Best four-song run on an album?

"One Day" -> "Murder" -> "Pinky Ring" -> "Diamonds & Wood"

"Like a Rolling Stone"; "Tombstone Blues"; "It's a Takes a Train to Laugh..."; "From a Buick 6"

"St. Elmo's Fire"; "In Dark Trees"; "The Big Ship"; "I'll Come Running"

"Love Goes On!"; "Quiet Heart"; "Love is a Sign"; "You Can't Say No Forever"

"Stars of Track & Field"; "Seeing Other People"; "Me & the Major"; "Like Dylan in the Movies"

I Want You (She's So Heavy)->Here Comes the Sun->Because->You Never Give Me Your Money

The QOTSA thread reminded me of Hangin' Tree -> Go With The Flow -> Gonna Leave You -> Do It Again

Mr. Robot's Holy Orders > West Germany > The Politics of Time > Themselves

Buzzards and Dreadful Crows > Tractor Rape Chain > The Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory > Hot Freaks

Let Yourself Go Another Time -> The Paisley Window Pane -> I Realized You -> By The Sea

(from Wendy & Bonnie: Genesis)

ah yes, what a fantastic sequence to open a record with

Across the Sea > The Good Life > El Scorcho > Pink Triangle

People Get Ready > Niki Hoeky > You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman > Since You've Been Gone

I'm the Man Who Loves You > Pot Kettle Black > Poor Places > Reservations

the v.u.
candy says/what goes on/some kinda love/pale blue eyes
― ....some kind of psychedelic wallflower (outdoor_miner),

OTM

Down On The Street > Loose > T.V. Eye > Dirt
Sweet Thing > Cyprus Avenue > The Way Young Lovers Do > Madame George
Once In A Lifetime > Houses In Motion > Seen And Not Seen > Listening Wind
Purple Haze > Manic Depression > Hey Joe > Love Or Confusion
See No Evil > Venus > Friction > Marquee Moon

tangled up in blue> simple twist of fate> you're a big girl now> idiot wind

across the great divide> rag mama rag> they night they drove old dixie down> when you awake

made of stone> shoot you down> this is the one> i am the resurrection

Family Snapshot -- And Through the Wire -- Games Without Frontiers -- Not One of Us

1999 -- Little Red Corvette -- Delirious -- Let's Pretend We're Married [-- D.M.S.R.]

so I don't know about you guys, but my general philosophy in posting these is that if I look one or two songs beyond the boundaries of the four-song sequence and find myself saying "ah fuck, I wish I could put that one in too!" I generally don't post it. I only bring this up b/c I'm seeing stuff like:

Sweet Thing > Cyprus Avenue > The Way Young Lovers Do > Madame George
Once In A Lifetime > Houses In Motion > Seen And Not Seen > Listening Wind
Buzzards and Dreadful Crows > Tractor Rape Chain > The Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory > Hot Freaks

and feelin' pretty smh

I Wanna Get High
I Ain't Goin' Out Like That
Insane in the Brain
When the Shit Goes Down

Don't Let It Bring You Down
Birds
When You Dance I Can Really Love
I Believe In You

you could start anywhere on the first side of Sloan's Twice Removed but this is my favourite...

I Hate My Generation
People of the Sky
Coax Me
Bells On

6."Three Days" – 10:48
7."Then She Did..." – 8:18
8."Of Course" – 7:02
9."Classic Girl" – 5:07

the run from the third vu album that I would go with would prolley be:

Jesus
Beginning to See the Light
I'm Set Free
That's The Story of My Life

didnt cha know
my life
... & on
cleva

Smashing Pumpkins' Pisces Iscariot*

Hello Kitty Kat
Obscured
Landslide
Starla

*I know I get a lot of strange looks for repping for this album so much, but c'mon! ^THIS is fucking awesome!

Optimistic
In Limbo
Idioteque
Morning Bell

I'm not really a huge fan of Remake/Remodel, so I think I can post this

Ladytron
If There Is Something
Virginia Plain
2HB

Electricity
Yellow Brick Road
Abba Zaba
Plastic Factory

again: "cyber Insekt" is v. good and could be included, but at the same time, these four (from The Unutterable) flow great into one another:

Two Librans
W.B.
Sons of Temperance
Dr. Bucks Letter

Soldier
The Cell
Twinkle
Master Teachers

Arthur Russell - Another Thought

Another Thought > A Little Lost > Home Away From Home > Lucky Cloud

Kills me.

I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Here Comes the Sun
Because
You Never Give Me Your Money

The US version of the Stone Roses S/T has two great 4 song runs:

I Wanna Be Adored
She Bangs the Drums
Elephant Stone
Waterfall

Made of Stone
Shoot You Down
This is the One
I Am the Resurrection

Since I was just listening to Lifes Rich Pageant:

"Begin the Begin" > "These Days" > "Fall on Me" > "Cuyahoga"

I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight:
"When I Get To The Border" > "The Calvary Cross" > "Withered and Died" > "I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight"

harborcoat > 7 chinese bros. > so. central rain > pretty persuasion

― mookieproof, Saturday, September 18, 2010 6:43 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark

otm

This is a thread which is perfect for the first 4 tracks of Selected Ambient Works 85-92: xtal -> tha -> pulsewidth -> ageispolis

(said pretty much this on the recent SAWI thread, hence it springing to mind, but it's true)

Music for the Jilted Generation
The Heat - Poison - No Good - 3 Kilos

I'd go Break & Enter - Their Law - Full Throtle - Voodoo People

Just realised I posted my Beatles one twice, memory ain't what it used to be.

Clap Hands
Cemetery Polka
Jockey Full of Bourbon
Tango Till They're Sore

War Pigs-Paranoid-Planet Caravan-Iron Man

Side 2 of Every Picture Tells a Story

Maggie May
Mandolin Wind
I Know I'm Losing You
Reason to Believe

Side one of Master of Puppets, or indeed Ride the Lightning

Indeed

Clap Hands
Cemetery Polka
Jockey Full of Bourbon
Tango Till They're Sore

― rhythm fixated member (chap), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 16:32 (24 minutes ago)

really it's a 5-song run but OTM times a lot

any four-song run on tusk
teenage riot > silver rocket > the sprawl > cross the breeze
babylon sisters > hey nineteen > glamour profession > gaucho

Trying to think of occasions where Track #5 takes a distinct dip in quality/enjoyment, otherwise I'll have 175 choices to list...

"Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing"
"Maybe Partying Will Help"
"Toadies"
"Retreat"

Down On The Street > Loose > T.V. Eye > Dirt

Fastnbulbous otm

Okay...

Non-Alignment Pact/The Modern Dance/Laughing/Street Waves

Hmmmmmmmmm, I wish i liked "Laughing" more tho

... no, hold on, what am I saying, it's still awesome!

Down On The Street > Loose > T.V. Eye > Dirt

Fastnbulbous otm

― Harrison Buttwhistle (NickB), Tuesday, September 28, 2010 12:22 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yeah this is prolley the best one.

Paperhouse
Mushroom
Oh Yeah
Halleluwah

it's not my favoourite but it's pretty classic

Scarface - Safe/In Cold Blood/Guess Who's Back/My Block (Keep Me Down rules as well)

Goodie Mob - Ghetto-ology/Distant Wilderness/Greeny Green/I Refuse Limitation

Tall Dwarfs - I've Left Memories Behind/Phil's Disease Day 1/Phil's Disease Day 4/Crush

Too bad "From a Motel 6" to "Sudden Organ" is a 5-song run, because that would totally be the answer.