3 Consecutive Song Run on an Album

Posted by DarthKingBatman@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 292 comments

I've seen a version of this in other subreddits/social media, and have had quite a few really good discussions with my friend group on this. The concept is a 3 song consecutive run on an album where all 3 songs are incredible, and the often suggest gold star example is Michael Jackson with Thriller, Beat it, and Billie Jean.

However, I'd like to restrict it to music that was released/popular during our musical coming of age period. A quick google search seems to suggest coming of age for music starts at about 11 years of age, so the start date for this would be starting at about 1988 based on the subreddit description. For end date, a similar google search suggested that our music taste is pretty much solidified by age 24, which gives us a range from 1988 to 2012, but I think that might be a bit too broad. My instinct says to go from 1988 to 2009, but I think this is a really interesting discussion so I don't want to exclude anything that feels right for our microgeneration on a technicality.

TL;DR: Best 3 consecutive songs on a full album (not compilation) from music during Xennial coming of age, so roughly 1988 to 2009.

My submissions:

Nirvana - Nevermind (1991)

  1. Smells Like Teen Spirit
  2. In Bloom
  3. Come as You Are

Radiohead - The Bends (1995)

  1. The Bends
  2. High and Dry
  3. Fake Plastic Trees

Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001)

  1. Bleed American
  2. A Praise Chorus
  3. The Middle