10 Classic Rock Bands That Released 5 Great Albums In A Row
2. Meddle to the Wall - Pink Floyd
Many classic rock fans fall on two separate sides when it comes to Pink Floyd: either you love them or you find them boring. It's not like each side doesn't have a point, with some of Floyd's tracks eclipsing the 20 minute mark, which come be a bit tedious for your average rock fan. However, what Floyd has done within the confines of rock music has left an indelible mark on prog rock going forward.
Though the band originally started as a psychedelic affair, things started to really take shape once Meddle came out, with "Echoes" perfecting the epic formula they would adopt. Though the band took a break for the semi-soundtrack album Obscured by Clouds, their run of albums in the coming years abandoned the psychedelics and broadened the entire musical landscape. For any self respecting rock fan, the Dark Side of the Moon is already one of the greatest albums of all time, but later albums like Animals and Wish You Were Here were a testament to how the band could tackle more poignant topics in their lyrics, from the loss of a friend to the vapidness of corporate commercialism.
Now that they had the lyrical framework and epic song structures under their belt, the band finally combined the two for the Wall, which turned into one of the greatest rock operas of all time. Even if Floyd is a better pill for some fans to swallow, these records stand as some of the best examples of a band reaching beyond rock music to make something entirely new.