"Trifectas"

[Servo]

In your opinion, Whats the best in sequence 3-album run an a bands catalog?

Should be original albums (no best of's) and no Live albums, unless it's mostly new material (Like Roxy and Elsewhere)

You can bring up a new band whenever.

I'll start with Rush and Zep

Rush - Hemispheres - Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures

Led Zeppelin - II, III, IV

[at least 100 dead]

GENESIS

Invisible Touch (1986)
We Can't Dance (1991)
Calling All Stations (1997)

[at least 100 dead]

^Oops, wrong thread.

Coltrane:
Crescent (1964)
A Love Supreme (1965)
The John Coltrane Quartet Plays (1965)

[Servo]

Genesis - Foxtrot , Selling England, Lamb

[walt]

Talk Talk:

The Colour Of Spring
Spirit Of Eden
Laughing Stock

[at least 100 dead]

Talk Talk:

The Colour Of Spring
Spirit Of Eden
Laughing Stock

[Sturgeon's Lawyer]

The Who: Tommy, Who's Next, Quadrophenia (skipping a live album, which is also great, and a compilation...)

[Facelift]

These are the best ones that I could think of in a short amount of time.

My criteria was that, if I was grading them, two would have to be "A"s and a third could be as low as an A-minus. If they all have to be As, then over half of my list would get chopped.

Excluding jazz

Ordered chronologically:

Kinks:
Face to Face
Something Else
Village Green Preservation Society

Byrds:
Younger Than Yesterday
Notorious Byrd Brothers
Sweetheart of the Rodeo

Jimi Hendrix:
Are You Experienced
Axis
Electric Ladyland

CCR:
Green River
Willy and the Poor Boys
Cosmo's Factory

Soft Machine:
II
III
Four

Rolling Stones:
Let It Bleed
Sticky Fingers
Exile on Main Street

Todd Rundgren:
The Ballad of Todd Rundgren
Something/Anything
Wizard, a True Star

Led Zeppelin:
III
IV
Houses

Yes:
The Yes Album
Fragile
Close to the Edge

Can:
Tago Mago
Ege Bamyasi
Future Days

King Crimson:
Larks Tongues
Starless and Bible Black
Red

Samla Mammas Manna:
Måltid
Klossa Knapitatet
Snorungarnas symfoni

Steely Dan
Countdown to Ecstacy
Pretzel Logic
Katy Lied

Genesis:
Selling England By The Pound
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
A Trick of the Tail

Pink Floyd:
Dark Side
Wish You Were Here
Animals

Neil Young:
On The Beach
Tonight's The Night
Zuma

David Bowie:
Station to Station
Low
Heros

The Ramones:
St
The Ramones Leave Home
Rocket to Russia

Talking Heads:
Fear of Music
Remain in Light
Speaking in Tongues

Univers Zero
Ceux du dehors
UZED
Heatwave

Husker Du:
Zen Arcade
New Day Rising
Flip Your Wig

Pavement:
Slanted and Enchanted
Crooked Rain
Wowee Zowee

Radiohead:
The Bends
OK Computer
Kid A

Fugazi:
Red Medicine
End Hits
The Argument

[Dave (in MA)]

Without thinking about it too much I'd suggest any 3 successive TD albums starting with Zeit up until Logos, but I'll pick Phaedra/Rubycon/Ricochet.

[Lopez]

Byrds:
Younger Than Yesterday
Notorious Byrd Brothers
Sweetheart of the Rodeo

You beat me to it.

Procol Harum:
First
Shine On Brightly
A Salty Dog

Clash:
Give 'em Enough Rope
London Calling
Sandinista

[mogrooves]

Hendrix: RUX; Axis:...;EL
Peter Hammill: Chameleon...; Silent Corner...; In Camera
Genesis: Trespass; NC; Foxtrot
Groundhogs: Split; Who Will Save the World; Hogwash
JT: This Was; Stand Up; Benefit
VdGG: The Least We Can Do...; H to He...; Pawn Hearts
KC: Court; Poseidon; Lizard
JA: ...Pillow; ....Baxter's; Crown....
GG: Acquiring....; Three Friends; Octopus
John Mayall: Bare Wires; Blues From LC; The Turning Point
The Move: Shazam; Looking On; Message....
Dylan: Bringing It....; Highway 61; BoB
Stones: Beggar's Banquet; Let It Bleed; SF
PF: Ummagumma; AHM; Meddle
Jeff Beck: Truth; Beck-Ola; Rough & Ready
Rod Stewart: s/t; Gasoline Alley; Every Picture....
Johnny Winter: Progressive Blues Experiment; s/t; 2nd Winter
John McLaughlin: Extrapolation; Devotion; My Goal's Beyond

[señormoment]

Peter Gabriel: s/t - s/t - s/t - s/t

But, if it MUST be limited to 3, I'll go with s/t - s/t - s/t.

