What are your three favorite albums with less than 5 total tracks?

Wow..i can think of a lot of good albums with exactly 5 songs! but less than that..hmm..that'll narrow it down..I'm guessing EPs are excluded..

These would be my top 3 :

Close to the Edge - Yes (3)

Hybris - Anglagard (4)

Conference of the Birds - OM (2)

and a few honourable mentions :

Crimson - Edge of Sanity (1)

Khaooohs & Kon-Fus-Ion - Pan.Thy.Monium (4)

Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull (2)

Viljans Oga - Anglagard (4)

Bridge Across Forever - Transatlantic (4)

BA :

Death's Design - Diabolical Masquerade

A few more honourable ones :

Into the Electric Castle - Ayreon (i like this more than Human Equation)

Sol Niger Within - Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects

Beethoven's Last Night - Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Streets : A Rock Opera - Savatage

BA3 : A mild Yay!

In A Silent Way - Miles Davis

Sextant - Herbie Hancock

Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield

BQ: Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Hendrix Experience

BQ2: Indeed

BQ3: Yay

Hey man, what's up? Lots of great albums mentioned already. I'll go with:

1. Third - Soft Machine

2. Future Days - Can

3. A Meditation Mass - Yatha Sidhra

BQ: Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Hendrix Experience

BQ3: Awesome

Well hello Charm of the Sheep ~~ ;-)

Well of course your choices are excellent, but Ill add a few more...

1. Porcupine Tree ~ Nil Recurring [4 tracks]

2. Earthless ~ Sonic Prayer [ 2 tracks]

3. Ephemeral Sun ~ Harvest Aorta [4 tracks]

BQ: Dream Theater ~ Live In Budokan [18 tracks]

BQ2: Saucy Hanna, you know of her?

Edit: BQ3: YAY! Big Yay! I love that whole CD. In fact, I think the performance of Echoes may be one of the best live versions of that song. Its pretty damn good and I love that Richard Wright was there also. May he RIP :-(

A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (4 tracks)

Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven - Godspeed You! Black Emperor (4 tracks)

The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus (4 tracks)

BQ: Black On Both Sides - Mos Def (17 tracks)

I honestly don't know an album with 5 or less. The closest I can think of is "Magical Mystery Tour" by the Beatles with 6 tracks.

BQ: Quadrophenia- The Who, 17 tracks.

BQ2: B-Stiggity

1. "Monster Movie" by Can (4 tracks, 1969). The drumming on "Yoo Doo Right" is some of the best I've ever heard in rock.

2. "Red" by King Crimson (5 tracks, 1974) Great tunes and great musicianship all round.

3. ""F# A# (infinity sign)" by Godspeed You Black Emperor (3 tracks, 1997). Seriously spooky, atmospheric weirdness.

Good evening Woolley :)

Mike Oldfield ~ "Tubular Bells" [2 tracks]

Mike Oldfield ~ "Incantations" [4 tracks]

Mike Oldfield ~ "Ommadawn" [2 tracks]

BQ: Hmm...

Fleetwood Mac ~ "Say You Will" [18 tracks - though I can do without 3 or 4 of them]

BQ2: Sweet & sour...?

BQ3: Yay-ish.

Kold - Hypothermia (2)

Apocalyptic Raids - Hellhammer (4)

Ultra Sick Doom - Funeralium (3)

BQ Platters of Splatter - Exhumed (84)

BQ2: Spicy!

BAAAAAAAAAAA :)

All I can think of is Sap by Alice in Chains

BA2- barbequey honey mustardy sweet and sourery. And ranch.