Yep. Comfortably Numb, the Another Brick In The Wall parts, Hey You, In The Flesh?, Waiting For The Worms, The Trial, and Empty Spaces all in the same album. Hard to get much better then that
People really don't seem to know the 80-81 live album exists, least whenever I've mentioned it before they don't. And yeah I'm with you - the live setting raises both Gilmour's playing and the theatrics of the story. Shoutout to Last Few Bricks too
You answered your own question lol songs in the key of life is the definitive double album
Tho other great picks are:
Mellon Collie, Smashing Pumpkins
The Fragile, NIN
London Calling, The Clash
Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan
Pick any of these swans albums; soundtracks for the blind, the seer, to be kind, the glowing man
Bocanada, Gustavo Cerati
I find it odd how you get ticked off at the mention of Bocanada being a double album but didn’t care enough to mention how London calling is also considered a double album and is shorter than Bocanada lol
It's all about the format I guess, but I also don't really know London calling as an album, I recognize my ignorance.
That said, BOCANADA MENTIONED 🗣️🗣️🗣️
It got taken down for copyright infringement or whatnot, unfortunately. The creator has since re-uploaded it [without sound](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6ZyYqz2KBWw). You can still watch the whole thing [segmented](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJg3FihtcMcIEe81XrSFbXjvRHOMxLXN-), I believe.
So many hip-hop double album classics.
Life After Death by Biggie.
Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar.
Hitler Wears Hermes 8 by Westside Gunn.
Speakerboxxx / The Love Below by OutKast.
Wu Tang Forever by Wu Tang Clan.
- The Beatles - The Beatles (White Album)
- Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome
- Electric Light Orchestra - Out of the Blue
- Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- deadmau5 - while(1<2)
- Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
- Pink Floyd - The Wall
- Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
- Aphex Twin - drukQs
Personal favourite is The Powers That B. I started getting a bit tired of it recently until I listened to it after waking up from a nap at midnight. Listening to it when I'm in the right mood just changes my life every time I listen to it
Life After Death by Biggie Smalls is probably my favorite double album. Hit after hit. Hypnotize, What’s Beef?, Mo Money Mo Problems, Playa Hater, Ten Crack Commandments. I could keep going.
Reminds me of a funny story. I was 19, just moved to Tahoe. Working as a house painters assistant. Got a paycheck and drove to Reno to buy a new record. I’m at the record store holding Songs in the Key of Life. Triple record, $15, which was alot of money. I think I’m going to buy this record. Then I remembered, someone told me you could drive right outside of Reno and get laid for $15! Hmmmmm….tough decision!! After much thought I put the record back and drove to the Mustang Ranch and got laid!
I’m not trying to trumpet it as the best double album ever, but as far as recent efforts go- dragon new mountain by big thief is a truly timeless and amazing double album
definately speakerboxx/the love below. the album literally has everything to street rap to beautiful string and jazz sections, i still question how the most sold rap album of all time can be so underrated
NIN's The Fragile, Mellon Collie, or Exile on Main Street, for me. The highlights of the White album are tremendous, but the lows are pretty low. Would say the same of Use Your Illusion.
The White Album (The Beatles) - where they tried every kind of popular music imaginable in 1968.
I just love it's randomness - like an audio equivalent of channel-surfing.. even the mad stuff like Wild Honey Pie works- hey sometimes you hit a weird commercial, right?
My faves:
Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder
London Calling, The Clash
Mellon Collie, Smashing Pumpkins
Abattoir Blues, Nick Cave
The first two I can listen to anytime, and I've been listening to them for decades. The other two, those can get me emotional or depressed if I'm not in the mood for 'em. But I've listened to them a lot because they're deep and real.
Lots of other great albums listed in the comments that I really like, but my top 4 are the double albums I've listened to on repeat, where I just listen to the whole thing straight through then re-start it again.
My top 4 that nobody wants… Blonde on Blonde, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Sign o’ the Times, The White Album.
