Let me get this straight. Tales from Topographic Oceans,but no London Calling?? WRONG!! And the best double lp Dylan did was the 2 lps he did BEFORE Blonde on Blonde. Just listen to them back to back. Ugh. I knew this video was going to be too good to be true at some point. I agree with all the other installments though.

As much as I love Tommy, I would rather choose Quadrophenia from The Who. A perfect portrait of a tough life...

When I saw the title of the video I groaned because I was sure Chicago would have been omitted. I am pleased that they were indeed included in your list. People forget how great Chicago with Terry Kath was.

The most articulate reviewer I have ever heard. It's a joy to listen to you sir.

I was dissappointed not to see Goodbye Yelllow Brick Road in the mix, what a fabulous Album. Some of the best Elton ever did. All kinds of music genres are presented.

Sweet black angel, torn and frayed, stop breaking down, shine a light, let it loose, loving cup, venilatar blues, tumbling dice, sweet virginia

Derek & the Dominos Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs. One of the only double albums with no skippable tracks.

Cream- Wheels of Fire, the first album awarded Platinum!!!!

Bravo on selecting Genisis’ The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. One of the most unappreciated masterpieces in music. The hilarious instrumental bridge, an almost Chinese Opera, tin pan send-off of the airplane crash segment of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon was absolutely brilliant.

Thanks for including Tales from Topographic Oceans. This music gets better with time, and the courage and aesthetic originality of Yes are hailed by later generations of musicians and listeners.

Great list, So refreshing to hear Yes Tales of Topographic Oceans given to credit due instead of just being dismissed because they can't understand it

You've got me wanting to go and listen to all these again, back to back. Great choices, informative and enjoyable as always. Thank you!

Your lists and reviews are so in depth and well constructed. I love every time you post something. You’ve got me taking much deeper dives into artists back catalogs. Thank you so much for all your hard work.

Terry Kath was the John Lennon , the Keef, the John Bonham of CTA. The soul and heartbeat of this unit . His presence in the room changed everyone there.

Great list. I would like to add: Odessa - The Bee Gees Chicago 2 - Chicago Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John Quadrophenia - The Who Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder Thank you.

I could, and I do, listen to you for many hours. I truly love your presentations and your real love of music. Mucho gusto to you.

100% agree with every word you so intelligently said about Chicago Transit Authority!!! When Terry Kath died it allowed Peter Cetera to take over and that was the end of a great band.

Happy to see Lamb Lies Down on the list.

Topographic Ocean is the greatest, the most adventurous Double Album of all time!!

I haven't thought of Yes and Tales of Topographic Oceans in years. I nearly wore out my vinyl copy back in the day. Loving your channel!

VERY difficult to encapsulate a 10 best double album list but The Allman Brothers Band Live at Fillmore East and Wishbone Ash Live Dates are two of my favorites.

I entirely agree with everything you say about Topographic Oceans. I never saw it as 'bloated', or 'pompous', or any of those cliches that we would hear from some critics. To me, the album has only grown in stature - full of very beautiful and far-reaching music that can still take me on a journey.

This was so well done. God bless our cousins the Brits. You guys can read a candy wrapper out loud and it would still sound eloquent.

Great post - really enjoy all the literary references you make. Music, books and intelligent reviews from someone who obviously loves music, top!

I would have 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' on my list. Elton John at his very best, this album shows the worth of the 'album track' as every song is superb whether it was released as a single or not. Talk about 'no filler'!

1. Exile on Main Street - The Rolling Stones 2. Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan 3. The Wall - Pink Floyd 4. Chicago Transit Authority - Chicago 5. The River - Bruce Springsteen 6. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John 7. The White Album - The Beatles 8. Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin 9. Quadrophenia - The Who 10. Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs - Derek and the Dominos

Great video. I love all of these albums, but my all time favorite double album is Sheik Yerbouti by Frank Zappa.

Another beguiling video Barry. Time to return to Tales Of Topographic Oceans for a rethink. Such a treat to listen to your verbal treatise which are always welcomed.

Great video, really enjoyable. Love many of the albums you've chosen. Thanks...

Good list and presentation. I love All things must pass by George Harrison.

