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  • merkinball
    merkinball Posts: 2,262
    ii44 wrote:
    Quadrophenia says 'fuck you.'

    So does Blonde on Blonde and Songs in the Key of Life.

    How about Joe Jacksons Big World? That was originally released as a 3 sided album. Is that a double album, or a 1.5?
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

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  • merkinball
    merkinball Posts: 2,262
    tybird wrote:
    Led Zeppelin had a little double album titled "Physical Graffiti"....it were'nt too bad. ;):D

    Ty - Neither of us caught it, but how about the DBT's Southern Rock Opera. That's a hell of an double album, and there isn't much filler in there.
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  • ADogNamedPilate
    ADogNamedPilate Texas, USA Posts: 291
    The first successful double album that came to my mind was The Smashing Pumpkin's Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (Dawn to Dusk and Twilight to Starlight).
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  • Zoso
    Zoso Posts: 6,425
    I think a lot of bands try to follow Zeppelin, Dylan etc. and they turn out to be rubbish (i.e foo fighters).
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  • boxwine_in_hell
    boxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    I don't know....The Beatles White Album and Pink Floyd's The Wall are pretty damn good double albums.
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  • reznors edge
    reznors edge Posts: 136
    The Fragile was a double album that didn't need to be. I love a lot of the songs on "left" side, but I could honestly do without some of "right" side. Just a lot of self indulgence on Trent's part. It's no accident that it stands as the poorest selling NIN album to this day. I could be wrong, but I think it was Bob Ezrin who suggested a double CD.

    So yes, I agree with the initial post. Double albums for the most part are unnecessary and ego driven IMO. An artist may get it's rabid fanbase to buy into it, but they're crazy if they expect the general audience to pay $25 for a bloated, mediocre filled CD.
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    Physical Graffitti
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • marker_in_the_sand
    marker_in_the_sand Posts: 272
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    Don't forget live albums.:)

    I wanted to say that, thinking about Weld and Year of the Horse :)
    boxwine_in_hell wrote:
    I don't know....The Beatles White Album and Pink Floyd's The Wall are pretty damn good double albums.

    and I say "jay" to that too!
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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    merkinball wrote:
    Ty - Neither of us caught it, but how about the DBT's Southern Rock Opera. That's a hell of an double album, and there isn't much filler in there.
    Damn Straight......maybe one song is a filler, and it is deleted from the vinyl. "Moved."
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  • Todd76
    Todd76 Posts: 1,469
    godspeed you black emperor - lift your skinny fists like antennas to heaven

    .....clocks in at approx. 90 minutes and every single one of them is inspired and essential - incredible double album!!!!

    EDIT: forgot The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs......a classic triple album
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  • Ricsard
    Ricsard Posts: 1,943
    Stadium Arcadium (RHCP) sucks. I still haven't found more than 5 good songs. It's a shame but since Californication they just repeat themselves and have become pathetic sellouts...

    In Your Honor (FF) Second Disc is just shit, boring, dull, mannered and uninspired. However after TINLTL they lost their way for success by all means.

    Mellon Collie... (SP) - quite great but there are at least 7 weak fillers that are far from Siamese Fream/Gish qualities.

    The Wall (PF) - great but could have been a lot better.

    The Fragile (NIN) - it's toooooo long and I must always skip 5-6 songs especially on right side.

    Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me (The Cure) - great record, I like it but it's definitely NOT Disintegration...


    funny

    but

    Still Lost Dogs is my fav double album in spite of the fact it's not a proper album but a collection of rarities...LOL:D
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  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Todd76 wrote:
    godspeed you black emperor - lift your skinny fists like antennas to heaven

    .....clocks in at approx. 90 minutes and every single one of them is inspired and essential - incredible double album!!!!
    I was just about to post that. If that album was a second shorter, never mind a disc, I'd feel bereft.
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  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    reznor's edge wrote:
    The Fragile was a double album that didn't need to be. I love a lot of the songs on "left" side, but I could honestly do without some of "right" side. Just a lot of self indulgence on Trent's part. It's no accident that it stands as the poorest selling NIN album to this day. I could be wrong, but I think it was Bob Ezrin who suggested a double CD.

    So yes, I agree with the initial post. Double albums for the most part are unnecessary and ego driven IMO. An artist may get it's rabid fanbase to buy into it, but they're crazy if they expect the general audience to pay $25 for a bloated, mediocre filled CD.
    i always thought alot of it had to do with NIN's long absence from the music scene. all we had between The Downward Spiral was Further Down The Spiral which was ...what it was, the Lost Highway soundtrack (3 tracks), Natural Born Killers (1 song) and the Crow soundtrack (1 song). oh, and "I'm Afraid Of Americans" by Bowie. i do think The Fragile was a tad self indulgent but at that point i was psyched to get any new music from the man... a double album was met with open arms.
  • Its Evolution Baby
    Its Evolution Baby Posts: 849
    I'm pretty sure that All Eyez on Me kicked ass from start to finish. Except for "What's your phone number?" That song is horrible.

    Of course not everyone is down with 2Pac.
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  • lucylespian
    lucylespian Posts: 2,403
    Yeah, lets ban double albums, and ban long songs too, nothing over 3 mins, an guitar solos, ban songs with too many guitar overdubs on em too, and no distortion, cripes, whqt is the world coming to ?

    And while we are banning shit, lets do it in style, dress up in some jackboots wiht a groovy littel peaked cap and grow a nice little mo.
    Then, when we are smashing those crap albums, we can break some long-haired yobs heads too, and burn some books into the bargain, makes nice light for the photos of us, in our swanky uniforms with those neat little secret signs on them, you know, those swastika things.

    Musical experimentation and introspection is just not on. Anyone who is making music for theiur own sake and not for commercial recognition or succes is not a sell-out, and has no place in the modern world.
    Um, hang, I thought we hated sell-out and only loved people who did stuff for themselves and the fans ?? Ah, never mind, we'll sort that conundrum out after we finish bashing all the yob musos that dared do anything remotely like anything we don't like.
    It's our musical taste they should all be pandering to , dontcha know ???
    Music is not a competetion.
  • Klaypersonne
    Klaypersonne Posts: 35
    Todd76 wrote:
    godspeed you black emperor - lift your skinny fists like antennas to heaven

    .....clocks in at approx. 90 minutes and every single one of them is inspired and essential - incredible double album!!!!

    I almost thought nobody was going to mention this. Shame it wasn't until the fourth page that it showed up.
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  • Soldier Of Love 1503
    Soldier Of Love 1503 Posts: 87
    Klaypersonne wrote:
    I almost thought nobody was going to mention this. Shame it wasn't until the fourth page that it showed up.

    Fantastic album! I would also mention:

    Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Abbatoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
    Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
    Can - Tago Mago
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