Classic Double Albums
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Topic: Classic Double Albums
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: Classic Double Albums
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 02:48
Thanks to new member WJA-K for the inspiration for thijs poll, where the Focus is clearly on classic double albums thijs time around. 
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 02:50
| Jeff Wayne - War of the Worlds (1978) |
Posted By: Rick1
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 02:54
| When faced with such difficult choices, I default to first love. 'The Lamb' - bought on holiday when I was 13 and still love it. Yes, ELP, Oldfield and the Hawks snapping at it's heels. |
Posted By: Ronstein
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 03:07
| BJH - Live Tapes. A great band at their absolute best!! |
Posted By: WJA-K
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 03:43
Well that leaves move no choice then. I have to vote for Focus III  Although I miss Quadrophenia and The White Album. The Wall was my favourite for ages.
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Psychedelic Paul wrote:Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 03:54
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TM ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 04:04
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I was looking for Magma's debut in the list and was tempted to vote for it, but I decided to vote for an old friend in Space Ritual. ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: Neu!mann
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 04:07
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In order of preference: Can Miles Hawkwind Tull Yes ...al the rest ------------- "we can change the world without anyone noticing the difference" - Franco Falsini |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 04:39
| It would be easy just to go for Genesis or Zep here, but I'm giving a vote for Renaissance: Live At Carnegie Hall which is a very fine album indeed... |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 05:01
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From the list, Zeppelin. However, Gentle Giant "Playing the Fool" would get my vote if it were on the list, but I know Giant is not for Paul. 
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Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 05:19
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"Early morning Manhattan" ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 05:36
I'm not playing the fool when I admit I never knew Gentle Giant had recorded a double album.
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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 05:38
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If Greg Lake's side of Works 1 wasn't so lackluster I could have
easily put it at the top of this list. Unfortunately he chose to go soft
and wussy. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti YES - Tales from Topographic Oceans
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 05:43
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Don't think it's fair to include double live albums or compilations (LitP) Even partly live albums (Cream, Floyd and Santana) should not be in, IMHO I went witrh Electric Ladyland, even if the lengthy Voodoo Chile is live in the studio. ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 06:05
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From the provided list, Santana - "Moonflower". MIA Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder At Fillmore East - Allman Brothers Band Chicago Transit Authority - Chicago Transit Authority  |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 06:07
| Many albums I love in this list. Jethro Tull, Genesis, Cream, Chicago, BJH, Yes, etc. Hard to choose one. |
Posted By: Enchant X
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 06:30
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Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 06:39
And of course another live double album, Rush - Exit... Stage Left. |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 06:44
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CAN > Ummagumma > Hawkwind > Oldfield ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 07:01
If I'd included Rush and Gentle Giant in the poll, then I would've canned the Can and Magma to make room for them, but that probably wouldn't have gone down too well with Can fans, seeing as Tago Mago has already picked up a couple of votes. Anyway, I'm going to Exit... Stage Left now before I dig an even deeper hole for myself.
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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 07:35
| Renaissance> Genesis> The Who > Pink Floyd > Zeppelin |
Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 07:39
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Genesis > Can ------------- Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen |
Posted By: Heart of the Matter
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 07:45
| Out of the Blue |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 08:44
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Some great ones here (though I would have chosen Chicago Transit Authority to represent the great early Chicago releases instead of II). For me, The Lamb > Focus III > Live at Carnegie Hall > Incantations > Moonflower > Chicago II >Tommy
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Posted By: VianaProghead
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 09:10
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Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans. I love this album. One of the most underrated prog albums ever, if not the most of all.
------------- "PROG IS MY FERRARI". Jem Godfrey (Frost*) |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 09:16
I didn't realise Chicago Transit Authority was a double album until today.
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 09:40
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I'm more or less fond of 8 of these doubles, but no favourite (maybe Bitches Brew gets closest) - not The Lamb I'm sure, even I like the non-Pop-half of it. My real favourite should probably be Amon Düül II (D) - Yeti (1970) ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 10:08
Would certainly be in my top 5
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 11:14
| Led Zep by a smidgin over Yes, although on another day it could be the other way round. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 11:27
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 11:45
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I could happily vote for half of these, so I fell back to one of my regulars: Yes. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 12:04
It Can only mean Tago Mago, Can it not?
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Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 12:16
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Out of the Blue > The Lamb > Physical Graffiti > Works Vol.I > Incantations No room for Quadrophenia? By the way, This is the Moody Blues is a compilation album of tracks from their previous 7 albums.