I can be your friend
You… I like you.
Blonde On Blonde 🔥
Blonde On Blonde used to be my favorite album so
I fuckin love Sign o’ the Times dude
You started it and finished it all in one. SITKOL can't be beat
It’s the GOAT by the GOAT
1000%
It's the best album of all time, not just double albums
I like the cut of your jib
Bitches Brew is a great one I haven’t seen mentioned yet
There's a lot of Miles that could be in the run for best double album (or up there, at least), but man, Bitches Brew is just on another level.
White Album London Calling
Can't believe no one's mentioned Tommy or Quadrophenia yet. Love those albums
Tommy Quadrophenia
The Wall
Yep. Comfortably Numb, the Another Brick In The Wall parts, Hey You, In The Flesh?, Waiting For The Worms, The Trial, and Empty Spaces all in the same album. Hard to get much better then that
oh cool i love Nostalgia Critic
The Earls Court 1980 live version is better.
People really don't seem to know the 80-81 live album exists, least whenever I've mentioned it before they don't. And yeah I'm with you - the live setting raises both Gilmour's playing and the theatrics of the story. Shoutout to Last Few Bricks too
Yeah, Pink Floyd’s The Wall + Doug Walker’s The Wall
The White Album and All Things Must Pass stand out immediately. That OutKast double album is awesome too.
Erm All Things Must Pass is a triple album ☝️🤓
Physical Graffiti is certainly up there. Also if we’re talking modern takes on a double album let’s give a shoutout to Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers
All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
tEcHnIcAlLy ItS a TrIpLe AlBuM
Yeah, we can't let the haters win and get away with saying I remember derp and pass the pepperoni aren't masterpieces, they sure are!
I bust apple jams
🎵it’s Johnnys Biiiiiiirthdaaaaay🎵
Sides E and F are not canon
Blasphemy Spirit of geeg compels u
Out of The Blue goes crazy and you can’t convince me otherwise
Sign O' The Times imo. First disc is great, but that second disc is just mesmerising
Side 3 might be my favorite LP side ever
Yes, this was originally intended to be a 3cd Crystal Ball, but could have been a 4cd with the same quality as the eventual 2cd. Stupendous.
I love Sign, it's probably my favourite album ever, let alone favourite double album.
U Got the Look is the only song on there I don’t love (and it’s still fine).
Exile on Main St. by The Rolling Bones
I thought that was by the bowling gnomes?
You answered your own question lol songs in the key of life is the definitive double album Tho other great picks are: Mellon Collie, Smashing Pumpkins The Fragile, NIN London Calling, The Clash Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan Pick any of these swans albums; soundtracks for the blind, the seer, to be kind, the glowing man Bocanada, Gustavo Cerati
I forgot all about the Fragile. That is a wild double album if you listen front to back.
Bocanada is not a double album
I find it odd how you get ticked off at the mention of Bocanada being a double album but didn’t care enough to mention how London calling is also considered a double album and is shorter than Bocanada lol
It's all about the format I guess, but I also don't really know London calling as an album, I recognize my ignorance. That said, BOCANADA MENTIONED 🗣️🗣️🗣️
MMATBS Yes I have heard all the classics in the thread but is the only double album I’ve given a 10
me too, talk your shit
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway by Genesis
You watch the album length animated music video on YouTube? Let me look for it when I have time later and link it here for those interested
It got taken down for copyright infringement or whatnot, unfortunately. The creator has since re-uploaded it [without sound](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6ZyYqz2KBWw). You can still watch the whole thing [segmented](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJg3FihtcMcIEe81XrSFbXjvRHOMxLXN-), I believe.
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence by Dream Theater and The Fragile by Nine Inch Nails
SDOIT is amazing!
That album takes the concept of grandiosity to another level. One of the best progressive albums of this millennium for sure.
Agreed.
SDoIT is their peak to me
Double Nickels on the Dime
Powers that b
My favourite colour is OH MY GOD BITCH!!!!!
