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Green River by CCR

Very good! The Stones were at their best when they cut out the psychedelic BS - which they were never very good at, IMHO - and got back to their roots. Beggars Banquet, Let it Bleed and Sticky Fingers were the Stones at their best.

A great topic,Tom. Just off the top of my head, this is how I first heard bands like Indigo Girls, REM and Teardrop Explodes. You just had to stay in the shop and listen to the whole album.

In my humble opinion: SANDINISTA!***** (FIVE STAR!!!)🤩 BITCHES BREW ***** 😋 MARVIN GAYE'S HERE MY DEAR *****😪 - ....the rest meh! & I agree

I agree with you that Self Portrait contained some pretty dire stuff but I absolutely love the Bootleg Series, Another Self Portrait. To me it shows what could have been if the best from both albums had been released as a double

That’s about the cleanest copy of Metal Machine Music I’ve seen

"The Wall" by Floyd. Would have been a great single album.

I love the Todd album!!!!

Trout Mask Replica.

I listened to Metal Machine Music all the way through...once. And literally just to be able to say I did it.

I tried listening to Trout Mask Replica and had the same reaction you had with Metal Machine Music

Interesting video. My least favorite double album is the Wall.

I agree. Bitch's Brew is a heavy lift. I can't get through one side. Life's too short for four sides of that.

I've always thought " all the tired horses " was a great way to open an album and I've always liked self portrait.

What most people fail to understand is MMM can be played at any speed. Try it sometime. And I have the quad version!

If double albums were single, they’d be the best albums of all time; Exile, White, Yellow Brick Road, River, Blonde, London Calling, Something/Anything, Physical etc

Ok Major Tom, another good topic. Agree on Sandinista, Here My Dear, and Self Portrait. On Self Portrait I will say Another Self Portrait from Dylan’s Bootleg series is a revelation and I listen to it frequently. Love Bitches Brew and always felt his producer Teo Macero did a cool job editing it. Will add two from bands I love and these are critics faves. Tago Mago by Can has some incredible songs but a tough slog. And while I love Captain Beefheart It’s best to put Trout Mask Replica on when you want your guests to leave 😂

I love Sandinista. One of my all-time most played albums.

Good picks

Here’s a couple; Ghost Writer-Garland Jeffries Heart Food-Judee Sill Nadir’s Big Chance-Peter Hammill Carolyn Mas( debut)

Saw Spirit a couple of times late sixties-- loved " A Family That Plays Together" & 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus"; Strange Days still my favorite Doors album, Zombies album was fantastic, and the Beatles and McCartney's favorite guitarist, Jimi reign supreme!! Good job!!!

Tribute to Jack Johnson > Bitches Brew

If you have to “try to enjoy” an album… people should only listen to what they like instead of attempting to impress others, ie 90% of jazz fans.

The majority of rock CD's released in the 90's would fit into this category.

I lasted about five minutes with METAL MACHINE MUSIC. What a waste of money and vinyl. The Rascals' double-album is indeed a slog. I would add ALL THINGS MUST PASS for the THIRD album of jams. Endlessly sleep-inducing. Does WOW/GRAPE JAM count? The "jams" are incredibly tedious. Separate albums, but sold together. CHICAGO VII is about one good album, but that jazzy/instrumental stuff is a tough one for me. I'll throw CHICAGO III on the list, also. They were "dry" as far as good songs were concerned when it came time to put together this album. And TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS is NOT an easy listen all the way through. Much better if you listen to it in two sittings.

Great subject! Fun discussion!

I heard that "Here, My Dear" was purposefully bad because it was court ordered that Marvin Gaye's ex would get all of the royalties.

Wire's *Document and Eyewitness* is a tough one, despite the fact that I absolutely love Wire. The live half, especially, is difficult. (Some of the rehearsal/rough demo stuff is fascinating, but would have worked better on a single disc.)

“Nothing Lasts Forever” off of Preservation Act 2

I totally agree about bitches brew. It’s like fingernails across the blackboard.

The Rolling Stones , Exile on Main Street.

Some of those KISS sets, THE RIVER, THE WALL and FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE all to a little/some extent, more so U2: RATTLE AND HUM and definitely R. by R. KELLY can also be included in the problematic to horrid double album category, with JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE: THE 20.20 EXPERIENCE a double or triple disaster, long past his prime and him having anything to say, if ever. A; Kanye West albums are rubbish, especially now, but a triple album in MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY was absolutely a sign it was all about to fall apart.

