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    jjflashjjflash Posts: 4,841
    Beatles: Rubber Soul/ Revolver
    jjflash said:
    I'd argue that Vs. packs as good or better a 1-2 punch w/ Vitalogy than it does w/ Ten :coffee:

    A few other 1-2s to add to those already mentioned:
    Public Enemy: ITANOMTHUB ---> Fear of a Black Planet
    The Black Crowes: SHAMC ---> Amorica
    The National: High Violet ---> Trouble Will Find Me
    Jason Isbell: Southeastern ---> Something More Than Free
    Rolling Stones: pick 'em...Beggars/Let It Bleed/Sticky/Exile
    Radiohead: Ok Computer ---> Kid A

    I've never understood the love for the National as "great" albums/great music.  The music is good but it never made me want to jump up and down.  It's like Joy Division, great music but you aren't raving up and down to it...
    They're on the melancholy side, no doubt, but there's some subtle rockers in there too. Bloodbuzz Ohio is where I hopped on their train and definitely gets the blood flowing. 

    Tom Petty: Wildflowers ---> She's the One
    ATCQ: The Low End Theory ---> Midnight Marauders
    Van Morrison: Moondance ---> Tupelo Honey
    Michael Jackson: Off the Wall ---> Thriller
    Lynryd Skynyrd: Pronounced ---> Second Helping 
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    Pearl Jam: Ten/Vs
    ACDC's Highway to Hell/Back in Black is as strong a two album punch as there might be, but of course... Scruffy hasn't heard ACDC.

    For my tastes, the Scorpions' Blackout/Love At First Sting is too.
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    tbergstbergs Posts: 9,244
    Pearl Jam: Ten/Vs
    mcgruff10 said:
    tbergs said:
    I think this is an impossible choice that for me would vary based upon my mood. Other people have brought a ton of album combos I also find great, but what I do know is that I am thankful for these amazing artists and their music. Now, I am going to start spinning some of these back to back :)
    You need to pick one immediately or else I am sending you a Kris kross  tape in the mail. 
    Haha! If you really have a Kriss Kross tape yet that is amazing. Funny story, for our 7th grade variety show our home room decided we would lip sync to Jump, Jump. I was one of the singers and we wore hoodies and some baggy pants while we had dancers in the background "jumping". Good times.
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    dankinddankind I am not your foot. Posts: 20,827
    tbergs said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    tbergs said:
    I think this is an impossible choice that for me would vary based upon my mood. Other people have brought a ton of album combos I also find great, but what I do know is that I am thankful for these amazing artists and their music. Now, I am going to start spinning some of these back to back :)
    You need to pick one immediately or else I am sending you a Kris kross  tape in the mail. 
    Haha! If you really have a Kriss Kross tape yet that is amazing. Funny story, for our 7th grade variety show our home room decided we would lip sync to Jump, Jump. I was one of the singers and we wore hoodies and some baggy pants while we had dancers in the background "jumping". Good times.
    Did you wear those baggy pants backward?
    I SAW PEARL JAM
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    tbergstbergs Posts: 9,244
    Pearl Jam: Ten/Vs
    For heavy metal I would add Slayer Reign in Blood/South of Heaven/Seasons in the Abyss. I love those 3 albums.
    It's a hopeless situation...
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    dankinddankind I am not your foot. Posts: 20,827
    Swordfishtrombones --> Rain Dogs --> Franks Wild Years
    I SAW PEARL JAM
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    tbergstbergs Posts: 9,244
    Pearl Jam: Ten/Vs
    Of the options listed, Pearl Jam stands at the top for me. The Beatles would be a clear second. Throw in some of the other combos mentioned and I'd have a hard time deciding, but I definitely have listened to the Pearl Jam combo the most. Metallica or Soundgarden would probably be 2nd for me with a few of their combos.
    It's a hopeless situation...
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    tbergstbergs Posts: 9,244
    edited October 2018
    Pearl Jam: Ten/Vs
    dankind said:
    tbergs said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    tbergs said:
    I think this is an impossible choice that for me would vary based upon my mood. Other people have brought a ton of album combos I also find great, but what I do know is that I am thankful for these amazing artists and their music. Now, I am going to start spinning some of these back to back :)
    You need to pick one immediately or else I am sending you a Kris kross  tape in the mail. 
    Haha! If you really have a Kriss Kross tape yet that is amazing. Funny story, for our 7th grade variety show our home room decided we would lip sync to Jump, Jump. I was one of the singers and we wore hoodies and some baggy pants while we had dancers in the background "jumping". Good times.
    Did you wear those baggy pants backward?
    You know, we may have now that you mention it. I had completely forgot about that part. You've awakened memories of a life I soon forgot.
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    It's a hopeless situation...
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    pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,203
    most of my favs have been mentioned but ill add to it

