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    Triptych Albums

    I've read a few reviews of Suede’s excellent new album ‘The Blue Hour’, and was intrigued to see it described as the third in a ‘triptych’ of albums, following Bloodsports and Night Thoughts.

    I’d never heard of this word before, and it refers to a picture or relief carving on three panels, typically hinged together vertically and used as an altarpiece.
    By extension, it means a set of three associated artistic, literary, or musical works intended to be appreciated together.

    You could argue this with the three Suede albums, but what other musical triptychs are out there? Bowie's Berlin trilogy, maybe? Or stretching it a bit, maybe Blur’s three albums of the mid 90s?

    Or is this triptych thing a typical example of rock journo pretension?

    #2
    Originally posted by Prester John View Post
    Or is this triptych thing a typical example of rock journo pretension?
    Yes, and/or just plain dimness.

    Anyway, the Dylan consecutive studio albums Time Out of Mind, Love and Theft, and Modern Times are sometimes seen as a group.

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      #3
      There was the Nick Lowe ones that were grouped as The Brentford Trilogy.

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        #4
        The first three Wire albums are usually regarded as a trilogy. Triptych sounds like a more pretentious word for the same concept, it also has to be up there in the hit parade of words that always look misspelt no matter how you spell them (so does 'misspelt' actually.)

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          #5
          Triptych is the name of my favourite horse.

          As you were.

          Also, the first 3 U2 albums were really a triptych, although they didn't know it. (Ignoring "...Blood Red...") When "The Unforgettable Fire" was released, you could tell that they had learnt to play, and also realised that production, mattered. Ergo, Eno.
          Last edited by Gerontophile; 23-11-2018, 10:30.

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            #6
            David Bowie's Berlin Triptych: Low, Heroes and Lodger (although Lodger was recorded in Switzerland).

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              #7
              Peter Gabriel, Robert Fripp and Daryl Hall planned a triptych in the late 70s, playing on each other's albums/sharing ideas and songs. Fripp's 'Exposure' was key - producing amongst others, this gem - but Hall's record company got cold feet at their now-bankable star getting a bit weird on their ass.

              So, not a triptych at all, really. Sorry.

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                #8
                Even though they weren't issued consecutively, didn't Robert Smith, think of The Cure's Pornography, Disintegration and Bloodflowers as a trilogy?

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Aitch View Post
                  David Bowie's Berlin Triptych: Low, Heroes and Lodger (although Lodger was recorded in Switzerland).
                  Never quite understood that. Low and Heroes share common themes and ideas, but Lodger is a somewhat different beast.

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                    #10
                    Low was mostly recorded in France

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                      #11
                      Tom Waits' Rain Dogs, Swordfishtrombones & Frank's Wild Years.

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by Fussbudget View Post
                        The first three Wire albums are usually regarded as a trilogy. Triptych sounds like a more pretentious word for the same concept, it also has to be up there in the hit parade of words that always look misspelt no matter how you spell them (so does 'misspelt' actually.)
                        Yeh, it's just not a word that's likely to catch on. I just wonder why the journos used it instead of trilogy.

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                          #13
                          Another two from Dylan ;

                          1. Bringing it all Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde

                          2. Slow Train Coming, Saved, Shot of Love

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                            #14
                            A bit late with this but I was reminded the other day that Gong released three LPs in 1973/74 ("Flying Teapot", "Angel's Egg" and "You") which together made up the "Radio Gnome Invisible" trilogy.

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