After long years of being a Beatles fan, I have regretfully come to the conclusion that the White Album is overrated. Bungalow Bill and Piggies pretty much suck. Rocky Raccoon is not so bad but not their best. So much of the album is filled with disdain for the squares.
Having said that, there are still lots of great songs there.
My list would include The Mothers Of Invention's "Freak Out". And at least until recently The Rolling Stones' "Exile On Main Street" was usually listed as being one of the best rock albums of all time...not just double albums. It really should be there imo.
EXILE is on their slideshow/list, unless you're simply agreeing with the inclusion. Among those I'd never need is the Zep and the Floyd.
Hm. I'm hard-pressed to think of too many two-disk sets that aren't greatest hits/retrospectives, but THE LAST WALTZ at 3 discs and Husker Du's 2-disc WAREHOUSE: SONGS AND STORIES would be among those I'd add to any such list.
The split CD between Noam Chomsky (a long speech) and the retrospective concert by Chumbawamba, ENTERTAINMENT!, would be a double LP...and is fine. The anarchist band's last album before their brief period as a Top 40 act. Crass's STATIONS OF THE CRASS.
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Actually a pretty decent list. I actually own everyone of these.
I actually own none of them.
Jeff
I've had five or six of them at one time or another; think I still have my vinyl At Fillmore East (if one of my kids hasn't made off with it).
John D
Pretty unsurprising. I definitely have some, never wanted others.
Any particularly beloved by you, Bill?
I like the Dylan, the Stones, the Springsteen, and the Beatles. Have heard some of the others, but they're not my favorites.
After long years of being a Beatles fan, I have regretfully come to the conclusion that the White Album is overrated. Bungalow Bill and Piggies pretty much suck. Rocky Raccoon is not so bad but not their best. So much of the album is filled with disdain for the squares.
Having said that, there are still lots of great songs there.
My list would include The Mothers Of Invention's "Freak Out".
And at least until recently The Rolling Stones' "Exile On Main Street" was usually listed as being one of the best rock albums of all time...not just double albums. It really should be there imo.
EXILE is on their slideshow/list, unless you're simply agreeing with the inclusion. Among those I'd never need is the Zep and the Floyd.
Hm. I'm hard-pressed to think of too many two-disk sets that aren't greatest hits/retrospectives, but THE LAST WALTZ at 3 discs and Husker Du's 2-disc WAREHOUSE: SONGS AND STORIES would be among those I'd add to any such list.
The split CD between Noam Chomsky (a long speech) and the retrospective concert by Chumbawamba, ENTERTAINMENT!, would be a double LP...and is fine. The anarchist band's last album before their brief period as a Top 40 act. Crass's STATIONS OF THE CRASS.
Sorry...the Chumbawamba half of that album was SHOWBUSINESS! The Chomsky half is called CAPITAL RULES.
And, of course, all the jazz double-albums, all the classical, all the folk and everything else.
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