Support NeoGAF

[FloatOn]

for me it has to to be Low Level Owl volume 1 and 2 by The Appleseed Cast.

for various reasons.

It's a pretty big undertaking for an artist to make a solid double album so I'm looking for the best of the best (aside from the obvious).

 

[Espresso]

The Wall.

 

[jtb]

The Beatles

not a fan of double albums though, they're usually pretty poor

 

[DietRob]

ALL EYEZ ON ME

 

[Rootbeer]

M83's Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

White album will always be fantastic too, of course. I have more favorites but these stand out the most

 

[GCX]

 

[Agent Icebeezy]

 

[snacknuts]

I think the only one I've ever bought is Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness, which I enjoyed a great deal (for the most part), so I guess that one.

 

[water1111]

Use your Illusion I and II.

 

[Fallout-NL]

 

[Mr.Swag]

Wu Tang Forever
So good

 

[DietRob]

^^ I always hated the label for releasing this with this name actually after his death. Poor form.

 

[Blader]

 

[FnordChan]

Tommy by The Who. Yes, I know the whole thing fits onto a single CD, but it was originally a double LP release so that's good enough for me.

FnordChan, whose favorite triple album is 69 Love Songs, whose favorite quadruple album is Einstein on the Beach, and whose favorite quintuple album is United States Live.

 

[valkillmore]

Yep. Brings me right back to my youth every time I listen to it. It's a magical album.

 

[valkillmore]

Use your Illusion I and II.

Aren't these technically two different albums.

 

[Roland Deschain]

- White Album
- The Wall
- Mellon Collie

 

[FireCloud]

Too hard to pick one...

 

[Antiwhippy]

Into the Electric Castle by Ayreon.

So much proggy goodness.

 

[Polari]

Swans - The Seer

 

[Polari]

Uh... that isn't a double album.

 

[D.Lo]

You really have to go back to 1990 or earlier for it to make much sense. You used to only have 40ish minutes of good sounding audio, with the CD you got up to 80. Many, many single albums of the last 20 years would have been doubles on LP (and many are - eg Elephant by The White Stripes).

Aren't these technically two different albums.

Just a double album sold at twice the price.

 

[freddy]

 

[Tony Rocky Horror]

Never mind. I can't read.

 

[8bit]

Probably still this :

 

[dafrocka]

this and that

 

[User 100115]

It's currently a toss up between Use Your Illusion I and II or Coheed's Ascension/Descension

 

[Randdalf]

Uh... that isn't a double album.

Technically no, but you could buy it as a double album when it first came out and which came with a bonus disc of songs.

 

[ILvane]

yep.

 

[Like the hat?]

London Calling

 

[Blader]

Uh... that isn't a double album.

It's two discs, it counts.

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

Might not count, as it's a digital-only release, but, if you were to split it up into discs, it would be a triple album.

Also:

 

[Coins]

The Fragile - Nine Inch Nails.

 

[Combichristoffersen]

Came to post this.

SCREAM FOR ME, LONG BEACH ARENA!

 

[Jay Sosa]

Westsiiiiide.

 

[DJMicLuv]

Either The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (Genesis) or Out of the Blue (ELO).
Or maybe The Wall (Pink Floyd).
200 Motels (Zappa) certainly fits the bill.
Sign of The Times (Prince) might be just the ticket.
McCartney 2's original configuration often tickles my fancy.
The White Album? Don't mind if I do!
Todd (Rundgren) is certainly a lovely package as is his Something/Anything.

Don't get me started on double live albums, I'd be here all week.

 

[daripad]

London Calling

That is not a double album

 

[Stet]

The Wall and The Fragile were already mentioned so

 

[Chopper]

Mellon Collie and The Fragile for me. Awesome stuff.

 

[Gustav]

 

[Ocaso]

Swans - The Seer

Never heard of the band or the album, but I love this cover.

 

[mojiimbo]

That is not a double album

Of course it is.

Though London Calling was released as a double album it was only sold for about the price of a single album. The Clash's record label, CBS, at first denied the band's request for the album to be released as a double. In return CBS gave permission for the band to include a free 12-inch single that played at 33⅓ rpm. Ultimately, the planned 12-inch record became a second nine-track LP.

 

[entremet]

Outkast--Speakerboxx/The Love Below

 

[Jezbollah]

First post had it. The Wall.

 

[megashock5]

The Fragile - Nine Inch Nails.

Beat me to it. Not just my favorite double album, my favorite album of all time.

 

[speedline]

The Fragile - Nine Inch Nails.

Yep

 

[Bucket Mouse]

 

[RionaaM]

Tommy by The Who. Yes, I know the whole thing fits onto a single CD, but it was originally a double LP release so that's good enough for me.

If this counts, then it's my choice too.

I'm not a fan of double albums anyway, usually they are full of filler songs, and have very few good ones. Tommy is a strange case where not many individual songs are remarkable, but taken as a whole it's an incredible album.

 

[Lonestar]

Probably this one.

 

[DietRob]

Westsiiiiide.

I've been listening to the whole album since I posted it originally in the thread. Probably the best hardcore Rap album of all time.