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Neil 
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Posted: October 17 2006 at 08:37 |
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'The White Album' is excellent start to finish, apart from one (IMO) duff track... "number nine, number nine, number nine, number nine"  .
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Jim Garten
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Posted: October 17 2006 at 08:24 |
'Tales From Topographic Oceans' is a superb album, although I'll grant you it takes some getting used to/getting into.
The Flower Kings's 'Unfold The Future', whilst a little over-long is chock full of great ideas, well executed.
Never been a big fan of 'The Wall' - I've always seen it as the first Waters solo album; some good ideas, some good songs, but overall, I find it overblown (strangely, I think the live version 'Is There Anybody Out There' released a couple of years ago, actually works better than the studio album).
'The White Album' is excellent start to finish, apart from one (IMO) duff track... "number nine, number nine, number nine, number nine" .
One of my favorite relatively new double albums is Dream Theater's 'Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence'; good concept, good music & intelligent lyrics (any prog band who can get away with a 10 minute epic dealing with stem cell research are OK by me).
Mind you...
...I've always regretted that Pallas's 'The Sentinel' was never released as a double.
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Neil
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Posted: October 17 2006 at 08:07 |
The Wall
The Lamb
The White Album
Quadraphenia
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
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When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory.
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Eetu Pellonpaa
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Posted: October 17 2006 at 07:58 |
Miles Davis "Bitches Brew" and Jan Garbarlke's "Rites".
Edit: + many classical 2CD's!
Edited by Eetu Pellonpää - October 17 2006 at 07:58
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MarkOne
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Posted: October 17 2006 at 07:18 |
enigma wrote:
Many modern albums are well over 60 minutes on CD which would be a double disc on vinyl.
You could therefore consider 'Amused to Death' and releases by Tool and The Mars Volta.
Are there many classic 70's doubles (vinyl) which fit on 1 cd (76mins)?
Anyway...
'The Wall', 'Lamb....' and 'Physical Graffiti' get my vote.
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Personally, this is one of the things that spoils many CD releases. Having 40-45 minutes on 2 sides of vinyl was a real limitation. And this meant that only the very best stuff made the cut. And the focus of an album was often very clear.
With 60, 70 or even more minutes available (and the expectation that you'll fill an entire hour at least) many bands resort to putting out tracks that would never have seen daylight on anything other than a special "rarities" album a couple of decades ago.
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Posted: October 17 2006 at 07:13 |
I know that many of you will think I'm blaspheming, but I'm firmly with Rick Wakeman in that I think Topographic oceans is over-long and stretched thinly to fill 4 sides of vinyl, or 2 CDs.
There are some great themes and ideas in there, I grant you.
But it should have been a single album. 
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Posted: October 17 2006 at 06:40 |
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A lot of mentioned before and... Alchemy by Dire Straits. Great non-prog live album.
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limeyrob
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Posted: October 15 2006 at 13:25 |
Ayreon - The Human Equation & Into the Electric Castle
The Who - Quadrophenia and Tommy
Yessongs - well double CD any way
Kayak - Nostradamus
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Posted: October 15 2006 at 11:37 |
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Pink Floyd - The Wall
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Marillion - Marbles
Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
Ayreon - Into The Electric Castle, The Human Equation
Spock's Beard - Snow
Flower Kings - Paradox Hotel
Neal Morse - Testimony
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patomtz
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Posted: October 14 2006 at 11:10 |
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the human equation
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I still can't get how Dream Theater music is created by humans
Dream Theater in Monterrey, Mexico 03.03.06 Unforgettable
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alias10mr
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Posted: October 13 2006 at 20:48 |
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I'm gonna add another title that hasn't been mentioned but deserves to be here: L'Heptade by Harmonium.
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enigma
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Posted: October 13 2006 at 20:08 |
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Many modern albums are well over 60 minutes on CD which would be a double disc on vinyl.
You could therefore consider 'Amused to Death' and releases by Tool and The Mars Volta.
Are there many classic 70's doubles (vinyl) which fit on 1 cd (76mins)?
Anyway...
'The Wall', 'Lamb....' and 'Physical Graffiti' get my vote.
Edited by enigma - October 13 2006 at 20:10
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Posted: October 13 2006 at 18:18 |
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Marillion - Marbles
Beatles - White
Genesis - Lamb
And, considering the commercial direction of later Genesis albums, I thought 'We Can't Dance' was a great double album (vinyl) with some great prog moments.
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Laughs as I clean my teeth, laughs as I rub at my eyes.
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Pseud0
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Posted: October 13 2006 at 18:06 |
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well i love all the obvious ones (besides dream theater of course)
themes from william blakes the marriage of heaven and hell/lamb/brew/tagomago/topographic are prob my favorites
Edited by Pseud0 - October 13 2006 at 18:06
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Soul Dreamer
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Posted: October 13 2006 at 15:41 |
My choices are:
Ayreon - Into The Electric Castle
Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans
Marillion - Marbles
IQ - Subterranea
Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
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To be the one who seeks so I may find .. (Metallica)
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Dick Heath
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Posted: October 13 2006 at 13:36 |
Cheesecakemouse wrote:
No ones mentioned Soft Machine's Third
and as everyone else has said: TFTO, The Lamb lies down...
and Miles Davis Bitches Brew.
Mars Volta albums are tehnically double albums if you compare the length of their albums compared to most album lengths in the 70s. |
Except some of Third is recorded live (two separate gigs?) and cut and pasted into studio performances. I think one of those recent Cuneiform Records Soft Machine releases Noisette, can provide a fuller recording of one of the live sets.
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-Radioswim-
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Posted: October 13 2006 at 11:51 |
I apologize guys!! I posted Metropolis Pt.2 WITHOUT REALIZING that I have a 2 disc special edition of some kind... I recieved it as a gift from someone. They just kinda handed it to me. Again my apologi!
BTW- NO ONE MENTIONED SUBTERRANEA BY IQ?
Edited by -Radioswim- - October 13 2006 at 11:53
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A B Negative
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Posted: October 13 2006 at 11:34 |
My favourite 2 disc concept album - Zen Arcade by Husker Du.
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"The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time."
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MadcapLaughs84
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Posted: October 11 2006 at 12:12 |
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The wall, the Human Equation, Six Degrees of inner Turbulence, Joe's Garage, Uncle Meat & Marbles
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MadcapLaughs84
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Posted: October 11 2006 at 12:09 |
-Radioswim- wrote:
I apologize ahead of time, if this topic is old, I havn't been on the forums in a LONG time, so I'm not really sure whats circulating.
I guess... what are your favourite 2 disc masterpeices of all time?
A few that come to mind for me are "The Lamb Lies down on Broadway", or "The Wall", or "Metropolis: Pt2"
The album you name DOES NOT have to be widely considered a classic masterpeice... it can be completely based on your opinion. So let's hear it guys! :D
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Come on, Metropolis Pt 2 is a Single Album
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