Great topic, great picks I agree with you on all of them. I also bought ''Self Portrait'' the day it came out. In the immortal words of Greil Marcus ''What is this shit? Amazingly if you buy Bob Dylan ''Bootleg series vol.10 another self portrait'' it is a really good record. 35 songs and not a dud in the bunch! Lennon killed his solo career with ''Sometime in nyc''.He came to nyc in 1970 hung around with Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman, David Peel,convinced himself he was a revolutionary and just wound up making an embarrassing album.Same with the ''Clash''.They should have stuck with what they know best ''Rock and ''Roll''.They were way out of their league with the whole ''Iran Contra Sandinista Nicaragua'' situation.They had no idea what they were singing about!

Much as I love Bob Mould (particularly with Sugar and his early solo stuff like "Workbook" and "Black Sheets of Rain"), Husker Du are just so INTENSE that I can only take them in carefully measured doses. Yet they put out TWO double LP albums, "Zen Arcade" and "Warehouse: Songs and Stories" that, like some of your selections, contain some of the band's best work. But I can honestly say that, even after they were issued on single-disc CDs, I've never been able to listen to either of them all the way through in a single sitting. Too exhausting. "In a Silent Way" is probably my favorite "electric Miles," too. I love the 3 CD "Complete Sessions" set that came out in 2001, which includes stuff from "Filles de Kilamanjaro" (my fave of that period), "Water Babies," "Circle in the Round" and "Directions." As for "Here, My Dear" -- I have it, but still haven't really devoted time and effort to listening to it. You know the story: He was behind in alimony payments and agreed to hand over (note the title) half the royalties for his next Motown album to his ex. This is it.

Sandanista is fantastic , defo not a slog but US has never got dub . Bitches Brew top album. Music no prolemo, buy on sight. Self Portrait is pretty good...the solo/ rough/ demo version is better. Just love rambly double albums. Oh come on.. Here My Dear is a cracking album. Recurring problem here is patience. Must check out The Rascals. Though. OK you win one, the Lennon LP can be happily burned. However Todd Is god. Lou Reed ..lovin the noise.

Yeah - the instrumental is called King Kong, it's a written piece not some random spaced out jamming and Jam Rag is a fictional title. How clued out was Lennon? And to not characterize Jam Rag as thievery is being an apologist for Lennon. It was Yoko's blathering that ruined "Jam Rag" what a disgrace those 2 were in that moment

What about Elton John’s “Blue Moves” from 1976? Seems he tried to top “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” to absolutely no avail but still has some great moments “Tonight”, “One Horse Town”, “Boogie Pilgrim” and “Idol” is great. but the rest.. meh…🥱

Good to hear, I thought it was me about 'Bitch's Brew'...tried it, couldn't do it. Same with "Here, My Dear"...I'm a huge MG fan, but that one's a slog. Good double by MG: "In Our Lifetime" Extended Love Man Edition.....a few fillers, but mostly good stuff, esp for fans

Never listened to any of these. I love Dylan's work, refused to listen to "Self Portrait" and "The Wedding Album."

Swans - The Seer......what a droney racket! Impossible to get through in one go. Makes Trout Mask Replica seem like a walk in the park.

Interesting list. But my number 1 just gotta be Beefheart Trout Mask Replica.

self portrait....masterpiece

The Kink's Preservation Act 2..........Act 1, a single album is a triumph and an all time fave!

Love's OUT HERE. Two, maybe three good tracks. Pretty depressing coming after the great FOUR SAIL. Same band, too!

Best B Side ever comes from my big sister's purchase of Carpenter's 1975 Mr. Postman. It is This Masquerade. As a child I used to listen to it over and over again. Still listen to it probably 30 times a year in 2024.

Listened to samples of each. The Kinks song was the one that stood out.

"1999" is hard for me to listen to as a whole. I love Prince and it's only 11 songs but they are much too long. As a 45 minutes album, no problem, all songs are great. But 1 hour 10, no. In fact, 30 minutes something is already a good length. "Dirty mind" is excellent, for exemple.

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway. I have always found the second album to be a challenge to listen to. But... I will try again.

In 1993, Klaus Schulze published a 10-CD box with premiere material and never before published live recordings. The composition "Picasso geht spazieren" fills two CDs (over 150 minutes). In 1995 he released a ten-disc box "Historic Edition", and in 1997 a 25-disc "Jubilee Edition". In 2000, all three boxes were released with a five-disc bonus as the "Ultimate Edition" containing 50 CDs. Between 2009 and 2016, the same material, along with additional tracks, was released as three-disc sets under the name "La Vie Electronique" volume1&16 (vol. 16 have 5 cd box). I only have sets: 1, 12, 13. I can listen to a maximum of one CD from this series in concentration. Less is more.

Good reviews. I think Sandinista could have been a good double. Interesting take on Bitches Brew. Because it was the first jazz I ever bought, I respect it but….a couple of his other LPs are listenable.