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Poll Question: Which of these is the best double album?
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It's high time that Zep's excellent Physical Graffiti got a vote! That was a very important album for me as a teen (as was Quadrophenia). Many of my favourite LZ tracks are on there. Thumbs Up

And try as I might, I just can't regard Topographic Oceans as one of Yes's better albums. I find it overlong, lacking in coherence, and suffering from a dearth of memorable melodies. I think all the better parts could be condensed down to two sides at most. Ditto the bloated, uninspired Works.

Subterranea is also solid, as is The Lamb, but I still find each to be too much for one session--they ramble a bit in parts, I think.


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Subby, but The Wall would be very close.

Where is the mighty Ayreon on this list?  So many great double albums from the King of The Netherlands!
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From Bone to Satellite by Tarentel (Can and Amon Düül II follow closely). Ummagumma from the list.
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Yes, I know this is a prog forum but still  I'm quite surprised there isn't at least one vote for "Physical Graffiti." It's a really good one. I'm also surprised there's only one vote for the Wall and not just because it's probably by far the best selling album on here. 
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From this list, Yes, easily.
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The Lamb.
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Tales followed by The Lamb, The Wall and Physical Graffiti.
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Originally posted by Peter R Peter R wrote:

It's high time that Zep's excellent Physical Graffiti got a vote! That was a very important album for me as a teen. Many of my favourite LZ tracks are on there. Thumbs Up

And try as I might, I just can't regard Topographic Oceans as one of Yes's better albums. I find it overlong, lacking in coherence, and suffering from a dearth of memorable melodies. I think all the better parts could be condensed down to two sides. Ditto the bloated, uninspired Works.

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I would rank Tales as maybe my fifth or sixth favorite Yes album. I like what they were trying to do more than I like the outcome itself. That said I still find it to be a special album. I also find Tormato to be special but it's also not one of my very favorites. 

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Originally posted by dwill123 dwill123 wrote:


Great album, really experimental. I just listened to it a few days ago as part of my current Zappa obsession. 
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I like Uncle Meat but I didn't know it was a double.
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I think of Joe's Garage as more of a classic concept album, but Uncle Meat is really good as well especially if you like experimental. Good stuff. 

Edited by YESESIS - December 11 2017 at 17:26
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Originally posted by dwill123 dwill123 wrote:

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That would have been my choice, if Ummagumma had not been included in the list. Uncle Meat is one of my favorite albums.
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One thing about Uncle Meat(I just checked and it came out before In The Court..). I'll get crucified on here for this but if you listen to both albums back to back(in whatever order), I don't see how you could conclude that the latter sounds more prog. 
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Points: 4255 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 11 2017 at 17:48
1969 was a year of musical revelation, especially those bands that integrated style and avant-garde techniques to rock in a cohesive way, the Dadaist sound of Soft Machine Volume Two, Trout Mask Replica, An Electric Storm, Monster Movie, of course Ummagumma and Uncle Meat. I agree that this music is more progressive, but from an experimental perspective.
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Points: 12701 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 11 2017 at 17:52
Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Famous bands with no double albums: King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Camel, PFM, Jethro Tull, Rush, VDGG. That's why you didn't see them on the list. :) Wasn't the first Magma album a double though? 

Jethro Tull's Living in the Past was released in the U.S. in 1972, most of it unreleased material on this side of the pond. A great double album.

From the list, Physical Graffiti. 
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Originally posted by DeadSouls DeadSouls wrote:

1969 was a year of musical revelation, especially those bands that integrated style and avant-garde techniques to rock in a cohesive way, the Dadaist sound of Soft Machine Volume Two, Trout Mask Replica, An Electric Storm, Monster Movie, of course Ummagumma and Uncle Meat. I agree that this music is more progressive, but from an experimental perspective.

Yeah. Ok, fair enough. 
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I really like Ummagumma and Tales, although Yes and Floyd both certainly have better albums, and I moderately enjoy several others. The best prog double album off the top of my head would probably be Collegium Musicum's Konvergencie. 
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