Comser said:

I'd have to go with Madonna from '83-'00 (she was non-stop hit after hit!)

Madonna (1983)

Like A Virgin (1984)

True Blue (1986)

Who's That Girl (1987)

You Can Dance (1987)

Like A Prayer (1989)

I'm Breathless (1990)

Immaculate Collection (1990)

Erotica (1992)

Bedtime Stories (1994)

Something To Remember (1995)

Evita (1997)

Ray Of Light (1998)

Music (2000)

I agree, however I will take out several of those albums WTG, YCD, IB, TIC, STR adn Evita. Since some of them are remixes albums, compilations and sundtracks.

Prince... endlessly!

RJOrion said:

Comser said:

Galaxy said:

Comser said:

I'd have to go with Madonna from '83-'00 (she was non-stop hit after hit!)

Madonna (1983)

Like A Virgin (1984)

True Blue (1986)

Who's That Girl (1987)

You Can Dance (1987)

Like A Prayer (1989)

I'm Breathless (1990)

Immaculate Collection (1990)

Erotica (1992)

Bedtime Stories (1994)

Something To Remember (1995)

Evita (1997)

Ray Of Light (1998)

Music (2000)

Some of those albums are not even qualified to be in the list. Prince Mj Stevie Miles Funkadelic all had better albums.

Madonna (1983)

Like A Virgin (1984)

True Blue (1986)

Like A Prayer (1989)

Immaculate Collection (1990)

Erotica (1992)

Bedtime Stories (1994)

Ray Of Light (1998)

Music (2000)

There you have it.

77

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Fear Of Music

Remain In The Light

Speaking In Tongues

Little Creatures

True Stories

(Naked)

including the fantastic live-albums

The Name Of This Band...

Stop Making Sense

this is a great run

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I agree with this

BalladofPeterParker said:

It's easy for me. Either of the following runs:

Stevie Wonder

• Music of My Mind (1972)
• Talking Book (1972)
• Innervisions (1973)
• Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974)
• Songs in the Key of Life (1976)

or

Earth, WInd & Fire

• Head to the Sky (1973)
• Open Our Eyes (1974)
• That's the Way of the World (1975)
• Gratitude (1975)
• Spirit (1976)
• All 'n All (1977)
• I Am (1979)

When you have a hard time naming an artist's masterpiece, and they arrived all in a row, I would say the blessing went to Stevie Wonder.

Shame on you all for disregard the amazing running Al Green had in the seventies. Lock this shit now, please.

Rance Allen Group
A Soulful Experience
Say My Friend
Smile
I Feel Like Going On

Jermaine Jackson
Come Into My Life
My Name Is Jermaine
Feel The Fire
Frontiers
Let's Get Serious
Jermaine (1980)
I Like Your Style
Let Me Tickle Your Fancy
Jermaine Jackson

RJOrion said:

MotownSubdivision said:

Powerlight is pretty solid. I never listened to Raise but PL felt like EWF perfectly translated to the 80s.

Powerlight was cool, but by then i couldnt deal with not hearing Al McKay's guitar work bless their sound anymore..."Side By Side" and "Something Special" werr dope, but the rest was disappointing..."Miracles" was hideous... then after the Powerlight lp, Electric Universe completely bombed...Philip Bailey said he didnt even like the music anymore after Charles Stepney died, and Al McKay left

Powerlight is the first EW&F album that I was disappointed with.I like the two singles ("Fall In Love With Me" and "Side By Side"),but the rest of the album falls flat.Raise is a great album,but this time around,the music was starting to sound formulaic and stale.

The funny thing is...I actually like Electric Universe.It's a bolder,more experimental sound for EW&F.Maurice said that,by 1983,he was simply bored with R&B music and wanted to branch out a bit.Unfortunately,their audience just wasn't ready for it.

kitbradley said:

RJOrion said:

Powerlight was cool, but by then i couldnt deal with not hearing Al McKay's guitar work bless their sound anymore..."Side By Side" and "Something Special" werr dope, but the rest was disappointing..."Miracles" was hideous... then after the Powerlight lp, Electric Universe completely bombed...Philip Bailey said he didnt even like the music anymore after Charles Stepney died, and Al McKay left.

IMO, "Side By Side" was their last great song. I didnt connect with the rest of the album. I liked the first two singles from "Touch the World" but they ran out of gas after "Raise".

I love Touch The World.I think it was a perfect comeback album.One great tune after another...."Here Today And Gone Tomorrow" is an absolute gem....."Every Now And Then" should have been a single.I think the pop and adult contemporary audiences would have loved that one...."Money Tight" and "Victim Of The Modern Heart" are top-notch songs,too.Really,there's not a bad song anywhere on this album.

Comser said:

I'd have to go with Madonna from '83-'00 (she was non-stop hit after hit!)

