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Avclub's Artists That Pass the Five-Albums Test - Page 4

In practically every discussion that's taken place about pop music over the past 40 years, two rubrics have been used to assess an artist's greatness. The first is "popularity," which is the sum total of record sales, radio airplay, television appearances, social-media prominence, bedroom wall posters, and T-shirts worn by attractive high school girls and/or thirtysomething male burnouts. The second rubric is "critical respectability," which is the accumulation of positive record reviews, mentions in other bands' reviews as an important influence. I'd like to humbly suggest a third rubric: the five-albums test.
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Peter Gabriel, AKA Car (Peter Gabriel, 1977)
Peter Gabriel, AKA Car (Peter Gabriel, 1977)
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Peter Gabriel, AKA Scratch (Peter Gabriel, 1978)
Peter Gabriel, AKA Scratch (Peter Gabriel, 1978)
122
Peter Gabriel, AKA Melt (Peter Gabriel, 1980)
Peter Gabriel, AKA Melt (Peter Gabriel, 1980)
123
Peter Gabriel, AKA Security (Peter Gabriel, 1982)
Peter Gabriel, AKA Security (Peter Gabriel, 1982)
124
So (Peter Gabriel, 1986)
So (Peter Gabriel, 1986)
125
2112 (Rush, 1976)
2112 (Rush, 1976)
126
A Farewell to Kings (Rush, 1977)
A Farewell to Kings (Rush, 1977)
127
Hemispheres (Rush, 1978)
Hemispheres (Rush, 1978)
128
Permanent Waves (Rush, 1980)
Permanent Waves (Rush, 1980)
129
Moving Pictures (Rush, 1981)
Moving Pictures (Rush, 1981)
130
Diamond Dogs (David Bowie, 1974)
Diamond Dogs (David Bowie, 1974)
131
Young Americans (David Bowie, 1975)
Young Americans (David Bowie, 1975)
132
Station to Station (David Bowie, 1976)
Station to Station (David Bowie, 1976)
133
Low (David Bowie, 1977)
Low (David Bowie, 1977)
134
Heroes (David Bowie, 1977)
Heroes (David Bowie, 1977)
135
Odelay (Beck, 1996)
Odelay (Beck, 1996)
136
Mutations (Beck, 1998)
Mutations (Beck, 1998)
137
Midnite Vultures (Beck, 1999)
Midnite Vultures (Beck, 1999)
138
Sea Change (Beck, 2002)
Sea Change (Beck, 2002)
139
Guero (Beck, 2005)
Guero (Beck, 2005)
140
Document (R.E.M., 1987)
Document (R.E.M., 1987)
141
Green (R.E.M., 1988)
Green (R.E.M., 1988)
142
Out of Time (R.E.M. 1991)
Out of Time (R.E.M. 1991)
143
Automatic for the People (R.E.M., 1992)
Automatic for the People (R.E.M., 1992)
144
Monster (R.E.M., 1994)
Monster (R.E.M., 1994)
145
Dookie (Green Day, 1994)
Dookie (Green Day, 1994)
146
Nimrod (Green Day, 1997)
Nimrod (Green Day, 1997)
147
Insomniac (Green Day, 1995)
Insomniac (Green Day, 1995)
148
Warning (Green Day, 2000)
Warning (Green Day, 2000)
149
American Idiot (Green Day, 2004)
American Idiot (Green Day, 2004)
150
Undertow (Tool, 1993)
Undertow (Tool, 1993)
151
Ænima (Tool, 1996)
Ænima (Tool, 1996)
152
Lateralus (Tool, 2001)
Lateralus (Tool, 2001)
153
10,000 Days (Tool, 2006)
10,000 Days (Tool, 2006)
154
Fear Inoculum (Tool, 2019)
Fear Inoculum (Tool, 2019)
155
Facelift (Alice in Chains, 1990)
Facelift (Alice in Chains, 1990)
156
Dirt (Alice in Chains, 1992)
Dirt (Alice in Chains, 1992)
157
Alice in Chains (Alice in Chains, 1995)
Alice in Chains (Alice in Chains, 1995)
158
MTV Unplugged (Alice in Chains, 1996)
MTV Unplugged (Alice in Chains, 1996)
159
Black Gives Way to Blue (Alice in Chains, 2009)
Black Gives Way to Blue (Alice in Chains, 2009)
160
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