What are your favorites Double Albums.
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Topic: What are your favorites Double Albums.
Posted By: Fantômas
Subject: What are your favorites Double Albums.
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 17:45
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Only studio albums, please. Post your list, then I'll post mine...  ------------- And above all, is punk 
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Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 17:46
Tales From Topographic Oceans 
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Posted By: Ben2112
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 18:00
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Genesis - The Lamb...
Pink Floyd - The Wall (disc one is phenomenal, disc two -- meh, apart from "Hey You" and "Comfortably Numb") Dream Theater - SFAM (OK, not really a double album, but it would have been if vinyl was still the medium of choice) Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists...(been checking out the post-rock genre lately, and this album is a brilliant marriage of "creepy" and "beautiful") I now realize I don't really have very many double albums that aren't live. 
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Posted By: Dragon Phoenix
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 18:01
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The usual suspects: The lamb lies down on Broadway - Genesis I have not heard Kayaks Nostradamus yet. ------------- Blog this: http://artrock2006.blogspot.com |
Posted By: Laurent
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 18:04
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Tales from Topo ------------- 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 18:09
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Not prog......The Pentateuch of the Cosmogony.............reasonably good music, but there ain't a better sleeve or booklet anywhere in this world than on this. Works vol 1 - ELP The Wall - Pink Floyd
This may sound dumb (in fact many of you will agree), but i still visualise an album as being on vinyl.
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Posted By: walrus
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 18:10
The white album hahaha ------------- you and whose army? |
Posted By: Progger
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 18:12
These are the cream of the crop! |
Posted By: Sir Hogweed
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 18:18
Can't think of any other double album (except Frankie Goes To Hollywood, but that was a long time ago) |
Posted By: pepolo
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 18:35
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Frank Zappa - Uncle meat Spock's beard - Snow Miles Davis - Bitches brew The Who - Quadrophenia
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Posted By: valravennz
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 18:40
Everything else I have are either a combo of studio/live; dbl live or studio with an extra disk of unreleased material etc. ------------- 
"Music is the Wine that fills the cup of Silence" - Robert Fripp |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 18:43
Nothing real original here...... Yeah |
Posted By: akiko
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 18:45
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Lamb The Wall Songs in the Key of Life |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 18:47
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Chicago Transit Authority Quadraphenia Soft Machine Third |
Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 18:54
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Posted By: undefinability
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 19:07
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Testimony by Neal Morse, Snow by Spock's Beard, Subterranea by IQ, The Human Equation by Ayreon, and Tyranny and Room V by Shadow Gallery (if you connect the two, they truly are a double album). ------------- "Don't listen to me." |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 19:10
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there are indeed not many double albums, if only studio counts. most
live albums are doubles though. I'll name some hardly anyone named
before: Amon Düül 2 - Tanz der Lemminge. fits on only one CD, but was originally released as a double album (back in the time when there was only vinyl)Klaus Schulze - Cyborg Klaus Schulze - X Tangerine Dream - Zeit Volker Kriegel - Inside: Missing Link Grobschnitt - Ballermann Oh, and "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Peter Hammill appeared on one CD, but with almost 78 minutes it is longer than some double albums. -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Fantômas
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 19:55
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I'll make a TOP 12: Tangerine Dream - Zeit Klaus Schulze - X Amon Düül II - Yeti Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness Soft Machine - Third Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out! Aphrodite's Child - 666 Can - Tago Mago Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica The Who - Quadrophenia Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence I love double albums. ------------- And above all, is punk
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Posted By: OldFatherThames
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 20:43
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Mike Oldfield - Incantations !! Folowed by the lamb |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 20:49
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The White album!!! maybe the best album ever! Physical Graffity from Led Zeppelin is pretty good as well ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: QuidNovi
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 21:45
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Studio album : IQ : Subterranea Genesis : The Lamb Tangerine Dream : Encore Focus : Focus III Harmonium : L'Heptade King Crimson : The young person's guide Live Album (Grrrrrrrrr!): Genesis : Seconds Out Jethro Tull : Bursting Out Frank Zappa : All Frank Zappa double |
Posted By: Dream Theater
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 21:48
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Pink Floyd - The Wall Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence ------------- [IMG]http://www.travelwithachallenge.com/Images/Travel_Article_Library/Sacred-Travel/Machu-Picchu-350.jpg"> [IMG]http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63/panchopc1/machupicchu-1.jpg"> |
Posted By: fezman
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 22:00
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Has to be The Lamb, Raise your skinny fists ... (GYBE) and Tales .. (Yes)
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 22:33
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Ummagumma, Tales, Physical Graffiti, 6DOIT ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: basurero de pie
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 22:47
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kobaia-magma uncle meat-zappa travels-pat metheny ------------- por que el sol no es de mitad y la otra mitad de aquella mitad?? |
Posted By: AbsentEnemy
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 22:50
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Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven. ------------- "If the company of tumbleweed is unexpected fun, you're a cactus..." 