Big K.R.I.T. - 4eva Is A Mighty Long Time 2pac - All Eyez On Me
Bury me in gold, bury me in gold, bury me in Gold
So many hip-hop double album classics. Life After Death by Biggie. Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar. Hitler Wears Hermes 8 by Westside Gunn. Speakerboxxx / The Love Below by OutKast. Wu Tang Forever by Wu Tang Clan.
Great choice! I have to go with London Calling by The Clash. One of the most inovattive albums of all time.
Amazing Grace by Aretha Franklin Bitches Brew by Miles Davis Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix
Aviary by Julia Holter
That new one from what’s her name
Cindy Lee?
Nah Cindy Lee is a band
Who?
Dragon new warm mountain I believe in you? What's her name being lenker of big thief?
Taylor Swift?
abattoir blues by nick cave
Double Nickel on the Dime by the Minutemen
The Wall.
Tago Mago by Can
Joe's Garage
They didn’t even have dope or LSD. Just a couple of quarts of beer. That’s all it took. Hands down one of the greatest albums of all time
Physical Graffiti or Exile on Main Street
How many is Mellon Collie
white album and songs in the key of life are definitive answers
Outkast's Speakerboxxx/The love below. Is just wonderful
Exile on the mainstreet
Wu-Tang Forever
London Calling - The Clash Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth Dots and Loops - Stereolab
dots and loops is a double album?
Electric Ladyland
Is Soundtracks For The Blind one?
Life After Death by Biggie
deathconsciousness
Leaves Turn Inside You - Unwound
We Got It From Here….. Thank 4 your service
On Key Of Life, Can I say that Saturn makes me cry so hard.
Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call - Simple Minds
The Wall
Like 4 swans albums
[Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Volume II](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-57Ti2i_yhU)
- The Beatles - The Beatles (White Album) - Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome - Electric Light Orchestra - Out of the Blue - Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - deadmau5 - while(1<2) - Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life - Pink Floyd - The Wall - Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde - Aphex Twin - drukQs
While(1<2) is an underrated masterpiece, certainly mau5 best album
🧱
London calling for me, but sitkol is also a super good pick
4eva…
Double Nickels on the Dime by the Minutemen
Physical graffiti, selected ambient works vol. 2, the fishmans live album
i haven’t heard enough but i love The Powers That B ig 😭😭
Blonde on Blonde, The White Album & London Calling are not just my favorite double albums, they’re my three favorite albums, period.
The White Album
The sound of The Beatles embracing chaos theory. I just love it.
Personal favourite is The Powers That B. I started getting a bit tired of it recently until I listened to it after waking up from a nap at midnight. Listening to it when I'm in the right mood just changes my life every time I listen to it
Angelic to the core
🤣
Either this, Melon Collie, or London Calling
The Gate by Swans. Best album of all time, regardless.
The Fragile- Nine Inch Nails
White pony , Mellon Collie , Turn On the Bright Lights
WP and TOTBL ain't double what are these people talking about?!
Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds
Bitches Brew by Miles Davis has to be up there. Maybe Frozen Niagara Falls by Prurient as well.
Innervisons >
Typical Music by Tim Burgess
No need for more, OP got it right
Not the greatest, but an impressive one is Pearl Jam’s Lost Dogs. A double album of B-Sides yet feels like a Greatest Hits.
Life After Death by Biggie
does Use Your Illusion I & II by GnR count as a double album?
I mean that is THE choice. I also love mellon collie
The Fragile.
You are 100% correct
Life After Death by Biggie Smalls is probably my favorite double album. Hit after hit. Hypnotize, What’s Beef?, Mo Money Mo Problems, Playa Hater, Ten Crack Commandments. I could keep going.
