# Best Three-in-a-Row Track Listing from Original Album Source **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 18, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-three-in-a-row-track-listing-from-original-album-source/793997 "2017-08-18T18:21:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-three-in-a-row-track-listing-from-original-album-source/793997/21 "2017-08-19T11:27:12Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > The first 3 songs on A Trick of the Tail: > Dance on a Volcano > Entangled > Squonk > > All 3 are Genesis classics. ^ This, emphatically. Most other classic Genesis albums tended to intersperse lesser tunes between the greater ones. Until ATooT. _Wind and Wuthering_ kicked off with one of the greatest two-song sequences ever: “Eleventh Earl of Mar” followed by “One for the Vine.” They really frontloaded that album, didn’t they? If they’d put “Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers/In That Quiet Earth” third it would have been a very strong sequence of 3. I’d like to nominate _Close to the Edge_ and _Relayer_ by Yes. Yes, each of them has only three songs apiece. But those threes do make extremely solid sequences, to meet the OP’s criteria: “Close to the Edge,” “And You and I,” “Siberian Khatru” “The Gates of Delirium,” “Sound Chaser,” and “To Be Over”. Bob Dylan’s album _Blonde on Blonde_, where my Dope username comes from, wins here in various ways. Particularly songs 3, 4, 5: “Visions of Johanna,” “One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later),” with its unforgettable piano ecstasies, and “I Want You.” ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-three-in-a-row-track-listing-from-original-album-source/793997/22 "2017-08-19T12:02:52Z")
Start of Side B of _The Smiths_: Still Ill Hand in Glove What Difference Does It Make? ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-three-in-a-row-track-listing-from-original-album-source/793997/23 "2017-08-19T12:50:14Z")
Led Zeppelin _II:_ Heartbreaker Livin’ Lovin’ Maid Ramble On Foo Fighters’ _Wasting Light:_ Bridge Burning Rope Dear Rosemary Beastie Boys’ _Ill Communication:_ Root Down Sabotage Get It Together U2 _Joshua Tree:_ Where The Streets Have No Name I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For With Or Without You AC/DC _Back In Black:_ Back In Black You Shook Me All Night Long Have A Drink On Me ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-three-in-a-row-track-listing-from-original-album-source/793997/24 "2017-08-19T12:51:54Z")
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR follows the catchy _Hello, Goodbye_ with the psychedelic _Strawberry Fields Forever_ before changing things up with _Penny Lane_. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-three-in-a-row-track-listing-from-original-album-source/793997/25 "2017-08-19T14:06:30Z")
**Tool** _Undertow_ Intolerance, Prison Sex, Sober That’s how you kick off an album! ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-three-in-a-row-track-listing-from-original-album-source/793997/26 "2017-08-19T18:42:59Z")
**Robert Palmer:** “Sailing Shoes” / “Hey Julia” / “Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley” opening from the 1974 album named after the third song. [Youtube link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNw8U4aCgjE) ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-three-in-a-row-track-listing-from-original-album-source/793997/27 "2017-08-19T19:19:37Z")
On Journey’s live album _Captured,_ I’ve always loved the opening salvo of “Where Were You”, “Just the Same Way” and “Line of Fire”. Kicks you right in the face and they haven’t even gotten to their hits yet. > [@Shoeless](#): > > Totally joke answer – “Close To The Edge” by Yes: > Close To The Edge > And You And I > Siberian Khatru Jethro Tull: “Wind Up”, “Thick as a Brick”, “A Passion Play” So awesome, they had to be spread across three separate albums! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-three-in-a-row-track-listing-from-original-album-source/793997/28 "2017-08-19T20:03:54Z")
Side 2 of Jeff Beck’s\* Blow By Blow\*:“Since We’ve Ended as Lovers”, “Thelonious” and “Freeway Jam”. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-three-in-a-row-track-listing-from-original-album-source/793997/29 "2017-08-19T22:02:03Z")
There’s a reason Carole King’s _Tapestry_ spent more than 300 weeks on the charts. “You’ve Got a Friend” “Where You Lead” “Will You Love Me Tomorrow?” “Smackwater Jack” “Tapestry” “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” That’s just Side 2! Side 1 gets you: “I Feel the Earth Move” “So Far Away” “It’s Too Late” ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-three-in-a-row-track-listing-from-original-album-source/793997/30 "2017-08-20T00:20:37Z")
I acknowledge the power of the Michael Jackson trio, but for me: Elvis Costello - My Aim is True [ul] [li]Miracle Man[/li][li]No Dancing[/li][li]Blame it on Cain[/li][/ul] mmm [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-three-in-a-row-track-listing-from-original-album-source/793997.md?page=1)