Honorable mentions. Stevie wonder. Songs in the key of life. Funkadelic. America eats its young. Prince. Sign of the times.

I really enjoyed this episode, so much so I became a patron.

A top ten double album list is already a great hook, but once it started I was captivated. I couldn’t turn it it off. This clip is articulate, thorough and displays a wealth of music adoration. WELL DONE ! ! !

Happy you mentioned Freak Out (Mothers)

Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life should be in any top 10 double album list. But I don’t know which of these 10 I’d replace to fit it in.

Just seen your video on the top ten double albums of all time. Love the way you breakdown each recording into why the album came about, what a particular band , or artist was going through at the time of recording to influence the content etc..... It’s inspired me to go and listen to each one on Amazon music. I’ve owned a few but not all of these albums over the years, in one format or another. Keep up the good work. Brilliant.

Have to say I love Jeff Waynes The War Of The Worlds from 1978, I have lost count of how many times I have played this absolutely amazing album

Thanks for mentioning Blonde on Blonde. I haven't played that in years but now I am motivated and will do so this week.

Once again an absolute and awesome description of each L.P, love your list and totally agree, there is too many to list such as.. wheels of fire, Layla, even war of the worlds and The Wall etc. Love this channel!

Spectacular! Not easy whittling down to a top ten, even for double albums. So very well done with these ten, and great summing up on each!!!!! Springsteen never took with me, so on my list, I would have switched him out for Bitches Brew, but totally in stride with your other nine.

I agree with a lot of what you said, but I have some differences: 1. London Calling 2. The Wall 3. Tales From Topographic Oceans 4. Exile On Main Street 5. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 6. Physical Graffiti 7. White Album 8. Tommy 9. Songs in the Key of Life 10. Quadrophenia This exercise becomes much more difficult if we include live albums. I can't think about that right now. Maybe a separate list of double live albums would be a good start.

Fantastic video. Glad you mentioned London Calling at the end...it would be in my Top 5. Quadrophenia would make two (2) albums by The Who in my Top 10. And Goodbye Yellow Brick Road would be my (admittedly biased) Numero One of all-time. Cheers!

Love your TEN BEST videos. I agree with nearly all, but I would need to add some Krautrock, so out with Chicago & Tommy and in with Can - Tago-Mago & Tangerine Dream - Zeit!

Why didn't you include All Things Must Pass??.......cos it's a triple album!!!!🤣

Seconds Out by Genesis and it was live

Electric Ladyland has to be in my top 10!

Stephen Stills and Manassas debut double lp. In my opinion every song is outstanding. Stills at his most creative best. Great backing band including Chris Hillman.

I enjoyed your description of the essences of the albums. Agreed on all except one.

I couldn't agree with your top double albums more!! I LOVE your channel!! Love your accent and above all, the way you present your topics. Well done! 😊👍

Well done. I wholeheartedly agree with your list. So glad you appreciate 'Topographic Oceans' and 'The River'. Thanks for your excellent vids.

Excellent reviews, as usual, and great choices. Yea, "Yellow Brick Road" is dynamite, and my fav double "The Wall", but there are even more, and it's a 'top 10', right? I have no problem with these picks, and always enjoy your informative reviews, brother.

Love your channel reviews and taste. The t shirt clinched it! U have a new sub. Rock on!

Wonderfully literate exposition, sir! Going to subscribe just for your command of the English language. Your list is pretty good, too! Cheers! :) MU

Here's an album I love, and is probably not on any other commenter's list, is Pink World, by Planet P Project (Tony Carey). It was released in 1984, as the paranoia of the Cold War was growing again, and is essentially a musical version of a graphic novel, about a boy that gains telekinetic powers after swimming in a polluted stream. Hidden in the album is a song called The Stranger, about the nature of cults that, sadly, has not aged a day.

A very well worked out list which is very hard to argue against. I have most of your top 10 albums, and there's some great music there. Can only see two omissions. "The Wall" and the one that should have been number one. "Songs In the key of life", an album that has it all and then some. Keep up the good work.

You sure nailed that #10...and made me want to listen to it again. Thanks.

