Rule of Three for Great Albums (and Films?)

[oilcantim]

For movies, I imagine I'm alone on this one --

Whit Stillman -- Metropolitan, Barcelona, The Last Days of Disco

That's the first one I thought of, after Wire.  My taste makes no sense at all.

[JonFromMaplewood]

Yo! Bum Rush The Show
It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back
Fear Of A Black Planet

[Christina]

For movies, I imagine I'm alone on this one --

Nah, I'm a huge Whit Stillman fan too ... Cronenberg as well.

[moonshake]

David Kilgour & the Heavy Eights, A Feather in the Engine, Frozen Orange

[nec13]

Music Only:

Miles Davis: A Tribute to Jack Johnson-Live/Evil-On The Corner
The Feelies: Crazy Rhythms-The Good Earth-Only Life
Al Green: Let's Stay Together-I'm Still In Love With You-Call Me
Sly and the Family Stone: Stand-There's A Riot Goin' On-Fresh
Can: Tago Mago-Ege Bamyasi-Future Days
Hüsker Dü: Zen Arcade-New Day Rising-Flip Your Wig
MX-80 Sound: Big Hits-Hard Attack-Out of the Tunnel
The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds-Smiley Smile-Wild Honey
Herbie Hancock: Mwandishi-Crossings-Sextant
Funkadelic: Funkadelic-Free Your Mind...and Your Ass Will Follow-Maggot Brain
Wipers: Is This Real?-Youth of America-Over the Edge
XTC: Drums and Wires-Black Sea-English Settlement
Faces: Long Player-A Nod Is as Good as a Wink...to a Blind Horse-Ooh La La

[fletcher munson]

For movies, I imagine I'm alone on this one --

Nah, I'm a huge Whit Stillman fan too ... Cronenberg as well.

fourthed

[dave from knoxville]

Has Cronenberg been mentioned?  Depending what you like about him, you might go early, middle or late.

Scanners/Videodrome/The Dead Zone/The Fly/Dead Ringers/Naked Lunch/M.Butterfly/Crash/eXistenZ/Spider/A History of Violence/Eastern Promises

Those last three, man, God almighty, it's a phenomenal run.

I gotta go with

Kate Bush: The Dreaming, Hounds of Love, The sensual World
Talking Heads: '77, More Songs about Buildings and Food, Fear of Music
Elvis Costello: Armed Forces, Get Happy, Trust
Yes: Fragile, Close to the Edge, Tales from Topographic Oceans
Richard Thompson: Amnesia, Rumor and Sigh, Mirror Blue
Zappa (sorry dudes): The Grand Wazoo, Overnite Sensation, Apostrophe
Bruce Cockburn: Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws, Humans, Inner City Front

David Lynch: Lost Highway, The Straight Story, Mulholland Drive
Clint Eastwood: Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby, Flags of our Fathers/Letters from Iwo Jima
John Cassavetes: Faces, Husbands, Minnie and Moskowitz

[buffcoat]

How about:

Aladdin | Toys | Being Human

?

[DanFromBrooklyn]

Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend, Altered Beast, 100% Fun (I think the 4th album in this sequence, Blue Sky on Mars, also kicks ass, but since we have to stop at 3, that's a pretty killer run)

[dave from knoxville]

Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend, Altered Beast, 100% Fun (I also think the 4th album in this sequence, Blue Sky on Mars, also kicks ass, but since we have to stop at 3, that's a pretty killer run)

Yes indeedy. And how could I leave out

Temple of Low Men, Woodface, Together Alone

and

I'm With Stupid, Bachelor #2, Lost in Space

[JonFromMaplewood]

Talking Heads: '77, More Songs about Buildings and Food, Fear of Music

I was thinking about this one too, Dave, but thought that it should go one album further: '77, More Songs about Buildings and Food, Fear of Music, and Remain In Light.  Basically, '77 plus the Eno collaborations.  I mean, one could argue that their whole discography up to - but not including - True Stories is a streak. 

[Matt]

Talking Heads: '77, More Songs about Buildings and Food, Fear of Music

I was thinking about this one too, Dave, but thought that it should go one album further: '77, More Songs about Buildings and Food, Fear of Music, and Remain In Light.  Basically, '77 plus the Eno collaborations.  I mean, one could argue that their whole discography up to - but not including - True Stories is a streak. 

I'd go FEAR OF MUSIC-REMAIN IN LIGHT-SPEAKING IN TONGUES, myself. And I actually think TRUE STORIES is the best of their last three records. It might not be the most consistent, but the highs are higher: "Wild Wild Life", "Love For Sale", "People Like Us", "Puzzlin' Evidence", etc.

[JonFromMaplewood]

And I actually think TRUE STORIES is the best of their last three records. It might not be the most consistent, but the highs are higher: "Wild Wild Life", "Love For Sale", "People Like Us", "Puzzlin' Evidence", etc.

I loved Little Creatures and Naked, even if the latter was a major downer.  True Stories was respectable for stripping back down to the original four members, but none of the songs, except maybe Puzzlin' Evidence, really did anything for me.  Every lyric to every song seems so tongue in cheek, especially City of Dreams.  I mean, this is the same guy who wrote The Big Country on "More Songs" where he essentially ripped the Midwest a new one.

[Omar]

Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend, Altered Beast, 100% Fun (I also think the 4th album in this sequence, Blue Sky on Mars, also kicks ass, but since we have to stop at 3, that's a pretty killer run)

Yes indeedy. And how could I leave out

Temple of Low Men, Woodface, Together Alone

and

I'm With Stupid, Bachelor #2, Lost in Space

You also forgot:

King's X: Out of the Silent Planet, Gretchen Goes to Nebraska, Faith Hope Love.  (Some might bump OotSP and put their self-titled fourth LP on the end of that run.  Not me!)

[Reeleyes]

How about:

Aladdin | Toys | Being Human

?

I'd sub in Patch Adams for Being Human