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when was the last great double album? They just don't make 'em like they used to do they? I say this as I listen to Tusk which I only got a couple of days ago.
Mellon Colie and the Infinite Sadness (Smashing Pumpkins) is the last one I can think of and that was about a decade ago. I wouldn't even call it great but it was pretty good. Prior to that I'd say Sign O' the Times, a further decade back, then 1999. In the 60s and 70s there was Blonde on Blonde (Dylan), White Album (Beatles), Electric Ladyland (Hendrix), Exile On Main St. (Rolling Stones) Physical Graffiti (Led Zeppelin), Songs In the Key of a Life (Wonder), Tusk (Fleetwood Mac) and Saturday Night Fever (does that count?). All brilliant double albums. Bad Girls (Donna Summer) was quite good as well. Is there even any artist around these days that would be capable of making a great double album? I think Prince may have it in him but can't think of any others. [Edited 2/15/05 8:08am] | |
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Is there even any artist around these days even capable of making a great double album? I think Prince may have it in him but can't think of any others.[/quote]
Prince already made his entry in the list of great double albums, I don't think he needs, or is inclined, to do so again. As far as other modern day artists who have or could. Well Speakerboxxx/Love Below was pretty damn good as far as I'm concerned, maybe not on quite the same level as the others you mentioned but the closest thing we've seen in hip-hop (correct me if I'm wrong). | |
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jacktheimprovident said:[quote]
Prince already made his entry in the list of great double albums, I don't think he needs, or is inclined, to do so again. As far as other modern day artists who have or could. Well Speakerboxxx/Love Below was pretty damn good as far as I'm concerned, maybe not on quite the same level as the others you mentioned but the closest thing we've seen in hip-hop (correct me if I'm wrong).[/quote] Hmmm... I love The Love Below but that was really an Andre 3000 (or is it 2000?) solo effort. Speakerboxx is mostly Big Boi and does absolutely nothing for me. They should've released them seperately. [Edited 2/15/05 8:15am] | |
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OutKast's The Love Below/Speakerboxx Christian Zombie Vampires | |
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superspaceboy said: OutKast's The Love Below/Speakerboxx
Agree. But the last great hip hop double LP . before thiswas Notorious B.I.G "Life After Death". Smashing Pumpkings Mellon Collie and the infinate sadness the las great rock double LP. "Thinking like the Keys on Prince's piano, we'll be just fine" | |
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kinaldo said:[quote] jacktheimprovident said: Prince already made his entry in the list of great double albums, I don't think he needs, or is inclined, to do so again. As far as other modern day artists who have or could. Well Speakerboxxx/Love Below was pretty damn good as far as I'm concerned, maybe not on quite the same level as the others you mentioned but the closest thing we've seen in hip-hop (correct me if I'm wrong).[/quote] Hmmm... I love The Love Below but that was really an Andre 3000 (or is it 2000?) solo effort. Speakerboxx is mostly Big Boi and does absolutely nothing for me. They should've released them seperately. I found Big Boi's half of that album to be shockingly weak compared to Andre's. His singles did nothing for me either. | |
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nowadays, its common for CD releases to be long enough to be considered a "double album" by previous standards.
SOTT can fit on one disc. So can most old-style double albums. | |
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kinaldo said: They just don't make 'em like they used to do they? I say this as I listen to Tusk which I only got a couple of days ago.
Mellon Colie and the Infinite Sadness (Smashing Pumpkins) is the last one I can think of and that was about a decade ago. I wouldn't even call it great but it was pretty good. Prior to that I'd say Sign O' the Times, a further decade back, then 1999. In the 60s and 70s there was Blonde on Blonde (Dylan), White Album (Beatles), Electric Ladyland (Hendrix), Exile On Main St. (Rolling Stones) Physical Graffiti (Led Zeppelin), Songs In the Key of a Life (Wonder), Tusk (Fleetwood Mac) and Saturday Night Fever (does that count?). All brilliant double albums. Bad Girls (Donna Summer) was quite good as well. Is there even any artist around these days that would be capable of making a great double album? I think Prince may have it in him but can't think of any others. [Edited 2/15/05 8:08am] The Cure's Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me was a great double album. Christian Zombie Vampires | |
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JonSnow said: nowadays, its common for CD releases to be long enough to be considered a "double album" by previous standards.
