Greatest three albums back to back by one glam/hard rock artist

[SNIPER]

Oh I forgot Iron maiden is also a rock n roll hall of fame member, firt ballot I beileive. Even van halen didnt make it in on their first go around.

[vandeleur]

Coma was the best on either uyi .... IMO

[SNIPER]

Actually the Garden with Alice Cooper is a good one from Use your Illusion.

Yes. That is on my list for the 3.

[binnie]

The Illusions records were too ambitious. Boil 'em down to one killr record and you have something much more palletable.

[VHscraps]

Van Halen
Van Halen II
Women and Children First
Fair Warning

and off the top of my head ...

Rolling Stones No.1
Beggar's Banquet (1968)
Let It Bleed (1969)
Sticky Fingers (1971)

Rolling Stones No.2
Sticky Fingers (1971)
Exile on Main Street (1972)
Goat's Head Soup (1973)

Blue Oyster Cult
Blue Oyster Cult (1972)
Tyranny and Mutation (1973)
Secret Treaties (1974)

[chefcraig]

The Illusions records were too ambitious. Boil 'em down to one killr record and you have something much more palletable.

Oddly enough, I recall seeing such a thing at a KMart (of all places) 6-7 years ago. It had a hybrid cover, juxtaposing the two covers into one. You can see it at this LINK, but the track listing is incorrect and is for the first volume, not the compilation. Here is the correct listing:

1. Live and Let Die
2. Don't Cry (original)
3. You Ain't the First
4. November Rain
5. The Garden
6. Dead Horse
7. Civil War
8. 14 Years
9. Yesterdays
10. Knockin' on Heaven's Door
11. Estranged
12. Don't Cry (alt.)

[binnie]

Not the songs I'd choose, but interesting someone put it out......

[chefcraig]

Not the songs I'd choose, but interesting someone put it out......

It really is a grab bag, without much thought or insight applied to the track selection. My guess is this was a move by the label to get the album into department stores, which have notoriously limited space and selection. Rather than asking the stores to buy both albums (and risk getting refused), this was thrown together and issued as a compromise.

[FORD]

Your absolutly right, I dont get it. Sammy didnt kick dave out of van halen. If anything you guys should be more mad at eddie and alex than anyone. But what you cant because they got back together. Sounds like you guys just need something to bitch about.

Maybe we can bitch about electric bills instead?

The charges on my electric bill are a rip off. Delivery fee's like energy delivery fee, meter read fee WHAT? I have to pay DTE employee's too??? Renewable energy fee, nuclear waste fee or something like that.
Posted by Michael Januszewski October 31, 2011 at 10:25 AM

[ThrillsNSpills]

I still fucking hate it whenever I see a music store closing. You'd figure I'd be used to it by now, but when Borders went I had the same reaction. Now the companies are going to phase out CDs altogether.
instead we get digital samples of tracks. doesn't sit well with me.

Anyway, it's interesting that that was a Geffen release. I figured some one just said fuck this and made their own.

[binnie]

It really is a grab bag, without much thought or insight applied to the track selection. My guess is this was a move by the label to get the album into department stores, which have notoriously limited space and selection. Rather than asking the stores to buy both albums (and risk getting refused), this was thrown together and issued as a compromise.

Looks like someone just put on the singles together on one disc.

[Mikeyj122]

Lol!!!

[Mikeyj122]

I agree that they were a bit ambitious, but I would rather an artist release too much music than not enough. Oddly enough gnr has been guilty of both of these. if it wouldvhave,been just one album it would have been possably the best rock album ever.

My ultimate use your illusions would have been
1. Right next door to hell
2. Dust n bones
3. Dont cry
4. Knockin on heavens door
5. Get in the ring
6. You could be mine
7. Double talkjn jive
8. Breakdown
9. Estranged
10. Dead horse
11. Live and let die
12. November rain
13. Civil war
14. Coma

[twonabomber]

Oh I forgot Iron maiden is also a rock n roll hall of fame member, firt ballot I beileive. Even van halen didnt make it in on their first go around.

Maiden is not in the R&RHOF yet.

Van Halen DID make it in on their first ballot, but not their first year of eligibility.

Maybe we can bitch about electric bills instead?

i hate the bullshit "delivery" fees, too. from April to October, i spend more on the delivery fee than i do for my actual gas usage. and then those fuckers try to blow up my house!

[Mikeyj122]

Maiden is not in the R&RHOF yet.

Van Halen DID make it in on their first ballot, but not their first year of eligibility.

I know I was being sarcastic. Van halen should have been first ballor, first year. Its just a really rare thing and gnr did it this year. Say what you you will about them, they were and are one of the most imporatnt hard rock bands,of all time. For the record I do like iron maiden, but some of their stuff is too far out there. If I,ant to listen to spacy music , pink floyd mastered that art.