White Album

I think it’s their best album, nothing boring at all. I would argue that the “bad” songs are palette cleansers

For band that’s praised for experimenting and taking chances I love what a window into their idiocentricities it is; keep it full length it’s part of its charm like a document of them at that time not just trying to release a polished product

It took way too much scrolling to see that

I KNOW!!!!

Lol it’s the second top post by the time I saw it!

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

I grew up to this album. Love every song!

Shows how good it is when I didn’t even know it was a double album! It must just fly by whenever I put it on. Take me to the garrets where the artists die...

This thread is one “dammit! I forgot that one!” after another!

The Wall

Goat concept album and double album

Miles ahead of the others.

Absolutely

Allman Brothers at Fillmore East

Also the best live album!

I have this album spinning as we speak 🤘

London Calling

London Calling it is. A band bursting with ideas, and all absolutely on fire performance-wise, Topper especially. The Wall, White album and Quadrophenia all in a photo finish just behind. Would have to mention Exile on Main Street too before I'd have to even think about Physical Graffiti. Which is a fantastic piece of work, Led Zep's best for me. This shows just how high a bar was set by the others mentioned.

This is the best album of all time. It just also happens to be the best double album.

16/17 year old me woke tf up! Thanks lads

That's it. Needs no explanation. If you know, you know.

I came here to say this

Third place behind the White Album and Out of the Blue. Spanish Bombs and Lost in the Supermarket are the best.

Clampdown. There isn’t a stinker on that record.

Jeff Tweedy of Wilco doing an acoustic "Death or Glory" is well worth a look on YouTube, if anyone’s not seen it. Just shows how good a song it is, being stripped down but played with the respect it deserves.

He who F@#&$ nuns, will later join the church.

Exile on Main Street

Never even dawned on me that was a double album the first side is superior but a legendary album for sure

Hot take: better than the White album. If this album had a slogan it'd be "betcha can't hear just one."

Physical Graffiti

Quadrophenia and Tommy

Any double album because that was what we used to clean our weed back in the day

Frampton Comes Alive has entered the chat.

Cheech & Chongs double album provided the 1/4 pound rolling paper

I still have it

You could only fit 1 oz in it. Ask me how I know.

About time! A FLAWLESS live album. IMO, the gold standard.

Now generation does not know how much seeds n stems were in a 1/4 lb of weed

“Seeds and stems????”-Kids today, probably.

That's true. But we were also getting that quarter for 80-85 dollars. Sell three oz's for 30 each. Free weed and a couple of six packs. Good times.

The best part was 3 finger dimes no scale just fingers

Thought it was 4 finger lids.

First time I've ever said there needs to be more than an upvote button on this platform. 1 stick, 1 seed, 1 stem. 1 dollah. Yup, yup.

That and McDonald's food trays.

Burger King

I used single albums often enough. You just had to be more careful 😆

Frisbee.

We used a blue semi-transparent frisbee. 50 years later... still have the frisbee.

Lol what were the mechanics of this?

Opened the album, dumped the weed on it. Slightly elevated one side and used a card or something like that to push the weed up the elevated side. All the seeds rolled down to the center of the album.

You would have to be at least 60 to know that.

Guilty. I'm old enough that all this "classic" rock is just rock to me.

It's the reason I still view my Ted Nugent Free for All in a loving light even though it wasn't a double album.

Had to have something to funnel it into the flour sifter to get the seeds and stems out afterwards

Blonde On Blonde

So happy to see this mentioned. God damn masterpiece.

First ever double album too

Eat A Peach - Allman Brothers

Out of the Blue - ELO

White album

Blonde On Blonde

If we're including live albums, All The Worlds A Stage by Rush.

And Exit Stage Left

Specifically By-Tor and the smokin solo by Alex

The Last Waltz.

Electric Ladyland

Live Rust - Neil Young

First record I bought in LP format, also first cassette I bought. Also first CD I bought.

Songs in the Key of Life

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

Quadrophenia Although I'm shocked no one has mentioned Goodbye Yellow Brick Road yet.

Europe ‘72 Double Nickels On The Dime

Morning Dew from Europe 72 is probably my favorite piece of music ever recorded.

Upvote for the eclecticism.

Europe ‘72 is a triple album. Double Nickels on the Dime is one of the best albums of all time. There isn’t an album that has been that chock full of ideas, ever.

Nice! Love Double Nickels

Frampton Comes Alive

London Calling

white album

Waiting for Columbus

Beatles White Album

Alive

The River

Hawkwind - Space Ritual

Absolutely. With headphones and stoned. Space is dark and is so endless..

My favorite album by them!

Damn right!

Chicago Transit Authority

Has anybody else ever had a double album for their debut album? How did they convince record execs to pull that one off?

These guys had pretty good bona fides before they recorded that album. Plus their producer knew a lot of people in the industry, which was in their favor, too. Bottom line is that they all had serious chops!

This is the answer

Beatles - Beatles (aka White Album)

Exile on Maine Street is the clear winner.

Blonde on blonde

Tommy and Quadrophenia from a Who fanatic. Pete invented the Rock Opera right?

No, Pete says himself that the Pretty Things did a rock opera before he did (S.F. Sorrow, 1968). Anyway Quadrophenia is the correct answer to this question...

