Thinking of The Beatles first four (coulda, woulda, shoulda), but not......scanning through the comments, and, one just can't say that KISS' first four were good. 'Hotter Than Hell' was so lame. Maybe if it was longer than 33:02 in time, didn't have one or two crap songs or had a tune in the six minute range, it would have been passable. The S/T LP, 'Dressed To Kill' (what an absolutely, surprisingly well crafted and well written LP...other than the half minute of dead silence between songs;-)), 'Alive', and 'Destroyer' are four absolute worthwhile albums to own. Even those who hate the band would have to give begrudging respect to that. But HTH .....sorry, kicks them out of the running (I listened to it on the highway today, and just had to post)
Benny Goodman's first four were great. Try those on for a change of pace, and you might agree.