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Albums with very distinct A and B sides.

Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,523
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Like Bringing it all Back Home with Dylan that has one acoustic and one electric side. 

Any good suggestions? 
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  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,882
    I guess something like Meddle by Pink Floyd can qualify...as one side has five songs, and the other side has one looooong song. 

    The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour LP has the songs from the movie on Side A, and singles/b-sides from that year on Side B. 

    All of Side B from Led Zeppelin III is acoustic, other than a short electric lead part on Tangerine. 

    Speaking of Zeppelin, their 4th album's transfer from vinyl to CD is probably the most awkward there's been. On vinyl, Stairway To Heaven makes perfect sense as the climatic end of Side A, and Misty Mountain Hop makes perfect sense as an open to Side B. But on CD, which is how I was introduced to the album, the transition from Stairway to Misty is awkward as hell. 

    While we're at it, Strawberry Fields should've opened Side B of Magical Mystery Tour instead of Hello Goodbye. That mellotron intro would be a perfect start to Side B. And even now on CD or digital, transitioning from Walrus to Strawberry Fields would work better than Paul screaming YOU SAY YES into your ears following the fade out to Walrus.
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  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Posts: 36,976
    GNR Lies is very distinct. 
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,029
    First one that comes immediately to mind is (and is titled in a way that kind of fits well!) is Brian Eno's Before and After Science:
    Before And After Science album cover

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  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance Posts: 23,306
    Ourboros by Ray Lamontagne (love Jim James involvement on it) 
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,029
    Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Rust Never Sleeps.  Side A is acoustic folky Neil without The Horse.  Side B is hard rocking Neil with The Horse and even a bit punk inspired.  One of Neil's best!

    But ya'll knew that!  :smiley:
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  • GlowGirlGlowGirl Posts: 10,913
    Hail Satin -Side one is disco covers. Side two is all Foo Fighters.
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,029
    Little bit of a cheat here because the sides are different for obvious reasons, but it's a cool and unusual album:

    Who* / Hendrix* – Backtrack 5

    Label:
    Track Record – 2407 005
    Series:
    Format:
    Vinyl, LP, Compilation
    Country:
    Released:
    Genre:


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  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,429
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    Ourboros by Ray Lamontagne (love Jim James involvement on it) 
    Interesting…I’ll have to listen with this in mind.
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