Best Three Songs Back-to-Back on An Album

[LucSulla]

So I have always, for some reason, found certain trios of songs on albums to be fascinating. I guess maybe it is because two songs back to back isn't so rare, and while four or more back to back is certainly rarer, at that point it is getting to just a full album experience. Three seems like that perfect amount of time to rock out to on the way to the store and back or something similar - enough to get a solid taste without taking up too much time.

Here are two groups of three that stand out. I rarely listen to one without the other two as well.

AC/DC from Highway to Hell

"Shot Down in Flames"
"Get It Hot"
"If You Want Blood"

Pantera from Far Beyond Driven

"Becoming"

"Five Minutes Alone"
"I'm Broken"

Anyone else have any go to "trios," or is this my version of biting a guitar?

[DaveL]

Iron Maiden Killers. Ides of March into Wrathchild into Murders in the Rue Morgue

[Submariner85]

The whole album is outstanding but, from Stone Sour's House of Gold and Bones Part 2:

Red City

Black John

Sadist

Then from the same album

The Uncanny Valley

Blue Smoke

Do Me A Favor

They really just linked all the songs together so well on this one.

[hamerhead]

ZZ Top - Tres Hombres:

Waitin' for the Bus

Jesus Just Left Chicago

Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers

[Turdus]

if you are talking about the ones that made the most money... wouldn't that be the first 3 on The Joshua Tree?

[serial]

Any set of three off of VH1, Highway to Hell or 'Electric'

[The Shark]

Love to Love, Light Out and Rock Bottom - Strangers in the Night UFO

[specialk]

From Jeff Beck - Truth:

Beck's Bolero. Blues Deluxe. I Ain't Superstitious.

[ZR]

BOSTON = More than a feeling, Peace of Mind, foreplay/Long time.

[Disturber]

Prince - Sign o The Times

U got the look

If I was your girlfriend

Strange relationship

Prince - Parade

Kiss

Anotherloverholeinyohead

Sometimes it snows in april

Prince - Purple Rain

whole album really but...

I would die 4 U

Baby Im a star

Purple Rain

The Time - What Time is it

Wild and Loose

777-9311

onedayimgonnabesomebody

Red hot chilipeppers - Blood sugar sex magic

Give it away

Blood sugar sex magic

Under the bridge

Nirvana - smells like teen spirit

Smells like teen spirit

In Bloom

Come as you are

[Nathan of Brainfertilizer Fame]

Bad Company, <i>Dangerous Age</i>:
"One Night"

"Shake it Up"

"No Smoke Without a Fire"

[Nathan of Brainfertilizer Fame]

And I'd extend that to the first six:

"Bad Man"
"Dangerous Age"

and "Dirty Boy" all rock hard.

[JimHalinda]

I much prefer Tres Hombres as referenced above, but from Eliminator:

Gimme All Your Lovin'

Got Me Under Pressure

Sharp Dressed Man

... a pretty strong start to the album!

[unfun75]

Pearl Jam "ten"

once

even flow

alive

or

alive

why go

black

[cynic]

The Logical Song

Goodbye Stranger

Breakfast in America

[Brentrocks]

Got to Choose

Parasite

Going Blind

Hotel California

New Kid in Town

Life in the fast Lane

Tom Sawyer

Red Barchetta

YYZ

[rj2858]

The Logical Song

Goodbye Stranger

Breakfast in America

I think I'm beginning to get your sense of humor, or have I yet again misunderstood sarcasm?

[rj2858]

Tip 'o' the hat to "hamerhead" and "JimHalinda" with ZZ's "Deguello" album, but a '4-fer'

I Thank You / She Loves My Automobile / I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide / A Fool For Your Stockings

A couple of albums from A-Smith, another 4-fer;

Mama Kin / Write Me A Letter / Movin' Out / Walkin' The Dog, and if not for the unfortunate placement of 'Dream On', Make It / Somebody / One Way Street

and 2 triples from 'Toys in the Attic';

Side A - Adams Apple / Walk This Way / Big Ten Inch, and Side B - No More, No More / Round and Round / You See Me Cryin', (yeah, an A-Smith fan who doesn't like either "Dream On" or "Sweet Emotion" - not tired of them, just wasn't crazy about either one going back to when they came out)

Finally, if 'Best Of' albums count - Steely Dans' "A Decade of Steely Dan" concludes perfectly with;

Kid Charlemagne / My Old School / Bad Sneakers

[Nathan of Brainfertilizer Fame]

"Any three songs by Oasis, REM, or U2" said no one, ever.

[LucSulla]

Holy Crap, there is some stuff I need to pick up!

[Jack C]

Tom Sawyer

Red Barchetta

YYZ

That's a pretty strong trio.

[Toadroller]

Probably could have called this the best first three songs on an album...

Alphabetically,

Aimee Mann, I'm with Stupid: Long Shot, Choice in the Matter, Sugarcoated, You Could Make a Killing, Superball, Amateur, All over Now, Par for the Course, You;re with Stupid Now, That's Just What You Are. And then she blew the 300 game with Frankenstein, Ray, and It's not Safe.

Beatles; pretty much any album, any three. Specifically, Sgt Pepper's, more specifically, Lucy, Getting Better, and Fixing a Hole...

The Cult, Electric: Wildflower, Peace dog, Lil' Devil

Cheap Trick, All Shook Up: Stop this Game, Just Got Back, Baby Loves to Rock

Kate Bush, Hounds of Love, Running up That Hill, Hounds of Love, The Big Sky

Pretenders, Learning to Crawl: Middle of the Road, Back on the Chain Gang, Time the Avenger

Tears for Fears, Songs from the Big Chair: Shout, The Working Hour, Everybody Wants to Rule the World

[stonge]

Where the Devil Don't Stay

Tornadoes

The Day John Henry Died

(Drive By Truckers - The Dirty South)

Dead Dog Memories

The Bar's On Fire

White Boy Blues

(The Bottle Rockets - Brand New Year)

[JohnnyB]

Cat Stevens' "Tea for the Tillerman" opens with:

• Where do the Children Play?
• Hard Headed Woman
• Wild World

David Bowie's "Let's Dance" opens with:

• Modern Love
• China Girl
• Let's Dance

John Lee Hooker's "The Healer:

• The Healer (with Carlos Santana and Roy Rogers)
• I'm in the Mood (with Bonnie Raitt)
• Baby Lee (with Robert Cray)

[3of5]

Just about any 3 in a row from Damn the Torpedoes.