I haven't seen this topic, so forgive me if I missed it somewhere.
I'm looking for examples of artists who have gone on streaks of five or more great consecutive studio albums. This is as tough as it sounds. Plenty of acts have gone on tears of three and four great albums in a row, but that fifth one is elusive. The Beatles never did it (their early run of LPs was interrupted by Beatles For Sale and their later streak was stopped at Magical Mystery Tour; I know the latter is immensely popular around here, but I'm referring to the original EP release, not the full LP version that collects their singles from 1967). The Rolling Stones came close during their run with producer Jimmy Miller, but then along came Goats Head Soup.
Here are the few 5-album streaks I could think of. Again, these are studio albums; if an act happened to release a live album or a greatest hits collection in the midst of one of these streaks, they don't count.
Talking Heads
1. Talking Heads '77
2. More Songs About Buildings and Food
3. Fear of Music
4. Remain in Light
5. Speaking in Tongues
Led Zeppelin
1. Led Zeppelin I
2. Led Zeppelin II
3. Led Zeppelin III
4. Led Zeppelin IV (or whatever you want to call it)
5. Houses of the Holy
Van Morrison
1. Astral Weeks
2. Moondance
3. His Band and the Street Choir
4. Tupleo Honey
5. St. Dominic's Preview
Creedence Clearwater Revival
1. Creedence Clearwater Revival
2. Bayou Country
3. Green River
4. Willy and the Poor Boys
5. Cosmo's Factory
Roxy Music
1. Roxy Music
2. For Your Pleasure
3. Stranded
4. Country Life
5. Siren
Elvis Costello (& the Attractions)
1. My Aim Is True
2. This Year's Model
3. Armed Forces
4. Get Happy!!
5. Trust
Station to Station
Low
"Heroes"
Lodger
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
Neil Young
Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
After the Gold Rush
Harvest
On the Beach
Tonight's the Night
Bruce Springsteen
Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.
The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle
Born to Run
Darkness on the Edge of Town
The River
Nebraska
Born in the U.S.A.
Brian Eno
Here Come the Warm Jets
Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
Another Green World
Discreet Music
Before and After Science
Ambient 1: Music for Airports
(I know Springsteen and Eno have 7 and 6, respectively, but I couldn't pick which ones to leave out.) _________________ My top songs of the 2010s
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Being There
Summerteeth
Yankee Htel Foxtrot
A Ghost is Born
Sky Blue Sky
Bright Eyes
Letting off Happiness
Fevers and Mirrors
Lifted or the Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
I'm Wide Awake it's Morning
Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
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