Prog bands that pass the 5 album test

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   Genesis do Yes one better, with 7 (almost 9) that pass the 3.50 mark in a row, and in fact they all pass the 4.00 mark as well!
Tresspass ~ 4.15
Nursery Cryme ~ 4.42
Foxtrot ~ 4.61
Selling England By The Pound ~ 4.64
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway ~ 4.31
A Trick Of The Tail ~ 4.28
Wind And Wuthering ~ 4.11

And Then There Were Three loses Hackett and consequently over half a star, with only 3.43 to it's name. However Duke bounces back to the cutoff exactly, 3.50! Interesting. Everything afterwards is under 3 stars on here. Seems the prog board doesn't favor one of their favorite bands going pop, fancy that, lol.

My run of five would be from Nursery Cryme through A Trick Of The Tail, but then I'd have another from Duke through We Can't Dance. 

Edited by Sacro_Porgo - August 17 2021 at 21:15

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Sacro_Porgo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 15 2019 Location: Cygnus Status: Offline Points: 2052	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sacro_Porgo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: August 17 2021 at 21:13
	Genesis do Yes one better, with 7 (almost 9) that pass the 3.50 mark in a row, and in fact they all pass the 4.00 mark as well! Tresspass ~ 4.15 Nursery Cryme ~ 4.42 Foxtrot ~ 4.61 Selling England By The Pound ~ 4.64 The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway ~ 4.31 A Trick Of The Tail ~ 4.28 Wind And Wuthering ~ 4.11 And Then There Were Three loses Hackett and consequently over half a star, with only 3.43 to it's name. However Duke bounces back to the cutoff exactly, 3.50! Interesting. Everything afterwards is under 3 stars on here. Seems the prog board doesn't favor one of their favorite bands going pop, fancy that, lol. My run of five would be from Nursery Cryme through A Trick Of The Tail, but then I'd have another from Duke through We Can't Dance. Edited by Sacro_Porgo - August 17 2021 at 21:15
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Sacro_Porgo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 15 2019 Location: Cygnus Status: Offline Points: 2052	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sacro_Porgo Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: August 17 2021 at 21:08
	Yes pass based on ratings, and they have not just 5, but 6 in a row, that do it. The Yes Album ~ 4.31 Fragile ~ 4.46 Close To The Edge ~ 4.67 Tales From Topographic Oceans ~ 3.90 Relayer ~ 4.37 Going For The One ~ 4.05 In fact Yes nearly pass the test with a 4.00 cutoff, if not for those pesky negative reviews bringing Tales down a tenth of a star below. The question here is which would you drop for your five album run, The Yes Album or Going For The One? I would drop Going For The One personally.
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Sacro_Porgo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 15 2019 Location: Cygnus Status: Offline Points: 2052	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sacro_Porgo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: August 17 2021 at 21:03
	oo, another fun way to look at this might be: Rather than go by personal preference and your own opinions, what if we use the PA rating system to determine if an artist passes or not? An album would need to pass a certain rating benchmark to be considered great. I think 4.00 might be a bit too high. Maybe 3.50? Let's take a look at Floyd this way... Obscured By Clouds ~ 3.37 Dark Side Of The Moon ~ 4.61 Wish You Were Here ~ 4.63 Animals ~ 4.52 The Wall ~ 4.10 The Final Cut ~ 3.19 It seems Floyd don't quite cut it! Not without cheating and putting in Meddle, which would handily round it out with a score of 4.30. Going by the 3.50 cutoff, their first five don't quite make it either. More sits at just 3.15, and even if you don't count that one, Ummagumma has only 3.48, just barely too low.
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Sacro_Porgo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 15 2019 Location: Cygnus Status: Offline Points: 2052	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sacro_Porgo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: August 17 2021 at 20:55
	The 5 album test is more of a game than a real test. See if you can agree or disagree with the bands other people think have five great consecutive albums. It's not usually an easy challenge to pass in anyone's mind, but it's also not the sole identifier of a great band. Many of the bands on this site only have a couple great ones, and many only have one album period. But the game can be fun. Here's a fun question for it: What of Pink Floyd? DSTOM - WYWH - Animals - The Wall is obviously fantastic, but to complete it you either have to choose Obscured By Clouds (no cheating and going for Meddle) or The Final Cut. Do they pass or not?
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	Agalloch (their entire studio output) Van Der Graaf Generator (The Least... through Still Life) Jethro Tull (Stand Up through Minstrel) Univers Zero (Heresie through Heatwave, cheating slightly to include the EP Crawling Wind) That's all I can think of off the top of my head. King Crimson, Frank Zappa, Magma, Art Zoyd and Soft Machine all have 5 or more great + albums, but not consecutively. There are probably others as well, but I just can't think of them atm.
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	Welcome to PA! Yes: The Yes Album; Fragile; CTTE; TFTO; Relayer. Edited by cstack3 - August 17 2021 at 20:21
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	The 5 album test is a test for all time greatness for a musical artist. To pass the test, an artist must have 5 consecutive albums that are “great”. Great is obviously subjective, but that’s what makes this so interesting! What are some bands you think qualify, and what is their five album stretch? I’ll start with a couple easy ones: 1. Rush (2112, AFTK, Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures) 2. Genesis (Foxtrot, SEBTP, TLLDOB, Trick of the Tail, W&W) What else do you got?