Best Ever Albums

Re: Best Double and Triple Albums

RoundTheBend — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 00:10:53 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 11/30/2020 05:10

BozoTyrannus wrote:

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Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards by Tom Waits

Most underrated Waits album to me

That was indeed a good listen.

Re: Best Double and Triple Albums

stangetzaway — Sun, 29 Nov 2020 21:27:15 GMT

Author: stangetzaway

Posted: 11/30/2020 02:27

The White Album
London Calling though at 64.59 technically it isn't!
Blonde On Blonde
Electric Ladyland
Cobra Phases ( Stereolab)
Exile on Main Street
Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
Late Registration
Sign O The Times
The Epic

Re: Best Double and Triple Albums

pctrooper — Sun, 29 Nov 2020 17:21:03 GMT

Author: pctrooper

Posted: 11/29/2020 22:21

Physical Graffiti and The Lamb LIes Down on Broadway

Re: Best Double and Triple Albums

BozoTyrannus — Sun, 29 Nov 2020 06:45:52 GMT

Author: BozoTyrannus

Posted: 11/29/2020 11:45

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Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards by Tom Waits

Most underrated Waits album to me

Re: Best Double and Triple Albums

911Turbo — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 19:10:52 GMT

Author: 911Turbo

Posted: 11/26/2020 00:10

NEIL YOUNG - DECADE

Floyd and Smashing

Sentido — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 10:42:09 GMT

Author: Sentido

Posted: 11/23/2020 15:42

The wall of Pink Floyd and Mellon Collie and the Infinite sadness of Smashing Pumpkins

Re: Best Double and Triple Albums

EyeKanFly — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 07:19:40 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 11/23/2020 12:19

Applerill wrote:

After listening to the first half in confusion, I began to glimpse its hypnotic power 90 minutes in, and by the end was eager to hear it again, then once again, and I am not finished.

🤣 🤣
I mean... when people genuinely like things like 54 minutes of rustling paper then I suppose anything could be fascinating. Might have to give it a shot, wish me luck

Re: Best Double and Triple Albums

Applerill — Sun, 22 Nov 2020 23:27:08 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 11/23/2020 04:27

baystateoftheart wrote:

EyeKanFly wrote:

Applerill wrote:

Here are some of the 5s and 4.5s I have that span multiple CDs:

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Fart Sounds - Over 2000 Farts (2 Hours) by Fart Fest

I'm sorry, dafuq?

Here we go again... wack.

How many times have you listened to that album in full Applerill? 4.5 is high praise.

After listening to the first half in confusion, I began to glimpse its hypnotic power 90 minutes in, and by the end was eager to hear it again, then once again, and I am not finished.

Re: Best Double and Triple Albums

indieshins — Sun, 22 Nov 2020 20:08:30 GMT

Author: indieshins

Posted: 11/23/2020 01:08

My two favourites outside of classic rock cannon have been mentioned already, but I will second them: Have One On Me and 69 Love Songs. Both incredible, though very different, of course.

Re: Best Double and Triple Albums

baystateoftheart — Sun, 22 Nov 2020 18:59:40 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 11/22/2020 23:59

EyeKanFly wrote:

Applerill wrote:

Here are some of the 5s and 4.5s I have that span multiple CDs:

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Fart Sounds - Over 2000 Farts (2 Hours) by Fart Fest

I'm sorry, dafuq?

Here we go again... wack.

How many times have you listened to that album in full Applerill? 4.5 is high praise.

Re: Best Double and Triple Albums

EyeKanFly — Sun, 22 Nov 2020 18:21:02 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 11/22/2020 23:21

Applerill wrote:

Here are some of the 5s and 4.5s I have that span multiple CDs:

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Fart Sounds - Over 2000 Farts (2 Hours) by Fart Fest

I'm sorry, dafuq?

Concur on a few of these though.

I'd also like to add Live/1975-85 by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band. I have this on vinyl and cassette, it's 5 LPs or 3 tapes.

Adding a few more that I've rated 4-5:
The Most Lamentable Tragedy by Titus Andronicus
Run The Jewels 3 by Run The Jewels
Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan
Hamilton: An American Musical by The Original Broadway Cast
Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance by Belle And Sebastian
Jesus Christ Superstar (Original Concept Recording) by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice
Live From The Royal Albert Hall by The Killers
Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs
Stadium Arcadium by Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Epic by Kamasi Washington

hmm... not a ton of jazz double albums, might need some recs for that

Re: Best Double and Triple Albums

RoundTheBend — Sun, 22 Nov 2020 14:44:57 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 11/22/2020 19:44

Great picks!

Also reminds me I need to go listen to The Dharma At Big Sur... that's like the 4th time that's come up and I really should do it, but I'm in the middle of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis and then likely I'm going to get distracted cuz I suck at life.

