Three of a perfect trio (UpwardSpiral)
Inspired by sputnikuser UpwardSpirals' list from earlier today (credit to you bro) I thought i'd give it a nudge myself and create my own list of favourite three part song cycles, be it a trilogy or triad or maybe just pure coincidence. I find that some of my favourite moments in music are defined by an album that has a trio of songs that give the album flow and complement each other musically.
These songs go together like Scarlett Johanssen, Monica Belluci and Alicia Vikander together in a hot tub. I'll tap in when one of them gets too hot... |
1 | | Kyuss Welcome to Sky Valley
100 degrees/Space Cadet/Demon Cleaner...the whole album is split into three song cycles but this trio is my favourite. |
2 | | Kyuss Welcome to Sky Valley
Gardenia/Asteroid/Supa scoop and the mighty scoop |
3 | | Sonic Youth Daydream Nation
Trilogy - The Wonder/Hyperstation/Eliminator Jr. |
4 | | The Dillinger Escape Plan Irony Is a Dead Scene
Hollywood Squares/Pig Latin/When Good Dogs Do Bad Things....i've always felt that the Come To Daddy cover (while good) totally screws with the flow of the first three songs. |
5 | | Devin Townsend Ocean Machine: Biomech
Funeral/Bastard/The Death Of Music....one of the most epic trio of songs you'll ever hope to hear |
6 | | Isis Panopticon
So Did We/Backlit/In Fiction....truth is you could choose any three from Panopticon but I just think it's the triple punch that hits you in the solar plexus. |
7 | | Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here
Have A Cigar/Wish You Were Here/Shine On You Crazy Diamond parts VI-IX |
8 | | Genesis Selling England by the Pound
Dancing With The Moonlight Knit/I Know What I Like/Firth of Fifth |
9 | | David Bowie Low
Warszawa/Art Decade/Weeping Wall |
10 | | Yes Close to the Edge
Obvious choice, the whole album is a three part cycle. |
11 | | The Cure Disintegration
Prayers for Rain/Same Deep Water/Disintegration |
12 | | Depeche Mode Violator
Enjoy The Silence/Policy Of Truth/Blue Dress |
13 | | King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King
21st Century Schizoid Man/I Talk To The Wind/Epitaph |
14 | | dredg El Cielo
It Only Took A Day/Whoa Is Me/The Canyon Behind Her |
15 | | Bjork Vespertine
Pagan Poetry/Frosti/Aurora |
16 | | The Mars Volta De-Loused in the Comatorium
Son Et Lumiere/Inertiatic ESP/Roulette Dares |
17 | | Arcade Fire Funeral
Haiti/Rebellion/In The Backseat |
18 | | Tool 10,000 Days
Wings For Marie/10,000 Days/The Pot |
19 | | Tool Lateralus
Lateralus/Disposition/Reflection |
20 | | A Perfect Circle Mer de Noms
Judith/Orestes/3 Libras |
21 | | A Perfect Circle Thirteenth Step
The Noose/Blue/Vanishing |
22 | | The Gathering Mandylion
Strange Machines/Eleanor/In Motion |
23 | | Ulver Perdition City
Lost in Moments/Porn Piece/Hallways of Always |
24 | | Pain of Salvation The Perfect Element, Part 1
Used/In The Flesh/Ashes |
25 | | Queensryche Operation: Mindcrime
Spreading The Disease/The Mission/Suite Sister Mary |
26 | | Evergrey In Search Of Truth
State Of Paralysis/The Encounter/Mark Of The Triangle |
27 | | Queens of the Stone Age Songs for the Deaf
You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar/No One Knows/First It Giveth |
28 | | Opeth My Arms, Your Hearse
Prologue/April Ethereal/When |
29 | | Opeth Ghost Reveries
Ghost Of Perdition/Baying Of The Hounds/Beneath The Mire |
30 | | Porcupine Tree Fear of a Blank Planet
Anesthetize/Sentimental/Way Out Of Here |
31 | | Cloudkicker Beacons
Here Wait A Minute/We're Going In, We're Going Down/Oh God |
32 | | Cloudkicker Fade
From The Balcony/The Focus/Seattle |
33 | | Scale the Summit The Migration
Odyssey/Atlas Novus/The Olive Tree |
34 | | Enslaved Isa
Bounded By Allegiance/Violet Dawning/Return to Yggdrasil |
35 | | Converge Jane Doe
Phoenix In Flames/Thaw/Jane Doe |
36 | | In Flames Whoracle
Jotun/Food For The Gods/Gyroscope |
37 | | Cynic Focus
Uroboric Forms/Textures/How Could I |
38 | | Down NOLA
Temptations Wings/Lifer/Pillars of Eternity |
39 | | Coheed and Cambria From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness
The Willing Well parts 2,3,4 |
40 | | The Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream
Soma/Geek USA/Mayonaise |
41 | | Hopesfall The Satellite Years
Waitress/Dead In Magazines/Dana Walker |
42 | | Thursday No Devolucion
Magnets Caught In A Metal Heart/Empty Glass/A Gun In The First Act |
43 | | Thrice The Illusion of Safety
Kill Me Quickly/A Subtle Dagger/See You In The Shallows |
44 | | A Wilhelm Scream Career Suicide
I Wipe My Ass With Showbiz/5-9/The Horse |
45 | | Pixies Doolittle
Here Comes Your Man/Dead/Monkey Gone To Heaven |
46 | | Trophy Scars Holy Vacants
Extant/Qeres/Archangel |
47 | | The Devin Townsend Band Accelerated Evolution
Deadhead/Traveller/Away |
48 | | DJ Shadow Endtroducing...
