ELP's Karn Evil 9 is a pretty epic trilogy.
The first impression part 2 is what got played most often on the radio, but personally i think part 3 is where it shines.
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Electric Six has a song called Gay Bar Part Two, the context was purely ironic but it still counts
360 and 365 from Brat By Charli xcx
Also, Haken's full albums Virus and Vector are prequels to the song Cockroach King from their album The Mountain.
For that song I wouldn't have chose these two parts. I would've gone for Part 1 and Part 3. Instead of a sequel Part 2 feels like a separate installment if you get what I mean.
Plus that's kind of cheating. Is every prog song split into multiple parts considerable for this? Like also from Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here (the suite?) is split into two large sections, and the folksy Pigs on the Wing acts like a storybook introduction and ending split into two parts and put at the start and end of the album.
There's a ton more examples like that. Especially on concept albums. The Beach Boys'/Brain Wilson has Wonderful, Song for Children (Look), Child is Father of the Man, and Surf's Up exploring the same idea and building on top of one another.
There's so many multi-part pink floyd songs it ain't even funny. Its pretty much every single album except some of the early ones
Time > Great Gig in the Sky
That's basically why they sued to not allow their songs to be sold as singles.
they what?
They sued iTunes or so for selling songs as single downloads.
i agree but i think that one's just a good transition
lol it's a song about growing old followed by a song about death
Would you say Gig is a sequel to Breathe?
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I'm pretty sure that The Killers have two songs like that, with Mr. Brightside being followed by Miss Atomic Bomb.
Mr. Brightside always a banger 💯 will give the song a listen
Thomas D. of the German hip hop group Die fantastischen Vier has added more and more songs to his warrior trilogy over the years.
Judy is a Punk and Return of Jackie &Judy by the Ramones. Also Havana Affair and This Ain’t Havana by the Ramones.
The Prodigy - Omen(Reprise)
Didn't know about this, I'll give it a listen 👍🏽
It depends if an ouverture counts, and how popular of a song.
Bad Religion has Ouverture before Sinister Rouge. They are different tracks but they merge together.
Also, one could argue that most of the songs on the album American Idiot by Green Day, are a prequel to the next one. The songs can be separated but they are parts of a story.
Cher then all the divas after her
Looool that's cool man 😅
Not really super well know ones, but:
Marianas Trench - Masterpiece Theatre album has Masterpiece Theatre I, II, and III on it. My favorite album of theirs. The songs from this album actually permeate the rest of their albums after this one.
Sleeping With Sirens - If you were a movie, this would be your soundtrack. A five part musical of sorts that's really well done.
Rise Against's I Was A Teenage Anarchist feels a lot like a sequel to their Baby, I'm An Anarchist.
Subway to Sally have a pretty popular song called Traum vom Tod II (Dream of Death 2). Took me years to find Traum vom Tod I.
Destiny Potato - The Buildup. It establishes most of the motifs used in Indifferent one track later on the same album.
The Unforgiven and The Unforgiven II by Metallica