Re: Best Double and Triple Albums

Fischman — Sun, 22 Nov 2020 09:18:04 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 11/22/2020 14:18

The Who - Quadrophenia
The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
Miles Davis - Agharta
Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert
Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth
Soft Machine - Third
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Can - Tago Mago

Re: Best Double and Triple Albums

Applerill — Sun, 22 Nov 2020 06:44:45 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 11/22/2020 11:44

Here are some of

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King Jammy's Selectors Choice Vol. 1 by Various Artists
the 5s and 4.5s I have that span multiple CDs:

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Morton Feldman: String Quartet No. 2 by FLUX Quartet

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Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001) by Various Artists

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The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961 by Bill Evans

Einstein On The Beach by Philip Glass

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Fart Sounds - Over 2000 Farts (2 Hours) by Fart Fest

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Salvatore Sciarrino: Orchestral Works b... Della RAI

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Beethoven: The Late String Quartets by Alban Berg Quartett

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The Dharma At Big Sur / My Father Knew Charles Ives by John Adams

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Nature Denatured And Found Again by Michael Pisaro

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Live In Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Vol. 1 by Miles Davis Quintet

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2 Ts For A Lovely T by The Feel Trio

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Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book by Ella Fitzgerald

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Dick's Picks, Vol. 4: Fillmore East, New York, NY, 2/13-2/14/70 by Grateful Dead

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The Central Park Concert by Dave Matthews Band

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The 1930's Recordings Remastered And In Chronological Order by The Mills Brothers

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Lifting Concrete Lightly by M.I.M.E.O.

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Testament: A Conduction Collection by Lawrence Butch Morris

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Island: Eine Sinfonie In 10 Sätzen by Hermann Nitsch

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The Wall by Pink Floyd

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Paysages Planétaires by Henri Pousseur

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Sleep by Max Richter

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Lulu by Lou Reed & Metallica

Re: Best Double and Triple Albums

Skinny — Sun, 22 Nov 2020 04:52:17 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 11/22/2020 09:52

My favourite hip-hop double albums:

1. The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
2. E-40 - The Element of Surprise
3. UGK - Underground Kingz
4. 2Pac - All Eyez On Me
5. The Diplomats - Diplomatic Immunity
6. Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever
7. 8Ball - Lost
8. Vince Staples - Summertime '06
9. Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
10. Master P - MP Da Last Don
11. Nate Dogg - G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 & 2
12. Jay-Z - The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse
13. Scarface - My Homies
14. Migos - Culture II

Even with the lack of options available, I still refuse to add Street's Disciple to this list. I don't hate it, but it somehow manages to be both an incoherent mess and dull as dishwater at the same time. Nobody needs two hours of Migos in one sitting, but Culture II - which, to be frank, is an obvious case of diminishing returns - is a far more entertaining listen than Street's Disciple.

Also, E-40 has done that thing where he drops multiple albums on the same day quite a few times in the past few years, and if they were proper double/triple/quadruple albums they would be on this list, but they're not so they aren't. The first three volumes of his The Block Brochure series, subtitled Welcome to the Soil, were all released on the same day, were later packaged as a triple CD boxset, and would land at #4 on the above list. I truly believe that E-40 dropping three and a half hours of consistently high quality music, on the same day, in his mid-forties, is one of the most underrated feats in hip-hop over the past decade.

Re: Best Double and Triple Albums

RoundTheBend — Sun, 22 Nov 2020 00:36:38 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 11/22/2020 05:36

My Favorite Double Albums by RoundTheBend

This was an ok guestimate for me.

For those afraid to click, here's my top ten from that:
Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
Hot Rocks 1964–1971 (Exile could go here I guess... I just REALLY like this comp... grew up on it, so hard to break ties with it)
In Your Honour - worth revisiting... was a major fanboy when I created this... still like/listened to recently, but curious how I'd rate
Stadium Arcadium - same here... although I'd put this above FF
Jones Beach, New York August 25, 2000 - easily Pearl Jam's best album for me... they are a much better live act
The Alchemy Index - Thrice - the elements well represented
London Calling
The Wall
The Beatles (The White Album)
At Fillmore East

Reflektor - this album has really grown on me over the years.

I didn't know Have One On Me was double - that'd definitely make my list. Same with Bitches Brew (may already did?)

Oh Europe '72 is easily Grateful Dead's best record.

Hooker 'N Heat is also a fantastic record - half with "the band" and half with just John (I didn't look at the liner credits, it just felt that way).

Also was OutKast the first to release a double hip-hop album with Speakerboxxx/The Love Below... definitely stylistically interesting record.

All Eyez on Me... anyway... I don't know actually anything.

Re: Best Double and Triple Albums

baystateoftheart — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 21:51:00 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 11/21/2020 02:51

Surprised no one's mentioned this phenomenal album yet, a rare one that's triple on CD and not just vinyl:

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69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields

Re: Best Double and Triple Albums

JOSweetHeart — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 21:43:28 GMT

Author: JOSweetHeart

Posted: 11/21/2020 02:43

The only triple album that I know of, if its even considered one, is Shania Twain's album named Up. Three different copies of the album were made.

God bless you and Shania always!!!

Holly

P.S. To me, its her best album with the country copy being the best of the three.

Re: Best Double and Triple Albums

DommeDamian — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 18:53:05 GMT

Author: DommeDamian

Posted: 11/20/2020 23:53

Blonde On Blonde
Trout Mask Replica
The Marshall Mathers LP
Dangerous
Bitches Brew
Songs In The Key of Life
Disintegration

are some of the best imo.

Re: Best Double and Triple Albums

CharlieBarley — Sun, 15 Nov 2020 19:16:13 GMT

Author: CharlieBarley

Posted: 11/16/2020 00:16

1. Beatles - White Album
2. Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
3. The Cure - Disintegration
4. Pink Floyd - The Wall
5. Prince - Sign o The Times
6. Jeff Wayne - War Of The Worlds
7. Various Artists/ Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack
8. Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
9. Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
10. Red Hot Chili Peppers- By The Way

In order of remembering them, not in rank order.
Beatles would still be top.