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 22:52
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Oh yes, and Jesus Christ Superstar! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 23:30
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Soft Machine-Third ------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 00:45
Encore is not a studio album. Anyhow; here's mine. Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists.. Tangerine Dream - Zeit Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans That's the top three really.. |
QuidNovi wrote:Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 00:48
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Klaus Schulze - Cyborg &nbs p; &nbs p; X ------------- 
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Posted By: Lateralus_66
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 01:35
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GENESIS - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway. This is the only album that I must spin both pages. |
Posted By: Mategra
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 02:43
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Posted By: tanis573
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 03:45
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Subterranea - IQ The Wall - Pink Floyd
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Posted By: Cluster One
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 03:58
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Mine are pretty run-of-the-mill as well: Physical Grafitti - LZ Quadrophenia - da WHO The Wall - FLOYD Lift Your Skinny Fists... - GYBE! (Wow, nice to see them getting so many mentions on this thread!  )TFTO - YES The White Album - THE BEATLES and best for last...THE LAMB! ------------- Marmalade...I like marmalade. |
Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 05:02
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Tales FTO Lamb Lies Down also Zappa's You Are What You Is |
Posted By: russellk
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 05:09
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Many single CDs are now as long as old vinyl double albums, so maybe this
question should be time-limited to the pre-cd era. |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 05:50
Tangerine Dream's "Encore" is a live album. ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 06:24
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APHRODITE'S CHILD "666"
DAVE GREENSLADE / Patric Woodroffe (the book) "The Pentateuch of The Cosmogony"
JETHRO TULL "Living in The Past" (compil.)
KING CRIMSON "Young Person's Guide to King Crimson" (compil.)
WIGWAM "Fairyport" (the 4th lp side is from a live concert...)
YES "Tales from Pornographic Oceans"
FRANK ZAPPA "Uncle Meat" (Some live tracks here too.)
