones, as I love the Menel albums too. So that's 10 in a row!

It's a shame about Resistance....
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Mostly Autumn, who pass the five album test with flying colours with 25 five-star albums to their credit in a row. Thumbs Up


You are fantastically delusional ClapThumbs Up
 
You're not a fan of Mostly Autumn then. Tongue

They're fine, a nice band, I find it somewhat hard to believe that even their most rabidly psychotic fanboy thinks that every single release is an essential masterpiece. 
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Mostly Autumn, who pass the five album test with flying colours with 25 five-star albums to their credit in a row. Thumbs Up
 

That's pretty good considering they only have 14 studio albums listed in PA, and only one of them is rated over 4 stars (and that one only has 1 rating).
I was counting Mostly Autumn's live albums and compilations too. Wink
 
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Mostly Autumn, who pass the five album test with flying colours with 25 five-star albums to their credit in a row. Thumbs Up
 

That's pretty good considering they only have 14 studio albums listed in PA, and only one of them is rated over 4 stars (and that one only has 1 rating).
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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Mostly Autumn, who pass the five album test with flying colours with 25 five-star albums to their credit in a row. Thumbs Up


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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Mostly Autumn, who pass the five album test with flying colours with 25 five-star albums to their credit in a row. Thumbs Up


You are fantastically delusional ClapThumbs Up

Using the PA ratings

Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath - 4.23
Paranoid - 4.32
Masters Of Reality - 4.08
Vol 4 - 3.88
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - 4.13
Sabotage - 4.05

Univers Zero
1313 - 4.22
Heresie - 4.26
Ceux Du Dehors - 3.99
Uzed - 4.27
Heatwave - 4.03
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