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Post by slgersztoff on May 18, 2009 15:54:58 GMT -5
The White Album.
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Post by 212margarita on May 18, 2009 17:45:20 GMT -5
best:
DBT - Southern Rock Opera
Beatles - White Album
Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium - not the biggest MV fan in the world, but this record is amazing...it's actually 3 records.
NIN - The Fragile
Say Anything - In Defense of the Genre
Led Zepplin - Physical Graffiti
Worst
Jay-Z - Blueprint 2
Wu Tang Clan- Wu Tang Forever
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie - lots of good songs, but lots of filler, could have been one disc easily.
RHCP - Stadium Arcadium- hate to jump on the bandwagon on this one, but damn that record is dreadful.
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Post by gushingblood on May 18, 2009 17:51:29 GMT -5
best: Say Anything - In Defense of the Genre I really need to get round to listening to that. I've been listening to ...Is/Was A Real Boy all week, but I just find double albums way too daunting. When your faced with 30 songs it's a tough listen. But 14 songs is easy, probably why I prefer F&F over Soft Rock. |
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Post by Matt Jones on May 18, 2009 22:33:09 GMT -5
Best:
Tom Waits - "Nighthawks at the Diner"
The Who - "Quadrophenia"
Ryan Adams - "Cold Roses"
Worst:
Smashing Pumpkins - "Melon Colie..."
Melon Collie is just so fucking awful. There are 4 good tracks on a double CD. That's never a good sign.
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Post by roboreckles on May 18, 2009 22:43:52 GMT -5
Sonic Youth Daydream Nation for the best. Also very goooooood |
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Post by john k on May 19, 2009 3:12:03 GMT -5
Sonic Youth Daydream Nation for the best. 100% |
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Post by stevedave on May 19, 2009 16:32:23 GMT -5
Sonic Youth Daydream Nation for the best. 100% but that was on Dirrr... Oh... I see |
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Post by john k on May 19, 2009 17:35:18 GMT -5
but that was on Dirrr... Oh... I see should have known someone would pick up on that |
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Post by Andy on May 20, 2009 23:34:34 GMT -5
worst: stadium arcadium
a lot of filler and few standouts.
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Post by blackbeard on May 24, 2009 14:56:41 GMT -5
The Beatles is the clear winner, here, but I'm going to go for something of a non-standard pick and say that The Brian Jonestown Massacre's Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request is easily one of the best, most consistent, least-likely-to-date double albums of all time.
Has anybody else heard that motherfucker? Stunning.
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Post by blackbeard on May 24, 2009 15:01:27 GMT -5
Oh, and Sign o' the Times is laughably overrated, in the hierarchy of double LPs. I love it, but it's no unassailable recording of the gods. A very good record, no doubt, but not even Prince's masterpiece, let alone a be-all, end-all masterpiece for the ages. No record with that ridiculous, 40-minute "It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night" is an all-time great, if you ask me.
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Post by stevedave on May 24, 2009 17:32:39 GMT -5
Can I just defend The River for a second? As a double album, it was the studio album that got me totally into Springsteen as a kid. I'd only heard Born In The USA at the time and there were layers upon layers of great stuff to pore over.
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Post by roboreckles on May 24, 2009 23:46:13 GMT -5
For some true indie input, I'd like to recommend "Smartie Mine" by Dan Bern as a great double album. Bern collected B-sides throughout a 5 album span, and rerecorded some hits(including One Thing Real and Tiger Woods) and put them onto the double-disc "Smartie Mine". These tracks could hardly be considered second resorts, however, as they're truly great songs that really flow together, showcasing Bern's knack for humor and pathos in his songwriting.
This is the beginning of me plugging Bern on the board on a level that is unprecedented.
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Post by yolatengo on May 25, 2009 14:27:37 GMT -5
Zen Arcade
Quadrophenia
Double Nickels
Sign o the Times
Live Rust
Fairport Chronicles
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Post by roboreckles on May 25, 2009 23:49:20 GMT -5
After listening to it for the firs time this week, I'll agree that "Double Nickles on the Dime" is prettay, prettay good.
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Post by mike on May 26, 2009 4:35:59 GMT -5
Stay Positive could have fit on one vinyl record. But it's a valid point that double album is a nearly meaningless term nowadays; equally it's true that having 80 minutes to play on a CD with has resulted literally thousands of albums that are too long. I think they only way to define a double is an album that was originally released on two 33rpm vinyl discs. i see where you're coming from, but i'd argue that a double album nowadays would have to be released on two separate compact discs (unless it was released before cds and then reissued as a single disc like london calling). it's not that it's become a meaningless term so much as that the restrictions of the medium have been eased. i have plenty of albums on two 33rpm vinyl lps that i wouldn't consider double albums - stay positive and the majority of albums by low or motorpsycho, for example. essentially it means you can bring out a 79-minute single album (which isn't necessarily a good thing by any means), but it also adds the element of choice - it's not unusual to split less than 80 minutes of music into two cds for the purpose of a double. there are already several albums in this thread i don't consider doubles - deloused, daydream nation... pah, it's not that important anyway. anyway, my picks... godspeed you black emperor! - lift your skinny fists like antennas to heaven (genuinely shocked nobody else has mentioned this one.) rapider than horsepower - stage fright, stage fright, this is my big night the beatles - white album the clash - london calling motorpsycho - trust us motorpsycho - timothy's monster lift to experience - the texas-jerusalem crossroads husker du - zen arcade |
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Post by hoke on May 26, 2009 9:50:11 GMT -5
Best:
Double Nickles
Warehouse Songs and Stories
BULK---Jack Logan
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