My top 10 for what it’s worth 1. The White Album : The Beatles 2. Living in the Past : Jethro Tull 3. Wheels of Fire : Cream 4. Blonde on Blonde : Bob Dylan 5. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road : Elton John 6. Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs : Derek and the Dominos 7. Physical Graffiti : Led Zeppelin 8. Exile on Main Street : The Rolling Stones 9. Electric Ladyland : Jimi Hendrix 10. Out of the Blue : Electric Light Orchestra HMS All Things Must Pass : George Harrison Eat A Peach : The Allman Brothers Tommy : The Who The Wall : Pink Floyd

Out of all of the double LP's I've listened to, I can't think of any better than Quadrophenia. There may be 1 or 2 weaker songs on there but The Real Me, 5:15, Cut My Hair, Sea & Sand, Bellboy, the title track, and the magnificent The Rock, are some of my all time favourite songs. Being a scooterist, I've lost count of the times I've put my earphones inside my helmet, put Quadrophenia on my Walkman and ridden my Vespa around the Isle of Wight where I live. It transports my mind back to the 60s when I do so. Man, if the cars on the road could hear me singing at the top of my voice 😆 Tommy is 1 of those double albums for me where the whole is greater than the individual parts....some songs are forgettable but Go To The Mirror, Acid Queen, the See Me, Feel Me/Listening To You, Overture, Sparks, were all brilliant. I like about half of the White Album but I find the other half crap. It would have been their best ever single album if the great songs were creamed off the top. Physical Graffiti was a good double album with plenty of variety. The other albums in the list I couldn't care less about ....I don't like Yes, nor Genesis, and Bruce Springsteen....I just have never gotten into them, but that's the beauty of music. We're all different and have our own tastes, the world would be boring if we all liked the same stuff 😎👍

I thought this was Ian Anderson reviewing classic rock albums.

Very informative and thought provoking. Delivered with rational passion and inciteful intellect. Thank you.

Liked your list..Chicago Transit Authority is in my all time top 10. Just really dig the vibe of the whole album. Rock on, brother!

For years and years I couldn't understand what was the purpose of including Revolution #9 and finally I find the answer in this video! So, next time I will feel like listening to this marvelous, out of joint record, I will follow your suggestion and at the crucial moment i will go make the best night cup there is and come back to listen to the absolute gem that is Good night. Thank you :)

Obviously all " greatest " lists are subjective, but I think the " Strangers in the Night " live by UFO is a criminally underrated album that deserves mention. Schenker was in another league during his time with the band.

Excellent and thoughtful commentary. Thank you.

Tremendous Episode. Like most on your channel, I own your entire TOP 1️⃣0️⃣, great choices, still play them ! 👍💯

Great list and great stuff from your commenters as well. Always loved Rundgren’s Something/Anything?

Great video as always.....Electric Ladyland is way out number one for me..a masterpiece..

Wonderful entertaining overview. I particularly like the first two Chicago double albums, but based on your past reviews was surprised to see the first included in your top 10

Sir , I possess all ten albums. Your description of these albums is pretty spot on. A great podcast Thank you

Here's my list. I had to add a few more when I realized that the vinyl versions of many Sigur Ros albums were double albums. #1 Tales from Topographic Oceans by Yes (1973) #2 A Gift from a Flower to a Garden by Donovan (1967) #3 The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway by Genesis (1974) #4 Incantations by Mike Oldfield (1978) #5 Ágætis byrjun by Sigur Ros (1999) #6 Love Serve Remember by Ram Dass and friends (6 LP set) (1973) #7 Swaha by Bhagavan Das and Amazing Grace (1974) #8 Illinois by Sufjan Stevens (2005) #9 HMS Donovan by Donovan (1971) #10 TODD by Todd Rundgren (1974) #11 Valtari by Sigur Ros (2012) #12 The White Album by The Beatles (1968) #13 Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald (1956) #14 American Folk Songs for Christmas by Mike Seeger, Peggy Seeger, Penny Seeger (1989) #15 Takk by Sigur Ros (2005) #16 All Things Must Pass by George Harrison (1970) #17 Greetings from Michigan by Sufjan Stevens (2003) #18 Ohio by Over the Rhine (2003) #19 The Avalanche by Sufjan Stevens (2006) #20 Wee Tam and the Big Huge by the Incredible String Band (1968) #21 Missa Gaia Earth Mass by Paul Winter (1982) #22 Eat a Peach by the Allman Brothers Band. (1972). Part studio, part live. All new. All good. #23 First Blues by Allen Ginsberg (1983) #24 Ah! by Bhagavan Das (1972) #25 Roxy and Elsewhere by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention (1973). I know it's a live album, but it's all new material. #26 The Beatles and India: Songs Inspired by the Film, and orchestral soundtrack music. Various Artists (2021).