SOTT can fit on one disc. So can most old-style double albums. Yes, but there is always concept behind the double album. True, disks these days can hold about as much as the true double album from back when. Hell, most vinyl you get nowadays is a double vinyl for new music. But the true form of the double album is a bit lost these days. Mellon Collie probably could be 3 vinyl set...and Outkast is easily 4. I think the musicians that can do it today...Beck & Bjork...Ani DiFranco. Christian Zombie Vampires | |
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Nellie McKay's "Get Away From Me" which came out last year fits the bill for me. It was her debut album, even.
Before that, Bruce Hornsby's "Spirit Trail" which came out in '98 or something like that. Check it out! Also, 2pac's "All Eyez on Me" was a good album (I don't know about "great"). | |
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jtgillia said: Nellie McKay's "Get Away From Me" which came out last year fits the bill for me. It was her debut album, even.
That was my favorite album of last year. | |
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JonSnow said: nowadays, its common for CD releases to be long enough to be considered a "double album" by previous standards.
SOTT can fit on one disc. So can most old-style double albums. Boys For Pele seems like a double album. | |
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GangstaFam said: JonSnow said: nowadays, its common for CD releases to be long enough to be considered a "double album" by previous standards.
SOTT can fit on one disc. So can most old-style double albums. Boys For Pele seems like a double album. The vinyl release was. Two clear vinyl LPs--very nice to look at. | |
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sextonseven said: GangstaFam said: Boys For Pele seems like a double album. The vinyl release was. Two clear vinyl LPs--very nice to look at. If you still shop for new vinyl like i do, everything's a double album now. Keep your headphones on. | |
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yeah, true 2-CD releases of new material - like the Outkast album, and NIN's The Fragile - would have to be like 4 record sets back in the old days.
the double album is a lost art form in the new era | |
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Heh, yep. I've seen the love below/speakerboxx on vinyl. it's a four record set. great package tho. Keep your headphones on. | |
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Nas' Street Deciple was a very good double CD. But Love Below/ Speakerboxx was the best b4 this one. Straight Jacket Funk Affair
Album plays and love for vinyl records. | |
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Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
...just kidding, but I had to mention it! Great album by Joni. | |
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1999 - Prince Andy is a four letter word. | |
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I always thought of a normal album as the perfect timespan for am artist to fill. Only really talented artists would get away with a double album.
The last one I actually bought was Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me by The Cure, if I remember correctly, after that everybody started using the cd timespan, mostly to fill it with left over fodder. |
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HamsterHuey said: The last one I actually bought was Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me by The Cure, if I remember correctly, after that everybody started using the cd timespan, mostly to fill it with left over fodder. My one pet peeve about that album is that it's not the full album because it couldn't all fit on one CD. | |
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sextonseven said: HamsterHuey said: The last one I actually bought was Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me by The Cure, if I remember correctly, after that everybody started using the cd timespan, mostly to fill it with left over fodder. My one pet peeve about that album is that it's not the full album because it couldn't all fit on one CD. Right? The only way you got it all was on Cassette (did vinyl have Hey you?..goshies..I haven't heard that song in a long time (I have the CD)) It'll be interesting to see how it gets reissued. Christian Zombie Vampires | |
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superspaceboy said: sextonseven said: My one pet peeve about that album is that it's not the full album because it couldn't all fit on one CD. Right? The only way you got it all was on Cassette (did vinyl have Hey you?..goshies..I haven't heard that song in a long time (I have the CD)) It'll be interesting to see how it gets reissued. Yes, the vinyl edition did include "Hey You". The extended version was included on the "Hot Hot Hot!!!" 12". And it finally made it onto CD via the 'Join The Dots' box set. | |
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the river - bruce springsteen (sooo long ago)
fragile - nine inch nails | |
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U2-Rattle & Hum | |
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holaketal said: the river - bruce springsteen (sooo long ago)
fragile - nine inch nails Filler overkill! But Hunngry Heart and The River make it wothwhile. | |
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superspaceboy said: OutKast's The Love Below/Speakerboxx
A GREAT ALBUM??? Please dont tell me that music standard has fallen this far?? Some very good TRACKS, but would you take it on a desert island with you and listen to it for the next 20 years...I beg to differ. Peace. "If you wanna feel the FUNK....then you have to know the SOUL!!!"-----(Up and Down...just like a seesaw, Back and Forth...oh girl I'm fallin) | |
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