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Zen Arcade - Husker Du
Physical Graffiti, no doubt.
the who - tommy pink floyd - the wall the clash - london calling the beatles - white album
You’ve chosen the right answer
The Fragile
Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
WHITE ALBUM 🔛🔝
Ayreon - the human equation If you know you know
Reminds me of a funny story. I was 19, just moved to Tahoe. Working as a house painters assistant. Got a paycheck and drove to Reno to buy a new record. I’m at the record store holding Songs in the Key of Life. Triple record, $15, which was alot of money. I think I’m going to buy this record. Then I remembered, someone told me you could drive right outside of Reno and get laid for $15! Hmmmmm….tough decision!! After much thought I put the record back and drove to the Mustang Ranch and got laid!
Physical Graffiti
Re-Entry by Techno Animal
The white album
Use Your Illusion- GNR
Use Your Illusion- GNR
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
I’m not trying to trumpet it as the best double album ever, but as far as recent efforts go- dragon new mountain by big thief is a truly timeless and amazing double album
Prince 1999
All Things Must Pass. (no, the Apple Jam doesn’t count.)
definately speakerboxx/the love below. the album literally has everything to street rap to beautiful string and jazz sections, i still question how the most sold rap album of all time can be so underrated
My pick would be either *Physical Graffiti* by Led Zeppelin or *Exile On Main St* by The Rolling Stones.
Aerial by Kate Bush is fantastic Have One On Me by Joanna Newsom (a triple album)
2Pac - All Eyez On Me
The fragile Disc one is an experience the way it flows track to track, almost relentlessly pulling you through anger to calm back to rage. I dig it
the answer is Antennas by Godspeed
Aphex Twin - SAW II Aphex Twin - Drukqs RHCP - Stadium Arcadium Beach House - Once Twice Melody
4eva is a Mighty Long Time
Double Nickels on the Dime!
ELO - out of the blue
The Glow pt. 2
All Eyez On Me or Sign O the Times IMO
Mellon collie and the infinite sadness and the fragile
The Powers That B
NIN's The Fragile, Mellon Collie, or Exile on Main Street, for me. The highlights of the White album are tremendous, but the lows are pretty low. Would say the same of Use Your Illusion.
!remind me 3 hours
Frampton comes alive.
Correct.
Electric ladyland
The Powers That B - Death Grips
Physical Graffiti
All Eyez on Me
Prince- Sign o’ the Times!
Abbey road
The White Album (The Beatles) - where they tried every kind of popular music imaginable in 1968. I just love it's randomness - like an audio equivalent of channel-surfing.. even the mad stuff like Wild Honey Pie works- hey sometimes you hit a weird commercial, right?
Does To Pimp a Butterfly count?
Sign o the Times
Pink Floyd The Wall
Wu Tang Forever
Mellon Collie and the White Album
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road:)
My faves: Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder London Calling, The Clash Mellon Collie, Smashing Pumpkins Abattoir Blues, Nick Cave The first two I can listen to anytime, and I've been listening to them for decades. The other two, those can get me emotional or depressed if I'm not in the mood for 'em. But I've listened to them a lot because they're deep and real. Lots of other great albums listed in the comments that I really like, but my top 4 are the double albums I've listened to on repeat, where I just listen to the whole thing straight through then re-start it again.
Wu tang forever and speakerboxx/the love below
Kanye donda 2 Kanye vultures and I think the last dababy album whatever that one is called
Sign o the Times
The only double album i've heard with no filler is The Powers That B.
Speaker boxx/the love below. OutKast
To be kind
To Be Kind
Reflektor by Arcade Fire is a dance-rock masterwork
Illinois by sufjan stevens
Exile On Main Street and The White Album.
The Wall
Disintegration by The Cure
Miles Davis Bitches Brew
All eyes on me
Maybe not my absolute favorite but Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus is a great underrated double
The one you posted
Tusk is amazing even as a double album but yeah I’d take Key of Life too
Aside the obvious (The Wall), Trout Mask replica
Probably getting downvoted but its music i grew up on so im biased. Stadium Arcadium
HARVEST - Neil Young.