[Yves]

Peter Gabriel: s/t - s/t - s/t - s/t

But, if it MUST be limited to 3, I'll go with s/t - s/t - s/t.

I don't know... Kinda hard to leave s/t off that list!

Supertramp: Crime Of The Century, Crisis? What Crisis?, Even In The Quietest Moments...

[dropforge]

JEFF BECK: Blow By Blow – Wired – There and Back

GENESIS: Trick of the Tail – Wind & Wuthering – ...And Then There Were Three

OZRIC TENTACLES: Erpland – Strangeitude – Jurassic Shift

RETURN TO FOREVER: Where Have I Known You Before – No Mystery – Romantic Warrior

SAVATAGE: Gutter Ballet – Streets – Edge of Thorns

TANGERINE DREAM: Phaedra – Rubycon – Stratosfear [and] Force Majeure – Tangram – Exit

VANGELIS: Heaven & Hell – Albedo 0.39 – Spiral

WEATHER REPORT: Black Market – Heavy Weather – Mr. Gone

[Dave (in MA)]

TANGERINE DREAM: Phaedra – Rubycon – Stratosfear [and] Force Majeure – Tangram – Exit

Ricochet is before Stratosfear, and qualifies under the no Live albums, unless it's mostly new material (Like Roxy and Elsewhere)rule.

[simon moon]

Just a few of the top of my head...

Gentle Giant - Octopus, Glass House, Power and the Glory
King Crimson - Lark's Tongue, Starless, Red
PFM - Storia, Per Un Amico, L'isola di niente
Banco - BMS, Darwin!, Io Sono Nato Libero
Henry Cow - Unrest, In Praise of Learning, Western Culture

[Yves]

I could never leave A Farewell To Kings off the Rush trifecta posted by the OP.

[dropforge]

Ricochet is before Stratosfear, and qualifies under the no Live albums, unless it's mostly new material (Like Roxy and Elsewhere)rule.

I thought about that, but I used studio albums, anyway. For the second set, I could have used Thief (which contains some remixed/rearranged material from those albums), but I chose not to.

[JKL2000]

Marillion:

Script for a Jester's Tear
Fugazi
Misplaced Childhood
Clutching at Straws (yeah, four)

[klothos]

REM - Murmer, Reckoning, Fables of The Reconstruction
Queen - A Night At The Opera, A Day At The Races, News Of The World
Sweet - Sweet Fanny Adams, Desolation Boulevard, Give Us A Wink
Duran Duran - Duran Duran, Rio, Seven And The Ragged Tiger
Blue Oyster Cult - Cultösaurus Erectus, Fire Of Unknown Origin, The Revolution By Night
Weather Report - Tale Spinnin, Black Market, Heavy Weather
Parliament - Up For The Down Stroke, Chocolate City, Mothership Connection

Bands with a Quadfecta (4X ) IMHO:

The Beatles - Revolver, Sgt Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, White Album
Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward, Black Celebration, Music For The Masses, Violator
E.L.O. - Eldorado, Face The Music, A New World Record, Out Of The Blue
The Moody Blues - Days Of Future Passed, Lost Chord, Threshold of a Dream, Children's Children

[trurl]

Yes- CttE, Tales, Relayer

Eh, I'm bored now.

[kayfabe58]

Roxy Music. For your Pleasure. Stranded.

[Adrian]

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - Tusk

The Inner Mounting Flame - Birds of Fire - Between Nothingness and Eternity

As the World - Cowboy Poems Free - Mei (not including "When the Sweet Turns Sour," as it was an odds-and-ends collection and not a proper studio album)

Zenyatta Mondatta - Ghost in the Machine - Synchronicity

Katy Lied - The Royal Scam - Aja

The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other - H to He Who Am the Only One - Pawn Hearts

Chicago Transit Authority - Chicago - Chicago III

[PeterG]

Kate Bush, first 3 (kick, lion, never)
Queen, opera, races, news
Sabbath, paranoid, master, Vol. 4
PF, meddle, obscured, moon
NY, everybody, goldrush, harvest
Stranglers, first 3 (rattus, heroes, b&w)
Morrissey, quarry, ringleader, refusal
DP, in rock, fireball, machine
Squeeze, cats, argy, east
Costello, first 3 (aim, model, forces)
Bruce, run, darkness, river

[notallwhowander]

The Residents: Duck Stab/Buster & Glen – Eskimo – Commercial Album

Djam Karet: Reflections From the Firepool - Burning the Hard City - Suspension & Displacement

Camper Van Beethoven: Camper Van Beethoven - Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart - Key Lime Pie

Camel: Mirage - The Snow Goose - Moonmadness

Santana: Abraxas - III - Caravansarai