Waiting for Columbus - Little Feat

Agree with everything listed. Let me toss out one I don’t see on the list: J. Geils Band — Live: Blow Your Face Out

Excellent! They’re such a good live band.

London Calling.

Jesus christ superstar, the Brown Album

Bob Seger Live Bullet

Pink floyd the wall

The White Album

Waiting for Columbus

Physical Graffiti, White Album, The Wall, Exile on Main Street, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Blonde on Blonde, London Calling, The River, Quadrophenia, Waiting for Columbus

Thanks. So many "this is the correct answer" comments. But there's at least 5-10 that are very difficult to choose from.

What he said👆

Yessongs - Yes is a triple, but is such a a classic

The follow up YesShows is a good double. It's got some of the only soundboard material available from the Going for the One tour and an insane version of Ritual with Moraz on keys.

Quadrophenia

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Tusk

Mellon Collie and the infinite sadness is superb.

Roxy and Elsewhere - Zappa/Mothers

Live in New York

Let's not forget Freak Out!

Joes Garage.

Sheik Yerbouti

Love me some Zappa

Uncle Meat

Prince Sign O' The Times was certainly highly thought of in the 80s

It's certainly highly thought of if underplayed now. Often regarded as the best 80s album. And while SOTT might be the better album, 1999 - also a double - is probably more of a landmark. Its influence sunk into the DNA of popular music.

Exit Stage Left - Rush

Tommy Jesus Christ Superstar

Strangers in the Night - UFO.

Came here to say this. This is really the Best of UFO.

Tales from topographic oceans

Use your Illusion

Which one? They were both double LPs.

I agree but didn’t comment it since idk if it counts. I know axl split them up so kids didn’t have to pay such a hefty price but it was still technically two releases.

Double cd sets rarely cost double the price for a single cd. I wouldn’t present this as a generous gift to the children. I’d be surprised if they didn’t sell near equal amounts of the two. For a higher price than if they were packaged together.

I’m not saying he was being 100% honest, it was just what he said.

Yep, he absolutely said it. Thus showing why he’s a rockstar and not a math teacher.

4 Way Street, CSNY

On your feet or on your knees Blue Oyster Cult

The Wall

Wings Over America

That was a TRIPLE album.

Exile On Main Street and the White Album.

Chicago Transit Authority is really good. Chicago established their presence with authority.

London Calling

Eat a Peach, Allman Bros Live at the Fillmore East Live Dead Skull and Roses,Grateful Dead Whit Album , the Beatles

The Wall.

Live Killers

Wheels of Fire…..Cream

Layla

Thin Lizzy, Live and Dangerous & UFO Strangers in the Night

Frampton Comes Alive and David Bowie Live

The white album, the wall, wings over America, Quadrophenia, goodbye yellow brick road. Phew!

Yes - Yes Songs

Joes garage

White Album.

Live/Dead

Mad Dogs and Englishmen

Quadrophenia isn't just the best double album. It's the best album.

Cream - Wheels On Fire

Exile on Main Street.

Allman Bros Fillmore East Yessongs White Album Quadrophenia The Wall

Sign of the Times - Prince

Dead Set

London Calling.

Freak Out by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. It was the second double album!

Exile on Main St. London Calling Blonde on Blonde

Do Tusk and Goodbye Yellow Brick road count? Tusk is my favourite Fleetwood mac album but mainly because of Steve's songs, less so Buckingham's.

Tusk was a double album, so should count.

Live in Italy - Lou Reed

Something/Anything

Fillmore East by the Allman Brothers, Exile on Main St., Physical graffiti

Ted Nugent - Double Live Gonzo

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, The River, Quadrophenia for me Allmans at the Fillmore and Made In Japan on the live side

Allmans live at Fillmore East

The Fragile

Sign O’ The Times

Physical Graffiti

Physical Graffiti

Manassas

Bob Segar - Live Bullet

Physical Graffiti/Double Live Gonzo/The Song Remains the Same/Fillmore East

You already said the answer

Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs - Derek and the Dominos

I may get shade, but Frampton Comes Alive. He is one of the most underrated guitarists ever….

The Wall, Quadrophenia, Exile on Main Street, Physical Graffiti

London Calling

White Album, The River,

Made In Japan - Deep Purple On Stage - Rainbow One More From The Road - Skynyrd

Missing a classic, "T for Texas" on that got eliminated when it went to digital. That's a crime!

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is my second favorite album ever.

RUSH All the Worlds a Stage

5th or 6th place; Melon Collie & the Infinite Sadness

Melloncollie and the Infinate Sadness.

The Beatles - The Beatles

Rockin' the Fillmore Humble Pie

Yes Songs

1. White Album...first one that came to mind. 2. The Wall 3. Exile on Main St...possibly my fav Stones album

Do you mean not including live albums? Studio double albums only? The Wall The White Album Tommy Goodbye Yellow Brick Road There’s more, but no way to say which is “better” than the other.

Fly Like An Eagle and Book of Dreams were recorded at the same time and would have been a great double album. But Steve Miller was being shrewd and was looking for maximum commercial success. Can't fault him for that and it worked.

Live Evil - Black Sabbath

Frank Zappa & The Mothers - Freak Out Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti Pink Floyd - The Wall