MUSIC THREAD

A few people were talking about and I'm shocked nobody mentioned any of these top three double albums:

1) Bruce Springsteen - "The River"
2) The Beatles - "The Beatles" (aka The White Album)
3. Pinky Floyd - "The Wall"

 

Look again, they were all there.

And by the way, which one's Pinky?

 

God bless you for that. The rest of the world thanks you.

 

Most patriotic album for the States, delivered by an ex-pat Canadian? Cool.

 

Two reasons to rejoice...
Golden Smog is coming out with a new album.
A Big Star tribute album is finally going to get released.
Both are supposed to be out later this month or in July.

 

Sirs, Madames,

If two-fers count as doubles, Big Star's studio stuff is all in that format.

Folsom Prison/San Quintin is another amazing two-fer.

Exile, Sex Machine and Layla still rank as the most amazing doubles and I think they all came out within about 18 months of each other. London Calling's there too.

YHS, etc

 

The Clash's Sandanista would have made a damn good double album. As a three-album set it was a bit of a mess.

I'll add the Allman Brothers At Fillmore East to this discussion of great double albums too.

 

I always thought there was a lot of filler on "The River." (Sherry Darling?) and that it would have been a better single record.

 

Mr Bastard,

Agreed.

No double-love for Metal Machine Music. (I once used it in a column talking about what you could expect from Alexei Yashin after an arbitrator ruled that he still owed the Ottawa Senators a season and was not a free agent. The old Contractual Obligation Mail-In.)

Quadrophenia would be in there for me. All killer, no filler.

YHS, etc

 

Mr. Friend O' beat me to it with Quadrophenia which I like a lot better than Tommy.

As for The River, it would have been an unreal single album, but I think it holds up pretty well as a double (the first album is stronger than the second one). I loved "Sherry Darling" which is better than stuff like "Crush On You" and "I'm A Rocker".

And "Be True", which was the B-side of the "Hungry Heart" single, is better than a lot of the songs that are on there.

 

My favorite double is Neil Young's "Live Rust." Incredible, especially on a rainy autumn night.

I'm listening to Ice Cube's new album right now. "Stop Snitchin" and "Why We Thugs" are excllent tracks. Sounds like mid-90s Cube to me, which is a good thing. I'm not sure rap stars (or any stars for that matter) should carry the anti-snitching banner. Oh well.

Three Passys out of five overall.

 

Ladies and gentlemen, Pharrell Williams is officially..Back.

His new song Number 1 with Kanye West is legit.