[NWOntario]

What, in your opinion, is the best Power Trio in the Hip's recording history? By that I mean three consecutive songs on any one studio (i.e., not live) album.

My vote: So Hard Done By/Nautical Disaster/Thugs

My runner-up: Locked in the Trunk of a Car/We'll Go Too/Fully Completely

I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about these things. How about you?

[thebends]

Chagrin Falls, EIAHFTTM, Emperor Penguin.

[sean.bonner]

Chagrin Falls, EIAHFTTM, Emperor Penguin.

:thumb:

[andrew sharpe]

^yup^

[potsie]

Chagrin Falls, EIAHFTTM, Emperor Penguin.

If I cheat and pretend I'm listening on a CD where song 1 is going to start after song 12 ends... Escape, Emperor, and Poets.

Playing by the rules, I like the finish to MMP of Hot Mic, Ocean's Next, and Machine. My favourite trio would probably be Looking for a Place, 100th, and Pigeon Camera, followed closely by the DFN trio listed above by NWOntario.

[Killer Whale Tank]

You're Everywhere
Makeshift
Mean Streak

:rambo:

[fingernailsonhull]

Nautical Disaster
Thugs
Inevitability of Death

[fingernailsonhull]

Or:

Long Time Running
Bring It All Back
Three Pistols

[Escape@Hand]

A Beautiful Thing
The Dire Wolf
The Dark Canuck

Grace, Too
Daredevil
Greasy Jungle

The end of Phantom Power, listed above.

So many good ones...

[NWOntario]

Another, obvious one: pick three from Gift Shop/Springtime in Vienna/Ahead by a Century/Don't Wake Daddy/Flamenco. Eesh.

[Escape@Hand]

Another, obvious one: pick three from Gift Shop/Springtime in Vienna/Ahead by a Century/Don't Wake Daddy/Flamenco. Eesh.

Seriously, how'd I forget TATH? I'd have to go with ABAC/Daddy/Flamenco...that's a killer trio.

[potsie]

I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about these things. How about you?

I did today. I let my mind wander during the drive home from work tonight and thought about my favourite consecutive trio from each album:

EP: Smalltown, Last AE, Killing Time
UTH: NOIS, 38 YO, She Didn't Know

RA: LTR, Bring it All Back, Pistols
FC: Looking, 100th, Pigeon

DFN: So Hard Done By, Nautical, Thugs
TATH: Gift, Springtime, ABAC

PP: Chagrin, Escape, Emperor
M@W: My M@W, Lake, Tiger

IVL: Good Life, Silver Jet, Throwing off Glass
IBE: If New Orleans is Beat, Yer Everywhere, Makeshift

WC: Drop-Off, Family Band, WC (I've got a number of favourite pairs on this album, but it's hard to come up with three solid tunes in a row)
WATS: Morning Moon, Honey, Recluse

NFPA: At Transformation, MMP, The Lookahead
MMP: Hot Mic, Ocean's Next, Machine

I also got thinking about my favourite run of three albums. DFN has to be in there so that left me with RA/FC/DFN or FC/DFN/TATH or DFN/TATH/PP. Tough choice!

[Escape@Hand]

OOHHH...favourite 3 run album is a toughie! I think it has to be FC, DFN, TATH, but leaving out PP is not fun!

[schaggs]

For me, it's the opening three to FC. Hands down.

[Moof_Milker]

My sarcastic brain says:

Evelyn
Cemetery Sideroad
I'm a Werewolf Baby

But my rational brain says,

Little Bones
Twist My Arm
Cordelia
^ I mean if we're talking "Power Trio" how can this not be a big contender?