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Avclub's Artists That Pass the Five-Albums Test - Page 2

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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Section.80 (Kendrick Lamar, 2011)
Section.80 (Kendrick Lamar, 2011)
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Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (Kendrick Lamar, 2012)
Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (Kendrick Lamar, 2012)
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Kendrick Lamar, 2015)
To Pimp a Butterfly (Kendrick Lamar, 2015)
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Untitled Unmastered (Kendrick Lamar, 2016)
Untitled Unmastered (Kendrick Lamar, 2016)
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DAMN. (Kendrick Lamar, 2017)
DAMN. (Kendrick Lamar, 2017)
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Talking Heads: 77 (Talking Heads, 1977)
Talking Heads: 77 (Talking Heads, 1977)
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More Songs About Buildings and Food (Talking Heads, 1978)
More Songs About Buildings and Food (Talking Heads, 1978)
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Fear of Music (Talking Heads, 1979)
Fear of Music (Talking Heads, 1979)
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Remain in Light (Talking Heads, 1980)
Remain in Light (Talking Heads, 1980)
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Speaking in Tongues (Talking Heads, 1983)
Speaking in Tongues (Talking Heads, 1983)
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Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath, 1970)
Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath, 1970)
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Paranoid (Black Sabbath, 1970)
Paranoid (Black Sabbath, 1970)
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Master of Reality (Black Sabbath, 1971)
Master of Reality (Black Sabbath, 1971)
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Vol. 4 (Black Sabbath, 1972)
Vol. 4 (Black Sabbath, 1972)
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Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (Black Sabbath, 1973)
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (Black Sabbath, 1973)
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What's Going on (Marvin Gaye, 1971)
What's Going on (Marvin Gaye, 1971)
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Let's Get It on (Marvin Gaye, 1973)
Let's Get It on (Marvin Gaye, 1973)
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I Want You (Marvin Gaye, 1976)
I Want You (Marvin Gaye, 1976)
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Here, My Dear (Marvin Gaye, 1978)
Here, My Dear (Marvin Gaye, 1978)
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In Our Lifetime (Marvin Gaye, 1981)
In Our Lifetime (Marvin Gaye, 1981)
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Kill 'em All (Metallica, 1983)
Kill 'em All (Metallica, 1983)
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Ride the Lightning (Metallica, 1984)
Ride the Lightning (Metallica, 1984)
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Master of Puppets (Metallica, 1986)
Master of Puppets (Metallica, 1986)
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...And Justice for All (Metallica, 1988)
...And Justice for All (Metallica, 1988)
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Metallica (Metallica, 1991)
Metallica (Metallica, 1991)
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Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (Outkast, 1994)
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (Outkast, 1994)
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Atliens (Outkast, 1996)
Atliens (Outkast, 1996)
68
Aquemini (Outkast, 1998)
Aquemini (Outkast, 1998)
69
Stankonia (Outkast, 2000)
Stankonia (Outkast, 2000)
70
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (Outkast, 2003)
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (Outkast, 2003)
71
The Smiths (The Smiths, 1984)
The Smiths (The Smiths, 1984)
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Meat Is Murder (The Smiths, 1985)
Meat Is Murder (The Smiths, 1985)
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The Queen Is Dead (The Smiths, 1986)
The Queen Is Dead (The Smiths, 1986)
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Louder Than Bombs (The Smiths, 1987)
Louder Than Bombs (The Smiths, 1987)
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Strangeways, Here We Come (The Smiths, 1987)
Strangeways, Here We Come (The Smiths, 1987)
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Late Registration (Kanye West, 2005)
Late Registration (Kanye West, 2005)
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Graduation (Kanye West, 2007)
Graduation (Kanye West, 2007)
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808S & Heartbreak (Kanye West, 2008)
808S & Heartbreak (Kanye West, 2008)
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Kanye West, 2010)
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Kanye West, 2010)
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Yeezus (Kanye West, 2013)
Yeezus (Kanye West, 2013)
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