Best Foot Forward/Building Steam/The Number Song |
49 | | Tricky Maxinquaye
Overcome/Ponderosa/Black Steel |
50 | | Wu-Tang Clan Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nothin to Fuck Wit/C.R.E.A.M/Method Man |
51 | | Dr. Dre 2001
Forgot About Dre/The Next Episode/Let's Get High |
52 | | Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
POWER/All Of The LIghts/Monster |
53 | | Janelle Monae The Electric Lady
Give Em What They Love/Q.U.E.E.N/The Electric Lady |
54 | | Shapeshifter Soulstice
In The Rain/Earth/Bring Change |
55 | | Bonobo The North Borders
Cirrus/Heaven For The Sinner/Sapphire |
56 | | Michael Jackson Thriller
Thriller/Beat It/Billie Jean |
57 | | Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Funeral For A Friend/Candle In The Wind/Bennie and The Jets |
58 | | The Smiths The Queen Is Dead
The Queen Is Dead/Frankly Mr Shankly/I Know It's Over |
59 | | Laura Stevenson Wheel
Telluride/L Dopa/The Wheel |
60 | | Live Throwing Copper
Stage/Pillar of Davidson/White Discussion |
61 | | Strung Out Exile In Oblivion
Analog/Blueprint of the fall/Katatonia |
62 | | Sigur Ros Agaetis Byrjun
Svefn-G-Englar/Staralfur/Flugufrelsarinn |
63 | | Radiohead In Rainbows
House of Cards/Jigsaw Falling Into Place/Videotape |
64 | | Radiohead OK Computer
Exit Music/Let Down/Karma Police |
65 | | Radiohead Kid A
Everything In It's Right Place/ Kid A/National Anthem |
66 | | mewithoutYou Brother, Sister
O Porcupine/Brownish spider/In a sweater poorly knit |
67 | | Iron Maiden Powerslave
Back in the village/Powerslave/Rime of the ancient mariner |
68 | | Jon Hopkins Immunity
Open Eye Signal/Breathe This Air/Collider |
69 | | Daft Punk Discovery
One More Time/Aerodynamic/Digital Love |
70 | | The Prodigy The Fat of the Land
Smack My Bitch Up/Breathe/Diesel Power |
71 | | Converge Jane Doe
Hell To Pay/Homewrecker/The Broken Vow |
72 | | Fair to Midland Arrows and Anchors
Whiskey And Ritalin/Musical Chairs/Uh-oh |
73 | | Faith No More Angel Dust
Midlife Crisis/RV/Smaller and Smaller |
74 | | Bad Brains Bad Brains
Attitude/The Regulator/Banned In D.C |
75 | | Devin Townsend Ocean Machine: Biomech
Voices in the fan/Greetings/Regulator |
76 | | Tool Lateralus
The Grudge/Eon Blue Apocalypse/The Patient |
77 | | Cloudkicker Beacons
It's just wide open field/It's bad man we are hit/Amy I Love You |
78 | | Alexisonfire Crisis
Keep It On Wax/To A Friend/Rough Hands |
79 | | Isis Oceanic
The Beginning and the End/The Other/False Light |
80 | | Modest Mouse The Moon & Antarctica
The Cold Part/Alone Down There/The Stars Are Projectors |
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