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    Posted: April 22 2024 at 13:24
Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

Sky: II


Thanks for mentioning this one.

Whenever I listen to it, I ALWAYS play Side 2 ("FIFO") last, because the "Watching the Aeroplanes" movement is so cataclysmic, even incandescent, that absolutely NOTHING can follow it! Play this one LOUD!  
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All of my favorites have been posted over and over already in this thread, but I'd add 
The Kinks "Everybody's in show biz" and Humble Pies "Live at the Fillmore".
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Aphrodite's Child "666"
Yes "Tales from the Topographic Oceans"
Canarios ‎"Ciclos"
Hawkwind "Space Ritual"
Soft Machine "Third"
Jethro Tull "Living in the Past"
Wigwam "Fairyport"
Mike Oldfield "Incantations"
Tangerine Dream "Encore"
Terje Rypdal "Odyssey"
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Physical Graffiti and the Lamb.
Live doubles. 
Exit Stage Left.
Yessongs 
Made in Japan.
Carnegie Hall.
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Some favourites for me...

Studio albums:
Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans
Focus - 3
Sky - 2 (just listened to it last weekend again; what a wonderful album)
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Works I
Genesis - The Lamb...
Grobschnitt - Ballermann
Amon Düül II - Tanz der Lemminge
Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift yr skinny fists...
Kate Bush - Aerial
The Who - Tommy
Jesus Christ Superstar (and I've always preferred the film soundtrack over the original opera cast recording...)

Mixed bag albums:
Pink Floyd - Ummagumma
Santana - Moonflower
Soft Machine - 3rd

Live Albums:
Yes - Yessongs
Yes - Symphonic Live
Ange - Tome VI
Kraftwerk - Minimum-Maximum
Pink Floyd - The Delicate Sound of Thunder
Pallas - Live Our Lives
IQ - Forever Live
Sky - Five Live
and Grobschnitt's Solar Music has some wonderful double live releases under the title The History of Solar Music (in "Die Grobschnitt Story" series).

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Originally posted by bardberic bardberic wrote:

Renaissance - Live at Carnegie Hall, no question.

But that's cheating I suppose.

Double live albums, it would be in my top 3, but yes.... it's cheating!  LOL
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Genesis: Lamb
IQ: Subterranea
IQ: The Road Of Bones
Marillion: Marbles
Spock's: Snow
Transatlantic: Absolute Universe
MO: Incantations
Sky: II
Pure Reason Revolution: The Dark Third (Just!)
Magenta: Home/ New York Suite
ELP: Works II (Although the quality varies)
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Originally posted by Schindleria Praematu Schindleria Praematu wrote:

Hey guys, I just watched Pink Floyd: The Wall on Friday and then went back and listened to the album. It got me to thinking about double albums, and these are some that came to mind:

The Beatles: White Album
Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffitti
Pink Floyd: The Wall
The Who: Tommy
 
So which do you think is the best double album?
Just A Quick One.... It's great to see The Who are included in ProgArchives, which I didn't realise until I saw your list. The Who made music for My Generation and they never played By Numbers or Sold Out either. It's Hard to choose a favourite, but I'll pick The Who from the four you mentioned. Rock on Tommy! Thumbs Up


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Scanning through all the old posts (many by former members!) struggled to find any one single mention of ELP's Works Volume One. Seems now to have been written off as some kind of aberration and the beginning of the end of a once great band. As a fan I don't think it can be entirely dismissed. Fanfare For The Common Man is some piece of music, the bass alone is ridiculous in a over the top pompous good way. Pirates is massively underrated , I just love band plus orchestral tracks. Drums are maybe mixed a little low but its not a deal breaker for me. The solo sides don't suck either. I would have maybe preferred just a couple of the Greg Lake songs and a few less tracks on Carl Palmer side, but Emerson's classical piece is a wonderful effort and shows his skill as a composer. Overall surely deserves a mention at least.  
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Absolutely, without a doubt, The Wall.
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Renaissance - Live at Carnegie Hall, no question.

But that's cheating I suppose.


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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:


Amon Duul II - Yeti
CAN - Tago Mago
Pink Floyd - Ummagumma
Soft Machine - Third



These and
Amon Duul II - Tanz Der Lemminge
Focus - 3
Frank Zappa - Uncle Meat
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
The Who - Tommy
Miles Davis - Get Up With It
Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans
AC - 666
Led Zeppelin - PG



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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Amazed I never posted in this

Amon Duul II - Yeti
CAN - Tago Mago
Cardiacs - Sing To God
Mike Oldfield - Incantation
Pink Floyd - Ummagumma
Tangerine Dream - Zeit
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Soft Machine - Third


Could've posted pretty much the same list.
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Phoenix - Cantofabule is definitely one of my faves too.
                      quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
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Amazed I never posted in this

Amon Duul II - Yeti
CAN - Tago Mago
Cardiacs - Sing To God
Mike Oldfield - Incantation
Pink Floyd - Ummagumma
Tangerine Dream - Zeit
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Soft Machine - Third



Edited by Nogbad_The_Bad - January 21 2023 at 14:58
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Surprised I didn't contribute to this thread yet (it passed under my radar in its first life I guess)

OK, excluding live albums and in no particular order


Genesis - The Lamb
Santana - Moonflower (though it's partly live )
PF - The Wall
Can - Tago Mago
ADII - Tanz Der Lemmingen & Yeti
Tangerine Dream - Zeit
Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix Experience
Pentangle - Sweet Child
Warm Dust - And It Came To Pass
Magma - s/t (AKA Kobaia)
Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter - Joni Mitchell
666 -  Aphrodite’s Child
NY & Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill
The Epic - Kamasi Washington
Bitches Brew - Miles Davis
Chicago Transit Authority - Chicago (II, 3 & 7 as well)
Third & Six - Soft Machine
Quadrophenia - The Who (and Tommy to a lesser extent)
3 - Focus
L’heptade - Harmonium
Cantofabule - Phoenix
Fairyport - Wigwam


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Edited by Sean Trane - April 21 2024 at 03:27
let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
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as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
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Originally posted by geekfreak geekfreak wrote:

Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

Genesis: Lamb
Spock's: Snow
IQ: Subterranea
Marillion: Marbles
MO: Incantations


Amazing list

Can't believe I forgot Sky 2!!  Thanks for reminding me!
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Tales From Topography Oceans.
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway.
Ummagumma.
Sky 2.
Clive Mitten Tales From A Misspent Youth Volume One.
Clive Mitten Suite Cryptique: Recomposing Twelfth Night 1978 - 1983.
Clive Mitten Transcriptions.
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Aphrodites Child - 666
Mike Oldfield - Incantations

Tangerine Dream - Purgatorio

 




Three incredible albums
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