Can't argue with most of these although I haven't heard Chicago. Others I would mention :- The Wall, Quadrophenia, Psychedelic Pill, Hymns to the silence, Rattle and Hum, Thick as a brick. Enormous thanks for all you are doing to reinforce my absolute love of good rock music !!

Great stuff! I was about to comment “where in blazes is Freak Out!” when you gave it honorable mention.

Another great review. Tough to look at the other 9 in the top 10 but for me the number 1 double album is "Out Of The Blue" by ELO 1 Out Of The Blue-Electric Light Orchestra 2 Physical Graffiti-Led Zeppelin 3 Secret Messages-Electric Light Orchestra (the original 1983 album was rereleased as the double album it was supposed to be) 4 The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway-Genesis 5 White Album-The Beatles 6 The Book Of Souls-Iron Maiden 7 Exile On Main Street-The Rolling Stones 8 The Wall-Pink Floyd 9 Quadrophenia-The Who 10 Freak Out-The Mothers Of Invention

My top two picks happen to be my top 2 favorite Albums of all time in general: 1.Exile On Main Street and 2.Physical Grafitti

I can respect most of your picks. I would like to add my 2 cents worth. The album that started the double album craze. Yes the first double rock album ever made - Freak Out - Zappa and Roxy and Elsewhere also by Zappa.

Just heard and deeply appreciated your group discussion on Tales by YES. I left my detailed impression in the comments!

Thanks, I really appreciate your lyrical reviews. It’s refreshing to hear someone who uses the nuances of different words and phrases to give the exact shade of meaning the English language contains. As always, I have a couple alternates: Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Santana - Moonflower

Always thought Jethro Tull's Living in the Past was a nice snapshot of their first 3 years. A few album cuts, a live side, several new songs and a killer vinyl package with some great photos.

I have all of the albums that you list ( a great list) but would definitely drop Yes and possibly Genesis from this list. I would have Prince's Sign Of The Times in my Top 10, I would replace Tommy with Quadrophenia and I would also include The Clash's London Calling.

Chicago debut album is rarely mentioned in this type of review. With that mentioning alone this vid is rewarding watch to me, and you further made excellent reference to various historical contexts and what these artists mentioned as things they wanted to deliver, in addition to your own remarks and thoughts. Nicely executed. My own top double albums would exclude Chicago, however, and Tommy and River as well. I need to add, to make it 10, Agartha, not Bitches Brew, and Trout Mask Replica, not Freak Out, and Key of Life for my personal listening pleasure.

Awesome list, really well done video in general!

A great double album that has gone too often underrecognized is the first by Manassas, a band that Stephen Stills put together in the early 70s. Great guitar work and an cohesive blend of rock, blues, country and latin.

London Calling took a classic dive into the whirlpool of styles and emerged downstream with enough material to temporarily rewrite their sound...the archetypes of those songs don't hesitate to speak some optimism with the tone of a fearless and vulnerable language

Another great video. Thank you, sir, for this.

Great review, beautifully articulated and generously and aooropriately lauded. You have put the case of prog- rock very well and I am chastened to be less dimissive than before (hitherto). Your top four is apt and 'Blonde on Blonde' tops, where it should be. Thanks.

Just started watching and am immediately happy to see "Chicago Transit Authority" on here✌.