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 12:16
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It's really a tie between Tago Mago and Kobaïa for me, but I kicked up the Can. Not on the list, some of my classic album choices would be Soft Machine's Third, Tangerine Dream's Zeit, and AD II's Yeti ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 13:44
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A few classic ones are missing on the list: "Yeti", "Tanz der Lemminge" and "Made in Germany" by Amon Düül II, "666" by Aphrodite's Child", "Ballermann" by Grobschnitt, "The Beatles" (aka "The White Album") by The Beatles, "... Sounds Like This" by Nektar, "Zeit" by Tangerine Dream or "Cyborg" by Klaus Schulze, for example. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 14:01
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Magma, Can & Miles
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 14:03
I had no idea that any of those three albums were double albums.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 14:05
Maybe you'd like to make another poll of all the double albums I didn't have room to include in this poll.
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 15:17
 Right on Paul! It's one thing if the poster chooses one on the list provided and then mention others not listed , but when they only complain about the ones missing. Irritating.
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 15:18
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First vote for Ummagumma. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 15:36
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For me out of this list it's The Lamb, followed by Bitches Brew, Kobaïa, Tago Mago and Ummagumma. However, I'd be remiss if I didn't give a shoutout to two classic double albums that I love even more than these, namely Zappa's Uncle Meat and Soft Machine's Third. ------------- https://mirasnelder.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow - Freelance composer, accepting commissions | https://mirasnelder.bandcamp.com/album/altered-acuity" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp page |
Posted By: Hugh Manatee
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 16:40
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Oh dear, I'm going to choose Space Ritual and The Moodies even though they are live and a compilation album respectively, for personal reasons, and then "Tales...", "Tommy", "The Lamb...","Electric Ladyland"... ------------- I should have been a pair of ragged claws Scuttling across the floors of uncertain seas |
Posted By: Awesoreno
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 22:45
So is the magnificent Chicago III. Pretty impressive that their first three albums were doubles. Though Zappa had even more I suppose (well he had more music than most really, I can only imagine how much more we would have had if he hadn't died earlier than most).
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 22:45
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Tago Mago ever so slightly over Ummagumma, Kobaïa and The Lamb. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: tdfloyd
Date Posted: March 30 2022 at 23:49
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A lot to choose from, some of my all time favs are here. Was gonna go with Chicago II but I like VII better. Miles, PF Genesis finally settled on The Wall |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: March 31 2022 at 00:50
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1. Ummagumma 2. Quadrophenia (not on this list, but I prefer it over Tommy) 3. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway ------------- 
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 31 2022 at 02:18
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: March 31 2022 at 02:27
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Fizz Graf ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: rik wilson
Date Posted: March 31 2022 at 13:48
| Ummagumma for the live album alone...wonderful stuff and a good ride while tripping the light fantastic. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: March 31 2022 at 14:22
I think this calls for a Classic Double Albums II poll, and with all of the great suggestions so far, I should have enough albums to fill all 25 available slots again.
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: March 31 2022 at 20:37
| Seeing the poll title I thought I would have to go for The Wall. But seeing Live at Carnegie Hall included too, I had to go for that one... though indeed I could have gone for Ummagumma for the live album too. |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: April 01 2022 at 08:35
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Undecided between the two Floyds and ELP ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: April 01 2022 at 13:34
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Yessongs |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: April 01 2022 at 14:02
Yessongs is in the second poll.
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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: April 06 2022 at 11:59
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LZ's 'Graffiti - the right album at the right time. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: April 06 2022 at 14:06
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Can't vote for anything other than Tago Mago here, although I love some of the live albums on offer, particularly Ummagumma and Renaissance. |
Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: April 09 2022 at 09:29
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Voting for Tago Mago, as I couldn’t decide between Ummagumma & Focus 3, and I love them all. ------------- rotten hound of the burnie crew |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: April 09 2022 at 10:31
| The Lamb :-) |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: April 09 2022 at 10:32
Right
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Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: April 09 2022 at 10:32
Indeed
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Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: April 09 2022 at 10:39
| The choice is so wide that it would have been better to avoid live and compilations stuff. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: April 09 2022 at 10:52
I wasn't sure whether or not to include the Moody Blues compilation, but it didn't make any difference as things turned out, seeing as no one voted for it anyway.
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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: April 20 2022 at 11:37
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Did anyone besides me ever use a double album to separate the seed from the leaf? ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: Dr. Occulator
Date Posted: April 24 2022 at 12:42
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It's not listed but I would vote for The Who's double classic album Quadrophenia! ------------- My Doc Told Me I Have Doggie Head. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: April 24 2022 at 13:26
Quadrophenia is in the second Classic Double Albums poll.
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Posted By: Progishness
Date Posted: May 12 2022 at 03:47
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Ummagumma>Focus III>The Wall>Moonflower>Live at Carnegie Hall>Physical Graffiti ------------- "We're going to need a bigger swear jar." Chloë Grace Moretz as Mindy McCready aka 'Hit Girl' in Kick-Ass 2 |
Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: May 12 2022 at 15:06
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The Wall Quadrophenia ------------- https://www.youtube.com/c/LoyalOpposition https://www.scribd.com/document/382737647/MortSahlFan-Song-List |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: July 08 2022 at 16:21
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Yes - Tales From Topographical Oceans ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |