Double albums that do and don't work.

[pete.young]

Just now, StickyDBRmf said:

I never used the word "donkey"

Welcome to the Basschat swear filter.

[StickyDBRmf]

3 minutes ago, Maude said:

To be fair you said no obscure twaddle but have let Tales From Topographic Oceans slide. 

That's mostly what it does...

[miles'tone]

6 minutes ago, spectoremg said:

Yet another Richard Head quoting a live album 🙄

Never been one to follow rules and don't be so bloody rude.

[spectoremg]

6 minutes ago, Maude said:

To be fair you said no obscure twaddle but have let Tales From Topographic Oceans slide. 

I've just laughed so much all my ribs have broken. 

[spectoremg]

2 minutes ago, miles'tone said:

Never been one to follow rules and don't be so bloody rude.

❄❄❄ sorry snowflake. 

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

24 minutes ago, spectoremg said:

❄❄❄ sorry snowflake. 

Mate, what is it with you? You’ve started a perfectly reasonable thread which you are now sabotaging. We can all do without the petty insults and it’s not the first time this has been said.

[ped]

26 minutes ago, spectoremg said:

❄❄❄ sorry snowflake. 

You’re one more stupid post away from a ban so be very careful or leave. Thanks. 

[ezbass]

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road would’ve been better slimmed down, but getting it to a single, vinyl album would’ve been tough.

Quadrophenia is a great double album and Tommy isn’t bad either (I’m not a Who fan boy BTW).

I think The Wall could be shorter, but again, there’s more than a single album’s worth.

Physical Graffiti is one of my all time faves, but they should’ve released the HotH tracks with that album, as that would’ve been epic.

 

[Doctor J]

Do: Quadrophenia - It's the only one I can think of that works from the first note to the last note.

Don't: all the others. They're usually a failure of quality control, rather than someone genuinely having too much quality material for one album. Mellon Collie and Use Your Illusion have been mentioned and they're ones from my lifetime notable for having one outrageously brilliant album diluted with filler. Stadium Arcadium would struggle to be distilled into a good EP.

[4000]

1 hour ago, thodrik said:

My personal opinion is the influx or CDs ruined the old school double album which generally limited artists to 45 mins per album. However, since CDs bands have frankly been putting too much stuff onto a disk, leading to incredibly long 'single' albums which are frankly longer than most classic vinyl double albums. RHCP Stadium Arcadium effort being a case in point. 

Yes, a pet hate of mine. It’s one reason why I insist on keeping our cds down to no more than 9 tracks. I treat them like I would vinyl. 

My other pet hate is “extended” cds, where they take an album and stick some “rare outtakes” or live versions on the end. Just gimme the album please. It’s not just albums I’m familiar with either. When I first bought/ heard the cd of Fotheringay by Fotheringay (which has become of my favourite albums), I remember thinking that the last two tracks didn’t seem to fit in the running order; it was quite obvious it should have finished with Banks of the Nile. When I checked what the original album track listing was, lo and behold the 2 tracks were add-ons and it had indeed originally finished with Banks of the Nile. 

[4000]

Ok, no idea where the quote went and it won’t seem to let me edit it!🙄

[spectoremg]

34 minutes ago, ped said:

You’re one more stupid post away from a ban so be very careful or leave. Thanks. 

Says who?

[pete.young]

IBTL. Anyone got any popcorn?

[Dad3353]

[Chris2112]

'Sadness Will Prevail' by Today Is The Day could have done with being a single album. It's a concept piece, yeah we get it - but the concept could have been conveyed the hour of great tracks and left the rest of the ambient/dawdling parts behind. 

[Maude]

13 minutes ago, spectoremg said:

Says who?

It was Ped, you quoted him. 

Do try and keep up. 

[Nail Soup]

Works: Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band...... fantastic album.

 

Doesnt work: I think generally not good, but a good representative example mot coming to mind

[P-Belly Evans]

6 minutes ago, Nail Soup said:

Works: Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band...... fantastic album.

 

Doesnt work: I think generally not good, but a good representative example mot coming to mind

Wow.... I own Trout Mask replica.... I put it on to clear the room at home................ I also leave shortly after I put it on

🤣

[paul_5]

2 hours ago, P-Belly Evans said:

Do's

Anything by Miles Davis

 

Amen!! beaches Brew or Live Evil get top billing for me. Outstanding.

[Nail Soup]

Just now, P-Belly Evans said:

Wow.... I own Trout Mask replica.... I put it on to clear the room at home................ I also leave shortly after I put it on

🤣

It’s an acquired taste😉

[P-Belly Evans]

2 minutes ago, paul_5 said:

Amen!! beaches Brew or Live Evil get top billing for me. Outstanding.

Swear filter alert.....fosters poor this flipin state of affairs. 🤣😂

[P-Belly Evans]

Just now, P-Belly Evans said:

Swear filter alert.....fosters poor this flipin state of affairs. 🤣😂

Fosters... That is hilarious 🤣

[P-Belly Evans]

3 minutes ago, P-Belly Evans said:

Fosters... That is hilarious 🤣

It's a good job Never Mind The Bollocks wasn't a double album..... 

[P-Belly Evans]

Just now, P-Belly Evans said:

It's a good job Never Mind The Bollocks wasn't a double album..... 

Have I just broken the swear filter????!

[P-Belly Evans]

8 minutes ago, Nail Soup said:

It’s an acquired taste😉

Imagine having to play it.. being beaten and having ciggies put out on you for playing a bum note  😂😂😂....

I am such a sensitive soul that I do hope that's an urban myth... please tell me it is... please..