Madonna (1983)

Like A Virgin (1984)

True Blue (1986)

Who's That Girl (1987)

You Can Dance (1987)

Like A Prayer (1989)

I'm Breathless (1990)

Immaculate Collection (1990)

Erotica (1992)

Bedtime Stories (1994)

Something To Remember (1995)

Evita (1997)

Ray Of Light (1998)

Music (2000)

Madonna certainly has a great catalog.When she released True Blue,that's when I really began to take her seriously."Live To Tell" is the song that made me a fan.

The Beatles obviously had a good run....from their first album to their last ('Let It Be').

slyjackson said:

StrangeButTrue said:

No offense but I just didn’t dig the Jacksons albums that much post J5 I always considered that singles oriented material vs his solo efforts having more of a theme based approach.

You should give them a chance to those three albums.

Their 1976 self-titled album and the 1978 Destiny album are superb I love those two albums.

CherryMoon57 said:

Prince... endlessly!

Prince from 1980-88 was an incredible run

SoulAlive said:

...

P-Funk (from late'71 to '78)

Maggot Brain

America Eats its Young

Cosmic Slop

Standing on The Verge Of Gettin it On

Up for the Downstroke

Let's Take It To The Stage

Chocolate City

Mothership Connection

Tales of Kidd Funkadelic

Stretchin' Out In Bootsy's Rubber Band

Hardcore Jollies

The Clones of Dr Funkenstein

Ahh....The Name is Bootsy Baby

Live/P-Funk Earth Tour

Funkentelechy vs The Placebo Syndrome

One Nation Under a Groove

Bootsy? Player of the Year

Motor Booty Affair

...

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...

Also .....

Just as an aside....(slightly off topic)...

The Isley Brothers had the longest chart run of anybody I can think of...

From their first chart hit --"Shout ", in 1959,

to "Just Came here to Chill", in 2006...

Is there anybody else in Pop , Rock or R&B , that had that kind of chart longevity?

That said, I thought that their strongest run was from the late 60's ("It's Your Thing")

to the mid 80's ("Smooth Sailing")...

...

...

SoulAlive said:

RJOrion said:

MotownSubdivision said: Powerlight was cool, but by then i couldnt deal with not hearing Al McKay's guitar work bless their sound anymore..."Side By Side" and "Something Special" werr dope, but the rest was disappointing..."Miracles" was hideous... then after the Powerlight lp, Electric Universe completely bombed...Philip Bailey said he didnt even like the music anymore after Charles Stepney died, and Al McKay left

Powerlight is the first EW&F album that I was disappointed with.I like the two singles ("Fall In Love With Me" and "Side By Side"),but the rest of the album falls flat.Raise is a great album,but this time around,the music was starting to sound formulaic and stale.

The funny thing is...I actually like Electric Universe.It's a bolder,more experimental sound for EW&F.Maurice said that,by 1983,he was simply bored with R&B music and wanted to branch out a bit.Unfortunately,their audience just wasn't ready for it.

I actually loved Powerlight. The only songs I didn't care for on it was Freedom Of Choice which

was obvious filler and Spread Your Love which was stale. Overlooked songs on the album were Straight From The Heart, Speed Of Love, and Something Special. I understand where you were coming from with Electric Universe as EWF and the Commodores were losing steam and fans(especially the latter without Lionel) to bands who transitioned to more synth oriented funk like Cameo, Barkays, Zapp, Lakeside, Midnight Star, and ConFunkShun. Electric Universe was a nice try but like you stated fans just weren't accepting it from EWF. The album for me was just so so. They hit it out the park with Magnetic, Moonwalk, and Electirc Nation. The ballads Could It Be Right and We're Living In Our Own Time were probably their worse ever up to that point. Getting back to RJ's point. He is spot own about Al McKay but I got to give it up to Roland Bautista. His guitar work kicked ass on Raise. If you didn't like probably their most rock oriented song Changing Times you just didn't have a pulse. Bautista kicked ass on it and You're A Winner. I'm actually surprised the label didn't try to push this out as a final single from the album. I think it would have went over well with the pop/rock audience. To me they accomplished on this album more of what Maurice was trying to accomplish on Electric Nation. One thing Electric Nation did was introduce EWF fans to Verdine White's legendary Lion King perm. He hasn't changed since.

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phunkdaddy said:

SoulAlive said:

Powerlight is the first EW&F album that I was disappointed with.I like the two singles ("Fall In Love With Me" and "Side By Side"),but the rest of the album falls flat.Raise is a great album,but this time around,the music was starting to sound formulaic and stale.

The funny thing is...I actually like Electric Universe.It's a bolder,more experimental sound for EW&F.Maurice said that,by 1983,he was simply bored with R&B music and wanted to branch out a bit.Unfortunately,their audience just wasn't ready for it.

