Your top five double albums

 I found it surprisingly tough to come up with five great double albums, but these would certainly merit inclusion on my desert island list:

 

 

 

Who - Quadrophenia: This last truly great album from my fave R&R outfit saw me into my teenage years. A must on my list.

 

Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway: Of course! Though perhaps not my favourite, it's great, and I'll need some of my top prog band for my exile.

 

Wilco - Being There: These guys are perhaps my favourite American group today, in any category, and this one is very solid and varied, even if not my overall fave. More people should check them out -- try "A Ghost is Born" and "Summer Teeth," please!

 

Beatles - White Album: May as well bring some of the most important band ever, and there's lots of essential stuff on here!

 

 

Other than live albums & compilations, I can't think of a sixth "must have" double.

 

 

 

 

Nice variation on the old concept, BTW chessman!

Edited by Peter Rideout - October 25 2006 at 23:06

No live or compilations albums? That knocks out a pile of classic releases. In fact, Zappa, Magma and King Crimson put out most of their best work on live albums. Oh well ...

1. Soft Machine - Third (portions recorded live - is that allowed?)
2. Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica (live in the studio. Hmmmm)
3. Can - Tago Mago
4. Magma - Magma (aka Kobaia)
5. Tangerine Dream - Zeit

Non-prog:

1. The Beatles - White Album
2. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffitti
3. The Who - Tommy
4. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
5. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde

Essential live doubles:

1. Magma - Live/Hhai
2. King Crimson - The Night Watch
3. Henry Cow - Concerts
4. Zappa - Roxy & Elsewhere
5. Fred Frith - Keep the Dog
6. Space Ritual - Hawkwind
7. Playing The Fool - Gentle Giant
8. Bursting Out - Jethro Tull (or A Little Light Music)
9. Genesis - Seconds Out
10. Gong - Live etc

blindtoad wrote: 1: Tales From Topographic Ocean - Yes 2: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis 3: The human Equation - Ayreon 4: Playing the fool - Gentle Giant 5: Live 12 - Phish

Done!

1.  Genesis - The Lamb ...

Edited by progadder - October 25 2006 at 14:37

From the ones I have:

Chicago Transit Authority
Soft Machine's Third
Who's Quadraphenia
Cream's Wheels On Fire
Zappa's Shiek Yabouti

although it should be noted, two of these while released as double LP sets. now each fit onto a single sub-80 minute CD (BTW Zappa's Joes Garage was originally issued as single and
a double LP set - so really formatted as a treble).


Edited by Dick Heath - October 25 2006 at 07:26

1. Genesis - Lamb lies down on Broadway

2. Zappa - Joe's garage

3. Hendrix - Electric Ladyland

4. Yes - Tales from a topographic oceans

5. Who - Quadrophenia

Edited by pero - October 25 2006 at 07:32

I don't want to include albums I don't enjoy too much, therefore there are no The Lamb.. by Genesis, no Tales from Topographic Oceans by Yes, no The White Album by The Beatles, no Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin there.

Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie
Yes - Tales
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Genesis - The Lamb
Neal Morse - Testimony (I know, Pumpkins and the Wall and Testimony in the same list, wtf? )