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Excellent list, probably covered all the greats, certainly in the rock genre. You have a very poetic and lyrical turn of phrase sir, really enjoyed listening to this!. The only one there I wasn't familiar with was The River by Springsteen. Not being a big fan, this one for me has slipped through the net.Thanks to your review, I shall be giving it a listen.

Yeah....I gotta say Pink Floyd's "The Wall" and Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" would've made my list.

Double Nickles on the Dime by Minutemen deserves a mention. Talk about sprawling and shaggy. It's a meditation on being alive at that particular time, the politics, music, sex and culture, distilled into songs that fracture punk, jazz, funk, and country. Creating something unique and also clearly American.

My personal favorites: London Calling (The Clash), Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (The Cure), Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John), Quadrophenia (The Who), Freak Out (Frank Zappa), Physical Graffiti (Zep), Out of the Blue (ELO), And Justice for All (Metallica), Bitches Brew (Miles Davis). Lots of great ones through the years, though, no beef with any of your picks!

This is great and does what any great piece of critique should do: make you want to listen to every entry on the list and make you pick up on the points raised. Thank you

A nice review. 'The Chamber of 32 Doors' is my favourite from the Lamb as well. Cheers.

Missing, off the top of my head: XTC- English Settlement Prince- 1999 Elton John- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road The Clash- London Calling Lou Reed- Metal Machine Music

I love the music of The Who and consider myself a true fan. Having stated that, as much as I have worn out the vinyl on ‘Tommy’ I feel that Quadrophenia was The Who at their creative pinnacle. TBH, although the themes of youth/rebellion/adulthood etc.. are universal themes, Quadrophenia (the album and film) is very much rooted in post war Britain. Probably why people such as myself, growing up in the U.K. can readily identify strongly with the album and films themes. ‘Tommy’ was realised in 1969-the height of the love and peace movement. I feel that the spiritual themes on the album were more in tune with those optimistic times. A world now long gone. With a few small tweaks to allow for modern living, Quadrophenia could be written for today. The issues around youth the album tackles go back at least 70 years. Anyway, although not a double album, I recently listened (for the first time in years) to The Who’s first album. All I can say is-what a truly fantastic album from what was essentially a bunch of kids.

Thank you. Your list is a reminder that there really weren't that many (notable) double studio albums. I loved you description of the Stones' one, with adjectives describing the music also serving to conjure up imagery of the band packed into that steaming hot cellar in the south of France. Interesting also that you note the fractured nature of that record and the jumble-like selection of tunes on the Beatles' White Album but don't mention that 'Electric Ladyland' is also a hodge podge of tracks. Personally, I find that to be part of its appeal. Ditto the White Album. Listening to them is akin to revisiting books or re-watching a movie and discovering something new each time. Too true about the Chicago Transit Authority debut. It was a stunningly disruptive set of music at the time though the ubiquity of the band on radio and the rapid rate of records the put out very quickly made the band's sound familiar and acceptable, even with the most unlikely of listeners. Two double albums you might want to consider covering: 'Something/Anything' by Todd Rundgren, and 'Streetnoise' by Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll & the Trinity. Rundgren demonstrates his agility as a composer and multi-instrumentalist (he plays all instruments on three sides), while the Auger album - recorded in just three days, I believe - sees him and Ms. Driscoll deliver intriguing originals plus reworked covers from the Doors, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, the production of 'Hair', Richie Havens, and (Rundgren's inspiration), Laura Nyro. Both are, like the aforementioned Hendrix and Beatles set, very diverse and highly eclectic. They are also very good.

Great list! I definitely would rearrange some of your pics however I think your pics are right on

Great list !! The Lamb was rehearsed, written & worked on at Headley Grange on a mobile unit (Stones ?) and finished & mixed in Wales. The box where Gabriel was calling William Freidkin about a potential collaboration & nearly leaving the band (thereby pissing off the band....) still stands near Headley Grange. Stange times for an album who's cover font I have a tattoo of..... 🚬😎

I think Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' deserves a spot on any top-ten double album list.

As always, you always present a wonderful insight to the albums you review. Nicely done sir! Though I (humbly) think that Quadrophenia was a glaring omission. The Who were at the height of their prowess. Townshend had grown as a composer and lyricist. Thank you for your posts!