Top Ten Greatest Consecutive Album Releases by Artists

Artists that have had two great albums which were released one after the other. Not specified to any time period between releases.

The Top Ten

1 Metallica - Ride the Lightning (1984), Master of Puppets (1986)

Their best 2 albums to date

2 The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), Magical Mystery Tour (1967)

3 AC/DC - Highway to Hell (1979), Back in Black (1980)

AC/DC released their two most iconic albums back to back around a year apart. Highway to Hell with Bon Scott, RIP, and Back in Black with Brian Johnson.

4 Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (2000), The Eminem Show (2002)

5 Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975)

Yes, definitely!

6 Michael Jackson - Thriller (1982), Bad (1987)

7 Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (1970), Paranoid (1970)

8 Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory (2000), Meteora (2003)

Another band who's two most popular albums were their two first.

9 Madonna - Like a Virgin (1984), True Blue (1986)

10 Queen - Sheer Heart Attack (1974), A Night at the Opera (1975)

The Contenders

11 The Beatles - Revolver [1966], Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [1967]

Both albums virtually always consensus choices in "best of all time" listings.

You didn't really forget this one, did you?

12 Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home [1965], Highway 61 Revisited [1965], Blonde on Blonde [1966].

You pick the best two from these.

13 Weezer - The Blue Album (1994), Pinkerton (1996)

14 Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980), Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982)

15 The Beatles - Rubber Soul [1965], Revolver [1966]

16 Yes - Fragile [1971], Close to the Edge [1972]

17 Metallica - Kill 'em All (1983), Ride the Lightning (1984)

18 Genesis - Selling England by the Pound (1973), the Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)

19 Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (1971), Godbluff (1975)

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