I actually loved Powerlight. The only songs I didn't care for on it was Freedom Of Choice which

was obvious filler and Spread Your Love which was stale. Overlooked songs on the album were Straight From The Heart, Speed Of Love, and Something Special. I understand where you were coming from with Electric Universe as EWF and the Commodores were losing steam and fans(especially the latter without Lionel) to bands who transitioned to more synth oriented funk like Cameo, Barkays, Zapp, Lakeside, Midnight Star, and ConFunkShun. Electric Universe was a nice try but like you stated fans just weren't accepting it from EWF. The album for me was just so so. They hit it out the park with Magnetic, Moonwalk, and Electirc Nation. The ballads Could It Be Right and We're Living In Our Own Time were probably their worse ever up to that point. Getting back to RJ's point. He is spot own about Al McKay but I got to give it up to Roland Bautista. His guitar work kicked ass on Raise. If you didn't like probably their most rock oriented song Changing Times you just didn't have a pulse. Bautista kicked ass on it and You're A Winner. I'm actually surprised the label didn't try to push this out as a final single from the album. I think it would have went over well with the pop/rock audience. To me they accomplished on this album more of what Maurice was trying to accomplish on Electric Nation. One thing Electric Nation did was introduce EWF fans to Verdine White's legendary Lion King perm. He hasn't changed since.

I'm gonna pull out Powerlight and give it another listen.I haven't heard it in a long time.

SoulAlive said:

slyjackson said:

You should give them a chance to those three albums.

Their 1976 self-titled album and the 1978 Destiny album are superb I love those two albums.

Destiny is my all time favorite from them, the self titled album has grown on me lately and Triumph and Live are great ones.

paligap said:

...

P-Funk (from late'71 to '78)

Maggot Brain

America Eats its Young

Cosmic Slop

Standing on The Verge Of Gettin it On

Up for the Downstroke

Let's Take It To The Stage

Chocolate City

Mothership Connection

Tales of Kidd Funkadelic

Stretchin' Out In Bootsy's Rubber Band

Hardcore Jollies

The Clones of Dr Funkenstein

Ahh....The Name is Bootsy Baby

Live/P-Funk Earth Tour

Funkentelechy vs The Placebo Syndrome

One Nation Under a Groove

Bootsy? Player of the Year

Motor Booty Affair

...

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Why did you include those Bootsy albums, furthermore, I'm not sure if all those albums are that great.

slyjackson said:

SoulAlive said:

Their 1976 self-titled album and the 1978 Destiny album are superb I love those two albums.

Destiny is my all time favorite from them, the self titled album has grown on me lately and Triumph and Live are great ones.

same here

paligap said:

...

...

Also .....

Just as an aside....(slightly off topic)...

The Isley Brothers had the longest chart run of anybody I can think of...

From their first chart hit --"Shout ", in 1959,

to "Just Came here to Chill", in 2006...

Is there anybody else in Pop , Rock or R&B , that had that kind of chart longevity?

That said, I thought that their strongest run was from the late 60's ("It's Your Thing")

to the mid 80's ("Smooth Sailing")...

...

...

Total music royalty.

paligap said:

...

...

Also .....

Just as an aside....(slightly off topic)...

The Isley Brothers had the longest chart run of anybody I can think of...

From their first chart hit --"Shout ", in 1959,

to "Just Came here to Chill", in 2006...

Is there anybody else in Pop , Rock or R&B , that had that kind of chart longevity?

That said, I thought that their strongest run was from the late 60's ("It's Your Thing")

to the mid 80's ("Smooth Sailing")...

...

...

I may be in the minority but I kind of pass on their doo wop years. Their classic period for me was from 1969 to 1983. They had some good material here and there afterwards but imo their classic period ended with the Between The Sheets album right after Chris, Ernie, and Marvin formed

Isley Jasper Isley.

Galaxy said:

slyjackson said:

paligap said:

...

P-Funk (from late'71 to '78)

Maggot Brain

America Eats its Young

Cosmic Slop

Standing on The Verge Of Gettin it On

Up for the Downstroke

Let's Take It To The Stage

Chocolate City

Mothership Connection

Tales of Kidd Funkadelic

Stretchin' Out In Bootsy's Rubber Band

Hardcore Jollies

The Clones of Dr Funkenstein

Ahh....The Name is Bootsy Baby

Live/P-Funk Earth Tour

Funkentelechy vs The Placebo Syndrome

One Nation Under a Groove

Bootsy? Player of the Year

Motor Booty Affair

...

[Edited 3/28/20 22:54pm]

Why did you include those Bootsy albums, furthermore, I'm not sure if all those albums are that great.

I think a lot of people count those Bootsy albums as part of the whole Parliafunkadlicment thang. And the output there is amazing, but I'd say there are weak spots in the run when compared to, say, Stevie's 70s output (but probably as many amazing records).

Btw, I'm only familiar with Al Green from his hits and Green is Blues, but you're so adamant on the subject I know what I'll be listening to all day tomorrow.