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Posted By: porter
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 07:02
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------------- "my kingdom for a horse!" (W. Shakespeare, "Richard III") |
Posted By: Wolf Spider
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 07:51
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The Human Equation - Ayreon Snow - Spock`s Beard SDOIT - Dream Theater ------------- http://www.lastfm.pl/user/tomash33 - Last.fm |
Posted By: Ed_The_Dead
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 07:53
The Human Equation all the way ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ed_the_dead/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5"> 
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Posted By: Mr Krinkle
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 08:09
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Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. I REALLY love the 90% of it, wich it is a high percentage compared to other double albums. It's also the most played on my stereo (as a double), and never get tired of Rael's journey. Tales from Topographic Oceans: That one goes for the 80%. Some parts are weaker than the rest (bits of The Remembering and The Ancient), even now that I've been listening to it for almost eleven years. On the other hand, It has a lot of Yes' finest moments, especially Howe and Squire's work. It has also my favourite White's drumming (partially because of the sound, brighter than Relayer or Going for the one). ------------- "...I like the way the music goes...there's a few good guys who can play it right..." |
Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 08:53
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Soft Machine- THIRD; one of the most genuinely progressive albums ever made imo, with some music within it that hadn't been heard before, and little that's been heard since. Yes- Tales From Topographic Oceans; apart from the hideously self indulgent 'The Ancient', this album is brilliant, and has my fave Yes song ever- 'The Revealing Science Of God'. Zappa- 'Uncle Meat'; a terrific distillation of everything Zappa had done that preceded it. Amon Duul II- 'Yeti'- I love this album; it's one of those albums that you can barely do justice to by giving it a genre. Genesis- The Lamb...; I love this album beginning to end, and find no weak spots in it at all. The Who- Tommy; a brilliant album, if perhaps tainted by that awful film... |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 09:22
| The Wall, Quadrophenia and Tommy. As to Ummagumma, I only like the live disc and some parts of the second. The others are zany and just downright boring! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 10:07
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Harmonium - L'Heptade Soft Machine - Third |
Posted By: pale moon
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 10:45
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godspeed you! black emperor - lift your skinny fists like antennas to heaven (indeed great to see so many gy!be fans in this topic) ayreon - the human equation phish - junta |
Posted By: Fantômas
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 13:48
GYBE is a great band, yeah! Lift your skinny fists like antennas to heaven is amazing... 
------------- And above all, is punk
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Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 13:57
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The Human Equation - Ayreon My fav double album ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: Fantômas
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 13:58
Is this a double album:  ? It is great, anyway!  ------------- And above all, is punk
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Posted By: The Minstrel
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 14:13
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Definetly the White Album. The Beatles played in dozens of different styles on the album showing that they were one of the most versatile bands of all time. The Who also released some great double albums. With progressive rock I find that double albums often contain too much filler in order for the album to be a double album (The Wall, Tales From, Uncle Meat.) |
Posted By: M. B. Zapelini
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 15:23
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A top ten, in no particular order: YES - "Tales from Topographic Oceans" GENESIS - "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" THE WHO - "Quadrophenia", "Tommy" THE ROLLING STONES - "Exile on Main Street" THE BEATLES - "The Beatles" FOCUS - "Focus III" HUMBLE PIE - "Eat it!" (okay, I am cheating here... One of the 4 sides was recorded live...) JETHRO TULL - "Living in the Past" (two cheats... This one is an anthology, although most of the tracks were not included at the original albums, and it has one live side, too) QUEENSFYCHE - "Empire" ------------- "He's a man of the past and one of the present" PETER HAMMILL |
Posted By: el_Sethro
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 15:39
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The Wall Snow 6D ------------- Who you gonna call? |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 15:41
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The Lamb The Wall Quadrophenia War of the Worlds Predictable? Moi?? ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: morpheusdraven
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 16:22
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No live albums? grr... indeed
The Lamb Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life Soft Machine - Third Prince - Sign O' The Times |
Posted By: MANTICORE
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 16:34
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Posted By: AtomHeartMother
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 16:44
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Posted By: Fantômas
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 17:49
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Ummagumma is, by far, the best of Pink Floyd album without Syd Barrett... And the cover... Damn... It's amazing!
------------- And above all, is punk
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Posted By: The Prognaut
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 17:59
------------- break the circle reset my head wake the sleepwalker and i'll wake the dead |
Posted By: James Hill
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 19:01
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1.Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Genesis 2.Tales From Topagrafic Oceans Yes 3The Wall PF 4.The Electric Castle Ayreon 5.Clutching at Straws Marillion 6.Third Soft Machine 7.Star One Ayreon(Using his real name which I cant spell) 8.Snow Scocks Beard 9.Living in the Past Jetho Tull 10.Brave Marillion ------------- symphonic james |
Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 21:45
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the who: Tommy, Quadrophenia. Led Zeppelin: Phisical graphiti (though part of disc two sucked) Pink Floyd: Ummagumma (has it's moments), the wall. -------------   |
Posted By: walrus
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 22:39
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Layla and other assorted love songs, by Derek and the dominoes ------------- you and whose army? |