    Def Leppard - Pyromania - Hysteria
    Van Halen - VH I and VH II


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    lolobugglolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,190
    Beatles: Rubber Soul/ Revolver
    dankind said:
    Swordfishtrombones --> Rain Dogs --> Franks Wild Years

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    2003- Raleigh, NC: Charlotte, NC: Atlanta, GA

    2004- Asheville, NC (hometown show)

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    2009- Chicago, IL x 2 / Ed Vedder- Atlanta, GA x 2

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    2018- Chicago, IL x2, Boston, MA x2

    2020- Nashville, TN 

    2022- Smashville 

    2023- Austin, TX x2

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    dankinddankind I am not your foot. Posts: 20,827
    edited October 2018
    lolobugg said:
    dankind said:
    Swordfishtrombones --> Rain Dogs --> Franks Wild Years

    Safe as Milk>Trout Mask Replica
    I was going there next, but Strictly Personal stinks up the joint in between.

    We could do TMR --> Lick My Decals Off, Baby

    Because "I Love You, You Big Dummy."
    I SAW PEARL JAM
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    lolobugglolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,190
    Beatles: Rubber Soul/ Revolver
    dankind said:
    lolobugg said:
    dankind said:
    Swordfishtrombones --> Rain Dogs --> Franks Wild Years

    Safe as Milk>Trout Mask Replica
    I was going there next, but Strictly Personal stinks up the joint in between.

    We could do TMR --> Lick My Decals Off, Baby

    Because "I Love You, You Big Dummy."

    damn, I didn't even know there was an album between the two. guess it is pretty obvious that there had to be some "transition" between those two albums.

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    1995- New Orleans, LA  : New Orleans, LA

    1996- Charleston, SC

    1998- Atlanta, GA: Birmingham, AL: Greenville, SC: Knoxville, TN

    2000- Atlanta, GA: New Orleans, LA: Memphis, TN: Nashville, TN

    2003- Raleigh, NC: Charlotte, NC: Atlanta, GA

    2004- Asheville, NC (hometown show)

    2006- Cincinnati, OH

    2008- Columbia, SC

    2009- Chicago, IL x 2 / Ed Vedder- Atlanta, GA x 2

    2010- Bristow, VA

    2011- Alpine Valley, WI (PJ20) x 2 / Ed Vedder- Chicago, IL

    2012- Atlanta, GA

    2013- Charlotte, NC

    2014- Cincinnati, OH

    2015- New York, NY

    2016- Greenville, SC: Hampton, VA:: Columbia, SC: Raleigh, NC : Lexington, KY: Philly, PA 2: (Wrigley) Chicago, IL x 2 (holy shit): Temple of the Dog- Philly, PA

    2017- ED VED- Louisville, KY

    2018- Chicago, IL x2, Boston, MA x2

    2020- Nashville, TN 

    2022- Smashville 

    2023- Austin, TX x2

    2024- Baltimore

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    dankinddankind I am not your foot. Posts: 20,827
    lolobugg said:
    dankind said:
    lolobugg said:
    dankind said:
    Swordfishtrombones --> Rain Dogs --> Franks Wild Years

    Safe as Milk>Trout Mask Replica
    I was going there next, but Strictly Personal stinks up the joint in between.

