Double albums are rare in music these days, but in the 60s, 70s and 80s they were celebrated with reason and purpose. Here are a few significant ‘double album’ moments in music history.
It’s hard to sign a record deal and harder still to have any success with your very first album. Many successful artists and labels suffered through poor album sales the first time they released an album, but not a horn heavy rock group from the windy city of Chicago, known as the “Chicago Transit Authority.” With horns and lyrics of political undertones, the boys released nine songs on a two-album offering that contained their hit single “Does Anybody Really Know What Time it Is,” “Beginnings,” and “Questions 67 and 68.”
In 1979, a fairly successful punk band from London known as the Clash released a double album called “London Calling.” The albums were considered manna from heaven for its fans, in that it dealt with poverty, unemployment, drug use and discrimination, the very same maladies of the UK at the time of pressing.