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Any and all releases by rap/hip-hop noise makers (they aren't artists). Even William Shatner's campy recordings sound beautiful in comparison.
We've got you down for the three best, but how about the three most horrendous? What are the three worst <I>consecutive</I> releases by a single group or artist?
Steely Dan's last three *studio* releases, Gaucho, Two Against Nature, and Everything Must Go. Can the Dan ever get its groove back, or will every single from now on sound like a recycled "Babylon Sisters"? Ironically, Alive in America, released just before Two Against Nature, is one of the best live albums of all time.
That's easy, at least if you're talking about great musicians: Neil Young's Re-ac-tor, Trans, and Everybody's Rockin'. That's okay, though, because last week, for the best three consecutive releases ever, I would have picked On the Beach, Tonight's the Night, and Zuma.