    We could do TMR --> Lick My Decals Off, Baby

    Because "I Love You, You Big Dummy."

    damn, I didn't even know there was an album between the two. guess it is pretty obvious that there had to be some "transition" between those two albums.
    It's been disappeared and folded into other releases. I think you can stream it or listen to it on YouTube. I found it at a record shop in Winter Park, Florida, a few years ago.

    It's not terrible; it's just a bit of a stinker by Beefheart standards.
    I SAW PEARL JAM
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    pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,203
    another good one not mentioned:

    STP - Core and Purple
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    njnancynjnancy Northern New Jersey Posts: 5,096
    U2: Joshua Tree/Achtung Baby
    Yes Fragile/Close To The Edge
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    tbergstbergs Posts: 9,244
    Pearl Jam: Ten/Vs
    njnancy said:
    Yes Fragile/Close To The Edge
    This reminded me of another NIN - The Downward Spiral/The Fragile
    It's a hopeless situation...
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    njnancynjnancy Northern New Jersey Posts: 5,096
    U2: Joshua Tree/Achtung Baby
    tbergs said:
    njnancy said:
    Yes Fragile/Close To The Edge
    This reminded me of another NIN - The Downward Spiral/The Fragile
    I know of them, but I've never listened to them. (NIN)
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    njnancynjnancy Northern New Jersey Posts: 5,096
    U2: Joshua Tree/Achtung Baby
    ACDC's Highway to Hell/Back in Black is as strong a two album punch as there might be, but of course... Scruffy hasn't heard ACDC.

    For my tastes, the Scorpions' Blackout/Love At First Sting is too.
    pjhawks said:
    most of my favs have been mentioned but ill add to it

    Def Leppard - Pyromania - Hysteria
    Van Halen - VH I and VH II


    +1
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    brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,727
    Beatles: Rubber Soul/ Revolver
    Sorry, McG, I've chimed in here previously yet realized I hadn't voted.  I went with The Beatles,  Rubber Soul/ Revolver.  If No Code/ Yield had been an option, I'd have gone with Pearl Jam.
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    njnancy said:
    tbergs said:
    njnancy said:
    Yes Fragile/Close To The Edge
    This reminded me of another NIN - The Downward Spiral/The Fragile
    I know of them, but I've never listened to them. (NIN)
    The Fragile is a masterpiece. 

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    PapPap Aspra Spitia, Greece Posts: 28,277
    Pearl Jam: Ten/Vs

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    curmudgeonesscurmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 3,254
    U2: Joshua Tree/Achtung Baby
    These two kick everyones asses



    Awesome stuff, right here.
    All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.
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    curmudgeonesscurmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 3,254
    U2: Joshua Tree/Achtung Baby
    As much as I love Vs., IMO Achtung Baby was the best album of the '90s, and Joshua Tree isn't far behind.
    All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.
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    scarecrow
    the lonesome jubilee
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    my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    Beatles: Rubber Soul/ Revolver

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    my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    Beatles: Rubber Soul/ Revolver
    In reverse order. Spice it up a little in here.

    And what 40+ year old hasn't heard any Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd albums????? Holy fuck Batman 

    We need to talk brother
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    intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    Pearl Jam: Ten/Vs
    Pink Floyd - Dark Side/Wish You Were Here/Animals/The Wall
    What a run that was. When i saw this thread i immediately thought of those albums.
    Charlotte 00
    Charlotte 03
    Asheville 04
    Atlanta 12
    Greenville 16, Columbia 16
    Seattle 18 
    Nashville 22
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    mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 27,888
    Pearl Jam: Ten/Vs
    my2hands said:
    In reverse order. Spice it up a little in here.

    And what 40+ year old hasn't heard any Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd albums????? Holy fuck Batman 

    We need to talk brother
    They just aren’t my cup of tea. I grew up on pj, Nirvana, rage, ska, punk and hardcore. 
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
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    pljampljam Posts: 387
    Bad Company- Bad co
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    Old but classic 

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    Pearl Jam: Ten/Vs
    The Cult Love/Electric were two fantastic albums (still are).
    "My brain's a good brain!"
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