Five best doublealbums

No love for MMM?

 

4 way street
manassas
allman brothers - fillmore.
nothing like the sun
chicago II

 

The Beatles... the White Album
Derek and the Dominoes... Layla
The Rolling Stones... Exile on Main Street
Pink Floyd... the Wall
Jimi Hendrix... Electric Ladyland

 

The Beatles
The Clash - London Calling
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Guns n' Roses - Use Your Illusion
Duncan Dhu - Autobiografia

 

Favorites, not "best" and off the top of my head, so I'm probably forgetting something. Not including compilations, live albums, soundtracks, 75 minute CD's or double CD's which would make 3 or 4 records sets, like Kramer's The Guilt Trip which, otherwise would be here.

Big Fun - Miles Davis
Glass Bead Games- Clifford Jordan
The Payback - James Brown
Zeit - Tangerine Dream
Double Bummer - Bongwater

Hon Mentions -- Double Nickels, Lolita Nation, Zen Arcade, Todd, Tago Mago, Cyborg, Yeti, 1999

 

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook

 

White Album
Yellow Brick Road
London Calling
Tommy
Blue Moves

 

Ten Years After Recorded Live
Tommy
Steppenwolf Live
Rockin the Filmore
Grand Funk Railroad Bosnia

 

The Beatles white album
Kink Kronikles
Living in the Past - jethro tull
.....that's all I got. Tommy, the Wall, the red and blue albums could fit but I guess I said my peace

 

Absolutely. The world would be a smaller place if we didn't have the second hour that Lou ran his white noise generator preserved for the ages.

 

The Who - Quadrophenia
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
The Beatles - (The White Album)

Those are maybe the only three non-compilation double albums of the vinyl era that I can't imagine pruning down to a single vinyl LP and having something ounce for ounce better (i.e. little or no fluff, Revolution #9 not withstanding).

 

1- the white album -my favorite album ever...

2- blonde on blonde - Dylan

3- daydream nation - sonic youth

4-manassas self titled

5- the wall pink Floyd

Not easy...

5 Honorable mentions
1- tommy by the who
2- Jesus Christ superstar (original 1970 concept album only)
3-all things must pass (triple album that may have been even better as a double)
4-a gift from a flower to a garden -Donovan
5-Mellon collie and the infinite sadness (a massive double cd that could've been the best album of the 90s with a bit more editing).

 

IMO

Exile
Bitches Brew
Physical Graffiti
Double Nickels on the Dime
Electric Ladyland

 

My five favorites:

At Fillmore East
London Calling
Exile On Main Street
It's Too Late To Stop Now
Blonde On Blonde

 

My picks (sorry, mine's a ten best list, I couldn't make it shorter)
The Beatles
Physical Graffiti~ Led Zeppelin
Exile On Main St ~ The Rolling Stones
Chicago Transit Authority
The Wall ~ Pink Floyd
Tommy ~ The Who
Electric Ladyland ~ Jimi Hendrix
Blonde on Blonde ~ Bob Dylan
Trout Mask Replica ~ Captain Beefheart
London Calling ~ The Clash
and VERY HONORABLE MENTIONS for Tusk ~ Fleetwood Mac, Quadrophenia ~ The Who and Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs ~ Derek & The Dominos
And this really padded list didn't even include live albums

 

Good call. I should have added that to my very honorable mentions.

 

The Beatles
Tommy the Who
Exile On Main Street
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Songs in the key Of Life

 

I gather the OP must not care whether it is studio or live, which leaves The Byrds "Untitled" as a perfect fence rider. But, despite liking it a lot, it doesn't hit a top 5 list.

Before choosing from the usual suspects I will start off with a young'un by this forums standards:
Wilco "Being There". Perfect in every way, not a weak track in the 19 songs. A celebration of rock.

The Who "Quadrophenia"

Bob Dylan "Blonde on Blonde"

I guess I only have 3 strong opinions. After that a jumble of The White Album (which isn't perfect) and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road...which holds up quite well, but isn't perfect.

 

Dylan - BOB
Beatles - White album
Clash -LC
Miles - Bitches brew
Stones - Exile

 

Beatles-The Beatles
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Freak out
Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East
Cream - Wheels of Fire

I know they are all 60's albums, but I can't think of any double albums that have come close to these, for me at least.

 

Silly me, including MCatIS twice. Not sure what I was thinking there...
1. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
2. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
3. Prince - Sign O' the Times or 1999 (depends on the mood)
4. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
5. M83 - Hurry Up We're Dreaming

 

I like that album. Sort of a kindergarten version of Trout Mask Replica.