Fav Consecutive Albums by An Artist

John Coltrane 1963-66. This was the period of the "Quartet," featuring McCoy, Jimmy, and Elvin. The ablums are "A Love Supreme," "Sun Ship," "Transitions," "Meditations." These are all on Impulse, and they are noted for composition, improvisation, and virtuosity. This is easily my favorite of Trane's periods.

Patricia Barber:

The albums that I own are superb but I am missing a few in between so cannot say for sure.

Cafe Blue
(two albums missing)Mordern Cool and Split
Night Club
Companion
Verse

Here at agon most folks think all Patricia Barber's albums are great.

Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Miles Davis have already been mentioned and rightly so.

A few more suggestions, amongst my favorites. Not all "masterpieces", but all stellar efforts:

Pixies:
Surfer Rosa
Doolittle
Bossanova
Trompe Le Monde

PJ Harvey:
Dry
Rid of Me
To Bring You My Love
Is This Desire?
Stories From the City, Stories from the Sea

Flaming Lips:
Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
Clouds Taste Metallic
The Soft Bulletin
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

Built to Spill:
There's Nothing Wrong with Love
Perfect From Now On
Keep It Like a Secret
Ancient Melodies of the Future

Guided By Voices:
Bee Thousand
Alien Lanes
Under the Bushes, Under the Stars
Mag Earwhig

Pavement:
Slanted and Enchanted
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Wowee Zowee
Brighten the Corners

Steely Dan:

Can't Buy A Thrill
Countdown to Ecstacy
Pretzel Logic
Katy Lied
Royal Scam
Aja
Gauc

Have to go along with the Dylan runs. Already mentioned, therefore no need to repeat them, except to say that if he comes out with another winner, then "Time Out of Mind," "Love and Theft," and whatever comes next will be a third or fourth great run.