Top 25 Double Albums

Double Albums are a topic of a lot of discussion. Some people adore them and some people think they always take too long. But what are the best double albums out there? Find out in this video.

This list excludes albums that are longer than a 2 set vinyl! So no Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder (2 vinyl & 1 EP) or All Things Must Pass by George Harrison (3 vinyl).

The following albums are mentioned in the video (but not in this order):

Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
The Who - Quadrophenia
The Mothers - Freak Out
Bruce Springsteen - The River
The White Stripes - Elephant
Can - Tago Mago
Arcade Fire - Suburbs
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
Prince - Sign of the Times
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Lana Del Rey - NFR!
Derek and the Dominos - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
Todd Rundgren - Something / Anything?
ELO - Out of the Blue
The Beatles - White Album
The Who - Tommy
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Radiohead - OK Computer
The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street.
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
The Clash - London Calling
Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti

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[sjbang]

it's always fun to watch young people react to records I bought at the time of release and thought nothing of it, other than I wanted to listen to and enjoy the music. Among those mentioned are Electric Ladyland, Trout Mask Replica, Freak Out, Physical Graffiti, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, Blonde on Blonde, Exile on Main Street, London Calling, and The White Album. At the time I wasn't so much into The Who or Elton John. You've got excellent choices here. Very nice presentation.

[bertdewil]

Nice and interesting list you made ! the white album was my intro to the Beatles in 1996, as a 15 year old I didn’t understand that this was the Beatles. A bom ! Only now them from the hits. A massive Eye opener !! Happines is a warm gun, wow ! Piggies, honey pie yer blues, ….since then…music change my life ( or the Beatles did and opened the doors to others). In 1996 the anthology came, flaming pie… so much exiting to me ! But again, nice list !

[turquoisecapricorn]

Yeah Tommy had an impact on me too! I bought last year also Quadrophonia and it's also very good. The Beatles on 1, they deserve it! What a song, While my guitar gently weeps! Nice video! Best wishes for 2025! Greetings from Tienen, Belgium! Jason

[BentendoFR]

Really good list here! I realized that double albums tend to be my favorite albums in most discographies (The Wall and Out of the Blue are my top 2 albums of all time)

[stuartfishman]

Thought I'd share my own list.
In random order:

The Clash: London Calling
Captain Beefheart: Trout Mask Replica
Can: Tago Mago
Jimi Hendrix Experience: Electric Ladyland
Miles Davis: Bitches Brew
Prince: Sign O The Times
Minutemen: Double Nickels On The Dime
Husker Du: Zen Arcade
XTC: English Settlement
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation

[chrismollett]

Absolutely brilliant list. I love a double LP. Can’t disagree with most. We all have different ears of course.
Personally those first few Chicago albums would be on my list. So many genres on those albums 👍👍

[onsenkuma-lp]

I was 13 in November '68 when The Beatles (aka 'White Album') came out, and one evening a local radio station played the entire (and still not in the shops) album from start to finish (a whole side at a time without commercial interruptions). I sat mesmerized through the whole thing while the rest of my family watched television in another room. This is probably my favourite album of all time (well, in the top 5-10 anyway). Sure it's a bit of a sprawling mess, with an almost random track sequence. But it's a pretty damned cool sprawling mess, and when I'm in the mood there's still nothing quite like it. Cheers...

[nigelbrooks]

Great video, I agree the white album is my favourite I have listened to it a lot recently and always enjoy, electric ladyland and physical graffiti are also brilliant albums, cheers for the great videos

[DavidHughes-pbvq]

Being There by Wilco is worth a mention.

[NothingLikeVinyl]

I have perfectly clear the best studio double LP ever for my taste: The Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago's debut album. And for one clear reason: it's pretty common and normal that a double LP has its fair share of filler due to the amount of material needed to fill four LP sides. But to me, CTA is the only studio double LP with zero filler. Well, it has "Free Form Guitar", which certainly disrupts the flow of the album and clearly isn't for the average listener. But it's an enjoyable track if you appreciate and understand Hendrix's expressionist style, which is what Terry Kath intended to give a nod to. Anyway, it's the only thing that could be considered a flaw on a perfect album of such length. No other comes close in that regard for me.

[fizzlebomber]

damn fleetwood mac did the soundtrack for that sick twisted movie with johnny depp, Tusk. sicko stuff

[angelocaputo]

Gooood list! You left out for me Eat a peach by Allman Brothers and Adventure in hi fi by REM and The Lamb lies....by Genesis

[davidevans]

You are correct that the White Album is the top double album. You left a lot out like The Allman Bros Live at the Fillmore, Donovan's Gift from a Flower to a Garden, The Incredible String Band's Wee Tam and the Big Huge and others. But thankfully you got the top one right.

[finslaw]

Nice video, but should have included Sloan's 30 track 76 minute double album Never Hear the End of It, which has the tracks running into each other. Listen to the song Fading Into Obscurity.

[lostmixtapes]

Nice list, but albums from the CD era that were never thought of as double albums by their creators shouldn’t count as double albums just because someone decides to press them on two discs. Ok Computer and Elephant don’t have the sprawl to be double albums either.

[ArmandoMPR]

The White Album is a great album, but it is extremely overrated. It has too many lows for me.

Here’s my top 10:

1. Exile on Main St.
2. Songs on the Key of Life
3. Disintegration
4. Blonde on Blonde
5. London Calling
6. Daydream Nation
7. Electric Ladyland
8. Physical Graffiti
9. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
10. Superunknown

[SydBarrettArchives]

Tusk doesn't belong here, it's not a great album. But, I know these are your opinions. Now on a technicality, White Stripes Elephant is NOT a double album. it is only 49 mins and change, and when it was first released only came on 1 LP, so that doesn't belong here at all. I would replace the WS (only because it isn't a double) with PF the Wall.

[PaulKington]

Good choices but ok computer isnt a double...ok computer was released during the cd era. when the band was making it and designing the packaging it was for cd not vinyl. the length of the album was for one cd as vinyl had pretty much died out by 1997. Sorry that sounds really pedantic!

[windyhillbomber]

Double Albums…OK Computer/Suburbs?? Not sure that they technically are.

[Cripplecreekcarl]

Hmm 🤔 No CTA!? Terry Kath’s masterpiece